Applications open for Amphion Foundation’s Grant Program 2023

Funding Information

• Applicants should be aware that support in one year does not imply continuation of that support in subsequent years. In general, grants will range between $1,500 and $7,500, although larger grants may be awarded to larger performing organizations with an extraordinary commitment to contemporary concert music or a particularly significant project.

Duration

• Funding is available for eligible activity occurring between September of the current year and August of the following year. The period for the current cycle is September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024.

Eligible Activities

• The following activities will be considered eligible:
  • Performances by organizations.
  • Presentation of performances.
  • Professional development programs.
  • Advocacy and service.
  • Archival activity.
  • Any other contemporary concert music-related activity that has been reviewed and approved by the Grants Manager.

Requirements

• All applicants must meet the following requirements:
  • 501(c) (3) non-profit status (or foreign equivalent), or fiscal sponsorship.
  • Two or more years of performance or program history as an organization.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants must:
  • Be a publicly supported non-profit or fiscally sponsored organization with a history of substantial commitment to contemporary concert music (music written within the last 50 years);
  • Have a minimum of two years of performance or, for groups other than performing groups, programmatic activity prior to the time of application (except for special projects of extraordinary significance; and
  • Have an operating budget of $10 million or less. (Organizations with budgets over $10 million may apply for project support with the approval of the Grants Manager.)
  • General Operating Support is available for organizations with a history of substantial commitment to contemporary American concert music and with plans to continue that commitment.
  • Project Support is also available for exceptionally important activities relating to contemporary concert music that are out of the scope of an organization’s regular programming, and often (but not necessarily) a discrete initiative.

Ineligible

• The Amphion Foundation does not provide funding for the following:
  • Performances by individuals.
  • Unincorporated or for-profit organizations except via a fiscal sponsor.
  • Music publishing projects.
  • Student ensembles.
  • Volunteer, community, and amateur ensembles.
  • Composer commissioning fees and/or honoraria.
  • Programming outside the field of contemporary concert music; this includes commercial, pop, jazz, Broadway-style musical theater, sacred, holiday, and traditional concert band music.
  • Educational institutions may not apply for activities involving school-age students, student ensembles, or credit-bearing university-level activities but they may apply for performances or other eligible projects that involve professional musicians (including faculty).

For more information, visit Amphion Foundation.