The D'Addario Foundation

02/12/2026

🎶 Our 2024–25 Biennial Report is here! 🎶

We’re proud to share two years of impact, growth, and continued commitment to expanding access to transformative music education around the world.

Inside the report, you’ll find:
✨ Program highlights and key milestones
🤝 A celebration of our partners, whose achievements demonstrate the power of music education
💙 Recognition of our contributors, whose generous support makes it possible for the D’Addario Foundation to expand access to music education worldwide

We’re grateful to everyone who plays a role in this work—and excited to keep building what’s next, together.

Read the full report at https://ddar.io/DF2024-2025

02/03/2026

🎶 Announcing the D’Addario Foundation’s 2026 IMC Ecosystem Members

Eight incredible nonprofit music organizations are joining the Immersive Music Challenge Ecosystem, supported by $160,000 in grants and pledges—plus major in‑kind resources—helping empower more than 4,000 young musicians around the world.

Read more at https://foundation.daddario.com/news/2026-IMC-Ecosystem-Grants/

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from all of us at the D’Addario Foundation!

Thanks to your generosity in 2025, more than 200,000 musicians around the world found inspiration, mentorship, and opportunity through free music education.

You helped us increase access to free music education, provide college scholarships, facilitate a research initiative, and amplify the sound of possibility.

Because of YOU, the D’Addario Foundation is entering 2026 with gratitude—and with renewed commitment to making music education accessible to all.

Here’s to another year of impact, music, and community.

12/31/2025

These are the final hours to make a 2025 tax-deductible gift.

The clock’s ticking—but your impact is just beginning.

Donate before midnight to help the D’Addario Foundation kick off 2026 with strength and purpose:
• Free music education
• Scholarships
• Research

“Thank you for all your help. The D’Addario Foundation scholarship truly saved me from worrying about getting through college, and it helped me focus on establishing a presence in the music scene.”
- Itayetzy Uranga, 2021 scholarship recipient

Shape the sound of possibility.

GIVE NOW: daddariofoundation.org/donate

12/18/2025

We know music education changes lives. Now we’re proving it.

The D’Addario Foundation is leading the Immersive Music Challenge—a research-backed initiative showing how music-based mentoring improves academic performance and emotional wellbeing.

To expand this effort, we’re launching an ecosystem to support nonprofit music leaders—providing peer mentorship and strategic guidance to foster a global movement.

“I’m thankful my children found something they love—and it reinforces the discipline of home.”
- Parent of three Immersive Music Challenge participants

We need you!
Your support helps turn up the sound of possibility so we can build a smarter, stronger future for music education and the people who lead it.

INVEST IN THE FUTURE: daddariofoundation.org/donate

12/08/2025

🎶 From Community Music to College Success 🎓

The D’Addario Foundation’s college scholarship program supports students who’ve grown up in free music education programs led by our nonprofit partners.

Since launching in 2019, 75% of our scholars have been first-generation college students—now pursuing degrees in music, education, and beyond.

“I want to extend my sincere gratitude to the D’Addario Foundation for your generous support. Although it may appear to be a small contribution in the broader context, it had a profound impact on my academic journey.”
- Zamira Castillo-Santos, 2021 scholarship recipient

Your gift helps unlock the sound of possibility so talents can rise and futures can take shape.

SUPPORT A SCHOLAR TODAY: daddariofoundation.org/donate

12/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who donated to the D’Addario Foundation on ! Your generosity is already making a difference—bringing opportunities to music students around the world and radiating the sound of possibility.

And the beat goes on!

With year-end giving in full swing, if you missed us on Giving Tuesday, there’s still time to make a tax-deductible gift and help us finish 2025 on a high note.
Help us keep up with the metronome.

DONATE TODAY: daddariofoundation.org/donate

12/02/2025

Music education isn’t just about learning notes—it’s about unlocking the sound of possibility.

This , join the D’Addario Foundation in advancing access to immersive music education for learners of all ages.

Your gift supports:
• Strategic grants to nonprofit music organizations worldwide
• College scholarships for students who grew up in these programs
• Research about music education’s impact on academics and emotional wellbeing
• A new ecosystem to support nonprofit music leaders

"The support of the D’Addario Foundation has been invaluable in making my success possible, and I am deeply grateful for the investment you’ve made in my journey. Thank you for your patience and for all that you do for young artists and scholars.” - Devin Shaw, 2021 scholarship recipient

GIVE TODAY: daddariofoundation.org/donate

11/24/2025

At the D’Addario Foundation, we believe the joy of music belongs in the hands of everyone who wants to be a musician—whether they sing or play strings, winds, guitar, keys, or drums.

Your generosity powers a global movement:
• Access to free, high-impact music programs
• College scholarships for young musicians
• Research on music education’s academic and emotional impact
• A new ecosystem for nonprofit music leaders

“As someone who grew up in the arts, I am so thankful there are scholarships like D’Addario’s that motivate me to continue my passion. Thank you for your contribution to my future!”
- Yessica Rodriguez, 2025 scholarship recipient

This season, help us amplify the sound of possibility.

DONATE NOW: daddariofoundation.org/donate

11/18/2025

What if music could change everything?

Next week, the D’Addario Foundation is launching something exciting—an opportunity to invest in the future of music education and the people who make it possible.

From support for music education programs to scholarships, and research, the D’Addario Foundation is building a movement that’s reshaping what access to music looks like.

Get ready to hear the sound of possibility.

11/12/2025

🎉 We’re excited to share that the D’Addario Foundation has been awarded a grant from the NAMM Foundation (NAMM) to support our Immersive Music Challenge Implementation Study!

📚 The study seeks to illustrate the impact that immersive music instruction and music-based mentoring can have on:
✅ Academic performance — especially literacy and grade-level reading
✅ Social-emotional wellbeing of children from low-income communities

🔗 Read more below ⤵️

The D’Addario Foundation announces that it has received a $10,000 grant from the NAMM Foundation to support the Immersive Music Challenge (IMC): an effort to improve awareness of the positive impacts of immersive music-based mentoring and support nonprofit organizations that provide free or afford...

08/07/2025

Congratulations to our alumni Itayetzy on graduating from New York University! We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll accomplish next.