Foundation and Government Support

Foundation and government support enables MIM to carry out its mission and to offer access to and connect with the widest audience possible in various areas through:

  • Education programs that offer field trips, artist residency performances, workshops for students, early childhood music-and-movement courses, professional development for educators, and more
  • Museum displays and exhibitions that span a broad range of musical cultures and periods of time in history
  • Capital improvements and expansion
  • Public programs that immerse guests in diverse musical cultures from around the globe as well as celebrate influential artists of the musical world
  • Concerts in a wide variety of musical genres representing emerging and established artists from every continent
  • General operating support applied to programs across departments, helping MIM deliver its mission to serve all audiences through the collection, exhibition, conservation, and interpretation of the world’s significant musical works and related objects

To learn more about funding opportunities, contact MIM’s Institutional Advancement Team at 480.478.6062 or advancement@MIM.org.

 

Thanks to generous grants from the following foundations and government agencies, MIM is able to engage audiences of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds in cultural and educational experiences as a means of fostering learning and creativity, nurturing appreciation for global cultures and music, and making positive change for individuals and the community:

  • Arizona Cardinals Charities
  • Arizona Commission on the Arts
  • Arizona Community Foundation
  • The Molly Blank Fund
  • Buuck Family Foundation
  • Danielle Victoria Music Foundation
  • Flinn Foundation
  • The Evelyn and Lou Grubb Charitable Fund
  • J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation
  • Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation
  • Kinder Morgan Foundation
  • Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation
  • Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
  • Margaret T. Morris Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
  • Phoenix Suns Charities
  • Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
  • Scottsdale League for the Arts
  • Smithsonian Affiliations
  • The Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation
  • Thunderbirds Charities
  • Twiford Foundation
  • U.S. Bank Foundation
  • Wells Fargo Foundation