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Who funds American Composers Forum?

Saint Paul, Minnesota · EIN 237452688

13 private foundations reported grants to American Composers Forum in Saint Paul, Minnesota totaling $639,651 across 14 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The McKnight Foundation, with $208,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of American Composers Forum that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like American Composers Forum's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

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Foundations that fund American Composers Forum

All 13 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The McKnight Foundation
Minnesota · 2024 · accepts applications
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for composers and for a visiting composer artists residency program1$208,000
The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization Inc
Virginia · 2024
Program support1$180,000
Jerome Foundation Inc
Minnesota · 2025
Support for early career artists in music.1$92,500
Billy Rose Foundation Inc
New York · 2025 · accepts applications
General support2$50,000
Walder Foundation
Delaware · 2024
Amplifying Artists' Stories on I CARE IF YOU LISTEn1$50,000
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Encourage knowledgeand appreciation ofcontemporary american music1$25,000
Hardenbergh Foundation
Minnesota · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating1$10,000
The Helgeson Foundation
Minnesota · 2025
General Funding1$7,500
The Amphion Foundation Inc
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Encourage the performance of contemporary concert music1$6,500
Carol J Macguire Foundation
Texas · 2025 · accepts applications
Piano concert project support1$5,000
Dan J Epstein Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To further the charitable works of the organization.1$5,000
Will Bracken Family Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
To provide for operations1$100
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$51

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds American Composers Forum?

The McKnight Foundation, The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization Inc, Jerome Foundation Inc, Billy Rose Foundation Inc and Walder Foundation, and 8 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does American Composers Forum get from foundations?

$639,651 in 14 reported grants from 13 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The McKnight Foundation, Billy Rose Foundation Inc, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc, Hardenbergh Foundation and The Amphion Foundation Inc say in their filings that they accept applications.

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