GIFT DESIGNATION: RESEARCH, ADVOCACY & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

GenNext at The NAMM Show is a powerful collaboration between The NAMM Foundation and The College Music Society that offers music career and professional development sessions for college music faculty and students together with access to the latest musical instruments, products and tools to enhance their careers and classrooms.

Music Education Days at The NAMM Show provides music teachers, school administrators, and community leaders with informative sessions, inspiring performances, and the opportunity to preview the latest instruments, products, and tools relevant to today’s music classrooms. A recent multi-year initiative called Million More Music Makers focuses Music Education Days programming on teacher training on specific instrument groups. By engaging 500 teachers each year, we can impact 2,500,000 lives through music (250 students per year over a 20-year career).

The NAMM Foundation is a global leader in funding scientific research on the benefits—mental, physical, developmental, and emotional—of making music. Peer-reviewed and published outcomes inform public policy and advocacy as well as the general public about the evidence-based impact of music making. Your gift makes it possible to provide funding for projects such as the work conducted by Dr. Nina Kraus at the Northwestern Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory.

Mobilize Your Legacy. Be the Impetus Behind Our Impact.

Help us bring the gift of music making into someone’s life by making a donation. Make a direct contribution to The NAMM Foundation or choose from the additional giving vehicles below. Designate your gift to any area today!

A donor advised fund is a flexible giving vehicle that offers immediate tax benefits and allows donors to support charities that are aligned with The NAMM Foundation mission to advance music learning and making opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. There is a $50,000 giving minimum to establish a donor advised fund.

Making a Memorial Gift or Tribute Donation to The NAMM Foundation is a meaningful way to honor or remember a loved one. All gifts create a lasting impact and allow the foundation to continue its mission.*

A MEMORIAL GIFT remembers and recognizes the legacy of a loved one who has passed. If you would like to direct family and friends to make gifts to The NAMM Foundation, we offer this suggested wording for an obituary: In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to The NAMM Foundation in memory of {deceased name}, online at nammfoundation.org/donate, or mailed to: NAMM Foundation, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008.

A TRIBUTE DONATION is a wonderful way to commemorate a special occasion such as a birthday, wedding, graduation, holiday, retirement, or other celebrations and accomplishments.

*Memorials and tributes over $250 will include a notification card that can be sent to a designated contact. The monetary amount of the gift remains confidential.