Community Music Center

For General Operating Support

  • Amount
    $300,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    3/16/2015
  • Term
    36 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Organization
Overview
The Community Music Center has a historic, ninety-four-year-old mission to make music accessible to everyone. At its home in San Francisco’s Mission District, as well as its Richmond District branch, the Center offers a comprehensive slate of music lessons in thirty instruments, including voice, and advanced training in theory and musicianship to more than 2,400 diverse students of all ages, together with public performances for more than 19,000 people. Nearly 70 percent of the students receive financial aid. Undertaking an ambitious capital campaign to create a three-building campus in San Francisco, the organization is poised to increase its ability to make music even more accessible to the communities it serves.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.sfcmc.org 
Address
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110-2586, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support  
The Community Music Center has a historic, ninety-one-year-old mission to make music accessible to everyone. At its home in San Francisco’s Mission District, as well as in a Richmond District branch, the Center offers a comprehensive slate of music lessons in thirty instruments, including voice; more than fifty ensemble classes; advanced training in theory and musicianship to more than 2,400 students of all ages; and public performances for 18,500 people. Nearly 70 percent of the students received financial aid. With its first new executive director in thirty-three years, and a new five-year strategic plan, the organization is poised to build on its strong foundation to continue to deliver quality community arts education.

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