Community Music Center

For General Operating Support

  • Amount
    $400,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    2/29/2024
  • Term
    40.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Community Music Center is a music school that serves learners of all ages from its main campus in San Francisco’s Mission District, its satellite campus in the Richmond District, and in partnerships with public schools and other institutions. It provides private instruction on 30 instruments, group and ensemble classes, public performances, and many special programs in response to community interests. In total, it serves over 3,300 students each year. Support for Community Music Center aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
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  
Community Music Center is a music school that serves learners of all ages from its main campus in San Francisco’s Mission District, its satellite campus in the Richmond District, and in partnerships with public schools and other institutions. It provides private instruction on 30 instruments, group and ensemble classes, public performances, and many special programs in response to community interests. In total, it serves over 3,300 students each year. Support for Community Music Center aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
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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