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KEEP MUSIC IN WASHINGTON CLASSROOMS 

​​For Every Student - Because Music Matters.

 

In the largest study of its kind, students who played an instrument through high school performed about a full academic year ahead of their peers in math, English, and science. 


When you give to Music Aid Northwest, you do not fund an abstraction. You put instruments into classrooms. You give students the chance to learn, perform, find their people, and discover their strengths.


Because talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

Our ability to fund by the numbers...​

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  • In 2022, Washington music teachers sent us 54 grant requests. We funded every one.

  • In 2025, they sent us 158 requests totaling nearly $800,000. We could only fund 52 — roughly one in three.

music stand infographic showing what we fund

And these requests are only a fraction of the need. Washington has 2,465 public K–12 schools serving 1.09 million students. Only a portion of music teachers apply for our help in any given year. The more you give, the more we are able to fund and build awareness of this growing need.

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A Local Middle School Choir & Band

"Music Aid Northwest helped turn a brand new choir program that started with little more than a box of Sharpies into an award-winning jazz choir where students can finally rehearse and perform the way they were meant to." - Holly Chase, choir director, Highland Middle School

Music is needed now more than ever - not only does it strengthen overall educational development, it provides a connection to others as well as an outlet for kids to manage stress and build self confidence.

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