IMPACT
A GRANT THAT LASTS A GENERATION
An instrument is not a consumable. A well-maintained trumpet serves students for 30 to 40 years. A French horn, 35 to 50. A tuba, 40 to 60. The instrument you fund this fall will still be in a student’s hands decades from now.
And no instrument serves just one student. A middle or high school ensemble runs 30 to 60 players, and a single music teacher reaches 200 to 300 students every week. One grant equips a classroom; the classroom carries it forward, year after year.
That math is why our grants go so far — and why we can’t afford to leave two out of three requests unfunded.
EXAMPLE GRANT
Music Aid Northwest extended a $6,500.00 grant to the high-needs Prescott School District #402-37. The Prescott School District matched $2,000.00. The money primarily went toward new, used, and repair of orchestra and band instruments for 5th through 12th grade students. The grant has made it possible for all students to have an opportunity to make music a part of their everyday school life.
FUNDRAISING PROGRAMS
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Music Matters is a specialty license plate program available in Washington State. These funds are paid monthly by the state and require no out-of-pocket expenses from MANW. Over 2200 vehicles in our state have the plate and proudly provide visibility to our cause.
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Play it Forward is our annual concert that brings together music students and Pacific Northwest musicians with a national or international following to share their talents for the benefit of music education. Ticket prices range from $250 to $500 per person. Proceeds from Play it Forward pay for the general expenses of Music Aid Northwest so that all direct donations received are used to benefit music education in the state.
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Specialty Events. From time to time an event with a lower ticket price than Play it Forward will be created to ensure that we are leaving no one behind who wishes to get involved.
RATIO OF EXPENSES VS. MONEY RAISED
Music Aid Northwest has no paid employees. All board members are volunteers and meetings are held in private homes. Expenses for Play it Forward are paid by ticket sales. MANW expenses, such as Insurance, marketing, and office supplies account for less than 2% of all money taken in. Said another way; NINETY EIGHT PERCENT of all money collected goes directly to support music education in Washington State!
“As a high-poverty school district, the grant has helped us supply quality instruments to many students who would have otherwise been excluded from the music program because they couldn’t afford it.”
—Adam Cornwall, Music Teacher, Rainier High School