Thank you to all of our donors for your contributions!

Support for Roots Musicians to Survive and Thrive

Did you know the $15 billion Save Our Stages Act did not fund musicians?

Donations of All Sizes are Gratefully Appreciated!

If you prefer to write a check, please make it to:

Whippoorwill Arts, 193 Oak Drive, San Rafael CA 94901 Our nonprofit tax ID is: 87-0962408.

INVEST ~ UPLIFT ~ TRANSFORM  

Whippoorwill Arts is a 501c3 non-profit organization on a mission to provide opportunities for roots musicians and artists to thrive and nurture their creativity with a focus on collaboration, fair wages, equity, and social justice.

• MusicAlive! provides fair guaranteed pay for roots musicians performing for marginalized audiences and in public for free. The 2022 pilot project funded 200 musicians and 180 public benefit concerts. We are seeking sponsorship gifts and grants for MusicAlive!

• Curated Concerts and Banjo Boy Coffee Concerts showcase and guarantee pay for BIPOC and LGBTQIA roots musicians in high-quality online performances. We are seeking organizations that would like to sponsor curated concerts for their membership, employees, or customers.

• Whippoorwill Arts Musician Fellowships, Retreat and Festival honor and award top US-based roots musicians with a cash grant, festival appearance, a fellowship program, and access to future creator grants.

• Advocacy: We conducted a landmark national Roots Musician Survey in 2021 exposing a music ecosystem rife with inequities and increasing stress and decreasing income streams for working musicians (excluding hobbyists and top 10% of earners). The study findings are launching a series of programs and reforms to address steep inequities in the music ecosystem that harm musicians and their ability to create and survive. Grants for further research, support the publication of the survey findings, and underwrite resulting initiatives are critical. Our focus is on developing ethical, equitable Pay Guidelines for working musicians and expanding the funding options for direct support to musicians.

Are you, your Foundation or Company in a position to make a major gift? Here is what YOU can make happen:

• $5000 for Music aLIVE guarantees pay for 25 highly talented musicians to perform for free public benefit at nursing homes, public schools and more.

• $10,000 funds 50 Music aLIVE musicians or underwrites guaranteed performance pay for 5 gifted musicians featured in our annual Festival.

• $25,000 funds one spectacularly talented and accomplished musician for a two-year creative project or underwrites the annual Fellow retreat.

• $50,000 starts a Music aLIVE program in your city or town.

  Contact our co-founder Hilary Perkins by email below: