The D’Addario Foundation announces that it has received a $10,000 grant from the NAMM Foundation to support the Immersive Music Challenge (IMC): an effort to improve awareness of the positive impacts of immersive music-based mentoring and support nonprofit organizations that provide free or affordable music instruction and mentoring within high-needs communities.
The grant will help support the IMC Implementation Study, a five-year research study, with NORC at the University of Chicago serving as the third-party evaluator. The study seeks to illustrate the impact that immersive music instruction and music-based mentoring can have on academic performance, especially literacy and grade-level reading, and social-emotional wellbeing of children from low-income communities.
Advancing Music Education Through Research and Partnership
“This contribution from the NAMM Foundation is a meaningful example of how investments in research can uncover data that demonstrates the power of music-based mentoring,” said Karen Shelley, Executive Director of the D’Addario Foundation.
Grant Highlights
- The D’Addario Foundation received a $10,000 NAMM Foundation grant in support of its Immersive Music Challenge (IMC) Implementation Study.
- Funds will directly support the IMC Implementation Study, a five-year research study, with NORC at the University of Chicago serving as the third-party evaluator, to examine how long-term music-based mentoring impacts academic achievement, especially literacy and grade-level reading, as well as social-emotional well-being among students attending high-poverty schools.
- The project aims to demonstrate the transformative role of immersive music education in improving outcomes for youth from under-resourced communities.
- Findings will help shape music-based mentoring programs and access to music education nationwide.
- This award strengthens the D’Addario Foundation’s mission to increase access to immersive music programs and document their positive community impact.
- This program is made possible by a grant from The NAMM Foundation and generous support from numerous other charities and donors.
About the D’Addario Foundation
The D’Addario Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, believes in the power of music to build community and transform lives for good. Affiliated with D’Addario & Company, the D’Addario Foundation receives generous resources from the company and relies on substantial additional support to help increase access to the benefits of music education.
Learn more at daddariofoundation.org
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