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Today we announced $2.4 million in grants to 15 nonprofits! 🎺 “These nonprofits are driving permanent changes in the way music is used in their respective fields. That might look like shifting the culture around how music education in schools can support young people in all areas of their lives, or reducing recidivism in the juvenile justice system through music programs, or working with policymakers to increase public investment in the arts,” said Sarah Lyding, executive director of The Music Man Foundation. “The Foundation is proud to amplify their work.” Southern California Meredith Willson Awards support fund nonprofits with the potential to permanently change the way music is used to improve education, health care and community wellbeing. The awards are named for Meredith Willson, who wrote the musicals “The Music Man” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and in whose honor The Music Man Foundation was established. 🥁 Two-year grants were awarded to Arts for Healing and Justice Network, Education Through Music-Los Angeles, Harmony Project, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), LA Opera, LA Phil, Riverside Arts Academy and Tonality. Strengthening the Sector grants support initiatives to increase public funding for the arts, advocate for arts education and pro-artists policies, and raise awareness about the profound impact of arts on health and wellbeing. 🎹 Arts for LA, CA For The Arts, Los Angeles County Arts Ed Collective, Lifetime Arts, National Association for Music Education (NAfME), National Guild for Community Arts Education and SoCal Grantmakers received funding. 📷 credits: LA Phil, Riverside Arts Academy, Tonality, Arts for Healing and Justice Network, Arts for LA, Lifetime Arts. #philanthropy #artsadvocacy #musicadvocacy #grantopportunity #meredithwillsonawards #musiceducation