AAM Endowment Grants (General)

AAM Endowment Grant Program

Purpose: Provides financial assistance for projects or programs supporting the mission of AAM: to "elevate, stimulate, and support music and the allied arts in the liturgy of the Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion."

Geographic Scope: Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion

Eligibility:

AAM membership NOT required, but all proposals must support AAM's mission

Applications for sole benefit of other denominations will NOT be considered

Only projects with discernible benefit beyond local parish or church community will be considered

What Will NOT Be Funded:

Ongoing operating expenses

Staff singers or instrumentalists

Sheet music purchases

Instrument purchase or maintenance

What WILL Be Funded:

Projects with long-term or lasting benefits

Community-wide or broader musical initiatives

Commissioning new works

Music education programs

Choral programs and training

Conferences and workshops

Broadcast and media projects

Award Details:

Grant amounts vary year to year

Typical range: $500 - $2,000

Written report required upon project completion

Check mailed directly to applicant's sponsoring agency

Application Deadlines:

February 1: General Grant Applications

May 1: James Litton Grant for Choral Training

September 1: General Grant Applications

November 1: Raymond Glover Grant for Episcopal Liturgical Music

Processing:

Each application reviewed by Grants Committee Chair

Confirmation of receipt sent if no additional information needed

Submitted to committee members for evaluation

Applicant contacted if additional information required

Recent Recipients (2025):

Calvary Episcopal Church, Richmond, TX - Chorister program for high school youth

Church of the Good Shepherd, Bryn Mawr, PA - Surplices for new chorister program

Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Topeka, KS - Commission new hymn for 50th anniversary

Mid-Atlantic Episcopal School Association - Commission Evening Service for high school choirs

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA - New chorister program

Women's Sacred Music Project - Women in Hymnody project

WXXI - National broadcast of "With Heart and Voice" on NPR

Contact:
Association of Anglican Musicians
P.O. Box 1012
Norwalk, CT 06856
203-807-5208
office@anglicanmusicians.org