ACM Lifting Lives Grant Cycle

ACM Lifting Lives Grant Cycle

Organization: ACM Lifting Lives (philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music)

Mission: Dedicated to improving lives through the power of music.

Purpose

Provides funding to programs that promote education and healing with a musical connection.

Focus Areas

• Music-related therapy and education programs
• Disaster relief and helping communities in need
• Music education in schools
• Music camps for those with disabilities
• Music therapy programs supporting veterans and wounded warriors
• Programs addressing unexpected hardships in the music community

Geographic Scope

National (United States)

Recent Grant Recipients (Examples)

Organizations funded include:
• Abe's Garden Alzheimer's and Memory Care Center of Excellence (Nashville, TN)
• Alive Hospice (Nashville, TN)
• The Art of Elysium (Los Angeles, CA)
• Barefoot Republic, Inc. (Nashville, TN)
• Bridges Academy (Nashville, TN)
• Center for Couragious Kids (Scottsville, KY)
• CreatiVets (Washburn, IL)
• Free Arts for Abused Children (Los Angeles, CA)
• Kesem (Culver City, CA)
• Legacy Music (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Musicians on Call (Nashville, TN)
• Nashville Rescue Mission (Nashville, TN)
• Notes for Notes (Nashville, TN; Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara, CA)
• Operation Song (Nashville, TN)
• Porter's Call (Franklin, TN)
• The Quest Center for Art & Community Development (Dickson, TN)
• Rock for Kids (Chicago, IL)
• Shepherd Center Music Therapy for Veterans (Atlanta, GA)
• W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School (Nashville, TN)
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (Nashville, TN)
• And many others

Contact Information

Website: www.ACMLiftingLives.org

Media Contacts:

Brooke Primero / Melissa Moldovan

Phone: 818.815.4219 / 818.815.4218

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]