Colburn Foundation Grant

Colburn Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Colburn Foundation
Last Updated: February 25, 2026

Summary

The Colburn Foundation Grant supports organizations dedicated to classical music, emphasizing excellence in education, performance, and preservation of the genre. The foundation invites applications primarily from 501(c)(3) organizations that engage in classical music activities. Before applying, prospective applicants must confirm eligibility with the foundation's Administrator to ensure alignment with funding priorities, as support is generally limited to the Los Angeles community.

Overview

NOTE: Please note that we discourage grant seekers from submitting unsolicited requests to the Foundation. The foundation has a process through which we invite returning and a very limited number of new applications. Prior to submission of any application, it is a requirement to email the Administrator to determine the suitability of the intended request. This is particularly true for organizations which have not previously received a grant from the Colburn Foundation. Colburn Foundation Grant The Colburn Foundation stands for Classical Music. We support organisations embracing at the highest levels of excellence the values of our Founder, Richard D. Colburn. His and our mission is to adhere faithfully to his FIRM wishes, to encourage the education and performance of classical music, and to preserve the classical music genre, i.e., works composed in the 17th to early 20th century. Applicants and Grantees must perform or educate primarily in the classical music tradition. With very few exceptions, the Colburn Foundation’s funding relationships are within the extensive Los Angeles community. We typically provide general operating support, unless a grantee is involved in areas that we do not fund, in which case we restrict our funding to the areas that we are willing to support within that organization. For educational institutions, we often provide scholarship support.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. We only support classical music.We fund organizations engaged in some aspect of classical music - performance or presentation of classical music, classical music education, or training of classical musicians.We fund 501(c)(3) organizations.

Ineligibility

We do not provide funding to individuals.The Colburn Foundation does not fund commissions, composition programs, or organisations predominantly performing or educating in world music, jazz, modern or contemporary music.