Harry Belafonte Best Song For Social Change Award
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Presented by: Recording Academy
Focus: Honors songs that raise awareness, inspire change, and amplify marginalized voices. Recognizes music's unique ability to address social issues and provide voice to the unheard.
2026 Recipient
Song: "Ice Cream Man."
Artists/Writers: RAYE (performer, four-time Grammy nominee), BloodPop (three-time Grammy nominee), Mike Sabath
Song Description: Featured on RAYE's debut album My 21st Century Blues, the song addresses sexual assault survivor empowerment and accountability, confronting systemic silence around abuse.
Recognition
Recipients are honored at the Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards Ceremony during Grammy Week, held the day before the Grammy Awards.
Purpose
Celebrates music's ability to raise awareness on critical social issues and provide voice to those often unheard.
What National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 10
- Total given
- $6.06M
- Median grant
- $19K
- Range
- $7,500–$3.32M
- By dollars: California 96%, Florida 2%, New York <1%. Top recipient cities: Los Angeles, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Miami, FL.
- 50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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$150K
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$38K
Black Music Action Coalition Inc · Nashville, TN
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Music
- Social justice
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