Ruth L. Terranella "Seventy-Six Trombones" Music Fund

Ruth L. Terranella "Seventy-Six Trombones" Music Fund

Organization: Community Foundation of the Napa Valley

Geographic Scope: Napa County, California

Award Status: This fund exhausted its bequest in 2013 and is no longer available.

Overview: This fund was established from the estate of Ruth L. Terranella (1925-2010) to enhance music education for Napa County public school children. Terranella was born in 1925, died in 2010, spent most of her life in Lodi but lived in Napa Valley for a time which she remembered fondly. She donated half of her estate assets to the NVCF with instructions to support music education programs for children and youth in Napa Valley.

2013 Grant Distribution

• Total Awarded: $118,500 across all grants
• Grant Range: $2,000 - $10,000 per organization
• Number of Recipients: Every organization that applied received funding

Eligible Uses

• Purchase of instruments
• Sheet music
• Equipment
• Keyboard labs
• Instrument supplies

Past Recipients (2013)

• American Canyon High School
• American Canyon Middle School
• Calistoga Joint Unified School District
• Friends of Lincoln Theater
• Harvest Middle School
• Napa High Band Boosters
• Napa Valley Language Academy
• Napa Valley Unified Education Foundation
• Napa Valley Youth Symphony
• River School
• Salvador Elementary School
• Shearer Charter School
• Stone Bridge School
• Valley Oak High School
• Vintage High School

Contact Information

• Phone: (707) 254-9565 ext. 16
• Email: hello@napavalleycf.org
• Address: 3299 Claremont Way, Suite 4, Napa, CA 94558
• Website: napavalleycf.org