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

Geographic Scope: Napa County, California

Focus Areas:

• Music education for children and youth in Napa County public schools
• Youth music programs

Award Details:

• Total distributed in 2013: $118,500
• Individual grants ranged from $2,000 to $10,000
• Status: One-time distribution only (fund exhausted in 2013)

Eligible Organizations:

• Public schools in Napa County
• Local organizations offering youth music programs

Eligible Uses:

• Purchase of instruments
• Sheet music
• Equipment for music programs
• Keyboard labs and music technology
• String instruments (violins, violas, cellos, flutes, clarinets, trumpets)

Fund Origin: Established through the estate of Ruth L. Terranella, born 1925, died 2010. She lived in Lodi but spent time in Napa Valley and donated half of her assets to NVCF in her will, specifically instructed for music education programs.

Grant Recipients (2013):

• Vintage High School ($9,000+)
• American Canyon High School
• American Canyon Middle School
• Harvest Middle School
• Napa Valley Language Academy
• River School
• Salvador Elementary School
• Shearer Charter School
• Stone Bridge School
• Valley Oak High School
• Calistoga Joint Unified School District
• Friends of Lincoln Theater
• Napa Valley Unified Education Foundation
• Napa High Band Boosters
• Napa Valley Youth Symphony

Note: Every organization that applied received funding in 2013. This was the first and only year of distributions, as the bequest was exhausted.