The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation Grant

The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation Grant supports nonprofit organizations focused on music, arts, education, and environmental action. Grants are aimed at effective 501(c)(3) organizations, while political or religious activities are excluded from funding.

The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation was established in 1996 by Christian Frederick Martin IV to serve the charitable interests of Martin Guitar Company. The Foundation supports 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with programs in Foundation target areas.
Grants
The Foundation supports 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with programs in Foundation target areas. The Foundation’s core principles are to support Martin Guitar’s engagement with non-profit music, arts, education, and environmental action organizations. The Foundation does not fund political or religious organizations or activity. The Trustees manage the Foundation’s assets conservatively to allow for long term planning, and seek best value from Foundation grant-making for the people and causes that their grantees serve.
The Foundation supports the best work of effective 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations offering programs in one or more of the following areas:
Performance. Participation, and education in acoustic steel string guitar musicCommunity activity in the Nazareth, PA regionStudy and preservation of America’s acoustic guitar heritageArts education programs emphasizing acoustic guitarEducational institutions in the Lehigh ValleyPromotion of arts and culture, mainly in the Lehigh ValleyHelp for the poor, hungry, sick, and homeless in the Lehigh ValleyEnvironmental action related to guitar-making materials and processes

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not provide any Martin Guitar products or make grants to individuals.