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Our grantee partners possess strong leadership, their programs deliver maximum impact to the communities they serve, and each one has a strategic plan for significant growth.

WAAM’s core belief is that music is intrinsic to addressing societal challenges. These ten (501(c)3) organizations amplify the power of music to positively impact mental health, enhance social-emotional learning, alleviate pain and anxiety, and expand access to music education in underserved communities.

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Guitars Over Guns

Guitars Over Guns empowers youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with a powerful combination of music education and mentoring from professional musicians to help them overcome hardship, find their voice, and reach their potential as leaders. The organization provides comprehensive training to mentors who, in turn, support mental health and develop long term relationships with program participants. In addition to sharing their love of music, they are role models for these students. Based in south Florida, Guitars over Guns partners with public schools in Miami and Chicago, augmenting these schools’ existing music programs.

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Hip Hop Public Health

Hip Hop Public Health‘s  mission is to foster positive health behavior change through the transformative power of hip-hop music. Based in New York City, the organization focuses on creating health equity and rectifying the health disparity in underserved communities. The group leverages scientific research which validates the powerful effect that music has on the brain. Hip Hop Public Health has created a unique platform to communicate the power and untapped potential of music to directly improve the mental and physical health of individuals, underserved communities and society.

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Education Through Music

Education Through Music partners with under-resourced elementary and middle schools to integrate music into the core curriculum. Professional development courses are offered to non music teachers to facilitate the incorporation of music education into other subjects. ETM’s philosophy is that music is a catalyst to improving academic achievement, increasing motivation for school attendance and strengthening / developing self-confidence. These programs reach over 20,000 New York City students, as well as in excess of 20,000 additional children through affiliates in Los Angeles, Denver and Boston. Education Through Music is an example of an organization that truly utilizes music as the foundation for social change.

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Jazz House Kids

Jazz House Kids’ mission is to transform lives by helping students gain an artistic edge through music, mentoring, education and apprenticeship. They bridge the artistic gap and boost scholastic outcomes in under-resourced school districts in New Jersey, primarily in Newark and Paterson. Through year-round jazz education and performance programs, JHK teaches children ages 8 to 18 to become lifelong learners, communicators and innovators, regardless of their financial circumstances. JHK is committed to expanding its reach and impact by providing equal access to music, enhancing social emotional learning and creating resilient communities.

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Music Will

Music Will (formerly Little Kids Rock) transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. Using genres including rock, pop, Latin, and rap, their program empowers teachers to build music programs as diverse as the kids they serve in K-12 across 48 states. Their students see themselves reflected in their classes, which strengthens their connection to their school, their peers, and their community. Since 2002, the organization has reached more than 1,000,000 students.

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Musicians On Call

Musicians On Call connects musicians to hospitals, bringing the healing power of music, through live and virtual performances, to the bedsides of patients battling illness and injury across the country. One-on-one interactions between musician and patient have the powerful effect of restoring the happiness that often fades away in healthcare facilities. MOC also provides patients with the opportunity to write and record their own original music and to celebrate their accomplishments with family, friends and caregivers.

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Atlanta Music Project

Atlanta Music Project believes the pursuit of musical excellence leads to the development of confidence, creativity and ambition, thus sparking positive social change in the individuals and communities they serve. AMP’s mission is to empower underserved youth to realize their potential through music. They provide intensive, tuition-free music education in neighborhoods where there is a high concentration of low-income families, a lack of high-quality youth orchestras and choirs, and lower high school graduation rates. AMP uses music education as a vehicle for young people to discover that their innate abilities and work ethic can provide them with a broad range of possibilities for their future.

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Music Haven

Music Haven empowers and connects young people through exceptional tuition-free music education, mentoring, and performance by their resident musicians in the heart of New Haven, giving all kids a chance to play. With the Haven String Quartet at the center of their education programming, workshop offerings, and performances throughout the region, each of their students (and their family) is part of a vibrant community of musicians, who are their teachers and long term mentors.

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Rock to the Future

Rock to the Future delivers free, student driven, music based youth development programs to students in under-resourced communities in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Programs incorporate a trauma informed approach and anti-violence strategies; they are conducted in schools, juvenile justice centers and traveling mobile units. Students participate in curriculum design and decision making, original song writing and peer to peer collaboration; all of which contribute to building executive functioning capabilities, self confidence and workforce development skills. Hundreds of individuals have benefited as RTTF seeks to disrupt the cycle of poverty, achieve social justice and encourage economic empowerment through music.

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Concerts in Motion

Concerts in Motion provides personalized, community based, live and virtual musical performances and engagement for New York City’s population of disenfranchised and isolated individuals. Musicians are a combination of career professionals and student volunteers; they speak 19 languages and are able to perform in 16 diverse genres, reflecting the cultures of the communities they serve. The musicians are trained in Person Centered Trauma Informed Care. Since its founding in 2010, CIM has reached over half a million individuals; including, those who are homebound, veterans suffering from PTSD, patients in rehab centers, visitors to community food pantries and soup kitchens, as well as many people who are cognitively and physically disabled and struggling with mental illness. Programs are designed to foster intercultural, intergenerational connections.

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We are also supporting the following organizations with grants to power their missions:

Music Haven

Music Haven empowers and connects young people through exceptional tuition-free music education, mentoring, and performance by their resident musicians in the heart of New Haven, giving all kids a chance to play. With the Haven String Quartet at the heart of their education programming, workshop offerings, and performances throughout the region, each of their students (and their family) is part of a vibrant community of musicians, who are their teachers and long term mentors.

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The Atlanta Music Project

The Atlanta Music Project’s mission is to empower underserved youth to realize their possibilities through music. They believe the pursuit of musical excellence leads to the development of confidence, creativity and ambition, thus sparking positive social change in the individuals and the communities they serve by providing intensive, tuition-free music education for underserved youth right in their neighborhood.

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Little Kids Rock

Little Kids Rock transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. Using genres including rock, pop, Latin, and rap, their program empowers teachers to build music programs as diverse as the kids they serve in K-12 across 45 states. Their students see themselves reflected in their classes, which strengthens their connection to their school, their peers, and their community.

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Jazz House Kids

Jazz House Kids’ mission is to transform lives by helping students gain an artistic edge through music, mentoring, education and apprenticeship. They bridge the artistic gap and boost scholastic outcomes in New Jersey’s underserved schools. Through their year-round jazz education and performance programs, they teach children ages 8 to 18 to become lifelong learners, communicators and innovators, regardless of their financial circumstances.

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Musicians On Call

Musicians On Call (MOC) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that connects musicians to hospitals, bringing the healing power of music, through live performances, to the bedsides of patients battling illness and injury across the country. One-on-one interactions between musician and patient have the powerful effect of restoring the happiness that often fades away in healthcare facilities.

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Music Haven

Music Haven empowers and connects young people through exceptional tuition-free music education, mentoring, and performance by their resident musicians in the heart of New Haven, giving all kids a chance to play. With the Haven String Quartet at the heart of their education programming, workshop offerings, and performances throughout the region, each of their students (and their family) is part of a vibrant community of musicians, who are their teachers and long term mentors.

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The Atlanta Music Project

The Atlanta Music Project’s mission is to empower underserved youth to realize their possibilities through music. They believe the pursuit of musical excellence leads to the development of confidence, creativity and ambition, thus sparking positive social change in the individuals and the communities they serve by providing intensive, tuition-free music education for underserved youth right in their neighborhood.

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Jazz House Kids

Jazz House Kids’ mission is to transform lives by helping students gain an artistic edge through music, mentoring, education and apprenticeship. They bridge the artistic gap and boost scholastic outcomes in New Jersey’s underserved schools. Through their year-round jazz education and performance programs, they teach children ages 8 to 18 to become lifelong learners, communicators and innovators, regardless of their financial circumstances.

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Little Kids Rock

Little Kids Rock transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. Using genres including rock, pop, Latin, and rap, their program empowers teachers to build music programs as diverse as the kids they serve in K-12 across 45 states. Their students see themselves reflected in their classes, which strengthens their connection to their school, their peers, and their community.

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Musicians On Call

Musicians On Call (MOC) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that connects musicians to hospitals, bringing the healing power of music, through live performances, to the bedsides of patients battling illness and injury across the country. One-on-one interactions between musician and patient have the powerful effect of restoring the happiness that often fades away in healthcare facilities.

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