Capital IntelligenceFoundation Funding
New Music USA
Foundation Community Program Grant from New Music USA. Open to professional music creators at least 21 years old with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience; students are ineligible except PhD/DMA candidates who are ABD (all but dissertation). For the 2026 cycle, applicants must be based in New York State, the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region, or the Midwest. Applicants must not have received a New Music USA individual-program award in 2024-2025, and proposed projects must involve genuinely new work, not revisions of previously presented material.
- Benefit
- Official program page states the average grant is $3,000, with awards made up to $5,000; a separate $10,000 Thea Musgrave Performer-Composer Collaboration Grant is also available through this fund. No fixed minimum or single confirmed figure is disclosed.
- Deadline
- Unknown
- Audience
- Open to professional music creators at least 21 years old with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience, students are ineligible except PhD/DMA candidates who are ABD (all but dissertation). For the 2026 cycle
- Objective OIP Score
- 64/100
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