Muse Grants

Bohemian Foundation has awarded $96,000 to nine organizations working locally to strengthen community through music.

The recent recipients are: 105.5 The Colorado Sound — 53:14 Music Video Experiment; Beats By Girlz — Virtual Music Production Program; Fort Collins Museum of Discover y — Live from the Dome; Fort Collins Musicians Association — Drive & Jive; Foundation Music School — general support; The Matthews House — Raise the Youth! Studios; Museum of Art | Fort Collins — Artist2artist House Concert Series; Partnership of Age-friendly Communities — Sound Affects; Sustain Music & Nature — Sagebrush Sessions.

According to a news release, Muse provides grants to organizations that have popular contemporar y music as their primar y focus or that have a program that centers on popular contemporar y music.

The selected programs must align with at least one of Bohemian Foundation’s Music Programs goals: to provide youth with encouragement and opportunities to express themselves through music; to help musicians and music-related businesses grow and develop; and to increase performances of live contemporar y music.

Through Muse, Bohemian Foundation makes awards up to $20,000 to eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations ser ving Larimer and Weld counties. Applications are accepted twice per year.

Bohemian Foundation will begin accepting applications for Muse grants again in spring 2021. Visit bohemianfoundation.org for information.