Grant Programs

National funders have looked to the League of American Orchestras for leadership in regranting funds to orchestras to help them address critical needs. Previous programs have included the American Orchestras’ Futures Fund and The Catalyst Fund. The Futures Fund, with support from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, helped to spark a culture of innovation and experimentation among orchestras. The Catalyst Fund, with support from the Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, helped orchestras by providing grants to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through internal capacity building and organizational development.

These grant programs benefitted not only the grantees, but the entire field. The League created resources and learning events based on the grantees’ work so that all orchestras can learn from the their experiences.

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Grants & Opportunities

The Catalyst Fund Incubator

Twenty U.S. orchestras took part in The Catalyst Fund Incubator program, incorporating models from high-tech incubators to create more equitable organizational cultures.

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Innovation

Advancing Innovation: The League’s American Orchestras’ Futures Fund

The American Orchestras’ Futures Fund was a competitive grants program designed to advance the innovative work of the League of American Orchestras’ member orchestras. Made possible through the generous support of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation and administered by the League, the Futures Fund built on the results of earlier League-sponsored and Getty-funded grants to orchestras.

Grants & Opportunities

Ford Musician Impact Fund

Orchestra musicians were recording “at home” performances and creating educational programming for virtual broadcast in support of their organizations during the pandemic. Increasingly, sound and video quality have become an important metric for a successful online experience. The Ford Musician Impact Fund assisted musicians in need of hardware and accessories to make their digital presence stronger, giving them the professional tools they need to deliver at the highest level in our current reality.

Banner: The San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall. Photo: Kristen Loken