GRANTS FOR LA FIRES
GRANTS FOR LA FIRES
If you are a musician or a music program based in the LA-area affected by the fires, please read below and click on APPLY NOW at the bottom. Requests will be accepted now through Feb. 28, 2025.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation and Guitar Center are supporting those affected by the fires in Los Angeles with a special one-time grant replacing instruments and gear destroyed by the fires. We do not offer cash – the grant will only replace instruments and/or gear. Proof of loss or address may be required.
If you would like to apply for our regular quarterly grant program, please visit guitarcenterfoundation.org/grants.
If you are a musician or a music program based in the LA-area affected by the fires, please read below and click on APPLY NOW at the bottom. Requests will be accepted now through Feb. 28, 2025.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation and Guitar Center are supporting those affected by the fires in Los Angeles with a special one-time grant replacing instruments and gear destroyed by the fires. We do not offer cash – the grant will only replace instruments and/or gear. Proof of loss or address may be required.
If you would like to apply for our regular quarterly grant program, please visit guitarcenterfoundation.org/grants.
APPLY FOR DISASTER RELIEF
STEP 1
MAKE SURE YOU AND/OR YOUR
PROGRAM QUALIFIES
Only LA-based musicians and music instruction programs may apply. Programs that are part of 501c3 nonprofit organizations or public schools are eligible.
A qualified music program must fit into one of these four categories:
- In-school music classes in which the students make music
- After-school music programs that are not run by the school
- Community music programs which offer music instruction to the community
- Music therapy programs in which the participants actively make music
STEP 2
CREATE A PROFILE & APPLY
We will run all grant applications through our grants management platform, Wizehive.
Create your profile by clicking on the “APPLY NOW” button. You will complete and submit your application through the portal. If you need to come back to your profile, click on “SIGN IN.”
STEP 3
AWAIT A RESPONSE
Over the next month, we will be processing your requests for up to $1,500 in replacement instruments and gear. We appreciate your patience as we work to help you and the many others who have lost instruments due to this disaster.
Already have a profile?
Already have a profile?
“We don’t have the resources to purchase or replace the instruments we have. These materials will give my students the chance to explore music and express their creativity in completely new ways. I am so excited to have some extra ukuleles so that students will not have to share.”
– GCMF Grantee
MAKE A
DONATION
Our impact is made possible thanks to the generous support of people like you. Donations remain one of the most effective ways for us to expand our efforts.
BECOME A
VOLUNTEER
We welcome volunteers who are passionate about contributing their time and talent to helping secure and expand access to the music community.
SPREAD
THE WORD
Connecting and cultivating a diverse community of difference makers amplifies our ability to reach schools and in-need music education programs.
