The Guitar Center Music Foundation and Guitar Center are supporting those affected by the fires in Maui with a special short-term grant process. It is only available to Maui residents.
If you would like to apply for our regular grant program, please visit guitarcenterfoundation.org/grants. However, please note that we are only funding relief for Maui in Q4 of 2023 and any applications submitted will be reviewed in January 2024.
If you are a professional musician or a music program based in the Maui-area affected by the fires, please read below and click on APPLY NOW. We want to make a meaningful impact and bring hope and resilience to the Maui community as you rebuild and recover.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation and Guitar Center are supporting those affected by the fires in Maui with a special short-term grant process. It is only available to Maui residents.
If you would like to apply for our regular grant program, please visit guitarcenterfoundation.org/grants. However, please note that we are only funding relief for Maui in Q4 of 2023 and any applications submitted will be reviewed in January 2024.
For Maui programs and residents, please read below and click on apply. We want to make a meaningful impact and bring hope and resilience to the Maui community as they rebuild and recover.
STEP 1
MAKE SURE YOU AND/OR YOUR
PROGRAM QUALIFIES
Only Maui-based professional working musicians and music instruction programs may apply. Programs that are part of 501c3 nonprofit organizations or public schools are eligible.
To qualify as a music instruction program, participants must be learning how to actively make music. Participants can be of any age.
A qualified 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
MEET THESE 5 CRITERIA
- Only Maui residents and programs are eligible.
- Students are not denied participation based on their musical abilities.
- If the participants pay to participate, the fee is considerably less than the fair market value.
- The program has been functioning for at least one year.
- Each program participant receives music instruction at least once a week for at least eight months per year.
STEP 3
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 4
AWAIT A RESPONSE
The deadline to apply is September 30, 2023. All candidates will be reviewed in October and vetted through our grant committee. Finalists will be notified in November.
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
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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.
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VOLUNTEER
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THE WORD
Connecting and cultivating a diverse community of difference makers amplifies our ability to reach schools and in-need music education programs.
