Seeking Support First Half of Year:	Seeking Support Second Half of Year:
Letter of Inquiry Deadline:	July 31	January 31
Grant Application Deadline:	September 15	March 15
Grant Decisions Email By:	December 15	June 15
Grant Awards Mailed Starting:	January 1	July 1

• You may only apply for support once in a year's time at one of the two deadlines.
• All organizations regardless of whether they have been funded before must re-apply at the appropriate deadline in order to be considered for continued funding.
• You will not receive a reminder from the D'Addario Music Foundation about our letter of inquiry or application deadline. It is your responsibility to submit on time.
• All applications and follow-up reports must be submitted via this website. We will not be responsible for materials sent to our corporate offices. If we require further information we will make a request via email or phone.
• If you have any questions please email foundation@daddario.com and we will respond as soon as possible.

FIRST TIME APPLICANTS TO THE D'ADDARIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

• All new organizations or organizations that have not been funded by the D'Addario Music Foundation in the past two years must submit a letter of inquiry to foundation@daddario.com before being invited to submit a grant application.
• Letters of inquiry will be accepted from October through January if the intention is to apply for a formal grant at our March 15th deadline and from April through July if the intention is to apply for a formal grant at our September 15th deadline.
• Letters of inquiry should contain the following information:
       - Introduction — including not for profit/tax-exempt status
       - Description of org/description of project requiring support
       - Statement of need
       - Methodology — # of participants who will be served
       - Brief discussion of other funding sources
       - Final summary — requested funding amount (our average cash award is $2500).
  
• If you are an organization re-applying for support you do not have to submit a letter of inquiry. You may skip directly to the grant application process.
• It is recommended that applicants review the grant application questions as a primer before submitting their letter of inquiry to get a feel for the type of information the foundation seeks to receive.

GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES - SEPTEMBER 15TH DEADLINE

• If you are applying for the first time or have not applied for support from the D'Addario Music Foundation in the past two years and desire to receive a grant award in the beginning of the following year we will accept a letter of inquiry submitted to foundation@daddario.com from April 1st through July 31st.
• You will receive correspondence via email as to whether or not you have been chosen to submit a grant application by August 15th.
• Grant applications are required to be submitted without exception via this website by September 15th.
• The D'Addario Music Foundation will send an automated response confirming receipt of the application. If you do not receive this confirmation please follow up by writing foundation@daddario.com to insure that your application has been received.
• Applications will be reviewed by the foundation board members between September 15th and November 30th and you will have word on your grant status by mid December.
• Grant awards will begin to be mailed starting January 1st of the following year.

• If you received support from the D'Addario Music Foundation in the past year and are reapplying for support it is not necessary for you to submit a letter of inquiry.
• Simply fill out the grant application and submit it via this website by September 15th no exceptions.
• The D'Addario Music Foundation will send an automated response confirming receipt of the application. If you do not receive this confirmation please follow up by writing foundation@daddario.com to insure that your application has been received.
• In order to be eligible for continued support all organizations funded in the previous year must submit by the September 15th deadline a follow-up report via this website highlighting the program or project the D'Addario Music Foundation funded.
• Please refer to Follow-up Report under "Grants" on this site. Continued funding is contingent upon receiving a completed grant application and follow-up report.
• The D'Addario Music Foundation will send an automated response confirming receipt of the follow-up report. If you do not receive this confirmation please write us at foundation@daddario.com to insure that your follow-up report has been received.

GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES - MARCH 15TH DEADLINE

• If you are applying for the first time or have not applied for support from the D'Addario Music Foundation in the past two years and desire to receive a grant award starting July 1st, you should submit a letter of inquiry to the D'Addario Music Foundation via the email address foundation@daddario.com from October 1st through January 31st.
• You will receive correspondence via email as to whether or not you have been chosen to submit a grant application by February 15th.
• Grant applications are required to be submitted without exception via this website by March 15th.
• The D'Addario Music Foundation will send an automated response confirming receipt of the application. If you do not receive this confirmation please follow up by writing foundation@daddario.com to insure that your application has been received.
• Applications will be reviewed by the foundation board members and you will have word on your grant status by mid June.
• Grant awards will begin to be mailed starting July 1st.

• If you received support from the D'Addario Music Foundation in the past year and are reapplying for support it is not necessary for you to submit a letter of inquiry.
• Simply fill out the grant application and submit it via this website by March 15th no exceptions.
• The D'Addario Music Foundation will send an automated response confirming receipt of the application. If you do not receive this confirmation please follow up by writing foundation@daddario.com to insure that your application has been received.
• In order to be eligible for continued support all organizations funded in the previous year must submit by the March 15th deadline a follow-up report highlighting the program or project the D'Addario Music Foundation funded.
• Please refer to Follow-up Report under "Grants" on this site. Continued funding is contingent upon receiving a completed grant application and follow-up report.
• The D'Addario Music Foundation will send an automated response confirming receipt of the follow-up report. If you do not receive this confirmation please write us at foundation@daddario.com to insure that your follow-up report has been received.