By Abby Rolland When it comes to foundation work, a great deal of it happens behind closed doors. In this blog post, we seek to be open and transparent about The Presser Foundation’s internal grant application and review process. For this post, we will be referring to a grant given from one of the Foundation’s…
By Abby Rolland According to recent statistics, there are approximately 1.54 million nonprofits in the U.S. Nonprofit structure can take many forms. There is, of course, the traditional and well-known 501(c)(3) public charity – in 2016, approximately 2/3 of all registered nonprofits were classified as public charities. Then, there are organizations who are 501(c)(4)s (civic…
By Dr. Lavell Blackwell Invited annually, graduate schools of music present the Presser Graduate Music Award to an outstanding graduate music student whom they select. The program is designed to encourage and support in a special way the advanced education and career of truly exceptional graduate music students who have the potential to make a distinguished…
Henderson “Woozy” Supplee III with previous Executive Director Mariel Frank at her retirement party. The Presser Foundation is saddened to share that Henderson “Woozy” Supplee III, long-time Trustee and former President of the Foundation, died on August 23, 2022. Woozy joined the Board in 1973 and served for more than 40 years until June 2014.…