Capital Support: 2023-2024

The Presser Foundation Will Distribute More Than $787,000 in Capital Support Grants in 2024The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Capital Support grants totaling $474,125 in single year and multi-year grants to 16 music organizations. Grant payments made in 2024 for previous commitments total $363,500. A full listing by category of the grantee organizations…

Advancement of Music: 2023-2024

The Presser Foundation Will Give Nearly $1.3 Million in General Operating Support Grants to Music Organizations This YearThe Presser Foundation is pleased to announce another round of general operating support grants totaling $1,128,500.00 in new single- and multi-year grants to 114 music organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area. In addition, the Foundation will honor ten…

The Presser Foundation Year in Review

It’s been a busy 2023 at The Presser Foundation! With music at the center of all we do, the Board, Committees, and staff have been actively engaged in facilitating grant cycles, communicating with grantees in a variety of ways, attending site visits and performances, hosting virtual Next Movement Idea Forums, embarking on a strategic planning…

An update on transparency

By Abby Rolland When I started working at The Presser Foundation two years ago, part of my mission and my responsibility was to increase the level of transparency in the Foundation’s external communications. This work included a great deal of effort at the beginning (and continuous monitoring and updating now). At the time, it involved…