Grant Awards
February 2024 Awards
The Gewirtz Fund made two awards in 2024.
Melrose, MA Public Schools (instrument repair)
November 2022 Grants Award Cycle
The Gewirtz Fund provided 8 gifts to support unfunded priorities in string music programs in Massachusetts public schools. This year's grants upgraded or repaired violins, cellos and bows. The Gewirtz Fund's mission is to inspire young students to continue and deepen their connection with string music which, research shows, is much more likely when a student is playing a quality instrument. We congratulate the music teachers and string programs in Lynn, Somerville, Wakefield, Melrose, Dracut, Beverly, Rockport and Salem for their passionate commitment to students and classical music.
June 2021 Grant Cycle Award (none due to pandemic)
June 2020 Grant Cycle Award (none due to pandemic)
June 2019 Grant Cycle Award (no eligible requests received)
June 2018 Grant Cycle Award
$500 to Bates Middle School, Sumter, SC
$500 to Luther Burbank Middle School, Burbank, CA
June 2017 Grant Cycle Award
$500 to Alfred G. Waters Middle School, Middletown, DE
$500 to New Bern High School, New Bern, NC
June 2016 Grant Cycle
$500 to Succeed2gether, Montclair, NJ
$500 to Emma Booker Elementary, Sarasota FL
$500 to Soaring Heights Charter School, Jersey City, NJ
June 2015 Grant Cycle Award
$500 to Flint Community Schools, Flint, MI
$280 to Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, WI
June 2014 Grant Cycle Award
$500 to Siler City Elementary, Siler City, NC
June 2013 Grant Cycle Awards
$500 to Ozark String Project, Ava, MO
$500 to Sparta Lincoln Middle School, Sparta, IL
June 2012 Grant Cycle Awards
$500 to Crookston, MN High School Music Department
$500 to Klickitat WA School District