Community Services Report 2009 - Grammy Awards

Community Services Report 2009
Music is a gift whose value is magnified most in the giving.
Musicians share their talents with us, and in passing them
on create something larger that brings people together in
a way nothing else has the power to do.
In 1989, The Recording Academy ® established the
GRAMMY Foundation ® to sustain music and its makers —
past, present and future — as a force in all of our lives.
The GRAMMY Foundation influences the lives of young
people by opening the windows of opportunity that music
can provide for their futures. We also lead the efforts to
ensure that the contributions made by our musical icons
live on in our cultural heritage.
Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus and their
signed guitar that was sold at a GRAMMY
Charity Online Auctions.
Mission
The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate
the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the
contribution of recorded music to American culture — from
the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still
unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of
music professionals.

Our Education Programs
Under the banner of GRAMMY in the Schools ® , the GRAMMY Foundation
produces and supports music education programs for high schools students across
the country throughout the year. The GRAMMY Foundation’s Web site — www.
grammyintheschools.com — provides comprehensive information about careers in
the music industry and applications for GRAMMY in the Schools programs.
GRAMMY ® Career Day is held on university campuses across the country
throughout the year. It provides students with insight into careers in music through
daylong conferences offering workshops with artists and industry professionals.
2009 GRAMMY ® Career Day
Nashville | Nashville School of the Arts
Atlanta | North Atlanta High School Center for the Arts
Miami | University of Miami Frost School of Music
Houston | University of Houston
San Francisco | San Francisco State University
Seattle | Seattle Center
Los Angeles | USC Thornton School of Music
Memphis | Overton High School
Washington, D.C. | University of the District of Columbia
Philadelphia | University of the Arts
Phoenix | Maryvale High School Auditorium & Central High
Chicago | Columbia College
Detroit | Detroit School of the Arts
New York | Pace University
The 2009 GRAMMY ® Career Day season represents the program’s 21st year.
With the support of the Ford Motor Company Fund, we were able to offer the
GRAMMY Career Day experience to more than 400 additional students. More
than 208,540 students impacted by GRAMMY Career Day since 1988.
A student gets to perform during a Turntablism
Workshop at GRAMMY Career Day at University of the
Arts – Gershman Hall in Philadelphia.
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2009 GRAMMY SoundChecks ®
GRAMMY SoundChecks ® allow students to attend professional soundchecks of a broad range of emerging and established
touring artists, along with technical and industry professionals, and give young people perspectives on music careers through
conversations about the specifics of their jobs and the necessary tools and education required for success.
In 2009 the Foundation held 72 GRAMMY SoundChecks in more than 20 cities. The GRAMMY Foundation would like to
thank the following artists for their participation in the GRAMMY SoundChecks program.
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3 Doors Down
ACL Behind the
scenes
Adele
All Time Low
Anarbor
Sara Bareilles
Dave Barnes
Blind Boys of
Alabama
Blue Note
Anniversary Tour
Chris Botti
Marc Broussard
Chick Corea
Kevin Costner
Sheryl Crow
The Decemberists
Gavin DeGraw
Duffy
Estelle
Flight Of The
Concords
Ben Folds
Gnarls Barkley
Gym Class Heroes
Anthony Hamilton
Ben Harper
Matt Hires
Jack’s Mannequin
Jonas Brothers
Kindred The Family
Soul
Lady Antebellum
John Legend
Leona Lewis
Ludo
John Mayer
Jesse McCartney
Jason Mraz
Musiq Soulchild
My Morning Jacket
Paolo Nutini
OneRepublic
Karina Pasian
Katy Perry
Radiohead
Andre Rieu
Raphael Saadiq
Shinedown
Jordin Sparks
Jasmine Sullivan
Bernie Williams
Rachel Yamagata
Yanni
Jason Mozersky, Jordan Richardson , Jesse Ingalls and Ben Harper of Relentless7 at
a GRAMMY SoundChecks in San Francisco.
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2009 GRAMMY Signature Schools
Just as the GRAMMY Award recognizes excellence in recording, the GRAMMY
Signature Schools program, presented by the Gibson Foundation with support
from the Ford Motor Company Fund, honors top public high school music
programs with cash grants. The Foundation established the Enterprise Award in
2004 for needs-based applicants in underserved communities. Understanding
that many schools are underserved and struggle to maintain a quality program
— particularly in rural and urban areas — the Foundation continued to refocus
the program with primary emphasis on the needs-based GRAMMY Signature
Schools Enterprise Award. This year, we doubled the number of Enterprise
Award winners to six and gave them grants of $5,000 each. Since the program’s
inception, 662 public high schools were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools
and awarded $852,000 in grants. In 2009, 14 public high schools representing
13 cities and 10 states were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools. GRAMMY
Signature Schools is approved by the National Association of Secondary School
Principals and MENC: The National Association for Music Education. In an effort to
expand the program’s effectiveness and increase the overall quality of applications
the GRAMMY Foundation developed and launched a grant writing workshop in
three markets.
2009 GRAMMY Signature Schools
National GRAMMY Signature School ($10,000)
Martin High School | Arlington, Texas
GRAMMY Signature Schools Gold ($5,000 each)
Las Vegas International Academy
of Performing & Visual Arts | Las Vegas
Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, Ill.
GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award ($5,000 each)
Detroit School of the Arts | Detroit
Mesa Ridge High School | Colorado Springs, Col.
Miami Coral Park Senior High School | Miami
North High School | Phoenix
Pacific High School | Pacific, Mo.
Rochester City School of the Arts | Rochester, N.Y.
GRAMMY Signature Schools ($1,000 each)
Charles A. Sprague High School | Salem, Ore.
Cinco Ranch High School | Katy, Texas
Diamond Bar High Schoo | Diamond Bar, Calif.
Evanston Township High School | Evanston, Ill.
Linn-Mar High School | Marion, Iowa
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Katie Ashman, Vincent Camuglia, Alexandra Luttrell-Freeman, Patrick Bowen, Andre Long,
Paige Meriweather, Jorge Machain, and Laura Herlovich pose for photos during a GRAMMY
Signature Schools presentation at Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas.
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GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles
The GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles program selects top high school instrumentalists and singers and brings them to
the host city of the GRAMMY Awards for a once-in-a-lifetime experience where they rehearse, perform and record
together — often with GRAMMY Award-winning guest artists — at a series of high profile GRAMMY Week events.
The program, in its 17th year, selected 30 high school singers and instrumentalists representing 23 cities and
13 states. In addition, nearly $2 million in scholarships is offered to many ensemble members by Berklee College
of Music, Manhattan School of Music, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and USC Thornton School
of Music. In 2009, our efforts to have a greater impact in large urban markets continued to be paramount in our
outreach efforts. We partnered with the Beyond The Bell branch of the Los Angeles Unified School District to pilot
a vocal audition workshop. Singers attended the workshop, where they received basic instruction in healthy vocal
technique, learned about the connection of jazz to other popular genres, and were coached on general audition
techniques. Lastly, they were taught the two songs that are required for the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles audition.
After practicing for a week, 22 of the youngsters came back the following Saturday to audition for the GRAMMY
Jazz Ensembles. Students who auditioned for the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles received artistic feedback to assist
them in improving their performing and audition technique.
This program is supported in part by with additional resources provided by Capitol Recording Studios (EMI Music
Group), the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Guitar Center Hollywood, Shure, SmartMusic, Spaghettini
Italian Grill & Jazz Club, and Zildjian.
Members of the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles perform during the GRAMMY Foundation’s
National GRAMMY Career Dayheld at USC on in Los Angeles.
“Thanks so much for everything
during GRAMMY week. It was one
of the best musical experiences I’ve
ever had. Not to mention it had an
overwhelmingly positive effect on my
college choices. I will be attending
Manhattan School of Music next
year with a full tuition scholarship
for the four years I attend.”
— 2009 GRAMMY Jazz
Ensembles Participant
2009 GRAMMY
Jazz Ensembles Selectees
GRAMMY Jazz Choir
McKenna Whisler | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Olivia Harris | Dallas
Amanda Kunz | Renton, Wash.
Jazzmeia Horn | Dallas
Taylor Daniel | Germantown, Tenn.
Andre Brown | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Michael Mayo | Van Nuys, Calif.
Ben Lusher | Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
GRAMMY Jazz Combo
Noah Kellman | Fayetteville, N.Y.
Kate Davis | West Linn, Ore.
Armand Hirsch | New York
Alex Nash | San Francisco
GRAMMY Jazz Band
Braxton Cook | Silver Spring, Md.
Aaron Johnson | Portland, Ore.
Sam Crowe | Denver
Matt Knoegel | Southington, Conn.
Leonardo Pellegrino | Pittsburgh, Pa.
William Aukstik | Lombard, Ill.
Benny Benack | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nick Frenay | Syracuse, N.Y.
Joshua Gawel | Douglassville, Pa.
Ivan Rosenberg | New York
Josh Holcomb | Woodhaven, N.Y.
Tyler Ginsberg | Metairie, La.
Natalie Cressman | San Francisco
Jacob Kraft Rancho | Cucamonga, Calif.
Luke Celenza | Bedford, N.Y.
Raviv Markowitz | Lexington, Mass.
Alden Harris-McCoy | Portland, Ore.
Ethan Kogan | Wilmette, Ill.
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GRAMMY Camp ®
GRAMMY Camp ® is an interactive residential summer program for students that
focuses on all aspects of the commercial music industry. The curriculum is led by
core faculty and guest artists and music professionals, and it emphasizes new music
technologies across a range of career tracks. GRAMMY Camp covers all aspects
of creating, performing and recording, and it culminates in media projects, CD
recordings and/or showcase performances. In the summer of 2009, a featurelength
documentary, Happy On The Ground, was filmed during GRAMMY Camp.
Recording Academy Parent/Member volunteers were enlisted to help with outreach
efforts. They spoke at local schools, shared their professional experience and
encouraged students and teachers to apply for our programs. GRAMMY Camp
incorporated the use of new media and social networking for outreach efforts.
The program is hosted by the University of Southern California Thornton School of
Music and supported in part by ASCAP, the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation,
the Ford Motor Company Fund, and USC Thornton School of Music.
2009 GRAMMY Camp Selectees & Tracks
Electronic Music Production students work on
a project during GRAMMY Camp 2009 at the
University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
It takes special people
to be able to listen to
the needs of young
talent. The fact that
you cared about his
success, and took the
time to ensure he
had a phenomenal
experience means so
much to us.”
— 2009 GRAMMY
Camp Parent
Amirrashid Ali | Conyers, Ga.
Nick Arnold | Del Mar, Calif.
Alexandria Arrieta | Whittier, Calif.
Grahm Bailey | Michigan City, Ind.
Casey Barth | Lexington, Mass.
Jarod Becker | Houston
Chris Behringer | Lake Mary, Fla.
Anik Bhattacharya | Sugarland, Texas
Robby Bisel | Moraga, Calif.
Richard Booker-Tandy | Pompano Beach, Fla.
David Broad | Belvedere, Calif.
Tiyuna Brown | Atlanta
Vincent Camerano | Bolingbrook, Ill.
Alex Canepa | Woodland Hills, Calif.
Jordan Carillo | West Covina, Calif.
Khaya Carter | Washington, D.C.
Halle Charlton | Los Angeles
Aaron Childs | South Pasadena, Calif.
Brandon Combs | Burbank, Calif.
Noah Corwick | Cave Creek, Ariz.
Edward Culton | Atlanta
Aaron Davis | Westfield N.J.
Doron Dina | Beverly Hills, Calif.
Annie Dingwall | Plano, Texas
Devon Eisenbarger | Temecula, Calif.
Stacey Ferreira | Scottsdale, Ariz.
Rees Finley | Columbus, Ohio
Shane Fogerty | Beverly Hills, Calif.
Jeffery Fralinger | Ocean City, N.J.
Julia Friedman | Wilton, Conn.
Katie Gavin | Winnetka, Ill.
Carly Gibson | Dahlonega, Ga.
Kyle Robert Glavanovits | Bolingbrook, Ill.
Lea Marie Golde | West Hollywood, Calif.
Rebecca Green | Cherry Hill, N.J.
Jillian Grutta | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Faith Hahn | New Hope, Pa.
Barry Harris | Glenolden, Pa.
Taylor Harvey | Los Angeles
Travis Henry | Divide, Colo.
Tycho Horan | Santa Monica, Calif.
Craig Horn | Walnut, Calif.
Justin Hubler | Naperville, Ill.
Lindsey Iverson | Windermere, Fla.
Christine Jamra | Madison, Conn.
Ryan Jarvis | Darien, Ill.
Robby Johnson | Grand Rapids, Mich.
Daniel Karp | Norfolk, Va.
Jonathan Kinsey | Sugarland, Texas
Justin Klunk | Torrance, Calif.
Ian Lancaster | Fort Collins, Colo.
Sterling Laws | Anacortes, Wash.
Ben LoPiccolo | Foster, R.I.
Ariel Medina | Coconut Creek, Fla.
Ajani NaNaBuluku | Lithia Springs, Ga.
Alaina Overdiep | Humble, Texas
Endea Owens | Detroit
Dana Payne | Antioch, Calif.
Ellie Perleberg | East Bethel, Minn.
Keith Phelps | Orlando, Fla.
Will Pinson | Charlotte, N.C.
Danielle Powers | Oviedo, Fla.
Alexandra Rose Rieger | Mission Hills, Calif.
Gunnar Rolfs | Vancouver, Wash.
Fela Ross | San Diego, Calif.
Jenay Ross | Rodeo, Calif.
Zane Schorp | George West, Texas
Alexander Sill | West Hills, Calif.
Bryce Silver | Bordentown, N.J.
Shane Silver | Studio City
William Smith | Atlanta
Dan Song | Beverly Hills, Calif.
Jahaan Sweet | Jacksonville, Fla.
Grant Taylor | Norfolk, Va.
Sarah Tither Kaplan | Los Angeles
Innocent Tswamuno | Greenwich, Conn.
Jessica Turner | Oak Grove, Minn.
Keith Turner | Decatur, Ga.
Rudy Weimer | Boulder, Colo.
Travis Werling | Renfrew, Pa.
John Wilmot | Jeffersonville, Ind.
Nathanael Wilson | Chino, Calif.
Dertrick Winn Jr. | Austin, Texas
Brandon Woodward | Westlake Village, Calif.
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Our Preservation & Advancement Initiatives
The GRAMMY Foundation’s preservation and advancement initiatives foster dialogue
about the compelling issues facing the music industry, support projects that increase the
understanding of music and its role in society and raise public awareness of the urgent
need to preserve our nation’s recorded sound legacy.
The Grant Program, with funding generously provided by The Recording Academy,
awards grants annually to organizations and individuals in two categories: scientific
research studies that advance our knowledge of the impact of music on the human
condition, and archiving projects that implement or plan the preservation of the music
and recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations. The Grant Program
is seeing more and better qualified applicants each year and this results in funding
outstanding, meaningful, and diverse projects. In a year that saw a 75 percent decrease
in available funds, 11 exceptional projects were funded.
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Photo courtesy of Elliot Leib
Grant recipient Elliot Leib (center right) and Herbie Miller (center left) co-chairing a
panel on the preservation of Jamaica’s musical heritage at the International Reggae
Conference in February 2010, Kingston, Jamaica.
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2009 Grant Recipients
Preservation Implementation
Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music — Asheville, N.C. • Awarded: $15,000
Musical and historical content relative to the unique legacy of synthesizer pioneer Dr. Robert Moog
will be cleaned, restored, rehoused and transferred to digital format for accessibility and long-term
storage. The recordings will be shared by the Library of Congress, the Bob Moog Foundation website
and eventual museum and traveling exhibits. www.moogfoundation.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Chicago, Ill. • Awarded: $20,000
The George Stone Collection’s Conversation Series, the Oral History Project and the WFMT Fine Arts
Network Live Concert Series will be converted from reels and cassettes to digital format, resulting in
more extensive catalogue records, and improved accessibility for researchers. www.cso.org
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive — Los Angeles • Awarded: $20,000
Recordings focusing on the Western United States will be digitized, preserving and creating access
to a valuable collection that documents much of American traditional music in the period 1950-1990.
Secure online access will be provided by UCLA’s Digital Library. www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive
UC Santa Barbara — Santa Barbara, Calif. • Awarded: $20,000
Edison cylinder recordings will be digitized and preserved with access to them made through the
library’s internationally acclaimed “Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project” Funding will
enhance public access to these important historical recordings which will be part of the websites
collection of nearly 8,000 digitized recordings, the largest such archive currently available.
www.cylinders.library.ucsb.edu
University of Washington — Seattle • Awarded: $15,000
Improve access to a body of culturally and historically significant Native and Latin American sound
recordings including digitization of analog tape reels, creation of accompanying metadata, file
management, production of user copies, and safe storage of original tapes.
www.washington.edu/research/osp
Photo courtesy of The Bob Moog Foundation
Reel to reel tape from the Bob Moog collection before
preservation.
“The preservation grant from
the GRAMMY Foundation has
allowed us to preserve seminal
works in the field of analog
synthesis, including an 84-
minute tape of Bob Moog at age
29 introducing the prototype of
the Moog synthesizer, parameter
by parameter, to a receptive
musician.”
—The Bob Moog Foundation
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Preservation Planning
Bob Wills Heritage Foundation, Inc. — Fort Worth, Texas • Awarded: $5,000
To complete an assessment survey of recently discovered audio materials potentially representing as many as 1,200 unique
recordings of musical compositions by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and to assess artifacts displayed in the Bob Wills
Museum in Turkey TX. This project will help develop a preservation plan with goals to offer the audio archives free to the
public and to restore and sustain the ability to display the artifacts in an appropriate environment. www.bobwillsheritage.com
Leib, Elliott — San Diego • Awarded: $5000
Develop a plan to digitally preserve material from the Trade Roots Reggae including identification, assessment, and
cataloging of items to be archived with priority given to materials requiring stabilization. Collection contents include field
recordings, video, photographs, and materials produced/collected while conducting ethnographic research in Jamaica (1977-
84). Mento, ska, rock steady, reggae and dancehall recording and related documentary materials (1961–2005) collected over
20 years at Trade Roots Reggae, San Diego CA.
Passim Folk Music & Cultural Center — Cambridge, Mass. • Awarded: $5,000
This project will develop a master plan to reformat the most fragile live performance and field recordings from Club 47’s early
years (1958-1963) as well as complementary oral histories (1990-present). Once preserved, access copies of the recordings
will be made available at the Loeb Music Library and the Passim Archives. www.passimcenter.org
William James Association — Santa Cruz, Calif. • Awarded $5,000
To identify, assess and prepare recordings related to the Prison Arts Project across thirty-three California prisons for archiving.
By the end of the period, recordings dispersed across California prisons, arts facilitators individual collections and the William
James Association will be ready to hand over to the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.
www.williamjamesassociation.org
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Research
Institute for Music & Brain Science — Boston • Awarded: $20,000
To test whether music decreases behavioral, neurophysiologic and endocrinological pain and stress caused by medicallynecessary
procedures such as the heel-stick blood draw in critically-ill premature infants. In addition we will test the
hypothesis that humans innately prefer consonant over dissonant music. www.brainmusic.org
Northwestern University — Evanston, Ill. • Awarded: $20,000
To investigate influences of childhood music education on neural responses, revealing interactions between musical
training, auditory attention and neural activity. Exploration will help delineate reciprocal connections between the brainstem
and cortex; their joint (or separate) roles in shaping cognitive capabilities; and how musical experience promotes these
connections and capabilities. www.northwestern.edu
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GRAMMY Living Histories
The GRAMMY Living Histories program preserves on visual media the life stories of key recording industry professionals
and visionaries who helped create the history of recorded sound. Footage is used by the GRAMMY Foundation and partner
organizations to develop educational programs that tell the unique stories of our musical history. Twenty-two GRAMMY
Living Histories interviews were conducted this year. To date, 206 living histories interviews have been conducted.
Music Preservation Project
The Music Preservation Project partners with organizations and archives to chronicle and preserve historic music
performances and materials. The project has collaborated with organizations and archives such as the Louis Armstrong
House and Archives, Leonard Bernstein estate, Country Music Hall of Fame, Woody Guthrie Archives, Historic New Orleans
Collection, Library of Congress, Louisiana State Museum, and the Rutgers
Institute of Jazz Studies. Each year during GRAMMY Week, the GRAMMY
Foundation produces a preservation-themed event designed to heighten
public awareness of the program. Music in Focus celebrated the parallels
in creative expression between music and photography and featured the
work of renowned photographers Danny Clinch, Robert Knight and the late
legendary jazz photographer Herman Leonard. Live performances followed
highlights from their respective collections and included GRAMMY winning
artists Daniel Lanois and Lucinda Williams, as well as guitarists Tyler Bryant
and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and GRAMMY nominee Sara Bareilles. The
performers played to a sold out house of approximately 1,200 enthusiastic guests
at the historical Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Hosted by news and music journalist Kurt
Loder with presenting remarks by GRAMMY Foundation Sr. Vice President Kristen
Madsen, President/CEO of the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation
President/CEO Neil Portnow, and GRAMMY Foundation Board Chair George
Jones. In the 11th year of the event tickets were sold for the first time and the
result was a sold-out performance.
Sara Bareilles
performs with her
accompanist at the
11th annual Music
Preservation Project.
2009 GRAMMY Living
Histories Participants
Bobby Blue Bland
Harold Bradley
James Burton
Bootsy Collins
Jay Cooper
Hal David
Lamont Dozier
John Fry
Joel Katz
Herman Leonard
Kurt Loder
Walter Miller
Bob Moore
Dorothy Moore
Phil Paul
Charley Pride
Johnny Rotella
Jean Shepherd
Allen Touissant
Kitty Wells
Otis Williams
Williams Brothers
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The GRAMMY Foundation was instrumental in writing and successfully passing the National Recording
Preservation Act. This legislation created a National Recording Preservation Board that works with the
Librarian of Congress and the public to select entries for the National Recording Registry, ensuring the
preservation of these designated historic recordings. Since passage of the act in 2000 and its reauthorization in
2008, 300 recordings have been added to the registry.
Entertainment Law Initiative ®
The Entertainment Law Initiative ® is comprised of three components: a legal seminar series, a national
scholarship essay competition for law students and a high-profile luncheon during GRAMMY Week that is
attended by students, music attorneys, executives and members of The Recording Academy. Since its inception
in 1999, the Entertainment Law Initiative has granted $121,000 in scholarships to aspiring law students.
In 2009, the Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon grossed $178,700 and more than 400 prominent
entertainment attorneys were in attendance. 2009 saw a year of continued growth for the Entertainment
Law Initiative in terms of outreach and standing
in the entertainment legal community. In the past
year, ELI introduced writing competition workshops at
prominent law schools around the country. Seeking
to demystify the process of entering the competition
and increase submissions and awareness, these
workshops also provided important interaction with
some of the country’s top entertainment attorneys.
ELI continued to further its profile in the legal
community though its legal seminar series. In addition
to the annual panel at the Benjamin Cardozo School
of Law, ELI returned to offer panels at the SXSW
Music Conference, and the CMJ Music Marathon. In
its 11th year, ELI continues to act as a sounding board
for issues of law pertinent to the music industry.
Tero Ojanpera, Jay Cooper, and Neil Portnow, President and CEO
of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation at the
11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon
“It was one of the most beneficial things I
did during law school. The ELI program
is extremely well-run and the events,
networking, and hospitality were second
to none. Being published in a major legal
journal has also paid incredible dividends.
This is not just a writing contest...ELI is a
career changer in every sense.”
— Tim Kappell 2009 ELI Runner Up,
Loyola University, New Orleans
“The ELI experience confirmed the reasons
I have been involved in the creation and
business of music for as long as I can
remember. Great people, amazing events
and the chance to be a part of it all.”
— Joe Merante 2009 ELI Runner Up,
New York Law School
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Fundraising Initiatives
The GRAMMY Foundation produces fundraising events throughout the year to provide resources for
our programs. Throughout the year, the GRAMMY Foundation benefits from our GRAMMY Charity
Online Auctions, which feature exclusive VIP experiences and memorabilia presented in partnership
with Kompolt at www.ebay.com/grammy. Some highlights included the opportunity to be a character
built to your specifications in the “Madden10” Electronic Arts game, and a VIP meet-and-greet
experience with Kathy Griffin, a concert VIP experience with Katy Perry, a hot Daisy Rock guitar signed
by teen sensations Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, and much more.
In 2009 the GRAMMY Foundation expanded its corporate support and cause marketing activities.
Examples of this support include:
•• Continuing programs such as SoundMatters (a partnership with the Starkey Hearing Foundation
and Best Buy) netted significant incremental dollars to support GRAMMY in the Schools programs.
•• The Foundation was also named as the first philanthropic partner of Campbell’s Labels for
Education. The GRAMMY Foundation was featured as part of the Label For Education marketing
and advertising campaign in newspapers and point of sale materials around the country.
•• Ford Motor Company Fund provided financial support for GRAMMY Career Day events in Detroit,
Phoenix and Atlanta. Additionally, Ford also provided funding for GRAMMY Signature School
awards and scholarships to GRAMMY Camp.
•• The Gibson Foundation continued its funding support for GRAMMY Signature Schools and
GRAMMY Career Day nationally.
Grammy Signature School award presented to students at the
Detroit GRAMMY Career Day at the Detroit High School for
the Arts on April 23, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Your Support
As our industry responds to current technological and economic shifts, the need to broaden and
sustain our mission increases. Your help is more important now than ever. When considering a charity
for your personal contribution or corporate affiliation, please remember that you can make a real
difference in the lives of the people we serve through support of the GRAMMY Foundation.
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Financials
The GRAMMY
Foundation
Statement
of Financial
Position
2008 & 2009
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
2 0 0 9 2 0 0 8
Cash and Cash Equivalents $520,383 $1,075,305
Accounts Receivable 309,471 267,849
Prepaids and Deposits 15,968 91,327
Product Inventory 21,600 12,000
____________ ____________
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS ____________ 867,422 ____________
1,446,481
NON CURRENT ASSETS:
Property and Equipment, Net 51,058 42,572
Board-Designated Investments 3,091,672 3,512,084
Prepaid Pension Asset 22,504
Deferred Compensation Assets 13,829 8,360
____________ ____________
TOTAL NONCURRENT ASSETS
____________
3,156,559
____________
3,585,520
TOTAL ASSETS $4,023,981
____________
$5,032,001
____________
2009
GRAMMY
Foundation
Revenue
Revenues 2009
35% Contribution/Sponsorship
44% The Recording Academy

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Financials
The GRAMMY
Foundation
Statement
of Activities
2008 & 2009
REVENUES
2 0 0 9 2 0 0 8
Contributions/Sponsorships 1,319,674 1,400,476
Support from The Recording Academy 1,641,489 2,218,509
Grants 10,000 46,912
Project Income 382,817 846,732
Investment Income (394,748) (102,195)
In-Kind Donations 6,950 145,636
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TOTAL REVENUES $2,966,182
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$4,556,070
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EXPENSES
2009
GRAMMY
Foundation
Functional
Expenses
Functional Expenses 2009
35% Contribution/Sponsorship
44% The Recording Academy

Funders and Partners
$50,000 a n d a b o v e
Borders
Comptel
The Ford Foundation
Gibson Foundation
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Lockheed Martin
The Recording Academy
Starkey Hearing Foundation
$49,999 to $10,000
Best Buy
Best Buy Children’s
Foundation
BET on JAZZ
BMI
The Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation
Kathryn & Craig Hall
Mitchell Silberberg &
Knupp LLP
Morgan Keegan & Company
National Beer Wholesalers
Assoc.
SESAC
SoundExchange
Southern Company
Studio One Media
$9,999 to $5,000
ASCAP Foundation
The Cain Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Converse
Loeb & Loeb
Myman, Abell, Fineman,
Greenspan & Light
Proskauer Rose, LLP
Rusty Rueff
Sony BMG Music
Entertainment
Universal Records
Venable LLP
Warner Music Group
Ziffren Brittenham LLP
$4,999 to $1,000
Billion Dollar Babes
Tim Bucher
The Davis Firm
Davis, Shapiro, Lewit,
Montone & Hayes
Dreier Stein & Kahan LLP
Roger Friedman
Gang, Tyre, Ramer &
Brown, Inc.
Gelfand, Rennert &
Feldman, LLP
Goldring, Hertz &
Lichtenstein, LLP
Grubman Indursky &
Shire, PC
Hatch Consulting
Lisa Hilton
Julie Ingram
Dave Johnson
George L. Jones
David S. Koz
LaPolt Law, PC
Anna L. Madrid
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Memphis Convention &
Visitors Bureau
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Antonio Navarro
Pangaea Entertainment
Group, LLC
Nova Perry
Neil R. Portnow
Roberts & Ritholz
Jan Perry Rodgers
Serling, Rooks &
Ferrara, LLP
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Scott Stapp
Peter J. Strand
The West Family Foundation
USA for Africa
Warner Chappell Music
Publishing
Angela R. White
William Morris Endeavor
Up to $999
Alan Abrahams
Katrina Abrahemian
William Abrams
Mr. Adassa
Charlie Alejandro
Thomas Alexander
Seth Allen
American Bar Association
American Express BTA
Jim Anderson
Ralph Arosemena
Danilo Arroyo
ASCAP
Helen Ashford
Alyssa Attakamon
The Autry Foundation
Bobbie Bailey Foundation
Nat Bailey
Maurice Bailey
Clint Bajakian
M’Lissa Baker
Michele Ballantyne
Dionne Banks
Donna Barlow
Dominick Barnes
Don Bassey
Jamar Beasley
Linda Becker
Bugs Beddow
Yevgeniy Belousov
Joshua Berkman
John Berthelot
Quentin Bethea
Margot Bingham
Ruben Blades
James Blades
Lawrence Blatt
Gerod Blue
Merlin Bobb
Bernie Bolivar
Marina Bonanni
David Bowling
Kristin Bredimus
Pam Brendlinger
Denise Brigham
Cary D. Brock
Rhoan Bromfield
Sandra Brown
Arnie Brown
Nicole Brown
Sierra D’Lannie Brown
Vanessa Brown
Rick Brulte
Ashley Brunes
Marvin Bryan
Zachary Bryant
Tavio Bucci-Fernandez
Bug Music
Kate Burgun
Gary Burton
Idris Busari
Larry Butler
Anthony Calleja
Aubrey Cambra
Aisha Candor
Lauren Cantore
Kori Carothers
Tom Carr
Robert J. Carranza
Michael Carrasquillo
Crystal Cartier
Casbah Productions
Robert Case
Alex Case
Neko Case
Christina Cassidy
Latrell Castanon
Carlos Castillo
Dionne Castleberry
Michael Catania
Mario Cepeda
George Cerezo
Audie Chamberlain
Angelin Chang
Stephen Chapin
John Howard Chase
Kortney Chase
David Chidekel
Celia Cho
David Christensen
Chrysalis Music Group
Marla Cilley
Gary Clark
Macquarie Clark
Amy Clarke
Priscilla Clarke
Ronald Cloud
Peter Cohen
John Colby
Greg Collins
Nathan Cooley
Myles Corbin
Jerry Cotton
J. Coulter
David Cox
Shirley Crabbe
John E. Crawford
Hector Crisantes
Sarah Dash
Glo Dio Dati
Bill Davidow
Roger C. Davidson
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Funders and Partners
Anthony Davino
David DeCerbo
Wofford Denius
David DesRoches
Batya Diamond
Steven Diamond
Justin Dickerson
Victor Dobrin
Patrick A. Doheny, Jr.
Mark Doornbosch
Bernard Doss
Delon Dotson
Adrian Dotson
Jenny Douglass
Joewand Drumgoole
Mark Drury
Curtis Duggan
Laura L. Dunn
Lee Edwards
Daniel Edwards
Tyler Edwards
Jose Abella Eggleton
David Ehrlich
Bobbi Elliott
Fredda Ellis
Nancee Enyart
Skip Erickson
Sheila D. Farina
Jeffery Farley
Bob Fead
Donna Fein
Justin Feldman
Charles Fernandez
Manuel J. Fernandez
Gordon Firemark
Arlene Fishbach
Lauren Flaherty
Kathy Fleming
JC Flores
Brian Foraker
Martin Frainer
Sherese Francis
Don Erik Franzen
Bryan Freeze
Kenneth Freundlich
Andrew Fromm
Greg Fuess
Miles Fulwider
Issa Gadala
Nina Gainor
Gabriel Garcia
Keith Garde
John Garlick
Tony Garnier
George A. Gesner
Talia Ghaffari
Benjamin Gipson
Jack Gipson
Felix Girard
Karen Glenn
Goldman Sachs Company
Henry Golis, Jr.
David Goodermuth
Marc Gordon
The Gorfaine/Schwartz
Agency
Pat Gorman
Chris Goslow
Jacqueline Gottlieb
Desiree Goyette
Gretchen Grad
Johnny Graham
Paul Granito
Derrick Graves
Julian Gray
Dominique Griffin
Angela Griffith
Rocco Guarino
Gregory Guilia
Rachel Jeanne Gutek
Madelynn Haddad
Mike and Corky Hale Stoller
Foundation
Henley Halem
Hamburg, Karic, Edwards
& Martin
Greg Hammer
Ashley Hans
Candice S. Hanson
Howie Harnick
Harrington Music Law
Group
Barry Harris
Ashley Harvey
Jeremy Haselwood
Patricia Hasselbring
David Hayes
Monique Headley
Stefan Held
David Helfant
Rudy Hermano
Charles Hester
Hilton Hhonors
David Hirshland
Morgan Hobbs
Robert S. Hodas
Jasmine Holloway
Chris Homsley
Jeremy Hopkins
Robert Horowitz
Leeann Houck
Cissy Houston
Brian L. Hughes
Joseph Ianelli
Derek Iraheta
Isaacman, Kaufman &
Painter LLP
Ted Jackson
Barry Jamieson
Uday Jarajapu
Stephen Jarvis
George Johnsen
Susanne Berry Johnson
Sam Jones
Jeff Jones
Alexander Kargher
Kimberly Kate
Alex Kater
Donald Kaulia
Edward Keane
John P. Kellogg
Ray Kennedy
Robert Kenner
Rebecca Kercher
Ryan Kercher
Thomas Kibodeaux
Jennifer King
Kobe King
Reba King Dubay
Bill Kirchen
Kent Klavens
Earl Klugh
Michael Klvana
Kyle Knoke
Kobalt Music America
Kathryn A. Kolm
Kamilo Kratc
Sandra Kratc
Stacy Kray
Jeff Kreinik
Ronnie Krinsky
Rebecca F. Labb
Alexander Laktionov
Richard Lamotte
Lori Landew
Richard Landis
Jeffrey Lang
Joseph Lanius
Grant Larkin
Milton Lau
Danny Leake
Chris Lee
Kenneth Lee Ascher
Jordan Leeds
Guillermo Lefeld
Michael D. Lehn
Susan Lenihan
Regina Leonard
Joshua Leopold
Kyle Lerner
David Lessoff
John Lewis
Carlton Lewis, III
Terje Lie
Matt Lincoln
Jahja Ling
Lisa Linsky
Paul Lipson
Jeff Lisenby
Jason Lockhart
Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King
& Stageberg
Claudia Lorant
Jerry Love
Hazel I. Lowe
Heidi Lowy
Servando Lupercio
Dan Mackta
Scott Maddasion
Kristen Madsen
Lior Magal
Julie A. Mangan
Ross Manzo
Danielle Marcelle Bond
Lisa Margolis
Mark Music & Media Law
Kstarr Marlo
Juan R. Marquez
Juanito R. Marquez
Margaret Marshall
Jil Matsumoto Gonzalez
Diane Matthews
Altheida Mayfield
Mary Mazurek
Michael McCabe
Jeff McClusky & Associates
Reginald McDaniel
Tomy McDonald
Kevin McElligott
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James McKinney
William McMillan
Edwin F. McPherson
Anna McReynolds
Jack Melton
Gordon Meltzer
Linda Mensch
Metropolitan Limosine, Inc.
Senka Mihich-Mann
Cornell Miller
Corey Miller
Mobile Giving Foundation
Sione A. Mokofisi
Martell Moore
J.B. Moore
Larry Moore
Helisha Moore
Andrew Morehouse
Michael Muhammad
Beth Mullaney
Benjamin Mumphrey
Randi Murphy
Music World Artist
Management, LLC
R. Carlos Nakai
Austin Neely
Aaron Nelson
Mark Nguyen
James Nichols
Ron Nicolai
Derek Nicoletto
Nokia
Jeffrey Nordyke
David Matthew Nottingham
Norman Odlum
Jalesia Offer
Deidre O’Hara
Brandon Ohl
Opiyo Okeyo
Lynn Orman
Chris O’Ryan
Joey P
Steven Pagano
Julius Papp
Scott Parker
Karina Pasian
Rafael Pasian
Jennifer Pastarnack
Avi Pearce
Richard Pearson
Jose Perez
Christopher Perkins
Rupert Perry
Joel Perry
Marc Petrillo
Maya Phillips
Amaurie Phillips
Taralee Pinder
Luis Pinzon
Aaron Pittman
Steven D. Poltorak
Michelle Pontius
Renzo Prado
Gabriel E. Pulido
David Pullman
Ian Quinn
Beryl Quinton
David Raiklen
Shirin Rajaee
Eduardo Ramos
B. Random
Matt Ray
Steven Reaza
John Rekevics
Amando Reniva
Hillel Resner
Margo Reymundo
Melissa Gordon Rhine
Dorothy B. Richardson
Pete Richel
Randall Richman
Warren Riggers
Doug Rimerman
Wilson Rivas
Robert Rivera
Adrian Rivera
Hilary Roberts
Elizabeth Robinson
James Robinson
Cristian Robles
Kenneth Rodcharoen
Omayra Rodriguez
Eric Rollins
Betty J. Rose
Gerald Rosenblatt
Cedric Ross
Paul Rothenberg
Donald Rubinstein
Evelyn Rubio-Smith
Brian Saliba
Rick Sanchez
Andres Sanchez
James Scheffer
Bradley S. Schmarak
Darren Schmidt
Stephanie Joy Schulman
Andy Schwartz
Robert Scott
Mark Sessions
Frank Shaffer
David Sharpe
Kyleen Shaw
Gary Sheldon
Paul G. Shkut
Shout Factory
Brooke Sieben
Cynthia Simien
Christine D. Simpson
Susan Anthony Sims
Georja Skinner
Owen Sloane
David Smith
Noel Smith
Jennifer Smythe
Michael D. Smythe
Curt Sobel
Joe Solinski
Erin Spahn
Gary Sparks
Daniel Sparks
Steven Spear
Jason Speck
Jerry Spetsieris
Jessica Spinella
Stage Three Music
Clarence Steele
Erik Steigen
Candice Stephenson
Cindy Stevens
Mike Stoller
Keith Richard Stolte
Gregory Strausberg
Laura Sullivan
Christopher Sully
Spencer Supancic
Gary Swiontek
Michael Tackett
Lou Takacs, Jr., Esq
Michelange Tanis
Jami Templeton
Tony Terrebonne
Allen Thomas
Milton Thomas
Thomas Jefferson School
of Law
Antwan Thompson
Tickets for Charity, LLC
Craig Tiede
Judy Tint
Bryan Tjiupek
Ronald Tolson, Jr.
Ton of Bricks/Tonne De
Briques
Carl Torgerson
Mateo Toro
Jonathan Torres
Rhonda Trammell
William R. Traut
James Turner
UCLA
Universal Music Group
Heidy Vaquerano
Emmanuel C. Mike
Vasilomanolakis
Alan Vavrin
Alexis Vear
Rosa Vela
Rhodesia Victoria
Fadua Villarroel
Don Von Tress
Calvin Vu
Leslie Walker
Morris Walsh
Cedric Washington
Chival Washington
Takayuki Watanabe
Steven J. Weil
Killian Wells
Elizabeth Wendel
Tyria Whitaker
Avon White
Marisa Whittingham
Joy Omega Williams
Phyllis Yvonne Williams
Christopher Willis
Ellen Wilson
Hall Wines
Anushka Wirasinha
Lenny Wohl
Donald Woods
William Wright
Judy Wu
Rob Wunderman
Paul Xenis
Eli Yamin
Hobert Yates
Rafael Zambrano
Robert Zappulla
Manfred Zazzi
Howard Zeprun
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