In celebration of Phish’s upcoming 3-show run in Albany (October 25, 26, & 27), the all-volunteer and fan-run Mockingbird Foundation has announced that it is sending an unsolicited $3,000 Tour Grant to the City School District of Albany Fine...
Two amazing and anonymous supporters of the Mockingbird Foundation have contributed interesting and compelling art to help fund music education for children. One began making a “Sabotage” design some time ago, hoping that the band would play it again....
The Mockingbird Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 DeLucia Awards for music educators. Each of these award winners has demonstrated a passion for music education such as by teaching in an exceptional, innovative, or unique...
In celebration of Phish’s 23-show summer tour, the all-volunteer and fan-run Mockingbird Foundation has announced that it is sending an unsolicited $2,000 Tour Grant each to nine music education programs, one near each venue on the tour. This group...
The Mockingbird Foundation has launched its second online charity auction, featuring dozens of limited-quantity items that will be of interest to almost any Phish fan, family member, and/or friend: Two new, unboxed copies of The Phish Companion, Third Edition...
Music is a Language & The Mockingbird Foundation present a benefit concert @ Four Noses Brewery in Park Hill, Sunday 9/1/24, 12-4p, to support music education and local music. This pre-Phish party, early afternoon of the fourth Dick’s show,...
A nonprofit founded and run by Phish fans on an entirely volunteer basis has announced eighteen (18) new grants totaling $132,900. The Mockingbird Foundation has now disbursed 692 grants totaling more than $2.5M to support music education. Mockingbird’s 29th...
The all-volunteer Mockingbird Foundation has announced a special series of grants to organizations that submitted inquiries for our 29th Round of competitive funding. We pulled all requests for $2K or less, ushered them through an expedited due diligence review,...
The Mockingbird Foundation acknowledges, and expresses appreciation for, the many individuals and corporations who have provided generous tax-deductible donations to support our efforts in funding music education through all-volunteer nonprofit projects. Contributions are recognized at listed giving levels and acknowledged online in annual reports. The...
Today marks the release of Joe Cripe’s second EP, Bob’s House, from which 100% of the streaming profits will be donated to the Mockingbird Foundation to support music education for children. As Joe describes it: This project took many...