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, 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, will feature Bubala (12-1 and...
A nonprofit founded and run by Phish fans on an entirely volunteer basis has announced nineteen (19) new grants totaling $140,900. The Mockingbird Foundation has now disbursed 693 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...
In celebration of Phish’s four-show New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden (Dec 28, 29, 30, & 31), the all-volunteer and fan-run Mockingbird Foundation has announced that it is sending an unsolicited $1,000 Tour Grant each to four...
Host Avromi Steinberg has announced and released an episode of the Secondhand Talent podcast which is an interview with Mockingbird Foundation Executive Director Ellis Godard: In his words: Secondhand Talent began as a question: Why are so few NON-band...
As you all embark on a holiday filled with the love and kinship of friends and family, we have a fun challenge that we are sharing with all of the partners in our work, like you, to help spread...
The Mockingbird Foundation team is heartbroken at the untimely passing of saxophonist James Casey. James was an incredibly talented musician who lit up the stage with the Trey Anastasio Band horn section, Phil Lesh and Friends, Bill Kreutzmann, and...