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The BMI Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 by executives of Broadcast Music Incorporated for the purpose of "encouraging the creation, performance and study of music through awards, scholarships, internships, grants, and commissions."[1] Additionally, the Foundation makes grants annually to other not-for-profit musical organizations. The organization is currently headed by Deirdre Chadwick who serves as the President[2] and an elected Board of Directors.
Awards programs include:
- BMI Student Composer Awards for Classical Compositions[3]
- Peermusic Latin Scholarships[4]
- Carlos Surinach Awards and Commissions[5]
- Woody Guthrie Fellowships[6]
- Women's Music Commission[7]
- John Lennon Scholarships[8]
- Milton Adolphus award[9]
- Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize[10]
- Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award[11]
- Jerry Bock Musical Theater Award[12]
- Robert B. Sherman Scholarship[13]
- David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music[14]
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- ^ "David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship". BMI Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2018.