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Please take a moment and reflect on the joys music has brought to you over the years, whether you were composing, singing, playing or listening to it. You know that music can enhance the moment — it can also change a life. Please join us in our efforts to operate and support music education and professional programs that propel emerging creators to the next level. Your generosity will help music creators realize their dreams. It will also help keep music in our schools and communities throughout the country.

When you choose to make a financial donation to The ASCAP Foundation, you join a community of people who support to our mission to nurture the music talent of tomorrow, while preserving the legacy of the past and sustaining the incentive for today's creators. We are a non-profit organization and your contribution is essential. Whether your gift is $25 or $25,000, every dollar allows us to continue to serve the entire music community through scholarships, awards, grants, talent development and music education programs.

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Individual Gifts

  • An unrestricted gift to The ASCAP Foundation to be used where it is most needed.
  • A gift to honor a relative, friend or role model.
  • Establish a named or endowed fund that is compatible with the Foundation’s mission to honor a relative, friend or role model. (Minimum donation to establish a named fund is $25,000, which can be given in one lump sum or spread out over several years.)
  • Designate a portion of your ASCAP royalties to be paid directly to The ASCAP Foundation.
  • Leave a bequest designating a specific program to benefit from your generosity.
  • Designate a portion of your estate to be used at the discretion of The ASCAP Foundation and its Board of Trustees.
  • Designate a portion of your estate to the Foundation’s endowment as a gift to ensure the continued work of The ASCAP Foundation.

Please review the following sample bequest language and share it with your attorney and estate planner:

1. OUTRIGHT UNRESTRICTED BEQUEST

"I give, devise and bequeath to The ASCAP Foundation, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023, the sum of _______ dollars (or the following described property: ________) for its unrestricted use."

2. OUTRIGHT RESTRICTED BEQUEST

"I give, devise and bequeath to The ASCAP Foundation, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023, the sum of ______ dollars to be used for (identify program: e.g. its school education program). If the Board of Directors of The ASCAP Foundation, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines that circumstances are such that a literal compliance with the terms of this bequest is no longer practicable or appropriate, then The Directors of The ASCAP Foundation may use this bequest for another purpose that as closely as possible carries out my original intention."

3. UNRESTRICTED BEQUEST OF RESIDUARY ESTATE

"All (or __%) of the rest, residue and remainder of the property, both real and personal and wherever situated, which I may own or be entitled to at the time of my death, I give, devise and bequeath to The ASCAP Foundation, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023, for its unrestricted use."

4. RESTRICTED BEQUEST OF RESIDUARY ESTATE

"All (or ___%) of the rest, residue and remainder of the property, both real and personal and wherever situated, which I may own or be entitled to at the time of my death, I give, devise and bequeath to The ASCAP Foundation, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023, to be used for (identify program: e.g. its school education program). If the Board of Directors of The ASCAP Foundation, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines that circumstances are such that a literal compliance with the terms of this bequest is no longer practicable or appropriate, then The Directors of The ASCAP Foundation may use this bequest for another purpose that as closely as possible carries out my original intention."

5. CONTINGENT BEQUEST

"If my husband/wife shall not survive me, then I give, devise and bequeath all (or _____%) of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, to The ASCAP Foundation, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023."

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To Donate By Mail with Check or Money Order

Please make your check or money order payable to:

"The ASCAP Foundation" and mail to:

The ASCAP Foundation
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, New York 10023

The ASCAP Foundation is a publicly supported charitable organization exempt from federal taxation under IRC Section 501(c)(3). We welcome your contributions which are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

For more information on our programs or

  • to obtain a brochure,
  • to make a tax deductible contribution,
  • to find out how you can participate in planned giving,
  • to find out how you can designate a portion of your ASCAP royalties to be paid directly to The ASCAP Foundation, please contact us at:

The ASCAP Foundation
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
212-621-6219 or 212-621-8347
fax: 212-595-3342
email: ascapfoundation@ascap.com

Major Donors to The ASCAP Foundation for 2006

The ASCAP Foundation relies on contributions and bequests from ASCAP members and the general public as well as grants from other foundations to fulfill our mission of supporting music education and talent development programs. All contributions large and small, are gratefully accepted. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. The ASCAP Foundation is very grateful to all of our supporters who make it possible for us to fulfill our mission of supporting music education and talent development programs. Major contributors to The ASCAP Foundation in 2006 include:

Patty K. Allen
The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
James Brockman Estate
Bruce Broughton
Irving Burgie
Al Byron
Irving Caesar Estate
Tita Cahn
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. and Music Alive! Magazine
Charles Gates Dawes Estate
Mitchell B. DeGroot, Jr. Trust
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc.
Jane F. Dudan
Jonathan Farkas
William Finn
Josef Freudenthal Estate
Audrey Geisel
Freddie Gershon
Gibson Foundation, Inc.
Mary Rodgers Guettel
Neal Hefti
Joe Henry
Jerry Herman
Christopher Gene Ho
Winnie Holzman & Paul Dooley
Raymond Hubbell Music Scholarship Fund at Dade Community Foundation
Susan Jane Hut
Robert N. Kaplan
Theodore N. Kaplan
Eleanor Kaplan-Jurist
Lynn Lane - Burton Lane Estate
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Frank Loesser Enterprises
Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.
John & Barbara LoFrumento
Maguire-Reeder, LTD
Joseph & Rosalie Meyer Estate
Orlando and Lura Murden
Nathan Associates Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
The Nelson Trust
Jack & Amy Norworth Estate
John Powell
James Royce Shannon Estate aka James Stanley Royce
The Sigman Family
Larry Stock Estate
David and Sylvia Weisz Family Philanthropic Fund, Inc.