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 President2 and an elected Board of Directors.
Awards programs include:
- BMI Student Composer Awards for Classical Compositions3
- Peermusic Latin Scholarships4
- Carlos Surinach Awards and Commissions5
- Woody Guthrie Fellowships6
- Women's Music Commission7
- John Lennon Scholarships8
- Milton Adolphus award9
- Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize10
- Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award11
- Jerry Bock Musical Theater Award12
- Robert B. Sherman Scholarship13
- David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music14
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- "David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship". BMI Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.