Nashville Musicians Association Crisis Assistance Fund
A fund created by AFM Local 257 to help musicians in times of crisis.
Mission
A fund created by the Nashville Musicians Association, AFM Local 257, to help musicians in times of crisis. Originally created in 2010 as the Nashville Musicians Association Flood Relief Fund, more than $130,000 was raised and distributed to musicians who lost equipment and suffered damage to their homes and businesses from the flood. In addition. more than $50,000 worth of instruments were donated and distributed to musicians as well. In the wake of Covid-19, we reactivated the Fund to help musicians who have lost work and are still suffering from the economic after effects of the global pandemic. All donations are tax-deductible and will go to both AFM members and non-members. A donate button is on our website at www.nashvillemusicians.org
Ruling year
2011
President
Mr. Dave Pomeroy
Main address
11 Music Cir N
Nashville, TN 37203 USA
EIN
01-0967989
NTEE code
Other Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness, and Relief N.E.C. (M99)
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Nearly all musicians have been grossly afflicted by the nearly two-year long pandemic which has scuttled performing opportunities and scaled back recording sessions, in-person workshops and other sources of revenue. Musicians are notoriously underserved when it comes to health insurance, so when they are personally affected by COVID-19 it is often a career-threatening situation. We use our donated funds to help those professional musicians who are suffering the most. All funds received go directly to the financial assistance of musicians.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
COVID-19 Financial Assistance
This program seeks to assist professional musicians in the Nashville area who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a vast downturn in the music business, particularly the live performance and touring sectors.
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Our results
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Number of individuals who received assistance.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
COVID-19 Financial Assistance
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Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
As a new charity, we were able to make our first distribution of funds to 20 deserving musicians in August 2021. As of January 2022, we are nearly ready to make a second distribution.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to lessen the financial burden that area musicians deal with during times of crisis. We strive to find those most in need and help them through monetary means as well as replacement of musical instruments if applicable.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We reach out to our own community as well as to across the world through social media and interaction with our sister AFM Locals across North America to develop funding sources. We partner with other organizations to hold charity events such as fundraising concerts, and keep those who donate up to date on our fund distributions and future goals. We reach out to industry partners for donations of musical instruments and gear during natural disasters that may result in a musician's loss of their "tools of the trade."
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are uniquely situated to understand and address the needs of professional musicians because the Fund is run by musicians. Our board is composed of unpaid volunteers, all professional musicians with a clear understanding of the perils of a career in the music business under the best of times, let alone during a crisis.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have had one distribution of funds and plan a second for the first quarter of 2022.
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Nashville Musicians Association Crisis Assistance Fund
Board of directorsas of 09/02/2022
Dave Pomeroy
Dave Pomeroy
Nashville Musicians Associaiton
Vince Santoro
Nashville Musicians Association
Bruce Bouton
Nashville Musicians Association
Tom Wild
Nashville Musicians Association
Biff Watson
Nashville Musicians Association
Bill Wiggins
Nashville Musicians Association
Charlene Harb
Nashville Musicians Association
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