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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]
