Aaron Copland Fund for Music

An endowed fund created from composer Aaron Copland's estate that keeps living American concert music playing, funding the ensembles, presenters, composers and recordings that carry contemporary American work forward, with grants decided by peer panels.

Financial profile

Aaron Copland Fund for Music · EIN 13-3620909 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$2,199,628$2,837,983$18,530,059Jun 2023
FY2022$3,298,778$2,301,475$19,109,414Jun 2022
FY2021$2,664,671$2,213,884$18,112,111Jun 2021
FY2020$2,725,211$2,607,298$17,661,324Jun 2020
FY2019$2,867,334$2,582,698$17,543,411Jun 2019
FY2015$2,559,862$2,753,178$17,829,809Jun 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Aaron Copland Fund for Music is read alongside.

Who backs ACFM

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

An endowed fund created from composer Aaron Copland's estate that keeps living American concert music playing, funding the ensembles, presenters, composers and recordings that carry contemporary American work forward, with grants decided by peer panels.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Volunteer

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Frontier and The Movement.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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