which have welcomed and hosted the Phish community for the band’s performances. Thank you all for continuing to make this work possible.

Eaton Middle School Band of Hampton, VA for instrument repair

This group of grants includes Mockingbird’s 200th (!) Tour Grant – an exciting milestone for this long-standing effort to help support music education in the local communities

West Louisville Performing Arts Academy of Louisville, KY for music theory supplies.

Inglenook K8 School Band Program of Birmingham, AL for instruments and learning software

Webb Bridge Middle School Band of Alpharetta, GA for additional instructors for one-on-one lessons

We're proud to announce the latest group of Tour Grants in honor of the recent Late Summer Tour: Each of the following music programs received an unsolicited $2,000, for a total of $8,000:

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We’re thrilled to be able to share these for free! Please consider a donation for music education: mbird.org/donate

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Our grants in action. 😍

At the start of Phish's summer tour, I pledged $20 to @mbird.org as part of our Good Karma Pledge Drive for every 20 minute jam played. Our pledge drive finished last night and there were 19 songs exceeding 20 minutes.

Thanks to @waterwheelfoundation.org and @phanart.bsky.social and his friend Chris, Mbird.org will have a table at tonight's SPAC show. If you're attending, PLEASE stop by and please also consider donating to the cause of music education, as we are a 501c3, and @phish.net is a project that costs $.

Thanks to @waterwheelfoundation.org and @phanart.bsky.social and his friend Chris, Mbird.org will have a table at tonight's SPAC show. If you're attending, PLEASE stop by and please also consider donating to the cause of music education, as we are a 501c3, and @phish.net is a project that costs $.

That Sand was at least 39 (maybe 40) minutes. Whatever it came out to, I'm rounding my donation to @mbird.org to $40. Anybody want to match me for tonight's masterpiece and support music education for kids?

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Night one @mbird.org style with @juvenilesuccess.bsky.social and @drewphish.bsky.social

These grants are part of a long-standing effort to help support music education in the local communities which have welcomed and hosted the Phish community for the band’s performances.

This group of grants includes Mockingbird’s 236th Tour Grant and 350th non-competitive grant. It is the 32nd group of Tour Grants, an effort that now totals $320,999.99 (~$321K), which is 11.5% of all disbursements made by the Foundation.

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Tonight's What's Going Through Your Mind was 42+ minutes and clocks in as the 6th longest jam in Phish history. I'm donating $40 for the jam (instead of $20) to @mbird.org. Anybody up for matching me?

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GOOD KARMA 2025 - EPISODE V: THE KARMA STRIKES BACK

The Good Karma Pledge Drive returns this summer and is a great way to help @mbird.org support music education for kids while hoping for an epic #Phish tour over the next three months:

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Big thanks to Cast AI — they’ve helped us cut cloud costs at phish.net while keeping the music playing. Check out this case study we’re building together! Every dollar saved = more for music education. 🎶

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Read more about this incredible round on mbird.org. And please share our work with friends and family - we couldn’t do this without you!

created to honor and memorialize Trey Anastasio’s sister. Additionally, the Mockingbird board elected to double two of the requested amounts, for Children’s Eye Foundation and Friends of Breakthrough.

Mockingbird’s newest round of competitive grants support the following programs, at schools, community centers, and non-profit organizations in 16 states. Half of the amounts for five of the grants were made possible through the generous support of the Kristy Anastasio Manning Memorial Fund (KAMMF),

We truly cannot believe that we have now disbursed more than 400 competitive grants (and more than 750 total grants!) for an aggregate of more than $2.75M – all with no staff, no salaries, and no office — just YOUR incredibly generous support.

Mockingbird is absolutely thrilled to announce our 30th round of competitive grants — 18 new grants totaling $153,870.