The Music Maker Mission

Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc. helps the true pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern music gain recognition and meet their day to day needs. We present these musical traditions to the world so American culture will flourish and be preserved for future generations.

Our criterion for recipients is they be rooted in a Southern musical tradition, be 55 years or older and have an annual income less than $18,000.

Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc. is a tax exempt, public charity under IRS code 501(c)3.

Programs

• Musician Sustenance - grants to meet basic life needs and emergency relief.
• Musical Development - grants and services for recipient artist professional development and career advancement.
• Cultural Access - supports the preservation and proliferation of American musical traditions.

This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council with funding from the state of North Carolina and the National Endownment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Board of Directors

• Timothy Duffy - President
• Denise Duffy
• Eric Ashman
• Daniel ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck
• Bart Farrell
• Dom Flemons
• Rhiannon Giddens
• Tom Meyer
• Anne Pitts
• BIll Puckett
• Justin Robinson
• Henry Slyker

Staff

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Advisory Board

• B.B. King
• Bonnie Raitt
• Levon Helm
• Ardie Dean
• Jackson Browne
• Dickey Betts
• Jimmy Herring
• Derek Trucks
• Susan Tedeschi
• Tift Merritt
• Tom Rankin
• Bill Puckett
• Sue Foley
• Colonel Bruce Hampton
• Pura Fé
• Ken Shepherd
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd
• David Thurber, MD
• Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Jerry Harrison
• Pete Townshend
• Lightnin’ Wells
• John Price
• Bill Krasilovsky
• Rick Savitt