New Music USA announces the selection of 80 awardees for the 2026 New Music Organization Fund, which offers grants to non-profit organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues that need support to sustain their programming of new music and/or nurturing of music creators and other artists. Totaling $564,250 in funding across 22 states plus Washington, D.C., this year’s awardees demonstrate a deep and consistent impact on their community of artists and music lovers, and a commitment to cultivating creativity, particularly with regard to leveraging new music in the service of individual and community transformation.
