The United Way of Greater Knoxville last year awarded funding to our School through a grant program designed to support outcome-based initiatives such as our music-based mentoring program. Along with the award, the Joy of Music School became an official partner agency of the United Way! We are excited and grateful to announce that this funding has been extended to continue into the new fiscal year.

Thanks to the East Tennessee Foundation for supporting our summer programming and to the City of Knoxville for supporting us through its Community Agency Grant program, which aims to maximize community resources. This partnership has been crucial over the years and continues to help us serve our community. We appreciate the City’s focus on arts and culture in their support of community resources!

We are ever grateful to our stalwart foundation supporters, including the Tennessee Arts Commission (which is giving us substantially more this year than ever before), Knoxville Leadership Foundation (championing our mentorship program), and the Arts and Cultural Alliance (supporting capacity-building). We could not do our work without the generosity of these incredible organizations.