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The BMI Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 by executives of Broadcast Music Incorporated for the purpose of "encouraging the creation, performance and study of music through awards, scholarships, internships, grants, and commissions."^[1] Additionally, the Foundation makes grants annually to other not-for-profit musical organizations. The organization is currently headed by Deirdre Chadwick who serves as the President^[2] and an elected Board of Directors.

Awards programs include:

BMI Student Composer Awards for Classical Compositions^[3]
Peermusic Latin Scholarships^[4]
Carlos Surinach Awards and Commissions^[5]
Woody Guthrie Fellowships^[6]
Women's Music Commission^[7]
John Lennon Scholarships^[8]
Milton Adolphus award^[9]
Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize^[10]
Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award^[11]
Jerry Bock Musical Theater Award^[12]
Robert B. Sherman Scholarship^[13]
David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music^[14]

References

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^ "David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship". BMI Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2018.