non governmental organization industry musical charity headquarters washington d.c. united states key people jeff campbell founder products compact discs for financial support website www.hungryformusic.org hungry for music is a charitable nonprofit organization located in washington d.c. that works to support music education and cultural enrichment 1 and acquires and provides musical instruments to underprivileged children 2 3 around the world . 4 hungry for music was founded and is directed by jeff campbell 5 and became a nonprofit 2 501 c 3 charity organization in 1994 . 3 4 to date the nonprofit has distributed thousands of free musical instruments to underprivileged children groups and schools . 5 contents 1 support 1.1 federal grants 1.2 donors 2 notable events 3 references 4 external links support edit the organization acquires income in part through the sale of compact discs the organization produces . 2 3 4 5 campbell has also had success in acquiring major artists for the compilation compact discs including licensed songs from performers such as bruce springsteen bob dylan paul simon and others . 3 5 other sources of income include conducting raffles membership sales 3 and concerts . 6 federal grants edit hungry for music was granted a resources and equipment grant from the national educational association in 2011 . 7 donors edit hungry for music is supported by many notable donors including vanguard hard rock cafe bmi violins etc. strathmore austin grill tau beta sigma fraternity mark s kitchen rockport and national chamber ensemble among others . notable events edit hungry for music was showcased by bmi and hard rock cafe in february 2011 . 8 references edit mission and outreach . hungryformusic.com . accessed september 2011 . a b c weeks linton june 21 2010 . instruments of good the healing power of music . . npr . retrieved september 2011 . check date values in access date help a b c d e slattery chris . december 21 2005 . hungry heart billy coulter plays music so others might too . the gazette post newsweek media inc. gazette.net . accessed september 2011 . a b c hungry for music article . the acousticana journal . may 5 2011 . accessed september 2011 . a b c d smoke signals woodstock revisited with cue . the washington post . accessed september 2011 . slattery chris december 24 2008 . merry like maccabees chanukah feast at strathmore . the gazette post newsweek media inc. gazette.net . accessed september 2011 . hungry for music nea grant 2011 . national educational association . 2011 . accessed september 2011 . hungry for music bmi music event . . broadcast music inc. 2011 02 24 . accessed september 2011 . external links edit official website hungry for music facebook profile hungry for music twitter profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hungry for music & oldid 647152849 categories children s charities based in the united stateshidden categories cs1 errors datespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 21 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view