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Save the Music Foundation looks to expand its school education support by going independent

  • Paramount Global is ending its financial support for the Save the Music Foundation, which promotes music education in public schools, as announced on Wednesday.
  • In response, Save the Music is starting a $10 million endowment fund to sustain its mission as a fully independent nonprofit.
  • Currently, nearly $4 million of the $10 million endowment is funded, with 95% of its budget coming from non-Paramount sources.
  • Save the Music has helped millions of students at over 2,800 schools excel academically and creatively through music education, according to a Paramount spokesperson.
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After Splitting From Paramount, Save the Music Lands $10 Million Endowment Fund

From the late 1990s into the 2000s, “VH1 Save the Music” was a household name known for its annual Divas Live benefit concerts featuring such bold-faced icons as Aretha, Whitney, Mariah and Celine. But by the end of the 2010s, following the television network’s pivot to reality series like Love & Hip-Hop and Basketball Wives, the branding no longer made sense. Related …

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Paramount ends funding to Save the Music, forcing foundation to go indie

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Save the Music, the nonprofit foundation that grew in popularity on cable TV in the late 1990s through the 2000s, is going indie. Paramount Global is ending its financial support for the nearly 30-year-old program that promotes music education in public schools, the foundation announced Wednesday. As a result, Save the Music is starting a $10 million endowment fund to sustain its mission as a fully indepe…

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Save the Music Foundation looks to expand its school education support by going independent - Seymour Tribune

With a launch party that included Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, the VH1 Save the Music Foundation never had any problem getting attention in the late ’90s. But a lot has changed since the music education nonprofit’s early years, with the glitzy, star-studded cable TV specials slowly giving way to a decidedly more grassroots focus on establishing and sustaining music programs in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. To exp…

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Save the Music Foundation looks to expand its school education support by going independent - Entertainment News

With a launch party that included Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, the VH1 Save the Music Foundation never had any problem getting attention in the late '90s. But a lot has changed since the music education nonprofit's early years, with the glitzy, star-studded cable TV special...

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Save the Music, a nearly 30-year-old nonprofit promoting music education in public schools, goes independent after Paramount's decision to end financial support

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castanet.net broke the news in Kelowna, Canada on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
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