ACM Lifting Lives Latest Grant Cycle To Focus On Music & Memory Care
ACM Lifting Lives has announced that its 2024–2025 grant cycle will open for submissions on Aug. 19 and close on Sept. 20. This application window will focus on music and memory care, with support of $100,000 from Scott and Sandi Borchetta’s Music Has Value Fund.
The grant cycle continues ACM Lifting Lives’ history of music therapy programs, harnessing the healing power of music. Eligible beneficiaries will fall into one of three primary areas: qualifying organizations that provide direct memory care support to benefit the mental and emotional health of individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and cognitive decline; organizations that provide direct mental health support for people working within the country music industry; and 501c3 eligible organizations that provide music therapy programs for health-related needs.
A special segment of the 17th Annual ACM Honors on Aug. 21 will be devoted to this year’s ACM Lifting Lives grant cycle and feature a performance saluting Glen Campbell.
“Glen and his family so bravely chose to publicly share their fight with Alzheimer’s through the James Keach-produced I’ll Be Me documentary, which helped engage millions of people who face the realities of this terrible disease,” says Scott Borchetta. “This year that documentary celebrates a decade of impact. We were honored to release his final recordings on the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated I’ll Be Me soundtrack, produced by our very own Julian Raymond. Now, this year, Big Machine is equally honored to have released Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost on the Canvas Sessions. Together with our friends at ACM Lifting Lives, we will celebrate Glen and his family’s boldness in chronicling the final stages of memory loss. What is clear through research and this incredible film is that music does make a difference. This grant will further important work focused on music and memory care.”
“We are proud to re-open submissions for our grant-making process, and support the essential work being done by organizations providing music therapy as a way of healing,” shares Lyndsay Cruz, Executive Director, ACM Lifting Lives. “I am so pleased to be partnering with Scott and Sandi Borchetta and their Music Has Value initiative to focus this cycle on music and memory care. We truly will be breaking new ground together by focusing on an issue that deserves more attention.”
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