Support Music Education Through a Monetary Gift to MENC: The National Association for Music Education
Your support is urgently needed to help keep music programs strong in our schools! MENC offers several options for gift-giving at all levels. Read on for descriptions of our giving programs and the benefits associated with them. MENC is a 501(c)(3) organization, so contributions are tax-deductible.
How You Can Help!
- Make a Donation
- Join MusicFriends!
- Donate a Brick on MENC's "Walk of FAME"
- Centennial Campaign
- Make Purchases on Amazon.com via MENC's Associate Link
- MENC WorldPoints® Credit Card from Bank of America
- SheetMusicPlus.com
- Combined Federal Campaign
- The Caitlin Merie Hurrey Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Planned Giving Programs
The Fund for the Advancement of Music Education (FAME) is an MENC-administered program that seeks to improve and expand music education for all by effecting changes in the general public's perception of its importance. The program's goals are to increase public awareness of the importance of music education and to promote public support for music education at the local, state, and federal levels. FAME funding enables the music education community to reach out beyond the parameters of the teaching profession to the world in which Americans learn about and make music. To learn more about FAME or to make a donation, call 800-336-3768. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Make a Donation / Join MusicFriends 
MENC cheerfully accepts donations of any size at any time. Your gift will help support our mission of encouraging the study and making of music by all. In return, you'll receive a complimentary membership in MusicFriends, MENC's program for parents, community members, and other music education supporters. Send checks to MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 20191. To give a gift of more than $10 using VISA or MasterCard, call 800- 336-3768.
Donate a Brick on MENC's "Walk of FAME" 
Donating a brick to be installed on the walkway leading to MENC's national headquarters building in Reston, VA is a wonderful way to honor a mentor, memorialize a loved one, commemorate an occasion or event, or simply make public and permanent your own support for music education. More information.
MENC Centennial Campaign 
In honor of our 100th anniversary, MENC has created the MENC Centennial Campaign to further music education and support music teachers. More information
Help ensure that every child has access to the benefits of music education by making a gift today!
Make Purchases at Amazon.com 
As an Amazon.com Associate, MENC receives a small commission on purchases made by customers who access the store via the special link on MENC's Web site. If you are seeking a book, CD, DVD, wireless phone or any other number of electronics, software or kitchen gadgets, Amazon is a great place to shop online with competitive prices. Shop now
MENC WorldPoints® Credit Card from Bank of America 
MENC offers a WorldPoints® Platinum Plus® Visa® credit card, an exciting new credit card rewards program at competitive rates. Issued by Bank of America, the leader in affinity marketing, it's got everything you'd want in a card and much more, all with no annual fee.* You'll earn one point for every retail dollar you spend with your card toward: unlimited cash rewards, tickets on major U.S. airlines with no blackout dates, car rentals and hotel stays in the U.S., and brand-name merchandise ... plus, double, triple and quadruple points can be earned at participating merchants, and redemption can begin with as few as 1,500 points. MyConciergeSM, a complimentary cardholder service, can help you find tickets to sold-out shows and sporting events, locate a special gift, even help plan a function for you. You'll have access to a powerful credit line as high as $100,000 and equally impressive coverage to protect you and your purchases. What's more, the card that rewards you supports music education. Each time you make a purchase with your credit card, a contribution is made to MENC at no additional cost to you.
Learn more by calling toll-free 1-866-438-6262 (TTY users, call 1-800-833-6262). Please refer to priority code GK70 when speaking with a Bank of America representative to apply. You can also apply online.
*For information about the rates, fees, other costs, and benefits associated with the use of the card; or to apply, please call the above toll-free numbers.
SheetMusicPlus.com 
Shopping online for sheet music, songbooks or guitar tabs? Try Sheet Music Plus. They have more than a quarter million titles to choose from, and you can order online. Link from MENC's Web site to a page designed especially for music teachers, and help support music education initiatives when you make purchases. (MENC receives a small commission at no additional cost to you!)
Combined Federal Campaign 
Encourage family and friends employed by the federal government to support music education through the 2007 Combined Federal Campaign. The CFC is an annual fund-raising drive conducted by federal employees and military personnel to raise millions of dollars to benefit thousands of non-profits. MENC will be listed in the 2007 donor brochure as number 11770 under "Educate America! The Education, School Support and Scholarship Funds Coalition Federation and Member Organizations" as Music Education Matters, MENC.This year’s solicitation period (the time period during which employees can sign up to donate) is September 1 to December 15. For more information, visit the CFC homepage at www.opm.gov/cfc.
Caitlin Merie Hurrey Memorial Scholarship Fund 
The Caitlin Merie Hurrey Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established as part of the Fund for the Advancement of Music Education (FAME) of The National Association for Music Education (MENC). The Caitlin Scholarship Fund will provide three scholarships each year, one will go to a MENC parent member and will assist in sending one of their children to college; one will go to a high school senior who is planning to attend an accredited college or university, and has a personal connection to Huntingtown Elementary School and the other will go to a MENC collegiate senior.
For more information about playing in or sponsoring the Golf Tournament to support the Caitlin Fund, please contact: stephaniej@menc.org.
Planned Giving Programs
MENC is grateful for the many generous donations our members make in support of music education. A significant contribution can be made to future generations with a gift to MENC. The simple act of a bequest not only will help provide tomorrow’s children with the challenge, excitement, and rewards of music; it also gives you a fine tax benefit. Because MENC is a 501(c)(3) organization, all charitable donations are tax-deductible. For bequests, the amount donated is subtracted from the total, pretax value of your estate. This reduces your federal estate tax and puts you in control of deciding how to distribute your hard-earned assets. To help guarantee the future of music education through a gift to MENC, contact MENC at 1-800-336-3768 or write to paulb@menc.org.
Additional Information on Donations and Financial Aid
Information on organizations that accept musical instrument donations
Information on non-MENC grants and other financial aid
Information on Caitlin Merie Hurrey Scholarship
FAME Also Supports:
The following are several current examples of FAME at work in support of music education and educators.
The National Anthem Project - the campaign to restore America's voice though music education.
"Why Music?" - the award-winning radio public service announcement series featuring testimonials by musical celebrities about the importance of music education.
Sesame Street Music Works - a public service initiative that encourages children to explore, create, and grow with music, including a free video and Web materials in English and in Spanish.
300 Years of People and Pianos - free teaching materials produced in conjunction with the PBS documentary and the Smithsonian Institute exhibit of the same name.