Donation Policy

Each year we get hundreds of sponsorship requests from deserving individuals and groups who are involved with music and music education. While it is not possible to either fund each request or determine who among them is most deserving, we focus our sponsorship efforts primarily on K-12 school music programs. Each year we contribute roughly $100,000.00 in annual donations of goods, services, support materials and discounts to these groups. It is our belief that this is the best way to benefit the largest number of musicians in a fair and equitable way for all concerned.

While many musical events and organizations are non-profit in nature, music is our business: providing jobs to over 100 employees in our 4 stores across Pennsylvania & New York. Due to the number of solicitations we receive, we must carefully choose projects that are an extension of our mission to create more music makers. We will consider a donation of gift cards, merchandise or cash for $50.00 or less for any organization related to music.

We request that all donation requests by made in writing.

Send them:
Attn: Peter Sides,

201 Mulberry St.,

Williamsport, PA 17701

or email to [email protected]

  • Telephone and personal solicitation will not be considered.

  • Solicitation from outside our trade areas will not be considered.

  • Requests aligned with our mission of creating more music makers will receive higher priority.

  • Consideration is given to those programs that need start-up funds and less to those that merely initiate yearly requests.

  • Donations that benefit a group will always receive more consideration than those that benefit an individual.

  • Requests for music group travel or trip donations will usually not be considered. Although we be lieve in the benefit of travel, the amount of musical benefit is usually secondary.