Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund

History of the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund

Martha Lee Cain Tranby, a Kansas City, Missouri resident for more than fifty years, was a high school music teacher who also gave private piano lessons, played the organ at her church, and was a choir director for two other churches. She was a charter member of the Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity chapter at the University of Kansas City (now the University of Missouri- Kansas City), was the chapter’s first president, and was a member for 58 years. She had a deep belief in the power of music to affect people’s lives for the better.

Although she was a person of modest means, careful planning allowed her to establish the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund in 1991. The purpose of the fund, which is managed by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, is “to promote, inspire, foster, encourage, assist with and engage in, either alone or with others, the promotion of music education, composition, performance or any other music endeavor by individuals, groups or institutions.” She envisioned a fund that would assist people in every field of music endeavor, from scholarships for music camps or music educational institutions; to preparations for performances, conducting or composition; to the purchase of musical instruments and work in the field of acoustics. Her foresighted estate planning and insurance meant that, after her death in October 2004, her Fund grew to more than $1 million.

Previous beneficiaries of the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund have included the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra (in an educational project with the Paseo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts), the Youth Symphony (for travel to Spain), the Kansas City Chorale, Music/Arts Institute scholarship students, the Kansas City String Quartet Program, a University of Missouri-Kansas City piano student for participation in the International Liszt Piano Competition in Poland, a student for a scholarship to complete a master of music degree in organ performance, the William Jewell College Hymn Festival dedicating its new pipe organ, Summerfest, Friends of Chamber Music and the Declarations of Independence (the community chorus of Independence, Missouri).

Grants are restricted to fund the production or presentation of music performances. Grant applications are submitted to a Selection Committee designed by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Selection Committee considers applications submitted by the deadline of February 15, and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees for grants or scholarships to projects or students that will benefit the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The Selection Committee may schedule auditions and interviews. Inclusion of recordings is required for individual scholarship applicants only and grant applicants may include recordings or videotapes, although it is not required.

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PART 1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of Organization: ______Address: ______Phone: (____)______Fax: (___)______E-mail: ______@______Contact Person and his or her position: ______Federal Tax I.D. No.: ______-______Year organization formed ______Provide total figures for the last three years’ expenses and income for your organization: Year Expenses Income 20__ $______$______20__ $______$______20__ $______$______

Attach a one-page budget of income and expenses for the past year for your organization.

If applicant has a Nonprofit Profile with the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation please attach your profile. Otherwise attach the following information:

a) Names of members of the Board of Directors, and list of officers. b) Annual balance sheets and income statements for the last three years. c) A copy of the IRS letter granting Section 501(c)(3) status. d) Any other items you wish to supply to provide information about your organization (newspaper clippings, reviews, magazine articles, etc.; no such items are required).

PART 2. GRANT REQUEST

a) For what specific purpose or project do you want a grant? (Note: grants are restricted to fund the production or presentation of music performances).______b) If the grant is for a specific project, how long has the project been in existence? ______c) When is the grant money needed? [month] ______, 20__ d) When will project be completed? [month] ______, 20__. A final report regarding the project will be sent to the committee by [month] ______, 20__. (Note: a final report describing the project and containing appropriate information is required for all grants.)

- 2 - e) Amount requested: $______. Please attach a one-page budget for the organization’s specific project or purchase, listing income and expenses by line item. f) How do you feel that this will benefit the Kansas City metropolitan area? ______g) Names of any particular individuals such as soloists, guest conductors, etc. who will be involved in the musical production, performance, or project for which you are applying for this grant (attach biographical information, if applicable). No listing needs to be given if the grant is for a performance or project not involving persons beyond your organization’s ordinary personnel: ______h) Previous projects completed by this organization over the past three years (general description is appropriate, such as “we produce three concerts a year”): ______i) Other grants received by this organization in the past three years, including amount received, date, and funding organization (summary listing is appropriate, including major gifts only): ______

PART 3. CONFIRMATION AND SIGNATURE

I hereby confirm that all information provided on this application is correct, and I understand that any false information automatically disqualifies our organization from eligibility. I understand that my name and the grant amount will be public information and may be used by the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund for purposes of grant listings and publicity. I agree that any publicity or printed material, or information posted on any web site or otherwise made available to others, which relates to any production, performance or other appearance which is funded in whole or in part by any grant which this organization may receive will contain the phrase: “This ------made possible in part by a grant from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund.”

______, 20__ Signature Date ______Printed Name Position with Organization

Mail completed application form and any attachments to: All applications shall be Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund postmarked with a visible c/o Don Dagenais, Secretary mailing postmark no later Lathrop & Gage L.C. than the February 15 deadline.

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