GRATEFUL GUITARS FOUNDATION
EIN 82-4031230 · Music (A68)
What they do
GRATEFUL GUITARS is A 501-C3 NONPROFIT THAT OBTAINS WORLD-CLASS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS for TALENTED PLAYERS WHO SEEK to CARRY ON THE TRADITION of JAM BAND MUSIC INTO THE 21ST CENTURY and BEYOND. WE IDENTIFY MUSICIANS WHO THRIVE IN LIVE SETTINGS and WE SECURE THE GEAR THEY NEED to REACH THEIR FULLEST MUSICAL POTENTIAL. THROUGH THE POWERFUL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SKILLED PLAYER and THE HIGHEST QUALITY INSTRUMENT, OUR AIM is to ENSURE THAT JAM BAND MUSIC THRIVES for GENERATIONS of LIVE MUSIC FANS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- 2995 WOODSIDE RD STE 400, WOODSIDE, CA 94062-2448
- County
- San Mateo
- In care of
- ANDREW LOGAN