ANNOUNCING FINCH FUNDS GRANTS
$21,461 in total has been granted to 12 music programs in 10 states, please click here for more info mbird.org/2026/04/2026...
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE DONATED TO MBIRD.ORG, YOU MAKE THESE GRANTS POSSIBLE! (donate.mbird.org/np/clients/m...)
Excited to announce that @mbird.org has a new way to collect donations with zero fees!
We have a $6,000 grant planned for a school music program in need in Vegas if we can raise the funds. Who can help us make this tour grant for the Sphere run a reality?
Even a small donation helps! #phish
A sneak peak at a new print from artist Jeff Wood, made exclusively for The Mockingbird Foundation and available only at PhanArt Las Vegas starting April 17. All proceeds benefit music education through @mbird.org
#phish #MockingbirdFoundation #Jeffwood #posterart #phanartlasvegas
What a powerful night of community, laughter, and music in support of Divided Sky Foundation.
@dividedskyfoundation
@treyanastasio
@marcmaron
@sarahkatesilverman
@nickkroll
@johnmulaney
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Vegas volunteers needed!
Sign-ups are still open for our Sphere community volunteering events with Three Square Food Bank on 4/24 and Opportunity Village on 5/1.
Let’s show Vegas what the Phish fan community can do! 💪 Sign up today at waterwheelfoundation.org/volunteer.
#waterwheelfoundation #createpositivechange
Las Vegas Community Volunteering sign ups are open!
Community Volunteering Sign Ups for @phish.com at Sphere are OPEN! Give back before you get down! 💃🕺
We have three great volunteer opportunities lined up in Vegas - one for each weekend.
🪩 April 18th - The Animal Foundation
🪩 April 24th - Three Square Food Bank
🪩 May 1st - Opportunity Village
Tweet by Phish’s archivist Kevin Shapiro that wishes Mbird.org a happy 29th anniversary, and that notes that fans volunteering for Mbird have raised and donated over $2.75M to music education programs for children in all 50 states and that includes an image of the sticker MY OTHER VEHICLE IS A MOCKINGBIRD
Thank you @shapsio.bsky.social @phish.com!
The Runaway Open is back!
The Runaway Open is BACK! Registration is now open for our annual charity golf tournament! Join us in Denver Sept 5 back at Willis Case, by popular demand.
This will be our largest year with room for 132 golfers. We’ll have on-course contests, coffee, lunch, limited-edition swag,
and tons of fun whether you’re rusty or a pro.
Grab your buds and we’ll see you on the links!
Register here: mbird.org/2026/02/runa...
The Runaway Open is back!
The Runaway Open is BACK! Registration is now open for our annual charity golf tournament! Join us in Denver Sept 5 back at Willis Case, by popular demand.
This will be our largest year with room for 132 golfers. We’ll have on-course contests, coffee, lunch, limited-edition swag,
A Fishman dress
We’re super excited to announce that WaterWheel is hitting the road with Jon Fishman and Jazz Mandolin Project!
We’ll be collecting donations to support music education starting tonight in Burlington through the Kingston shows. Come find us!
to pursue their passion for music, gain valuable personal and collaborative skills associated with the rigors of learning an instrument, and be engaged in an inclusive community.
The Mockingbird Foundation is honored to help their worthy cause!
who receive full scholarship education at OMP. This includes a 1/2 sized bass, two violas, and sheet music for beginner, intermediate, and advanced orchestras.
Opportunity Music Project’s mission is to provide the opportunity for all children, regardless of economic background,
Congratulations to our tour grant recipient!
Huge congratulations to the New Year's Run Tour Grant recipient - Opportunity Music Project!
The New York City organization will receive $2,000 to help cover costs of new instruments and sheet music for low-income orchestra students,
Thanks to Anthony Bonanno @mbird.org is able to auction off another near-mint TPC3 to benefit music education: phish.net/news/1766882...
Are you in NYC on 12/29? Do you like wine, pasta? Do you care about funding music education for children? We are hosting a fine wine tasting fundraiser 430-630p a 15 min walk to MSG, more info + tickets here: donate.mbird.org/nx/portal/ne... (those of you who’ve attended one please quote-or-re-post)
These are a blast, a chance to meet some great people, and an excellent way to help support music education. If you're going to 12/29, think about making this a part of your pregame plan.
Are you in NYC on 12/29? Do you like wine, pasta? Do you care about funding music education for children? We are hosting a fine wine tasting fundraiser 430-630p a 15 min walk to MSG, more info + tickets here: donate.mbird.org/nx/portal/ne... (those of you who’ve attended one please quote-or-re-post)
All donations from trivia night will help support music education in our local VT schools. ❤️🎶📚
#waterwheelfoundation #localvermont #BTV #waterwheelfromBTV #supportmusiceducation
which have welcomed and hosted the Phish community for the band’s performances. Thank you all for continuing to make this work possible.
Eaton Middle School Band of Hampton, VA for instrument repair
This group of grants includes Mockingbird’s 200th (!) Tour Grant – an exciting milestone for this long-standing effort to help support music education in the local communities
West Louisville Performing Arts Academy of Louisville, KY for music theory supplies.
Inglenook K8 School Band Program of Birmingham, AL for instruments and learning software
Webb Bridge Middle School Band of Alpharetta, GA for additional instructors for one-on-one lessons
New tour grants!
We're proud to announce the latest group of Tour Grants in honor of the recent Late Summer Tour: Each of the following music programs received an unsolicited $2,000, for a total of $8,000:
Had to do it.
We’re thrilled to be able to share these for free! Please consider a donation for music education: mbird.org/donate
YouTube.com/@mockingbirdfoundation
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📸: courtesy of Derek Finholt / Pineal Press
Videos Now Available!
A speaker from the conference
Speakers from the conference
If you’re missing Dick’s this weekend, we’ve got something that may help: Our 2024 Phish Studies Conference Video Archive is now available on YouTube!
19 videos. 50+ speakers. Stupendous scholarship on Phish. From musicology to philosophy to cultural studies and SO much more, we’ve got you covered.
Students with new drum heads, sticks, and mallets
Our grants in action. 😍
The email confirmation
The math
At the start of Phish's summer tour, I pledged $20 to @mbird.org as part of our Good Karma Pledge Drive for every 20 minute jam played. Our pledge drive finished last night and there were 19 songs exceeding 20 minutes.
Thanks to @waterwheelfoundation.org and @phanart.bsky.social and his friend Chris, Mbird.org will have a table at tonight's SPAC show. If you're attending, PLEASE stop by and please also consider donating to the cause of music education, as we are a 501c3, and @phish.net is a project that costs $.