Making Our Case

In making the case for funding on behalf of American Songbook Preservation Society, we have included materials from our grant request to the National Endowment for the Humanities to build and develop our website to enable us to fund our organization and programs.

Without the financial help of others, we will be unable to become the organization we want to become for all Americans and for the world.

If you are an individual Donor, Foundation, Corporation, or concerned Citizen and want to assist us in achieving our goals, please read on, and make a donation.

Thank you for your support!

Ronald Kaplan
Executive Director
American Songbook Preservation Society

NEH Description of Project - PDF
NEHGrant Narrative - PDF
Phoebe Jacobs Sachmo Letter - PDF
Ronald Kaplan Resume - PDF

Funding level required for developing and publicizing enhanced website as proposed in the National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal:
$881,000  (includes naming credits as Sponsor)

*Donor naming credits at the $1,000,000 level are noted as Sponsors in perpetuity for all materials produced by ASPS

Additional program funding opportunities for Donors

1. Executive Producer Documentary film working title "Words and Music"

This is the companion film to the DVD American Songbook Preservation Society
...Singing the Great American Songbook. 2008 Los Angeles Benefit Concert featuring 15 of L.A.'s finest Singers.

The film includes interviews and performances with 8 of these singers about the Great American Songbook, it's composers, the songs, what brought them to this music, why they think it is important, and what we can do to continue this legacy for future generations.

Funding level required $10,000
(includes completion of film, mechanical rights, manufacturing and distribution, and a ten minute promo for marketing and promotion for corporate and indivdual donors requests culled from the 1 hour film.)
(includes naming credits as Executive Producer for Donor)

2. Concert programming event.

Producing a specific concert event in your city with a supporting cast of wonderful
Singers and Musicians. (includes naming credits as Executive Producer for Donor)

Funding level required $15,000

Recording, documenting, and editing the performance event for eventual dissemintation as part of our content fulfilling our mission.

Additional level required  $5,000

3. Developing program based content of studio performance and educational materials made available online and on DVD.

(includes producing, recording, editing, mechanical rights, manufacturing and distribution expenses and includes Executive Producer naming credits for Donor.)

Funding level required $7,500 (per episode basis)

Developing series of 5 programs $35,000

Developing series of 10 programs $67,500

Developing series of 20 programs $125,000

American Songbook Preservation Society is a 501 C 3
not-for-profit Organization.

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