Since 1997 the E.K. Sloane Fund has provided more than $1.7 million grants for pianos to more than 40 nonprofit organizations to use primarily for public performances. Past recipients include:

The Academy of Music

Arts Enter Cape Charles

Boys Choir of Hampton Roads

Chesapeake Bay Academy

Christopher Newport University

The College of William & Mary

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia

Crispus Attucks Cultural Center

First Presbyterian Church of Hampton*

Freemason Street Baptist Church*

Governor’s School for the Arts

Great Bridge Presbyterian Church*

Hampton Arts Foundation

Hampton Roads Academy

Hampton University

The Hermitage Foundation Museum

The Hurrah Players

Larchmont United Methodist Church*

New Hope Christian Community Center

New Life Community Development Center

Norfolk Public Schools

Norfolk State University

Old Dominion University

Ohef Sholom Temple*

People’s Place

Portsmouth Public Schools

Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church*

Smithfield Little Theater

Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts

Thomas Nelson Community College Foundation

Tidewater Community College

TodiMusicFest

Trinity Episcopal Church*

Virginia Arts Festival

Virginia Ballet Theatre

Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra

Virginia Children’s Chorus

Virginia Chorale

Virginia Musical Theatre

Virginia Opera

Virginia Stage Company

Virginia Symphony

Virginia Wesleyan College

Williamsburg Symphonia
 

*Religious organizations receiving grants use pianos as part of public performances.