2025 fundraising
OUR THREE 2025 GOALS
Building Purchase
By 2026, we are hoping to secure the future of our North Seattle school by purchasing the building, ensuring a permanent home for community-centered music education.
Community Creative Arts Development
We want to support and grow our vibrant all-ages local arts programming, like our monthly youth music showcase ‘2nd Sundays at 3’
LAUNCH the ‘Step Up Jazz Band’
Designed for Middle Schoolers in South Seattle to provide the opportunity to develop ensemble skills, preparing them for high school band placements. (img is a placeholder)
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-CENTERED MUSIC EDUCATION.
As a fiscally sponsored project of Allied Arts Foundation (2024), we are now able to support our Community-Centered programming goals with tax-deductible donations as well as grants.
Founded in 1967, the Allied Arts Foundation is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Seattle.
Your Tax-deductible Contributions Support:
Tax ID: 910829974
We are supported in part by:
We were awarded the 4Culture Sustainable Support grant in December, 2024.
PRESS RELEASE (long version)
By 2026, Seattle Drum School of Music (SDSM) aims to secure the future of its Lake City location by purchasing the building, ensuring a permanent home for community-focused music education. The Lake City building owner is seeking to sell the building by Fall of 2026. As SDSM already suffered the loss of its original home of over 30 years in 2016, it most likely cannot withstand another relocation. The volume of lessons held at the Lake City school supports the cost of leasing the Georgetown school, which in turn supports the community with easy access to rehearsal and event space as well as a hub for musical activity for all ages. The loss of one building would likely lead to the loss of the other, so this is a high priority to ensure the survival of the SDSM legacy. The goal is for the school to continue its mission past the lives of its founders.
At the same time, we aim to enhance our educational offerings and community engagement. Our goals include expanding access to music education through increased scholarship opportunities and remote learning options, particularly in response to ongoing shifts in educational preferences following the pandemic. We plan to broaden our curriculum to include emerging music technologies and production techniques, meeting the growing interest in digital music creation.
We aim to build out a recording space at our Georgetown school to support endeavors of community members with low-cost access to equipment and services. We plan to pursue funding to launch the “Step Up Jazz Band” program tailored for low-income middle school youth in south Seattle to compensate for the cancellation of public school band programs. We want to provide them the opportunity to develop their skills in a supportive, ensemble setting in order to gain access to high school band placements.
Additionally, SDSM is committed to strengthening partnerships with local organizations to continue hosting community events and workshops that foster a deeper connection with the arts. This strategic growth is aligned with our mission to make music education and all-ages music experiences accessible, ensuring we continue to adapt and respond to the needs of our students and the broader community.
Through our Fiscal Sponsorship partnership with Allied Arts Foundation, we are now able to support these efforts with tax-deductible donations as well as grants.
At the same time, we aim to enhance our educational offerings and community engagement. Our goals include expanding access to music education through increased scholarship opportunities and remote learning options, particularly in response to ongoing shifts in educational preferences following the pandemic. We plan to broaden our curriculum to include emerging music technologies and production techniques, meeting the growing interest in digital music creation.
We aim to build out a recording space at our Georgetown school to support endeavors of community members with low-cost access to equipment and services. We plan to pursue funding to launch the “Step Up Jazz Band” program tailored for low-income middle school youth in south Seattle to compensate for the cancellation of public school band programs. We want to provide them the opportunity to develop their skills in a supportive, ensemble setting in order to gain access to high school band placements.
Additionally, SDSM is committed to strengthening partnerships with local organizations to continue hosting community events and workshops that foster a deeper connection with the arts. This strategic growth is aligned with our mission to make music education and all-ages music experiences accessible, ensuring we continue to adapt and respond to the needs of our students and the broader community.
Through our Fiscal Sponsorship partnership with Allied Arts Foundation, we are now able to support these efforts with tax-deductible donations as well as grants.
