Looking for a free instrument?

The following organizations donate instruments for free!

Organization	Website	Instrument Type	Location	Grades Served	Contact
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation	https://mhopus.org/	Any	Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
The Manilow Music Project	https://www.manilowmusicproject.org/	​Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Guitar Center Foundation	https://guitarcenterfoundation.org/grants/	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Hungry For Music	https://hungryformusic.org/	Any	Nationwide	​K-12	[email protected]
Acoustic For A Change	https://acousticforachange.com/news/donate-or-receive-a-musical-instrument/	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Global Music Project	https://globalmusicproject.org/MIDP.html	Any	Worldwide	K-12	[email protected]
Bring Music to Life	https://www.bringingmusictolife.org/	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Live the Music Foundation	https://www.livethemusicfoundation.org/instrument-donations/	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Charity Music	https://www.charitymusic.org/	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Collectibles with Causes	https://www.collectibleswithcauses.org/musical-instrument-donations.html	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	(888) 228-7320
Pianos for Education	​https://pianosforeducation.org/what-we-do/	Pianos	Nationwide	​K-12	(404) 826-6172
​The Fender Music Foundation	https://www.fenderplayfoundation.org/	Guitars, Ukeleles, Amps, and Accessories	​Nationwide	​K-12	[email protected]
Instruments in the Cloud	https://www.instrumentsinthecloud.org/	Any	Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Guitars in the Classroom	https://www.guitarsintheclassroom.org/	Guitars and Ukeleles	Nationwide	​K-12	[email protected]
The Music Conservatory of Westchester	https://musicconservatory.org/	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Save the Music Foundation	https://www.savethemusic.org/	Any	​Nationwide	​K-12	https://www.savethemusic.org/contact-us/
Music4Life	https://www.music4life.org/	Any	Washington	​K-12	[email protected]
Instrumental Angels	https://www.instrumentalangels.org/news	Any	​Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Gift of Music	https://giftofmusic.org/programs/	Not specified	Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
SOL LA	https://www.sollamusicacademy.org/support/donate/	Any	Nationwide	K-12	[email protected]
Play On Philly	https://playonphilly.org/get-involved/	Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Harps, and Percussion	Philadelphia, PA	K-12	[email protected]
​Children's Music Workshop	https://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/donate/	​Any	​Los Angeles Unified School District, CA​	​K-12	[email protected]
​Crescendo Young Musicians Guild	https://www.cymg.org/donate-instruments	​String Instruments & Electric Keyboards	​Los Angeles, CA	​K-12	[email protected]
​Play It Forward Music Foundation	https://pifmusic.com/instrument-donations/	Any	Sebastopol, CA	K-12	[email protected]
Guitars Over Guns Organization	https://www.guitarsoverguns.org/	Guitars	Florida	K-12	[email protected]
Music Foundation of Southwest Florida	​https://music-foundation.org/	Any	Florida	K-12	[email protected]
Music for Minors Foundation	https://www.music4minors.org/	Any	Southwest Florida	K-12	[email protected]
The Gift of Carl Foundation	https://www.giftofcarl.org/#music-section	Any	Illinois	K-12	[email protected]
Bikes & Music	https://bikesandmusic.org/	Any	Chicago, IL	K-12	https://bikesandmusic.org/contact-us/
​PING!	https://pingoprf.org/	​Any	​Oak Park, IL	4-12	​[email protected]
Peoria Instrument Project	https://www.peoriainstrumentproject.org/	Any	Peoria, IL	K-12	[email protected]
Bravo! Waukegan	https://bravowaukegan.org/instruments/	Any	Waukegan, IL	K-12	[email protected]
Band of Angels	https://bandofangels.org/donate/	Any (except pianos and percussion)	Kansas & Missouri	K-12​	[email protected]
Help Me Make Music	https://www.mcpsfoundation.org	Any	Montgomery County, MD	K-12	[email protected]
All Kids Need Music	https://allkidsneedmusic.academy//	Pianos, Strings, and Percussion	Keansburg, New Jersey	K-12	[email protected]
MusiCan	https://musican.org/instrument-donations/	Any (except acoustic pianos + organs)	New York City, NY	K-12	[email protected]
Musicopia	https://www.musicopia.net/instrument-donation-program	Any (except pianos, organs, accordions, kid size drum sets, and sheet music)	Philadelphia, PA	K-12	[email protected]

​Thank you to Do Re Mi Project's Recruitment Directors for compiling this list <3