The Mockingbird Foundation
Run entirely by volunteers, Mbird.org raises funds for music education programs for children and young adults. The Foundation has issued more than $2.2 million in grants since its founding in October 1996.
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationWe’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!
- 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,
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationThanks to Anthony Bonanno @mbird.org is able to auction off another near-mint TPC3 to benefit music education: phish.net/news/1766882...
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationThese 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)
- 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)
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationAll donations from trivia night will help support music education in our local VT schools. ❤️🎶📚 #waterwheelfoundation #localvermont #BTV #waterwheelfromBTV #supportmusiceducation
- 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:
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationHad to do it.
- Editorial: Weekend’s Phish shows shine a light on iconic Hampton Coliseum trib.al/rAzaQON
- 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.
- Our grants in action. 😍
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationAt 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 $.
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationThat Sand was at least 39 (maybe 40) minutes. Whatever it came out to, I'm rounding my donation to @mbird.org to $40. Anybody want to match me for tonight's masterpiece and support music education for kids? donate.mbird.org/np/clients/m...
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- SUMMER TOUR GRANTS ANNOUNCED mbird.org/2025/07/summ...
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationTonight's What's Going Through Your Mind was 42+ minutes and clocks in as the 6th longest jam in Phish history. I'm donating $40 for the jam (instead of $20) to @mbird.org. Anybody up for matching me? donate.mbird.org/np/clients/m...
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationGOOD KARMA 2025 - EPISODE V: THE KARMA STRIKES BACK The Good Karma Pledge Drive returns this summer and is a great way to help @mbird.org support music education for kids while hoping for an epic #Phish tour over the next three months: phish.net/blog/1750284...
- Big thanks to Cast AI — they’ve helped us cut cloud costs at phish.net while keeping the music playing. Check out this case study we’re building together! Every dollar saved = more for music education. 🎶 cast.ai/case-studies...
- Mockingbird is absolutely thrilled to announce our 30th round of competitive grants — 18 new grants totaling $153,870.
- In celebration of Phish’s West Coast run, we are thrilled to announce our unsolicited Tour Grants to a music program in each of the four cities in which the band performed. The Mockingbird Foundation provided $2,000 each to the following organizations:
- The Mockingbird Foundation is proud to support the Los Angeles Unified School District Repair Shop with a Helping Friendly Grant. The LAUSD Repair Shop is one of the last of its kind within a public school district
- New Merch Drop to commemorate Spring Tour! We’re thrilled to be able to offer this stunning hand drawn piece by fan fave Ryan Kerrigan. An easy to frame 24x36” digital print on shimmery foil stock.
- 🐦Announcing the 2025 Finch Funds🐦
- Register ASAP for the 10th Annual Runaway Open, April 27th in Burbank. Get a schwag bag, have fun swinging sticks with fellow fans, and help fundraise for LA fire victims on a woodsy course with some great views: mbird.org/2025/03/10th...
- Registration has started for the 10th Annual Runaway Open charity golf tournament for Phish fans! Join us April 27th at the woodsy DeBell Golf Course in Burbank, less than 9 miles from the Hollywood Bowl. Early-bird pricing ends March 15th. mbird.org/2025/03/10th...
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationThanks to the generosity of @phish.com fans, WaterWheel was able to make a donation to the Brewster-Pierce Memorial school here in VT so they could purchase 23 ukuleles for their students. Thank you!!! #phish #wereallinthistogether #createpositivechange #waterwheelfoundation #ThankYouThursday
- We have a newly designed website! t.co/WUtK0xRPIk
- Last chance to order one of these beautiful posters to commemorate the 2024 new year's run - and of course, a donation to the always excellent and important cause of funding youth music education programs! Orders close tomorrow, January 3 at midnight eastern time. ✨
- We're excited to round out 2024 with our New Year's Run tour grants: 4 $1,000 donations to well deserving schools in the New York City area!
- Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday and this year at The Mockingbird Foundation, we look forward to giving back to you. 🧵
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationGOOD KARMA 2024 - EPISODE IV: A NEW WAVE OF HOPE, Phish tour fundraiser for @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social phi.sh/b/668e6b27 #PheelThePhorce
- Happy belated Phishiversary to Perry E (3/6/09).Thanks for supporting Mockingbird! Please know we're thinking about you as you mourn Kyle (far left), who passed away unexpectedly just over a year ago. Show friends are the best friends and we know the happy memories will last a lifetime.
- March is “Music in our Schools” month! Please help us raise awareness of the importance of music education! Making a donation to The Mockingbird Foundation will help us distribute vital funds to worthy organizations across the United States mbird.org/donations/
- In celebration of the life of James Casey, the Mockingbird Foundation has made a $2,500 contribution to the music programs at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, AZ, where James first developed his skills, talent, and passion.
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationLike Phish? Like fine wine? Like supporting music education? Going to MSG on 12/29? Please consider attending this 12/29 preshow wine + dinner Mbird.org fundraiser, $150/person ($65 is tax deductible). donate.mbird.org/np/clients/m...
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- New Phish.Net shirt design! All net proceeds benefit @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social phi.sh/~3RLc2P5
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationNew Phish.Net shirt design! All net proceeds benefit @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social phi.sh/~3RLc2P5
- Without further ado, 40 for 40 Jams: Part 2! 10 more jams to enjoy that represent the depth of Phish’s incredible live performances, as chosen by members of the Phish.net volunteer community. phi.sh/b/65731e54 To volunteer to improve Phish.Net, please visit phi.sh/~47VgFM9
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationICYMI, you can watch a recording of this 12/2/23 discussion about 40 years of Phish history at the link in ZZYZX’s post below.
- Remember we’re having a @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social webcast on the history of Phish in 45 minutes! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSA... One of my cats is secretly in my lap but the other might show.
- ICYMI, you can watch a recording of the webcast in the link below.
- Remember we’re having a @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social webcast on the history of Phish in 45 minutes! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSA... One of my cats is secretly in my lap but the other might show.
- On Saturday 12/2 from 4:30 to 6 pm est, join Mockingbird Board members @bizarchive, @zzyzx.bsky.social , and @cdirksen.bsky.social for a fun conversation on all things Phish in celebration of the band's 40th anniversary. Watch here on the @osirispod YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/lHSAz9S...
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationBefore we get started today, this is Giving Tuesday. If you want to support music education, have you considered giving a donation to @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social at mbird.org ? We're all volunteers there so your money goes to worthy schools and programs, not anyone's salaries. (1/3)
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationWant some playlists for your holiday travel? Prefer it with a soupçon of competition? Well the @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social has you set. Board members and volunteers are engaging in a Music League - a game where we choose songs based on a topic, a playlist is created, and everyone votes.
- This Thanksgiving, please don’t forget to acknowledge the important things—including the power of music education to change lives. Please consider asking even your most Phish-skeptical family member(s) to donate to www.Mbird.org, a 501(c)(3).
- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS @tommarshall111.bsky.social, from all of us here and at @phishnet.bsky.social!
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationNew PhishNet limited edition long-sleeved shirt, all net proceeds benefitting @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social. Military Green Bella Canvas shirts, sizes Small-> XXXLarge. Order here: phanart.weebly.com/store/p218/p...
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationI’ve been informed by the good people @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social that today is my 35th Phish Anniversary. Nov 3, 1988, Molly’s Cafe, Allston, MA. If you think that makes me old, I have a message for you (but especially for @darthmikeshair.bsky.social) *also plz consider a donation to M_Bird
- Reposted by The Mockingbird FoundationOne of the reasons I’ve been on the board of @mbirdfoundation.bsky.social for decades. Keep music education available for people who wouldn’t otherwise have access.
- Mbird President Chip Parker pulled together this eclectic playlist that ranges from contemporary hits, ballads, dance remixes of classics, 90’s throwbacks, and a healthy dose of Hip Hop in his “Remind Me Why I Have Ears” playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/71o... open.spotify.com/playlist/71o...
