WMG/Blavatnik Fund Reveals ’26 Grantees
• The Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund (WMG/BFF SJF) announced its first slate of 2026 grantees — a docket that includes 17 organizations and an investment of almost $6 million.
This latest docket includes six new grantees, with a focus on organizations using music as a tool to drive social progress. First-time grantees include Atlanta Music Project, which provides tuition-free music training, performance opportunities, and college and career preparation to students in under-resourced Atlanta neighborhoods • Brooklyn Youth Sports Club’s VOICES (Vibrations Of Inner-City Excellence and Success), which helps Black and Latino youth express themselves through songwriting, performing, and sound engineering • Classical Pride, a music festival celebrating LGBTQAI+ composers and musicians across classical music • and Generator, the music development organization that ensures that artists, talent, and creative professionals across the North of England have the opportunities, connections, and support to build sustainable careers.
The fund also remains committed to the pursuit of social justice through education. Over the next five years, it will support the creation and maintenance of 75 new prison libraries in the United States through new grantee Freedom Reads. The fund will also provide education to voters in the criminal legal system through another new grantee, Global Black Economic Forum, which works toward economic freedom for Black and marginalized communities worldwide through leadership development, conferences and summits, policy advocacy, and litigation.
Len Blavatnik remarked, “We are honored to help talented people from all backgrounds turn potential into achievement.” Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl added, “Music has the power to help drive real societal change. We’re proud to support these organizations as they work to connect, heal, transform, and create important opportunities.”
Since its launch in 2020, the $100 million fund has committed more than $52 million to organizations that focus on criminal justice reform, education, and arts and culture to help advance equity. To learn more about the Fund, please visit wmg.com/fund.
