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Every year, Settlement Music School provides more than $2.6 million in financial aid and scholarships to nearly 60% of our students. Your tax-deductible contribution makes it possible to fulfill our financial aid commitments to our families in need, provide arts therapy services for people living with special needs, deliver the finest early childhood education, and provide extensive off-site programs in our communities. Thank you for making your tax-deductible gift today!
Give nowIndividual Giving
When you give to Settlement Music School, you make it possible for people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to transform their lives through music.
115th Anniversary Celebration
Join us in the spring for our annual fundraising event to support access for all to a creative arts education.
Corporate Partners
Settlement’s Corporate Partners recognize the role that music and education plays in creating an innovative, engaged, and productive society.
Planned Giving
Leveraging tax advantaged gifts and planning for your legacy through your estate are powerful tools to transform lives long into the future.
Legacy of Support
Our students thrive thanks to the generations of support of our mission of excellence and access.
why I give
“I wish I had a place like Settlement when I was a child. I’m thrilled that it helps children and adults develop musically, discover their talents, and find real joy in creative expression.”
— Amy Hughart, Parent
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Upcoming
Events
PMAY Community Event: Richard Antoine White aka RAWTuba
PMAY Artists’ Initiative, in collaboration with WRTI-FM is delighted to present tubist and author, Dr. Richard Antoine White, and his brother, rapper William White, in Philadelphia for a performance and talk at our Mary Louise Curtis Branch.