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:

Had to do it.

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. 😍

At 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 $.

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 $.

That 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...

Night one @mbird.org style with @juvenilesuccess.bsky.social and @drewphish.bsky.social

SUMMER TOUR GRANTS ANNOUNCED mbird.org/2025/07/summ...

Tonight'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...

GOOD 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...

Thanks 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. 🧵

GOOD 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.

Like 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...

ICYMI

New 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

ICYMI, 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.

ICYMI, you can watch a recording of the webcast in the link below.

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...

Before 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)

Want 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).

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!

New 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...

I’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

One 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...

Our Chicago tour grants for this weekend! Chicago Heights Middle School will use their funds to support equipment for the band. 1/2

Our Dayton Tour Grant goes to the Dayton Public Schools Foundation. With help from our grant, the high school marching bands will get a new tuba and clarinet!

Fall tour kicks off in Music City, and so does our next round of Mockingbird Tour Grants! We're awarding a grant to the Nashville Public Education Foundations to support instrument purchases and repairs throughout the district.