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What we believe
It shapes culture, drives local economies, and gives people a way to tell the truth about their lives. Helping Music Foundation exists so the people who make it can build sustainable careers.
What we're doing
The music industry used to develop artists. The independent artist is now expected to be the entire company: writer, producer, label, publisher, marketer, and small business owner, all at once, and to fund it alone. We see that as an infrastructure failure, not a talent problem.
So we are rebuilding the infrastructure as a public good. The Music Sustainability Movement gives working creators shared, affordable access to the studios, education, mentorship, and community a real career requires, so no artist has to rebuild the industry by themselves.
Where it started
Extraordinary creators, writing before shifts and recording on borrowed time, doing everything right and still unable to make the math work.
Talent was never the missing piece. Time, access, and support were. HMF exists to close that gap, meeting creators before the market validates them, not only after.
Our mission
To support, educate, and elevate the musicians in your community.
How the model works
Rather than spend years and millions rebuilding what already works, HMF partners with mission-aligned organizations like HOME, Helping Our Music Evolve, whose studios, equipment, and programming already serve working creators. Charitable support widens access to that ecosystem and points it at the artists who need it most.
That makes every gift immediate and efficient. It does not just buy studio time; it converts survival hours into studio hours. A restaurant shift becomes a recording session. A month of studio payments becomes a finished release. An isolated artist becomes part of a working community.
Communities already fund libraries, parks, and small-business centers so anyone can learn, gather, and build. In an age of infinite generated content, protecting the conditions for real human creativity deserves the same commitment.
What your gift funds
You are not just helping someone make a song. You are helping a creator build a sustainable life in music.
Executive team
Logan Crowell
Executive Director
Juliana Lee
Program Director
Banks Camak III
Head of Partnerships
Robert Vanderwerf
Head of Philanthropy
Board of Directors
Brian Bauer
Chairman
Femke Weidema
Board of Directors
A&R Program team
Ian Osborne
A&R Director
Pal Sheldon
A&R Administrator
Lord Goldie
A&R Coordinator
Industry mentors and development pros who guide the program's artists toward commercial-quality records.
Shalom “J.Storm” Miller
Grammy-winning, multi-platinum producer
DQ (David Quiñones)
Performance & Vocal Coach
Kenny Mullins
Artist & Sync Writer
Kipp Williams
Sonic Identity & Songwriting
Financial transparency
Charitable contributions support HMF's exempt mission and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Donors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the deductibility of any contribution.