The Make A Noise Foundation, a nonprofit charitable 501(c)3 organization, was founded by Grammy Award-winning musician Steve Vai and Richard Pike. The purpose of the Make A Noise Foundation is to provide musical instruments, music education, and musical culture to young musicians who cannot afford to do these things for themselves. The Make A Noise Foundation will accept contributions of funds, musical instruments and accessories, donations of music lessons or tickets to events, recorded music such as compact discs and cassettes, instructional recordings, sheet music and other music-related education materials, etc., and will disburse these contributions to schools and/or young musicians who will most greatly benefit from them, and who fall within our charitable purpose. Monies raised by the MANF will go to further these purposes and eventually other charitable endeavors such as setting up scholarships for music schools, helping keep music programs in schools where budgets are being cut, etc. Monies will also be distributed to similar established charities such as NARAS' MUSICARES, and VH1’s Save The Music.

Because the Make A Noise Foundation is nonprofit, all of the money we raise will go to helping young musicians. There are no paid employees and virtually zero overhead. There will also be special fundraising events such as celebrity auctions, concerts, and possibly a nation-wide tour (featuring Steve Vai and various local bands) which will raise money and awareness for the MANF and where you, the fans, will even have the opportunity to get onstage and jam with Steve! If you'd like to make a donation (tax-deductible if you live in the USA!) and boost your karma at the same time, please click here for info on how you can make a donation to the Make A Noise Foundation. (You can also join our mailing list so we can send you notices of special events & fundraisers in your area by e-mailing MakeANoise@aol.com and asking to be added.)

News of special Make A Noise Foundation events will be posted in the News & Events section (linked above).

Please click the donation link above or below and contribute whatever you can. Your kind donations will have a very real effect on the lives of other people. Thanks!


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