Yes. The Rockley Family Foundation is a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Foundation has operated as a nonprofit since 2007.
You can verify any nonprofit organization through the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search here: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/
For verification, search for Rockley Family Foundation or enter our EIN 20-8233098.
The Foundation has donated over $40 million in cash and in-kind donations to music education so far!
We accept both gratefully. Cash donations are used to fund individual grants to underprivileged musicians. Donated musical instruments can find their next musician in a variety of ways. Please note; We cannot accept instruments that are not repairable or are beyond their service life. (Antique uprights, spinet pianos, etc.).
The official website for the Rockley Family Foundation is RockleyFamilyFoundation.org.
The Foundation does not operate or control any similarly named .com domain or third-party website using our name. For accurate information about our nonprofit status, mission, events, university partnerships, and contact information, please rely on RockleyFamilyFoundation.org as the official source.
For questions or verification, you may contact us directly through the contact information listed on this website.
No. The Rockley Family Foundation is a separate nonprofit organization. Rockley Music was established by the same Rockley family in 1946 and is continues to serve the western Denver musical community. The Foundation partners with many respected local service centers nationally, and Rockley Music is part of that group.
This is a part of our program that we are excited to be developing! The simple answer is yes, but it is need based and still somewhat limited. We have donated instruments, repair assistance and cash for specific purposes and look forward to doing more. If you are interested, please email our director and we can ascertain what is possible.
No. We respect the work that is done with those entities, but being a non-profit organization in good standing is a criteria for our institutional support.
We would like to think everyone! The institutions that we are partnering with certainly have direct benefit. The attendees usually find something amazing and the exposure for music education that the event publicity brings directly helps the local music community as a whole. The events are also part of our charitable programming. Proceeds are reinvested into music education outreach and support our operational sustainability as a public charity.
Events typically include grand pianos, baby grand pianos, player (technology) pianos, vertical (upright) pianos, hybrid and digital pianos. Most of the instruments are less than a year old and very lightly used. There may also be select trade-in or donated pianos, provided they meet our high technical standards. The selection ranges from quality starter instruments to handmade professional-level instruments. Everything will have a service contract or warranty. These are not worn-out, liquidated school piano or a state-property auction.
We believe in order to learn to play piano there are a few baseline properties that digital instruments need to have. 88-keys, 3 pedals, piano height, weighted hammer action, full dynamic range to name a few. Keyboards and most digital pianos fall short of these qualities and make it very difficult to want to spend the time with the instrument required to learn the skill. Our core mission is to create and foster musicians and there is a level of instrument that does not support that outcome.
There are violins, violas and cellos. They are in the better than rental to the first of the symphony level instrument range. Everything will have a warranty.
Yes, violins down to 1/8 size, violas down to 12”. Cellos we do full size only. There is a trade up program for sizing up.
We provide a letter of charitable contribution at the event stating how much of the purchase is potentially tax deductible. This is a standard nonprofit document where something of value is received. (Like a charity dinner.) The document includes everything a tax preparer needs to book the donation. You should always consult with your tax adviser regarding the personal deductibility of any donation.
The Foundation partners with qualified service centers to provide technical support for our institutional partners and event purchasers. Every instrument offered at our events is backed by a warranty or service contract.
Many manufacturers generously honor non-prorated factory warranties. Other instruments are covered by a service contract. Most are 5-10 years on the pianos and limited lifetime on the orchestral strings.
Rockley Family Foundation P.O.Box 17930 Golden, CO 80402-6035