Jason Padgitt

Founded in 2005, the Fender Music Foundation, formerly the Guitar Center Music Foundation, is a non-profit organization located in Agoura Hills, California. They provide funding and resources for music programs throughout America and strive to educate the public on the value of musical education. They also donate musical instruments to qualifying school music programs, after school programs and music therapy programs. The Fender Music Foundation is an authorized, official licensee of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

Gibson Brands, Inc. manufactured guitars and other musical instruments. Its products included electric, bass and acoustic guitars, banjos, mandolins, pianos, drums, keyboards and electronically synthesized instruments. The firm also provided amplifiers, speakers, string picks and straps. The company was founded in 1894 by Orville Gibson and was headquartered in Nashville, TN.