Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, the International Bluegrass Music Association will not hold a 2022 Leadership Bluegrass program. The 2021 class was also cancelled due to Covid. The class will return March 6-8, 2023 in Nashville.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. Students selected for the planned 2022 class will attend in 2023. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply in the fall of 2023 for the 2024 class.
You can help the Northern California Bluegrass Society support local bluegrass music without cost to you. The AmazonSmile program will donate to the NCBS/SCBS if you use this link while shopping on Amazon:
smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2907716 (“Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society”).
The AmazonSmile program will donate to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society and support local bluegrass music without cost to you if you use this link while shopping on Amazon: smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2907716 (“Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society”).
Now is the time to get ready for the return of live bluegrass music in the upcoming festival season. In 2022, Proof Of Vaccination for the Covid 19 Virus will be needed in order to attend Northern California Bluegrass Society events. This requirement will also be in effect for all or almost all bluegrass events in Northern California this year.
The required vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE.
The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. Musicians should immediately SELF POST information about stolen instruments. Instrument buyers should CHECK the page prior to purchase of any used instrument. The FREE page is searchable and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.
If you plan to shop on Amazon during 2022, the AmazonSmile program will donate to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society and support local bluegrass music without cost to you if you use this link:
smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2907716 (“Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society”).
Two Day Reminder: December 31, 2021 is the deadline for some 2021-only favorable tax treatments of contributions to the Northern California Bluegrass Society, as certain opportunities will expire after this tax year.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is an official Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) organization that accepts tax-deductible contributions which are used to support local bluegrass music.
Here is some useful tax planning information for 2021 if you are interested in supporting local bluegrass music with tax-advantaged contributions: For the tax year ending on December 31, 2021 it is possible to deduct cash gifts up to $300 for an individual or $600 for a married couple filing jointly, even if the taxpayer(s) do not itemize deductions — that is, the 90% of taxpayers who take the standard deduction. Gifts must be made by check, credit card or debit card to a qualified 501(c)(3) charity. Volunteers who have unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses will also qualify for this deduction. This provision will expire at the end of 2021. Gifts to charities like the NCBS/SCBS usually have deduction limits of 60% of a donor’s adjusted gross income, but in 2021, the limit has been temporarily raised to 100% of AGI. In addition, donors who contribute more than the limit may carry the balance of the deduction forward for up to five years after the year of the gift.
Four Day Reminder: December 31, 2021 is the deadline for some 2021-only favorable tax treatments of contributions to the Northern California Bluegrass Society, as certain opportunities will expire after this tax year.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is an official Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) organization that accepts tax-deductible contributions which are used to support local bluegrass music.
Here is some useful tax planning information for 2021 if you are interested in supporting local bluegrass music with tax-advantaged contributions:
For the tax year ending on December 31, 2021 it is possible to deduct cash gifts up to $300 for an individual or $600 for a married couple filing jointly, even if the taxpayer(s) do not itemize deductions — that is, the 90% of taxpayers who take the standard deduction. Gifts must be made by check, credit card or debit card to a qualified 501(c)(3) charity. Volunteers who have unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses will also qualify for this deduction. This provision will expire at the end of 2021.
Gifts to charities like the NCBS/SCBS usually have deduction limits of 60% of a donor’s adjusted gross income, but in 2021, the limit has been temporarily raised to 100% of AGI. In addition, donors who contribute more than the limit may carry the balance of the deduction forward for up to five years after the year of the gift.
The end of 2021 is the time to get ready for the return of live bluegrass music in the next festival season. Beginning In 2022, Proof Of Vaccination for the Covid 19 Virus will be needed in order to attend Northern California Bluegrass Society events. This requirement will also be in effect for all or almost all bluegrass events in Northern California next year. The required vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE.
One Week Reminder: December 31, 2021 is the deadline for some 2021-only favorable tax treatments of contributions to the Northern California Bluegrass Society, as certain opportunities will expire after this tax year.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is an official Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) organization that accepts tax-deductible contributions which are used to support local bluegrass music.
Here is some useful tax planning information for 2021 if you are interested in supporting local bluegrass music with tax-advantaged contributions:
For the tax year ending on December 31, 2021 it is possible to deduct cash gifts up to $300 for an individual or $600 for a married couple filing jointly, even if the taxpayer(s) do not itemize deductions — that is, the 90% of taxpayers who take the standard deduction. Gifts must be made by check, credit card or debit card to a qualified 501(c)(3) charity. Volunteers who have unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses will also qualify for this deduction. This provision will expire at the end of 2021.
Gifts to charities like the NCBS/SCBS usually have deduction limits of 60% of a donor’s adjusted gross income, but in 2021, the limit has been temporarily raised to 100% of AGI. In addition, donors who contribute more than the limit may carry the balance of the deduction forward for up to five years after the year of the gift.
