Rex Foundation Awards, Grants and Discography The Foundation provides funding to a wide range of local, national and international groups from environmental, social and community services to the arts and cultural preservation. Between 1984 and 2005 the foundation has awarded over $8 million of grants. A summary of the awards and grants provided by the foundation is given in the first section. For more information and to support the Rex Foundation go to the Rex Foundation web site. A part of this funding has been given to either active musicians and composers or to societies and researchers who support composers and musicians. This funding in some cases has led to the release of a number of recordings. The second part of this page is a discography that documents these recordings. The discography is presented with titles grouped by the musicians/composer involved. The Rex Foundation is named after Rex Jackson, a Grateful Dead roadie and later road manager until his untimely death in 1976. Additions, corrections and comments are welcome

Rex Foundation awards and grants Rex Foundation awards Rex Foundation grants Contributing recordings Profits from the sale of these albums have contributed to Rex funding Discography of funded recordings The production of these albums has been partly funded by Rex

Rex Foundation Awards

Ralph J. Gleason Award	Established in 1986 for outstanding contributions to culture. The award is named in memory of the pioneering jazz and pop music journalist Ralph J. Gleason (1917-1975).
Jerry Garcia Award	Established in 1996 in memory of Grateful Dead guitarist and founding Rex board member Jerry Garcia. This award is designed to honor and support individuals and groups that work to encourage creativity in young people.
Bill Graham Award	Named in memory of pioneering promoter and producer and founding Rex board member Bill Graham this award is for those working to assist children who are victims of political oppression and human rights violations.

The recipients of these awards to date are as follows.

	Ralph J Gleason Award	Jerry Garcia Award	Bill Graham Award
2012	The Precipice-Miranda Ferriss Jones	Enriching Lives Through Music / Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project	Hidden Wings
2011	Diane di Prima	SF Mime Troupe Youth Theater Project	Fair Girls
2010	Michael Franti	Arts For Humanity!	-
2009	Jorma Kaukonen	Project Avary	Asylum Access
2008	Ali Akbar College of Music	All Stars Project, San Francisco Bay Area	The Beat Within
2007	Allen Toussaint	JazzMasters Workshop	The Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF)
2006	New Old Time Chautauqua	Los Cenzontles Mexican Art Center	Innocence Project
2005	WWOZ - FM	Marsh Youth Theater	Mercy Corps
2004	Bill Monroe	Camp Winnarainbow	International Senior Lawyers Project
2003	Chris Strachwitz: Arhoolie Foundaiton	Precita Center: Mission Neighbourhnood Centers	Parents' Circle: Families Forum of Israeli and Palestinian Bereaved Families
2002	Save Our Sounds The Zuni Tapes	Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino Americano	Clowns Without Borders
2001	Pete Seeger	Loco Bloco Drum & Dance Ensemble	Afghan Institute of Learning
2000	Ralph Stanley	Babatunde Olatunji	Maun Alin Iha Kristus
1999	Los Lobos	Mission Cultural Center	War Child USA
1998	Dan Bern	La Pena Cultural Center	Lauder/JDC Youth camp
1997	Charles Brown	BRAVA! For Women in the Arts	Alejandra Alvaraz
1996	Ornette Coleman	Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center	Tibet Health Project
1995	Mike Seeger
1994	David Murray
1993	Sun Ra
1990	David Grisman
?	Heiroglyphics Ensemble
?	Alan Lomax
?	San Francisco Mime Troupe
?	Pharoah Sanders
?	Peter Apfelbaum

Rex Foundation grants.

Discography of recordings that have contributed to Rex funding

Discography of recordings that have benefited in some way from Rex funding

Vanity, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 199?
A Round-up of NMC, Various Artists, 199?

Havergal Brian

Symphony No 3, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1989
Symphony No. 18 / Violin Concerto No. 2 / The Jolly Miller, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 1994
Symphonies Nos. 20 and 25 and Fantastic Variation on an Old Rhyme, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, 1996
Symphony No 2 / Festival Fanfare, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, 1998
Symphony No 7 / Symphony No 31 / The Tinker's Wedding, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 199?
Symphonies Nos. 11 and 15 / For Valour Overture, Op. 7 / Doctor Merryheart, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, 2000

Elliott Carter

Violin Concerto / Concerto for Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, 1994

Rudy Cipolla

Portrait of an American Original, Rudy Cipolla / Various Artists, 1997
Acoustic Disc 100% Handmade Music, Vol. 3, Various Artists, 1997

James Dillon

James Dillon 1: ignis noster / helle Nacht, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 199?

Colin Matthews

Hidden Variables / Memorial / Quatrain / Machines and Dreams, London Symphony Orchestra, 1996

San Quentin Mass Choir

He's All I Need, San Quentin Mass Choir, 1992

Robert Simpson

Symphony No. 9, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, 1988
Symphony No. 10, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 1991
Symphonies No. 2 and No. 4, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, 1992
Symphonies No. 1 and No. 8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1996

Bernard Stevens

Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, 1991
Piano Concerto, Dance Suite, Variations for Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, 1994