AMC receives $245k donation.

The American Music Conference (AMC), a non-profit music advocacy organization and affiliate of NAMM, the International Music Products Association, has received a $245,000 donation from the Henry S. Grossman Foundation for music education programs.

The late Grossman, a former executive director of AMC and owner of Grossman Music Corporation, dedicated more than fifty years of service to AMC and its causes. Rich Berger, Foundation trustee and president of Grover/Trophy/Grossman and nephew of Henry Grossman, presented the check to AMC.

In the 1960s, Grossman was responsible for building awareness of AMC's mission and goals on a national level. He was passionate about music making and helped to substantially increase AMC's membership base.

Since AMC created the Henry Grossman Lifetime Director Award in his memory, it has been presented each year to a person within the music products industry who has contributed greatly to music advocacy and music education over the years. Previous winners include Remo Belli, Karl Bruhn, Sid Davis, Jerome Hershman, Jimmy Johnson, Larry Linkin, Jack Maher, Henry Steinway and Terry Lewis.