{"id":103733,"date":"2024-10-03T06:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/10\/03\/beatport-will-again-award-150000-in-grants-supporting-diversity-equality-in-dance-music-2\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T10:06:03","slug":"beatport-will-again-award-150000-in-grants-supporting-diversity-equality-in-dance-music-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/10\/03\/beatport-will-again-award-150000-in-grants-supporting-diversity-equality-in-dance-music-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatport Will Again Award $150,000 in Grants Supporting Diversity &amp; Equality in\u00a0Dance\u00a0Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBeatport, the digital download store catering to the electronic music community, is again awarding grants intended to support organizations that are fostering diversity and gender equity in the electronic music industry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis marks the third year of the program, with Beatport again offering $150,000 in grants. Along with the money, the fund will again provide marketing and editorial support to help recipients grow their initiatives. As in previous years, grant recipients will be selected through an application process and receive grants ranging between $3,000 and $15,000. <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/beatport-south-africa-amapiano-genre-1235067098\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/beatport-logo-2022-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/beatport-logo-2022-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Beatport\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBeatport Adds South Africa\u2019s Amapiano Genre To Its\u00a0Platform\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t05\/05\/2022<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnother $10,000 will be allocated to the newly created IMS Ibiza Fund, which will support young artists in attending the 2025 edition of the annual dance music conference in Ibiza. (Beatport <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/beatports-acquires-ims-ibiza-dance-music-industry-conference\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/beatports-acquires-ims-ibiza-dance-music-industry-conference\/\">acquired<\/a> a majority stake of IMS in 2023.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAt Beatport, we believe that fostering a more inclusive music industry is essential to its continued evolution and success,\u201d <strong>Sofia Ilyas<\/strong>, chief community officer of The Beatport Group, said in a statement. \u201cThrough our Diversity + Parity Fund, we aim to empower those working at the grassroots level to help shape a more inclusive future in electronic music. We\u2019ve been honored to support incredible initiatives over the past two years and watch them grow and make a real impact. We look forward to seeing the impact this year\u2019s recipients will make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tApplications for this year\u2019s fund can be <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/fund\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/fund\" target=\"_blank\">submitted<\/a> starting Thursday (Oct. 3) through Oct. 31. Last year\u2019s grant recipients were to the organizations\u00a0Change the Beat, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, One Off Tracks, Other Village People, Saffron and We Are Moving the Needle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn 2022, Beatport <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/beatport-streaming-download-numers-dj-platform\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/beatport-streaming-download-numers-dj-platform\/\">claimed<\/a> to have sold 25,519,770 song downloads, making up nearly 12% of all tracks downloaded globally, based on Luminate data. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/beatport-diversity-grant-applications-open-how-to-apply\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beatport, the digital download store catering to the electronic music community, is again awarding grants intended to support organizations that are fostering diversity and gender equity in the electronic music industry. This marks the third year of the program, with Beatport again offering $150,000 in grants. Along with the money, the fund will again provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}