Great American Songbook Foundation

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The Great American Songbook Foundation

Formation	2007
Founder	Michael Feinstein
Type	Non-profit organization
Purpose	The mission of the Great American Songbook Foundation is to inspire & educate by celebrating the Great American Songbook.
Headquarters	The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts
Location	Carmel, Indiana
Executive Director	Christopher Lewis
Affiliations	Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts; Grammy Museum
Website	thesongbook.org
Formerly called	Feinstein Foundation for the Education and Preservation of the Great American Songbook; Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative

The Great American Songbook Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the music of the Great American Songbook. The Songbook Foundation's administrative offices and Songbook Exhibit Gallery are located on the Gallery level of The Palladium at Allied Solutions Center for Performing Arts, a 1,600-seat concert hall in Carmel, Indiana, that opened in January 2011. The Songbook Library & Archives are housed offsite nearby.

Previously known as the Feinstein Foundation for the Education and Preservation of the Great American Songbook and as the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative, the organization took its current name in 2014.^[1]

The Songbook Foundation's mission is "to inspire and educate by celebrating the music of the Great American Songbook."^[2]