Becks' Philadelphia Brigade Band Incorporated
Beck's Philadelphia Brigade Band is a nonprofit (501(c)(3)) Civil War–era brass band based in Pitman, NJ that performs monument ceremonies, balls, parades and period events. The site includes an about page, contact form, history, media, and a calendar showing performances through 2024–2025.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small local or regional groups focused on Civil War–era commemorations, monument maintenance, music performance or instrument donations, and related historical preservation or school music programs.
Good Fit
- • Work on historic monument maintenance or burial site restoration tied to Civil War commemorations
- • Music education or instrument donation programs for schools or community groups
- • Event-based programming (parades, monument ceremonies, historical balls)
- • Small project budgets consistent with modest grants (hundreds to low thousands)
- • Local/regional presence or introduced via known historical/music networks
Geography
In the year grants were made they reached three states (OH, PA, NJ) while the foundation is based in New Jersey; the footprint is multi-state but modest in scale.
Recipient Variety
The latest active grant year shows three distinct recipients; with no further recipients reported in the most recent filing, the observed recipient set is small and limited.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly indicates funding is by preselection and filings show no recent grant activity for the latest year, so unsolicited new applicants are unlikely to gain entry from the observed evidence.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
