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Please Remember MELA for Your Year-End Giving

As 2025 draws to a close, we at MELA would like to share some reflections on the year just past, and to express our deepest gratitude to our contributors, whose generous and continuing support makes it possible for our artistic visions to manifest themselves for audiences in sound and light... READ MORE AND DONATE

Make a Custom Donation

We appreciate contributions of any size. To donate a custom amount, CLICK HERE.

Become a Contributing Member of MELA Foundation

In addition to supporting the work of the Foundation, your membership entitles you to reduced or free admission to the MELA Dream House installation and concerts, and advance notice of new releases and publications. Other benefits vary according to the level of your gift. There is never a shipping charge for standard shipping of your membership benefit.

Your membership is valid for one year and all contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. If you prefer to receive no membership gift, the full value of your contribution will go toward the work of MELA Foundation - please let us know if this is your preference. If your employer has a matching contributions program, please be sure to tell us.

We appreciate contributions of any size. If you wish to donate an amount not listed on this page, CLICK HERE.

You can also send your donation by check payable to MELA Foundation.
Mailing Address: 275 Church Street #2, New York, NY 10013

Limited-time Log Cabin Fundraiser

The Bern, Idaho log cabin where La Monte Young was born and spent his early childhood made an indelible mark on the composer. Years later, he would cite listening to the wind whistle through the logs of the cabin's walls as one of his earliest musical memories. The sonic influence of the log cabin—the solitary drone of the plain, the electric buzz of a lone telephone wire—is particularly evident in the extended-duration compositions that cemented Young as one of the most significant composers in modern music history.

Today, however, the log cabin is in desperate need of repair. The roof has been severely compromised, and resultant water damage will soon render the structure irreparable without immediate intervention.

To raise the funds necessary for these pressing repairs, MELA Foundation is selling a limited number of archival postcards featuring Marian Zazeela's 1979 photograph of the cabin and signed by La Monte Young; 100% of the proceeds will go towards MELA's restoration efforts. For further information about the campaign, or to donate directly, please click here.

Become a Volunteer Monitor at Dream House

You can also help support Dream House's mission to provide Sound and Light by volunteering as a "Monitor"; for more information, please see below.