# Palm Springs Women's Jazz and Blues Association WE PROVIDE A STAGE FOR INCREDIBLE FEMALE MUSICIANS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT, AND YOUR DEDICATED SUPPORT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. Mark Your Calendar! ## Organization facts - **Organization:** Palm Springs Women's Jazz and Blues Association - **Legal name:** PALM SPRINGS WOMENS JAZZ AND BLUES ASSOCIATION - **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit - **EIN:** 47-4961438 - **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 2016 - **Headquarters:** Palm Springs, California - **Primary cause:** Arts & Culture - **IRS classification:** NTEE A68 — Arts & Culture - **Cause confirmed by:** CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description - **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant - **Official website:** https://www.palmspringswomensjazzfestival.org - **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Palm-Springs-Womens-Jazz-And-Blues-Association ## About Palm Springs Women's Jazz and Blues Association WE PROVIDE A STAGE FOR INCREDIBLE FEMALE MUSICIANS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT, AND YOUR DEDICATED SUPPORT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. Mark Your Calendar! BLUES AT THE WOODSTOCK September 3-6, 2026 Hotel Zoso, Palm Springs, CA Since 2013, a collection of extraordinary musicians has descended on sunny Palm Springs for a compelling musical tapestry with delightful surprises. Female artists, singers, instrumentalists, composers, and arrangers have come from near and far to celebrate their contributions to jazz and blues music in all its forms —straight ahead, contemporary, funk, blues, and latin. The Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival has offered concerts and films for audiences who don’t often see this kind of unique and special coming together - from multi-platinum award-winning performers to rising stars and our local Divas of the Desert. Organizations like this one serve as advocates for women musicians and are the primary entities that help them, daily, gain a foothold in the music business. Over the past twelve years more than 400 female artists have been paid, promoted, and introduced to large audiences who have showed them love and respect. An all-volunteer board manages and financially supports the Association and the Palm Springs Women's Jazz and Blues Festival. Since launching in 2013, The Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival has been featured in numerous publications including Jazz Times, KJAZZ Radio in Los Angeles, Palm Springs Life and listed as a Top Ten Music Festival in the Desert Sun after just two years. 2026 Programming In Our Thirteenth Year : -Blues at the Woodstock - Honoring traditional/classic female blues artists -Jazz At Sunset Concerts -To maintain the definitive website on women in jazz and blues -Online series: 5 Minutes That Will Make you Love Jazz and Blues Organization's Mission Statement and Purpose : The stated mission of the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz and Blues Association, Inc. is to promote, encourage and cultivate appreciation, enjoyment and support of women jazz and blues musicians. The Association, operating as the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival was established in 2013 by African-American women, was founded with the purpose of addressing the racial and sexual inequity that has historically permeated jazz and blues music with the result of cutting women out of opportunities for employment and the ability to work as musicians. This discrimination is blatant regardless of the location or the year. This discrimination has been allowed to flourish unchecked because there are no government regulations or public outrage or backlash that curtail it. In the early days Downbeat Magazine was quoted as saying the only reaction the audience would have to a woman blowing a horn would be to rush to the door. The result has been decades of being underpaid, under-employed and underestimated. We support and lift-up these musicians, particularly black women, who have been the most discriminated against in an industry that has been slow to welcome their presence. However, of equal importance to us is to preserve jazz and blues music because of its cultural importance. We are making a concerted effort to bring back the connection between jazz and blues music and social justice. Organizations like this one serve as advocates for women musicians and are the primary entities that help them, daily, gain a foothold in the music business. This organization inserted itself into this mix in the role of promoter, publicist, booker, and producer to assist women musicians in finding work and enhancing their acceptance in the business. To accomplish this by producing women musicians and providing outlets for their performances in clubs, concerts, and festivals. To increase their visibility through social media and ad campaigns designed to familiarize new and larger audiences with their work to develop a greater appreciation of their history, talent, and contributions to music. To encourage and support young musicians considering careers in these genres by including them in concert bookings and providing them with student stipends. 2025 Blues Festival Attendee Expressions : “I w as blown away…it was unbelievable, so great…” --- Kim (2025) Thank you all for the great evening we had! We were the German guest. The spirit and the great music were amazing. We will never forget this evening.  --B. Henssler, Germany (2025) Fantastic! The legacy lives on….brought happy tears to my eyes. --- Brian (2025) …thank you for continuing to bring such great events to the Desert...that you bring such quality to our community….  --- Marjorie (2025) Standing ovations! This was truly one of the best live classic blues events of the year!  Lucy DeBardelaben, Producer, PSWJF (2025) ## Record - **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record. - **Participation years on record:** 2026 - **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate) - **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026 - **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/palm-springs-womens-jazz-and-blues-association/ - **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)