Editing Marian Anderson (section)

==Marian Anderson Award==
Anderson established the [[Marian Anderson Award]] in 1943 after she was awarded [[The Philadelphia Award]] in 1940, which included $25,000 in prize money ({{Inflation|index=US|value=25000|start_year=1940|r=0|fmt=eq}}). Anderson used the money to establish a singing competition to help support young singers. The prize fund was exhausted in due course and disbanded in 1976. In 1990, the award was re-established and issued annually up to 2019, when the last award was granted to [[Kool & the Gang]].

In 1998, the Marian Anderson Award prize money was restructured to be given to an established artist, not necessarily a singer, who exhibits leadership in a humanitarian area.<ref>[http://www.marianandersonaward.org/default.aspx?page=aboutthereward About the Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320180535/http://www.marianandersonaward.org/default.aspx?page=aboutthereward |date=March 20, 2012 }}, MarianAndersonaward.org</ref>

In 2020 and 2021, ceremonies were canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].

In 2022, the Award moved from a private operation to a program administered by [[Play On Philly]], a classical music education organization aimed at local youth. Instead of an annual award ceremony, the funds were used to create the ''Marian Anderson Young Artist Program'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Play On Philly acquires the Marian Anderson Award |url=https://whyy.org/articles/play-on-philly-acquires-the-marian-anderson-award/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=WHYY |language=en-US |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224052202/https://whyy.org/articles/play-on-philly-acquires-the-marian-anderson-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a tuition-free program with a mission to "serve those individuals whose communities have historically been excluded from the highest levels of musical excellence due to structural barriers in our country."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marian Anderson Young Artist Program |url=https://playonphilly.org/marian-anderson-young-artist-program/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Play On Philly |language=en-US |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327172317/https://playonphilly.org/marian-anderson-young-artist-program/ |url-status=live }}</ref>