Overview

Christoph A. Geiseler founded MIMA Music in 2004 upon graduating from Princeton University, where he wrote his senior thesis about creating a nonprofit called MIMA that would use free music programs to build community on college campuses (A.B. Politics cum laude). Over the last four years, MIMA Music has garnered the support of distinguished academics, individuals, musicians, and sponsors for this initiative because it promotes peace and fosters social integration for marginalized populations.

Strategic Alliance

MIMA Music has close ties to Princeton University, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Creative Commons, and NAMM (SupportMusic).

Past and present support for MIMA Music comes from the Bank of America Foundation, the Edward T. Cone Foundation, the Google Foundation, the Love 4 One Another Foundation, Manuel Rodriguez Guitarras, Remo, Inc., Scion USA, and the US Embassy in Madrid.

Founding
Board of Trustees

Jonathan M. Barnes
Boston Consulting Group, New York
J.D. Stanford University '07
A.B. Philosophy- Princeton University '03

Christoph Alexander Geiseler
Founder and Executive Director, MIMA Music, Inc.
A.B. Politics- Princeton University '04

Adam Nemett
Filmmaker and MIMA visionary
M.F.A. California University of the Arts '08
A.B. Religion- Princeton University '03

Founding
Board of Advisors

Prof. Anthony Branker 
Director, Jazz Studies
Princeton University

Dr. Scott Burnham
Chair, Music Department
Princeton University

Vice President Janet Dickerson
Vice President for Campus Life
Princeton University          

Mrs. Phoebe Jacobs
Executive Vice President
Louis Armstrong Ed. Foundation

Prof. Lawrence Lessig    
Center for Internet and Society
Stanford University         

Dr. John Logan
Literature Bibliographer
Princeton University 

Dr. Stanley N. Katz     
Faculty Chair, Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University  

Rev. Paul Raushenbush
Associate Dean, Religious Life
Princeton University

Dr. Cornel West
Professor, Religion Department
Princeton University

Executive
Management Team

Christoph A. Geiseler
Founder and Executive Director
Social entrepreneur with 12 years experience in public music programming.

Alan Gaskill
Communications Director
Musician, playwright, and actor with 10 years of stage experience.

Johanna Boccardo
Artistic Director
Professional artist, children's book illustrator, and fashion designer.

Erik Dijkstra
Director of The Goodwill Institute (Think Tank)
Brazilian percussionist with 8 years of international teaching experience.

Tax exemption

MIMA Music became incorporated on November 17, 2004 in Princeton, NJ and MIMA Music received its 501(c)3 tax-exemption on January 11, 2005.

Sponsorship

The Edward T. Cone Foundation became MIMA Music's founding sponsor in July 2005. Other significant sponsorships include Remo, Inc. in August 2005, Scion USA in September 2005, the Google Foundation in March 2006, the Bank of America Foundation in May 2006, Manuel Rodriguez Guitarras in December 2006, the US Embassy in Madrid in January 2007, and the Love 4 One Another Foundation in March 2007.

Recognition

The Princeton Alumni Weekly Magazine designated founder Christoph A. Geiseler as "one of 10 alumni who serve" in June 2005. Mr. Geiseler received a DeLucia Award for Innovation in Music Education from the Mockingbird Foundation in June 2006.

Brazil

•  Arrasta Ilha

•  AfroReggae- Grupo Cultural

•  OCA

•  Rede da Resistencia Solidaria

California

•  Flintridge Preparatory School

•  NAMM (themusicedge.com)

•  Polytechnic School

•  Remo Recreational Music Center

China

•  Yantian District Foreign Languages School

Croatia

•  Discoteque Magnus

•  Porporela

Louisiana

•  Louis Armstrong Jazz Summer Camp

•  Sophie B. Wright School

New Jersey

•  Acorn Glenn Nursing Home

•  Dunn Middle School

•  Kilmer Middle School

•  King Middle School

•  NJ Institute of Technology

•  Princeton Arts Council

•  Princeton in Africa

•  Princeton Public Library

•  Princeton University

•  St. Philip's School

•  The College of New Jersey

•  Trenton Community Music School

•  Westminster Presbyterian Church

New York

•  Columbia University

Oregon

•  University of Portland

Pennsylvania

•  KidZone

Spain

•  Amigos de la Tierra

•  Associacion Marillac

•  Biblioketa

•  Bloco Dum Dum

•  Casa America

•  CEM Garcia Noblejas

•  CEIP Garcilaso de la Vega

•  CEIP Valdebernarndo

•  Comunidad de Madrid

•  Fundeso

•  Hamilton College

•  Hotel Villa Magna

•  Madrid Marathon

•  Maluko da Beca (Cordoba)

•  Overall Language Camp (Granada)

•  Samba da Rua

•  US Embassy Madrid

South Africa

•  iCommons.org

Texas