Every gift, large or small, directly funds musicians' residencies, program development, and the relationship-building that makes Iris work. Your support restores dignity and creative purpose for older adults in long-term care, where isolation, cognitive decline, and loss of purpose are common realities. And because the Ensemble-in-Residence structure is scalable, a donation doesn't just fund a single event. Instead it helps build a model that can extend to more communities and train more musicians in Iris' methodology.