Well locally the County has no funding for Music per se, $200 annual stipend for the music teacher to be the band director but we have a booster club that raises money to hire staff, pay a choreographer and a vicious competition locally, statewide and nationally. The competitive level is what keeps the music teachers in the school, the accolades of a ton of hard work with no financial reward except "regognition" keeps the music alive. Find a local highschool, watch their marching band play or their concert band or their chorus and support them with cheers and financial donations.
regards,
daemon