Our mission is simple, to provide high quality violins, violas and cellos to advanced students and pre-professionals whose future careers would benefit from having access to a better instrument. We serve as a conduit, connecting instrument donors to talented artists across the country. The not-for-profit, tax qualified, Virtu Foundation was formed in 1998 to act as a conduit between patrons, donors and deserving musicians. The Foundation accepts financial contributions, donations of and loans of stringed instruments and places the instruments with musicians whose careers or education in music would benefit from gaining access to an instrument that they cannot afford. The Foundation loans instruments to young musicians on Scholarships. Virtu’s goal is to provide, bridge-like, instruments of a quality that allow the musician to move to the next level of skill. When Scholarship loans have served their purpose and expire, instruments are again placed with a new musician. A Foundation instrument continuously recirculates to fine young musicians and beneficially casts a long shadow.