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SAMRO FOUNDATION is the corporate social investment arm of SAMRO (The Southern African Music Rights Organisation). It is a newly-registered non-profit organisation which replaces the SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts (SENA), founded in 1996. The Aims and Objectives of the SAMRO Foundation include the promotion of the national arts through sponsorships of various kinds, encouraging excellence in the arts through education, facilitating economic participation in the creative economy, influencing cultural and arts policy by means of research and advocacy, and promoting living cultural heritage. The Foundation houses the largest archive of original South African art music and has been indexing and digitally uploading some 80 000 contemporary light music scores, which serves as a resource for researchers and artists. Through the newly created Stakeholder Hub, the SAMRO Foundation builds relationships with other arts organizations and help incubate growing businesses. The Foundation also offers some of the largest scholarships and bursaries for music students in South Africa. Its Overseas Scholarships have helped boost the careers of many well-known performers.