Musician plays an electric bass guitar onstage, eyes closed, wearing a black T-shirt, with colorful leaf-pattern artwork and stage equipment visible in the background.
The Humboldt Area Foundation announced it will offer a new grant for young musicians in Northern Mendocino and Humboldt counties to pursue a career in music. The grant, called the Cyrus Wong-Weissman Music Fund, is named for a well-loved local musician who passed away at his home in Whale Gulch, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. He was 42 years old. (Peter Weissman via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 1/30/26 — The Humboldt Area Foundation announced it will offer a new grant for young musicians in Northern Mendocino and Humboldt counties to pursue a career in music. The grant, called the Cyrus Wong-Weissman Music Fund, is named for a well-loved musician who passed away at his Whale Gulch home in 2023. He was 42 years old.   

The Humboldt Area Foundation is partnering with the Mateel Community Center, a nonprofit arts and culture organization with a popular venue in southern Humboldt, to solicit donations and sponsors for the grant. According to the foundation, the grant will be available to young people to apply to in a few weeks.  

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.