The Jazzinstitut is a
- member of the International Association of Sound and Audivisual Archives (iasa)
- member of Netzwerk Mediatheken
- memeber of Bundeskonferenz Jazz
- member of Netzwerk Jazz in Hessen
- membero of Landesmusikrat Hessen
- member of the International Society for Jazzresearch
The Jazzinstitut Darmstadt maintains regular
- cooperation with the Center for Black Music Research
- cooperation with the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
- cooperation with the Charleston Jazz Initiative
- cooperation with the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker
- cooperation with the Neuer Deutschen Jazzpreis Mannheim
- cooperation with the Jazz und improvisierte Musik an die Schule!