Support the Annual Sustaining Fund

There are so many inspiring reasons to include the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra on your annual “gift list.”  Your gift helps to sustain the cultural vibrancy of the community you call home.  It opens the doors of imagination for young people in our schools.  It brings the thrill of live classical music to families and underserved audiences.  The Annual Sustaining Fund provides critical operating dollars that enable the WVSO to create the music you love.

The WVSO wishes to thank the generous donors who have supported the Symphony through their contributions.  Please consider joining them, and help us to continue to reach thousands of people with exceptional music.

2011-2012 Annual Sustaining Fund Benefits of Giving

Diamond Circle ($10,000 and above)
•Lunch for two with Maestro Cooper
•Private WVSO ensemble performance (restrictions apply)
Plus benefits that follow

Maestro’s Circle ($5,000)
•Autographed and framed page from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 performed by Jon Kimura Parker as part of the November 2011 Symphonic concert (NEW this season!)
Plus benefits that follow

President’s Circle ($3,000)
•Opportunity to sit on stage with musicians during a rehearsal
Plus benefits that follow

Trustee’s Circle ($1,500)
•Free VIP parking on WVSO concert nights in the Clay Center parking lot
•BACKSTAGE PASS! Exclusive invitation to backstage meet-and-greets with WVSO guest artists (NEW!)
•Copy of The Three Little Pigs Visit West Virginia story book, by 2nd grade Flinn Elementary students as part of the WVSO’s 2010 Young People’s Concert (NEW!)
Plus benefits that follow

Sustainer ($1,100)
•Invitation for two to attend the Symphony Sunday reception and enjoy VIP seating during the WVSO concert
Plus benefits that follow

Member ($800)
•Packet of Melonious notecards
Plus benefits that follow

Benefactor ($500)
•WVSO lapel pin
Plus benefits that follow

Patron ($250)
•WVSO 2011-2012 "Share the Music" Coffee Mug (NEW!)
Plus benefits that follow

Partner ($150)
•Listing in all subscription concert programs and on WVSO website
•One complimentary family pass (2 adults, 2 children) to a City National Bank Family Discovery Concert
Plus benefits that follow

Friend ($50)
•Invitation for two to attend a WVSO rehearsal

Annual Sustaining Fund Donors


Contributions to the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
IRS regulations require you to deduct the value of any goods or services provided in return for your contribution.

ANNUAL SUSTAINING FUND
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Post Office Box 2292, Charleston, WV 25328
304.561.3504

Will your company match your gift?
If your company has a matching gift program, it may match your donation and double -- or possibly triple -- your gift to the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Designating a matching gift to benefit the WVSO is a great way to expand the impact of your gift.

To apply for matching funds, obtain the appropriate form from your company's matching gift coordinator; information is usually available through your Personnel, Benefits or Community Relations Department. Some companies without formal programs will match your gift if you ask. Please check with your benefits manager.

WVSO Federal Identification Number (FIN): 55-0339426

 
 

Education and Community Outreach Initiatives

 

Segal & Davis Family Foundation Education Initiative


The Segal & Davis Family Foundation has served a continuing role as a driving catalyst for the WVSO's ever-expanding music education programming. The foundation made a nationally significant, four-year, $200,000 commitment to the WVSO that targets 27 of West Virginia 's most economically distressed counties.

The Segal & Davis Family Foundation recently agreed to extend this partnership past the four-year period enabling the WVSO to continue this nationally significant program.


Katharine B. Tierney Music Education Fund


The Tierney Music Education Fund is a multi-purpose program that provides Young People's Concert Scholarships to economically distressed portions of West Virginia 's remaining 28 counties not covered by the Segal & Davis Initiative. This critical fund creates an opportunity for schools located in distressed pockets of these counties to qualify for transportation and admission fee scholarships when attending a Young People's Concert Series. The fund is also an important underwriter of each of the actual Young People's Concert Series.