Why Give?

We are your orchestra. Your gift helps to sustain our artistic excellence and innovative programming, along with community and education programs that touch thousands of children and adults each year. Our residents take great pride in the Monterey Symphony and our dedication to impacting the lives of the community. Your gift provides vital support and will bring music to our stage that inspires each of us. Please give now, to support our endeavors to engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.


DONOR BENEFITS

When you donate to an arts organization you get to immerse yourself in the beauty of the mission you care so deeply about. You can see and hear how your gift delivers the magic of a performance shared with the community.

2023-2024 Donor Benefits:

CONCERT SPONSOR ($25,000 and above)

  • Named sponsorship of a main concert
  • Reserved Parking at Sunset Center for either the Saturday evening or Sunday matinee performance

1946 SOCIETY ($15,000 and above)

  • Program notes emailed in advance of the concerts 
  • Invitation to all post-concert receptions

SYMPHONY SOCIETY ($10,000 and above)

  • A special limited edition Monterey Symphony gift

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIP

Sponsor a tenured MSO musician and receive recognition in the season program, website, and an invitation to a special post-concert reception in November 2023.

  • MUSIC DIRECTOR ($25,000)

  • GUEST ARTIST ($12,500)

  • ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR ($10,000)

  • COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE ($10,000)

  • CONCERTMASTER ($5,000)

  • PRINCIPALS & ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ($1,500)

  • TECHNICAL DIRECTORS ($1,000)

  • ORCHESTRA MEMBER ($750)


CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

The Monterey Symphony recognizes the importance of our community and seeks to collaborate with local businesses to support programs and special events.

To discuss a curated sponsorship package, or for questions please contact:

Nicola Shangrow Reilly, President and CEO at nreilly@montereysymphony.org or (831) 645-1131

Download the 2023-2024 Corporate Sponsorship Sheet


PLANNED GIVING

Planned giving presents opportunities to build the financial strength of the Monterey Symphony while enhancing one's own financial position.

There are a number of ways to plan your gift to the Monterey Symphony. Many of these could provide you or your estate with significant tax benefits and help meet other financial planning needs, while providing a very generous ultimate gift to the Symphony.

Any planned gift entitles you to join the Legacy Society, a very special group of friends who have included the Monterey Symphony in their estate plans.

Among the most popular planned gifts:

  • Bequests
  • Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and other retirement savings plan gifts
  • Charitable lead trust
  • Charitable remainder trust
  • Gifts of appreciated property
  • Real estate gifts
  • Life insurance gifts

LEGACY SOCIETY

For those who wish to make music possible for future generations.

  • Invitation to exclusive events for Legacy Society members

  • Recognition in the season program and website

We recognize and thank the following patrons who have included the Monterey Symphony in their estate plans. In doing so, they have become members of the Legacy Society.

Greta Alexander
Andrew Allison
The Dorothy L. Becker Trust
Bethany Beckman
Gary and Carolyn Bjorklund
Lewis and Sally Cantor
Jacqueline M. Clampett-Jones
Katharine Comstock
Alan and Sandy Cordan
Leland E. and Gloria U. Dake
Roderick and Suzanne Dewar
William and Nancy Fisher
Robert M. and Betty Jo Graham
Louise Guard
Ruth S. Hartmann
Mollie Hedges
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hendrickson
Peter and Patti Hoss
Joanne Johnson
Herschel and Shirley Loomis
Marjorie Love
Sally Maggio
Dick and Grace Merrill
Mr. Don Newmark
Alyce Nunes
John Phillips and June Dunbar
Margaret Anderson Radunich
Nicola Reilly
Barbara Rupp
Virginia Ruth
Charles Schimmel
William and Kristine Schuyler
Robert Sykes
Elizabeth Haywood Watt
Neal and Elaine Whitman
Donald and Renate Wunsch
Bill and Nancy Doolittle
Sherrie McCullough


MORE WAYS TO GIVE

Stock Gifts
Monterey County Symphony Association
Account #6404-7489-DTC#0164
Charles Schwab & Company

Company Matching Gifts
Double the impact of your gift! If your company will match your gift, please contact your human resources department to submit the paperwork to have your charitable gift to the Monterey Symphony matched by your employer.

Deferred Gifts
Bequests, charitable trusts and charitable gift annuities are designated to the Monterey Symphony endowment fund and are a great way to support the Symphony in the future. To learn more, call 831.645-1131

Questions?

Please contact Nicola Shangrow Reilly, President and CEO
831-645-1131
nreilly@montereysymphony.org