Play A Part
INTRODUCTION & GIVING CATEGORIES You may not realize it, but ticket sales alone do not cover the cost of a season of excellent symphonic music. Ticket sales only cover 22% of our expenses that include rehearsal and performance salaries for up to 80 musicians, music rental, sound equipment, etc. The other 78% must be raised through the Annual Fund Campaign, grants and concert sponsorships. With a tax-deductible donation to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, you know you will play an important part in helping the CSO bring quality symphonic music to the Chattahoochee Valley for another 150 years.
The giving categories are as follows:
• Platinum Baton: $10,000 & up
• Golden Baton: $5,000 & $9,999
• Silver Baton: $2,500 to $4,999
• Conductor's Circle: $1,000 to $2,499
• Benefactor: $500 to $999
• Patron: $250 to $499
• Orchestra Friend: $100 to $249
• Sustainer: $50 to $99
• Supporter: $25 to $49
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
Gifts to the Symphony can be made in various forms: • Cash
• Securities
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Trusts (CRT, CLT) You can direct your giving
• Annual Fund (general operating)
• Francis S. Anderson Educational & Outreach Fund
• Sustaining Fund (endowment)
• Honorariums / Memorials
• Chair Sponsorship
• Outreach SponsorshipFuture symphony audiences will benefit from the Columbus Challenge which established the CSO's first endowment to help enhance music and educational programming.
2007-2008 SPONSORS - AFLAC
- AT&T RYP
- Boomer 95.3
- CB&T
- CBS Outdoor
- Columbus and the
Valley Magazine
- Fox54
- Georgia Council for the Arts
- Georgia Crown
- Knology
- Marriott of Columbus
- McDonald's
- MeadWestvaco
| - Mildred Miller
Fort Foundation
- RiverMill Event Centre
- St. Francis Hospital
- Sunny 100
- SunTrust Bank
- Synovus Financial Corp.
- Tidwell Cancer
Treatment Center
- TSYS
-Valley Parent
- Wachovia
- W.C. Bradley Co.
- WDAK
- WTVM-TV | DOUBLE YOUR DOLLARS
Increase your support two-fold by using your employer's Matching Gift Program. Companies with a local connection that will match your gifts are:
• AT&T
• BellSouth
• Merrill Lynch
• UTC/Pratt Whitney
• IBM
• Vulcan Materials Co.
• MeadWestvaco
• Pfizer
• SmithKline Beecham Contact us to receive a brochure on giving opportunities. |
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