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Can Help | Major
Levels of Giving | Sponsors
HOW
YOU CAN HELP
The fund raising
committee for the Gateway Regional Center for the Arts values every
donation and has included multiple levels and types of giving in this
effort. In this way the entire community may be involved in securing
this landmark building to be the Arts focus for the region. Resources
will be solicited from individuals and corporations, clubs and
communities throughout the region. The following are recommended levels
of giving:
Major
Memorials
$20,000.00
This category
would pay noteworthy respect to certain individuals & families,
living and deceased. A permanent plaque will be placed within the
Center, with separate plates honoring the specific persons in this
category. An example may be children wanting to permanently remember
their parents who lived, worked and/or died in the community. Another
example may be for persons who were closely connected with this
exquisite Methodist Church building itself and want to give in thanks
for the permanent restoration of the building. These Memorials will
receive lifetime membership in the MCCA, and will be Special Guests at a
Black Tie Party following fund-raising efforts.
Corporate/Business
Support
In the past few
years Arts organizations have begun to rely heavily on corporate support
to achieve their goals. As federal funding has withered, corporations
and businesses of all sizes have assumed major responsibility for
support of the arts within their communities. The fund raising committee
will work with individual corporations and businesses to place generous
pledges into 3-10 year annual support packages.
Sponsors
Sponsors who
contribute $1,000.00 or more will be listed on a permanent support
plaque within the facility, will receive a complimentary five year
membership to the MCCA, and will be invited to the Black Tie Party
following the fund-raising effort. This level adapts itself well to
civic organizations and private individuals.
Remembrances
$250.00+
Remembrances will
be mentioned on a permanent plaque within the building. Remembrances may
honor weddings, special anniversaries, friendships, deaths, births, etc.
Endowment
Any fund raising
effort for the Center for the Arts would be incomplete without providing
funds for the ongoing maintenance and operation of the facility. The
ultimate goal is to guarantee that this facility thrives for generations
to come. Therefore “The Gateway Arts Endowment” will be established
for those who would prefer to give specifically to an endowment fund.
Surplus funds remaining from the construction phase will go into the
endowment automatically. Endowments can fit appropriately into all of
the funding levels listed above and may be given through “Planned
Gifting”, stocks, or donations designated for this purpose. The goal
for the Endowment fund is $500,000.00 to be pledged by April, 2006.
