Personal Giving
Discover the rewards of membership in The Gilmore’s Contributor Club. Gifts from individuals like you are our most critical source of support. Your gift provides you with added benefits including: advance ticket purchasing privileges, invitations to special events, and most importantly, it helps to preserve the treasure of great music through The Gilmore.
Contributor Club Benefits at a Glance
Find the level that’s right for you by dragging the slider below or simply click on a dollar amount.
Associate: $100 – 249
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Friend: $250 – 499
- Invitation to 2014 Festival Preview event in Fall 2013
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Patron: $500 – 999
- Invitation to private receptions in conjunction with Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to 2014 Festival Preview event in Fall 2013
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Benefactor: $1,000 – 1,499
- VIP parking pass for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to private receptions in conjunction with Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to 2014 Festival Preview event in Fall 2013
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Sustainer: $1,500 – 2,999
- Limited edition CD set of 2012 Gilmore Festival Radio Series (13 one-hour programs)
- VIP parking pass for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to private receptions in conjunction with Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to 2014 Festival Preview event in Fall 2013
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Guarantor: $3,000 – 4,999
- First choice of seats for Gilmore Piano Masters recitals in Chenery Auditorium
- Limited edition CD set of 2012 Gilmore Festival Radio Series (13 one-hour programs)
- VIP parking pass for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to private receptions in conjunction with Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to 2014 Festival Preview event in Fall 2013
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Premier Benefactor: $5,000 and above
- Invitation to Director’s event
- First choice of seats for Gilmore Piano Masters recitals in Chenery Auditorium
- Limited edition CD set of 2012 Gilmore Festival Radio Series (13 one-hour programs)
- VIP parking pass for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to private receptions in conjunction with Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Invitation to 2014 Festival Preview event in Fall 2013
- Advance ticket purchase privileges for Ohlsson and Uchida recitals
- Gilmore newsletter, In the Key of G
Other Personal Giving Options
Employer Matching Gifts
Many employers support and enhance the philanthropic giving of their employees through matching gift programs. These additional gifts to The Gilmore will be credited to you, increasing your personal impact and level of recognition. Please contact your Human Resources Department to find out more or call The Gilmore Development Office at 269.342.1166 for more information.
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
Honor a friend or loved one with a gift to The Gilmore. You will receive a tax receipt and your friends or family members will receive personal letters from The Gilmore letting them know that you have made these thoughtful gifts in their names. (The amount of your contribution will be kept confidential.)
Gift Planning
Your support of The Gilmore is of great value to us, and it is our goal to make it rewarding for you as well. That’s why we want you to know about the financial tools you can use to plan your gift to us so that it can return benefits to you.
You can:
- Make a gift using appreciated securities and realize larger tax savings than if you had used cash.
- Make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime.
- Make a gift that pays you income for life.
- Preserve your estate for your children and deliver years of income to The Gilmore.
- Donate your house, take a tax deduction, and continue to live in it rent-free.
- Turn surplus life insurance coverage into a gift.
We can help you choose an approach that works best for your goals and circumstances. Learn more about gift planning.