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GIVE TO THE ANNUAL FUND
Your generosity makes an important difference.
Donors like you support nearly one-third of the costs of a PVS season!
Your support helps us to:
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Premiere new orchestral and choral works
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Perform beloved works from the canon
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Bring world-class soloists to the Pioneer Valley
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Provide a free education program for 1000 local 3rd/4th graders
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Keep the lights on in the Greenfield office where the PVS's small but mighty staff works together to keep this small nonprofit community arts organization chugging along!
...and so much more!
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If you prefer to donate by check, please make the check out to "PVS" and mail to our street address in the footer below. If you want your donation to go to the Mary Kay Hoffman Fund, please note that in the memo. Otherwise, it will be deposited into the PVS Fund. Thank you!
JOIN THE
CONTINUO SOCIETY
Your consistent support through automatic monthly gifts helps us plan our season with confidence.
The SMART choice:
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Set it and forget it! Your one-time transaction will provide consistent monthly support.
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Make a bigger impact, without feeling the financial strain of one larger gift.
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Automatically renew your gift at the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1).
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Reduce the number of appeals you receive, saving the PVS resources.
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Touch the lives of audience members and musicians by helping to underwrite our innovative artistic programming and performances.
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The best part? You’re in control!
You set the amount you would like to contribute each month, and we’ll do the rest. Your gift will continue to be deducted from your credit card monthly until you decide to cancel it. You can make changes to your gift at any time.
DONOR
RECOGNITION
Donations may be made in honor or in memoriam. All donors are listed in the season program book; donors may elect to be recognized anonymously. Conductor’s Circle members may receive invitations to special donor events.
CONDUCTOR'S CIRCLE
Platinum Baton $10,000 and more
Gold Baton $5,000 – $9,999 Silver Baton $2,500 – $4,999
Bronze Baton $1,000 – $2,499
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MUSIC LOVERS
Music Director $500 – $999
Concertmaster $300 – $499
First Chair $125 – $299
Friend up to $124
MARY KAY HOFFMAN FUND
The PVS Youth Orchestra, Strings for Kids, and Artspace Community Arts Center were all established in whole or in part by Mary Kay Hoffman, an inimitable champion for youth music education, who passed away in February 2023. You can read a beautiful obituary by Mary Kay's family here. Mary Kay's legacy lives on through the hundreds of students who have passed through these music education programs and will do so in the future. In collaboration with Mary Kay's family, we are honored to manage the Mary Kay Hoffman Fund for youth musicians. The vision for this fund is to provide financial assistance to musicians up through age 18 who live in our local community. The Fund helps students whose families couldn't otherwise afford all of the expenses involved in studying an instrument with assistance for private lesson tuition through the PVS's music school, group workshops, Youth Orchestra dues, Strings for Kids tuition, and instrument rental or repair through the PVS.
RETIREMENT & PROFIT SHARING
Designating the Pioneer Valley Symphony as a beneficiary on your retirement or profit-sharing account is a simple way of ensuring that your estate plan includes a gift to support classical music. Plus, IRA charitable rollover contributions to the PVS may provide tax benefits to you! If you are age 72 or older, you can make a qualified charitable distribution directly from your traditional or Roth IRA to the Pioneer Valley Symphony.
DA CAPO SOCIETY
Remembering the PVS in your will, trust or estate plan makes the joy and enrichment of audiences, musicians and students through accessible, live classical music part of your legacy.
To recognize the generosity of individuals who have included the PVS in their estate plans, we have created the Da Capo Society.
Regardless of the amount, your contribution will have an enduring impact on our community. It might endow an education program and touch the lives of thousands of school children, or an orchestral section chair in direct support of our public concerts, or a staff position to inspire creativity and growth.
To determine the best options for you, you should always consult an attorney or other tax professional.
For more information about the ways to give to the PVS, contact us at
413-773-3664 or giving@pvso.org.