WAYS TO GIVE
INDIVIDUAL GIVING:
Your tax-deductible gift makes a difference! Make your donation NOW!
As an Individual Supporter or Corporate Sponsor, you ensure that the Norwalk Symphony can continue to bring great music, inspiring performers, and educational programs to our community. Click here for our sponsorship information.
With your support and the support of our Strategic Partners, we have increased the number of concerts this season, expanded our acclaimed (Not) Just For Kids program to reach twice the number of students, and have performed for more than double our audience compared to previous years!
Donate by mail or online. We will send you acknowledgment of your donation for tax purposes. Thank you!
Donate Online:
The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra happily accepts donations through PayPal. Click the Donate button to be taken to Paypal and select your method of payment (Paypal account not required).
Donate By Mail:
Download and complete our Donation Form and send it along with your payment information or a check made out to the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra to our office at:
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra
25 Van Zant Street
Suite 14-3
Norwalk, CT 06855
Help us remain secure and grow by scheduling a MONTHLY DONATION.
Simply check the "Make this a monthly donation" box in the PAYPAL window when making your donation.
FUND & ENDOWMENT GIVING:
Secure our future with a gift that lasts forever and grows over time.
The Permanent Fund
Composing our Future
The Merle Baum Forte Society, the Permanent Fund of the Norwalk Symphony, was inaugurated in 2018 to sustain our current and future operations through a flow of interest and dividends. You can help us achieve this through a direct donation or any of the Planned Giving Options described below.
The inspirational Merle Baum (1926-2015) was a ceaseless, enthusiastic supporter of the Norwalk Symphony who dedicated her efforts to continuously raise awareness and funding for the Symphony.
It is in her honor that her son Winthrop and the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra have created this permanent fund to support our mission to bring live performances and music education to audiences of all ages.
The Merle Baum Forte Society was created with a simple set of goals: that we collectively build the legacy of those who have come before us; that we add to the funding needed to sustain the quality programming that is a hallmark of the Symphony; and that we engage more people to share the reach of the beautiful music played by the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.
Become a part of the Norwalk Symphony Permanent Fund and ensure future generations share your joy of music, as did Merle Baum! We invite you to add your support to this fund to ensure the continuity of the Symphony.
Endow or Fund a Chair
A special, tailored opportunity for an organization or individual to leave your own legacy, honor a friend or memorialize a loved one. This gift, named in perpetuity, provides ongoing funding and allows us to retain outstanding musicians of the highest caliber today and into the future.
In addition to this meaningful contribution, you will have a chance to build a relationship with the musician whose chair you have endowed. Endowed chairs are permanently recognized on our website and in the program for all concerts.
Chair Naming Opportunities:
Conductor’s Podium
Concertmaster and Assistant Concertmaster
Principal Chairs and Assistant Principal Chairs
Section Chairs
PLANNED GIVING:
Bequest
A very popular way to make a significant contribution to support the Norwalk Symphony by leaving a gift through your will or living trust. Your bequest can be for a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder of the value, after other gifts have been satisfied. Gifts can be of cash, securities, real estate or personal property.
Stock
Donating a long-term gift of stock makes a big impact and these appreciated securities have immediate or deferred tax benefits. You will avoid capital gains tax while earning a larger tax deduction.
Retirement / IRA
Leave your own legacy or memorialize a loved one by giving with an IRA rollover and avoid paying income on taxes on the distribution. A pledge gift for the future is an option while you continue to take required withdrawals during your lifetime and remaining assets then pass tax-free to the Norwalk Symphony.
Charitable Remainder Trust
This gift combines flexible benefits; significant income, tax benefits and a meaningful gift to the Norwalk Symphony. You can receive income for life from the trust and the Norwalk Symphony receives the remainder when the trust terminates. Trusts can be structured to pay either fixed or variable income and provide an income tax charitable deduction while avoiding capital gains when the long-term appreciated property is donated.
Please consult your financial advisor for the best approach for your wishes.