Support
Put music on the stage. Put instruments in their hands.
A gift here pays a working musician, holds a free seat for a student or a senior, puts an instrument in a young player's hands, and records an elder while there is still time. Give once, or give monthly and make it something we can plan around.
Give
Choose an amount. We will tell you where it went.
Give once, or give monthly and make it something we can plan around. Whatever the amount, this is the order we spend in, and we report against it every year.
Artist fees
Budgeted before anything else, including administration. Nobody plays a Carson Arts Foundation stage for exposure.
Free admission
Community concerts, and a complimentary seat block for students and seniors held at every performance, ticketed or not.
Instruments and instruction
The lending library, the teaching artists, and the scholarships that keep Next Generation Jazz free to every family.
The archive
Recording the elders who carried this music, while they are still here to tell it.
Monthly giving
Recurring gifts are what make free programming plannable rather than hopeful.
Employer matching
Many employers match charitable gifts one-for-one. Check with your HR department. It can double your impact at no extra cost.
In honor or memory
Give in someone's name and we'll notify them or their family, and credit the gift in the season program.
Sponsorship
For businesses and major donors
A sponsorship puts your name on programming that your own customers, employees, and neighbors attend for free. Tiers are named after the music, because Bronze/Silver/Gold tells you nothing about what you are actually funding. Amounts are set alongside the first confirmed season budget.
- 01
Headliner
Season title recognition, logo on all materials, stage acknowledgment at every show, tickets to all events, table at the annual gala.
- 02
Bandleader
Named concert sponsorship, logo placement across the season, stage mention, event tickets.
- 03
Sideman
Program and website recognition, event tickets.
- 04
Supporter
Website listing, event tickets.
- 05
In-Kind
Venue, equipment, printing, food, transportation, or professional services. Valued and recognized at the equivalent cash tier.
Instrument donation
Got a horn in the closet?
Instruments donated to the Carson Arts Foundation go directly into the hands of Carson students through our lending library. We accept instruments in any condition. We handle repair and restoration.
- Saxophones
- Trumpets
- Trombones
- Drums & percussion
- Keyboards & pianos
- Bass, upright and electric
- Guitars
- Clarinets & flutes
- Cases, stands, mutes & mouthpieces
Legacy giving
Music outlasts all of us.
Bequests, planned gifts, and endowment contributions are how an arts organization stops depending on any single year's fundraising. They are also the clearest way to say that this should still be here in thirty years.
If you're considering including the Carson Arts Foundation in your estate plans, or would like to discuss establishing a named fund or scholarship, contact us directly and we'll work with you and your advisor.
Our promises to you
What we will do with it, and what we will never do
Artists get paid first
Artist fees are budgeted before anything else, including our own administration. Nobody plays a Carson Arts Foundation stage for exposure.
Free stays free
Community concerts, youth instruction, instrument loans, and the archive are free, permanently. Access is designed in from the start, never added later as charity.
You can check our work
We publish programming and financial summaries annually, and we would rather report an honest zero than an impressive number we cannot show you.
You are not funding a building or a brand. You are funding an evening in a park that costs a family nothing, and a horn in the hands of a kid who could not otherwise hold one.
Start a gift
Tell us what you'd like to do
Cash gift, sponsorship, an instrument, or a legacy conversation, send this and we'll follow up personally. Or email info@carsonartsfoundation.org.
