Challenge Gift Campaign - Experience Excellence

To the ACO, music is much more than mere entertainment.

We believe music is a powerful force for good– it opens our hearts, brings us together, transforms our lives- experiencing music makes us better human beings and our community a better place for us all.

This belief animates all that we do and is the guiding inspiration behind all of our activities.

As the Treasure Coast’s own world-class orchestra we are dedicated to our community and touching the lives of literally thousands every season through performances of the greatest works of art.

But great art comes at a high cost, and with growing to better serve our community come ever-increasing expenses.  As a result, the board and staff of the ACO have as their priority the long-term financial health of the organization.

And now, thanks to the incredible generosity of an anonymous donor the ACO stands poised to meet the all important goal of long-term financial stability for our orchestra.

The ACO is excited to announce a challenge gift of up to $1 million in matching funds for all gifts of over $10,000 between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2011.  All of the matching funds given by the anonymous donor will go directly into an endowment fund– donors that give as part of the Challenge Gift Campaign have the opportunity to designate where they wish to direct their individual gift.

Donors to the Challenge Gift Campaign must agree to complete a donation of $10,000 or more to the ACO by year-end 2011 to qualify their gift(s) for matching funds.

Donors to the Challenge Gift Campaign may give in any of these ways to the ACO:

• General Operating Fund (Help meet today’s pressing financial needs)
• Sponsor a Concert or Concert Series (Vero Beach or Stuart)
• Endow (one-time gift) or Sponsor (annually) the Conductor, Concertmaster or Principal Musician Chairs
• Become a member of the Andrew McMullan Founders Society
• The Scottish Kilt Society (gifts of $50,000 or greater)
  

Donors may direct their gifts in other ways not listed– many other naming and endowment opportunities exist.

Would you consider making a pledge to the ACO Challenge Gift Campaign?

We truly need your help in bringing the transformative power of music to our community- your donation supports our efforts to make the Treasure Coast a better place for generations to come.

To contact the ACO and receive additional information via mail please click here.

To open and print a PDF file of our Challenge Gift Campaign Brochure click here and our Donor Agreement click here.

$50,000 and Higher
Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn Bryson	Mrs. Virginia Russell Kimmel
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Schwerin	PNC Wealth Management,
	Kevin Grady, Regional President
$25,000—$44,999
Mr. & Mrs. John Beckert	Mr. & Mrs. Lee Blatt
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Rappaport	Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Waxlax
$20,000—$24,999
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kostanecki	Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Malone
$10,000—$19,999
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Allen	Mr. & Mrs. William H. Ahrens
Anonymous	Ms. Kathryn Bass
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bickford	Mr. & Mrs. Richard Chadwell
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Covill	Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Ell
Mr. Charles “Chad” Morrison	Mr. & Mrs. John Ginnetti
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Garr	Dr. Marie Jureit-Beamish
Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobsen	Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kopf
Ms. Rosemary F. Kotkowski	Mr. & Mrs. Michael LaPorta
Mr. & Mrs. John Kreutzberg	Mr. & Mrs. Edward Levene
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lahey, Jr.	Ms. Natalie MacDonald
Ms. Lolita Lindstrom	Mr. & Mrs. Frank Metzger
Dr. & Mrs. William McHugh	Mr. & Mrs. James Pendergast
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oldford	Ms. Jacquelyne M. Schuman
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Prein	Mr. & Mrs. David Smick
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Schroth	Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Shoaf
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Smyth	Mr. & Mrs. Ernest A. Wiehl, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Clare Tyler	Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Zemsky
Mr. & Mrs. John Wolcott