Support your Symphony
Ticket sales cover approximately one-third of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra's annual operating budget. The balance of the budget comes from our generous donors, whose continued support ensures that our music never stops. Your gift to the GSO's Encore Society will not only support our Masterworks, Chamber Orchestra and Pops concerts, but also the many Education Outreach and community programs that are essential to teaching Greenvillians the importance of orchestral music.
65th Concert Season Subscriber Challenge Grant
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce that a generous donor has stepped forward and offered $50,000 as a "Subscriber Challenge Grant" for this, our 65th concert season. This represents a challenge to all Symphony subscribers, our most loyal patrons. This grant will match dollar for dollar, up to a total of $50,000, donations to the Symphony's Annual Fund made by subscribers under the following conditions:
1. If you are a subscriber who has not given in the past five years, your gift of at least $300 will be matched; or,
2. If you are both a current subscriber and donor, and move to the next giving level, the increase in your gift over last season will be matched. For example, a subscriber currently giving $300 at the Principal Player level, who increases to the $600 Concertmaster level, will be matched for the $300 increase in giving.
"We are truly blessed to have a donor come forward with $50,000 to challenge our subscribers to further invest in the future of their Symphony," says Bill Johnson, Executive Director. "Many patrons do not realize that, although we are very grateful for their ticket or subscription purchase, the Greenville Symphony Orchestra relies heavily on donations for its support. On average, American orchestras receive only about 30% or so of their needed revenues from ticket sales. The other 70% must come from support given by generous donors."
We need your help to ensure that your Greenville Symphony Orchestra benefits fully from this challenge grant.
For information about the "65th Concert Season Subscriber Challenge Grant," or how you can help your Symphony reach its goal, please contact Linda Grandy, Development Director, at 864-232-0344, extension 22 or Bill Johnson (extension 13).