WHY WE ASK
Each Opera performance is the product of a long, arduous process involving hundreds of people across the world, working towards the singular goal of transformative musical storytelling. Due to the bespoke nature of the art form, Eugene Opera depends on support from individual donors like you, to facilitate the opera creation and production process.
YOUR SUPPORT HELPS
Donations to the BRAVO! fund make it possible for Eugene Opera to engage the best and brightest artists from around the world, invest in developing artists here in the Pacific Northwest, and continue the operatic tradition in Lane County for generations to come. Your contribution to the BRAVO! fund makes the opera process possible by subsidizing performance fees, travel, housing, and equipment for our artists.
In a typical season, Eugene Opera employs over 125 performers, musicians, artists, and theatrical technicians, 75% of which are local artists living and working in the Eugene-Springfield area. Additionally, your financial support allows us to keep ticket costs down, so that this marvelous art form can remain financially accessible to all members of our community.
SUPPORT EUGENE OPERA
One-Time Gift: Make your best tax-deductible gift today using our secure online form. Your one-time gift will support the many artists working in each Eugene Opera production.
Recurring Monthly Pledges: Become a Eugene Opera STAR! Choose a convenient monthly pledge using our secure online form to show your support throughout the entire year.
Community Tix: You can share the joy of opera with those who cannot afford to attend the opera through our Community Tix program. Your tax-deductible contribution enables an approved social service organization to bring clients and staff to one of our productions for free. Community Tix was the passion project of long-time volunteer Tony Meyers and has provided dozens of tickets to participating organizations like St. Vincent de Pau, Sponsors, and Womenspace.
In Honor or Memory: Make a gift in honor of family or friends and we will recognize the gift in our next production program.
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Other Ways to Give
Leave a Legacy
Leave a legacy for the next generation of opera lovers with an endowed contribution to Eugene Opera. Your directed gift supports the artistic programming, educational outreach, and administrative operations of Eugene Opera.
When you give to support the future of Eugene Opera, you know your gift will ensure that our shared commitment to the community and its vital cultural resources will continue for years to come. Often, the largest and most meaningful gift anyone can make is a bequest in a will or living trust. Many of us cannot afford to make a major gift in our lifetime. But we can set up a legacy gift now so that Eugene Opera receives these invaluable gifts in the future.
Bequests
Bequests are gifts made in a will, trust, or estate plan. The gift is most often made as a specific amount, a percentage, or a remainder amount, and can be as easy to establish as adding the following sentence to your Will, either directly or by a codicil:
“I devise and bequeath to Eugene Opera, Eugene, Oregon, [dollar amount of gift or a percentage of the estate] to be used for its general purposes.”
You may also designate your gift to a specific program or purpose; please discuss your planned giving intentions with Eugene Opera in order to ensure your wishes may be accommodated.
Beneficiary designations
You may prefer to manage your legacy planning through beneficiary designations. Such designations are generally easy to establish, easily revocable if your plans change, and do not require changes to your will. Your legacy may bypass probate, simplifying the process for your heirs. Some options may have significant tax advantages.
- Retirement plans
You can name Eugene Opera as the sole or partial beneficiary in your retirement plans such as IRAs, 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans. By naming Eugene Opera as a beneficiary of your retirement plans, you may be able to avoid both income and estate tax, allowing you to leave your lower-taxed assets to your family. - Life insurance policies
By naming Eugene Opera as the sole or partial beneficiary of your fully paid life insurance policy, you may be able to avoid the estate tax on the proceeds. - Investment accounts
Many investment accounts permit you to add a Transfer on Death designee to your account. By naming Eugene Opera as the “TOD” recipient, your gift will pass directly to the Opera, bypassing probate. - Donor-advised funds
Do you have a donor-advised fund? If so, you may want to consider naming Eugene Opera as your Charitable Beneficiary, which simply indicates your wish that any funds remaining in the account at your death be donated to Eugene Opera.
Contact your plan or account administrator for the forms required to name Eugene Opera as a beneficiary.
Legacy recognition
Please be sure to let Eugene Opera know of your legacy plans. With your permission, you will be recognized in our Silva Hall production programs as a member of our Legacy Society, encouraging others to follow your example.
Legacy gifts are eligible for bespoke benefits. To learn more, call 541-485-3959, or email us at info@eugeneopera.org
Artist Homestays
Volunteer to host an opera artist!
Several times a year Eugene Opera brings extraordinary talent to Eugene. Each visiting opera artist needs a place to stay from the time rehearsals begin until the last curtain of the last performance comes down, usually about three weeks.
Would you like to know more about these people who devote their lives to music and their craft? Can you spare a guest room with access to a private bath for a few weeks? Can you offer modest kitchen and laundry privileges to someone who spends much time on the road? Would you like to witness the transformation from ordinary person to extraordinary performer?
If the answer is YES, then you might be just the person the Eugene Opera is looking for.
To explore this marvelous opportunity further to help Eugene Opera and our Eugene arts community, contact us at info@eugeneopera.org or 541-485-3985.