Mason Arts Board Dashboard as of August 31, 2024 (2nd
Month of FY25 Preliminary)
Mason Arts Board Meeting
September 11, 2024
CVPA Development Report
FY24 Raised YEAR END: $7.8M
Year End Gift News:
Peter DiGiovanni created the Peter N. DiGiovanni Music Endowment and a generous current use gift from him and his wife Sally
Jacqueline Mars - major gift to support the Vocal Studies Fund and Opera Production
Woodleigh Chase returned as a sponsor for the Center for the Arts 2024-2025 Season Amazon Web Services gift for the Performing Arts for Kids at the Hylton Center
Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts - gift to provide 5 student scholarships
FY25 Raised YTD: $1.1M
(as of September 6, 2024)
Gift News:
Jonathan Goldman - bequest for the Goldman Family Scholarship Endowment to support wind instruments, classical guitar, musical theater, and theatrical production
Ruth Altheim - bequest to benefit the Dewberry School of Music
Seeley Foundation $20K grant for the Friends of the Center for the Arts
An anonymous foundation made a grant for the Artist-in-Residence program in the Center for the Arts and the Instruments in the Attic program at the Mason Community Arts Center
Isaac Thweatt pledged to support the Center for the Arts reimagination as well as Mason Vision Day to benefit Vocal Studies and Opera
Didlake Inc. expanded its partnership with a pledge to all of Mason Arts as the 2024-25 Season Accessibility Sponsor for the Center for the Arts and the Hylton Performing Arts Center
Mason Now: Power the Possible Campaign Update
All gifts to CVPA support our $60M goal towards the University’s $1 billion campaign. CVPA recently surpassed the 50% mark, raising $32M (53% of goal)
Center for the Arts Reimagination Initiative
Raised to date: $17.7M
Gift News:
The Peterson Family Foundation made a transformative gift of $5M to name the Center for the Arts as the Peterson Auditorium
Sara (Sally) Merten - major gift to name the Tower in honor of her friend, Lucy Church
Kelly and Steve Harms named a Balcony Seat
Linda and Harlan Harber named two Orchestra seats
Laura Peebles and Ellen Fingerman named two Orchestra seats
Three non-naming gifts:
Isaac Thweatt
The Seeley Foundation made a second major gift
Lucy Church made her third major gift
The Congressionally Directed Spending proposal for the CFA did not move forward to the Senate Appropriations Bill.
We now have new naming opportunities to support both the capital initiative as well as programming for the Center for the Arts. If you are interested in learning more, please ask Susan Graziano.