Join the Friends of SFCV

Like many of the groups SFCV writes about, we too are a small nonprofit organization. We depend on the support of generous donors to pay our writers and editors, keep our Web site running, and improve this free and independent service to the community.

What you read each week naturally costs money to produce. SFCV spends an average of $250 for every article we publish, when you count our payments to writers to attend concerts and document their insights, and to editors to assign articles, develop story ideas, help make the writing clear and effective, and publish everything online. That's not including our modest overhead budget for Web site hosting and maintenance, routine office expenses, and a fundraising effort that's minuscule compared to the big outfits. In fact, the vast majority of whatever you may contribute goes directly into the production of what you choose to read.

A donation of $40 pays for part of the cost of one more article that you and the Bay Area's presenters rely on. $100 keeps our site functioning well for about a month. $250 funds the continual improvement of the service and the addition of new features. $1,000 or more significantly underwrites our coverage of any number of the genres we follow — opera, symphony, chamber music, recitals, choral music, early music, contemporary music, festivals, youth music, world music, and musical theater — and helps us find new writers to expand our already widespread coverage in important regions such as the South Bay, East Bay, and North Bay.

SFCV is supported almost entirely by our readers' generous contributions and grants from far-sighted foundations like the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Clarence Heller Foundation, the Wallis Foundation, the Mervyn Brenner Foundation, the Gambs Family Foundation, the Shenson Foundation, and many others over the years. Your donation will be generously matched by our founding supporter, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. And since we are a fiscally sponsored nonprofit project of the Community Initiative Funds of the San Francisco Foundation, your gift is tax-deductible.

Become a Member Today and Receive a Token of Our Thanks

Give now, in any amount, and become a member of the Friends of SFCV. As a small token of our thanks for those who give each year, members receive a special promotion code to access discounts from our participating organizations. Try something new, take a friend, or upgrade to better seats!

We will continue to add offers to the program throughout the year, and we'll keep you informed when new organizations are added. Keep in mind that these are special advance offers for members, while seating is still available. We have four membership levels to choose from. Those who give at higher levels enjoy all the benefits of the lower levels, as well.

Friends (Donations Under $40) receive:

Advocates ($40 to $99) receive:

All of the above benefits, plus:

Sustainers ($100 to $249) receive:

All of the above benefits, plus:

Patrons ($250 or More) receive:

All of the above benefits, plus:

An invitation to SFCV special events.

Please take a moment to make a donation today, either online or by check made out to San Francisco Classical Voice and sent to the address below.

Note: Special offers are subject to availability and are not available for previously purchased tickets. If you do not wish for your name to be listed on our Web site as a Friend of SFCV, please e-mail editor@sfcv.org Like many nonprofit membership programs, membership in the Friends of SFCV carries no voting rights or other responsibilities in the operations of SFCV.

For more information about SFCV or how to donate, please contact us at editor@sfcv.org.

San Francisco Classical Voice
c/o CIF of the San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 733-8526 | editor@sfcv.org | www.sfcv.org
A project of the Community Initiative Funds of the San Francisco Foundation