Help Enrich Your Community
Annual Donor Program
Have fun and make new friends while enjoying many fringe benefits! A tax deductible annual donation of $500 ($1000 per couple) or more provides membership to the Gulfshore Maestro Club or make a recurring monthly donation.
Join forces with us to enrich the community by presenting high quality opera theater, classical vocal music concerts, meaningful community engagement and friendly social events to Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties. We offer five levels of sponsorship, which allow devoted patrons and businesses to make tax-deductible donations in support of Gulfshore Opera.
Special Maestro Club
Benefits Include:
- Access to pre-purchase of season tickets with first choice seating
- Recognition in all season programs and on the official Gulfshore Opera website
- Concierge ticketing services
- Maestro Club reserved seating section
Mozart level ($2500)
and higher perks include:
- Invitations to VIP receptions
- Meet the Maestro Talks
- Invitations to closed dress rehearsals
Levels
• Puccini $25,000+
• Verdi $10,000 – $24,999
• Wagner $5,000 – $9,999
• Mozart $2,500 – $4,999
• Rossini $1,000 -$2499
• Handel $500-$999
• Friends of Gulfshore Opera $250 -$499
A donation of any amount is much appreciated!
Make It Monthly With…
The Maestro Club
Maestro Club Members can have easy continuity of giving at an affordable level each month rather than a one larger annual contribution. You can make a tax deductible monthly donation via bank account or credit card.
Monthly giving is not only easy on the pocketbook, it also helps GO with financial planning by providing a steady monthly income.
Just select monthly under donation frequency OR contact us at 239-529-3925 to set up your recurring monthly donation.
Donations are tax deductible under Section 501(c)(3), tax ID #47-0989874. Florida Charitable solicitation #CH48511.
Gulfshore Opera, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation organized under Section 170 (b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code.
to our Maestro Club Members!
We rely on the tremendous generosity of our donors to help sustain the company’s artistic excellence and social mission. Thanks to your generosity, Gulfshore Opera is able to promote community well-being through performances and musical education programs, which strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of our region.
Thank you to those who gave Cumulative Gift of $100,000+
Clement J. Deliso Charitable Trust
Paula Davidson
The Fabianos
Mary McVay
Michael & Karin Standen
Stephanie Schwetz & Tad Connerton
Puccini ($25,000+)
Paula Davidson
Clement Deliso
Mary F. Mcvay
Michael & Karin Standen
Verdi ($10,000-$24,999)
Peter & Lee Bewley
Tad Connerton & Stephanie Schwetz
Carole Fabiano
Greg & Kim Shand
John & Dyan Smith
John & Beverly Wernette
Wagner ($5,000-$9,999)
Nick Denucci, Merrill Lynch
Richard & Judy Brown
Anthony Fabiano
Traute Gentry
Bill Gianola
Ralph & Ellen MacNiven
Dorothea Rosner
Ryan & Meg Rupert
Linda Tetrault
Mozart ($2,500-$4,999)
Ron & Cindy Blythe
J. Timothy & Colette Diegel
Raquel Dunning
Keith & Irena Hammer
Selma Nettles
Jack & Tina Nicholson
Bruce & Beverly Novark
Raymond & Judy Pencherek
Barry & Eva Sands
Jeremish & Lorna Shafir
James V. & Joan Talano
Becky Wilder
Rossini ($1,000-$2,499)
Michael & Susan Adler
Debra Allegretto
Aubrey Bourgeois
Arthur & Hazel Brisker
Elaine Christian
Linda Coyle& Mark Dreyer
John & Patricia Dietzen
Patrick Dietzen
Ross & Noreen Edlund
Laraine Frahm
Ronald & Geraldine Gale
Susan Galvin
Shahriar & Dokhy Ghoddousi
Dan Glemser
Terry & Ena Gleeson
Stephen & Diana Gray
William & Joan Gruver
Klaus & Joan Helf
John R. Wright & Jim Lawson
Shauna Dee & Jeremy Lucca
Bob & Verna Prentice
Lou & Charlene Rana
Gary & Donna Rinck
Lindsay Robertson
Bob Martilla & Mary Slifka
Raymond & Isabelle Staffeldt
Monica Sullivan
Dave & Jeanie Summers
Mary Ann Tittle
Douglas & Joan Zipes
Handel ($500-$999)
Dr. Evelyn Bluhm
Katherine Caldwell
Edith R. Coleman
Emely Darby
Sue Dean
William Dempsey
Linda Greene
Charles Kerwood
Lora Manion
John & Ina Marshall
Jacke & Arden McCurdy
Bob & Barbara Neitzke
Bob & Verna Prentice
Gwen Prentice
Susan Pyke
Maxine Reichhardt
Max & Linda Selig
Aubrey J. Stadtler
Dorothy Strunk
Gregory Wojciechowski
Friends of Gulfshore Opera ($499 Or Less)
Tom & Peg Best
Moon Bae & Jay Chung
Albro Daniel
Lee & Lia Denson
Ginny Inglese
Luara Maximo
Barbara Mengarelli
Paul & Cello Nadler
Janet Nazar
Bernard & Deborah Roselli
Jenn Wideberg