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SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
REACHES $50 MILLION FUNDRAISING MARK
Seven Major Challenge Grants Help Conservatory Narrow in on Campaign Goal;
New $80 Million Civic Center Facility on Schedule to Open in Fall 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, September 1, 2005 :
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announced that it has passed the $50 million mark in its $65 million fundraising goal for its new teaching, performance, rehearsal and practice facility in San Francisco's Civic Center.
Construction for the $80 million project is on schedule and on budget for the beginning of classes in fall semester, 2006.
Indicative of the broad support received from donors throughout the Bay Area, the Campaign for the New San Francisco Conservatory of Music at Civic Center was launched in 2000 with an anonymous $10 million challenge. Subsequent challenges were made by the late Mrs. Phyllis Wattis, the Bernard Osher Foundation, The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. In addition, the $3.5 million challenge by Mr. and Mrs. William K. Bowes, Mr. & Mrs. Jean Deleage, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael R.V. Whitman has been met. Significant grants from several private foundations, as well as other individual gifts of more than $1 million, were pivotal in helping the Conservatory reach this $50 million milestone.
"We are deeply grateful that so many individuals and foundations have supported this project," said SFCM President Colin Murdoch. "Their extraordinary generosity as well as the vision of the Board of Trustees have made possible an even greater future for the Conservatory as we strive to serve our students, the Bay Area, and the world of music at large."
Major donors to the Conservatory campaign to date include the following:
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Challenges
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| Anonymous | |
$10 million |
| Mrs. Phyllis Wattis | |
$3.5 million |
| The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation | |
$3.5 million |
| The Bernard Osher Foundation | |
$3 million |
| Mr. and Mrs. William K. Bowes, Jr. | |
$3 million |
| Mr. and Mrs. Jean Deleage | |
$2 million |
| Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. V. Whitman | |
$1 million |
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Foundations
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| Anonymous | |
$1 million |
| The Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation | |
$1 million |
| Herbst Foundation | |
$750,000 |
| Koret Foundation | |
$500,000 |
| Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund | |
$500,000 |
| The David B. Gold Foundation | |
$500,000 |
| The James Irvine Foundation | |
$500,000 |
| The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | |
$500,000 |
| Walter and Elise Haas Fund | |
$300,000 |
| Eldorado Foundation | |
$120,000 |
| Columbia Foundation | |
$105,000 |
| C.M. Capital Foundation | |
$100,000 |
| The Bothin Foundation | |
$100,000 |
| The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation | |
$100,000 |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | |
$100,000 |
| Northern California Community Loan Fund | |
$100,000 |
The Conservatory plans to launch the public phase of its capital campaign in early 2006. Recognized as one of the leading music schools in the world, each year the Conservatory serves more than 600 students through its Collegiate, Preparatory, and Adult Extension Divisions and its summer programs. Its students and faculty also present more than 1,500 public performances - most of them free - to more than 100,000 Bay Area residents and visitors annually. For more information, please call 415.759.3465 or visit www.sfcm.edu.
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Press Contact:
Lisa Petrie
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
415.759.3465
lep@sfcm.edu
Kathryn Pellegrini or Cindy MacKenzie
MacKenzie Communications
415.403.0800
kpellegrini@mackenziesf.com
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