Help Keep the Pops Playing Music
Becoming a donor is an important step in helping the California Pops Orchestra continue to delight you, your family and friends, and others in the Bay Area who share your obvious good taste in musical entertainment!
Every donation, large or small, enables the Pops to improve productions, add more popular music, bring back live video capabilities, present more musical celebrities and provide funding for much-needed staff to run the organization behind the scenes. However you choose to support the California Pops Orchestra, know that everyone in the California Pops thanks you for sharing our dream and helping make this one-of-a-kind orchestra possible.
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How to Give to the Pops
Online
Donate using our secure online payment system
By Phone
Call the Pops’ office at 650.856.8432
By Mail
Make your check payable to “California Pops Orchestra” and mail it to:
California Pops Orchestra
3790 El Camino Real, Mailstop 341
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Note: The California Pops Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) non-profit California corporation. Our Federal Tax ID is 74-3223842. We accept personal checks, as well as Mastercard or Visa.)
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Planned Giving
Planned gifts are a major strategic support that enables the California Pops to make long term plans and grow with confidence in the future. Some supporters have chosen to include the Pops in their family’s foundation. Others prefer to support the Pops long-term through their estates or gifts of real estate. Call Alicia Wilmunder, Pops’ Executive Director, at 650.856.8432 to discuss how a planned gift may serve your long term goals.
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Corporate Sponsorship
Sponsoring the California Pops Orchestra is an innovative way to demonstrate your company’s support for our community and the performing arts and also get your employees out to have some fun! At the $10,000+ sponsorship level, participating companies receive a variety of benefits to show our appreciation for your support, including:
- Donor recognition in the program, posters and advertising
- VIP priority for all season tickets and single tickets
- Discounted tickets for your employees plus a great way to entertain clients at the Pops
- VIP dinners hosted by Pops’ Board members
- VIP Invitations to the shows
- Group seating at the shows
For more information about various forms of giving including Corporate Sponsorship, please call Alicia Wilmunder, Pops’ Executive Director, at 650.856.8432.
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Donor Levels
- $10,000+ Founding Members Club
- $5,000 Conductor’s Club
- $2,500 Broadway Circle
- $1,000 Hollywood Stars
- $500 Gershwin Circle
- $250 Club Jazz
- To $100 Light Classics Circle