Consider contributing to the FSO endowment, individual giving, or legacy giving. Click on the button below to view the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra’s Guide to Giving.
2015 Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment Video Courtesy of Moonlight Communications.
Since 1956 the Symphony has educated, entertained, and inspired generations. Resources are needed to continue the legacy. Ticket sales, sponsorships, grants, sales, and gifts provide annual operating revenue. Legacy Giving ensures that the brilliant performances of the Symphony continue. Legacy Giving creates financial stability, attracts instrumental talent, and builds lasting relationships.
Supporting the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra endowment ensures that our programs can continue to impact future generations.
Our endowment fund is held by Cumberland Community Foundation and was established with a gift from Berte Howell to endow the Assistant Concertmaster chair.
How to give to the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment at Cumberland Community Foundation:
Give Online: Donate online at www.cumberlandcf.org. Click on the “Donate Now” button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Once on the donation portal, scroll to the bottom of the page and type “Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment” into the search bar. Select the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment and follow the on-screen instructions to make your gift online.
Mail a Check: Cumberland Community Foundation, PO Box 2345, Fayetteville, NC 28302. Please make your check payable to Cumberland Community Foundation with “Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment” noted in the check’s memo line.
Make a Distribution from a Donor Advised Fund: Recommend Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc. (tax id 58-1406831) to receive a grant as an addition to the “Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment”
Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA: Donors who are 70.5 or older may make a gift directly from their IRA up to $100,000 to Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc. (tax id 58-1406831) for the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment. Call (910)483-4449 for instructions.
Donate Stock: For convenient giving of stock and other securities, Cumberland Community Foundation has accounts at many major brokerage houses. Call (910)483-4449 for instructions.
Make a Beneficiary Designation: Designate Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc. (tax id 58-1406831) as the beneficiary of your 401k, IRA, bank and investment accounts, trust, or insurance as an addition to the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment.
Leave a Gift in Your Will: Create a charitable legacy by adding a few sentences to your will. Make your gift to “Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc., a North Carolina nonprofit corporation, as an addition to the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowment.”
Endowed Chairs
In order to build a stable financial base for the FSO into the future, an Endowed Chairs Program was instituted in 2004 at the Cumberland Community Foundation with a gift made by Mrs. Berte Howell.
We honor our chair-holders and their loved ones with permanent listing in the concert program. Chair naming opportunities begin at $35,000.
To learn more about our Chair Underwriting program, call the FSO office at (910) 433-4690.
All endowments are held at Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc., PO Box 2345, Fayetteville, NC 28302 (910)483-4449
Conductor’s Podium
The Fouad K. Fakhouri Endowment for Artistic Excellence
Given by Anonymous Donors
In Honor of Fouad Fakhouri, Music Director 2004-2016
Youth Orchestra Endowment
Gillie Shaw and Riddick Revelle Youth Orchestra Scholarship Endowment
Given by Gillie Revelle
Concertmaster Chair
Will Gillis Military Appreciation Endowed FSO Chair
Given by William John Gillis
This chair is currently held by Dr. Fabian Lopez.
Principal Players’ Society
Principal Viola | Principal Viola Endowed Chair
Given Anonymously
This chair is currently held by Dr. Clark Spencer
Principal Cello | The Carlos Zukowski Memorial Endowment
Given by Terri Union in loving memory of her husband, Carlos Zukowski
This chair is currently held by Jesse Smith
Principal Flute | The Barbara Terry Chair
Given by Ellenor and Dan Barker
This chair is currently held by Sarah Busman
Principal Oboe | Grace Butler Keith Chair
Given by Anne and Tom Keith
This chair is currently held by Jessica Miller
Principal French Horn | Robert Drake Chair
Given by Robert Drake
This chair is currently held by Steve Skillman
Principal Trumpet | Susan and Richard Shereff Chair
Given by Susan and Richard Shereff
This chair is currently held by Dr. Tim Altman
Principal Tuba | Phoebe Edna Williams Curl Chair
Given by Edna Curl (posthumously)
This chair is currently held by Travis Moffitt
Principal Piano | Principal Piano Endowed Chair
Given Anonymously
This chair is currently held by Anastasia Bryant (Acting Principal)
Players’ Society
Assistant Concertmaster | Berte Dean Carter and AA Howell, Jr. Endowed Chair
Given by Berte D. Carter Howell
This chair is currently held by Megan Kenny
Second Violin | Leroy Anderson Chair for the Last Chair in Second Violins
Given Anonymously
This chair is currently held by Carey Sleeman
Second Viola | Dr. Glen Kenney Memorial Chair
Given by Elizabeth Keeney in loving memory of her husband.
This chair is currently held by David Phillips
Second Cello | Deborah and Walter Greene Chair
Given by Deborah and Walter Greene in memory of Aliene S. Greene
This chair is currently held by Paul Kirkpatrick
Second String Bass | William F. Grimes and Frances Loy Grimes Endowment for String Bass
Given by Frances Loy Grimes
This chair is currently held by Stuart McLemore
Second Clarinet | Michael and Lynette Green Chair
Given by Michael and Lynette Green in loving memory of the Samuel Fine Family, John and Ursula Green and Carlos Zukowski
This chair is currently held by Nathan Miller-Olawsky
Second Trumpet | The Marion Cusak Vonnegut & Norbert Josef Vonnegut Chair
Given by Joseph Vonnegut and Family
This chair is currently held by Grant Barker (1 year) and Dean Oaks (sabbatical)
Other Endowments
Shirley & Jim Konneker Endowment for the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra
Given by Shirley and Jim Konneker
