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Help make Shakespeare accessible to everyone
As we continue to navigate these uncertain times, we need your financial support to keep doing what we do best: overcoming obstacles to make great Shakespeare accessible to everyone. Cash donations can be made in the following ways, or scroll down for a list of other Ways To Give.
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Text “SFSHAKES” to 56651 and follow the prompts
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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival is a 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit organization. Our FEIN Tax Number is 94-286-7269. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Your donations:
Benefits of Donating Appreciated Securities
If you have held a stock position or security for more than one year, and if it has appreciated in value, this option provides you with significant tax advantages. Donated stock and securities are exempt from capital gains taxes. Moreover, you may claim the full appreciated market value of the donation as a tax deduction. Ask your financial advisor to investigate how you can best utilize this option.
How To Make a Stock Donation
It’s easy!
How can you help keep Free Shakespeare Free and not spend a dime?
Through an in-kind donation! You will help the festival and receive a tax donation. Call us at 415-558-0888 or email sfshakes@sfshakes.org to arrange. You can donate:
SERVICES:
Administrative help (filing, typing, stuffing envelopes etc.)
Printing
Help loading and moving the Free Shakespeare in the Park sets
Vehicle/auto repair
Volunteers at Free Shakespeare in the Park
CREDITS:
Frequent Flyer miles
ITEMS WE NEED IN THE OFFICE:
Computer equipment and peripherals
Office chairs
Office supplies such as copier paper, pens, tape, etc.
ITEMS WE NEED IN THE SCENIC SHOP:
Lumber- unused only
Tools (hand & power)
ITEMS WE NEED FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:
Hotel lodging statewide for Shakespeare on Tour
Art Supplies: Markers, Construction paper, Water-based paint, Brushes
Board Games
Small Outdoor Games/Sports Equipment
Fabric, Canvas, Muslin
Plastic storage tubs
Portable white boards, up to 3’x4′
Commercial passenger or freight van
Gasoline (gas card or gift certificate)
Demonstrate your company’s values, community leadership, and become part of a beloved Bay Area tradition.
Corporate giving creates awareness, increases loyalty, and reinforces image among both potential and existing customers. It can include on-site and media visibility, team-building outings, exclusive client hospitality opportunities, and special invitations. And, it’s a wonderful way to give to the community.
In a recent survey by Cone Consulting, researchers saw a sharp increase in the importance that people placed on a company’s support of charitable causes. Over 70% of respondents said they “place importance on a company’s support of charitable causes when deciding what to buy or where to shop, where to work, which companies to invest in, and which companies I would like to see doing business in my community.”
Benefits of Corporate Giving to San Francisco Shakespeare Festival include:
Prominent recognition includes:
TITLE SPONSORSHIP (Circle A)
$40,000 AND UP
All the below, plus Title Sponsorship on all Free Shakespeare print and digital materials, customized hospitality event featuring Festival artistic leadership.
PREMIERE LEVEL (Circle B)
$20,000 AND UP
All the below, plus Premium Gala Table, logo on banner at Free Shakespeare venues.
FEATURE LEVEL (Circle C)
$10,000 AND UP
All the below, plus 4 tickets to annual Gala, and verbal acknowledgement from the stage at Free Shakespeare in the Park.
BARD LEVEL (Circle D)
$5,000 AND UP
Invitations for 4 to Free Shakespeare openings, acknowledgement in printed programs and on social media, and volunteer opportunities.
Corporate giving provides tangible impact:
Proceeds benefit the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, a 501(c) 3 non-profit, public-benefit corporation that makes Shakespeare and the performing arts available to everyone, regardless of age, ethnicity, financial status or level of education. Participation is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law and varies by membership level.
Contact Festival Executive Director Toby Leavitt at 415-865-4430 or email tleavitt@sfshakes.org for further details.
For over 40 years, we have put inclusion and accessibility at the center of our work by sharing the works and words of William Shakespeare with communities throughout the Bay Area and beyond, regardless of anyone’s age, ethnicity, financial status, or level of education.
Your financial support is essential to our ability to deliver on our values:
Donations to SF Shakes improve our artistic and educational programming, and pay real, local, working artists. Just because it’s free doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be excellent, nor that it comes cheaply! Donations help us engage more people, and expand free access to arts and arts education.
When other arts institutions had to cancel entire seasons, we met the moment by recommitting to our mission, and innovating new programs like Virtual Shakespeare Camps, Takes on Shakes, and Free Shakespeare @ Home that were live, safe, and emotionally powerful.
Artistic expression enables each of us to experience joy, and also to explore meaningful topics. When you give to SF Shakes, you give others the support, education, and artistic inspiration they need to heal.
The arts reflect who we each are, and donating is one way to put your values into action.
SF Shakes has evolved from an impromptu production of The Tempest on a picnic table in 1983, to a leading regional theater company. We specialize in engaging and cultivating new and non-traditional audiences because at the heart of our work lies great, powerful, living art.
Most people know us through our annual Free Shakespeare in the Park productions. Over 1 million students know us from our meaningful Arts Education and Outreach Programs. We have a unique place in California’s arts ecology for our long history of quality performances, and for authentic community engagement.
We make artistically inspiring, data-informed, and mission-driven decisions in everything we do. We tailor our approach to continually increase community representation on stage, and among our audiences. As a result, real data confirms that our audiences are as representative and diverse as our Bay Area home.
SAN FRANCISCO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
PO Box 46093
San Francisco, CA 94146-0937
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