Donate to the Foundation
Why Give to the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation?
Your gift to the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation helps ensure the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra’s continued excellence and its permanence as an institution. Annual grants from the Foundation help students do what they love, advance as musicians, and build lifelong friendships. Our annual grants to the HRO fund retreats, special concerts, private lessons, instrument and music rentals, the orchestra’s international tours, and other general administrative needs. Your gifts also help to fund events and projects to connect HRO alumni to the HRO and to each other.
Over the past 15 academic years, the Foundation has provided in excess of $450,000 directly to the HRO. In the 2021-22 academic year, funds provided to the HRO will support the HRO’s annual retreat, a residency by a group of HRO students to study in Cremona, Italy, and the HRO’s performance of Mahler’s 7th Symphony.
Ways to Give
There are a variety of ways you can give to the Foundation including by credit card and check. Please note that all contributions are directed to the Foundation’s annual fund unless otherwise specified.
We have also established The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Endowment Fund whereby you can direct gifts to Harvard University with funds disbursed to the HRO by the Office of the Arts and the HRO’s Music Director. Gifts to the Endowment fund are intended to support the long-term financial goals of the HRO. Please click on the link below to learn more about the Endowment Fund.
We also expect to be able to accept gifts of appreciated securities, distributions from donor-advised funds, or by designating the Foundation as a beneficiary on IRA’s.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all gifts are fully tax-deductible. The Foundation's EIN is 04-2444738.
Click below to make a donation or to learn more about other ways to give to The Foundation.
Donor Honor Roll
The Foundation would like to acknowledge and celebrate the generosity of our donors for the last two Academic Years (2019–2021). Your contributions allow us to continue providing for the HRO, help students achieve their musical and tour goals, and support new community-building initiatives for HRO alumni.
2020–2021 Academic Year
(08/01/2020–07/31/2021)
- Bernard and Mildred Kayden Fund
- Ty and Felicia Kim*
- The Andrew B. Kim and Wan Kyun Rha Kim Family Foundation
$5,000+
- Christine Ausnit Hood*
- Keches Family Fund
- Marilyn Malpass
- Carl and Betty Pforzheimer
- Anonymous
$1,000+
- Barbash Family Fund
- Eugene Lee and Sally Park*
- Byram Karanjia*
- Caroline Choi Kim and Howard Kim*
- Mary Ellen Moir*
- Ning Tien and Leonard van der Kuijp
- Min Wang and Xiaohong Yu
$500+
- Marcia Belvin
- The Benevity Community Impact Fund
- Gary Berger
- Caitlin Donovan*
- Andrew Frackman
- Richard and Nancy Fryberger
- Maryellen Gleason*
- Frederick and Allison Henle*
- Alison Lahnston
- Marion Letvin*
- David and Agatha Moll Charitable Fund
- Network for Good
- Harvey Weiss
- Alvin Wen and Alexandra Moellmann
- Patrick and Phaedra Yachimski
$250+
- Victoria Aschheim*
- Laurence Berman
- Martina Cricker
- Thomas Crowell
- Rachel Dobrow and Scott Stone
- Caroline and Michael Flexer
- Jason Gelles
- Corey and Kristin Haugland
- Jeremy Hwang
- Eleanore Kim
- Frederick Klein
- William LaPiana
- C. Michael and Christina Lederer
- Judith and Michael Luskin
- Robert Mawhinney
- Misono-Liu Family Fund
- Network for Good
- David Oakes
- Anonymous
$100+
- Susan Abrams
- Kyle and Mary Adler Foundation
- Michael Bamberger
- Lili Barouch
- Marcia Belvin
- John and Helen Bethell
- John and Sophie Bilezikian
- Caroline and Matthew Boch
- Richard Bogomolny
- Michael Brenner
- Andrew Calkins
- David Chavolla
- Liza Ching
- Eugene Chung
- Karen Cohen
- James Collins
- Geoffrey Cook
- David Davis
- Brent de Chene
- Steven Ekert
- Pang-Dian Fan
- Ellen Feingold
- Jonathan Feng
- Anna Garsten
- Leonard Gettes
- George Goldberg
- Rolf and Nancy Goodwin
- Steven Graff
- Ethan Gray
- Luda Grossman
- Peter Haas
- Eric Hailman
- Audrey Han
- Stephen Hinkle
- Eric Hintsa
- Mike Ho
- Daniel and Kelly Horwitz Charitable Fund
- Barbara Hulka
- David Hutt
- Jeremy Hwang
- Haewon Hwang
- Jane Hwangbo
- Sei Iwai
- Buell Jannuzi
- Li-Wen Kang
- Bruce Karlin
- Kesselman-Goldberg Benevolent Fund
- Brian Lee
- Paul Lehrer
- Albert Li
- John and Mary Lithgow
- Jonathan Lurie
- Steven Machtiger
- Sophia Macris
- Robert Madden and Cynthia Chazotte
- Elizabeth Mathieson
- Jonathan McPhie
- Kwan-Hong Min
- Mark Mulligan
- Jonathan Newmark
- Paul Nghiem
- Glenn Noreen
- Channing Paluck
- Park and Taylor Family Fund
- Katherine Plummer
- Nicholas Pyle
- Dorothy Rhoades
- Grant Riew
- William Roberts
- Stephen Senturia
- Tatsuo Shirane
- Anne Shreffler
- Tor Shwayder
- Karl Singer
- Natasha Smalky
- Scott Smith
- John Smith
- Jeffrey and Tam Smith
- David Sogg
- Hannah Stallman
- Julene Stellato
- Alan Stern
- Daniel Sze
- Thom Thurston
- Tishler Family Fund
- Teddy Tong
- Heidi Vanderbilt-Brown and Andrew Popper
- Joseph Venzon
- Allan Vogel
- Mary Wagner
- Gabriel Walker*
- Michael Weinrich
- John Whitlock
- David Wirth
- Scott Yoo*
- Sandra Yuh
- Sarah Zaslaw
- Shoshana Zax
- Anonymous (3)
$50+
- Michael Bamberger
- Jonathan Bernard
- Albert Briggs
- Dixon Butler
- Tere Carrion
- Stephen Cho
- Bryan Choi
- Ernest Cockrell
- Wallace Dailey
- Edgar Engleman
- David Forman
- Judith Grand
- Luda Grossman
- Jon Gudeman
- Charles Hefling
- Marilyn Heins
- Vivian Ho
- Takatoshi Ito
- Sara Kantor
- Donna Kim
- Beong-Soo Kim
- Jane Kim
- Kim-Wongtrakool Giving Fund
- Robert Levin
- Lawrence Li
- Christine Liu
- Katharine and Rajat Mukherji
- Ursula Oppens
- Peter Pesic
- Mather Pfeiffenberger
- Carl Rogers
- Maria Roglieri
- Lee Ann Song*
- Arpi Tavil-Shatelyan*
- Douglas Wilkins
- Thomas Yates
- Jeffrianne Young
- Anonymous (3)
Other Donors
- The Blackbaud Giving Fund / Your Cause
- David Creighton
- Frances Dickey
- Walter Foreman
- Herbert Gardner
- Enid Ginsburg
- Iris Lan
- James Lichtenberg
- Timothy Lipman
- Kilmer McCully
- Susanne Melbye
- Network for Good
- Sheldon Nicholl
- Carl Riskin
- Gabriel and Melissa Struck
- Michael Tabak
- NaYoung Yang*
- Anonymous
* Board Member
2019–2020 Academic Year
(08/01/2019–07/31/2020)
$5,000+
- Devin Binder
- Christine Ausnit Hood*
- Jerold and Stephanie Kayden
- Marilyn Malpass
$1,000+
- C&P Buttenwieser Foundation
- Edison International / YourCause
- Byram Karanjia*
- Monica Kohler
- Eugene Lee and Sally Park*
- Anonymous
$500+
- Robert Fox*
- Nancy and Richard Fryberger
- Charles Helfing
- Frederick and Allison Henle*
- Caroline Choi Kim and Howard Kim*
- David Oakes
- Anonymous
$250+
- Victoria Aschheim*
- Caitlin Donovan*
- Donald and Marjorie Forte
- Grace Gabe
- Judith and Michael Luskin
- Jianhui Tang
- Harvey Weiss
$100+
- Susan Abrams
- Kyle and Mary Adler
- Naomi Botkin
- Andrew Chang
- Stephen Cho
- Phyllis Davies
- Richard Dobrow
- Edgar Engleman
- Maryellen Gleason*
- George Goldberg
- Rolf and Nancy Goodwin
- Judith Grand
- Stephen Hinkle
- Eric Hintsa
- Mike Ho
- Edward Kang
- Alison Lahnston
- William LaPiana
- Harold Litt
- Robert Madden
- Kenneth and Margaret McIntosh
- Glenn Noreen
- Channing Paluck
- Mather Pfeiffenberger
- Judith Robinson
- Maria Roglieri
- Lionel Shapiro and Elizabeth Jockusch
- Anne Shreffler
- Karl Singer
- Natasha Smalky and Matthew Guarnieri
- Scott Smith
- Jeffrey and Tam Smith
- David Sogg
- Rosanne Sterne
- Jonathan Taylor
- Paul and Michele Traverse
- Georgios Tritsaris
- Heidi Vanderbilt-Brown and Andrew Popper
- Mary Wagner
- Gabriel Walker*
- John Whitlock
- David Wirth
- Scott Yoo*
- Sandra Yuh
- Anonymous
$50+
- Margaret Baron
- John and Helen Bethell
- Matthew and Caroline Boch
- Ernest Cockrell
- Wallace Dailey
- Ellen Feinberg
- Marian Florence
- Luda Grossman
- Richard Hadsell
- Rita Hao
- Vivian Ho
- Julia Hunter
- Harriet Katz
- Linda Koenig
- Sophia Macris
- Nancy Murray
- John Smith
- Lee Ann Song*
- Hannah Stallman
- Alan Stepansky
- Michael Tabak
- Sigrid Tishler
- Clifford Weber
- Alvin Wen
- Douglas Wilkins
- Alfred Yen
Other Donors
- Lara Ausubel
- Herbert Gardner
- I. Heyman
- Caroline Kim*
- Nicholas Pyle
- Vera Shapiro
- Anne Shreffler*
- Scott Smith
- Arpi Tavil-Shatelyan*
- Deborah Valenze
- Anonymous
* Board Member
Other Ways to Donate
Gifts of Securities
Donating appreciated securities – such as stock or mutual funds – is an extremely efficient way to give to the Foundation due to the associated tax advantages. When you transfer ownership of long-term holdings, you receive a charitable deduction for their full market value at the time of transfer (up to 30% of your adjusted gross income). If your deduction is greater than 30%, you are eligible to carry any unused deduction forward for up to five years subject to the same annual limit until it has been fully used.
When a gift of securities is made, the donor benefits by not having to sell the securities and therefore avoids realizing capital gains, and the Foundation benefits from a gifted amount that may greatly exceed your cost basis.
If you would like to donate a gift of appreciated securities, please contact us. We recommend that you first consult your financial planner for any gifts of securities.
Planned Gifts
For many people, the most practical way to make a significant gift to the Foundation is through their estate.
Please consider gifting to the Foundation through:
- a codicil to your will
- an amendment to your revocable trust
- a retirement plan beneficiary designation
- naming the Foundation as the beneficiary of your life insurance plan
- a donor advised fund or private foundation succession plan
Estate plans should be prepared by and with the advice of an estate planning professional (lawyer, accountant, financial advisor, etc.) to ensure that your intentions are carried out. The Foundation is not able to provide legal advice or counsel on matters pertaining to gift planning. Contact us if you are interested in a Planned Gift.
A general bequest, unrestricted as to purpose:
“I give (____ dollars) or (____ percent of my estate) to the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation, Inc., a Massachusetts charitable corporation, for the purpose of [state purpose of gift].”
A bequest for a specific purpose:
“I give (____ dollars) or (____ percent of my estate) to the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation, Inc., a Massachusetts charitable corporation, for the purpose of [state purpose]. If, in the future, in the opinion of the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra board members, all or part of this gift cannot be usefully applied to the above purpose (or in the above manner), it may be used for any purpose within the corporate powers of the University that will most nearly accomplish my wishes and purposes.”
Please note, gifts designated for specific purposes must be approved by the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Please check with us before designating a special purpose bequest.
Donor-Advised Funds
Since assets in a donor-advised fund are invested tax-free, making a distribution from such a fund to the Foundation allows you to combine tax benefits with the flexibility to support multiple causes. If you are using a donor-advised fund to make charitable contributions, please consider including the Foundation as one of your causes. If you would like to make a gift to the Foundation through a donor-advised fund, please contact us.
IRA Charitable Contribution
Designating the Foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement plan is another tax-efficient way to show your support. Retirement assets are often subject to income tax when distributed and estate taxes – but when you make an IRA Charitable Contribution, the Foundation will receive all or a part of the plan assets undiminished by estate and gift taxes.
Any individual who is 70½ or older can transfer tax-free gifts (up to an annual maximum of $100,000) directly from their IRA to the Foundation using the IRA Charitable Rollover.
If you would like to make an IRA Charitable Contribution to the Foundation, please contact us. To start, you can request a beneficiary designation form from your plan’s administrator (or change the designation online), naming the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation, Inc. as the beneficiary.