| Corporate Sponsors
West Virginia Public Theatre depends on the generous support of corporations like yours to help our theatre grow!
Recognized as one of America's top regional musical theatres,
the West Virginia Public Theatre played to more than 60,000
musical theatre fans last year, including over 200 bus and
tour groups from the tri-state region.
As a not-for-profit arts organization, the West Virginia Public
Theatre is committed to providing the best in live Broadway musical
theatre to the residents of our community and region.
Our mission is to educate, enlighten, and entertain at a price
that is affordable to all. The financial support of organizations
like yours, helps the West Virginia Public
Theatre to keep our prices low and our
quality high.
Join us as a corporate sponsor as the West Virginia Public
Theatre brings the best of Broadway to north Central West Virginia!
Why become a WVPT Corporate sponsor?
Corporate sponsorship has its benefits...
• To provide your corporation a new and exciting way to entertain clients or reward exceptional employee service or commitment
• Provide discounted ticket prices to all company employees
• Increase your corporations exposure to current and prospective clients
• Show community support by sponsoring quality WVPT productions
• Gain peripheral media exposure to over 60,000 attendees with festival banners displayed throughout the season and sponsorship acknowledgement in the season playbill
Please consider supporting West Virginia Public Theatre though
a Corporate sponsorship agreement.
Gifting Opportunities
Throughout its existence, West Virginia Public Theatre has been blessed by the generous financial support of a large number of individual and corporate donors.
This support has been vital in enabling West Virginia Public Theatre to provide high quality musical theatre at a reasonable cost to the residents of West Virginia and the tri-state area.
In response to several inquiries, and as a vehicle by which its
future can be enhanced, West Virginia Public Theatre has established
a formal program of planned giving.
Planned gifts - those that recognize the donor's personal, financial and charitable aspirations - can be made in a number of ways and can address a variety of opportunities.
By exercising ones ability to make a charitable gift, the donor can arrange charitable contributions in a manner that maximizes personal objectives while minimizing after-tax cost.
Charitable gifts may provide the donor with some or all of the following benefits:
• Fulfillment of philanthropic goals
• Income tax savings
• Avoidance of capital-gain tax on contributions of long term capital-gain property
• Payments for life for the donor or other beneficiary
• Increased spendable income
• Elimination of federal estate tax
Options and Opportunities
There are many options when considering a gift to West Virginia Public Theatre.
Outright Gifts
• Gift of cash
• Appreciated property
• Tangible personal property
Deferred Gifts
• Charitable Unitrust
• Charitable Annuity trust
• A gift of remainder of interest in personal residence
Wills and Bequests
• General bequest
• Specific bequest
• Percentage bequest
• Residuary bequest
• Contingent bequest
Life Insurance
• Charity ad the primary beneficiary
Please consider Gifts to Fund the Future which may be applied to the West Virginia Public Theatre annual capital campaign, and helping us establish educational and artistic endowments.
The Process
In considering the various options, West Virginia Public Theatre recommends that you seek advice from your attorney and tax advisor. We will be happy to work with you and your advisors in any way you choose.
Let us know what you are interested in!
Click here
for a printable form to mail in!
For more information about West Virginia Public Theatre
or questions concerning
Gift Opportunities,
please contact Managing Director Mary Beth Sickles at
(304) 291-4122 or toll free (outside the Morgantown area) at 1-877-999-WVPT.
You can also E-Mail us at: marybeth@wvpublictheatre.org
All correspondence is kept confidential. A West Virginia Public Theatre representative would be glad to meet with you in confidence to address your questions and aspirations. Your interest and support are greatly appreciated. |
