Supporting Wharton Center
Your gift can reflect your love and appreciation of the performing arts while creating a cultural impact in our community.
Wharton Center remains committed to presenting all the performing arts disciplines that characterize the great national centers.The majority of the shows are not self-supporting.
The challenges are:
- Ticket revenue covers only two-thirds of Wharton Center’s operating expenses.
- Without private support, operating expenses exceed total revenue by 15 percent.
- Symphonies, operas and chamber music offer important musical experiences to small, albeit loyal, audiences.
- Many of the great artists and Broadway productions have exorbitant performance fees.
Despite these difficult challenges, Wharton Center remains committed to presenting all of the performing arts disciplines. To be fiscally responsible, protecting itself against rising artists’ fees, labor costs, maintenance expenses and the uncertainty inherent in the economics of the performing arts, Wharton Center must have a secure future in program sponsorships, capital reserves and an endowment fund.
Your generous donation allows Wharton Center to:
- Provide arts education opportunities to more than 30,000 school-age children annually.
- Invite world-class artists and productions to create inspiring performances.
- Offer multi-cultural programming, furthering the mission of creating a global community.
- Support artists by encouraging the development of new works through commissioning and artistic residencies.
- Develop, initiate and expand educational programs for people of all ages while increasing access for children through affordable or scholarship tickets.
- Maintain a state-of-the-art facility.
- Keep ticket prices low - currently 20% lower than most metropolitan areas.
- Provide an avenue for aspiring local artists the opportunity to perform in a professional setting.
- Fulfill the outreach mission of Michigan State University.
Your gift can reflect your love and appreciation of the performing arts. Join us, become a member today.
