Endowments

Endowments provide a foundation of stability and support.

Gifts to endowments are made with the understanding that the principal is continually preserved and the total amount of the gift is invested. Each year, only a portion of the interest earned is spent while the remainder reverts to principal. In this respect, an endowment is a perpetual gift.

Wharton Center gratefully acknowledges those individuals/organizations that have funded named endowments through gifts of cash or their estate plans.

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• Alexander Family Endowment for Children’s Theatre and Arts Education
• John D. Barkham Endowment 
• Kenneth C. Beachler Arts Management Internship
• Stuart and Judy Birn Endowment for Youth Tickets
• John L. and Marie J. Black Endowment for Broadway and Education
• Thomas J. Block & David L. Easterday Endowment for Jazz Performance
• Thomas J. and David L. Block-Easterday Scholarship Fund for Youth Tickets
• Charles & Kathleen Bonneau Endowment
• Michael and Margaret Brand Endowment for Arts Education
• John R. and Martha L. Brick Endowment for Classical Music/Education
• Christine B. and Gregory D. Brogan Endowment for Dance Performance
• April M. Clobes and Glen F. Brough Endowment for Dance
• Kevin and Lauri Draggoo Endowment for Volunteerism and Community Engagement
• Maxine A. Eyestone Endowment 
• Foster Swift Collins & Smith Law Firm Endowment for Jazz Performance and Education
• Robin & Sharron Frucci Endowment 
• Joe and Betty Gadaleto Endowment for Performing Arts Internship 
• Dr. Shahriar & Dokhy Ghoddousi Endowment
• Maxwell Asa & LeAnn B. Goodwin Endowment
• Glenn D. and Sherry K. Granger Endowment for Family Performance/Education
• Gilbert & Susanna Harrell Endowment for Arts Education
• Michael G. & Deborah L. Harrison Endowment for Arts Education
• Robert & Carol Hildorf Endowment for Jazz Performance and Education
• The Elizabeth Hoger and Lisa Swem Endowment for Arts Education 
• Meegan Holland Endowment for Music, Dance and Theatre 
• Stanley & Selma Hollander Endowment
• Stanley & Selma Hollander Endowment for Chamber Music
• Annie D. & Robert A. Holmes Perennial Garden Endowment
• Marcia & Mark Hooper Endowment for Performing Arts Education
• Carol & Ronald Horowitz Endowment for Youth Access to the Arts
• In The Wings @ Wharton Center 
• Inner Circle Endowment for Arts Education
• The Hari Kern and late Ralph Edminster, M.D. Endowment for Arts Education 
• The Hari Kern Endowment for Classical Music at Wharton Center
• Warren M. Kifferstein Discretionary Endowment
• The Jackie Killingsworth Endowment for Arts Education 
• Bonnie & Robert Knutson Endowment for Musical Theatre 
• Larry P. Lee Endowment for Youth & Family Access to the Arts
• Joseph and Jeanne Maguire Endowment for Jazz
• Mansfield Family Foundation Endowment for Seats 4 Kids
• Martha Miller Maxwell Endowment for Arts Education
• Joanne N. and E. Jerome McCarthy Endowment for Arts Education
• Richard D. McLellan Endowment for Dance Performance
• Patrick and Victoria McPharlin Endowment for Arts Education
• Doug and Carol Miller Endowment at Wharton Center 
• MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway Endowment
• MSU Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts and Creativity Endowment
• Dennis & Deborah Muchmore Backstage Endowment
• William R. & Denise Nielsen Management Internship
• Nancy S. Passanante Endowment for Arts Education
• Betty Price Retail Management Internship Endowment
• Carol Prahinski & Flemming R. Mathiasen Performing Arts “The Red Lion” Endowment
• Nancy and Mitchell Rinek Endowment at Wharton Center
• Tom and Mary Kay Shields Endowment for Musical Theatre
• Arlene and Lawrence Sierra Family Endowment for Arts Education
• Drs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Endowment for Jazz Performance/Education
• Drs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Discretionary Endowment
• Sharon Kouts Skinner Endowment
• Richard C. and Sharon M. Smith Endowment 
• Richard Sneary Endowment for Musical Theatre and Arts Edudation
• Karen E. Spak and Dale K. Howe Endowment for Arts Education 
• Harvey and Barbara Sparks Endowment for Arts Education
• Frank A. Tegge Discretionary Endowment
• Joe & Maggie Trevino Performing Arts Education
• Watson-Shannon Management Internship
• Richard D. Weingartner Arts Education Endowment
• Joan Wright Endowment for Young Playwrights Festival and Arts Education
• William Wright Endowment for New Works & Initiatives