Gifts To The Endowment
Gifts to the endowment may be made in cash, stock, as bequests, or through a variety of planned giving options.

Gifts of $100 and above are recognized in the Conservatory's annual report. They may also be recognized in other publications as appropriate.

The market value of the endowment on December 31, 2007 was $34,586,043. Contributions to the endowment in the past five years have totaled more than $5 million. The operating draw for FY09 is 6.5 percent of a three-year market value average. This represents a temporary draw increase of 1.5 percent due to the relocation to Oak Street and the increased costs to operate the new facility. The five-year plan that was developed to guide the Conservatory through the relocation to Civic Center included provisions for the temporary draw increase in the first three years at 50 Oak Street.

Unrestricted Gifts
An unrestricted gift of any amount to the Conservatory's permanent endowment supports the programs and operations of the Conservatory in perpetuity.

Restricted Gifts
Endowment gifts may also be directed to specific programs or funds. If you are interested in making an endowment gift for a specific purpose, please contact us. The terms of the restricted gift may be negotiated with the Conservatory.

Name a Memorial Fund
These funds create a lasting memory of those who were part of the Conservatory community. The funds acknowledge the contribution these members made while at the Conservatory.

• A gift of $5,000 or more will establish a named memorial fund that benefits collegiate or preparatory student as directed by the individual creating the fund.
• These funds are only available in the name of a deceased faculty member, staff member, alumnus/alumna or student.

Scholarship Funds
Each year individuals contribute about $60,000 through modest gifts to the general scholarship fund, all of which is used to offset tuition costs for deserving students. Over 80% of our students receive full or partial scholarships, and in many cases attendance at the Conservatory would not be possible without the generous contributions of supporters like you. Your contribution in any amount is welcome.

Named Scholarships

• Your gift of $25,000 or more will establish a named scholarship for collegiate or preparatory students
• Your gift of $400,000 or more will endow a full tuition scholarship for one collegiate student
• A gift of $150,000 or more will endow a full tuition scholarship for one preparatory student

Collegiate tuition is $31,800 for academic year 2008-09. Preparatory tuition varies from depending on the course of instruction.

2008-2009 Awards

These generously funded annual awards proudly recognize outstanding excellence by faculty and students.

• Faculty
  
  Sarlo Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching
  Funding generously provided by the Sarlo Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. The Award honors an outstanding faculty member.
  
  Scott Fogelsong, chair music theory and musicianship
  Former member of the Amor Musica Chamber Players and the Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band, pianist Scott Fogelsong has given numerous solo recitals and chamber music recitals. He studied piano with Elizabeth Katzenellenbogen and Konrad Wolff at the Peabody Conservatory. He received his B.M. and M.M. at the Conservatory where his teachers were Beatrice Beauregard and Nathan Schwartz for piano and Laurette Goldberg for harpsichord.
• Student
  
  Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award
  Funding generously provided by The Presser Foundation. The award recognizes an outstanding student majoring in music at or near the end of the student's junior year.
  
  Yanni Burton, double bassist Yanni Burton is a native of Australia and studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. In addition, he studied at the Adelaide Conservatory of Music, where his ensemble was awarded the Saint Cecilia Award for Outstanding Ensemble. Yanni performed with the Adelaide Youth Orchestra and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. He also earned the Young Composers Award for South Australia in the double bass category.
  
  Jim Highsmith Composition Competition
  Funding generously provided by an endowed gift from Jim Highsmith to recognize an outstanding student composition selected by the composition faculty.
  
  Lilith, an orchestral tone poem by Illya Demutsky.
  Mr. Demutsky is a first-year graduate student from Russia who studies composition with David Conte. Mr. Demutsky earned his undergraduate degree in composition and conducting at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was awarded a Fulbright Foreign Student grant to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Faculty Chair
Create a legacy that has an enormous impact on the future of music. Current endowed faculty chairs include the Isaac Stern Distinguished Chair in Violin, the Frederica von Stade Distinguished Chair in Voice, and the James D. Robertson Chair in Piano. These chairs recognize distinguished faculty members and their extraordinary contributions to Conservatory and the world of music.

Your gift of $1 million or more will name a faculty chair.
Your gift of $2 million or more will name a distinguished faculty chair.

Pooled Income Fund
Participating in the Pooled Income Fund, established in 1983, is one way to make a deferred gift. This is a common fund in which gifts from many donors are combined for investment purposes. You and/or your designated beneficiaries received income for life based on your proportionate share of the fund. You will also receive an immediate income tax deduction when you join the fund, based on the value of the deferred remainder interest that the Conservatory will receive. The Conservatory offers a fund that is invested to achieve balanced growth and income. Because this fund consists of gifts from a number of individuals, you can participate with a minimum contribution of $5,000 in cash or securities.



For more information please call Bess Touma at 415.503.6261 or eat@sfcm.edu, or June Hom at 415.503.6201 or jhom@sfcm.edu.