In 2021, as the arts world was largely silenced by the pandemic, The Thirteen’s Board was hard at work planning to launch The Thirteen to new heights. The resulting campaign, which we call Building for Tomorrow, laid the groundwork for our next – and now present – stage of growth. Building for Tomorrow had three priorities – Resilience, Strengthening the Organization, and Innovation.

Chiefly a growth initiative, Building for Tomorrow has worked. Since it began, our supporters have funded it with nearly $600,000. As a result of your donations, we fully met our goals for greater resilience and strengthening the organization:

• The Thirteen’s annual operating budget and audience have more than doubled.
• We came out of the pandemic stronger than we entered it.
• We compensate our musicians more competitively and have a strong management structure.

And the partial funding that we have already received for the Innovation Fund has made possible some remarkable artistic achievements. We have had four successful Vocal Fellows Programs mentoring singers from underrepresented demographic groups. Most visibly, your donations to Building for Tomorrow have supported ambitious new artistic endeavors, including:

• the awe-inspiring visual projections for Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, Gabriel Jackson’s To the Field of Stars, and David Lang’s the little match girl passion,
• staged productions of Brahms Requiem and Bach St. John Passion,
• our monumental B Minor Mass,
• new commissions from Juhi Bansal, Scott Ordway, and Hilary Purrington, and Diedre Robinson
• three new critically acclaimed commercial recordings.

Now in our fourteenth season, we invite you to help us complete the funding of our Innovation Fund. We want to reimagine the concert experience with more deeply moving immersive programs like Path of Miracles, to inspire with large-scale works like Bach’s B Minor Mass, and to redouble our commitment to the next generation of diverse artists through our Vocal Fellows Program.

The Building for Tomorrow’s Innovation Fund campaign is an opportunity for those who believe in The Thirteen, and in our commitment to artistic excellence, to lead in this growth. We hope you will choose to give to this campaign in a significant and transformative way in addition to your generous annual support.

THE THIRTEEN APPRECIATES A DONATION OF ANY SIZE FOR OUR BUILDING FOR TOMORROW CAMPAIGN, BUT WE ASK OUR DONORS TO THINK GENEROUSLY WITH THESE MILESTONES IN MIND:

  • $100,000+ Founder

  • $75,000 Trailblazer

  • $50,000 Architect

  • $25,000 Innovator

  • $10,000 Leader

  • $5,000 Pioneer

  • $1,000 Supporter​

Gifts of $1,000 or more will be acknowledged in programs for at least three years. Pledges will be acknowledged in programs for the full value of the pledge after 1/3 of the pledge is paid. For more details on recognition options, please contact info@thethirteenchoir.org

HOW TO GIVE TO BUILDING FOR TOMORROW

  • Make a one-time donation on top of your annual gift.

  • Make a three-year pledge in addition to your annual giving.

THE THIRTEEN GRATEFULLY ACCEPTS THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR GIFTS TO THE BUILDING FOR TOMORROW CAMPAIGN:

  • Check: please write “Building for Tomorrow” in the memo line or email us at info@thethirteenchoir.org for assistance.

  • Credit Card: please email us at info@thethirteenchoir.org.

  • Make a Gift of Stock: please inform us of your intent to give, as privacy laws prevent brokerage firms from sharing your name with us. Please email info@thethirteenchoir.org to coordinate between your financial advisor and our brokerage account.

  • Through your Family Foundation or Donor Advised Fund. Below is some of the information you or your Foundation Administrator may need to issue a gift to our organization. Please email us at info@thethirteenchoir.org so that we can expect the gift.

  • IRA Charitable Rollover: Donors age 73 and older may benefit from making a gift through their IRA. Below is some of the information you may need to make your qualified distribution to The Thirteen. For further assistance, contact us for a sample letter to give to your IRA Administrator. Please remember to let your administrator know to include your name when they distribute the contribution so we may recognize your generosity.

FOUNDERS
J. Penny Clark
Walter Hill & Cheryl Naulty

TRAILBLAZERS
Charles Cerf & Cindy Dunbar
Margaret Colgate Love

INNOVATORS
Sue Berryman

LEADERS
Peter Buscemi & Judith Miller
Heidi Byrnes
Joan & Chip Filson
Martha Harris
Felix & Chryss Hernandez
Bruce Rosenblum & Lori Laitman
Matthew & Jacqueline Robertson
Phyllis Bryn-Julson & Donald Sutherland
John Wiecking

PIONEERS
Karen Coda
Karen Dunlap
Norma Dugger
William Eaton
Christopher Hoh & Daniel Elmer
Clint & Missy Kelly
Elizabeth P. Koehler
John & Kate Stevenson

SUPPORTERS 
Sara Fein
Wendy Fibison
Sherman & Maureen Katz
Karen Pettigrew, in memory of Hugh M. Pettigrew
Julie Saulnier & Mark Friedrichs
Alice Coleman Schelling
David Smith
Patricia Stocker
John & Joan Westley

FRIENDS
James & Sarah Coakley 
Thomas Hennrikus
Kathleen & Aidan Jones
Joyce Korvick
Michael Morris
Helene Rothman