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Give today and help transform the lives of young people through the performing arts.

Choose Your Way of Giving

When you give to East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, you invest in the creativity and futures of children and youth in Richmond and across the Bay Area. Your support helps provide tuition-free, world-class training in cross-cultural performing arts, along with mentorship, college readiness, and community-building programs that prepare youth to imagine new possibilities for themselves and the world.

To make an online donation, please follow the link below.

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There are many ways to give in addition to making a direct donation, including recommending a grant through your Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)—an easy and tax-efficient way to support the Center. Simply designate East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (EIN: 94-1692171) as the recipient through your DAF provider to help sustain transformative arts education for the next generation.

Every gift—of any size—meaningfully supports tuition-free performing arts education for thousands of students.

Thank you for your support!

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DONOR-ADVISED FUND (DAF)

DAFs are a simple, flexible, and tax-efficient way to support East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (EIN: 94-1692171). If you have a DAF through a sponsoring organization—such as a community foundation or financial institution—you can recommend a grant directly from your fund to support our programs.

 

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PLANNED GIVING

A planned gift to East Bay Center will help provide a strong foundation so that new generations of young people will benefit from our robust programs. →Learn more

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EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFT

Double or even triple your donation to the Center with your employer’s matching gift program. Many companies will match charitable contributions made by their employees. →Check if your employer offers a matching gift program here

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CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

Your business can partner with East Bay Center and support the Richmond community by sustaining programs that enrich the lives of thousands of youth.

Please contact: development@eastbaycenter.org for more information about corporate sponsorship opportunities.

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GIFT STOCK SHARES

Donating stocks and mutual funds is a tax-wise approach to supporting young artists to illuminate their fullest capacity as human beings through training in the arts.

 

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MAKE AN IRA DISTRIBUTION

If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to benefit East Bay Center, reduce your required minimum distribution, and receive tax benefits in return.

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IN-KIND DONATION

In-kind donations for the Center come in many forms, from food and beverage, to printing services and production equipment.

Looking to Donate a Car? →Click here for information

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INSTRUMENT DONATION

Our students have benefited over the years by the hundreds of instruments donated to the Center from generous supporters. Due to limited space, we are only able to consider donations of select pianos.

 

Your Gift Uplifts

“My role as an Artist is to bring happiness and music into the world and into my community. I love performing for my community. It makes me feel so happy and proud of what I do.”

Beatrice, East Bay Center Student

For More Information

Please contact Giuliana Blasi, Director of Advancement

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts is a tax-exempt, charitable organization incorporated in 1969 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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DONOR PRIVACY POLICY

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (“the Center”) places a high priority on and is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors. To this end, we will not sell, share or trade our donors’ names, contact information or other personal details with any other entity.

The Center uses details such as giving information to better understand our donors’ interests in our mission and to update them on our plans and activities. At times, this information may be shared with staff, Board members, volunteers and consultants on a “need-to-know” basis, and will be held in strict confidentiality and used with highest integrity. Donors who wish to give anonymously will be handled and treated as such.

This policy applies to all information received by the Center, both online and offline, as well as through any electronic, written or oral communications. To the extent that donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the gift.

If you have comments or questions about the Center’s Donor Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to reach out.

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts is a tax-exempt, charitable organization incorporated in 1969 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.