The Mann Center for the Performing Arts “is nearing an ambitious fundraising goal it set in 2014, and is now offering naming rights for everything from individual seats to the entire venue,” writes Peter Dobrin in Tuesday’s (7/24) Philadelphia Inquirer. “The Mann has brought in donations or pledges of nearly $30 million … nearly 70 percent of its goal for a $43.5 million campaign to fund artistic projects, endowment and cash reserves, and provide badly needed maintenance to its outdoor pavilion…. Catherine M. Cahill, Mann president and CEO [says] the hope is to reach the campaign goal 2½ years from now. To spur the remaining needed donations, the Mann has come up with a list of incentives: naming the pavilion … ($5 million for a 10-year term), naming the orchestra series ($3 million for five years), yournamehere plaques on individual seats for $500 or $750, and more…. The Mann … owned by the city but managed by a separate nonprofit … opened in 1976 as a summer stage for the Philadelphia Orchestra, which ends this year’s two-week run there on … Friday.”
Posted July 27, 2018
