If you would like information about how you can support Interlochen, you may 

• call the Development Department at 231.276.7623
• email us at development@interlochen.org
• fill out an on-line request form

A member of Interlochen's Development staff will contact you by the method you indicate when you get in touch.

GIVING CLUBS
Your gift to Interlochen may qualify you for membership in one or more of our Giving Clubs. Learn more about the benefits of joining Interlochen's Giving Clubs.


ANNUAL GIVING--CRITICAL SUPPORT
The Interlochen Fund fuels the very heart of Interlochen. This pooled fund provides critical support for two key aspects of the Interlochen experience.

First, we make the Interlochen dream possible for our students through scholarships and financial aid. The Camp and Academy are not collections of students from wealthy families (the average household income is $62,000), which is why half of our students receive some financial aid. Your gift will go directly toward student support – not to administrative overhead. It is a gift that will change a life.

Second, we provide our students with the highest quality instruction available anywhere by funding the Guest Faculty program. This program provides the funds so that we may add to the excellence of the resident faculty by bringing in visiting faculty, guest speakers and lecturers, and guest master artists. You help us enrich music, theatre, dance, creative writing, the visual arts, and our academic curriculum with a gift to The Interlochen Fund.

Find out more about The Interlochen Fund. 


PLANNED GIVING--A LEGACY OF SUPPORT
A Planned Gift refers to a charitable donation strategy that is designed to help everyone involved - a charity, the donor and the donor's heirs. It is designed to minimize both federal and state income and inheritance taxes, and possibly provide regular income payments to the donor and/or their heirs. The payments may be made for a term of years before the assets actually transfer to the charity. These payments come from the interest and growth of the donated assets as they are invested.

Possible benefits to the donor of a planned gift are an income tax deduction in the year of the gift, a reduction in potential estate taxes and potential income. Bequests, life insurance, trusts and annuities are examples of planned gifts. Click here for more Planned Gift information.

When Interlochen is given notification and a copy of the will, codicil, trust agreement or life insurance policy, the donor can be enrolled as a member of Interlochen's Heritage Society. Click Heritage Society for more information. 


SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS
Interlochen can offer to donors a range special naming opportunities, such as summer cabins, teaching studios, classrooms, practice rooms and other facilities. Go to Gift Naming Opportunities for more information.

Buy-a-Brick
Are you looking for a special way to recognize a loved one, relative, friend or special time? Put it in writing with Interlochen’s "Buy-a-Brick" program. A $75 or more contribution to the Buy-a-Brick program entitles you to inscribe a brick that will become part of the Arts Common Plaza on the north end of campus. Everyone in the Interlochen community is invited to participate. Fill out an order form (requires Acrobat Reader) or click here for more information. Buy as many bricks as you want! All proceeds benefit the Interlochen Scholarship Fund.


NON-CASH GIFTS
Securities
Gifts of securities may be made by electronic transfer or by assigning or issuing the paper certificates to Interlochen Center for the Arts. Click Gifts of Securities for more information.

Tangible Property
Gifts of real estate, art, musical instruments, equipment, furnishings and other tangible property can be accepted for institutional use. Click Gifts-in-Kind for more information.