In 1991 the Feldman Chamber Music Society
board took a visionary leap of faith by starting a
$70,000 endowment at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation.
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| Dover Quartet performed in 2016. |
Pete Morford, the Feldman’s board president, applauds that action by saying:
“We would not be able to operate today without the endowment. We can count on
it being there when we need it. Without the far-sighted people and the
endowment they created, the Feldman would not exist.”
Since its establishment, the
Feldman board has drawn nearly $150,000 from its charitable endowment to bring
high-quality chamber groups like the Dover Quartet to perform in southeastern Virginia. Through investment growth and
additional gifts, the Feldman endowment today is valued at more than $415,000.
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| The Feldman Quartet started in 1946 in Norfolk, VA. |
The Feldman, which dates to 1946 when it formed as the Feldman Quartet under the direction of violinist Israel Feldman, was the first
nonprofit to start an organizational endowment at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. Today it manages more than 45 similar endowments. Each fund is
designed to grow over time while benefitting the specific nonprofit that
created it with the option to take an annual distribution.
If you want to explore how an endowment can
help your organization, contact Kay Stine or Debbi Steiger at kstine@
hamptonroadscf.org or dsteiger@ hamptonroadscf.org.
