Encore Society

Leave a legacy.

By making a provision in your will or estate plan to support Newport Classical in perpetuity, you ensure financial sustainability and exceptional musical programming for future generations. This is a simple way to make a significant impact, providing charitable support for decades to come!

In recognition of your future support, you will be welcomed into the Encore Society.

Ways to Give:

  • Make a bequest to leave a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your will or living trust to Newport Classical
  • Name Newport Classical as the sole or partial beneficiary of a life insurance policy, retirement plan, or donor-advised fund

Simple. Meaningful. Enduring.

To begin this important conversation, share the following sample language with your attorney:

“I bequeath (a specific dollar amount/_______percentage or the entire residue of my estate) to Rhode Island Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., PO Box 3303, Newport, Rhode Island 02840 (to perpetuate my annual giving, or for a specific purpose important to you). Federal Tax ID: 05-0319134.”

To learn more, please contact Whitney S. Clarke, Director of Development at 401.846.1133 x2 or wclarke@newportclassical.org

Click here to learn more and complete a planned giving commitment form

Newport Classical is grateful for and honored to recognize the following individuals for perpetuating artistic excellence through their planned giving. Thanks to their foresight and generosity, the future of classical music will thrive for generations to come.

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Robert H. Connell and Michelle Duffy

Roger Leslie Englander

Gillian and Michael Fox

Jennie and Steve Huttler

Rebecca and Randolph Johnson

Suzanna and John Laramee

Frederick M. Lawton

Marilyn and Don Malpass

Mary and Robert Marra

Donald Osborne and Frank Garofolo

Wendy Shapiro

Anne Sherman

Cynthia Sinclair

“Roger would have been very happy to see the direction that this organization is moving…forward, expanding, and creating. [Newport Classical] has a great vision which encompasses so many necessary directions for music on Aquidneck Island.”
– Michael Dupre, Trustee of the Roger Englander Living Trust

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“When you give, you feel like an insider to the organization, like you’re truly part of a special community.” – Donor

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