Support Opportunities

The San Jose Metropolitan Band is a California non-profit public benefit corporation.  Here is information about how you can become involved in support of the Band with either your time and/or resources.

                                           S P O N S O R S

The San Jose Metropolitan Band would like to say a special "thanks!" to the following sponsors for their support of our organization:


Funded in part by a grant from Arts Council Silicon Valley

Make a Tax Exempt Donation to San Jose Metro Band

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Select:

  • Donations
  • Sponsorship
  • Booster Club
  • Tax classification details

    Donations / Contributions

    The San Jose Metropolitan Band is an official non-profit organization.  The Band's operating expenses include music purchases, rehearsal hall rental, insurance, conductor fees, marketing, etc. These expenses are offset by client-paid concert fees, donations, grants, member dues and fund-raisers.

    If you are a patron of the arts and would like to help support your local community band financially, we would certainly welcome your tax deductible donations.  You can contact us for more information.  If on the other hand you would like to become involved on a more personal level, see the Booster Club information.

    The following levels of donation are available (mentioned on our concert programs):

r Level 1: Bronze                $50 to $99
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Level 2: Silver                  $100 to $249
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Level 3: Gold                    $250 to $499
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Level 4: Platinum             $500 - $999   (business logos will be printed in SJMB concert programs)
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Level 5: Life                      $1000 +

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Please download the donation form (MS Word 2000 format, 25 kbytes or PDF file)  and send us your tax deductible donation or contact us. Thanks

Sponsorship

San Jose Metro Band provides a unique opportunity for exposure of your business. Reaching the local community at major events, hundreds of people are drawn to the bandstand to hear melodies from the past as well as present. Sponsorship can be adapted to fit you budget and as a non-profit organization, is tax-deductible.

Your support continues to fund an important American art form by allowing the band to purchase music, insurance, instruments as well as supporting our music director.

Contact us to see how you can benefit by supporting one of the finest concert bands in the Bay Area!

  Booster Club

Do you love concert band music? Are you interested in rallying around our cause? Do you have creative energies and leadership skills just waiting to be utilized?

Even though there is not currently an organized booster club per se, you can still be involved in our organization. Some of the areas where you might want to help out are in grant writing, promotions, publicity, reporting, graphic arts, instrument storage, transportation, setup / takedown, etc.

Also, why not consider being the spark for developing a booster club for our band!  You can use your enthusiasm in pulling together a group of fans. As the person in charge, you will be able to work with the Band's Board in coming up with ideas related to a booster club. Using your imagination, you could develop things such as a fan newsletter, sponsorship benefits, special concert series, etc. If all this sounds like something you'd like to spearhead, please contact us  !

Tax Classification Details

The San Jose Metropolitan Band is a California non-profit public benefit corporation with both IRS and Franchise Tax Board exemption rulings. The corporation's fiscal year is September 1 through August 31.

The Band has been determined to be exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization as described in section 501(c)(3). The Band is classified as a publicly supported organization as described in section 509(a)(2). Our organization's Federal Employer Identification Number is 77-0241187. Incorporated September 21, 1990.

Donors may deduct contributions to the Band as provided in section 170 of the Code. Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to the Band or for its use are deductible for Federal estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code.

Last updated 11/09/2001 - All rights reserved -  Copyright - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001