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:
Make
a Tax Exempt Donation to San Jose Metropolitan Band
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.
The following
levels of donation are available:
Level 1: Bronze
- $50 to $99
Level 2: Silver - $100 to $249
Level 3: Gold - $250 to $499
Level 4: Platinum - $500 to $999 (Business logos will
be printed in concert programs at this level)
Level 5: Live - $1000+
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.
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.
