BECOME AN INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE

Thank you for supporting Silkroad. As a not-for-profit, donor support propels all that we do: creating incredible music that unites us across cultures, providing refugees with artistic fellowships, outreach work in prisons, educational programs in under-resourced middle schools, residencies in communities in need of opportunities – like the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the Northern Cheyenne Reservation at Lame Deer – and so much more. 

Through multi-faceted artistic and justice initiatives like American Railroad, we are resetting the narrative, uniting humans across fragmentation, and celebrating diversity. While no small task, we believe in this crucial, exciting work – and we need your support! 

While all gifts are appreciated, gifts of $2,500 or more will allow us to have the most impact as we work to expand our social impact. Please contact Jennifer Klahn at jennifer@silkroad.org to learn more.

Silkroad (The Silk Road Project, Inc,) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, EIN 04-3444069.

HOP ON TO SILKROAD’S AMERICAN RAILROAD

Membership offers exciting benefits and empowers this harmonious movement towards a more inclusive and just world.
Your gift today will help us build a more equitable, hopeful, and just world through the power of the arts.

“I just arrived home from the World Premiere of American Railroad at George Mason Performing Arts Center in Fairfax, Virginia. It was a marvelous experience and that good feeling just keeps coming over me. I feel more open to the universe. So original, unique and stirring. Thank you for the gift of music in its rarest, most vibrant form.”
— Silkroad Concert Attendee

MORE WAYS TO GIVE

＋ Donate By Mail

If you would like to donate by mail, please make checks payable to Silkroad and mail to:

P.O. Box 35460, Brighton, MA 02135

＋ Monthly Giving

By giving monthly, you increase the sustainability of our work to build a more equitable, hopeful, and just world through the power of the arts. When you make your online gift, simply select "monthly" to increase the impact of your support. 

As a monthly supporter, you’ll plant seeds for sustainable growth for Silkroad. Your automatic gift offers stability during slower months of the year, allows us to increase our efficiency, and reduces costs. And of course, you can log in to edit your recurring donation at any time.

＋ Matching Gifts

Many employers will match your gift to Silkroad. By completing a matching gift form through your company, you may be able to double, or even triple, the impact of your gift. For more information about matching gifts, please contact Jennifer Klahn at jennifer@silkroad.org.

＋ Event Sponsorship

Silkroad sponsors have a unique opportunity to support specific programs and experiences that resonate with their own interests and priorities while gaining access to a range of distinctive Silkroad experiences, events, and programs throughout the year, as well as special Silkroad artifacts and recognition opportunities. From sponsoring a Silkroad artist of your choice to an open rehearsal for local children and families, the opportunities are endless.

Join us today as we prepare to embark on our American Railroad Fall Tour! Learn more about specific sponsorship opportunities and benefits along the tour route here.

＋ Naming Opportunities

Give the gift of music and creation while supporting innovation at Silkroad. With your gift at the $10,000 level or more, you can sponsor a new score commission for the Silkroad Ensemble to perform around the world. This is a unique way to honor someone you love and to leave a lasting legacy of music. In appreciation for your support, you will receive a signed score and dedication, as well as special access to the rehearsals and performances of the work.

In addition, you have the valuable opportunity to underwrite an individual Silkroad Connect school for one year in your name. Silkroad Connect partners with middle school classrooms in under-resourced communities of color across the country to position the arts as a social justice and advocacy tool. With your gift at the $50,000 level or more, you can sponsor students from one school to learn firsthand from Silkroad musicians, participate in the process of creative development, and examine how music and storytelling can confront erasure, retell historical untruths, and amplify the voices and contributions of marginalized communities.

For more information about naming opportunities, please contact Jennifer Klahn at jennifer@silkroad.org.

＋ Donor-Advised Funds

The donor-advised fund (DAF) is becoming an increasingly popular way to make a charitable gift. DAFs can provide you with immediate tax benefits while making your charitable giving easier. Here are two simple ways you can make a gift through your DAF:

  • Make an outright gift by suggesting a grant to Silkroad.
  • Designate Silkroad to receive all or a portion of the fund value upon the termination of the fund.

You can select the option that best suits your philanthropic and financial goals to support Silkroad. Just contact your fund administrator to request a distribution or beneficiary form or download the appropriate form(s) from your administrator’s website.

If you include Silkroad in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID, and contact Jennifer Klahn at jennifer@silkroad.org to learn more about the impact of your gift.

Legal Name: The Silk Road Project, Inc.

Address: P.O. Box 35460, Brighton, MA 02135

Federal Tax ID Number: 04-3444069

＋ Stock/Mutual Funds

A gift of appreciated securities provides benefits like an immediate charitable deduction for the full market value of the stock and avoidance of capital gains taxes that would normally be due upon sale.

Call your broker directly with instructions to transfer your security to Silkroad’s account on a specific date. Your broker will need the following information to make the transfer:

Custodian Name: Morgan Stanley

Account Name: The Silk Road Project, Inc.

Account #: 486-215890

DTC: 015

Charitable giving doesn’t always mean cash. Give smart and save more by putting stock in something that matters.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Klahn at jennifer@silkroad.org.

＋ Wire Transfer

Wire your gift from anywhere in the world and in any currency (subject to limits imposed by US laws and regulations) directly to Silkroad. Your bank of choice should be able to complete this process for you. Please contact Anthony Barbir for the Silkroad bank account information by emailing anthony@silkroad.org.

＋ IRA Gift (QCD)

The IRA Charitable Rollover (also called the Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD) is a great way to make a tax-free gift to Silkroad and satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), too.

Contact your IRA administrator to request a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA to Silkroad.

＋ Planned Giving

Your planned gift to Silkroad is an investment in creating a world where music knows no boundaries, and can turn a brilliant idea into a pilot activity that builds communities, strengthens cultures, and ignites change—inside and outside the concert hall.

There are many planned gifts that won’t affect your existing financial resources, but will have a significant impact on the future of Silkroad. Some methods include:

  • Gifts by Will or Trust: A charitable gift from your estate is a favored method of giving that enables you to achieve your financial goals, maintain control of your assets, and benefit Silkroad.

  • Naming Us in Your Assets: While you may transfer many of your assets through your will or living trust, a document called a beneficiary designation controls distribution of your retirement plans, life insurance policies, commercial annuities and a variety of financial accounts.

  • Charitable Lead Trust: Make a substantial gift to Silkroad in the form of fixed annual payments and pass assets to your family or other heirs at reduced tax cost.

  • Charitable Remainder Trust: A charitable remainder unitrust can help you maintain or increase your income while making a significant gift to Silkroad. The charitable remainder unitrust is highly flexible. You can easily make gifts of assets that are not easily converted to cash using the unitrust. If your unitrust grows, your payments will grow too, providing a potential hedge against inflation.

For more information about planned gifts and to determine the type of investment and impact you would like to make, please contact Jennifer Klahn at jennifer@silkroad.org.

GET INVOLVED

＋ Young Partners

Between the ages of 21-40? With your gift starting at $100 you become part of the Young Partners—a vital part of Silkroad’s community, serving the organization through dedicated philanthropy and enthusiastic energy. Young Partners enjoy distinctive Silkroad benefits in addition to exclusive YP events and opportunities designed to bring you closer to Silkroad artistry and to a network of engaged young arts supporters.

To learn more about special opportunities for Young Partners and to get involved, please contact Anna Harris at anna@silkroad.org.

＋ Crowdfunding

Do you have a birthday or other special occasion coming up? Celebrate by giving back to Silkroad through a fundraiser on social media! Crowdfunding campaigns are a creative and easy way to support Silkroad and encourage your friends and family to donate to a cause near and dear to your heart — in your honor.

Funds raised through crowdfunding campaigns help support the creation of innovative music that engages difference, including performances by the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble, social impact initiatives, and educational partnerships across the globe.

Please reach out to Anna Harris at anna@silkroad.org to let us know you are fundraising on our behalf — we would love to thank you, help supply photos and other content to help your campaign, and share a webpage for you to direct gifts to Silkroad.

＋ Volunteer

Are you passionate about the power of music to unite us across cultures? Do you enjoy advocating for causes you care about deeply? You can volunteer for Silkroad by helping us to table at a Silkroad performance near you. As a Silkroad volunteer, you will become an ambassador of our work, raising awareness of Silkroad programs, increasing support for the organization, and meeting like-minded people along the way.

To learn more about volunteering for Silkroad, please contact Anna Harris at anna@silkroad.org.

Silkroad is proud to be the recipient of the charity rating organization Candid’s Gold Seal of Transparency, for its commitment to transparency, inclusivity, and accountability.

“The joy that you are spreading through your music and the solace that you are giving to countless people is priceless. Thanks for your contribution of cultural capital to the world in these bleak and desperate times. We needs healers like each one of you now more than ever.” — First-time Silkroad Donor

 
 

Learn more about the music and programs made possible through donor support by reading our Annual Reports here.