Peter Benoliel Campaign Chairman

Crescendo: Closing the Campaign
In 2001, The Philadelphia Orchestra Board of Directors resolved to mount a campaign to increase the Orchestra’s endowment, which at that time stood at $63 Million, well behind most of its peer orchestras.  They announced a $125 Million Endowment Campaign - A Sound, A City, A Civilization: The Campaign for The Philadelphia Orchestra - and enlisted Peter Benoliel to chair this critical initiative.  

Since that time, he and a dedicated Campaign Committee have garnered commitments of more than $118 Million* toward that goal. Today the effects of this effort are beginning to be felt throughout the Orchestra.  We have now entered the final phase – or Crescendo – of this campaign with $6.5 Million* left to raise.  

* Figures accurate as of 4/2/08.

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Endowment Campaign Committee
Peter A. Benoliel
Chairman
Carole Haas Gravagno
Vice Chair
Toni Garrison *
Vice Chair
Benjamin Alexander
Richard Amoroso †
J. Mahlon Buck, Jr.
David Cramer †
Elise R. W. du Pont
L. Patrick Gage
Martin A. Heckscher
Ronald Kaiserman
Berton M. Korman
Sandra G. Marshall
Vivian W. Piasecki
Ruthanne D. Schlarbaum
Richard L. Smoot
Constance Smukler
Harold A. Sorgenti
Ruth B. Williams

* Ex-officio
† Musician

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