The Philadelphia Orchestra Association is a non-profit association organized in 1900 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Orchestra Association is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and gifts to The Philadelphia Orchestra Association are exempt from federal income, gift and estate tax.

One of the easiest ways to benefit The Philadelphia Orchestra is to include a bequest provision in your will or deed of trust.

If you have already made a provision in your will or trust for The Philadelphia Orchestra, we hope that you will share these plans with us so we can honor and acknowledge your generous intentions. The Orchestra recognizes all donors who have made provisions in their will, regardless of size of the bequest, or otherwise in their estate plans by honoring them in our Wister Society (the list of whose members is published in every issue of Playbill for Orchestra concerts and also on this website on the “Wister Society” page).

Sample bequest language:

"I give ______% of my estate to The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

"I give $__________ to The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

If you wish the gift to be added to the endowment fund, you may add the language "to be added to its endowment fund."

If you have any questions about the above or any other issues, you may call the Orchestra's Director of Planned Giving, Ned Donoghue, at 215.893.3146 or e-mail him at ndonoghue@philorch.org.