Pledge

As a community-supported nonprofit, membership from regular donors remains crucial for the Rochester Opera House and RPAC to continue to grow, and to present exceptional entertainment and educational programming. We depend on support from people like you to help ensure our continued success.

Rochester Opera House is able to accept donations in a number of ways which will help us to build lasting connection and growth. Please consider helping, if you can.

Thank you for supporting the performing arts at the historic Rochester Opera House!

Remember ROH in Your Will or Trust

The simplest and most common way to include the Rochester Opera House in estate planning is by making a charitable provision in your will or trust.

This kind of charitable bequest can take several forms. It can be a designated dollar amount, or a percentage of the estate, or “the residual” – that is, the amount remaining in the estate after all other obligations and payments have been made.

If you are interested in leaving a gift to the Rochester Opera House in your will or trust, please make sure to speak with your attorney. We encourage you to provide your attorney with this sample language:

“I hereby give and bequeath __________________ (dollar amount, or percentage of my estate, or residual of my estate after other bequests) to the Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester, New Hampshire, 03867, for its general purposes.”

Naming ROH the Beneficiary of Your IRA or Other Retirement Funds

Retirement funds in many ways are the perfect asset to leave to charity, because – unlike your heirs – charitable beneficiaries do not have to pay any income taxes for receiving those funds. Leaving IRAs and other retirement assets to charity is quick and easy: You simply need to notify the custodian of your retirement funds that you want all or part of a particular fund to pass to the designated charity or charities. Please consider naming Rochester Opera House a full or partial beneficiary of one or more of your retirement funds.

Naming ROH the End Beneficiary of Your Donor-Advised Fund

More and more of our donors have created donor-advised funds (DAFs) to manage their charitable giving. But what are your long-term intentions for those funds? Donors have the ability to tell their DAF sponsor now where to distribute the assets in their donor-advised funds if funds remain after the end of their lives. Please consider including Rochester Opera House as a beneficiary!

Naming ROH the Beneficiary of Your Insurance Policy

If you have a fully-paid life insurance policy and you and your family no longer need the benefit, please consider naming Rochester Opera House the full or partial beneficiary.

Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from an IRA

If you are 73 or older, you can help satisfy your annual Required Minimum Distribution by having your custodian send gifts to Rochester Opera House directly from your retirement accounts.

Learn More

To learn more about remembering Rochester Opera House in your estate planning, please contact:

Monica Sirois, Grant Writer
[email protected]
(603) 332-2211