CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
BUILDING THE BALLET
5 YEARS – $5 MILLION
PERFECTING THE POSITION
OF CAROLINA BALLET
Ballet dancers spend countless hours at the barre working on their technique. Every day at Carolina Ballet, our dancers work on perfecting their positions. Now Carolina Ballet has the opportunity to perfect our own position as an organization through a capital campaign to relocate our offices and studios.
After 21 years at the same address, Carolina Ballet faced one of its biggest challenges ever – where to make our next home. The building on Atlantic Avenue that once housed the Ballet’s studios, administrative offices, and the School of Carolina Ballet was sold in Fall 2022, and we were asked to move out by the end of our 2022-2023 Season. Carolina Ballet’s need to move has ignited this capital campaign.
Artistic Director/CEO Zalman Raffael has led Carolina Ballet through four successful seasons, including our 25th Anniversary Season. With the help of local real estate professionals, within weeks Raffael identified a new home for Carolina Ballet—a new structure located at 3030 Stony Brook Drive.
The first phase of this campaign inspired patrons to help Carolina Ballet with the costs of moving its studios and administrative offices. In Summer 2023, the Ballet moved into a brand-new building that we customized for the needs of our school, dancers and staff. (Due to the current real estate market, Carolina Ballet will continue to rent.)
The second phase of the campaign is to identify a building or land for purchase, with the possibility of room for a performance space. The goal for the permanent location is to create an environment where arts organizations, nonprofit groups, and the public can gather together, practice their crafts, and connect with one another. We envision a peaceful space with indoor/outdoor access where individuals from all backgrounds can experience art.
Please join us in this exciting new chapter in Carolina Ballet’s history by making a donation toward our Capital Campaign and help us to Perfect our Position in the community.
PHASES OF THE
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
In Spring 2023, Carolina Ballet established a Campaign Cabinet of active Board Members, and determined the goals for the Capital Campaign.
PHASE ONE:
In early 2023, construction started on the
24,000-sqft building to create offices and
state-of-the-art studios with sprung dance floors. Relocating the Ballet’s studios, pointe shoe
storage, costume shop, administrative offices, and the School of Carolina Ballet, comes with large, unexpected costs that campaign will help cover.
The new space at 3030 Stony Brook Drive will
allow Carolina Ballet to continue to produce breathtaking ballets all the while continuing
the search for a permanent home.
Relocating The Ballet
PHASE TWO:
Finding Our Permanent Home
Phase Two of Carolina Ballet’s Capital Campaign will be the acquiring of a building and/or performance space, securing the permanence of the artform in the Triangle.
During this phase, Carolina Ballet will be actively working towards achieving the goal of buying or building our forever home. The campaign seeks to inspire those who are in the position to give a one-time additional gift or make an additional commitment for the next 3-5 years, without impacting their annual giving to Carolina Ballet.
NEXT STEPS:
How Carolina Ballet Is Moving Forward
The Capital Campaign is currently in progress thanks to Carolina Ballet’s Campaign Cabinet, Board of Directors, and generous philanthropic community.
Every gift to the Capital Campaign will be designated for use towards all costs related to the temporary building and the acquisition of a permanent location.
THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
EXCITING WAYS TO SUPPORT
Over the course of the next five years, Carolina Ballet’s goal is to raise $5 million. As we look forward to our permanent home, naming recognition will be available at the following donation levels:
BUILDING
NAMING
RIGHTS
$1,500,000
STUDIO NAMING
RIGHTS
$250,000+
per studio
1 remaining
Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Brown
COSTUME SHOP
$250,000
CLAIMED
DANCERS’
LOUNGE
$150,000
Susan and David Brigham
PHYSICAL THERAPY
ROOM
$100,000
CLAIMED
CEO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR’S
OFFICE
$50,000
POINTE
SHOE
ROOM
$50,000
BOX
OFFICE
$25,000
ANY
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE
$10,000
(Advancement, Human Resources, Marketing, Production, Etc.)
To learn more about the campaign or naming rights for the new building, studios or other spaces, please contact Adam Schiffer, Chief Advancement Officer, at aschiffer@carolinaballet.com or call 919-747-8457.
Please Note:
Donations equaling $1,000 or more to the capital campaign will be displayed in the permanent building. We will use your Cumulative or Pledged Giving towards the campaign to calculate your appropriate naming level. All space names are subject to Carolina Ballet approval and will be recognized for a period of 20 years.
Carolina Ballet, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-807-2214 or 1-888-830-4989 for NC residents. The license is not an endorsement by the State.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
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If you are not currently in the position to make an additional gift, please remember that it is because of you—through all your support and all your gifts small and large—that we will be able to sustain Carolina Ballet for generations to come. Thank you all for being a part of it.
CAMPAIGN LEADER
Dr. Joseph M. Bumgarner
CAMPAIGN CABINET LIAISONS
Mrs. Susan Brigham
Mrs. Karen Foster
Mrs. Stefanie Kahn
Ms. Katherine R. White
Anonymous (1)
Dr. B. Jasmine Adams
Ms. Ellen B. Adelman
Mr. Robert M. Auman and Mrs. Agnes F. Marshall
Ms. Margaret A. Bailey and Mr. David A. Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron D. Bennear
Susan and David Brigham
Mr. and Mrs. Webb L. Burgess
Ms. Colette A. Burrus
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Castro, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Chafe
The Clara Weiss Fund
Mr. and Mrs. G. Sidney Cox
Dr. Roy Cromartie and Mr. Paul E. Fomberg
Ms. Carolyn T. Dalby
Mr. Lowell A. Davidson
Mr. John F. Dorsey
Ms. Clare S. Dupree
Ms. Marsha E. Ferree and Mr. Michael F. Gering
Mr. and Mrs. J. Britt Ferrill
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew
Ms. Mary Lee Hall
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS
Ms. Ceil W. Hall
Dr. Peter Hamilton
Mr. Rodney J. Hassler
Mrs. Kathryn O. Hykes
Ms. Alice Irby
Ms. Becky Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Kahn
Ms. Martha N. Keravuori
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Lanford
Mrs. Nancy K. Lederer
Mr. Chuck Lewis and Ms. Laurie Heffner
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett A. Marmaduke
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Mayo
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Naum
Mr. Sung I. Paik and Mrs. Claire Yang
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric J. Pearce
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Perlstadt
Mr. Mark L. Self and Ms. Juliet Mallory
Ms. Judith A. Silver
Mr. and Mrs. Guy T. Solie
Ms. Barbara B. Strohbehn
Ms. Vera Tayeh
Mr. Robert W. Upchurch
Ms. Katherine R. White and Mr. Thomas W. Urquhart