Endowments

With an endowment gift you have the opportunity to help support—on a permanent basis—one of several exciting programs at the Hop. Income from an endowment can be used to fund a Hop program in perpetuity. This means the Hop will always be able to count on your gift to provide students and the surrounding communities with events of the highest artistic standards. Learn more about endowment gift opportunities.

The following major endowment funds, provided by generous donors to the Hopkins Center, help make possible this season’s performances.* Numerous other endowments contributed by Dartmouth alumni/ae, family and friends are critically important in funding each season’s performances because ticket sales cover less than 40% of the cost of performances.

Frank L. Harrington 1924 Fund No. 3

  • Christian Tetzlaff, violin and Lars Vogt, piano
  • New York Polyphony
  • Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester
  • Australian Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Robert Grinnell Fund for the Hopkins Center

  • Phantom Limb 69°S.
  • Wu Man, pipa

Marion and Frederick B. Whittemore ’53, T’54 Distinguished Artist Series Fund

  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company (July 2011)
  • Yefim Bronfman
  • Pat Metheny

Class of 1961 Legacy Fund: American Traditions in Performance

  • Martha Clarke Angel Reapers
  • Morrison/Frisell The Great Flood
  • American Records Theater ReEntry

Wetzel Family Fund for the Arts

  • Creole Choir of Cuba
  • Martha Clarke Angel Reapers
  • SamulNori
  • India Jazz Suites

National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Fund

Supporting virtually all Visiting Performing Artists events

*Gifts and pledges of over $500,000 and above.