FUNDING

Keshet Eilon is a non-profit organization (registered in Israel in 1991) which relies on funding primarily by donations from foundations, businesses and individuals. Scholarships to help defray tuition costs are a major funding goal, as are building and developing the Keshet Eilon campus, maintenance, and administration.

Sponsoring bodies who share a common interest in developing and encouraging this Mastercourse for young violinists as a world center include the Stella & Charles Guttman Foundation (U.S.), Goldman Family Foundation (U.S.), Slivka Family (U.S.), Thomases Family (U.S.), Marc Rich Foundation (Israel), ICA in Israel, Brown family (Israel), Furer Family (Israel), Caesarea Foundation (Israel), Max & Pauline Zimmer Family Foundation (U.S.), Ministry of Culture (Israel), Regional Council of the Western Galilee (Israel), Ethel and Daniel Hamburger Foundation (U.S.), Dorset Trust (U.K.), Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal (Israel), UBank Ltd. (Israel), Aaron Gutwirth Foundation (Israel), Royal College of Music, London (U.K.), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Israel), A. Atermann Insurance Brokers (Germany), America-Israel Cultural Foundation (Israel), and Blavatnik Philanthropic Foundation (U.S.).

Benefit concerts mounted by Keshet Eilon Committees throughout the world

Benefit concerts in Israel and in venues abroad such as London, Geneva, Milan, Zurich, Basel, New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Houston feature Keshet Eilon graduates and faculty who appear on a volunteer basis and bring the spirit of our work to performance halls and homes all over the world. These concerts help widen our network of supporters, raise funds, and enhance the exposure of the Keshet Eilon Music Center. Our goal is to create additional networks of friends in various regions who will nurture and advance our program in the spirit of volunteerism that has characterized all Keshet Eilon activity.

DONATIONS

Gifts of any size are welcome and appreciated, and play a crucial role in our institution's ability to develop and operate programs of the highest caliber.
Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Keshet Eilon Music Center, or a gift in honor of or in memory of a friend or loved one.

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A tax-deductible status has been granted for contributions to the Keshet Eilon Music Center in the following countries:

In the United States

 As a public charity described in Sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Registered Office: P.O. Box 284, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Employer Identification Number: 13-4015912
e-mail: aslivka@newyorkerelectronics.com

In England

As Registered Company Number 4136936
Registered Office: 3 Princes Street, London W1B 2LD
Registered Charity Number 1088965
e-mail: keshetLondon@aol.com

In Switzerland

République et Canton de Genève, Département des Finances, Le Conseiller d'Etat
In application to Article 9, line 1, letter f, of the taxation law for legal entities of September 23, 1994, the association called Association des Amis Suisses de Keshet Eilon Music Centre - ASKEM is exempt for the fiscal year 2007 and for the next 10 years, of taxation on profit and capital as mentioned in this article.
Address: Hanna Hyams, Chemin David Munier 18B, 1223 Cologny GE, Switzerland
e-mail: lmaetzener@gmail.com

In Israel
Under Section 46 of the Ministry of Finance, Income Tax Department, as
Registered Non-profit Organization ("Amuta") No. 580186377
Keshet Eilon Music Center, Kibbutz Eilon, Western Galilee 22845
e-mail: keshet@eilon.org.il

Donating ideas

Donations in Honor

Gifts in Honor are an excellent way to celebrate special occasions, such as an honoree's birthday, wedding anniversary or any holiday. Now, you can give a special gift to a friend, family member or business associate by making a contribution in their name to the Keshet Eilon Music Center. Remember the Keshet Eilon Music Center in your gift-giving plans this year – show you care for someone, and support the Keshet Eilon Music Center at the same time, by making a gift in Honor.

Send us your donation, together with the name and address of the honoree, and we will send out a Gift Card notifying the honoree of your gift to the Keshet Eilon Music Center. The card will not include the amount of your gift. We will also send an acknowledgement to you for confirmation and tax purposes.

Donations in Memory

Remember someone special you held dear while enriching others' lives in their memory. A special gift to the Keshet Eilon Music Center in memory of a loved one is a wonderful way to pay lasting tribute to those who have passed on. We will send a Gift Card to the person or persons you designate. The card will not include the amount of your gift. We will also send an acknowledgement to you for confirmation and tax purposes.

Sponsorship Donations

The Keshet Eilon Music Center also welcomes earmarked donations for a variety of our needs. You may specify one of the following areas as the designation of your contribution:

 
· Scholarship for a violin student in need to cover tuition for one of our programs
· Donation of a new/used violin for loan to a student in need
· Sponsorship of the Mastercourse Final Gala Concert in Tel Aviv
· Sponsorship of a series of concerts or a single concert at Eilon
· Sponsorship of a Keshet Eilon Seminar for Israeli Violin Pupils and their Teachers
· Sponsorship of the construction of the uncompleted section of our Music Library building
· Equipping a teaching room
· Equipping a dormitory at Keshet Eilon
· Equipping the Archery program

Ask us about other needs.
Donations may be of any size and will be used toward the need specified.

Send your donation to the relevant address :

(Donors who reside outside the U.S. or the U.K. should send their contribution to the Israel office).

American Friends of Keshet Eilon, Inc.
P.O. Box 284, Mamaroneck, NY 10543, U.S.A.
Or:
London Friends of Keshet Eilon
3 Princes Street, London W1B 2LD, U.K.
Or:

Hanna Hyams, Chemin David Munier 18B, 1223 Cologny GE, Switzerland
Or:
Keshet Eilon Music Center, Kibbutz Eilon, Western Galilee 22845, Israel

For more information about donating

Call our office at +972-4-985 8131/8191
Or e-mail: keshet@eilon.org.il
Or write to: Keshet Eilon Music Center, Western Galilee 22845, Israel