The Legacy Society

The Legacy Society was formed in 1999 to recognize those individuals who have helped to ensure the future financial and artistic vitality of the Cleveland Institute of Music by remembering CIM in their wills, trusts or other types of estate plans. Currently there are 198 members of the CIM Legacy Society.

Impact

Planned gifts played a vital role in the Campaign for CIM, the successful capital campaign which was completed in 2007. The $42 million raised through the campaign included 27 planned gifts at a value of nearly $6 million.

Legacy Society members have also been key to ensuring the enrollment of gifted students at CIM. Through the dedication of Legacy Society members, 14 endowed funds have been established to provide general scholarship support for CIM students and another 14 to provide scholarship support for students studying a specific instrument, including cello, clarinet, oboe, piano, violin and voice. Scholarships have also been created through planned gifts to provide tuition support for conservatory students of music theory, for an Israeli student, a minority student, students with financial need, and for students enrolled in the Preparatory Division.

Benefits

The satisfaction you will receive by creating a meaningful legacy for future generations of music lovers through a planned gift to one of America's leading music conservatories is the most enduring benefit of membership in the CIM Legacy Society.

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Welcome the Legacy Society Class of 2009

The new members of the Legacy Society this past fiscal year - whether they are former students or instructors, devoted Wednesday night concert-goers or simply lovers of classical music - have all created their own personal legacy for the benefit of future generations of CIM students, faculty, and those who love the classical music.

We honor and welcome the following individuals to the CIM Legacy Society: Mrs. Janet G. Kimball, Helen Kearns, Paul Dawson, Robert D. Gilbert, Drs. Mortimer and Emilie Kadish, Jan Curry and Richard E. Rodda, Helen M. and David R. McDermott, Nicholas H. Kusevich Family, Phyllis Rosenthal, and Deborah L. Neale.

Their planned gifts will enlarge the CIM operating endowment and provide increased scholarship support. We can not thank them enough.