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Support CAF!

Help Us Keep The Performing Arts Alive, Active & Available To All!

How can you support The Continuo Arts Foundation?
 

  • Get Involved!  Volunteer!
  • Contribute to our Annual Fund
  • Transfers of appreciated stock
  • Automobile donations
  • Retail contributions for our annual Gala
  • Open your home for the "Home for the Holidays" Benefit Tour

 What do your contributions support?
 

  • Master Classes & Educational Programs
  • Intergenerational Choral Programs providing services to ages 6 to 94
  • Music Scholarships
  • A Summer Musical Theater Conservatory
  • Seniors Sing! a free program to enhance & enrich the lives of Senior Citizens
  • Opportunities for Young Artists Debuts
  • Free community concerts and community service performances
  • International performance opportunities
  • Institute of Sacred Music
  • Premiering new choral & orchestral compositions
  • Supporting working musicians, composers & artists
  • Conducting Fellowships
  • Artists-in-Residence 


Working together, we will insure that indeed......the Music Lives On!

May the Music Live On

Lyric by Russell Robinson           

Annual Fund

The Continuo Arts Foundation is proud to announce our 2011 Annual Fund Sponsors. Thank you for all that you make possible with your charitable contributions. Click below for our 2011 Annual Fund List.

In 2011, The Continuo Arts Foundation began an "Annual Fund Soiree" to  launch its annual fund drive campaign.  An elegant evening of music, fellowship and fun to support the scholarship and program funds at Continuo Arts.

GALA

The annual "Making Musical Dreams Come True" Gala began in 2009, growing quickly to an anticipated destination event for the central New Jersey and greater New York area.  The primary fundraiser for The Continuo Arts Foundation, the gala features live & silent auctions, entertainment, food, fellowship & fun!  

Join us for the 2012 Gala on November 3rd at beautiful Memorial Hall in Summit, NJ

The prestigious "Continuo" Award made its first appearance at the 2011 Gala. 



"Continuo" Award Recipients - 2011

Lyle Brehm

Lyle Brehm receiving the historic first "Continuo"

Sherrie Natko

Sherrie Natko receives the "Continuo" award



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Click Here to View: Destino Performs at 2010 Gala



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Above & Beyond

For our sponsors, donors & patrons who always go "Above & Beyond" this night of celebration is set aside strictly to honor you! 

As Henry Ford said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”  

Our "Above & Beyond" event thanks you for being such an important part of The Continuo Arts Foundation’s success!  

 Patrons and Honorees at the "Above & Beyond" Donor Recognition      The Laytons, always Above & Beyond     Sherrie Natko with Artist Alexander Kariotis

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Autos for Arts

The Continuo Arts Foundation has joined the V-Dac Vehicle Donation for Charity program. If you are the owner of an automobile that you would like to donate as part of our program please follow the link to V-Dac's website below for more detailed information regarding the process. This program will make cash contributions to the CAF as part of their partnership, which will allow for more programming support for our upcoming concert season and events. If you have any additional questions regarding the program, please feel free to give us a call at (908) 264-5324 and we will be glad to help.

Turn your old auto into a Useful resource for the CAF! In addition to helping the planet in our efforts to reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, your old automobile will become a symbol of arts education and enlightenment.

Vehicle Donation

Continuo Arts Foundation Sponsors

What does it take to change lives? How can our musical culture, education and influence continue from age to age;  from generation to generation?

These are questions we continue to ask at The Continuo Arts Foundation....and the answers result in service to our local communities, across the nation in schools and organizations, and around the world in performance, exposure and life-changing enrichment.

How is this accomplished?  Because of your generosity and that of our philanthropic sponsors!  Together we will insure that...."the music lives on"!

SAPF at Seniors Sing!

Board members from the Summit Area Public Foundation visit Seniors Sing! with Continuo Arts President Candace Wicke, Community Programs Director Judith Leblein-Josephs and Continuo Arts Conducting Fellow Stephanie Harris.  The Summit Area Public Foundation has provide grants in 2011 and 2012 to launch and support Seniors Sing!


Summit Area Public Foundation
Summit Area Public Foundation (2010,2011)

Continuo Arts with SAPF

Summit Area Public Foundation Board Members Jack Cooper, Joanne McDonough and Lyle Brehm with Continuo Arts President Candace Wicke and Conducting Fellow Stephanie Harris

For two years, the Summit Area Public Foundation, in collaboration with our partners at Summit Community Programs, has been instrumental in providing grant support to launch and continue Continuo Arts Foundation's Seniors Sing! ensemble.

SAPF is a 501(c)(3) community foundation that fosters philanthropy in the Summit NJ area by identifying local needs and offering donors flexible ways to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (2011)

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is proud to be the Title Sponsor for The Continuo Arts Foundation's 2011 "Home for the Holidays" House Tour.


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  • Maplewood: 145 Maplewood Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040 (973) 378-8300
  • Westfield-East: 209 Central Ave, Westfield, NJ 07090 (908) 233-5555
  • Westfield-West: 600 North Ave W. Westfield, NJ 07090 (908) 233-0065
The Westfield Foundation
The Westfield Foundation (2009, 2010)

“Communities endure, but their needs change. What better way to address the evolving needs of a community over time, than for people to create a pool of funds that will last forever.”

~ Inception of the Westfield Foundation, 1975.

2009 - Support for "Christmas Time in the City" Concert Series
2010 - Grant for capital equipment

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Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson (2010, 2011)

Johnson & Johnson relies on many important and innovative partners in carrying out our philanthropic efforts. These partners include a number of nonprofit organizations as well as our own employees and retirees. Together we share a sense of dedication to make our communities better places. The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gifts Program is an important way to enhance the Company’s commitment to help improve the communities in which we live and work.

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Google Grants
Google Grants (2012)

Google Grants is a donation program that distributes free in-kind advertising to select 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. As of June 2010, Google has awarded over $600 million in grant money to non profit organizations.

The Continuo Arts Foundation is a proud recipient of the Google Grants program.

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The Manley-Winser Foundation
The Manley-Winser Foundation (2011)

2011-Support for Seniors Sing! Program

Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Corporation (2011)

In 1975 Microsoft was an unknown software company with a single product and the promise of delivering on a new way of computing. We have since grown to become one of the largest companies in the world. With that growth, comes the responsibility to contribute positively to society on a global scale.

We are proud to work with tens of thousands of nonprofits around the world every year to provide them with affordable access to the technology they need to support their work in local communities.

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Exxon Mobile
Exxon Mobile (2009,2010,2011)

The Cultural Matching Gift Program encourages and assists employees, retirees and surviving spouses in their personal giving to cultural institutions by providing a matching contribution. Each calendar year, an eligible donor may have up to $2,000 in gifts to cultural institutions matched by the ExxonMobil Foundation. 

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Overlook Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center (2011)

The Foundation for Morristown Medical Center and the Overlook Foundation are nonprofit public foundations that help preserve and expand our hospitals' programs and services in patient care, clinical research, medical and public health education, and preventative medicine.

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A T & T
A T & T (2010,2011)

AT&T invests significant resources to advance education, strengthen communities and improve lives. Through philanthropic initiatives and collaboration, AT&T and the AT&T Foundation support projects that create opportunities, make connections and address community needs where we — and our customers — live and work.

The AT&T Higher Education/Cultural Matching Gift Program for education and the arts encourages eligible employees to support qualifying organizations.

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Target
Target (2011)

Target stores provide grants to K-12 schools and other non-profit organizations to bring art and cultural experiences to schools, support educational field trips and provide early childhood reading programs.

2011- Educational outreach to underserved populations

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The Provident Bank Foundation
The Provident Bank Foundation (2011)

The Provident Bank Foundation is committed to paving the way for a brighter tomorrow in our communities through our support of education, health and wellness, recreation, the arts, and social and civic services...

At The Provident Bank Foundation we're enhancing the quality of life for New Jersey communities today and for generations to come...

2011 - Support for music scholarships

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Hyde & Watson Foundation
Hyde & Watson Foundation (2011)

With a mission to support capital projects such as purchase or relocation facilities, building improvements, capital equipment, and instructive materials development. the generous support of the Hyde & Watson Foundation has allowed Continuo Arts to purchase much needed storage facilities and portable risers for concert performances.

The H.E.A.R.T. Grant
H.E.A.R.T. Grant (2009, 2010, 2011)  History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands 

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, recognizing the importance of culture, history and the arts, established the HEART Grant Program to encourage a thriving environment for the arts and cultural activities. This program serves as a catalyst to strengthen Union County’s non-profit organizations, artists and scholars, enhancing their capacity to provide innovative projects relating to history, the arts and humanities, developing Union County as a center for innovation and excellence in arts and culture.

2009 - Grant provided to support the "Christmas Time in the City" Concert Series
2010 - Grant provided to launch Continuo Arts Intergenerational Choral Program
2011 - Grant provided to support Seniors Sing! 

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