Many friends of the Fort Smith Symphony have chosen to make gifts over and above their annual gifts and ticket purchases. These gifts to the Endowment Fund help to ensure that the Fort Smith Symphony’s performances and educational programs will continue into the future. Endowment funds are set aside and invested with a part of the earned interest supporting the Symphony each year.

Gifts to the Endowment Fund beginning at the $10,000 level are honored by recognition as a named fund. The following individuals and organizations have
contributed to bring music to the community.

Carco Fund
Opie Cates Memorial Fund
Lynn & Tom Flocks Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Hawkins Fund
W. C. Holmes, MD Fund
Carter Hunt Fund
Gelene & Harold MacDowell Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Miller Fund
Mary & Taylor Prewitt Fund
John & Cindy Swicegood Fund
Riverside Furniture Pursuit of Excellence Fund

The following individuals and organizational members of the Symphony family are honored for gifts of $25,000 or more to the Endowment Fund to perpetuate the pleasure of music for future generations.

ArcBest Corporation Percussion Section
Baldor Adult Education Program
Boreham Educational Program Series
Budweiser Subscription Concert
BancorpSouth Community Connection Program
Cooper Clinic Subscription Concert
First National Bank of Fort Smith Clarinet Section
Sally & Elvin Frick Educational Endowment Fund
Cleone Kelley Conductor’s Endowment
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pates Regional Performance Fund
Superior Federal Young Audience Program
Zero Mountain First Violin Section
Miriam Ann Pates Charitable Trust