CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

BUILDING THE BALLET
5 YEARS – $5 MILLION

PERFECTING THE POSITION

OF CAROLINA BALLET

Ballet dancers spend countless hours at the barre perfecting their technique. Every day at Carolina Ballet, our dancers focus on refining their positions. Now, Carolina Ballet is continuing its work to perfect our position as an organization through an ongoing capital campaign aimed at securing a permanent home for our offices and studios. 

After 21 years at the same address, Carolina Ballet faced one of its greatest challenges—finding our next home. The building on Atlantic Avenue that once housed our studios, administrative offices, and the School of Carolina Ballet was sold in Fall 2022, and we relocated by the end of the 2022-2023 season. This necessity sparked the beginning of our capital campaign.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director/CEO Zalman Raffael, Carolina Ballet successfully navigated the past five seasons, including our milestone 25th Anniversary Season. With the guidance of local real estate professionals, Raffael swiftly identified a temporary new home for Carolina Ballet at 3030 Stony Brook Drive. 

The first phase of this campaign was a success, with generous patrons helping Carolina Ballet cover the costs of relocating our studios and administrative offices. In Summer 2023, we moved into a customized, rented space designed to meet the needs of our dancers, staff, and school. 

The next phase of the campaign focuses on securing a permanent location. As we continue our 27th season, we are raising funds that will be saved and invested until we find a building or land to purchase—potentially with space for a small performance venue. Our vision for the permanent home includes a vibrant space where arts organizations, nonprofit groups, and the community can come together to create, connect, and experience the arts. We dream of an inspiring environment with both indoor and outdoor access, open to individuals from all walks of life. 

Join us in this exciting chapter of Carolina Ballet’s history by contributing to our ongoing Capital Campaign and helping us perfect our position in the community.

PHASES OF THE

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

In Spring 2023, Carolina Ballet established a Campaign Cabinet of active Board Members, and determined the goals for the Capital Campaign.

PHASE ONE:

In early 2023, construction started on the
24,000-sqft building to create offices and
state-of-the-art studios with sprung dance floors. Relocating the Ballet’s studios, pointe shoe
storage, costume shop, administrative offices, and the School of Carolina Ballet, comes with large, unexpected costs that campaign will help cover.

The new space at 3030 Stony Brook Drive will
allow Carolina Ballet to continue to produce breathtaking ballets all the while continuing
the search for a permanent home.

Relocating The Ballet

PHASE TWO:

Finding Our Permanent Home

Phase Two of Carolina Ballet’s Capital Campaign will be the acquiring of a building and/or performance space, securing the permanence of the artform in the Triangle.

During this phase, Carolina Ballet will be actively working towards achieving the goal of buying or building our forever home. The campaign seeks to inspire those who are in the position to give a one-time additional gift or make an additional commitment for the next 3-5 years, without impacting their annual giving to Carolina Ballet.

NEXT STEPS:

How Carolina Ballet Is Moving Forward

The Capital Campaign is currently in progress thanks to Carolina Ballet’s Campaign Cabinet, Board of Directors, and generous philanthropic community.

Every gift to the Capital Campaign will be designated for use towards all costs related to the temporary building and the acquisition of a permanent location.

THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

EXCITING WAYS TO SUPPORT

Over the course of the next five years, Carolina Ballet’s goal is to raise $5 million. As we look forward to our permanent home, naming recognition will be available at the following donation levels:

BUILDING
NAMING
RIGHTS

$1,500,000

STUDIO NAMING
RIGHTS

$250,000+
per studio

1 remaining

Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Brown

COSTUME SHOP

$250,000

CLAIMED

DANCERS’
LOUNGE

$150,000

Susan and David Brigham

PHYSICAL THERAPY
ROOM

$100,000

CLAIMED

CEO/ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR’S
OFFICE

$50,000

CLAIMED

POINTE
SHOE
ROOM

$50,000

BOX
OFFICE

$25,000

ANY
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE

$10,000

(Advancement, Human Resources, Marketing, Production, Etc.)

To learn more about the campaign or naming rights for the new building, studios or other spaces, please contact Adam Schiffer, Chief Advancement Officer, at aschiffer@carolinaballet.com or call 919-747-8457.

Please Note:
Donations equaling $1,000 or more to the capital campaign will be displayed in the permanent building. We will use your Cumulative or Pledged Giving towards the campaign to calculate your appropriate naming level. All space names are subject to Carolina Ballet approval and will be recognized for a period of 20 years.

Carolina Ballet, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-807-2214 or 1-888-830-4989 for NC residents. The license is not an endorsement by the State.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

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If you are not currently in the position to make an additional gift, please remember that it is because of you—through all your support and all your gifts small and large—that we will be able to sustain Carolina Ballet for generations to come. Thank you all for being a part of it.

CAMPAIGN LEADER

Dr. Joseph M. Bumgarner

CAMPAIGN CABINET LIAISONS

Mrs. Susan Brigham
Mrs. Karen Foster

Mrs. Stefanie Kahn
Ms. Katherine R. White

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Dr. B. Jasmine Adams
Ms. Ellen B. Adelman
Mr. Robert M. Auman and Mrs. Agnes F. Marshall
Ms. Margaret A. Bailey and Mr. David A. Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron D. Bennear
Susan and David Brigham
Mr. and Mrs. Webb L. Burgess
Ms. Colette A. Burrus
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Castro, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Chafe
The Clara Weiss Fund
Mr. and Mrs. G. Sidney Cox
Dr. Roy Cromartie and Mr. Paul E. Fomberg
Ms. Carolyn T. Dalby
Mr. Lowell A. Davidson
Mr. John F. Dorsey
Ms. Clare S. Dupree
Ms. Marsha E. Ferree and Mr. Michael F. Gering
Mr. and Mrs. J. Britt Ferrill
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew
Ms. Mary Lee Hall

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS

Ms. Ceil W. Hall
Dr. Peter Hamilton
Mr. Rodney J. Hassler
Mrs. Kathryn O. Hykes
Ms. Alice Irby
Ms. Becky Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Kahn
Ms. Martha N. Keravuori
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Lanford
Mrs. Nancy K. Lederer
Mr. Chuck Lewis and Ms. Laurie Heffner
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett A. Marmaduke
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Mayo
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Naum
Mr. Sung I. Paik and Mrs. Claire Yang
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric J. Pearce
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Perlstadt
Mr. Mark L. Self and Ms. Juliet Mallory
Ms. Judith A. Silver
Mr. and Mrs. Guy T. Solie
Ms. Barbara B. Strohbehn
Ms. Vera Tayeh
Mr. Robert W. Upchurch
Ms. Katherine R. White and Mr. Thomas W. Urquhart