Support
Project Costs:
The Valley Performing Arts Center will cost approximately $125 million:
- Approximately $75 million has been secured through state bond measures and other resources.
- $50 million will be provided through private donations.
- A working endowment will be created with additional private support.
Funding to-date:
Since the campaign’s silent phase was launched July 1, 2005, the following lead gifts have been received or pledged:
- A gift of $10 million from Cal State Northridge alumnus Mike Curb which includes $5 million for the Valley Performing Arts Center and $5 million for the College of Arts, Media & Communication
- A $2.3 million bequest from the late Jack and Mary Bayramian to establish student scholarships in the new Valley Performing Arts Center
- A $2 million bequest from the late Clyde Porter, San Fernando Valley arts pioneer and philanthropist, to name the Founders’ Room the Porter Pavilion
- A $2 million LA County contribution facilitated by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky as part of a unique initiative to explore arts partnerships between the university and the county's Music Center
- $1.2 million from Nextel Communications
- A $1 million pledge from David and Jean Fleming to name the Grand Staircase
- $1 million from the CSUN Foundation and $500,000 from the CSUN Alumni Association
- A $500,000 LA county contribution from Supervisor Michael Antonovich
Other lead gifts include commitments from:
- The Joseph Drown Foundation
- The Muriel Pollia Foundation to name the water feature
- The Follett Corporation
- Northern Trust, N.A. to name the VIP Gardens
- Sam and Mary Haskell to name the Orange Grove Walk
- Charles H. and Lisa Noski to name the concessions stand in the main lobby
- Ginny Mancini, widow of the late composer/conductor Henry Mancini, who were longtime Valley residents, to name the Henry Mancini Orchestra Pit
- The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
- MGM & UA Service Company
- Laurence Gould, Kelly Charitable Trust
- Dr. Richard Gay
- Lisa and Charles H. Noski, '73, M '95, Hon D. '07, to name the concessions in the main lobby of the Center
- Sheelagh Boyd and Larry Layne
- Robbi and Rickey Gelb
- JoAnn and Leonard J. Roth, to name the Leonard J. and JoAnn S. Roth Entrance
- Sanford P. Paris, to name the Valerie and Sanford Paris Family Ticket Booth
Valley Performing Arts Center Donors ($10,000- 99,999)
As of February 2009
Debra, '75 and Sim Farar
Gene Haas Foundation
Stanley Gold
John Golisch, '72
The Green Foundation
Harman International
Stephen Horwitz
Sherry and Albert, '68, Lapides
Elizabeth and Howard Layne
Michael Levine, Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation
Barry Nadell
Sally and Phil, Hon. D., '03, Magaram
Dr. James and Marianne Mertzel
Walter J. Perez
Robert, '67and Cynthia Rawitch
Ellen and Howard Wang