Foundation & Corporate Support

The Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon organization celebrates its Silver Jubilee 25th Anniversary Concert Season in 2012-2013. To date, the following individuals, agencies and foundations have provided or awarded funding to help support performances, initiatives and operations:

  • Carpenter Foundation, Operations and Performances
  • City of Ashland, Performances and Cultural Development
  • James M. Collier, Concert Season Partner
  • Collins Foundation, Initiatives
  • Combined Transport, Inc., Fall Concert Series Partner
  • James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation, Initiatives & Concerts
  • Oregon Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts
  • Pacific Power Foundation, Initiatives
  • Sharkey Family Charitable Foundation, Operations and Programs
  • Southern Oregon Subaru, Winter Concert Series Partner
  • U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Concerts


The following corporations, foundations, families and agencies provided funding to help underwrite Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon 2011-2012 concerts, initiatives and operations:

  • Carpenter Foundation
  • City of Ashland
  • Collins Foundation
  • Combined Transport, Inc. - Fall 2011 Concert Series Partner
  • Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation
  • Bill & Sarah Epstein - Winter 2012 Concert Series Partners
  • Jackson County Cultural Coalition, funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust, investing in Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage
  • James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Oregon Arts Commission
  • Pacific Power Foundation
  • Ilana Rubenfeld - Spring 2012 Concert Series Partner
  • Sharkey Family Charitable Foundation
  • U.S. Bancorp Foundation