Corporate, Foundation, & Public Support

Thank you to these partners for supporting

Sarasota Opera's 2025-26 Season, events, and programs.

To learn more about corporate sponsorship opportunities, please click here or contact: 

Melissa Voigt at (941) 366 8450, Ext. 581 or [email protected]

Matthew Glover at (941) 328-1320, Ext. 402 or [email protected]

 

$200,000 +

Virginia Toulmin Foundation​

 2025-26 Season Sponsor

$150,000 - $199,999

DCA​

 Sarasota Opera's 2025-26 Season is sponsored, in part, by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$75,000 - $149,000

 

Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax​

 2026 Winter Opera Festival

$50,000 - $74,999 

Gulf Coast Community Foundation Zoe Anderson Charitable Fund​

2026 Winter Opera Festival Sponsor; Event Sponsor: Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series; 
Event Partner: Sarasota Opera Gala; Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series;
Event Partner: Sarasota Opera Annual Gala; Premier Supporter: Sarasota Opera House Centennial Celebration

Sarasota Scene Magazine​

 Media Sponsor: La bohème and The Merry Widow, Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series, Sarasota Opera Gala, Salute to the Stars, and Sarasota Opera House Centennial Celebration

William E. Schmidt Foundation Logo​

 Youth Opera & Education

Selby Foundation​

 New Pianos

$25,000 - $49,999

1st Source Foundation

 

Sarasota Opera House 100th Anniversary Documentary Sponsor
Barancik Foundation General Operating Support

TING TSUNG AND WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION

 New Pianos

​Community Foundation of Sarasota County

Youth Opera & Education
Event Partner: The Aficionado Dinner

Pritchards Pianos

Steinway & Sons

 New Pianos

$10,000 - $24,999

​Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

 Youth Opera & Education

The Exchange

 Proudly granting $533,000 to Sarasota Opera since 1974; Sarasota Youth Opera Production:
Brundibár

The Observer

 Season Media Partner

MANATEE OPERA GUILD SARASOTA OPERA GUILD

 General Operating Support
Youth Opera & Education

Sarasota Magazine​

 2026 Winter Opera Festival Sponsor of Susannah and Il trovatore, DaCapo Society

SRQ​

 Summer Movie Series, Food & Wine Festival, Sarasota Youth Opera Production: Brundibár

WEDU PBS​

 Season Media Partner

Williams Parker

Event Partner: Kretzmer Legacy Society

Event Sponsor: Winter Festival Overture Dinner on Stage

WUSF

 Season Media Partners

$5,000 - $9,999

99 Bottles

 Event Partner: Sarasota Opera Food & Wine Festival, Da Capo Society Receptions

BookStore1​

 Youth Opera & Education

Cumberland Advisors​

 Event Supporter: Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series

Flowers by Fudgie

 Special Event Support
Huisking Foundation Endowment

MCF​

 Youth Opera & Education

Mariner​

 Sarasota Opera Gala
Morton's Gourmet Market & Catering Corporate Co-Producer: La bohème,
Catering Sponsor: Youth Opera & Education Donor Reception, Chamber Trustee & Corporate Appreciation Reception, McCorkle Lounge, and Season Announcement Event

NTIS​

 Event Sponsor: Sarasota Opera House Centennial Celebration
Publix Super Markets Charities Youth Opera & Education
Rose & Ivy logo Event Partner: Da Capo Society Reception and Company Receptions
SNN Season Media Partner
Willis Smith Event Sponsor: Sarasota Opera House Centennial Celebration

$2,500 - $4,999

1st Source

 Event Supporter: Youth Opera & Education Reception

Connington Wealth Advisor Group​

 General Operating Support
Richard Dean Insurance

General Operating Support

SICE​

 General Operating Support

$1,000 - $2,499

Canandaigua NT Event Sustainer: The Opera Luncheon
The Fat Rabbit Event Supporter: Da Capo Society Reception
Fergeson Skipper General Operating Support
Stella Artois Logo Event Supporter: Sarasota Opera Food & Wine Festival

GULF COAST ITALIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY

 Sarasota Youth Opera
Waterside Place Sarasota Youth Opera
WENG Season Media Partner 

$500+

FANTASY FLOWERS OF
LAKEWOOD RANCH 

Youth Opera & Education