Donor Stories

Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Keith and Toshi Baum Give Back in a Tax-Smart Way

Keith Baum came to Interlochen Arts Academy in 1974 to study the saxophone, but he always knew he would have a career in business. Currently the...
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Donna Brunsma's Final Gift to Interlochen

Donna Brunsma's musical path began at Interlochen, and it will last forever. Before Donna passed away in 2017, she made sure she could continue...
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Family's Interlochen Legacy Continues Through Estate Commitment

Deb Cohen's memories of Interlochen begin with her older brother, J.D., taking the train to the northern woods of Michigan, to spend his summer singing...
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GOVERNOR MILLIKEN'S LEGACY CONTINUES

Governor William Milliken served on the Interlochen Board of Trustees for 15 years. Understanding the enormous impact planned gifts can...
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Charitable Gift Annuity Creates Scholarship Honoring Pathbreaking Flutist Frances Blaisdell

Interlochen Center for the Arts is honored to announce that Camp alumna Marilyn “Mimi” Garbisch Carlson has created the Frances Blaisdell Endowed Scholarship in Flute.
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Mark Mayfield

Mark Mayfield has been a dedicated advocate and passionate philanthropist for Interlochen Center for the Arts over many years.
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Art Stickles

Art Stickles and Interlochen Center for the Arts "grew up" together, a circumstance that has helped create an extraordinary institutional advocate.
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Bruce Loomis

Bruce Loomis, a 76-year-old retired school guidance counselor from Ashtabula County, Ohio, graduated with a degree in music education...
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Tom and Dot Corson

More than forty years ago Tom and Dot Corson and their daughter Claire paid their first visit to Interlochen as part of a family trip.
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Martha and Jack Hicks

Martha and Jack Hicks of Ann Arbor, Michigan, are among those forward-thinking donors who have included Interlochen in their estate plans. Martha is a Camp alumna.
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It's Never Too Late to Give

Many young musicians find their way to Interlochen thanks to the encouragement of their beloved music teachers back home, but Sue Walter's (IAC/NMC '56–57) Interlochen story began a little differently.
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Sarah Marks Richards: The Arts Speak to the Soul

Interlochen Arts Camp alumna Sarah Marks Richards (IAC '58, IAC staff '62–64) believes in creating a legacy, and her recent decision to establish a planned gift...
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Supporting the Kids Who Will Invent What's Next

When Steve Hayden (IAC '62, IAA '62–64, ICA trustee '93–11) starts talking about Interlochen, one theme is repeated over and over again...
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Norm Letvin

When Norm Letvin was a young child, before he picked up a clarinet for the first time, his father took him and his siblings to Interlochen's campus...
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