Lakeside Chautauqua

Giving To Lakeside

Lakeside Chautauqua is a non-profit organization that relies on charitable donations. Our mission is To enrich the quality of life for all people, to foster traditional Christian values and nurture relationships through opportunities for renewal and growth…spiritually, intellectually, culturally and physically…while preserving Lakeside’s heritage.

Lakeside counts on the support of time, talent and treasure from all who visit.  Download the 2022-23 Annual Report to review how generosity helps Lakeside continue for generations.   

Phone

You also have the option of providing credit card information over the phone by calling the Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation at 419-798-4461, ext. 246.

Mail

Please make checks payable to the Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation and mail to 236 Walnut Avenue, Lakeside, OH 43440.

In-Person

Visit the Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation staff at the Legacy House, 217 Walnut Ave., Lakeside, OH 43440.

Online

Use the form at the link below.

Funds to Support

Your gifts to The Lakeside Impact Fund support the Chautauqua programs and improvements to buildings and grounds. When you give to The Lakeside Impact Fund, you make a direct and immediate impact upon Lakesiders of all generations and support a place where families and friends can rest, reconnect and renew as a community.

Your support of the Lakeside Impact Fund is critical to the day-to-day operations of the organization. Your parking and gate fees, while vital, fund less than half of what it takes to produce the Chautauqua experience each year. Additionally, even after food, lodging, property assessment fees, waste removal fees and other sources of income such as special events and concession income, a significant need remains.

When you give to The Lakeside Impact Fund, you make a direct and immediate impact upon Lakesiders of all generations and support a place where families and friends can rest, reconnect and renew as a community. Generosity from your family, friends and neighbors makes the Chautauqua experience possible.

These endowment funds have one objective: to support strategic plan goals, not just for one year, or even one generation, but in perpetuity.

Lakeside Chautauqua must grow endowment funds in order to achieve its strategic goals and to protect the Chautauqua experience for many more generations. Currently, the endowment totals approximately $9 million.

Each year, a percentage of the Lakeside Endowment is drawn on to support the Chautauqua program and many historic buildings. Approximately $300,000 is dispersed from the endowment to support the signature Chautauqua program and the Lakeside experience each fiscal year.

Many Lakesiders have made it a priority to protect Lakeside Chautauqua by planning a deferred endowment gift. Today there are 70 Founders Society families who have already planned new endowment gifts. We thank these families for their support. We have to do even more to protect Lakeside; therefore, new endowment gifts are essential to sustaining the Lakeside mission.

Each year, generous donors provide support to restricted projects, funds and programs. Examples of special support are Perry Park bathrooms, Orchestra Hall enhancements, waterfront, sailing, Lakeside Environmental Society, Lakeside Wooden Boat Society and many others.

While gifts of any amount are meaningful and deeply appreciated, Directors Club giving is a wonderful way to help preserve, protect and promote the Chautauqua experience and to more deeply engage with the community.

Chautauqua Circle: $100,000, $25,000, $10,000, & $5,000

Directors Club: Gold Circle $2,500+, Silver Circle $1,750+, Bronze Circle $1,250+, Standard Circle $1,000+, Lakesider Club $500+, Friends of Lakeside $25-$499

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