Your Home for Classical Music in the Pacific Northwest

As a listener supported radio station, your gifts make everything Classical KING does possible! Leadership investments ensure access to classical music for everyone; amplifying the art form, growing audiences, and producing 98% of our high quality programming locally.

Listeners Lead the Way

Over Classical KING’s 75+ year history, we have served as a vital hub for the arts in the Pacific Northwest. Since becoming an independent, non-profit organization in 2011, it is support from donors like you that has sustained the station in a new era. With 87% of our operating funds now coming from individual supporters, leadership gifts are essential. Your help is needed to fuel our mission and make classical music accessible for all.

Performance Circle donors go above and beyond to ensure that we keep timeless favorites on the air, bring the full diversity of classical music, composers and performers to our community, and continue to meet where our listeners are. We have grown to serve as a pipeline to our region’s ensembles, composers, musicians and concert halls. Every day on the air we encourage listeners to attend live, local performances. Your support of Classical KING is directly responsible for the vibrant musical community we all love so much.

A Standing Ovation

With your gift of $1,000 or more, we invite you to join Classical KING’s Performance Circle. Your investment at this leadership level means that we will continue to:

• Serve 220,000 radio listeners each week. Connecting with audiences from Olympia to Victoria, Bremerton to Issaquah, and beyond!
• Present carefully curated programming guided by our informed local hosts.
• Reach 75,000 regular listeners via our rapidly growing streaming platforms. Audiences can tune in from our website, smart speakers, and apps for iOS and Android.
• Air weekly broadcasts of local concerts and artists. Provide an essential service for many who would otherwise be unable to attend in person.
• Operate with strong financial stability. Using our resources for maximum impact and with a plan for the future.
• Provide all of what we do without commercials and free of charge. Supporting the music you love for everyone in our community to enjoy.

Make Your Leadership Gift Today!

To learn more about matching your passion for classical music to your philanthropy, please email performancecircle@king.org or call (206) 691-2981.

Please send donations made by mail to:
Classical KING FM 98.1
363 Mercer Street, Suite #200
Seattle, WA 98109

Performance Circle Benefits

Joining or increasing your giving to Performance Circle levels allows you to enjoy exclusive benefits. Each giving level includes all the benefits from the preceding level.

 Ensemble Gifts ($1,000+)

• Invitations to NW Focus LIVE broadcast experiences and other station events
• Your choice of one Classical KING thank-you gift
• Quarterly updates from Classical KING CEO
• Exclusive opportunity to pre-register for Classical KING Travel Club listener tours

 Principal Chair Gifts ($2,500+)

• Private station tour and meet and greet with announcers
• First notice of Classical KING Travel Club listener tour future destinations

 Concertmaster Gifts ($5,000+)

• Opportunity to schedule one piece from Classical KING library to play on-air with your name mentioned or that of someone you wish to honor

Virtuoso Gifts ($10,000+)

• Lunch with Classical KING’s CEO
• Three on-air mentions for you or someone you wish to honor

 Conductor Gifts ($25,000+)

• Spend one hour with a Classical KING Announcer during a live broadcast

 Composer Gifts ($50,000+)

• Exclusive opportunity to invite up to 30 of your friends to attend a live broadcast of NW Focus

Listener Legacy Circle

For those who have expressed their intent to support Classical KING through a planned gift:

• Invitations to station tours and opportunities to meet station announcers
• Opportunity to record personal testimonial of support to be used on air
• All of the benefits of the Ensemble Gifts level

Donor levels are calculated by adding together contributions, in-kind gifts, vehicle donations, matching gifts, and pledge payments.