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Each holiday season, PLA’s Nutcracker, Nutcracker Sweets and Hip-Hop Nutcracker unite our community through music, dance, and storytelling. 

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This year, we need your support more than ever.

Your donation by November 30 will help us reach out $150,000 goal, thus ensuring this year’s productions will continue to provide joy to diverse audiences in San Mateo and throughout the Bay Area. 

Support The Nutcracker

Be part of the magic! Your gift makes costumes sparkle, dancers shine, and our community feel the joy of the holiday season.

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How to Give

  • Donate online at peninsulalivelyarts.org/ways-to-support

  • Use the QR code on printed materials

  • Mail a check to Peninsula Lively Arts (include your Giving Circle or Impact in the memo)

​Choose Your Impact

★ Artists

  • Dancer Sponsor: $1,000 to $2,000 per dancer

  • Pointe Shoe Sponsor: $150, $300, $600+

  • Guest Choreographers: $500
         To culturally enrich the production

  • Artistic Leadership Sponsor: $2,500+
         Gregory Amato, Stuck Sanders, Chloé Watson,
         Alee Martinez, Léna Alvino

★ Costumes, Sets, and Scenery

  • New Costumes: $500 to $6,000+
         From a single tutu (from $500) to a full scene
         transformation (from $5,000)

★ Production and Equipment

  • Studio 1 Performance Speakers: $1,500

  • Production Crew Fees: $750+

  • Faculty Supervision for Student Cast: $250 to $2,000

  • Photography & Videography: $750

★ Marketing and Multimedia

  • Programs, Advertising, Graphic Design: $500+

★ Access and Inclusion

  • Access and Inclusion Sponsor: $1,000+
         Support sensory-friendly performances and community access

Giving Circle Levels and Benefits

Benefits are cumulative and optional.

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★ Nutcracker Friend: $100 to $249

(website listing)

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★ Clara Circle: $250 to $499

(plus program listing)

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★ Snowflake Circle: $500 to $999

(plus social media thank you)

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★ Cavalier Circle: $1,000 to $2,499

(plus invitation for two to a studio rehearsal preview)

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★ Land of Sweets Circle: $2,500 to $4,999

(plus seating concierge)

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★ Sugar Plum Circle: $5,000+

(plus custom recognition or naming as available; brief backstage walkthrough or private rehearsal viewing for up to four)

Special Opportunity​​

★ Lead Production Sponsor: $25,000+

Top billing on web and program sponsor lists, prominent lobby recognition, and customized naming where available​

Deadline for program listing: November 30, 2025​

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Other Ways to Give

  • Checks by Mail

    • ​Please make checks payable to Peninsula Lively Arts and note your Giving Circle or Impact area in the memo line.

  • ​Employer Matching Gifts

    • ​Many companies will match your donation. Check with your employer and let us know so we can recognize the full impact of your gift.

  • ​Gifts of Stock

    • ​​We gratefully accept gifts of stock. Please contact us for our brokerage information.”

  • ​Planned Giving

    • ​​Create a lasting legacy by including Peninsula Lively Arts in your will or estate plans. Planned gifts help ensure that The Nutcracker and all our programs continue for generations to come. To learn more, please contact us.

  • ​In-Kind Gifts

    • Contributions of goods or services, such as costumes, props, or professional expertise, are also deeply appreciated. Please contact us to discuss current needs.

       

Questions? Contact Debbie Chinn, Interim Executive Director, at dchinn@peninsulalivelyarts.org.

Peninsula Lively Arts and our Peninsula School of the Arts programs make all this happen thanks to investments in our programs made by foundations, business and individuals just like you. We are 501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID: 94-6137593

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