Give to the William A. Conti Memorial Fund This Giving Tuesday!
Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity that will take place this year on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. Created in 2012, Giving Tuesday is a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good! Over the past 13 years, this idea has grown into a global movement, inspiring hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
Over the years, Giving Tuesday has become one of the biggest giving days of the year. This year, when gifts are given during one of the two new power hours on Tuesday, December 2nd, the gift will be doubled! Then, from December 3rd through the 8th, all gifts given will be matched 1:1. This means, for every $1 donated to the William A. Conti Memorial Fund, the Community Foundation will add an additional $1.
Support Stambaugh Auditorium Historic E.M. Skinner Pipe Organ.
Stambaugh Auditorium’s Opus 582 E.M. Skinner Pipe Organ is one of the few remaining of its kind that operates as it did at the time of installation in 1926. The organ has attracted thousands of guests and organ enthusiasts from all over the country. Every year, attractions presented by Stambaugh Auditorium such as the silent film and organ accompaniment, and the organ concert highlight the organ’s acoustic integrity and uniqueness.
Today, many original Skinner Pipe Organs that had been original to music halls across the country have been replaced, removed, or altered to live up to modern standards. Thankfully, Stambaugh Auditorium was able to avoid this through the years. However, the Opus 582 requires consistent maintenance to sustain the same quality and sound that would have been produced during the organ’s performances in the 1920’s. Every time the organ is used, a specialist must be hired to tune and fix any issues that might be present, and keep Every year, the organ’s maintenance services and specialty tuning costs Stambaugh Auditorium anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000.
The cost of keeping this historic gem alive is one that Stambaugh Auditorium is grateful to have assistance with. Through the generous donations given to the William A. Conti Memorial Organ Fund, the beautiful sounds of the E.M. Skinner Pipe Organ are kept alive and well.
