Support the Heart of HSO — Join Our Annual Fund
As a nonprofit arts organization, the Holland Symphony Orchestra depends on generous donor support to bring exceptional music and meaningful education programs to life. Your gift to the Annual Fund helps sustain over 60% of our programming—making every note, every performance, and every outreach opportunity possible.
By joining our Annual Fund, you become part of a passionate community that values artistic excellence, lifelong learning, and cultural enrichment right here in the greater Holland area. Your tax-deductible contribution fuels inspiring concerts and transformative educational experiences that reach thousands of audience members, students, and families each year.
Support today, and enjoy more than just the music. Donors receive special recognition and insider benefits—like invitations to exclusive events, early ticket access, and behind-the-scenes experiences that bring you closer to the music you love.
🎵 Make a one-time gift or set up easy monthly contributions to sustain your impact throughout the year.
Join us—be a champion for music, education, and community.
For questions or more information, contact President & CEO Michael Naess at 616-796-6780.
Benefits for Annual Fund Donors
Every gift matters. Show your support and join our community of music lovers.
Benefits include:
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Celebrate your love of music and community with these thoughtful perks.
Benefits include:
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Help sustain HSO’s music and education programs with these member benefits.
Benefits include:
- Get 2 “Bring a Friend” Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Join our leadership-level donors and enjoy VIP access.
Benefits include:
- Get 4 “Bring a Friend” Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Benefits include:
- Access to Rehearsals
- Get 4 “Bring a Friend” Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Your generous gift earns you exclusive access and VIP experiences.
Benefits include:
- Get 2 VIP Rehearsal Stage Seats
- Access to Rehearsals
- Get 4 Bring a Friend Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Deepen your connection with HSO through special invitations and perks.
Benefits include:
- Get 4 VIP Rehearsal Stage Seats
- Access to Rehearsals
- Get 4 Bring a Friend Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes access and unforgettable musical moments.
Benefits include:
- Private HSO Chamber Concert
- VIP Rehearsal Stage Seats
- Access to Rehearsals
- Get 4 Bring a Friend Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Join our premier donor circle and experience the closest connection to the music.
Benefits include:
- Lunch for 2 with the Music Director
- Private HSO Chamber Concert
- VIP Rehearsal Stage Seats
- Access to Rehearsals
- Get 4 Bring a Friend Seat Vouchers
- Access to Pre-sales for Special Concerts
- Access to Donor Events
- Program Listing
Holland Symphony Orchestra Donors
Donations from 1-1-2024 to 12-31-2024
Holland Symphony Orchestra Donors
Encore Society (People who have included HSO in their wills/trusts.)
John* & Judy Gaydos
Franklin Kraai*
Betty Miller*
Randall & Susan Miller
Herb & Sally Pollock*
John & Ann Query
David P. Roossien*
Doug & Kay Walvoord
*remembered
Conductor’s Circle ($15,000 and above)
George & Sibilla Boerigter
Arthur J. & Kathryn D. Mervenne Foundation
John & Judy Spoelhof Foundation
Kay & Doug Walvoord
Platinum ($10,000-$14,999)
Anonymous (1)
Franklin Kraai Trust
Gold ($5000-$9999)
Dave & Susan Couch
Ruth & David Crouch
Caron Farmer
Dede Howard
Todd & Anne Klipp
Robert & Jan Mahaney
Jack H. Miller
Randall & Susan Miller
Robert & Jean Olney
John & Ann Query
Sally & Marty Smith
Patrick Thompson, in memory of Camy Thompson
Silver ($2500-$4999)
John & Sarah Briggs
Jim & Donna Brooks Family
Bruce & Susan Formsma
Eileen Nordstrom
Douglas J. & Andrea Rasmussen
Barbara Timmer & Catherine Benkaim
Howard & Julie Veneklasen
Roger & Jan White
Bronze ($1000-$2499)
Anonymous (2)
Audrey Bloemendaal
Sandra Buller
Thomas & Virginia Cook
Donald & Bonnie Cowie
Esther DePree
Lee & Linda DeVisser
Tim & Becky Dyk
Marshall & Jacqueline Elzinga
Lynette & Stuart Fall
Linda P. Fulton
Jayne & Kim Gort
Alma Holkeboer
Jack & Elsa Hyde
Jim & Sheryl Jurries
Brian & Cathy Koop
Patrick & Mary Tuuk Kuras
Bruce & Carla Masselink
Barb & Mark McNally
John T. Jerome & Mike Usher
Amy Norris & MJ Towle, in honor of Joanna Norris
Joanna Norris
John & Patricia Tysse
Kenneth & Grace Vos
Joan S. Wenke
Warren Westrate Foundation
Carol Winslow
Landis & Judie Zylman
George & Gail Zainea
Joe Zobkiw
Director’s Club ($500-$999)
Anonymous (1)
David & Jane Armstrong
John & Kay Bassett
Peter & Sarah Bast
Brenda & Timothy Batts
Andrew & Debbie Bissonnette
Karen & John Bolthouse
Donald Bruggink
Roger Brummel
John Canfield & Sharon Dwyer
Joan C. Conway
Janet Dalman
Dan & Cecilia DeCook
Greg & Amanda Dykhouse
Mark Dykstra
John Edlund
Pat Eldean
Jay & Rose Ewing
Dan Fisher & Kay Hubbard
Shannon Fultz
Bob & Chris Gamble
Dr. Ronald & Jerrie Lynn Gibbs
Fred & Vicki Gordon
Douglas & Jennifer Griffith
Judith Hazelton
David & Susan Hoekema
Terry & Ruth Hofmeyer
Charles & Judy Hunt
Martha Joynt
Jeffrey & Ramona Knight
Calvin & Yvonne Langejans
Michael Naess
Doug & Nancy Padnos
Jeff & Peg Padnos
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Rossof
Marie & Ronald Seamans
Anne Slade
Cheryl Swierenga
Paul & Marie Ten Elshof
Thomas TenHoeve
Robert & Mary Trask
Margaret Van Grouw
Anna Mae & James Vander Woude
Kathy VanDerHulst
Nancy VandeWater
Linda Walvoord deVelder
Benefactor ($250-$499)
Chuck & Sue Bakker
Lenore Barker
Richard Bradley
Bill & Barbara Bredemeier
Pam & Ron Brown
Cynthia Baine DeMaagd
James Ellsworth
Frederic D. & Sally Floberg
Heather & Tom Gough Fund
Jim & Janet Hagel
Paul & Nancy Heineman
Alan & Mary Hofland
Theresa Holden
James & Ann Kiewel
John & Sharon Kleinheksel
Paul & Jacki Kleinheksel
Brad & Ellen Klow
Philip & Lillian Koning
John & Barbara Kruis
Fred & Charlotte Leaske
Judith Mastenbrook
Linda & Bruce McCombs
Ken & Karen Michmerhuizen
Kerry & Barb O’Donohue
Cornelia & Louis Pepoy
Elsie Redeker
Bill & Maura Reynolds
Marilyn Schmidt
Edward J. & Juanita Sheridan
Clifford & Lucia Storr
Raymond Swierenga
Mary Terpstra
Paul & Lyn Trap
Beverly Van Genderen
Jane & Joe VanderMeer
Don & Lois Van Lare
Dirk & Ann VanZalen
Margery VerBeek
Dave & Jayne VerLee
Randy & Jody Vogelzang
Ronald & Mary Voss
Martha Walvoord & Jack Unzicker
David & Mary White
Don & Sally Zenas
Friend ($100-$249)
Mary Aardema
Ann Piet Anderson
Jon & Susan Bachelder
Leslie & Patrick Ballard
Steve & Kerry Barkel
Andy & Katie Bast
Ron & Sunny Boeve
Gary & Donna Bogle
Joyce & Tom Bolhuis
Kevin & Karla Bolkema
Duane Booi
Terri & Steve Borgman
Lee & Jane Bosko
Eleanor Bremer
Elizabeth Carlson
Neil & Mary Carter
David & Janice Chase
Jeff & Sandy Chrispell
Sandra & William Church
Liam & Rachel Coussens
Jane A. Dalman
Terry DeYoung & Cindi Veldheer
John & Barbara Dillbeck
William & Sally Doebler
Wendy & William Doll
Patricia Dorton
Robert & Beverly Dykhouse
Robert & Linda Elder
Hennie Elsinga
Tim Farmer & Tom Slater
Barbara Ferguson
Bob & Lynne Frey
Fred & Gail Geiger
Ron & Jeanne Gerow
Ronald & Monika Giddy
Frances Hackney
Thomas & Nancy Hardy
Brenda & Ray Hearn
Paul Hekman
David & Barb Herman
Bruce & Carol Himebaugh
Peter & Carole Hintz
Dr. Paul D. Hoeksema
Eileen & Henry Hofstra
Dr. Eugene C. Jekel
Curtis & Mary Kamman
Ruth Keel
Jeanne & William Kendrick
Bill & Nella Kennedy
Tara Weymon Leonard
Richard & Patricia Leppink
William & Patricia Lint
Glenn & Jane Lowe
Warren & Carolyn Lowry
Norm & Thelma Machiela
Joyce Magee
Dan & Nancy McVickar
Connie & David Meekhof
Judy & John Meyer
John Mulder
Fredrik Naess
Milton & Marilee Nieuwsma
Joyce Nilsen
Richard Noteboom
Sue Panasuk
Rhonda Peterson
Dan & Ellie Pettee
Charles & Patsy Postma
Paul & Karen Prins
Dr. Robert & MaryAlice Ritsema
John & Margaret Sanford
Mark & Emily Sauer
Mary Kay Schoon
Dennis Sergent
Don Sheill & Joanne Patterson
Scott & Ann Siakel
Ruth Sill
Rev. Dr. Daniel Snyder
Nancy & James Spahr
Patricia Stirling
Elaine Tanis
Lee & Millie TenBrink
Laurie Van Ark
Myron & Mae Van Ark
Mary L. Vande Poel
Ted & Joan VanderVee
Eleanor VanDyke
Gerald & Betty VanWyngarden
June Veldheer
Steve & Grace Veldheer
Victor & Isla VerMeulen
Robert Visscher
Dennis & Betty Voskuil
Mark & Crystal Walvoord
Darius & Helene Wampler
Edward & Jane Westerbeke
Elizabeth White
Bob & Joan Williams
Susan Woods
Julie Working
Patron (up to $99)
Anonymous (1)
Gerry & Nina Albers
Sarah Baar
Margaret & Jerry Berg
Eleanor Beyer
Sherry Bonadies
Neil Browning
Elaine A. Bruins
Cheryl Chapman
Charles & Debra Cizek
Robert & Cathy Colten
Mary Deenik
Wilma Elsinga
Christine Ferry
Ruth Fischer
Jonathan Flowers
Edward & Nancy Fody
Sandra Frauenheim
Madeleine Garvey
Sarah & Thomas Glover
Gloria Goodwin
Gary & Jane Handel
Carol D. Hoekenga
Greg Hofman
Pauline Housenga
Chandra Hronchek
Christopher Hurley
Harmina Jansen
Barbara Kidd
Mariia Kovalska
George & Roberta Kraft
Janet Kramer
Connie Kruse
Timothy Laird
Lois Lamb
Ben & Trina Lichtenwalner
Suzanne Linn
Bill & Cindy Lyzenga
Sheila McCormack
Bill & Jill Mendenhall
Gary & Vikki Morris
Megan Murray
James & Barbara Neevel
Keith & Jamie Noblett
Albert Olmstead
Thomas O’Neal & Carrie Rodgers-O’Neal
Brian Priest
Emil Pulick
Jennifer & Eric Reyes
Paul & Christine Reynen
Ronald Rhoades
Joyce Ryl
David & Deborah Sanderson
Karola Schaich
Dave & Joyce Sikkema
Bob Skaggs
Marti Sligh
Carol Soriano
Nancy Staal
Philip & Donna Stockton
James TenBrink
Nina Tritenichenko
William Troutman
Merrill Tutton
William & Sarah Unzicker
Gwynne Vanderwall
Mark & Julie VanOostenburg
Alan & Carla VerSchure
Michael & Judy Visscher
Rebecca Weiner
Wayne Wiley
Bette Williams
Dave & Lynne Williams
In-kind Donations Individual
Anonymous
Sandy Chrispell
Dave Couch
Mark Dykstra
Ralph Fairbanks
Karen-Jane Henry
Michael Naess
Mike Usher & John Jerome
Doug & Kay Walvoord
Holland Symphony Orchestra
Endowment Funds
Holland Symphony Youth Orchestras Fund
Drs. John & Dede Howard Fund
Norbert Mueller Fund
David P. Roossien Fund
Douglas & Kay Walvoord Fund
Community Foundation of the H/Z Area
Gifts to Holland Symphony Orchestra Fund
Bruce & Susan Formsma
Dawn Van Ark
Corporate/Grants HSO & HSYO
Platinum ($10,000 and above)
Barnabas Foundation
Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
University of Michigan Health – West
Gold ($5000-$9999)
Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital
Haworth Helps
Holland Charter Township
Macatawa Area Coordinating Council
MillerKnoll Foundation
Silver ($2500-$4999)
Bradford Company
Gentex
Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area
Lewis & Helen Padnos Foundation
Stuart & Barbara Padnos Foundation
Bronze ($1000-$2499)
Macatawa Bank
Samuel Westerman Foundation Woman’s Literary Club
Director’s Club ($500-$999)
Holland Litho Printing Service
Horizon Bank
Laketown Township
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Benefactors ($250-$499)
Hope Church
Friend ($100-$249)
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Leigh’s Fashions
Quincy Place
In-kind Donations – Corporate
Anchorage Marina
City of Holland
Eldean Shipyard
Haworth Hotel at Hope College
Huisman Flowers
Macatawa Bank Snack Shack
Pink Zebra Moving
Waterfront Film Festival