Your contribution helps us provide rehearsal space, musical leadership, and outreach performances that bring our songs into communities, pride events, and small venues throughout the Denver Metro area. It also ensures that all singers—regardless of financial means—can participate fully in our programs.
At the heart of Sage Singers is a belief that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and celebrated—especially those who paved the way for today’s LGBTQIA2S+ community. Through choral performances and storytelling, our members share personal histories that might otherwise go untold.
The result is more than a concert—it’s an act of community preservation and intergenerational bridge-building. Each performance reminds us that queer joy endures, and that the wisdom of our elders is a gift to be cherished and shared.We rely on the generosity of supporters like you to sustain this work.
With your support, we can continue to grow our ensemble, expand our outreach, and uplift even more voices in the years ahead. By donating to Sage Singers, you’re doing more than supporting a chorus—you’re investing in a living archive of LGBTQIA2S+ history, artistry, and belonging. Together, we can keep these stories singing, reminding the world that the beauty of our community only deepens with age. Join us in honoring the resilience, creativity, and enduring harmony of our elders. Your gift helps the music—and the message—go on.
Sage Singers Is Establishing an Endowment Fund
To Solidify the Chorus's Long-Term Financial Future
At its May 4, 2026 meeting, the Sage Singers Board of Directors approved moving forward with the "process" of establishing an Endowment Fund with the Denver Foundation to show the chorus' commitment to financial stability and long-term success. [See TIMELINE for this decision in box below.] Tim Wilson, founding chorus Board member and now Advisor to the Board (approved at Feb. 2, 2026 Board meeting), is leading this project.
The minimum principal amount to start an Endowment Fund at the Denver Foundation is an investment of $25,000. The principal can be added to over time, but only the earnings are available for use by the chorus. We will be suggesting, initially at least, that half of the earnings be retained for financial emergencies, should any arise in the future. [Note: This is what we suggested in Sage Singers' grant application to SCFD (Scientific and Cultural Facilities District) in March 2026.] The other half of earnings would be available for chorus projects each year.
With $10,000 from Sarah Lehan's 2025 legacy gift already approved by the Board toward the principal amount, individuals who love Sage Singers are now being asked to give $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, or $2,500 each to raise the additional $15,000 needed to meet the minimum principal (or more). Once the $25,000 threshold is reached, then the Board can move forward with next steps to legally establish a Sage Singers Endowment Fund with the Denver Foundation.
HELP US HELP SAGE SINGERS SOLIDIFY THE CHORUS' FINANCIAL FUTURE!
Brief TIMELINE of Events Leading Up To Board's May 4 Endowment Fund Decision
At its March 2, 2026 meeting, the Board had previously supported the concept of starting an Endowment Fund, including approval of moving $10,000 from Sarah Lehan's 2025 legacy gift to be part of the required minimum principal, once a fund is legally established. In a March 17, 2026 Zoom with Bonfils-Stanton Foundation (BSF) staff and our chorus' grant writers Tim Wilson and Kate Burns, our BSF Program Officer recommended the Denver Foundation as a good place to start. Staff from the Denver Foundation, a 100-year-old and well respected nonprofit institution with $1.5 billion in assets and a stellar track record, made a presentation to the Board at its April 6, 2026 meeting.