Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. Your financial support helps us fund the Erben’s restoration, as well as performance and educational programming around this unique and iconic American musical treasure. Our donors get special access to additional online content and other event benefits throughout the year. Thank you!
We have a cornerstone donor, but they have challenged us.
A music-loving donor – who wishes to remain anonymous at this time – has pledged a cornerstone gift to FREO which allows us to begin the restoration of our national treasure, the magnificent 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, one of the most important historic musical instruments in the nation. Our donor has challenged us to raise $500,000 in additional funds to meet contingencies during the project, including work that must be done in the choir loft. The donor has restricted this cornerstone gift to the restoration which will take 18-24 months to complete. Removal of the organ took place in February 2024.
Post restoration, the organ will continue to be maintained thanks to the generous leadership support of a descendant of organ builders Thomas Hall and Henry Erben.
The family of a Thomas Hall/Henry Erben descendant, while researching family genealogy, discovered Friends of the Erben Organ, seeing on our website the Thomas Hall chancel organ and the magnificent Henry Erben pipe organ. We were then contacted about our fundraising activities and the status of the restoration. Family members from California visited the basilica, heard the Erben and loved its beautiful sound. In November 2023, we received notice of an endowment gift stating, “It is an honor and a pleasure to support such a meaningful cause that is near and dear to the NYC Community and to me personally.” FREO has accepted this generous endowment gift with gratitude. We are most fortunate to have a Hall/Erben descendent place so much faith in our restoration project.
Adopt-a-Pipe Challenge
Adopt one or more of the nearly 2,500 pipes so they can sing for the next 155 years!
Friends of the Erben Organ is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, separate from the church, formed in 2017 with the mission of restoring, preserving and presenting the historic 1868 Henry Erben organ located in the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, corner Prince and Mott Streets in Little Italy, NYC.
If you wish to donate by check, please make it out to Friends of the Erben Organ and mail it to: Friends of the Erben Organ P. O. Box 472 New York, NY 10276
We value our donors and their privacy. The Friends of the Erben Organ will never sell, exchange, rent, or otherwise share our donors’ contact information with any other organizations.
Gifts to Friends of the Erben Organ
For wire transfers, gifts of securities, Donor Advised Funds and other gifts, please click here to download the Gifts to FREO PDF file.
We are happy to answer any questions.
Friends of the Erben Organ is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, separate from the church, formed in 2017 with the mission of restoring, preserving and presenting the historic 1868 Henry Erben organ located in the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, corner Prince and Mott Streets in Little Italy, NYC.
We value our donors and their privacy. The Friends of the Erben Organ will never sell, exchange, rent, or otherwise share our donors’ contact information with any other organizations.
Donate
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. Your financial support helps us fund the Erben’s restoration, as well as performance and educational programming around this unique and iconic American musical treasure. Our donors get special access to additional online content and other event benefits throughout the year. Thank you!
We have a cornerstone donor, but they have challenged us.
Post restoration, the organ will continue to be maintained thanks to the generous leadership support of a descendant of organ builders Thomas Hall and Henry Erben.
The family of a Thomas Hall/Henry Erben descendant, while researching family genealogy, discovered Friends of the Erben Organ, seeing on our website the Thomas Hall chancel organ and the magnificent Henry Erben pipe organ. We were then contacted about our fundraising activities and the status of the restoration. Family members from California visited the basilica, heard the Erben and loved its beautiful sound. In November 2023, we received notice of an endowment gift stating, “It is an honor and a pleasure to support such a meaningful cause that is near and dear to the NYC Community and to me personally.” FREO has accepted this generous endowment gift with gratitude. We are most fortunate to have a Hall/Erben descendent place so much faith in our restoration project.
Adopt-a-Pipe Challenge
Adopt one or more of the nearly 2,500 pipes so they can sing for the next 155 years!
Friends of the Erben Organ is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, separate from the church, formed in 2017 with the mission of restoring, preserving and presenting the historic 1868 Henry Erben organ located in the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, corner Prince and Mott Streets in Little Italy, NYC.
If you wish to donate by check, please make it out to Friends of the Erben Organ and mail it to:
Friends of the Erben Organ
P. O. Box 472
New York, NY 10276
We value our donors and their privacy. The Friends of the Erben Organ will never sell, exchange, rent, or otherwise share our donors’ contact information with any other organizations.
Gifts to Friends of the Erben Organ
For wire transfers, gifts of securities, Donor Advised Funds and other gifts, please click here to download the Gifts to FREO PDF file.
Friends of the Erben Organ is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, separate from the church, formed in 2017 with the mission of restoring, preserving and presenting the historic 1868 Henry Erben organ located in the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, corner Prince and Mott Streets in Little Italy, NYC.
We value our donors and their privacy. The Friends of the Erben Organ will never sell, exchange, rent, or otherwise share our donors’ contact information with any other organizations.
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