'The Friends of Richard J. Reynolds Auditorium' organization (“Friends”) is a non-profit corporation that was organized by R.J. Reynolds High School alumni and friends in 1998 to preserve this community treasure. It is solely responsible for all fundraising for this grand facility. 

Donations of ALL amounts are tax deductible, and ALL are most welcome! The "Friends" organization is constantly doing things to improve the Auditorium, and each of these improvements costs money. Should you wish to make an immediate debit or credit card donation (which is tax deductible) via Paypal, click onto the above image.

Should you wish to make a tax-deductible donation by writing a check: make it out to "Friends of Reynolds Auditorium" and mail it to: Friends of Reynolds Auditorium * PO Box 25523 * Winston-Salem, NC 27114.

Friends of Reynolds Auditorium
PO Box 25523
Winston-Salem, NC 27114.

Tax-deductible donations of $500 to "Friends" entitles a donor to name a seat in the Auditorium (with a small plaque telling who or what is being honored being placed on that seat). Donors may name as many seats as they desire (at $500/seat). For more details, click onto the following image.

The "Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium Endowment" with the Winston-Salem Foundation was created by "The Friends of Richard J. Reynolds Auditorium" in June of 2024.  With it, there will be funds available every year which can be used for repairs and upgrades in this grand venue. Should you wish to make a donation supporting it, click onto the following image. 

Previous successful fundraising projects have been:

• $6.2 million was raised for the renovation of the Auditorium (which was completed in September of 2002).

• $47,000 was spent for a customized orchestra pit cover in 2006 (that was created and installed by the Wenger Corp., located in Minnesota).

• $300,000 was raised in 2009 for the acquisition of a customized acoustical shell that was designed, created and installed by the Akustiks, LLC corporation in South Norwalk, CT.

For this project there were two co-ordinated capital campaigns staged by "The Friends of Richard J. Reynolds Auditorium" that each raised $150,000. One of those campaigns allowed "Friends" to name the building that sits directly behind the Auditorium the "Judy Voss Jones Arts Center." Part the fund-raising for that capital campaign included a $30,000 donation from "The Friends of Richard J. Reynolds Auditorium" to R.J. Reynolds High School for their programming needs. 

• $575,000 was raised via grant requests in 2023. "The Friends of Richard J. Reynolds Auditorium" submitted another $25,000, so the School System (which owns and operates the auditorium) would have a total of $600,000 with which to make repairs and upgrades.  Projects replacing the flagstone flooring in the portico, replacing most of the carpeting, and replacing all aisle lighting have been completed.