$100,000
Goal by December 31
Annual Fund Drive · November 15 – December 31
Every time you come to Caffè Lena, you help keep live music alive. Your Annual Fund gift pays for concerts, education and community outreach for people of all ages and circumstances: the things ticket sales can’t cover.
Mailing a check, or giving through your employer, stock or a donor-advised fund? See other ways to give.
Give now
Takes about a minute. You’ll get a receipt by email.
Caffè Lena is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Other ways to give
By check
Payable to Caffè Lena. PO Box 245, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Write “Annual Fund 2026” on the memo line.
Employer match
We’ll help complete your company’s matching form. Email [email protected].
Stock or donor-advised fund
Email [email protected] for quick instructions.
What your gift pays for
Music for you
More than 300 concerts a year on Lena’s stage
When you sit down for a concert here, you put your phone away. You share a table with people you’ve never met, all here to lean in and listen. The musicians are close enough to see your face.
Music for children
Folk Club Kids, every Wednesday morning
For 30 minutes, toddlers sing the words to the songs, stomp and throw their arms up at the right moment, and grab each other’s hands to spin in circles while the fiddle and guitar play.
Music for seniors
Slow Jam, every week
Friendly jam leaders, cookies and coffee, loaner instruments where needed, and songs that stir good memories. Senior musicians at every skill level find a new circle of friends.
Music for those who would be left out
Caffè Lena On the Road
The same musicians who play our stage visit shelters, addiction treatment settings, free meal sites, schools, and programs for adults with disabilities. Hearts are lifted on both sides of the mic.
Tickets, food and drink sales can’t pay for all of this.
They can’t cover keeping tickets affordable, free and low-cost programs all year, fair pay for artists and teachers, scholarships, or bringing music to people who would otherwise be left out.
Your Annual Fund gift covers the difference.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Yes. Caffè Lena is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. You’ll get an email receipt for your records.
Can I give in honor or in memory of someone?
Yes. In the Note for Caffè Lena box on the form, write “in honor of” or “in memory of” and the person’s name.
Can I mail a check?
Yes. Make it payable to Caffè Lena and mail it to PO Box 245, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, with “Annual Fund 2026” on the memo line.
Please give by December 31
You keep the music playing. Thank you.
Top photo: Rudy Lu.