By becoming a member of Friends of FAI, you make an invaluable contribution to the preservation of some of Italy’s most cherished landmarks. Learn about the exciting benefits offered to our members, and decide which level of membership is right for you.

A significant portion of your contribution is tax-deductible.

$500
FAI’s Friends will receive a FAI membership card allowing the donor to visit, free of charge, all FAI properties in Italy. A Friend will also receive Il Libro del FAI, a handsome hardcover book containing photographs and detailed information about FAI's properties. A Friend will also be invited to all Friends of FAI social events in the United States, and will be kept informed of all major FAI events in Italy.

$2,500
A FAI Benefactor will enjoy, along with the benefits described for a FRIEND, complete access to the benefits of FAI’s “Italian Experience”. When a Benefactor travels to Italy, he or she can contact our International Office for a personal and exclusive travel consultation to ensure that special tours and visits will make your trip to Italy unforgettable. This service will put you in the special care of our travel experts, who will tend to your every need and concern.

$5000
The Balbianello Circle is a select group of friends of our Organization. Balbianello Circle members are entitled to join us, every year, on an exclusive Italian journey, organized especially for them. Members of the Balbianello Circle will enjoy invaluable access to the treasures of Italy’s museums, with special viewings as personal guests of the venerable families that have been and continue to be Italy’s greatest patrons of art and culture. These opportunities will make this Italian journey an unforgettable experience. Members of the Balbianello Circle will also receive all the benefits accorded Friends and Benefactors.

$20,000
Every year, FAI identifies a special restoration project of one of its properties to be supported by Friends of FAI. A Patron’s donation will be designated to support that project. As a patron, you will enjoy great recognition for your generosity: plaques with the names of the Patrons who have made the restoration possible will be featured prominently at FAI projects for various levels of support. A Patron will also receive all the benefits available to the other membership levels.

HELP US TO CREATE A FUTURE FOR OUR PROPERTIES.
Your generosity will allow us to restore and preserve Italy's historical and artistic heritage, a resource that benefits all humanity.

FIVE MINUTES IS ENOUGHT TIME TO ADOPT A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY.
Join us in our mission by becoming a Maecenas to Friends of FAI. Maecenas was a confidant and political adviser to the great Roman emperor Augustus, as well as a discerning patron of the arts. The designation of Maecenas of Friends of FAI will allow you to help us by adopting one of FAI's more than thirty Italian properties. It would be a privilege for us to be able to count on you as our Maecenas. Give your contribution to protect the part of Italy that you love most and that is closest to your heart.

CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE FAI PROPERTY.
(for further information about the properties please visit our website)

Villa del Balbianello
Located on the western shore of Lake Como

Castello di Masino
Looking out over the wide Canavese plain, near Turin

Villa Panza
Overlooking the city of Varese from the hillside of Biumo

Castello della Manta
Set in the splendid amphitheater of the Cottian Alps

Villa della Porta Bozzolo
Immersed in a valley in the Alpine foothills on the Lombard shore of Lake Maggiore

Monastery of San Fruttuoso
Located in a narrow bay that opens southward along the coast of Mount Portofino

IF YOU BECOME A MAECENAS
1. You will become a member of Friends of FAI and receive a FAI membership card that will entitle you to visit, free of charge, all the FAI properties in Italy
2. Your name will appear on a plaque at the site you decide to adopt featuring all the donations from our American supporters.
3. At any time, you can reserve an exclusive private tour, for yourself and your friends, at the property you have adopted, with the curator of the property and, depending on the facilities in the property, you can also order a light lunch or a coffee break at the property (at your own expense)
4. You will receive the book of FAI and the newsletter of Friends of FAI so that you can be kept informed of all our activities in the US and in Italy.


What kind of Maecenas you want to be?

FOR YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN
Maecenas Junior - contribution of $1,000

FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR FRIENDS:
Maecenas Silver - contribution of $2,000
Maecenas Gold - contribution of $5,000
Maecenas Platinum - contribution of $10,000


Please fill out and send in the form you will find in this newsletter, to become a Maecenas and to make your donation. >>

Upon request, the current tax return, audited financial statements, and governing documents of Friends of FAI – the Italian Environment Foundation, Inc. may be obtained via mail: Friends of FAI, c/o Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 West 12th Street, 5th Fl, New York, New York 10011 or email: info@friendsoffai.org. You may also find the current Friends of FAI tax return on Guidestar.