A Rich History

MBT is the largest performing arts facility of its kind north of Seattle, and in 1978 was placed on the National Historic Landmark Register.

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Saturna Capital

Make a Donation

There are many ways in which you can give, whether it’s by making a contribution, planned giving, becoming a member, or employer gift matching. Your gift to Mount Baker Theatre keeps on giving.

Donations help us continue to produce great theatre. This gives work to hundreds of artists and helps us entertain thousands, and our programming in turn supports other charities and non-profit organizations. Every dollar you can give is extremely helpful and greatly appreciated.

Give Now

Join Our Family.

Mail a Tax-Deductible Contribution:

  • Mount Baker Theatre
  • Ticket Office
  • 104 N. Commercial St.
  • Bellingham, WA 98225

Donate Your Tickets:

Return your tickets to the Ticket Office before the show and receive a Gift Acknowledgement Form to retain for your tax records.
For more information call (360) 734-6080.

Thank you for your support.

Planned Giving

Thank You.

A society grows great when its citizens plant trees under whose shade they know they shall never sit.
-Greek proverbMount Baker Theatre's endowment was established in 2006 with a contribution of $1 million from the Walton Family. The endowment helps ensure that Mount Baker Theatre continues to provide top-quality performing arts programming for many generations to come. Planned gifts are vital to supporting our mission and all aspects of our operation.

We thank our dedicated supporters who have designated a special gift to benefit Mount Baker Theatre in the future through bequests, life insurance, trusts, IRA's or other planned giving arrangements. These important gifts ensure that Mount Baker Theatre will continue to be the region’s premiere performance venue for our children and grandchildren. Please allow us to thank you today for the generosity you will be providing in the future.

Endownment FAQ's (pdf)

Membership

Join Now: It's Easy

All membership donations are now fully tax-deductible.
Benefits available at all membership levels:

  • No single-ticket handling fees (mailing, online and special processing fees still apply)
  • Free ticket-exchange privileges
  • Advance email notification of shows whenever feasible
  • Advance ticket purchasing whenever feasible
  • Preferred ticketing (over non-members) for MBT Season shows
  • Annual subscription to MBT newsletter (email or print version)
  • Listing in Annual Report
  • Membership privileges and recognition for up to two adults per household
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Did you know ticket revenue covers only about half of the actual cost of keeping the Theatre doors open?When you become a Member, you join more than 900 generous Theatre donors who actively support world-class performing arts for our community. We depend on this support to ensure that our programming remains affordably priced. Join now and have the satisfaction of helping make a live theatrical performance possible for someone who might not otherwise have been able to attend.

Matching Gifts

Matching Gifts

Did you know that there might be an easy way for you to double the impact of your gift to Mount Baker Theatre? Many employers are happy to support the community through matching gifts to nonprofit organizations supported by their current or retired employees. Asking your employer to match your gift will provide more money to support the top-quality theatre programming you love, and may entitle you to more of the fantastic benefits that a Theatre membership brings. Contact your Human Resources Department to see if your company has a matching gift program. If so, fill out your company's matching gift form and send it to us, at the address below:

Mail a Tax-deductible Contribution:

  • Mount Baker Theatre
  • Ticket Office
  • 104 N. Commercial St.
  • Bellingham, WA 98225


The list below represents some of the hundreds of companies nationwide with matching gift programs that support Mount Baker Theatre or other nonprofit organizations in the Puget Sound region.

  • A
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated
  • Aetna Life & Casualties
  • Alcoa Foundation
  • Allied Signal Foundation Inc.
  • American Express Company
  • Applied Voice Technology
  • ARCO Foundation
  • AT&T Foundation
  • American Medical Association
  • Amgen
  • B
  • Bank America Foundation
  • Bank of America
  • Beatrice Companies, Inc.
  • Best Products Company, Inc.
  • The Boeing Company
  • Bonneville International Corp.
  • BP
  • Bristol-Meyers Co.
  • C
  • The Candle Foundation
  • Champion International Corp.
  • Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
  • The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
  • Chemical Bank Corp.
  • Chevron
  • CNA Insurance
  • CIGNA Corp.
  • Citibank/Citicorp
  • Citrix Systems
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
  • ConocoPhillips
  • D
  • Del Monte Corp.
  • Deluxe Corp.
  • Deutsche Bank
  • E
  • Eaton Corporation
  • Eddie Bauer, Inc.
  • Egghead Software
  • Equicor Inc.
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • F
  • Fannie Mae Foundation
  • Federated Department Stores Foundation
  • Field Corporation Fund
  • Fireman's Fund Foundation
  • Fisher Nut Company
  • Ford Motor Co.
  • Fred S. James & Co.
  • G
  • The Gap Foundation
  • GEICO
  • General Electric Foundation
  • General Mills Foundation
  • Georgia Pacific Corp.
  • The Gillette Company
  • Gulf Oil Corp.
  • H
  • Heinz Co. Fund
  • Hewlett-Packard Co.
  • Honeywell
  • I
  • IBM Corp
  • ING Foundation
  • Intel Corp.
  • J
  • JC Penney Co. Inc.
  • John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  • Johnson Controls Foundation
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Jostens, Inc.
  • JP Morgan & Co. Incorporated
  • K
  • Key Bank
  • Kimberly-Clarke Corp.
  • Kmart Corp.
  • Kraft General Foods
  • L
  • Land O’’Lakes, Inc.
  • Levi Strauss & Co.
  • Lucent Technologies
  • Lutheran Brotherhood
  • M
  • R.H. Macy &amp; Co. Inc.
  • The Manhattan Life Insurance Co.
  • May Stores Foundation
  • McGraw-Hill Companies
  • McDonald’s Corp.
  • Merit Oil Corp.
  • Merrill Lynch & Co.
  • Microsoft Corp.
  • Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
  • MONY Financial Services
  • Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf, Inc.
  • Moss Adams Accounting
  • Motorola Foundation
  • N
  • Nabisco Foods Group
  • New York Times Co.
  • Nike, Inc.
  • Nintendo of America, Inc.
  • Northern Life Insurance
  • Northwest Airlines
  • P
  • Penzoil Company
  • PepsiCo Foundation
  • Phillip Morris, Inc.
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Phillip Morris, Inc.
  • POP!Multimedia
  • Proctor & Gamble Co.
  • Puget Sound Energy
  • Q
  • The Quaker Oats Co.
  • R
  • Radio Shack
  • Ralston Purina Co.
  • RBC Dain Rauscher
  • Reader's Digest
  • Real Networks
  • R.J. Reynolds Industries
  • S
  • Safeco Properties, Inc.
  • Sara Lee Corporation
  • Scott Paper Company
  • Joseph Seagram & Sons, Inc.
  • Sedgwick James, Inc
  • Sony USA
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Sunstrand Corporations
  • T
  • Telcordia Technologies
  • Tesoro Petroleum Corp.
  • Thermo King Company
  • The Thiokol Foundation
  • Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
  • Time, Inc.
  • Time Warner Inc.
  • Toys R Us Foundation
  • Transamerica Foundation
  • U
  • UBS
  • United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
  • Upjohn Co.
  • U.S. Bank
  • U.S. West
  • V
  • Verizon
  • Visio Corporation
  • W
  • Washington Dental Service
  • Wells Fargo
  • The Westin Hotel
  • West One Bancorp
  • Weyerhaeuser Co.
  • Winmar Company, Inc.
  • WRQ, Inc.
  • X
  • Xerox Corp.
  • Y
  • YAHOO!
  • Z
  • ZymoGenetics, Inc.