Fund Story

Founded in 1969, Canterbury Guild, Inc., formerly known as Festival Players Guild, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting performing arts events of the highest excellence for the Michigan City and La Porte County communities. The Guild, which operates the Canterbury Theatre at 807 Franklin Street in downtown Michigan City, produces two major initiatives: Canterbury Summer Theatre, which is one of the Midwest’s oldest professional summer companies, and Canterbury Winter Arts, which focuses on developing and producing local and area arts programming.

The Guild Endowment Fund was started in 1999 by caring board members. This fund ensures financial support for year-round professional and community-based theatrical productions, and other related activities.

  • Your gift is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
  • You will receive a tax receipt electronically for your records once your donation is processed.
  • Gifts by credit card incur a processing fee for each transaction which will be deducted from your gift. The current fee is 3.5% per transaction. When donating online, we invite you to select the option to increase your gift to cover this fee so that your charitable intent can be fully realized.
  • If you would like to make a one-time or recurring payment from a bank account, please contact the Unity Office at (219) 879-0327 or unity@uflc.net.
  • If you prefer to donate by check, our mailing address is 422 Franklin St, Suite C, Michigan City, IN 46360. Please include the fund name(s) you wish to donate to in the memo line.