“至于某个具体的项目是否合理——比如给大都会歌剧院加个玻璃幕墙——那就我不太确定,因为我们不确切知道那意味着什么,也不知道它看起来会是什么样子,什么都不知道。
Capital projects are often more attractive to potential donors than equally needed campaignsto, say, increase endowments. The Met’s endowment fell dangerously low in recent years asthe company withdrew money to help pay for its high annual operating costs. Those costs arenow falling.
对潜在捐款人来说,资金项目往往比同样急需的筹款活动更吸引人。近些年,大都会歌剧院的捐款额大幅下降,因为它用部分捐款来支付高昂的运营成本。目前运营成本正在下降。
All told, the Met spent $310 million last season, down from $316 million the season before and$327 million two seasons ago. This year its budget calls for it to spend less than $300 millionfor the first time since 2010. Its endowment was valued at $266 million at the end of July,according to Mr. Gelb, but that figure does not include $19 million in pledged donations. TheMet, which was drawing more than 8 percent of its endowment annually a few years back, hasbeen steadily reducing that amount, from 6.5 percent in 2014 to 6 percent last season and thisseason; it plans to phase down to 5 percent by 2018.
总的来说,上一季,大都会歌剧院的运营成本为3.1亿美元,与之前一季的3.16亿美元和上上季的3.27亿美元相比有所下降。今年,按照预算,成本必须控制在三亿美元以下,这是2010年以来首次设定这么低的预算。据盖尔布说,至7月底,它获得的捐款额为2.66亿美元,不过这个数字不包括1900万美元的抵押捐款。几年前,大都会歌剧院每年提取的额度超过捐款总额的8%,目前正在逐步减少这个比例,从2014年的6.5%降至上一季和这一季的6%;它计划到2018年逐步降至5%。
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