In 1967, in recognition of the ASO's potential, the Ford Foundation established a challenge grant of $1 million to create a permanent endowment. The matching funds of $1 million were raised during a five-month campaign. Through ongoing efforts, the ASO augmented its endowment to a current market value of more than $60 million.

The ASO gratefully acknowledges its named endowments: Endowed Program Name Year Endowed By Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Concertmaster Chair 1974 The Tommie and Howard Peevy Foundation Robert Reid Topping Music Director Chair 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Smith Julie and Arthur Montgomery Principal Percussion Chair 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Montgomery Livingston Foundation, Inc. Fund in honor of Leslie Livingston Kellar 1980 The Livingston Foundation, Inc. Vasser Woolley Choral Fund 1981 Vasser Woolley Foundation Robert Shaw Endowment 1985 Anonymous Endowment Fund for Creative Enhancement 1986 Anonymous Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Keyboard Chair 1988 Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Robert Shaw Principal Clarinet Chair 1988 Katherine John Murphy Foundation Walter M. Bunzl Principal Timpsani Chair 1989 Family of Walter M. Bunzl Miriam and John Conant Principal Cello Chair 1989 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Conant Gordon B. and Agnes C. Brooke Endowment Fund 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Brooke Davis Family Fund in honor of Yoel Levi 1994 Al Davis Family Virginia Campbell Courts Orchestra Soloist Fund 1996 A Friend Atlanta Symphony Associates Principal Second Violin Chair 1996 Atlanta Symphony Associates Zeist Foundation Youth Orchestra Conductor Chair 1996 Zeist Foundation Neil and Sue Williams Assistant Conductor Chair 1996 Alston Bird; Loridans Foundation; Trammel Foundation, Mark and Evelyn C.; Woolley Foundation, Vasser Woolley Foundation Walter L. Carr III Principal Bassoon Chair 1997 Anonymous George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Principal Oboe Chair 1998 George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Marcia and John Donnell Principal Bass Chair 1998 Marcia and John Donnell Barbara Thayer Sibley Guest Soloist Fund 1998 Barbara Thayer Sibley Madeline and Howell Adams Principal Trumpet Chair 1998 Madeline and Howell Adams Charles McKenzie Taylor Associate Concertmaster Chair 2000 Charles McKenzie Taylor Delta Air Lines Assistant Concertmaster Chair 2000 Delta Air Lines Mary and Cherry Emerson Assistant Concertmaster Chair 2000 Mary and Cherry Emerson AGL Resources First Violin Chair 2000 AGL Resources Frances Cheney Boggs Second Violin Chair 2000 Frances Cheney Boggs Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Principal Viola Chair 2000 Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Associate Principal Viola Chair 2000 Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Livingston Foundation Associate Principal Cello Chair 2000 The Livingston Foundation, Inc. Jill Hertz Principal Flute Chair 2000 Jill and Jennings Hertz Georgia Power Foundation Flute Chair 2000 Georgia Power Foundation UPS Community Service Chair 2000 UPS Foundation Lucent Technologies Clarinet Chair 2000 Lucent Technologies PricewaterhouseCoopers Bassoon Chair 2000 PricewaterhouseCoopers Sandra and John Glover Principal Horn Chair 2000 Sandra and John Glover SunTrust Bank Trumpet Chair 2000 SunTrust Bank First Union Principal Trombone Chair 2000 First Union Patsy and Jere Drummond Trombone Chair 2000 Patsy and Jere Drummond Georgia-Pacific Principal Tuba Chair 2000 Georgia-Pacific David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund Percussion Chair 2000 David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund Goizueta Foundation Education Fund 2000 Goizueta Foundation Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Education & Outreach Fund 2000 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund 2001 William Randolph Hearst Foundation