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You Make a Difference
Your support helps the museum maintain the high quality of programming and exhibitions we share with visitors, and care for the 200-year-old historic house.
Ways to Give
- Digital Donation: Make an immediate impact by donating online using your credit card or digital payment. You can also set up a monthly recurring gift online, ensuring your impact is the gift that keeps on giving.
- Cash: The Taft Museum of Art accepts cash or checks—perhaps the simplest form of giving.
- Pledge: Want to make a bigger gift and spread the payment out over the next year? Make a pledge and set your own payment schedule. Contact the Development team at development@taftmuseum.org with any questions.
- Stock: Looking for tax savings from appreciated stock? The Taft accepts securities donations in compliance with IRS regulations. Please review the instructions here.
- Planned Gift: Include the Taft in your estate plans or as a beneficiary of your life insurance or IRA (age 70 ½ tax-free).
- Kroger Community Rewards: Support the Taft while shopping at Kroger by signing up for Kroger Community Rewards.
The Taft Museum of Art's Tax ID is 20-5148617.
Questions? Please contact development @taftmuseum.org.
Access Exclusive Benefits
Leadership Level giving and membership to the Taft Museum of Art gives you access to wonderful benefits all year, including invitations to exclusive events with the President/CEO and curators, early access to exhibitions, and more. The Taft relies on your Leadership Level donation, as it provides critical support to care for the collection and to host lectures, introduce new exhibitions, offer hands-on art activities and education for children, maintain the circa 1820 historical home, and much more!
Thank you for your continued support. If you are a new member, welcome! And thank you for supporting the Taft. We’re glad you’re here.
Leadership Membership Benefits
All membership benefits, plus:
- Personalized membership cards
- 10 guest passes
- Recognition in Portico, a subscription publication made exclusively for members
- Two Family-Level gift memberships, upon request
- Invitations to attend exclusive events with the President/CEO, curators, and educators
- Complimentary tour, upon request
Tiers of Leadership Giving
- Collector’s Circle—$1,250+
- Trustee’s Circle—$2,500+
- Director’s Circle—$5,000+
- Sponsor—$10,000+
Questions? Please contact development @taftmuseum.org.
Care for the Future of the Taft with a Planned Gift
The Taft Legacy Society is an exclusive group of donors who are making a lasting impact by naming the Taft Museum of Art as the beneficiary of a planned gift.
Members of the Taft Legacy Society have expressed their future commitment to the Taft Museum of Art through a special form of financial support. These donors have named the Taft Museum of Art in their will as the beneficiary of a planned gift. Such gifts may include a bequest and/or charitable income gifts such as charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder unitrusts, charitable remainder annuity trusts, or gifts of life insurance.
Guidelines and Benefits
Your Taft Legacy Society membership requires no dues, obligations, or solicitations. It simply allows us to thank you and recognize you for the plans you have made, and it may help inspire others to make a similar plan.
Qualifying Donors and Gift Criteria
Individuals and/or couples who have:
- Informed the Taft Museum of Art of their plan to make a bequest to benefit the Taft through their will or living trust;
- Informed the Taft Museum of Art that they have designated in writing the Taft as a beneficiary of a retirement plan or life insurance policy;
- Established a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, or charitable lead trust to benefit the Taft Museum of Art; or
- Made a gift of a paid-up or in force life insurance policy with full ownership rights to the Taft Museum of Art.
Benefits Include:
- Invitations to exclusive Leadership Level donor appreciation events; and
- Access to the Taft Development office staff and their named representatives for confidential gift planning consultations
Questions? Please contact development @taftmuseum.org.
Corporate Support for the Taft Museum of Art
Have your organization support a one-of-a-kind art collection and piece of history that is deeply connected to the community.
Your sponsorship helps us preserve this beautiful institution for today and for the future. All sponsorships include memberships, which provide unlimited free admission to the collection in the historic house and exhibitions (unless noted otherwise). Members also receive free or discounted admission to Taft programs, lectures, concerts, and more.
Membership benefits include:
- Free admission to collection galleries and exhibitions (unless otherwise announced)
- Free or discounted admission to select programs
- 10% discount in the Taft Café (excludes alcohol and tax)
- 10% discount in the Museum Shop
- Subscription to Portico, a subscription publication made exclusively for members
- Invitations to members-only exhibition previews, openings, receptions, and tours
- Guest passes for free admission (number varies per membership level)*
- Opportunities to volunteer at the museum
Explore the full list of corporate sponsorship levels and benefits below:
Corporate Membership Levels
- 10 Family Level memberships
- 10 guest passes for free admission*
- Annual recognition in Portico, a subscription publication made exclusively for members
- All previous benefits, plus:
- 20 Family Level memberships
- 20 guest passes for free admission*
- Invitation for 2 guests to attend cultivation events
- All previous benefits, plus:
- 50 Family Level memberships
- 50 guest passes for free admission*
- Invitation for 4 guests to attend cultivation events
- One guided tour (up to 25 individuals) during museum hours
- One complimentary space rental of Fitch Conference Room
Corporate Sponsorship Levels
- 75 Family Level memberships
- 75 guest passes for free admission*
- Annual recognition in Portico, a subscription publication exclusively for members
- Invitation for 4 guests to attend cultivation events
- One guided tour (up to 25 individuals) during museum hours (upon request)
- One complimentary rental of museum’s event spaces during weekdays or discount on one weekday evening space rental
10 complimentary tickets for members’ exhibition opening receptions - Sponsorship recognition for select programs with logo placement on-site, in print, in curtain speeches, and on program webpage; renewal available per program season, or
- Sponsorship recognition for one Sinton Gallery exhibition with logo placement on-site, in print, in curtain speeches, and on exhibition webpage; renewal available per exhibition
- All previous benefits, plus:
- Up to 100 Family Level memberships
- Up to 100 guest passes for free admission*
- Invitation for 6 guests to attend cultivation events
- 2 guided tours (up to 25 people each) during museum hours (upon request)
- 20 complimentary tickets for members’ exhibition opening receptions
- 2 complimentary rentals of museum’s event spaces during weekdays or discount on 2 weekday evening space rentals
- Sponsorship recognition for one Fifth Third Gallery exhibition with logo placement on-site, in print, in curtain speeches, and on exhibition webpage; renewal available per exhibition, or
- Sponsorship recognition for one premier signature program with logo placement on-site, in print, in curtain speeches, and on program webpage; renewal available per program season
- All previous benefits, plus:
- Invitation for 8 guests to attend cultivation events
- Company days at the museum
- Season and/or Operating Sponsorship with prominent logo placement on-site, in all print, in all curtain speeches, in all digital communications, and across all pages of the museum website; renewal available per year
- Customized experiences (such as a catered dinner in the historic house’s Dining Room)
To be fully tax-deductible, the upper-level benefits designated with an asterisk above (*) would be waived.
Questions? Please contact development @taftmuseum.org.