Donate to Arizona State Museum
Arizona State Museum depends on private support from generous friends like yourself for a variety of important programs:
Preservation of Collections
Help us match a $400,000 grant from Save America's Treasures! Our most immediate campaign is to construct a new storage facility and exhibition space for our unparalelled collection of Southwest Indian basketry. Totalling 25,000+ pieces of rare and outstanding baskets, sandals, cradle boards, mats, cordage, and preserved fibers, no other museum collection is more comprehensive. More on this project
Donate online quickly and easily using the University of Arizona Foundation's secure website
. Be sure to designate this paticular gift to the "conservation fund."
You can also help us preserve the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Southwest Indian pottery (25,000+ whole vessels) so that future generations can enjoy and learn from this peerless and priceless assemblage. More on this project
Collections Acquisition
Help strenghthen the museum's ability to strategically purchase modern and contemporary objects. Join Friends of the ASM Collections.
Educational Public Programs
Southwest Indian Art Fair
Culture Craft Saturdays
Marking the Solstice: A Multicultural Celebration
Exhibitions
Woven Wonders of Southwestern Heritage
The Pottery Project
Traveling exhibition rental and acquisition
Library Services
Thomas H. Naylor Memorial SW Book Fund
Jeannette Morrow Matthew Fund
Research Programs
ASM Archaeological Series
Homol'ovi Research Program
Borderlands Archaeology Program
Office of Ethnohistorical Research
Stanley J. Olsen Laboratory of Zooarchaeology
Gloria F. Ross Tapestry Program
Native American Internships
Norton Allen American Indian Internship Endowment
Facilities Expansion
Off-site storage
Data Management
Because the museum's collections grow on a daily basis, so does the museum's need for late model, fully functional, higher-end computer equipment.
- Servers
- Desk-top computers (PC-based only)
For questions about giving opportunities contact
Development Director Sandra Um by email or at 520-626-3466.
There are a number of ways you can easily donate and enjoy some tax benefits at the same time:
Cash
Your cash contributions are completely tax deductible.
Donate online quickly and easily using the University of Arizona Foundation's secure website
Objects
ASM carefully considers donations of private collections that are in line with the museum's mission and research purview. We will occasionally considers donations of exceptional world collections for comparative and teaching purposes. Our main areas of interest are:
- Traditional Southwest Indian art: pottery, basketry, jewelry, textiles
- Contemporary Southwest Indian art: painting, sculpture, jewelry
- Objects from the indigenous tribes of northern Mexico: Seri, Yaqui, Mayo, Tarahumara
- Mexican folk art such as masks and traditional costumes
Stocks
Some friends have choosen to donate stocks. Stock gifts offer a charitable deduction for the full value and help you avoid capital gains tax.
Life Insurance
Receive a charitable deduction and reduce your estate taxes when you name us a beneficiary and/or assign ownership to the University of Arizona Foundation.
Charitable Gift Annuities
You may be able to make a gift of cash and securities that lets you receive extensive tax benefits as well as an income for as long as you live.
Will or Trust
Bequests may quality you for an estate tax deduction. Call today to explore the full range of planned-giving opportunities with trained advisors at the University of Arizona Foundation.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
