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Gift Plan Opportunities

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Bequest
Give to the Museum of Science without affecting your cash flow during your lifetime

Life Insurance
Give a partially paid or paid up life insurance policy and receive gift credit and tax benefits

Charitable Bargain Sale
This part-gift/part-sale gives you a charitable deduction plus cash to use elsewhere

Charitable Gift Annuity — Immediate
Receive a fixed payout and significant tax benefits

Charitable Gift Annuity — Deferred
Recommended for younger donors to build retirement earnings for the future

Charitable Lead Trust
Discover an innovative way to pass appreciating assets on to family members while making gifts in the interim

Remainder Annuity Trust
Make a large gift and create a flexible source of retirement income

Remainder Unitrust
Make a large gift and create a flexible source of retirement income

Remainder Pooled Income Fund
Make smaller gifts to a pooled income fund and create a flexible source of new high income

Retained Life Estate
Receive a large deduction by donating a residence while retaining the right to live there for life

Testamentary Life Income Gifts
One gift in your estate can benefit both your family and the Museum of Science

 

Did you know?

  • The Museum of Science is an independent, nonprofit institution funded by individuals like you, corporations, foundations, and government agencies.

  • The Museum is the nation's first science center to be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Its live animal collection comprises some 120 animals of 50 species.

  • With 1.5 million visitors coming through its doors each year, the Museum is Boston's second most popular destination; only the Red Sox draw bigger crowds.

Annual Fund

Want to do more for the Museum? Check out our annual giving societies:

Volunteering

Opportunities vary from interpreting exhibit spaces to guiding and providing information. No experience is necessary; the Museum provides you with training.

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The Museum of Science, Boston

  1 Science Park, Boston, MA 02114  phone: 617-723-2500   email: information@mos.org