Planned Giving
Planned Giving
Contribute to the Metropolitan Museum's future by planning for a special kind of gift. Although cash contributions to the Metropolitan are always appreciated, there are other creative and flexible options that can benefit you and the Museum. You can help ensure the Metropolitan's future by creating a trust while you are living or by including the Museum in your will.
- Appreciated securities are an excellent way of funding many of these gifts, often unlocking greater income while eliminating, or at least reducing, capital gains tax. (See the Planned Giving Glossary for a definition of the capital gains tax and other relevant terms.)
- Donors who contribute through a planned gift or make a provision for the Museum in their estate plans are eligible to join The William Society. Download the current issue of The William Society Gazette (PDF), the group's annual newsletter or view a list of current members.
- Go to our collection on Flickr to see photos from recent William Society events.
- View the Planned Giving Glossary.
Bequests
One of the simplest ways to support the Museum's future, a bequest provides a gift for the Metropolitan in your will.
Charitable Gift Annuities
An agreement between you and the Metropolitan that provides you with regular fixed payments annually (an annuity) for life in exchange for transferring assets to the Museum.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
An agreement between you and a trustee that can provide fixed or variable income to meet your specific financial needs, at the termination of which the remaining assets are passed to the Museum.
The Metropolitan Pooled Income Fund
An agreement between you and the Metropolitan that operates somewhat like a mutual fund, accepting gifts from many donors, managing them as a common fund, and providing variable annual income.
Charitable Lead Trusts
An agreement between you and a trustee that provides income to the Metropolitan for a period of years, at the end of which the trust property typically passes to an heir.
Retirement Assets, Life Insurance, Real Estate
Read information about using these assets as a gift to the Museum.
Planned Giving Calculator
Use the Metropolitan's Planned Giving Calculator to provide you with an illustration of the income and tax benefits to which you may be entitled if you make a planned gift to benefit the Metropolitan.
Planned Giving Glossary
Provided here are definitions of some financial words and phrases that are used when talking about Planned Giving.
For More Information
For more information on how these gifts might work for you, please call Planned Giving at 212-570-3796 or email planned.giving@metmuseum.org.
Planned Giving, Development Office
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10028-0198