Ways to Give

Help Every Child Play!

By making a donation today, YOU will be providing children and families in our community who need it most with the opportunity to experience a safe, playful space where they are empowered to make their own choices, and are able to explore the world around them without worry.

Thank you for your support!

See how your support of the Museum has helped bring engaging, creative, learning experiences to the children of our community. Download our Impact Highlights.

Your donation helps provide opportunities for children to learn & play, while promoting literacy & school readiness and helps us fulfill our mission of engaging the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them. Give now.

The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN #86-0934323. Your donation is tax-deductible.

Leave a Legacy

Become Part of the Monroe Society

The Monroe Society has been created to honor our legacy donors for their commitment to the mission of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix to engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grownups who care about them.

Through a generous charitable provision in a will, trust or by designation of a future gift of insurance or retirement assets, each Monroe Society Member ensures the continued vitality and growth of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix. These supporters make an extraordinary living gift to provide unconditional support in childhood education and school readiness for children from birth to 10.

As our thank you to members of the Monroe Society we extend lifetime benefits that include:

  • Recognition, with your permission, in the Children’s Museum’s annual report as a member of the Monroe Society.

  • Invitation to the Monroe’s Society’s private receptions and other Children’s Museum of Phoenix events throughout the year.

How to become a Monroe Society Member

If you have already provided for the Children’s Museum of Phoenix in your will or trust, you are already a member of the Monroe Society! We hope you will inform us of your gift so that we may celebrate it during your lifetime. Should you wish to remain anonymous, we will respect those wishes. Any details for your gift are held in strictest confidence.

Some examples of gifts that qualify you for membership are:

  • Making a bequest in a will, trust or annuity (click here for sample bequest language)

  • Naming the Children’s Museum of Phoenix as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy
  • Creating a life income gift that will ultimately benefit the Children’s Museum of Phoenix
  • Naming the Children’s Museum of Phoenix as a beneficiary of an IRA or other retirement plans
  • Many other gifts may qualify as well

Please let us know your plans. We want to thank you and express to you the importance of your gift to children and its impact through the mission of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

For more information about the Monroe Society Legacy Program at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, please contact:

Georgie Hanlin
Director of Development
ghanlin@childmusephx.org
602.648.2743

The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN#86-0934323, located at 215 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034.

Benefits of Membership
Round Up & Donate Your Change

It’s now nearly effortless to donate to the Museum. Just download the RoundUp App, choose the Museum as the beneficiary, and the purchases you make will be rounded up to the next dollar as a donation to the Museum! And you can set a cap as to how much you want to roundup for the Museum!

Bequests, Charitable Trusts, and Other Planned Gift Techniques

Your support of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix can take many forms, from outright gifts of cash or appreciated securities to gifts of real or personal property through your estate. Gifts may be made in support of the Museum’s annual operating campaign, the Children’s Museum Fund, or in support of a specific capital project.

Gifts to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix may be made through a will, charitable trust, life insurance policy, or beneficiary designation in a retirement plan. Estate commitments such as these provide you the opportunity to make significant charitable contributions to the Museum while taking advantage of current tax incentives and meeting future needs of their families.

Gift Matching

Double The Value Of Your Gift!

Gift matching from your employer can increase the impact of your contribution. Contact your company’s human resources department to find out if your employer offers a gift matching program.

Whom to Contact

Gifts to the Playmaker Program, the Children’s Museum Fund, Gifts for Capital Projects or Planned Gifts Contact:

Georgie Hanlin
Director of Development
602.648.2743

Financial Reports