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As a privately funded nonprofit insitution, the South Fork Natural History Museum relies on the generosity of its friends and supporters to meet the substancial costs of providing quality natural history education to our visitors and to secure the museum's future. There are many ways for you to help. For information on the following ways to make a special gift please call the museum's Executive Director, Jim Ash, at (631) 537-9735 or contact him by e-mail at sofo@hamptons.com
| Memberships & Gift Memberships |
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Become a member, or give a gift membership and get all of the benefits a membership brings. See membership information for more details.
| Honor Someone Special |
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Make a gift in someone's name as a way to commemorate a landmark birthday, anniversary, accomplishment, or as a remembrance.
Enhance your giving with an employer matching gift. Many companies have Matching Gift Programs that can double or triple the amount of your gift. Please inquire if your employer or your spouse's employer has a matching gift program.
| Gifts of Appreciated Stocks |
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Gifts of appreciated securities can afford you significant tax benefits such as offsetting a capital gain event during the tax year. If you donate appreciated stock you will receive a deduction for the full market value of these appreciated sercurities on the day of transfer to the South Fork Natural History Museum.
| Gifts of Real Estate |
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Many people are discovering the benefits of gifting property. Depending on the nature of your gift, here are some of the benefits a real estate gift can provide: you can avoid capital gains, reduce your income taxes, or reduce your estate taxes. To learn more about a gift of real estate, contact SoFo for a copy of The Benefits of Donating Real Estate Kit.
You can help SoFo by underwriting specific projects, programs, events and activities. Some of these include the purchase of teaching materials such as accurate 3-dimensional models of animals and plants to show internal structures, or providing funds for the taxidermy of birds and mammals. To learn more about specific projects please contact Jim Ash, SoFo's Executive Director at (631) 537-9735.
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