Planned Giving, Special Gifts, and Legacy Circle

Since the CCMH’s founding, bequests and other types of planned gifts have strengthened the Center’s financial sustainability, providing vital support for world-class exhibitions, educational programs for all ages, and the care of our eclectic collection. There are many ways to include the CCMH in your long-term plans that can benefit you and your loved ones and reduce taxes, while fulfilling your charitable goals.

Inspire the Next Generation

Including the CCMH in your legacy plan will ensure that the Center can continue its mission of excellence in collecting, exhibiting, preserving, conserving, and interpreting art for all people. Your future gift may provide unrestricted financial support or strengthen a specific area of interest such as conservation, education, outreach, or one of the Center’s cultural programs. These gifts have a lasting impact and inspire future generations.

There are many ways to make a planned gift to the CCMH that may provide benefits to you and the Center, including:

  • Naming the CCMH in a will, estate plan, or trust

  • Designating life insurance proceeds or donating an insurance policy

  • Making the CCMH a beneficiary of your retirement plan, IRA, or 401(k)

  • Transferring real estate to the CCMH through a life estate

  • Establishing a charitable trust with the CCMH

  • Promising a gift of a work (or works) of art that the Center has agreed to accept

Designating any type of planned gift to the Czech Center Museum Houston qualifies you as a member of the Cultural Circle.

Legacy Circle

The Czech Center Museum Houston honors those who make an intention to remember the Center in their estate plans through our planned giving circle: The Cultural Circle. The Cultural Circle honors the generosity and foresight of those who have left a legacy to support the future of the CCMH. Their thoughtful dedication provides a dependable foundation of funding to welcome and engage future generations of visitors and to care for the CCMH’s collection.

Donors who have provided for the CCMH through their wills or trusts, retirement accounts, life income gift arrangements, and other long-term gifts are welcomed into the Cultural Circle. Members are recognized in print materials such as the Annual Report and enjoy a variety of benefits including invitations to an annual brunch, updates on upcoming exhibitions and new CCMH initiatives, and opportunities to meet CCMH leadership. No fees or dues are associated with membership in this planned giving group, but there is an enrollment process. Details regarding your future gift are not required.

To join the Cultural Circle, contact Planned Giving at development@czechcenter.org or 713-528-2060—there is no minimum gift or paperwork required. We look forward to welcoming you!

Special Gifts

Please know that we treat every gift and donor individually. To learn more about CCMH policies and procedures surrounding all gifts, please refer to the Gift Acceptance Policy. Should you have a specific question or wish to make a unique gift, we would be delighted to speak with you.

Named Endowments

An endowment fund is a protected investment principal in which withdrawals from the invested capital are used to support general or a specific purpose. Gifts of $100,000 or more allow you to establish a permanent endowment fund to support a specific area of interest in perpetuity. Endowment funds may be named for the donor, or for someone the donor wishes to honor or memorialize, creating lasting and meaningful tributes.

Outright Gifts of Art

Soon after the CCMH opened in 2004, Texans donated art to build the foundation of the Center’s collection. These donors were visionaries who wished to share art with the public by placing their treasured collections in the care of the CCMH. Since then, generous donors have contributed to the Center’s growing collection.

This tradition of generosity continues with you. The CCMH’s collection continues to grow, in part, because of the bequests of generous collectors. Gifts of art and funds for the purchase of art allow the Center to continue to build and enhance our collection. The Center welcomes outright and future gifts of art that fit within the institution’s collecting priority. All proposed gifts of art to the Center’s collections must be recommended by the curatorial staff and approved by the director in accordance with the provisions of, and procedures set forth in, the CCMH’s Collections Management Policy and By-Laws.

Inquiries

To learn more about making a planned or special gift to the CCMH, please contact:

John Dickerson
Finance Chair

Email: treasurer@czechcenter.org
Phone: 713-528-2060  
Mailing address: CCMH, 4920 San Jacinto Street, Houston, Texas, 77004

All inquiries are confidential and will not obligate you to complete a gift. Please consult your adviser(s) when considering your philanthropic objectives.

Legal Name and Address
Czech Cultural & Community Center
4920 San Jacinto St.
Houston, TX 77004
Tax ID #76-0496649

The official bequest language for the Czech Cultural & Community Center:
“I, [name] of [city, state, zip], give, devise, and bequeath to the Czech Cultural & Community Center, 4920 San Jacinto St., Houston, Texas 77004 [written amount or percentage of estate] for its unrestricted use and purpose.”