Sustain Access for Low-Income Families at the Children's Creativity Museum
Together, What Will We Create?
Our world has changed immensely since 1998 when we first opened. A generation of children has grown up animating, designing, and performing in our museum and theater. Many of these children are now the creators, inventors, and leaders - and in some cases even parents! - shaping our society.
As we celebrate our 25th Anniversary, we are thrilled about the impact we’re having on children and families in our community! Young people collaborate and cultivate a creative mindset using analog and digital tools. Families from diverse backgrounds have safe spaces in which they laugh and find common ground. Everyone has a place where their stories and ideas matter - and what we envision for our collective future becomes possible.
These creative confidence-boosting experiences are available to all, regardless of income. We are proud to be the largest provider of Museums for All access in San Francisco (as a percent of total attendance¹) with nearly 25% of Children’s Creativity Museum visitors receiving free admission. Developing creative confidence in tomorrow’s leaders² lays the foundation for our future and for all of San Francisco. But we need your support to sustain this crucial level of service to our community.
Make Your Gift Today to Support Access for Equity
Join us as we work to raise $200,000 through our Access for Equity Campaign to maintain our exceptional level of Museums for All access at the Children’s Creativity Museum. As part of our 25th Anniversary celebration $1M comprehensive campaign, you’ll help us transform the creative experience in Yerba Buena Gardens - and we’re already 87% of the way there!
Your gift of any amount made now through December 31, 2024, will help ensure continued access for low-income families, sparking creativity for all and empowering the next generation of creative problem solvers, inventors, artists, and leaders. Join us today with your gift to sustain access to the Children’s Creativity Museum for low-income families!
Make a Donation
- Online Giving This simple, straightforward way shows your support for the Children’s Creativity Museum! Click here to get started.
- Check via Mail Gifts made by check save us 3% over credit cards! Checks made payable to Children’s Creativity Museum may be sent to Children’s Creativity Museum, 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103 (Attn: Katharine Greenbaum, Deputy Director).
- Donor Advised Funds and Wire Transfers The Children’s Creativity Museum gratefully accepts gifts made via Donor Advised Funds (“DAF”). Donor-advisors should consult with their DAF manager, tax advisors, and/or legal counsel to determine if any restrictions may apply. If you wish to make your gift via wire transfer, please contact Bertha Rodriguez Vazquez, Director of Finance, at (415) 820-3343 or bertha@creativity.org.
- Corporate Matching Gifts & Payroll Deductions Your contribution to the Children’s Creativity Museum may qualify for an employer match, doubling your impact! In addition, if your employer conducts an annual charitable gift drive, you can designate the Children’s Creativity Museum to be the recipient of your payroll deduction gift. Please ask your Human Resources office if you have a Matching Gift or Workplace Giving Program.
Become a Corporate Partner
Your support of the Children’s Creativity Museum gives your company a full year of exciting benefits - all while inspiring creativity, innovation, and economic vitality in downtown San Francisco. Corporate Partner Program packages start at $1,000. Support above the $25,000 level can be crafted to suit your company’s philanthropic goals and objectives.
¹See p. 9 of “San Francisco Museums for All: Case Study and Impact Report” by The Financial Justice Project, June 2023, https://sfgov.org/financialjustice/files/2023-06/SF%20MFA%20Issue%20Brief%20-%202023-06-08%20FINAL.pdf
² See https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023/from the World Economic Forum; released in May 2023, this report shows that creative thinking is among the top five core skills for workers in 2023 - and it’s the #1 “skill on the rise” for increasing importance (see Figure 4.3 for details).