Ways to Give

Annual Appeal

This year’s annual appeal is “Deepening Visitor Engagement: Innovative Experiences for All Ages." (GIVE)  Contributions to this year’s Annual Appeal will broaden and deepen our visitors’ capacity to engage with the Museum’s permanent collection as well as with special exhibitions and programs – whether the experience occurs as part of a gallery visit or as a result of visiting the Museum’s website.

Your generous contribution TODAY will enable the Museum to move forward with this essential project. Thank you!

Jessica Nicoll ’83
Director and Louise Ines Doyle ‘34

Special Initiatives

Mellon Foundation Endowment Challenge  (GIVE)
Contributions to the challenge assist the Museum in strengthening its engagement with and support of Smith College’s academic mission.

Freeman/McPherson Post-Doctoral Teaching and Curatorial Fellowship in East Asian Art (GIVE)
Contributions in support of the fellowship help the Museum maintain and expand its collection of Asian art and increase the collection’s educational potential.

Expanding Virtual Access: A Comprehensive Redesign of the Museum's Web site  (GIVE)
Contributions to this initiative will enhance the Museum's teaching mission. The redesigned site provides intuitive access to a broad range of information in a nimble, interactive, easily navigable, and inviting format.

Expanding Virtual Access: Digital Documentation of the Permanent Collection  (GIVE)
Contributions to this fund make it possible for SCMA to expand its digital archives and thus increase access to and understanding of the Museum's collections.

Membership

By becoming a member of SCMA, you help fund exhibitions, enhance the permanent collection, ensure public programming, and sustain special initiatives. Members also enjoy many valuable benefits. Join today. Membership Levels

Gifts of Art

Gifts of tangible personal property—such as art, jewelry, antiques, rare books, and gold or silver—offer the donor an immediate tax deduction. The amount depends on the value of the gift and whether it is related to the college's educational mission.

Gifts related to Smith's educational mission generate a tax deduction for the full market value of the object, as determined by a qualified independent appraiser. The Museum is not permitted to appraise works of art or to recommend appraisers. However, the Museum can supply donors with names of appraisal services to consider.

The Smith College Museum of Art accepts gifts of works of art for its permanent collection. Gift offers are reviewed by the Curatorial Council, which considers the quality of the work, its appropriateness to our holdings and value for teaching purposes, and the artwork’s provenance (its history of legal ownership). On rare occasions, the Museum accepts gifts of study objects and works that are offered with the understanding that they will be sold, with the sale proceeds used to purchase other works of art for the permanent collection.

If you are considering a gift of art, please contact the Smith College Museum of Art at 413.585.2760, or contact:

• Aprile Gallant, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, for works on paper
• Louise Laplante, Collections Manager/Registrar
• Linda Muehlig, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Paintings and Sculpture
• Jessica Nicoll, Director and Louise Ines Doyle ’34 Chief Curator
• Sam Samuels, Associate Director of Gift Planning, Development Office

Planned Giving

Planned gifts can benefit you and the Smith College Museum of Art by securing the Museum's future and leaving a legacy. The Smith College planned giving staff will be pleased to provide you with information about and support in making a bequest, charitable gift annuity, or charitable trust, or help you include in your will gifts of artwork designated for the Art Museum.

Planned Giving Web site
Contact Planned Giving

Endowments

Ordinary gifts help the Museum now; endowment gifts help the Museum forever. An endowed gift is a significant sum of money that is managed by the college. The principal is never spent, but the income it generates is used year after year for whatever purpose the donor and the college agree upon.

Because the Smith College Museum of Art depends on endowment support for the long-term, creating an endowed fund is a way you can ensure that what you value most about SCMA will extend beyond your lifetime. Museum donors have established endowed funds that support art acquisitions, staff and curatorial positions, internships, conservation, exhibitions, publications, research, academic initiatives, lectures, and symposia.

Endowed gifts can be made either during the donor’s lifetime or by a bequest.
For information about establishing an endowment at SCMA, please contact:

• Jessica Nicoll, Director and Louise Ines Doyle ’34 Chief Curator
• Sam Samuels, Associate Director of Gift Planning, Development Office

Tax Facts
All gifts to the Smith College Museum of Art are tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. All donors receive a mailed gift receipt.

Matching Gifts

With matching gifts, you can sometimes double, triple, or even quadruple your gift. More than 1,000 corporations, foundations, and other organizations will match their employees’ charitable contributions either dollar-for-dollar, or at a ratio of up to four to one. Learn more about matching gifts.  

The Future of Smith

Learn more about what’s next for Smith, including information on the Smith Fund, the Alumnae Association, Corporations and Foundations, and other major initiatives.