Please make checks payable to CHINATOWN MUSEUM FOUNDATION.

Mail to :

Chinese American Museum of Chicago

238 W. 23rd Street

Chicago, IL 60616

As a relatively new organization, CAMOC relies on the generosity of the greater Chicago community for its physical objects. Historical objects, documents, photographs, etc. all play an important part in telling our story. If you have any objects related to the Chinese-American experience in the Midwest, consider filling this form and making a permanent donation to our Museum.

CAMOC takes very seriously its responsibility for the appropriate care of your donation. Because we have limited space and resources for storage of objects, please keep in mind that we will only accept objects we can properly care for. Please do not send/bring objects to the museum without confirming with our Collections department first. CAMOC is not responsible for returning or caring for objects sent to us without prior confirmation.

In addition to physical objects, CAMOC has an ongoing oral history project and would like to hear your family story.

For more information on being interviewed for our archives, donating objects, or issues with completing the form, please contact us at 312-949-1000, or email [email protected].

A gift to the Chinatown Museum Foundation in your will or living trust will be used to ensure the exhibitions, stories and culture of the Chinese Americans will continue after your lifetime.

Please contact our Executive Director for additional questions.

Are you 73 years or older, and required to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA? You can use a donation to the Chinatown Museum Foundation to count toward this RMD. The following is what you need to set up charitable distribution:

• For traditional IRAs only.

• The distribution must be made directly to the Chinatown Museum Foundation; that way, it is not added to your taxable Adjusted Gross Income.

• Ask your IRA administrator to distribute a designated amount (up to a maximum of $100,000/year) as a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) to Chinatown Museum Foundation.

When considering a gift to the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, donors often think of giving cash. However, because of the enhanced tax benefits, we can accept publicly traded stock gifts.

Please notify the Executive Director for stock instructions. If you gift CAMOC with a stock certificate that is already in your name, please call us for a stock power document. Your stock certificate will have to be signed and dated by those whose names are on the certificate, and we will need a brief note indicating your intentions of transferring the stock to CAMOC.

Please email at [email protected]

To be eligible to receive a tax deduction for the current tax year, you need to complete your stock donation by December 31. Keep in mind that a stock donation is recorded on the day it’s received by the charity, not the day you submit the transfer request.