Legacy and Planned Giving 

Bill Clemens, Ph.D.
“Scientists know that chance plays a key role in discovery. Through my legacy gift to the Academy’s Fellows Fund, I can give future scientists the flexibility to pursue their discoveries, wherever they may lead them.”
—Bill Clemens, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology
and Curator, University of California Museum of Paleontology

Eastwood Associates are people of vision. By thinking ahead to the future, they enable the Academy to explore, explain, and protect the natural world for generations to come.

Eastwood Associates

The Eastwood Associates are a community of philanthropists whose planned gifts will endow the Academy and sustain its important mission in the future. Membership is a lifetime privilege and Eastwood Associates are honored at special gatherings each year. This distinguished group was named after Alice Eastwood, the Academy's celebrated curator of botany from 1894 to 1949. When she died in 1953, at the age of 94, she left the Academy her extensive collection of botanical publications, which scientists and students continue to use. Learn more »

  
Alice Eastwood

Secure the Future

Planned gifts play a key role in tomorrow's science — and in the future of our planet — by endowing the Academy with the resources to continue its mission. They fund chairs and fellowships that advance important biodiversity research around the globe. They support eye-opening exhibits and innovative educational programs that cultivate science literacy and train future scientists. Most important, planned gifts are a lasting tribute to their donors, honoring a lifelong commitment to science, discovery, and sharing the natural world with others.

  
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Plan the Gift of a Lifetime

A planned gift enables you to have a profound impact on future generations and may help you make a larger gift than you thought possible. There are many ways to create your
legacy—from making the Academy a beneficiary in your will or retirement plan to making gifts that provide you with lifetime income. We can help you customize a plan that meets your philanthropic and financial goals. Learn more »

  
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Contact

    

Louise Gregory
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California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr.
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SF, CA 94118

Planned Giving Tools

    

Enter our planned giving website, hosted by the Stelter Co, to learn about Academy gift and estate planning. New articles are added each month.

Compelling Benefits

    

Besides supporting the Academy, planned gifts can offer donors compelling benefits:

  • Retain or increase your income.
  • Deduct part of your gift as an immediate charitable contribution.
  • Avoid or reduce capital-gains taxes.
  • Memorialize a lifetime commitment to the Academy through an endowed named fund.
  • Know that the assets you built over a lifetime will be managed by an historic institution with a record of careful stewardship.


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