Endowment

Endowment

The endowment provides support to the Museum in perpetuity. A percentage of the earnings from the fund is distributed to the Museum annually, allowing it to continue its important work while the fund keeps growing. It may be created with cash gifts, pledges, and/or appreciated stock or property. Gifts can be made during your lifetime or through your estate, and funds may be added at any time.

Endowment funds are critical to the long-term financial health of the Museum. They provide a reliable income source that allows the Museum to acquire new collections, explore new initiatives, and support specific programs in perpetuity.

Endowments may be established for a specific area or unrestricted. The latter allows the Museum to use the funds wherever the need is the greatest. Exhibits, education, and collections are just some of the areas funds can be allocated. Call us to find out more about the Museum's Endowment Fund.

To have your name engraved on the granite walls in the Museum lobby the giving levels are:

   Gold        $50,000 +

   Silver      $25,000

   Bronze   $10,000

Sponsorships

Support the programs at the Stearns History Museum directly by partnering with the us to enhance existing educational programs, developing new programs and bringing national exhibitions to St. Cloud. We will work with you to create a partnership that meets your business or philanthropic objectives. For more information contact Executive Director Charlene Akers at (320) 253-8424.

Family Programs

The Stearns History Museum supports several family-friendly activities. Children’s day camps, Halloween Historia, Kringle Fest, the children’s playroom are designed to educate and entertain families.

School Programs

Each year the Stearns History Museum provides programs for area schools. Sponsorships can fund admission for fieldtrips to the Museum. In this time of economic struggle for schools scholarships for fieldtrips are welcomed gifts, providing resources to schools as well as to the Museum.

Research Center and Archives

The Research Center and Archives provides invaluable resources to genealogists, students, and the general public in their search for information. Funds support the purchase of new equipment like micro-readers, supplies, and reference materials.

235 South 33rd Avenue, St. Cloud, MN 56301 • (320) 253-8424 • info@stearns-museum.org