SUPPORT
MoPA
Help the Museum of Photographic Arts continue to present world-class exhibitions, stimulating education programs, and a one-of-kind film program. There are many ways to support the museum. Make a donation online.
You
can make a difference: support MoPA exhibitions!
New ideas, exploration, appreciation, learning, wonder, and sharing—the
Museum of Photographic Arts offers all of this and more. MoPA is about
ideas and opportunities to explore all that photography and film have
to offer.
Thanks to yearly support from donors like you, more than 120,000 visitors attended our exhibitions in 2007, and MoPA inspired over 9,000 children and their teachers through our education programs. The general public benefited from several lectures featuring photographers such as Graham Nash, Steve McCurry, and Don Bartletti.
MoPA is celebrating its 25th year as a museum. The next quarter of a century will showcase MoPA as an active participant in redefining the future of photography and film in a society that is visually oriented. We will reach new and diverse audiences by reexamining the history and exploring new work in photography and film. We will continue to showcase our youth programs, and we are working towards having our library and collections accessible online.
Matching
Campaign
To
help prepare for the next 25 years, MoPA is pleased to announce exciting
new fundraising initiatives spearheaded by a matching campaign that
will run throughout this anniversary year. The Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego are providing a
dollar for dollar match to all new money secured and/or committed to
MoPA in calendar year 2008. This gift will be a catalyst to help broaden
our support base as we continue to grow in size and scope. The campaign
will run through year-end 2008, with a $300,000 cap. Contributions from
both new and existing MoPA donors will be eligible for the dollar for
dollar match as long as their commitments are made in calendar year
2008.
Your contribition may be made on-line. In the comment section,
please indicate you would like to support MoPA in the Jacob's Challenge.
Please know that contributions at any level are always welcomed.
Exhibition Donations
Your
support of MoPA, in addition to your membership gift, will help to underwrite
our 2008 exhibitions. A contribution of $500 will support A Literacy
of Images:
Nancy Newhall and the Art of Photography (September 20, 2008 –
January 25, 2009)
or Picturing the Process: Landscape Through Time and Space
(July 12, 2008-February 1, 2009) in our Schwartz Permanent Collection
Gallery. For $500, your name will be on the exhibition wall for either
exhibition.
Please know that contributions at any level are always welcomed, but a $500 gift towards one of these two exhibitions will be thanked with your name in the Schwartz Permanent Collection Gallery during the run of the exhibition(s).
Donating to the Annual Fund ensures the success of these programs for next year. Your gift is fully tax deductible. Your support and generosity are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your continued interest in MoPA and the dynamic worlds of photography and film.
Donate
online today.
Endow
MoPA through the San Diego Foundation
The San Diego Foundation informs
and inspires those wishing to endow their passions for the future of
the San Diego region. The Foundation offers expertise for professional
advisors, donors and nonprofits as they seek to bring the highest level
of community values to life permanently. The San Diego Foundation -
A Foundation for Your Passion.
The
Nonprofit Partnership Program is a cooperative agreement only and limited
to the Endow San Diego Program. No legal connection or inter-organization
authority is granted or implied between participants in the program.
Contact
Development Director Keith Turner, kturner@mopa.org
for giving opportunites such as these:
Exhibitions
Exhibition sponsorship at MoPA offers significant philanthropic and
marketing opportunities. It allows you to support a major San Diego
cultural institution and to receive substantial exposure and acknowledgment
and tax-benefit. Special exhibitions at the museum are among the most
respected, publicized, and popular in the city and travel internationally.
Sponsorship and underwriting opportunities are available at various
levels of commitment. MoPA is pleased to work with you to develop a
plan that meets your needs and budget and is delighted to partner with
individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies to present
its exciting exhibitions to a large audience.
Support
Art Education
Education program funding opportunities are available at MoPA. The museum
offers numerous educational and outreach programs for children and adults.
By funding these activities, you support art education and also invest
in the future of San Diego.
Reserve
a Seat, Preserve the Arts
Make a lasting impact on visual arts in San Diego by naming a seat in
the state-of the art Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater. Your gift will support
the museum, while providing you with a special opportunity to make a
lasting dedication to your family, your organization, or in honor of
a special friend or loved one. In recognition of your gift, MoPA will
place an elegant engraved plaque on a theater seat. Each year, thousands
of visitors enjoy world-class films from the comfort of named seats
in the MoPA theater.
Bequests
Express your dedication to the Museum of Photographic Arts by including
the museum in your estate plan. Whether you wish to provide general
operating income or to support a specific department or program at the
museum, your bequest expresses your lasting commitment to MoPA. A bequest
may also help you meet your financial and estate-planning goals, since
an estate and gift tax charitable deduction for the entire amount of
the gift is allowed.
Contact
Please contact Keith Turner at kturner@mopa.org
or call 619.238.7559 x207 for more information about any of these giving
opportunities.