Endowment Opportunities
Through an endowment, funding for critical staff positions is permanently secured, allowing money previously allocated for salary and benefits to be redirected to other institutional expenses. Donors, meanwhile, have the wonderful opportunity to support areas of personal interest within the Museum’s collections. The names of donors or honorees are carried forward into the future through associations with important leadership, scholarship, and educational activities. Named endowment funds are not just for those who have passed on — they are also a meaningful way to honor and recognize a donor while alive.
Endowed Positions
| Named Galleries & Exhibition Spaces | $1 million+ |
| Chief Conservator | $1 million |
| Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art | $2 to $2.5 million |
| Curator of Asian Art | $2 million |
| Curator of Decorative Arts | $2 million |
| Director of Education | $2 million |
| Curator of European Art | $2 million |
| Curator of Native American Art | $2 million |
| Curator of Photography | $2 million |
| Curator of Prints & Drawings | $2 million |
| Director of the Northwest Film Center | $3 million |
Additional Endowments
| Unrestricted Named Endowments | $250,000+ |
| Annual Lecture Series and Symposiums (Northwest, Asian, American, European, Native American, Photography) |
$500,000 each |
| Publications Endowment | $1 million |
| Critical Voices Lecture Series | $1 million |
| Free Admission for Children & Students | $1 million |
| Free Admission for School Tours | $1 million |
| Free Transportation for School Tours | $1 million |
| Free General Admission for one day/mo | $1.25 million |
| Free Sunday Admission, four/yr | $1.25 million |
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