Your generosity ignites our vision.

Your support for the Museum powers youth and adult education programs, conservation of artifacts and specimens, scientific research, and world-class permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Questions?

Contact us at 303.370.8306 or [email protected].

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Individual Giving

Your commitment today also helps the Museum present engaging exhibitions and educational programs at our central Denver location and where people live, work, play and learn.

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ReFUND Colorado

Please support our mission with your Colorado state income tax refund! If you get a state income tax refund in 2020, you will have a new opportunity to donate some or all of it to support our ongoing work in the community.

The new program described by the ReFUND CO initiative puts you in charge of where your donation goes. It’s as simple as 1,2,3:

1. Decide how much of your refund to donate.

2. Enter Denver Museum of Nature & Science and our registration number 20023005539 in the Donate to a Colorado Nonprofit Fund line on your state income tax return or tax software – or give this info to your tax preparer when you share your tax documents.

3. Smile knowing you’ve helped a cause that matters to you!

With this new program, you can re-energize our vital work for another year. Learn more about this program at coloradononprofits.org. As always, we’re grateful for your support and hope you’ll consider donating again through this new program to maintain our mission.

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Corporate Giving

Become a corporate member and enjoy many special perks that connect your employees to the Museum and reward them for a job well done. Corporate membership includes Museum, Infinity Theater passes, Planetarium passes and other benefits.

To enroll, please fill out our enrollment form.

Questions? Our Development team can be reached at 303.370.6319

  Bronze
$2500
Silver
$5000
Gold
$10,000
Platinum
$15,000
Complimentary General Admission Tickets (Does not include ticketed exhibitions) 25 50 100 150
Complimentary Gates Planetarium passes 25 50 100 150
20% employee discount on memberships Yes Yes Yes Yes
Recognition in the Denver Business Journal and the Museum's Annual Report and Annual Donor Panel Yes Yes Yes Yes
Website Recognition Yes Yes Yes Yes
Complimentary Family Plus Membership(s)* None 1 2 3
Tickets to go behind the scenes at Members-Only events None 200 400 600
Discount on private use of the Museum None 25% 50% 75%
Private behind-the-scenes tour with a curator**     Yes Yes


* Your executives will receive invitations to special events and a Family Plus Membership to give away.

** A private viewing of the Museum collections, exclusive artifacts, and areas not available to the general public (group of 20 or less).


Sponsorship Opportunities

Exhibition Sponsors
Each year, the Museum draws large audiences to its world-class temporary exhibitions, which receive widespread publicity throughout the Denver metro area. Sponsorship of these premier opportunities offers companies the highest level of visibility and closest association with the Museum.

Education Sponsors
The Museum serves more than 300,000 schoolchildren each year through free Museum visits, an array of science education programs, scholarships for underserved schools, distance learning, and teacher professional development opportunities. Support for these programs is vital to encouraging children to tap into the power of science and creating a vibrant Colorado community.

Event Sponsors
Annual event sponsorship opportunities are available for companies looking for additional visibility and opportunities to entertain clients and reward employees. The signature fundraising gala, Museum After Dark, sells out each fall, with 750 guests. The Science Lounge series-geared toward young adults-and other events for a variety of audiences are also available for sponsorship.

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Corporate Match

Will your company, organization, or employer double the impact of your gift? Enter the name of your company in the search box below to see if your employer will match your donation, membership purchase, or volunteer time at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

Your donation and its match fuels life-long discovery, supports ongoing scientific research, and ignites our community’s passion for nature and science. Thank you for making this exciting work possible!

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Ann O’Donnell

Ann O’Donnell Endowment for Outreach and Education

Imagine it’s a Monday. A colorfully wrapped box bursting with imaginative, hands-on activities and specimens from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science collections arrives at Fraser Valley Elementary School. This will be an extraordinary week for second- and third-graders at the school! Guided by their teachers—now experts in earth science thanks to lessons and activities fully curated by the Museum—students will dig deep into Colorado’s past to discover what our state looked like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. As the students create simulations of Colorado’s lost worlds, they’ll practice using the teamwork, communication, and critical thinking skills they’ll need as the innovators, explorers, and community-builders of tomorrow.     

The Ann O’Donnell Endowment for Outreach and Education has been created to support these and other hands-on science education experiences for K–12 students, both in their own schools and communities and on field trips to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Now, and for all time, students and teachers will explore and make discoveries about nature and science through engaging and memorable learning experiences that only the Denver Museum of Nature & Science can provide. 

Richard and Barbara Stucky

The Stucky Postdoctoral Fellowship Fund

Richard and Barbara Stucky are longtime supporters of the Museum. They became Edwin Carter Legacy Society members in 2016, when they notified the Museum that their trust will establish an endowment at the DMNS Foundation. Early in his career, Richard held a postdoctoral fellowship at another museum. Through their estate plans, Richard and Barbara’s gift will one day enable our museum to routinely host a postdoctoral fellow.  

Recently, the Stuckys’ plan was jump-started by another Museum donor, Dolores Schlessman, who made a generous gift in honor of Richard. In consultation with the Stuckys, Mrs. Schlessman’s gift established the Stucky Postdoctoral Fellowship Fund in 2021, many years in advance of when it would have been launched by the Stuckys’ trust.

Your gift to the Stucky Fund will grow it further, advancing the date by which distributions from the fund’s growth will cover a year of pay for the first DMNS Stucky Postdoctoral Fellow.

Other Ways to Give

Foundation and Government Grants

Generous foundations and government agencies support critical work throughout the Museum–from vital general operating funds to scientific research and school and teacher programs.

The following documents provide additional information on the Museum's operations and financial position:

Please get in contact for more information about the Museum's current needs.

Foundations:
Jordan Cooper
303.370.6452
[email protected]

Government Grants & Corporate Foundations:
Chris Byard
303.370.8304
[email protected]


Vehicle Donation

Support the artifacts, exhibits, and experiences you love by donating your car, boat, motorcycle, truck or RV to the Museum. Donating is quick and easy, and provides you with a charitable tax-deduction. 

How does it work?
Fill out this form and our partner, Cars Helping Charities, will be in contact about scheduling a convenient time to tow your vehicle. Once your vehicle has been received, it will be sold at an auto auction and you will receive a tax-receipt for the full amount of the purchase price.

All you need are your keys and the vehicle title. We’ll take care of the rest!

For information regarding tax deductibility, title and registration, towing and pick up, and more, click here.

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Donor Advised Fund

If you would like to make a gift from your donor advised fund or foundation, our EIN is 84-0518447. You can also search for us by our legal name: The Colorado Museum of Natural History.


Check

To make a donation by check to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, please make donations out to:

Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Development Office
2001 Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO 80205

Please include on the check any details you’d like us to know, include if this gift is in honor or memory of someone. Checks received by the Development Department will be processed and issued a tax receipt, following IRS standard guidelines, if a valid return address is provided. Thank you for your support!