Help the Tenement Museum tell stories of ordinary people who shaped the American experience in extraordinary ways. Ticket sales cover only 45% of the Museum’s budget. Make a gift today, and know that you are helping preserve the legacy of immigrant families who pursued the American dream on New York’s Lower East Side.
Provide student education, programming, and curriculum development.
Expand the immigration dialogue across the USA.
Preserve our buildings and the stories of the residents who lived there.
Your tax-deductible, online donation helps support our mission to foster a society that embraces and values the role of immigration in the evolving American identity
Become a monthly donor to provide impactful, ongoing support.
Celebrate someone’s birthday or honor the memory of a loved one by making a donation in their name.
Please make checks payable mail to:
Tenement Museum
Development Office
103 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
To make a credit card donation by phone, please call 646-518-3007.
A donor advised fund (DAF) is a centralized charitable account. Charitably-inclined individual, families and businesses can make tax-deductible charitable donations of cash, publicly-traded stock and in some case, certain illiquid assets, to a public charity that sponsors a DAF program. For more information or to make a charitable donation, please visit DAF Direct.
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The Tenement Museum gratefully accepts gifts of stock. Learn how to set up your stock transfer.
Learn how to include the Tenement Museum in your charitable estate plans.
What a fantastic night! The Tenement Museum’s 2019 Gala was a resounding success raising over $1 million for Museum projects and causes.
Contact us with questions or comments at 646-518-3007 or [email protected].