Ways to Give
Donate to the Museum
Our visitors, members, and corporate supporters make it possible for the Hunter Museum to connect people of all backgrounds to creativity, knowledge, and ideas. Thank you for helping the Hunter, a cultural gem since 1952, serve members of Chattanooga's diverse communities and beyond.
Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. Check with your company’s personnel office to see if your employer matches gifts, some companies also match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses. If so, request a matching gift form from your employer. Send in the matching gift form completed and signed along with your gift, and the Hunter will do the rest. The impact of your gift to the museum may be doubled or possibly tripled!
Please contact the Hunter’s Development Office at 423.267.0968 for more information or to answer any questions.
The Hunter Endowment Fund ensures the museum’s long-term success. Your contribution will help bring art to life for the entire community to enjoy in perpetuity.
Please contact the Hunter’s Development Office at 423.267.0968 for more information or to answer any questions.
Exhibitions Endowment
Your gift to the Exhibitions Endowment will support the Hunter’s commitment to acquiring exceptional works of art.
Please contact the Hunter’s Development Office at 423.267.0968 for more information or to answer any questions.
Tribute Giving serves to honor someone in a meaningful way. A tribute gift acknowledges the relationship between the honoree and the Hunter Museum while enabling the museum to continue making a difference in the lives of others. Please contact the Hunter’s Development Office at 423.267.0968 for more information or to answer any questions.
Planned giving may be easier than you think. Consider these ways to make a bequest to the Hunter:
Where your money goes
By supporting the Hunter Museum, you are connecting people of all backgrounds to creativity, knowledge, and ideas. Your gift ensures our exhibitions, collections, and programs continue to grow, preserving our role as a cultural beacon in our community.
Other Ways to Give
The Hunter Museum is one of more than 700 organizations across the state that receives support from the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). Through the specialty license plate program, its primary funding source, TAC has been able to provide significant financial support to the museum since 1967. A specialty license plate costs $35 per year, and you can exchange your current plate for a specialty plate anytime. Please help TAC support the Hunter by purchasing a specialty plate. Every time someone purchases a specialty license plate in Tennessee, 40% of the proceeds from the sale of that plate go directly to TAC. For each sale of an arts-themed specialty license plate, TAC receives 90% of the proceeds!
The Hunter Museum accepts original works of art that fit within the parameters of our mission and collection of American Art from the 1700s to today.
All potential gifts must go through an extensive vetting process with the Curatorial staff, the Director, and the Acquisitions Committee. This process can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. Please contact Nandini Makrandi, Chief Curator, with questions about a possible donation or the process.
Membership, Capital Gifts, and Annual Fund gifts of appreciated securities may provide advantages for some donors. These are usually transfers of publicly-traded stock or securities, including mutual fund shares that have been owned long-term. Such transfers often allow contributors to realize a significant tax advantage. Individuals may be able to claim an income tax deduction for the full, fair market value of the securities. In order to make gifting easy and timely, please contact the Hunter’s Development Office at 423.267.0968 before transferring securities.
To make a gift of stock, please use the following DTC instructions:
- First Horizon – DTC No. 2039
For credit to Hunter Museum – Account No. 8802437
- First Horizon
Chattanooga Main Office
701 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Do you own an Individual Retirement Account (IRA)? Will you be taking a required minimum distribution before year-end? If you are in the fortunate position of not needing your distribution for living expenses and are charitably inclined, you may be able to avoid income tax on your required withdrawal by donating your money directly to a qualified 501(c)(3) organization such as the Hunter Museum of American Art.
IRA owners must be age 70 1/2 or older to make a tax-free charitable contribution. Those who meet the age requirement can transfer up to $100,000 per year directly from an IRA to an eligible charity without paying income tax on the transaction. If you file a joint tax return, your spouse can also make a charitable contribution of up to $100,000, meaning couples can exclude up to $200,000 of their retirement savings from income tax if they donate it to charity. Qualified charitable contributions must be made by December 31 each year in order to exclude that amount from taxable income.
The Hunter Museum of American Art is a 501(c) (3) organization, EIN 62-0511893. Please contact the Hunter’s Development Office at 423.267.0968 for more information or to answer any questions.
Spectrum, Graffiti Edition
You’re invited to Spectrum 2024, Graffiti Edition!
We’ve taken inspiration from our special exhibition City as Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collection to bring you a fundraiser unlike any other.
Join us for an experience that will blend the traditional luxurious elegance of Spectrum with décor and entertainment elements reminiscent of 1980s New York City, the backdrop for some of the world’s greatest street artists.