Support the Museum
For 30 years Please Touch Museum, The Children's Museum of Philadelphia, has been enriching the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play. Our programs both in the museum and out in the community serve over 200,000 children and adults annually.
There are two ways you can support Please Touch Museum. You can support our current museum at 21st Street or help us build a legacy at Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park. Your generous tax-deductible contribution will enable us to continue our award winning exhibits and programs.
Your gift can make the following possible:
- Free School Admission program enables Philadelphia School District students in pre-K through 1st and 2nd grade to enjoy all our museum has to offer, free of charge: $10.95 per child
- Children’s Fund enables children from disadvantaged communities to have the opportunity to visit and experience the Museum free-of-charge: $43.80 for a family of four.
- Community Partners Program, an outreach intitativve that provides interactive family play sessions, parenting workshops and museum visits for family from underserved neighborhoods in Philadelphia: $90 per family
- Cultural Explorers Program, these multi-cultural curriculum kits help children see that all people have the same basic needs – food, clothing, housing, family and friends – while learning that the difference in language, arts, landscape and cuisine are what make the world such an interesting place: $250 for 2 1/2 hours
- Teacher Training and Staff Development, the ABC’s of Literacy – understanding the importance of developing early literacy skills of young children, Science All Around Us® highlighting science and math concepts and Toddler Behavior, which teaches us how to handle tantrums, biting and other disruptive behaviors in a positive manner: $450 per each three-hour series
Education Improvement Tax Credit Program
As a friend of Please Touch Museum®, you might be interested to learn about a mutually beneficial opportunity for your company and the museum. Please Touch Museum is listed as an Educational Improvement Organization under the Education Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC) of the Department of Community and Economic Development of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The EITC allows businesses like yours to reduce your state tax liability – equal to 75% of your contribution to Please Touch Museum. To learn more about how you can participate in this program, please go to http://www.newpa.com/programDetail.aspx?id=62 or contact Tracey Soulges, Director of Government Funding and Major Gifts, at 215-963-0667 extension 3133.
All EITC dollars that are contributed to the museum go to support our innovative education program for inner city youth, ACES (Achievement through Community Service, Education and Skill Building).
More ways to support Please Touch Museum
You can support Please Touch Museum's Community Partners Program through the United Way Donor Choice Program. Our donor choice number is #1134.
Use GoodSearch.com for your Internet searches and support Please Touch Museum! Visit www.goodsearch.com, a search engine powered by Yahoo!, and type "Please Touch Museum" into the "I support" box and click on "verify." Every time you search the web using Goodsearch.com, Please Touch will receive a donation.
Yes! I would like to make a gift to Please Touch Museum
If you would prefer to make a pledge or make a gift by check, please download a gift/pledge form (PDF) and mail it in with payment to:
Attn: Development Department
Please Touch Museum
210 North 21st Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
If you would like to give a gift of stock, please contact:
- Stephanie Lim Capello
- (215) 963-0667, ext 3159
Please Touch Museum is a non-profit organization. A copy of the official registration and financial information can be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
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