Thank a docent for an exceptional tour experience by donating to the CAC in their honor.
Individual Giving
Your gift to the CAC will help provide opportunities to people who want to learn why design matters.
Your gift to the CAC will help provide opportunities to people who want to learn why design matters.
Your support fuels the CAC's mission to educate and inspire through engaging programs and exhibitions. By contributing to the CAC, you help us to continue enriching lives through the celebration of Chicago’s rich architectural heritage, and empowering citizens to take part in shaping a vibrant future of our city.
Ways to give as an individual supporter:
- Donate directly
- Include the CAC in your planned giving
- Recognize a docent
- Make a tribute gift in memory or honor of a loved one
- Other ways to give (Matching, IRA, stock gifts and donor advised funds.)
All donations to the CAC are fully tax-deductible. Please note that donations are separate from membership dues and do not confer membership benefits or renew existing memberships. Donation related FAQs can be found here.
How your support could help:
- $20 = Sponsor a CPS student's field trip
- $50 = Provide a ticket for a low-income student's first CAC River Cruise experience.
- $75 = Equip a participant in summer camp with necessary supplies.
- $125 = Support a free family education event at the CAC
- $300 = Fund curriculum materials for a CPS teacher
- $500 = Cover tuition for a Teen Fellow to take a Digital Lab course
Corporate giving information can be found here
Donate
The CAC relies on donors like you to help fund our design education programs. We're grateful for every one-time contributor and life-long supporter.
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Planned Giving
Consider including the CAC in your will, trust or as a beneficiary of your retirement plans and support the future of this vital organization by providing funds that help make future tour and public programming possible and accessible.
All donations to the CAC are fully tax-deductible. Please note that donations are separate from membership dues and do not confer membership benefits or renew existing memberships.
Make a tribute gift
Support the CAC in memory or honor of a loved one who cared for our mission.
Other ways to give
There are a variety of ways you can give in support of the CAC and our mission.
- Matching gifts
- IRA gifts
- Donor advised funds
- Stock gifts
