Planned Giving, Special Gifts, and Legacy Societies

Planned Giving

Consider making a special gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. There are numerous ways to make an important gift to the MFAH that may provide benefits to both you and the museum. Giving opportunities include

• Naming the museum in a living will or trust.
• Designating life insurance policy proceeds or donating an insurance policy.
• Making the MFAH a beneficiary of your retirement plan, IRA, 401(k), or 203(b).
• Establishing a charitable trust with the MFAH.
• Transferring real estate to the MFAH through life estate.
• Promising a gift of a work of art that the museum has agreed to accept.

Special gifts provide you with the opportunity to become a member of the Myrtle Wreath Society (benefiting the MFAH) or the Ima Hogg Society (benefiting Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens). Society members give gifts that last beyond a lifetime, and in return they receive recognition in selected publications, plus invitations to exclusive events, including a complimentary annual luncheon.

Your gift may be used to help build the museum's endowment, or you may designate your gift for a specific area of interest, such as a curatorial department, the Glassell School of Art, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, or Rienzi,

Named Endowments
Outright planned gifts of $25,000 or more allow you to create a permanent named endowment fund to support a specific area of interest. Endowment funds may be named for the donor, in honor or memory of others, creating lasting and meaningful tributes.

Inquiries are confidential and will not obligate you to complete a gift. Please consult your advisers when considering your philanthropic objectives.

To begin a confidential conversation, please contact:
Valerie Greiner
Director of Special Gifts
Telephone: 713.353.1587
Mobile: 832.655.5803
Fax: 713.639.7595
E-mail: vgreiner@mfah.org

Mailing address: P.O. Box 6826
Houston, Texas 77265-6826

Office address: 5100 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77006

Myrtle Wreath Society

Members of the Myrtle Wreath Society provide inspired gifts to ensure the museum will remain a vital cultural asset by providing generous resources for years far ahead.

In ancient Greece, victorious soldiers, athletes, and participants in festival processions wore wreaths fashioned from intertwined leaves. By the Hellenistic period (330–30 BC), the wreaths were made of gold foil; too fragile to be worn, they were created primarily to be buried with the dead as symbols of life's victories. This exquisite gold wreath embodies the past, present, and future victories of all involved in the MFAH and crowns the heroic friends who comprise the Myrtle Wreath Society.

The MFAH recognizes and celebrates those who remember the museum in their estate plans. All are welcome and qualify for membership in the Society by naming the museum in a living will or trust; designating life insurance policy proceeds to the museum, or by donating an insurance policy; transferring real estate to the MFAH through life estate; or making a gift of a work or works of art that the museum has agreed to accept.

No dues or fees are necessary to participate in the Myrtle Wreath Society, nor requirements for details on future gifts. To enroll, simply complete this card or contact Valerie Greiner (see above) for more information.

Ima Hogg Society

Ima Hogg bequeathed her historic home, collection of American decorative arts, and expansive gardens to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1957. This remarkable gift, now regarded as one of the finest house museums in the world, is the inspiration for the Ima Hogg Society. The Ima Hogg Society honors those who have plans to remember Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in their will. Through a simple designation in a will or trust, your legacy will live on at Bayou Bend. Members of this society receive recognition in selected publications and invitations to exclusive events, including the complimentary annual luncheon.

The MFAH recognizes and celebrates those who remember Bayou Bend in their estate plans. All are welcome and qualify for membership in the Society by naming Bayou Bend in a living will or trust; designating life insurance policy proceeds to the museum, or by donating an insurance policy; transferring real estate to the MFAH through life estate; or making a gift of a work or works of art that the museum has agreed to accept.

No dues or fees are necessary to participate in the Ima Hogg Society, nor requirements for details on future gifts. To enroll, simply complete this card or contact Valerie Greiner (see above) for more information.

Members of the Planned Giving Societies at the MFAH

Myrtle Wreath Society Members
Anonymous Donors (8)
Jeffery Beauchamp
Toni Beauchamp *
Audrey Jones Beck *
Margaret E. Biehl *
Dr. Michael and Susan Bloome +
Jessie Carolyn Brown and Jack Harold Upton Brown + *
Leslie and Brad Bucher +
Hiram Butler
Rose Marie Byrne *
Frank N. Carroll +
Elizabeth H. Caselli *
Fredericka Crain *
Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Crane
John Blodgett Davis + *
James J. Deegan +
Diana do Carmo
Mr. Stan Druck
Shirley S. Druggan
Jeaneane Booth Duncan +
Deborah DeFord Dunkum +
John R. Eckel, Jr *
Charles Emrich +
Richard E. Fluhr and Rodolfo Hernandez, Jr.
H.J. (Joe) and Aggie Foster
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. + *
Clare Attwell Glassell +
Marc P. Gordon
Samuel F. Gorman +
Valerie B. Greiner
Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Nora Grossman
Jas A. Gundry +
Luis A. Gutierrez
Marjorie G. Horning +
Dr. Lamar and Jane Jackson Charitable Remainder Trust +
Nancy Glanville Jewell +
A. Clark Johnson +
Drs. Rita and Blair Justice +
Kathryn and James Ketelsen
Lora Jean (Jeanie) Kilroy +
Mr. Jarrod S. Klawinsky 
Andrius R. Kontrimas +
Mr. and Mrs. Vahid Kooros +
Mary Lynch Kurtz *
Caroline Wiess Law *
Jana Vander Lee
Richard D. Lester
Elsie Lieskovsky *
Michael C. Linn +
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long +
Christopher H. Loo, M.D., Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Malbin +
Mrs. Frances P. Marzio +
Dr. Peter C. Marzio + *
Lori Lynn and Marcel Mason +
Kate Hilton McConnico
Kay McKeough
Sara and Bill Morgan
Joan Morgenstern
Celia and James Munisteri
Edward Oppenheimer, Jr. *
Mary Lawrence Porter +
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Randall III
Minnette Robinson +
Arthur D. Robson, Jr. *
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr.
Diane and Ron Sandberg +
Linda A. Sarandrea
Daucie and Marc Schindler +
Charlotte H. Stafford +
Harold Jack Tausend, M.D. *
Dr. Robert and Fiona Toth
Ann G. Trammell +
Suneeta and Nanik Vaswani
Margaret Waisman, M.D.
Herbert C. Wells *
Dorothy S. and Robert D. Wells
Eleanor L. Williams
Isabel B. Wilson + *
John L. Zipprich II

Ima Hogg Society Members
Anonymous Donors (2)
Gloria (Mrs. James, Jr.) Garic Anderson +
Marie Sharpe Blaine +
Bonnie Campbell +
Evelyn Houstoun Chew +
Marie and John Houser Chiles
Elinor M. Christian +
Lacy Crain +
Sharon G. Dies
O. B. Dyer +
Martha Erwin +
Richard E. Fluhr and Rodolfo Hernandez, Jr.
Debbie and Gary Gibson +
Susanne M. Glasscock +
Jas A. Gundry +
Cynthia G. Holliday +
A. Clark Johnson +
Carolyn Frost Keenan +
Kathy Lee Kennedy
Lora Jean (Jeanie) Kilroy +
Elsie Layton
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Y. Marchand +
Laura Sue H. McMurrey *
Mrs. Robert V. Nelson, Jr. +
Susan Neptune +
Sara M. Peterson +
Daucie and Marc Schindler +
Mr. and Mrs. Morin Montagu Scott, Jr. +
Francita Koelsch Ulmer +
Mrs. Dewitt Untermeyer *
Ralph Wallingford + *
Toni Wallingford +
David B. Warren +
Barbara Graham Williams +
Sally and Denney Wright

*gift matured
+charter member

as of Fall 2012