legacy giving

Over the past five decades, Artpark has hosted tens of thousands of groundbreaking visual artists, cutting-edge theater, dance and cirque arts performers, beloved bands and musicians representing a multitude of genres, festivals featuring local, national and international artists, poets and writers, and more. Artpark has earned a worldwide reputation as a special place for people of all ages and walks of life to make and experience art. 

This living cultural legacy weaves into the area’s history and present-day significance to Western New York’s Indigenous population and the Niagara River and Gorge’s extraordinary natural beauty, accessible to visitors through forested trails, sculpture gardens, and outdoor recreation areas. Artpark is all this and more thanks in large part to your support. 

By establishing a planned gift at Artpark, you will help to ensure that future generations experience this natural and cultural treasure that is unlike any other. There are a variety of ways for you to leave a lasting legacy, while providing important tax and income benefits to you and your family.

 

Wills and Bequests

Simply make your wishes known to your estate attorney and leave a portion of your estate or a specific dollar amount to Artpark. 

 

Gifts of Appreciated Stock

Appreciated stock can be transferred directly to Artpark from your financial institution.  

 

Gifts from IRA Distribution

If you are 70 ½ or older you may have your financial institution send a gift directly from your IRA to Artpark. You can donate up to $100,000 annually through your IRA required mandatory distribution. 

 

Gifts of Retirement Plans or Life Insurance

Contact the institution where these assets are held to leave a gift to Artpark after your lifetime from a retirement account or life insurance policy.    

 

Artpark would like to express our appreciation-please let us know your plans.

If you have provided for Artpark, we appreciate the opportunity to recognize your dedicated contribution, invite you to events, and enjoy direct communication from our staff. You may choose to keep your gift anonymous but we’d still love to know you’re out there!

For more information, please contact:

Wendy Diina
Director of Development
716-754-9000, ext. 154
[email protected]

Artpark gratefully recognizes longtime volunteer Jean Hackenheimer for her generous bequest.

Jean loved art and music. As an executive for the Carborundum Company, she traveled the country in the company jet and in each city she visited, she attended the opera and toured the art galleries. When Artpark opened in 1974, Jean found a place where she could experience the arts as she had in her travels. She became a dedicated Artpark volunteer and an enthusiastic supporter of the institution.  

Jean retired early from Carborundum so she could spend more time at Artpark where she continued to volunteer until she was 90 years old.

In Jean’s later years, she was sustained by her memories of opera and art.  She lived until she was just shy of 102.

All of us at Artpark are so grateful for her generous planned gift.