Legacy Circle

Legacy gifts — also known as planned gifts — involve designating the GLBT Historical Society as a beneficiary in your estate planning. A planned gift provides tax advantages to the donor, just as it benefits the GLBT Historical Society.

Designating the GLBT Historical Society for a planned gift makes you a member of our Legacy Circle, a select group of supporters who demonstrate their long-term commitment to the society and its renowned work in the field of queer public history. Legacy Circle members who wish to be named publicly are honored on our website and on our video wall at the GLBT History Museum.

Legacy Circle members may designate their planned gift to be used in multiple ways, including:

  • Maintaining our regular operations. Your gift will directly support the operations of the GLBT Historical Society, including running the archives, the museum and additional programs. 

  • Growing our Annual Fund. Your gift will be wisely invested and the proceeds of the fund used to support the work of the Society, including special projects such as our planned New Museum of LGBTQ History and Culture in San Francisco. 

Planned-Giving Options

Leaving a Legacy Series Recordings

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Join the Legacy Circle

Legacy Circle Members

For More Information

To learn more about the Legacy Circle and planned giving, please contact us via email or at (415) 777-5455 ext. 4.

Note: The GLBT Historical Society does not provide legal or tax advice. We strongly suggest that you contact your attorney and tax advisor regarding your best options for estate planning and planned giving.

Founded in 1985, the GLBT Historical Society is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our Federal Tax Identification Number is 94-2989004. This form is nonbinding and does not constitute a legal promise of any future donation to the GLBT Historical Society. We understand that bequests are revocable and that your estate plans may change.


Banner: Concerned Republicans for Individual Rights at a Pride event, ca. 1978; photograph by Henri Leleu, Henri Leleu Papers (1997-13), GLBT Historical Society.