Support the Center

Donors play a vital role in advancing the Ransom Center's mission. From supporting public exhibitions and educational programs to funding new acquisitions and preserving the Center's priceless collections, donors help the Center maintain its standing as a premier humanities library and museum, free and open to all.

There are many ways you can support the Center. Make a gift online, donate appreciated securities, establish an endowment (or add to an existing one), or make a planned gift through your will. Learn more about how to give below.

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Thank you for your support!

• How to Give

  Gifts to the Ransom Center are fully tax deductible. You may make your gift in the following ways:

  • Make a gift online. You can designate the fund you prefer, select gift frequency, designate an honoree, and find information about matching gifts.
    
    
  • Mail in a check made payable to The University of Texas at Austin. Please note your gift's designation to the Harry Ransom Center in the memo line.
    
    Mailing address for U.S. Mail
    Harry Ransom Center
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Attn: Development Office
    PO Box 13246
    Austin, TX 78711
    
    
  • To make a gift via wire transfer, please contact Rebecca Dearlove at Rebecca.Dearlove@austin.utexas.edu.
    
    
  • Maximize your gift through your employer's matching gift program. Most matches are dollar-for-dollar, effectively doubling the value of your gift. Some companies match the gifts of retirees and spouses as well as those of active employees.
    
    
  • For questions or to make a gift of appreciated securities, please email Jean Bennett, Associate Director of Endowment Compliance and Development Operations, or call 512-579-5142.
    
    
  • Make a planned gift through your will. Learn more about structuring a gift that honors your values and meets your personal, financial, and estate planning goals. Email Jeff Glosser, Executive Director, Gift & Estate Planning, or Lois Kim, HRC Chief Development Officer to explore a planned gift.
    
    
  • Establish an endowment to support the Ransom Center. When you create an endowment, you create a lasting legacy with permanent support to the Ransom Center. Learn more and contact Lois Kim to explore endowment funding options.
    
    
  • University employees: make a gift through payroll deduction.

  
  

  For assistance with any of these gift options, please contact Rebecca Dearlove at Rebecca.Dearlove@austin.utexas.edu.

  Thank you so much for considering a gift to the Ransom Center.

• Become a Member

  Members engage actively in the Ransom Center's rich programmatic and social offerings while supporting the work of one of the finest humanities research libraries in the world. The Center's membership program offers a range of levels and benefits. We encourage donors to consider joining one of our Director's Circle tiers for highest impact and access to special events and experiences.

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