CONTRIBUTIONS AND BEQUESTS 



Contributions and bequests to the Chicago Natural History 

 Museum may be made in securities, money, books, or collections. 

 They may, if desired, take the form of a memorial to a person or 

 cause, to be named by the giver. 



Contributions made to the Museum are allowable as deductions 

 in computing net income for federal income tax purposes, subject 

 only to the limitation that the total deduction for charitable gifts 

 may not exceed in any year 15 per cent of the contributor's net 

 income. 



Contributions and bequests in any amount to the Chicago 

 Natural History Museum are exempt from federal gift and estate 

 taxes. 



Endowments may be made to the Museum with the provision 

 that an annuity be paid to the patron during his or her lifetime. 



For those desirous of making bequests to the Museum the fol- 

 lowing form is suggested: 



FORM OF BEQUEST 



I do hereby give and bequeath to the Chicago Natural History 

 Museum of the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, 



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