Your gift to enables the Arboretum to maintain its internationally recognized garden and plant collection while also teaching future generations the importance of this heritage.

Cash
The easiest and most direct way to impact The Arboretum is through a cash gift. This can be done online, through a personal check made to The Morris Arboretum, or by phone.

You can double your contribution to The Morris Arboretum if your employer offers a corporate matching gift program. Check with your Human Resources department and pick up a form that you include with your gift. Corporations that match gifts will be recognized in our Annual Report.

The Morris Arboretum welcomes pledges payable over time (usually three to five years), which may enable you to give more generously than you originally considered. To acquire a pledge form or design a payout plan, contact the Development Office at smakhija@upenn.edu, or call 215.247-5777.

Stock that has increased in value is one of the most popular assets used for charitable giving, once it has been held for a minimum of a year. Making a gift of securities offers you the chance to help The Morris Arboretum, while realizing many important benefits for yourself.

Planned gifts enable you to create extraordinary gifts that preserve the future of The Morris Arboretum, while protecting your assets or creating ways they can better benefit you. To learn about planned or deferred gifts, including bequests, life-income plans, trusts and other options, visit our Planned Giving page.

The Morris Arboretum accepts gifts-in-kind, such as services or equipment, when they fulfill the needs and mission of the organization

In-kind gifts support our programs and build our collection, contributing to our overall success.

For more information on gifts of stock, planned gifts, real estate or gifts in kind, please email Victoria Sicks, Associate Director of Individual & Planned Giving at vsicks@upenn.edu or call 215.247-5777 ext. 152.