Frederik Meijer Gardens& Sculpture Foundation

Gifts that grow
and bloom forever

The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation is a single-purpose foundation established in 1992. The Foundation exists to build and maintain an endowment fund to support the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.

Your support of the Foundation helps Meijer Gardens maintain its world-class botanical gardens, sculpture collection, amphitheater, art and educational programs.

The Foundation offers many ways to give to the endowment with gifts that will grow and bloom forever. Please consider your role in the Foundation and your legacy in perpetuity.

Giving Options

Be part of the beauty by donating a gift of cash or a planned gift.

Gift of Cash

A lifetime gift of cash is the most immediate and simple way to give to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation. This donation may be claimed as a charitable deduction by those taxpayers who itemize their deductions.

Gift of Appreciated Securities

A lifetime gift of an appreciated security, which has been owned for more than one year, gives the donor a charitable deduction for the full market value of the security by those taxpayers who itemize their deductions. This strategy also avoids capital gain taxes on the growth of the security.

Gift at Death

A gift at the donor's death by way of an estate pledge, by will or by Trust, to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation may reduce a donor’s estate subject to tax.

Donors

Ardath M. McCall
Thomas H. Logan
Cynthia J. Burchfield
John & Kimberley Scattergood
Mark & Diane Rizik
Michael & Meredith McNamara
Bruce & Candace Matthews
Legacy Trust
George Friedriechsen
Michael & Elizabeth Fossel
Roger & Jakki Vander Laan
Ben Herrema
Matthew & Erin Fennema
George & Terri Gaskey
Mark & Carolyn Mossing
Maggie Sahlman
David Byers & Carol Hoyt
Charles & Kimberly Burke
Gable B. Moffitt
Kevin Briggs & Carol Karr
Michael Toth
Greg & Meg Willit
B. Kenneth Larm*
Michael J. & Lora A. DeVries
Joseph & Toni Detzler
Andrew & Pamela Daugavietis
Susan A. Andrews
Daniel W. Miller & Susan L. Wright-Miller
Matthew & Sharon Berger
Robert Zylstra
Stuart & Lynn White
Kenneth & Laurel Beukelman
Gil & Tinker Judson
William and Charlene Bylsma
Win & Kyle Irwin
Alan Langlois
T. Shawn Miner
Joanne Becker & Thomas Brennan
Barbara Fisk
Doug Meijer & Kendall Meijer Foundation
Dave & Rosemary Heerdt
F. Phillip Van Eyl Family
Jack & Susan Smith
Jim & Sheryl Jurries
James B. & Gail M. Fahner
Mary D. B. Taylor
Scott E. Andrews
Dr. Jeffrey & Sheila Frank
Edwin & Nancy Barnes
Mark & Barbara Gerson
Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids
The Works Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Alan & Debbie Abraham
Robert S.* & Phyllis G. Rood
Barbara P. Marcus
Thomas & Dianne O'Brien
Donald & Sara Boerma
John L. & Carroll D. Wiener
Estate of MaryAnn Frances Pagano Hensley
Gasper J. Amodeo*
Milt & Barbara Rohwer
Eileen DeVries Family Foundation
Tim & Kim Zeitter
Linda J. Dodge
Doug & Pat
Spectral Enterprises & Northland Express Transport
M. Lynn Martin
Congressman Vernon* & Johanna* Ehlers
Jay & Adriana Kilpatrick
Sandra Swanson
Janet Krueger & Bruce Goodman
Lexy McCulloch
Commerce Corporation
Dean & Sandie Bull
Donor Advised Fund of Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Bob, Lois & Sara Jean* De Boer
Frederik* & Lena* Meijer
A.G.* & Mary* Morrison
Donald Klopcic, Sr*
Pat* & Armen* Oumedian
Katherine Keane
Robert L. Bytwerk*
Marilyn Titche
Harvey Lemmen*
The Ferguson Valore Family
In Memory of Seth Soleil Thomas
Daniel & Kathleen Molhoek
Albert Preston*
John & Kate McGarry
Tom & Sally Kyros
Ping & Tim Liang
Julie Haveman
Ken Betz* & Pat Brewer
Carter* & Mary Bacon
Rita Champion Balczak*
F. Martin & Dorothy A. Johnson Family Fund
James N.* & Joy S. DeBoer
Woods Construction
Rosalyn Stuart*
In Memory of Don & Dorothy Hoyt Pingree

Join a Society

The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation offers two societies for those who have made significant contributions to the Foundation. Members of the societies qualify for permanent recognition by the Foundation, have opportunity to establish a named fund and are invited to the annual Donor Recognition event.

Bonsai Society

For those who have cumulative monetary and/or pledges in estate plans of $100,000 or more.

Perennial Society

For those who have cumulative monetary and/or pledges in estate plans of $10,000 or more.

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