Endowed Gifts
Your Gift Can Last Forever
An endowment gift to Holocaust Museum Houston today provides a brighter picture for our future. When you make a donation to our endowment, you give a gift with both immediate and long-term benefits.
Endowment donations are invested. A portion of the annual income from the investment is used to address immediate needs at HMH. The remaining funds are reinvested to ensure indefinite support.
An Example of How It Works
Wanting to preserve that the history, lessons and historical events that lead to the Holocaust are able to continue to be told in an effective way through the core exhibit, Dan and Ellen Trachtenberg have taken steps to ensure that the permanent exhibit will continue beyond her own time. She and her husband created and funded the Ellen and Dan Trachtenberg Permanent Exhibit Endowment Fund, which will provide perpetual support for the core exhibit. When asked why they chose to make this gift, she said, “When you endow, you make a promise. People will know what you care about. An endowment reminds my grandchildren of what is important to me. I want them to know that this is part of who I am.” She went on to add, “The legacy I want to leave isn’t money, but values and traditions."