The Hyde has a tradition of philanthropy dating back to 1952, when Charlotte Pruyn Hyde founded The Hyde Collection Trust, leaving her home and its impressive contents to her community and establishing an endowment to help secure its future. Since then many have chosen to include the Museum in their financial plans believing, as Mrs. Hyde did, that The Hyde Collection and the cultural opportunities it provides must be sustained.

One of the Museum's most generous benefactors, Helen Froehlich, provided major support for the Education Wing expansion of the late 1980's and later created a substantial trust for the Museum that would stand as a legacy to her and her family in perpetuity. These gifts, during her lifetime and since, have enabled tremendous growth, transforming a house and its fine and decorative arts collection into a vibrant Museum complex.

The Helen Froehlich Society, therefore, recognizes and honors those who have thoughtfully provided for The Hyde Collection's future through planned giving.

We look to the next generation to continue the philanthropic tradition Mrs. Froehlich so generously demonstrated. Consider providing for The Hyde Collection in your financial or estate planning your gift will secure the future of the Museum while leaving a legacy for generations to come, as well as offering you important income and tax benefits.

Types of planned gifts include:

• Bequests in the form of cash, securities or other properties
  
• Gifts of life insurance and retirement benefits
  
• Charitable Gift Annuities
  
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
  
• Charitable Lead Trusts
  
• Gifts of artwork suitable to the collection

The Hyde Collection recommends that you discuss your gift plans with your lawyer, accountant, or financial advisor.

For more information about how you can include The Hyde Collection in your estate plans, contact Christine Dawson, idirector of development,  at 518-792-1761, ext. 36 or via email at cdawson@hydecollection.org.