Support DAC

We thank you for your support!

Arts give meaning to life. It relieves stress. It gives joy. It builds confidence. And the healing and transformative power of the arts is needed now more than ever. Your tax-deductible gifts help elevate the arts and inspire creativity in the Four Corners region.

As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization (EIN#23-7191511), the Durango Arts Center relies on the generosity of the community to offer extraordinary visual and performing arts experiences. To learn more about how your can support our mission and programs, please contact:

Volunteers

Make a difference by donating your time

Volunteering at the DAC is fun! Our main need for volunteers is at the annual Durango Autumn Arts Festival. This beloved Durango tradition is not only the DAC’s biggest fundraising event, supporting creativity in the Four Corners region, but it infuses a significant amount of money into the local economy.

Volunteers are a key component of the Autumn Arts Festival as well as other DAC programs and events. To learn more about our current volunteering opportunities, email marketing@durangoarts.org.

Sponsorships

The arts promote true prosperity, strengthen economic vitality, drive tourism, and advance social and cultural dialogue while sparking creativity and innovation for all ages and backgrounds.

We invite sponsorships from the for-profit sector and individual philanthropists. We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities in support of transformative art experiences that reach thousands of visitors each year.

Investing in your community arts center is a visible indicator that you value the importance of local arts programming and education. Ensuring the cultural vibrancy of the community is directly linked to Durango’s reputation for attracting, retaining, and celebrating an entrepreneurial workforce.

By sponsoring DAC, you will:

Reach thousands of our users and gain exposure to an intelligent and engaged audience with an appreciation for all forms of art.
Be associated with the goodwill of supporting a vibrant community and arts education that enriches the lives of more than 3,000 children and adults every year and plays an important role in Durango’s prosperity.
Help keep the theatre and visual arts classes affordable* and accessible to all, particularly for children and young people who need creative pursuits more than ever.
Provides scholarships for those families without the financial means to pay for their kids’ classes.

Multiple sponsorship opportunities exist. To learn more, please contact:

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING SPONSORS

Gifts of Stock

Make a big impact and increase your tax deduction

One of the most effective means of tax savings available is a gift of appreciated stock. Gifts of stock are tax-deductible and there are no capital gains taxes to pay.

BENEFITS OF DONATING STOCK TO THE DAC

The satisfaction of knowing that your gift is an investment to advance quality visual and performing arts programming
Capital gains taxes on the stock are avoided In accordance with current IRS regulations
The eligibility to receive an income tax charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the stock at the time of the gift

To qualify for these special tax advantages, the security must have been held for at least one year.

To learn more about making a gift of appreciated stocks to the Durango Arts Center, please contact:

Planned Giving

Create a legacy and make a big impact with a future gift.

Whether you would like to support our work today or benefit us beyond your lifetime, you can find a charitable plan that meets your needs. Below are some of the most popular plans to consider.

Remember Us in Your Will
Structure your will to provide for your family first. Then include a gift to the charitable organizations you love. Just a few simple sentences and a meeting with an estate planning attorney are all it takes.

Make a Gift and Receive Fixed Payments for Life
If you’d like to support the Durango Arts Center and receive steady payments for life, a charitable gift annuity may be right for you.

Donate Stocks
If you give stocks you’ve owned for more than one year that are worth more than when you purchased them, you’ll qualify for significant tax advantages.

Give Retirement Plan Assets
Consider making the Durango Arts Center a beneficiary of a percentage of your retirement plan assets. Then, leave less heavily taxed assets to your loved ones.

Arrange a Charitable Trust
With a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT), you can receive income each year (either fixed or variable) from assets you place in the trust. After your lifetime, the balance in the trust goes to the Durango Art Center or other charities of your choice.

With a Charitable Lead Trusts (CLT) income payments are provided to the Durango Arts Center, or other qualified charitable organizations, for a period measured by a fixed term of years, the lives of one or more individuals, or a combination of the two; after which, trust assets are paid to either the grantor or to one or more non-charitable beneficiaries named in the trust instrument.

Use Life Insurance
Using life insurance is a simple way to leverage your charitable giving. Life insurance can be used to make a substantial gift to the Durango Arts Center such as donating a policy, transferring ownership of a policy, or by naming the DAC as the beneficiary.

Donors should consult with their own financial advisors regarding a planned gift. To least more about Planned Giving to DAC, please contact: