- 25% discount on Space & Spaces and Hidden Spaces tours for up to two persons per tour, whether purchased for you or your guests (discount does not apply to other tours or programs)
- 15% discount in the Gift Shop
- Invitation to one exclusive Giving Circle event
- Receive Comet Tales, the Yerkes e-newsletter
Giving Circles
Join a Yerkes Giving Circle
and Invest in the Future
Yerkes Future Foundation Giving Circles program recognizes donors who support our work with an annual, unrestricted gift of $250 or more.
Each Giving Circle is named after an individual who played an important role in our story: architect Henry Ives Cobb, landscape architect John Charles Olmsted, and astronomers Mary Calvert and Nancy Grace Roman. The George Ellery Hale Patrons are named after the founder of Yerkes Observatory.
Please review the Giving Circle levels and associated benefits below. You can join one of our Giving Circles by completing the form provided.
Thank you for your support!
The Cobb Circle
($250 annual gift)
The Olmsted Circle
($500 annual gift)
- Cobb Circle benefits plus…
- 50% discount on Space & Spaces and Hidden Spaces tours for up to two persons per tour, whether purchased for you or your guests (discount does not apply to other tours or programs)
- A special Yerkes gift
The Mary Calvert Society
($1,000 annual gift)
- Olmsted Circle benefits plus…
- Invitation to two exclusive Giving Circle events
The Nancy Grace Roman Society
($2,500 annual gift)
- Mary Calvert Society benefits plus…
- Free charging for your electric vehicle year-round while visiting Yerkes
George Ellery Hale Patrons
($5,000 annual gift)
- Nancy Grace Roman Society benefits plus…
- Concierge service for booking tours for you or your guests
- Exclusive invitations to special events
For inquiries regarding annual gifts exceeding $5,000, please reach out to our Director of Development, Sherry Shaffer, at sshaffer@yerkesobservatory.org.