- 25% discount on Space & 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 Yerkes Gift Shop
- Invitation to the Spring Giving Circle Event
- Quarterly Giving Circle 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!
Cobb Circle
($250 annual gift)
Olmsted Circle
($500 annual gift)
- 50% discount on Space & 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 Yerkes Gift Shop
- Quarterly Giving Circle Newsletter
- Invitation to the Spring Giving Circle Event
- A special Yerkes gift
Mary Calvert Society
($1,000 annual gift)
- 50% discount on Space & 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 Yerkes Gift Shop
- Quarterly Giving Circle Newsletter
- Invitation to the Summer Giving Circle Event
- A special Yerkes gift
- 50% discount on 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)
Nancy Grace Roman Society
($2,500 annual gift)
- 50% discount on Space & 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 Yerkes Gift Shop
- Quarterly Giving Circle Newsletter
- Invitation to the Summer Giving Circle Event
- A special Yerkes gift
- 50% discount on 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)
- Invitation for two guests to Pre-Speaker Series Receptions; pre-registration required.
George Ellery Hale Patrons
($5,000 annual gift)
- 50% discount on Space & 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 Yerkes Gift Shop
- Quarterly Giving Circle Newsletter
- Invitation to the Summer Giving Circle Event
- A special Yerkes gift
- 50% discount on 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)
- Invitation for two guests to Pre-Speaker Series Receptions; pre-registration required.
- Concierge service for booking tours for you or your guests
PLEASE NOTE: BENEFITS ARE BASED ON AVAILABILITY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
For inquiries regarding annual gifts exceeding $5,000, please reach out to our Development and Operations Coordinator, Erin Cullen, at ecullen@yerkesobservatory.org.