GIVE TO THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY
Support our work to preserve and share Congregational history.
A gift to the Congregational Library & Archives supports the ongoing interpretation and preservation of the Congregational story. With over 400 years of history to curate, your gift allows the library to
build on the strengths of our collection by acquiring new items;
present in-person, hybrid, and virtual programs to several thousand viewers annually on topics ranging from church archive stewardship to the Salem witch trials;
preserve our landmark location and magnificent historic reading room; and,
welcome scholars and researchers to explore our collection and add to our understanding of the Congregational story.
Help us launch the Congregational Library & Archives
Preserve, Amplify, & Inspire Annual Appeal.
We invite you to join us as we embark on a new chapter. Inspired by our recent adoption of a new strategic plan, this year’s Annual Appeal builds off our updated mission, vision, and core belief statements.
We invite you to support our work as we:
Strive to make our library materials and programs accessible to people around the world through online exhibitions, virtual programs, and educational resources to all for free!
Support research through fellowships and internships to forward interpretation and dissemination of the importance of our world-class collections.
Collect strategically to expand our print, manuscript, and digital holdings, which document and contextualize the impact of Congregationalism on society and the nation past, present, and future.
Further our commitment to find and share histories about diverse peoples and expand our opportunities to preserve, interpret, and present narratives from across the 400+ year Congregational story.
Examine the Congregational faith tradition and its impacts through engaging in-person and virtual programming and exhibitions, such as Religion of Revolution: Congregational Voices on Liberty and Sacred Rebellion: Congregationalists in Revolutionary Massachusetts.
As we prepare to live out our mission through this five-year strategic plan, your contribution to the Preserve, Amplify, & Inspire Annual Appeal will help us to continue to evidence that Congregational history matters.
There are Several Easy Ways to Give to the Congregational Library & Archives' Ongoing Work
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Online
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By Phone
To make a gift by credit card over the phone, please call Heather Kurtz, Director of Development, at 617-523-0470 ext. 230.
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By Mail
We gladly accept donations sent via mail to our office at 14 Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Checks made payable to the Congregational Library & Archives may be sent to:
Congregational Library & Archives
Office of Development
℅ Heather Kurtz
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108 -
In-Kind Donation
We also invite you to make an in-kind donation to the CLA's collection to help us build this important archive. In-kind donations to the collection can include books, manuscripts, and works of art, as well as other items. Learn more about what materials we accept in our Collection Development Policy. For more information, please contact the please contact Heather Kurtz, Director of Development, at hkurtz@14beacon.org or at 617-523-0470 ext. 230.
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Honorary Gift
Remember those dear to you in a meaningful way with a memorial tribute to the Congregational Library & Archives. For further information please contact Heather Kurtz, Director of Development, at hkurtz@14beacon.org or at 617-523-0470 ext. 230.
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Planned Giving and Bequests
The Tappan Society was established in memory of two great financial benefactors with a passion for social justice. In the 1840s and 1850s, merchants Arthur and Lewis Tappan represented the best of the Congregational tradition, funding the work of abolitionists and personally sponsoring the 1841 rescue of Amistad captives in 1841.
Members of the Tappan Society who have identified gifts or bequests to the library in their estate planning are recognized in the Annual Report and invited to occasional special events. For bequest language or to inform the library of your planned gift, please contact Heather Kurtz, Director of Development, at hkurtz@14beacon.org or at 617-523-0470 ext. 230.
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Donor Advised Funds
Contact your donor advised fund administrator to recommend a gift in support of the CLA today. Your administrator can make a check payable to the Congregational Library & Archives and mail it to:
Congregational Library & Archives
Office of Development
℅ Heather Kurtz
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108