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We, at the Fowler Museum, often refer to ourselves as a “small, but mighty” team: always ambitious in our global exhibitions, programs, collaborations, and outreach, and deeply committed to pathbreaking research and caring for a renowned collection. We could not achieve this without the generosity of our members and friends.
When you give to the Fowler you provide critical resources for the Museum’s acclaimed work, and strengthen our endeavors to open eyes, minds, and hearts to the limitless creativity and eloquence of artists that help us address the challenging realities of our times.
Gifts to the Fowler Fund provide critical, unrestricted support that helps bridge the widening gap between the revenue the museum receives from the state and our operating budget. Each year the Fowler Fund makes possible a wide range of educational programs and outreach activities including artists-in-residence, lectures by visiting scholars, free bus transportation to the fowler for underserved k-12 schools, and arts and performance workshops for families.
The most common gifts are made in cash or securities. Fowler Fund donations can be made in any amount and are 100% tax-deductible. Tribute gifts can also be made in honor or in memory of a special person or occasion.
Every dollar you donate is matched due to the generosity of Jay and Deborah Last. Learn more.
Exhibitions at the Fowler enhance understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and artistic achievements of the world. The Exhibition Fund enables the Fowler to implement exciting, important, and scholarly exhibitions and make them accessible to a wide and diverse audience, including the UCLA campus as well as K-12 schoolchildren, teachers, artists, scholars, and enthusiasts from across the Southern California region and beyond.
Every dollar you donate is matched due to the generosity of Jay and Deborah Last. Learn more.
Each year the Education Fund makes possible a wide range of educational programs and outreach activities including lectures by visiting scholars, free bus transportation to the Fowler for underserved K-12 schools, and workshops for children and families.
Every dollar you donate is matched due to the generosity of Jay and Deborah Last. Learn more.
The Fowler Museum has a Conservation Center on-site. Support for this area of the Museum is critical to both responding to emergency conservation needs and to caring for and preserving the Museum’s art collection for future generations.
Every dollar you donate is matched due to the generosity of Jay and Deborah Last. Learn more.
A gift to the Marla C. Berns Exhibition Endowment honors the former Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director’s outstanding 20 years of leadership to the Fowler Museum and UCLA. The heart of Marla Berns’ tenure was her spirit of innovation and risk-taking with exhibitions that made the Fowler renowned across the globe. She shined a spotlight on lesser known and important artistic achievements in the world, bringing increased visibility, appreciation, and understanding to global arts and cultures to UCLA and Southern California. The Endowment honors Marla’s legacy while enabling us to continue this important work, ensuring growth for the Fowler’s future. Endowment funds support exhibitions and publications.
Shirley and Ralph Shapiro
Jay and Deborah Last
The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
Cindy Miscikowski
Lillian Lovelace
Elizabeth and Graeme Gilfillan
Jill and Barry Kitnick
Ronald and Maxine Linde
Younes & Soraya Nazarian Family Foundation
Martha and Avrum Bluming
Catherine Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
Cotsen Foundation for Academic Research
Judy Fiskin and Jon Weiner
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation
Carolyn and Charles Knobler
Connie McCreight
Steven and Sarah Olsen
Ellen Perlmutter and Edward Jones
Don Bierlich
Robert and Ann Diener
Astrid and Howard Preston
Andrew Adelson
Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles
Mary Herne and David Kenin
Janis and William Wetsman
Steve Nelson and Vicki Turbeville
Aryan Papoli
Anonymous
Robert and Patsy Sung
Brenda Levin and David Abel
Massumeh Farhad
Arvey Foundation
Richard T. Baum
Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch
Susan Stanger and Roy Berns
Valerie and Brad Cohen
Laura Donnelley
Vickie Elson and Richard Todd
Jay Geller and Lowell Gallagher
Perla Karney
Linda Kunik
Saundra Lang
Ann Philbin
Dallas Price and Bob Van Breda
Michael Rohde
Bronwen and Garrett Solyom
Rhea and Adam Turteltaub
Jill Vexler
Janice and Dan Wallace
Joan Weinstein
Diane and Ernie Wolfe
Carol and Gene Block
Beth Farb
Gil and Sukey Garcetti
Chon Noriega
Matthew H. Robb and Jennifer Josten
Helene and Robert Schacter
Thomas K. Seligman
Peter Sellars
Doris Sosin
Brett Steele
Lyn and Al Avins
Kristy Edmunds
David Blair
Cameron Taylor Brown
Linda Friedman
Evelyn Meyer
Gemma Rodrigues
Christopher Waterman
The Winnick Family Foundation
Gassia Armenian
Joanna Barrkman
Herbert M. and Shelley Cole
Jean and Gary Concoff
Gloria Gonick
Carol Halperin
Erica P. Jones
Marilyn Levin
Betsy Quick
Susan Addison and Jefferson Schierbeek
Richard Baum
Erin Connors
Jennifer Wells Green
Patricia Hackel and Stan Kamin
Joanne Knopoff
Kris Lewis
Sophie Livsey
Gene McHugh
Laura Parker
Marilyn Rosen
Raymond Silverman
Kathy Smith
Ann Plauzoles
Julia Carnahan
Amy Landau
Melissa Pugash
Lori Zimmerman
Carlee Forbes
Marina Belozerskaya
Phil Curtis
Bridget DuLong
Bianca Collins
Roxana Vosough
A gift to the Doran H. Ross Fund for African Exhibitions directly supports the planning and implementation of exhibitions of African art and artists at the Fowler Museum. This includes research, curator and artist fees and travel, shipping, installation, interpretive media, and other primary areas of need. The Fund honors the late Fowler Museum Director’s twenty years of remarkable service to the Museum and UCLA.
Making a planned gift to the Fowler Museum is a very special moment, and we understand that your decision places the Museum within the special circle of your family members, loved ones, and friends. Our planned giving opportunities can help you build a meaningful legacy that will provide crucial support to exhibitions, artistic endeavors, and the education of generations to come.
Tribute and memorial gifts in honor of friends and family are an especially meaningful way to celebrate special occasions and remember loved ones while supporting the Fowler Museum’s renowned collections, exhibitions, and educational programming. Contributions can be made in support of specific programs or departments upon your request.
For more information please contact us below.
Endowments help to stabilize the Museum’s future and provide a reliable source of income in perpetuity that can secure leadership positions and fund exhibitions, education programs, general operations and more. The Fowler accepts unrestricted, term, quasi, and restricted endowments.
For more information please contact us below.
With your ongoing support, we can continue to bring the diversity and creativity of world arts to Los Angeles and beyond.
Making a gift is easy!
Online
Simply click on the link provided in the fund description to navigate to the online giving form.
By Phone
Call 310-206-0246 with a credit card #.
Checks
Make payable to “The UCLA Foundation” indicating the fund you would like to support in the memo line. Mail to:
The UCLA Foundation
PO Box 7145
Pasadena, CA 91109-9903
Wire Transfer
Click here for UCLA’s wire transfer form.
Questions?
Call 310-206-0246 or email fowler_development@arts.ucla.edu.
Image: Member preview and opening celebration of Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders, January 28, 2023. Photo by Todd Westphal.