Donate! | Mount Prospect Historical Society

Why Donate?

The Mount Prospect Historical Society is an independent, privately funded organization. As a result, we face challenges in meeting our budget year in and year out, with the current economic turbulence as an added trial. Supporting the work of the Mount Prospect Historical Society is easy, and there are multiple ways to help.

How Can I Help?

There are many different ways to contribute to the Mount Prospect Historical Society’s operating fund. This allows us to continue our many exhibits, programs, presentations and publications that we offer year round in accordance with our mission of sharing the history of the community of Mount Prospect and the surrounding areas.

CONTRIBUTIONS

General monetary donations are extremely valuable to the Society. As we essentially operate on a “pay-as-you-go” basis, unrestricted monetary donations are able to keep us on our toes as unexpected occurrences come up. As we are a registered 501 (c)3 charitable organizations, all monetary donations are, of course, tax-deductible.

MEMORIALS

We exist to tell the stories of our community. This is especially true when it comes to the stories of our departed loved ones. Memorials to the Historical Society are gratefully accepted, and can be implemented in accordance with specific wishes of the deceased and their family.

CROSS ITEMS OFF OF OUR “WISH LIST”

In addition to offering programs and fundraisers, the Society also faces the large expense of staffing and supplying an office and maintaining three separate buildings and landscaped areas on our museum campus. Donations of office supplies, services, and resources are always welcome and help ease our financial burdens. Any of these can also be underwritten by general monetary donations. Please view our “wish list” below for specific ways you can help.

2021 MPHS Wish List

Equipment:

LCD/Plasma TV for digital displays
Digital Camera – 5 mega pixel and above
Picture Hanging System
Projector

Office Supplies:

24lb white copy paper
28lb white copy paper
Any weight reams of paper
Card stock paper

Archival Supplies:

Archival Boxes
Acid Free Unbuffered Tissue

Discounted Services:

Photo Enlargement/Reproduction
Oversize Scanning
Organizational memberships
Sign printing

Mount Prospect Historical Society
101 South Maple Street
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
847.392.9006
info@mtphistory.org

The Mount Prospect Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to preserving the history of Mount Prospect, IL, through artifacts, photographs and both oral and written memories of current and former residents and businesspeople. On its campus in the heart of the Village, the Society maintains the 1906 Dietrich Friedrichs house museum, the ADA-accessible Dolores Haugh Education Center and the 1896 one-room Central School, which was moved to the museum campus in 2008, renovated and opened to the public in 2017, the 100-year anniversary of the Village.