Gilbert House Children's Museum is proud to support other organizations serving children throughout the Salem Community. We value the opportunity to further our mission of inspiring children to learn through creative play by aligning with other organizations that carry out this work.
Guidelines for Donation Requests
Our standard donation includes four (4) one-day admission passes to the Museum. The passes are good for six months and have no cash value. Organizations are limited to one (1) donation request per calendar year. We receive many requests and unfortunately cannot award every organization submitting a request with a donation.Please see the guidelines below to determine if your organization is eligible to receive a donation.
In order for a request to be considered, the requesting organization must meet the outlined criteria:
- Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status in good standing
- Schools (public* and private) - Preference is given to schools that have visited the museum within the past two years.
- Be physically located within 35 miles of Gilbert House Children’s Museum.
- Organization’s mission must support and serve the museum’s core audience, children ages 2-10.
Non-Eligible Organizations
- For-profit organizations
- Third party requests
- Events benefiting a single person or family
- Religious or political organizations
- Middle schools or high schools
- Organizations farther than 35 miles from Gilbert House Children’s Museum
How to Request a Donation
Submit your letter of request, printed on the organization’s letterhead, to:
Attn: Donation Request
Gilbert House Children’s Museum
116 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
Your request must be received a minimum of six (6) weeks prior to the event. The Museum does not accept requests via telephone, email, or in-person. Please do not call to follow up on the status of your request.
If your request has been approved the passes will be sent to your organization at least two weeks prior to your event. We regret that due to the volume of requests received we cannot guarantee every request will be fulfilled. Additionally, we are unable to respond to those organizations not awarded a donation.
Please send an acknowledgement to the Museum within 60 days of the issue date of the donation.
