Ways to Give
Keep the Latimer legacy alive
Preserve a remarkable legacy. Fuel tomorrow's problem-solvers.
Your support protects Lewis Latimer's historic home and expands culturally responsive STEAM learning, public programs, and community engagement across Queens and beyond.
Become a Friend
Make your impact today.
With a gift of any size, you help preserve Lewis Latimer's historic home and ensure his legacy continues to inspire imagination, connection, and resilience.
Choose an amount
Monthly Giving
Become a Latimer Illuminary.
Join a community of monthly donors keeping Latimer's light shining all year long.
Reliable monthly support gives LLH the flexibility to welcome more learners, care for the historic home, and plan ambitious programs rooted in Black innovation.
- Collectible digital Latimer Illuminary membership card
- Subscription to the LLH Friends Impact Report
- Recognition in the Impact Report and on the LLH website
Benefits for Giving
Your generosity brings you closer to the work.
Explore the recognition and experiences available at every level. Benefits are cumulative.
Monthly gift of any amount
Become a Latimer Illuminary
- Collectible digital Latimer Illuminary membership card
- Subscription to the LLH Friends Impact Report
- Recognition in the LLH Friends Impact Report and website
$100+
Become a Community Connector
- Subscription to the LLH Friends Impact Report
- Priority invitations to public programs and workshops
- One-of-a-kind Lewis Latimer House collectible merchandise
- Invitations to exclusive donor events
- Connector-level recognition in the LLH Friends Impact Report and website
$500+
Become a STEAM Advocate
- Private guided tour for you and up to 5 guests during public hours
- Behind-the-scenes access to the LLH archives
- Discount at a participating local café
- Advocate-level recognition in the LLH Friends Impact Report and website
- All previously listed benefits
$1,000+
Become a Latimer Legacy Supporter
- Private after-hours tour for you and up to 10 guests
- Behind-the-scenes access to the LLH archives
- Invitation to an annual briefing with LLH leadership
- 10% discount on space rentals, up to 4 hours
- Access to Leadership Giving Opportunities to direct your support
- Legacy-level recognition in the LLH Friends Impact Report and website
- All previously listed benefits
$5,000+
Become a STEAM Innovation Partner
- 25% discount on space rentals, up to 4 hours
- Personal invitation to observe a program as an honored guest of LLH leadership
- Partner-level recognition in the LLH Friends Impact Report and website
- Private hands-on STEAM workshop for up to 20 participants at LLH
- All previously listed benefits
$10,000+
Become a Latimer Leadership Circle Member
- Opportunity to host a complimentary private event, up to 4 hours, in the garden and indoor space
- Leadership Circle recognition in the LLH Friends Impact Report and website
- All previously listed benefits
Recognition is always offered in accordance with donor preferences, and supporters may choose to give anonymously.
Explore Our Work
See how Lewis Latimer's legacy is illuminating the future.
Download our full case materials to learn more about Lewis Latimer House, the communities we serve, and the many ways you can help preserve this remarkable legacy and fuel tomorrow's problem-solvers.
Ways to Give
Choose the way of giving that works best for you.
Every gift helps preserve Lewis Latimer's historic home and expand learning, creativity, and opportunity across Queens and beyond.
Give Online
Make a secure one-time gift using your preferred payment method.
Give online →Give Monthly
Become a Latimer Illuminary and sustain LLH's work throughout the year.
Give monthly →Donate by Check
Make checks payable to Lewis Latimer House and mail them to our Queens mailing address.
View instructions →Donor-Advised Fund
Recommend a grant to Lewis Latimer House through your donor-advised fund provider.
Contact us →Employee Matching Gifts
Ask whether your employer will match your contribution and multiply its impact.
Learn more →Other Ways to Give
Explore additional options →
- ACH or wire transfer
- Gifts of stock or appreciated securities
- IRA qualified charitable distributions
- Multi-year pledges
- Planned or legacy gifts
Create a Fundraiser
Invite friends, family, or colleagues to support Lewis Latimer House through a fundraiser of your own.
Explore peer-to-peer fundraising →Give in Honor or Memory
Celebrate someone special or honor their legacy with a meaningful tribute gift.
Make a tribute gift →Direct Your Impact
Sponsorship Opportunities
Connect your generosity to the educational, cultural, preservation, and community programs that bring Lewis Latimer's legacy to life each day.
Program Sponsorship
Program Sponsorship Opportunities
Explore ways to support LLH's educational, cultural, preservation, and community programs.
View Program Opportunities →Leadership Sponsorship
Leadership Sponsorship Opportunities
Explore leadership investments that sustain major programs and deepen your connection to LLH's impact.
View Leadership Opportunities →Program Sponsorship
$100
Educational Materials & Program Supplies
Provides flexible support for the supplies, materials, and operational needs that make LLH's educational and public programs possible and accessible. Support at this level helps provide art supplies, circuitry materials, workshop tools, and hands-on learning resources used across field trips, STEAM Saturdays, residencies, and community programs, ensuring learners of all ages can explore, create, and innovate.
Discuss this opportunity →Program Sponsorship
$250
Preserve the Historic Latimer Home
As the steward of Lewis Latimer's historic family home, LLH preserves an important piece of American history and a lasting testament to his legacy. Support at this level helps maintain the home and grounds, fund beautification projects, and address ongoing preservation needs, ensuring the House remains a welcoming, accessible resource for the 7,500+ visitors who come through its doors each year.
Discuss this opportunity →Program Sponsorship
$500
Students Light the World Field Trip
Underwrites one field trip for a Title I public school, engaging a class of up to 32 students, teachers, and caretakers from under-resourced schools across Queens and New York City. Students discover Latimer's life, inventions, and enduring impact through an interactive scavenger hunt and hands-on engineering and design challenges using LEDs and simple circuitry.
Discuss this opportunity →Program Sponsorship
$1,000
Community Outreach
Supports Lewis Latimer House's participation in neighborhood festivals, school fairs, conferences, and cultural events across Queens and New York City, reaching approximately 1,200 community members annually. Through hands-on activities and storytelling, LLH educators introduce new audiences to Latimer's legacy while strengthening relationships with community partners.
Discuss this opportunity →Program Sponsorship
$2,500
STEAM Saturday Workshop
Supports one free STEAM workshop at Lewis Latimer House, engaging approximately 30–80 children and other lifelong learners. Held monthly, STEAM Saturdays explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math through hands-on projects inspired by Lewis Latimer's legacy and led by LLH educators and contemporary practitioners.
Discuss this opportunity →Leadership Sponsorship
$5,000
STEAM Workshop at Large
Supports two STEAM workshops at Lewis Latimer House or with one of our Queens community partners, engaging approximately 30–80 future innovators and lifelong learners per workshop. Led by LLH educators alongside artists, scientists, designers, and other creative professionals, these workshops celebrate innovation, creativity, and the history of Black achievement in STEM and the arts.
Discuss this opportunity →Leadership Sponsorship
$10,000
Community Celebrations & Cultural Programs
Supports LLH's annual community celebrations and cultural programs, including the Juneteenth Family Festival and Lewis Latimer Birthday Celebration. These programs bring together more than 400 children, families, artists, educators, and community members each year through hands-on workshops, storytelling, performances, artist-led activities, and community gatherings.
Discuss this opportunity →Leadership Sponsorship
$15,000
Students Light the World Field Trip Program
Provides approximately 30 subsidized field trips for Title I public schools, engaging over 900 students, teachers, and caretakers annually from under-resourced schools across Queens and New York City. Students become problem-solvers and innovators through hands-on engineering and design challenges while learning how Latimer's contributions helped shape the modern world.
Discuss this opportunity →Leadership Sponsorship
$25,000
After-School STEAM Residency
Underwrites one 10–14 week after-school STEAM residency at a Queens public elementary or middle school, expanding LLH's reach beyond its current school partners. Approximately 30 students explore circuitry, sustainable design, 3D modeling, patents, and invention while developing their own Lewis Latimer Mindset of imagination, connection, and resilience.
Discuss this opportunity →Looking to make a leadership investment?
We'll help you identify an opportunity aligned with the impact you hope to make and provide tailored updates about your support.
More Ways to Engage
There is more than one way to carry Latimer's legacy forward.
Visit the House
Walk through the historic home where Lewis Latimer lived, created, and built community.
Learn more →Attend a Program
Join a workshop, celebration, conversation, or free STEAM Saturday.
Learn more →Bring Your Community
Plan a school visit, group tour, partnership, or private gathering.
Learn more →Share the Story
Subscribe, follow, and introduce new people to Latimer's remarkable legacy.
Learn more →A legacy still illuminating the world
Help the next generation imagine what's possible.
Ways To Give To The Lewis H. Latimer Fund
There are many ways to support the Lewis Latimer House, including making a one-time or monthly gift.
Via Check
Please make payable to Lewis Latimer House and mail to us at:
Lewis Latimer House
3441 137th Street
Flushing, NY 11354
Employer Matching
If you work for a company or organization with a gift-matching program, ask your HR department for a matching gift form to double, or even triple the impact of your giving to LLH. Our tax ID number is: 11-2983131
Other Ways to Donate
For the following, please contact Ev Briggs at ev.briggs@lewislatimerhouse.org:
Make a multi-year pledge
Make a donation through your Donor Advised Fund
Donate via ACH or wire transfer
Include the Lewis Latimer House Museum in your estate plans by making a planned gift