Support the museum The Chocolate Factory Museum is unique in The Netherlands and The Chocolate Factory keeps the rich history of the Dutch cocoa and chocolate industry alive. Everybody should be able to enjoy the impressive process of making chocolate in the early 20th century. Maintaining the beautiful historical building, maintenance of collections and composing exhibitions are expensive matters. With your valued support we can guarantee our historical inheritance! Yes, I am a Chocolate Factory Friend! As a friend you mean a lot to us. By transferring € 85,- per year to our bank account number: 41.33.75.358 ABNAmro, Amsterdam, registered as “The Chocolate Factory Donation” you will join a large group of chocolate lovers and those keen on cultural and historical inheritance. The Chocolate Factory thanks you for your contribution by sending you a welcome gift and adding you to our mailing list. The Chocolate Factory Friends Newsletter tells friends first about developments and special events. I'd like to apply! Trust and Sponsors The Chocolate Factory Museum is, like all museums, dependent on sponsorship. Does your company value preserving and maintaining the cultural and historical inheritance of the Dutch cocoa and chocolate industry? If you are interested in expressing this, The Chocolate Factory provides different ways of being an associate in sponsorship. Being a sponsor means you can enjoy exclusive privileges. In our elegant Cocoa Baron Club you can use our conference room with all kinds of facilities for a meeting, seminar or congress. We can make an inventory of mutual wishes and needs and offer each other appropriate consultation. Support through gift or legacy One-time gift You can support The Chocolate Factory by a one-time gift. The Dutch Tax Office has registered The Chocolate Factory Foundation as a museum, whose collection is of national interest. Gifts and Donations, whether they be large, small, given once only or often, are in theory completely tax deductible. If you are obliged to pay taxes in the Netherlands, you are eligible for this if your donation is between a minimum of 1% and 10% of your total registered income. A Periodic Donation A Periodic Donation means that you transfer a fixed sum for at least 5 years. This ensures that the museum has financial support and guarantees the continuity of the activities of the museum. This donation is completely tax deductible and there are no minimum or maximum amounts. A Periodic Donation must be registered at a notary’s office. The Chocolate Factory is happy to arrange a notary for you and pay the notary’s costs if you prefer. Formal Gift This entails that one donates a sum of money to The Chocolate Factory, but this amount is only actually given to the Foundation upon one’s passing. One donates the interest accumulated on this amount to The Chocolate Factory on a yearly basis. This also needs to be registered with a notary. The Chocolate Factory is happy to arrange a notary for this and pay for the costs involved in this transaction. Donation via a Will More and more people are arranging their wills and final wishes via a notary. You can also formally register a cause that you personally support, for example The Chocolate Factory, as part of your will. This can be done in two ways. Bequest You can register a bequest in your will. The museum would , after your passing, receive a donation, which has already been determined by your wishes. The size of the bequest would be dependent upon the total amount of the inheritance. Inheritance You can list The Chocolate Factory Museum as one of your inheritors. This means that our foundation would receive part of the inheritance, along with the other inheritors. The size of the inheritance would be dependent upon the total amount of the inheritance and the number of other inheritors. Would you like more information? If you are interested in making a donation, or would like some more information, we would be pleased to discuss all the possibilities with you. Don’t hesitate to contact us at (020) 420 07 72 or send us an e-mail: stichting@dechocoladefabriek.nl.