How to Make a Gift

If you prefer to send your support by mail or donate over the phone, please contact us at:

National Coast Guard Museum Association, Inc.
125 Eugene O’Neill Drive
Suite 300
New London CT 06320

Phone: (860) 443-4200

501c(3) Tax ID/EIN: 06 – 1621858

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This is a 2-step process. Please review the information below to complete your allotment.

Once we receive your first gift, we will send an acknowledgment letter. If you have any questions, please call us (860) 443-4200 or email donate@coastguardmuseum.org.

Step 1: Please email the following information to the National Coast Guard Museum Association (donate@coastguardmuseum.org) so that we know you intend to set up a recurring monthly donation using your Coast Guard Allotment. We need to have your contact information so we can provide gift acknowledgment and a year-end contribution statement for tax purposes.

• Title/Prefix
• Full name
• Suffix (e.g. Jr.; USCG (Ret.))
• Mailing Address
• Email address (in case we have a question regarding your information)
• Affiliation with the Coast Guard (e.g. Active Duty, Retiree, Veteran, Friend, etc.)

Step 2: After you have emailed your information to us, please follow one of the options below to contact the U.S. Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center (CG PPC) or log in to Direct Access to complete setting up your voluntary allotment to the Museum.

Complete your allotment set up by following one of the options below. If you need to contact CG PPC please call 866-772-8724 or email ppc-dg-customercare@uscg.mil

Option 1: If you have previously accessed the CG PPC Direct Access website, please log in and request a Voluntary Deduction. Select “CG Museum Assoc Dues” if you are retired or “Association Dues” for active duty from the drop-down menu.

Option 2: If you have never accessed the CG PPC Direct Access website, please visit the following PPC RAS website to review the user guide for FIRST TIME USERS – Initial Direct Access Sign On

Option 3: If you cannot access the self-service system, please complete the CG-7221, Retired Allotment Authorization form and email it to ppc-dg-customercare@uscg.mil. The Museum Association Blanket Code is: 00080

Note: Requests received outside of Direct Access (DA) Self-Service have a processing time of 60 days after receipt.

We now accept donations of Ethereum, Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies! This gives us one more way to fund our work and can provide you with extra tax benefits. Use the tool below to quickly and easily donate your cryptocurrency.

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) are investment accounts for the sole purpose of supporting charitable organizations today. This tool automatically links with your DAF, allows you to recommend how you’d like your gift to be used and notifies the National Coast Guard Museum Association of your intentions.

Double the impact of your donation with a matching gift from your employer. Search below to see if your company is eligible, and if so, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it completed and signed with your gift.

With thoughtful planning, you can create win-win solutions for you, your loved ones, and the National Coast Guard Museum. To make planned giving as simple as possible, we’ve invested in a partnership with FreeWill to provide a free estate planning tool to our supporters. FreeWill makes it 100% free to create a legal will and include the necessary language to create your charitable legacy with the Museum. Click here to get started.

If you already have a will but would like to name the National Coast Guard Museum as a beneficiary, please click here.

If you have already designated a gift to the National Coast Guard Museum in your will, you can let us know here!

Support The National Coast Guard Museum by making a charitable gift in stock. We accept donations in publicly traded, domestic common stocks.

To make this process as simple as possible, the Museum has invested in a partnership with The Giving Block. Donating stock is safe and easy. Using the donation widget below, making a charitable gift of stock is a quick, five-step process:

1. Select your stock ticker and confirm the company name in the donation form
2. Enter your gift amount
3. Type in your email and address info for the receipt
4. Enter your brokerage account information
5. Virtually sign & make your gift!

Upon making a donation, you will receive an email notification from The Giving Block that your gift is being processed. In some circumstances, you may need to take action with your broker. The email will have instructions on any next steps.

Charitable donations of stock are processed safely and typically within 6-8 business days with The Giving Block’s distribution partner. Processing times can be longer during December or when dealing with restricted stock.

If you need help or have additional questions, please contact us at donate@coastguardmuseum.org and note “Stock Donation” in the subject line.

This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover – you may also see it referred to as a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).

You can make an impact—and save on taxes by using your IRA to make a gift. If you’re 70½ or older, you can give any amount (up to a maximum of $100,000) per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity, such as the NCGMA, without paying income taxes on the money.

Alternatively, beginning the year you turn 73, you can use your gift to satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution (RMD). You pay no income taxes on the gift. The transfer generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you benefit even if you don’t itemize your deductions.

Since the gift doesn’t count as income, it can reduce your annual income level, which may help lower your Medicare premiums and decrease the amount of Social Security that is subject to tax.

Use the tool below to make your IRA gift quickly and easily.