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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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.