Giving to the Coast Guard Foundation

Your support of the Coast Guard Foundation is critical to the men and women of the United States Coast Guard and the cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. The Foundation supports important programs and projects through donations from individuals, corporations and through grants and special fundraising events. All gifts to the Foundation are deductible in accordance with Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

There are several giving options:

cash
stocks
corporate matching gifts
tribute and memorial gifts or gifts in honor of family and friends
boat donations
estate and planned gifts

The Foundation encourages unrestricted giving to ensure that gifts are used where they are most needed. Gifts to specific funds may be given in the following areas.

The Evergreen Fund and Combined Federal Campaign
This fund continues to be one of the Foundation's most successful programs. Health, wellness, education and recreation projects not funded in the Coast Guard's budget are addressed through this program, which reaches all nine of the Coast Guard's national districts. In 2007, $560,000 was disbursed to projects at home as well as to Coast Guard units overseas. One hundred percent of funds given to the Foundation through the Combined Federal Campaign are used to support the Evergreen Fund. Generous CFC contributions, combined with other gifts, helped fund projects at Coast Guard bases, on cutters and at small stations throughout the nation last year. We are grateful to the thousands of people who have designated # 10514 — the Coast Guard Foundation — to receive CFC funds. For those who would like to contribute, please remember the Foundation's CFC number: 10514

Coast Guard Foundation Scholarships and Education Grants
The Foundation administers several scholarships for Coast Guard enlisted personnel and their dependents. Scholarship winners have high hopes for the future — "A gift from heaven," is how one family described the Foundation's annual scholarship programs benefiting the children of over 50 enlisted men and women.

Family Disaster Relief Fund
The Family Disaster Relief Fund was established in September 2008 in response to a tragedy at Air Station Barber’s Point, Hawaii, in which the Coast Guard lost four crewmembers in a helicopter accident. At the time, the Family Disaster Relief Fund provided emergency assistance to the families of this helicopter crew to attend memorial services in Hawaii immediately following the incident. It is our hope that we can provide support and comfort to other families in the future who are in difficult, heart-wrenching situations.

The Disaster Relief Fund
The mayday call was heard far and wide in 2005. Working tirelessly in Louisiana , Mississippi and Alabama , Coast Guard people rescued more than 35,000 survivors of Hurricane Katrina without knowing whether their own homes and families were safe. In response to their need, the Foundation started a Disaster Relief Fund to assist Coast Guard personnel who lost their homes and possessions. Coast Guard supporters throughout the nation responded. The relief fund topped $1 million, enabling the Foundation to disburse grants to over 250 families who most needed financial assistance. Funds were used to help cover insurance deductibles, furniture replacement and home repairs. The Disaster Relief Fund continues to provide aid to Coast Guard families affected by natural disasters.

To make a secure online gift, please click here.

Please direct questions about giving opportunities to Brad Sisley, Director of Annual Giving, at bsisley@cgfdn.org