We Make Your Gift Go Further

Your donation supports everything from hands-on education and boatbuilding programs to restoration projects, our interactive exhibitions and collection, and seasonal festivals that celebrate the way of life on the Bay.

Education for
Every Age

Donations to the Annual Fund support our work to engage students, build partnerships, and keep classes, lectures, and programs growing, affordable, and available to all.
Working Shipyard

Donations to the Annual Fund support our work to engage students, build partnerships, and keep classes, lectures, and programs growing, affordable, and available to all.
Keeping Our
Campus Beautiful

Donations to the Annual Fund support our work to engage students, build partnerships, and keep classes, lectures, and programs growing, affordable, and available to all.
Collections &
Exhibitions

Donations to the Annual Fund support our work to engage students, build partnerships, and keep classes, lectures, and programs growing, affordable, and available to all.

Donation Levels

Make Your Contribution
Crew Up to $99
Admiral $5,000–$9,999
Sailing Master $100–$249
Admiral of the Fleet $10,000–$24,999
Commander $250–$499
Admiral of the Miles $25,999–$49,999
Captain $500–$999
Admiral of the Chesapeake $50,000–$99,999
Commodore $1,000–$2,499
Admiral of the Sea $100,000 and up
Vice Admiral $2,500–$4,999

Your Rights As a Donor

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will not sell, trade or share your personal information with anyone else. We will not send you mail on behalf of another organization. CBMM will only share personal information once the donor has given the charity specific permission to do so. If you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please call 410-745-2916.

Donor Bill of Rights

Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

  1. To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
  2. To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.
  3. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
  4. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
  5. To receive appropriate acknowledgment and recognition.
  6. To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
  7. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.
  8. To be informed whether those seeing donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors
  9. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.
  10. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.
Contact Our Team

More Ways to Give

There are many ways to support the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s mission and legacy. Call 410-745-2916 or email llacorte@cbmm.org to discuss the options below or to explore additional ways to give.

When you make a gift to the endowment, you are making a gift with a future! Your endowment gifts guarantee that financial support will remain readily available for the future needs of CBMM.

Gifts to CBMM’s endowment are permanently invested to supply a steady, annual source of funds for the purposes agreed upon by the donor and CBMM. A new named endowment may be established for a minimum contribution of $25,000. Gifts of any size may be added to an existing endowment fund.

When you make a gift to the endowment, you are making a gift with a future! Your endowment gifts guarantee that financial support will remain readily available for the future needs of CBMM.

Gifts to CBMM’s endowment are permanently invested to supply a steady, annual source of funds for the purposes agreed upon by the donor and CBMM. A new named endowment may be established for a minimum contribution of $25,000. Gifts of any size may be added to an existing endowment fund.

When you make a gift to the endowment, you are making a gift with a future! Your endowment gifts guarantee that financial support will remain readily available for the future needs of CBMM.

Gifts to CBMM’s endowment are permanently invested to supply a steady, annual source of funds for the purposes agreed upon by the donor and CBMM. A new named endowment may be established for a minimum contribution of $25,000. Gifts of any size may be added to an existing endowment fund.

When you make a gift to the endowment, you are making a gift with a future! Your endowment gifts guarantee that financial support will remain readily available for the future needs of CBMM.

Gifts to CBMM’s endowment are permanently invested to supply a steady, annual source of funds for the purposes agreed upon by the donor and CBMM. A new named endowment may be established for a minimum contribution of $25,000. Gifts of any size may be added to an existing endowment fund.

Education & Curatorial Endowments
  • The Boatbuilding Apprentice Fund
  • The Norman H. and Ellen K. Plummer Howard I. Chapelle Memorial Library Endowment
  • The Collection Acquisition Endowment
  • The Curatorial Endowment
  • The J. Douglas Darby Memorial Education Endowment
  • The J. Douglas Darby Library Endowment
  • The Davenport Family Foundation Endowment
  • The Education Endowment
  • The Fichtner Community Sailing Endowment
  • The Maintenance for Floating Exhibits Endowment
  • The Jean McIntosh & William Carveth Heyn Endowment Fund
  • The George F. Johnson Endowment
  • The Program Endowment for the Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies
  • The Kimberly-Clark Endowment, in Memory of Robert J. Kimberly
  • The Lenfest Foundation Lecture Series Endowment
  • The Lighthouse Endowment
  • The James Michener Intern Endowment
  • The Phillip E. Nuttle Waterfowl Endowment
  • The David & Susan Pyles Community Sailing Endowment
  • The Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Sail Training Endowment
  • The Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe Trophy Endowment
  • The C.V. Starr Scholarship Endowment
  • The Barbara Stewart Museum Store Endowment
  • The Dr. Charles H. Thornton Education Program Endowment Fund
  • The Trumpy Yacht Endowment
  • The Ernest and Jane Tucker Apprentice Endowment
  • The George Harry Wagner Memorial Scholarship Endowment
  • The Webster Endowment
  • The Ralph H. Wiley Education Endowment
Operating Endowments
  • The Boatbuilding Apprentice Fund
  • The Norman H. and Ellen K. Plummer Howard I. Chapelle Memorial Library Endowment
  • The Collection Acquisition Endowment
  • The Curatorial Endowment
  • The J. Douglas Darby Memorial Education Endowment
  • The J. Douglas Darby Library Endowment
  • The Davenport Family Foundation Endowment
  • The Education Endowment
  • The Fichtner Community Sailing Endowment
  • The Maintenance for Floating Exhibits Endowment
  • The Jean McIntosh & William Carveth Heyn Endowment Fund
  • The George F. Johnson Endowment
  • The Program Endowment for the Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies
  • The Kimberly-Clark Endowment, in Memory of Robert J. Kimberly
  • The Lenfest Foundation Lecture Series Endowment
  • The Lighthouse Endowment
  • The James Michener Intern Endowment
  • The Phillip E. Nuttle Waterfowl Endowment
  • The David & Susan Pyles Community Sailing Endowment
  • The Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Sail Training Endowment
  • The Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe Trophy Endowment
  • The C.V. Starr Scholarship Endowment
  • The Barbara Stewart Museum Store Endowment
  • The Dr. Charles H. Thornton Education Program Endowment Fund
  • The Trumpy Yacht Endowment
  • The Ernest and Jane Tucker Apprentice Endowment
  • The George Harry Wagner Memorial Scholarship Endowment
  • The Webster Endowment
  • The Ralph H. Wiley Education Endowment