Support

Egan Maritime Institute promotes and preserves Nantucket’s maritime traditions. We strive to ensure that our Island’s culture and community continue to be shaped by its seafaring legacy. We achieve this through programs in the classroom, at the museum, and on the water.

While the numbers are impressive, sometimes our work is less about the numbers and more about the stories. It's about a high school senior who experienced an ah-ha moment while dissecting a scallop. The joy on the face of a child when they realize the cool medal at the Museum is her great-great grandpop’s. Or it’s the fourth grader who is afraid of the water but overcomes their fear and ends up heaving lines with ease.

All our community outreach programs are free, thanks to the generosity of our members, donors, and friends. Please give generously. Your gift will allow us to continue offering no-cost educational programs for the Island’s youth and invigorate our mission through programming in the community, the classroom, and on the water.

Ways to Give:

Egan Maritime Institute offers several easy contribution options. If you have any questions or would like a copy of the EMI's Gift and Fund Acceptance Policies, please get in touch with us at (508) 228-2505

Cash – Cash gifts can be made by check or online. You may also make a wire transfer of money. Make a gift today!

Check – Make checks payable to Egan Maritime Institute with your gift designation on the check memo line. Mail the check to PO Box 2923, Nantucket, MA 02584.

Credit Card – Online credit card contributions can be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Make a gift today!

Paypal - We are enrolled as an official PayPal charity. Donate through Paypal!

Venmo- We are enrolled as an official charity with Venmo! Donate Using Venmo

Donor Advised Fund

Please alert EMI if you send a gift via your donor-advised fund by email to Carlisle Jensen at cbjensen@eganmaritime.org or call 508-228-2505. Your financial institution will require you to share EMI's legal name and EIN. All necessary information is available here.

Egan Maritime relies on contributions from members and supporters to fulfill its mission of inspiring the appreciation and preservation of Nantucket's maritime culture and seafaring legacy through all of its programs.

In honor of Founders Bud and Dorothy Egan, the Egan Maritime Institute established The Bud and Dorothy Leadership Circle in 2017 to recognize donors who significantly support the organization’s annual operations with contributions of $5,000 and above.

To learn more about how you can become a part of it, please contact Egan Maritime's Executive Director by calling (508) 228-2505.

BECOME PART OF THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE NOW
WITH A DONATION OF $5,000 OR ABOVE

Keeping Nantucket's seafaring heritage at the forefront of the island's maritime community.

The Walter Nelson Chase Society, established in 2006, honors those individuals who have included the Egan Maritime Institute or its affiliate, the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, in their estate plans.

Naming Egan Maritime Institute as a beneficiary of your trust; IRA or other retirement plan; life insurance policy or other planned gifts is the gateway to the Society.

If your intended bequest or planned gift information is not already included in Egan Maritime records, you will be asked to complete and sign a member profile indicating your planned gift or bequest. Note that the information regarding the amount, nature, or designation of the bequest or gift is not required.

For more information please contact Egan Maritime Institute at (508) 228 - 2505.

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Egan Maritime Institute offers several easy contribution options. If you have any questions or would like a copy of the EMI's Gift and Fund Acceptance Policies, please get in touch with us at (508) 228-2505

Cash – Cash gifts can be made by check or online. You may also make a wire transfer of money. Make a gift today!

Check – Make checks payable to: Egan Maritime Institute with your gift designation on the check memo line. Mail the check to PO Box 2923, Nantucket, MA 02584.

Credit Card – Online credit card contributions can be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Make a gift today!

Paypal - We are enrolled as an official PayPal charity. Make a Gift Today!

Donor Advised Fund

Please alert EMI if you send a gift via your donor-advised fund by email to Carlisle Jensen at cbjensen@eganmaritime.org or call 508-228-2505. Your financial institution will require you to share EMI's legal name and EIN. All necessary information is available here.

Stock or Transfers

Please alert the EMI of any wire transfer gift by email to Carlisle Jensen at cbjensen@eganmaritime.org or call 508-228-2505. If you would like to make a gift of public securities, unrestricted or closely held securities, please call for instructions.

Contribution Instructions for Wire Transfers or ACH Transfers