Planned Giving

Build the NHA's Permanent Endowment Fund
To ensure its future, the Association must build its permanent endowment to provide additional investment income that will help offset ever-increasing operating costs. Your donations of cash or appreciated securities, as well as gifts of personal property, are most welcome. The NHA, with revenue from memberships, special events, and admissions, operates with a balanced budget every year.

Enhance the NHA's Collections
You can build the NHA's permanent collections by donating your maritime artifacts, paintings, textiles, letters, diaries, logbooks, and books on Nantucket history during your lifetime or through your will. Donated artifacts and books will help islanders and visitors to expand their knowledge of Nantucket's cultural, social, political, religious, economic, and artistic development.

Provide you with membership in the NHA's Heritage Society
In 2001 the Board of Trustees enthusiastically voted to establish the Heritage Society to thank and honor all those who have invested in the Association's future during their lives by making a bequest. Enrollment is free and perpetual, and you may choose to remain anonymous. You receive the satisfaction of knowing that your interest in Nantucket's history will be preserved for future generations.

For more information about planned giving and the Heritage Society, please contact Judith Wodynski, director of external relations, by telephone at 508-228-1894, ext. 111, or by email at  jwodynski@nha.org, or by mail at Nantucket Historical Association, PO Box 1016, Nantucket, MA 02554.