Fund the next phase.
The Foundation is volunteer-run and funded entirely by contributions. Every dollar buys boatwright hours, materials, hauling, berthing, insurance, and the documentation that keeps the work visible. Nobody takes a salary.
Money into hours.
Restoration is funded phase by phase. Each phase has a defined scope, a budget, and a published result — which means a gift is not absorbed into general operations, it is spent on a specific piece of work you can go and look at.
Yankee’s ten phases total an estimated $160,000 to $255,000. Phase 1 — haul-out, professional survey, stabilization, $10,000 — is funded and under way. The survey sets the scope and price of Phase 2; when we have that number, we publish it.
If you want her sailing, fund the next phase of the work.
Giving for the current project runs through Yankee’s own site, where the phases and their budgets are published in full. Gifts to the Foundation’s general fund, and gifts of securities, can be arranged directly: info@ggwbf.org.
Beyond the checkbook.
Securities
Publicly traded securities are accepted and liquidated promptly on receipt. Often more tax-efficient than cash for appreciated holdings; your advisor can tell you whether that applies to you.
Materials and equipment
Marine hardware, timber, rigging, sails, and tools, where they suit a current project and do not create storage or hazardous-material obligations that outweigh their value. Ask before shipping.
Vessels
With board review and a marine survey. See the criteria on the Projects page, and the proposal path there.
Matching gifts
Many employers match charitable contributions. The Foundation is a program of the West Coast Seafaring Society, EIN 84-1776838 — the details a matching-gift portal will ask for.
Estate and legacy gifts
Bequests, and gifts of a vessel by will, can be arranged. These need a conversation well in advance, not a surprise in probate.
Hands, records, and reach.
Work parties and skilled trades. Restoration takes crew at the yard, and it takes shore work. Sailors, riggers, woodworkers, welders, sailmakers, and people willing to sweep a shop floor are all useful.
Records. Photographs, drawings, logs, correspondence, and race results relating to Bay-built wooden yachts. Much of this record exists only in attics. We will scan and return anything lent to us — and the Library is where it ends up serving the public.
Introductions. To yards, owners, archives, funders, and press. A small organization runs on them.
Start any of these at info@ggwbf.org.
In writing.
Contributions to the West Coast Seafaring Society are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. EIN 84-1776838. We provide written acknowledgment for every gift of $250 or more, stating the amount or a description of the property and whether any goods or services were provided in exchange. For non-cash gifts over $5,000 the IRS requires the donor to obtain a qualified appraisal; we do not provide valuations for donors. We do not publish donor amounts.