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BECOME A FOUNDING FRIEND TODAY

With even a modest gift, you can become a Founding Friend of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site. As a Founding Friend, you can be proud to know you are one of our foundational supporters. You’ll also receive:

  • Exclusive invitations to special events
  • A special edition of our newsletter, and
  • A gift that will tell others you’re a Founding Friend

WAYS TO GIVE

The Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site appreciates your interest in making a donation to support our mission: to ensure the preservation of the Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site and to promote public access to the site.

There are several ways to give.

Cash Donations
 are the most common method of supporting the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site.  These can be made:

Online, via this convenient form:

By check sent to:
Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site
P.O. Box 85
Montchanin, DE 19710

Matching Gifts Many companies match the philanthropic gifts given by their employees and their spouses. Please contact your employer to determine whether it is a matching gift corporation.

Gifts of stock shares can be transferred directly from your brokerage account to the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site’s account at WSFS.  Please contact friendsofcoochsbridge@gmail.com for stock transfer information.

Gifts-in-kind are considered on a case-by-case basis.

IRA or Pension PlanGiving– Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site is a qualified charity and eligible to receive a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) directly from your IRA custodian as part of your required minimum distribution.  You can also designate the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site as the beneficiary of qualified pension plans, Keoghs, commercial deferred annuities, or employee stock options.  Please contact your tax and financial advisors to discuss any of these opportunities, and communicate your intentions to the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site.

Planned giving vehicles are available for including the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site in your estate planning.  Please contact us for sample bequest language or to learn about life income trusts, gifts of paid-up insurance policies, and other estate giving options naming Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site as beneficiaries.  Please contact your tax and financial advisors to discuss these opportunities, and communicate your intentions to the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site. 

Cryptocurrency Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site is not yet set up to accept cryptocurrencies.

Please contact friendsofcoochsbridge@gmail.com to discuss any of the above.