National Quilt Museum

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Best Sellers include: * Quilts * Napkins * Coasters * Pot Holders * Pin Cushions * Tote bags * T-Shirts * Sweatshirts * Hoodies *  Caps * Books * Patterns * Mugs * Tumblers * Ornaments * Magnets, and * Gift Certificates.

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The National Quilt Museum supports the sustainability and growth of today’s quilting community by bringing the work of today’s quilters to new audiences worldwide. The museum is a 501c3 nonprofit organization primarily funded through the generosity of people and companies passionate about quilting. Sources of the museum‘s funding include: Gift Shop 40.77% / Admission 24.67% / Membership Program 8.18% / Grants 7.26% / Private Donations 4.80% / Corporate 4.58% / Foundations 3.70% / Auction 3.16% / Year End Campaign 2.30% / Miscellaneous 0.5%

Membership

The support of people like you, who are passionate about quilting, allows the National Quilt Museum to provide programs that bring the work of today’s quilters to audiences around the world. By joining as a Friend of NQM, you become a part of a family of supporters that have moved our museum forward for the past three decades. Since our founding, more than 10,000 people have given goods, funds, or their time to The National Quilt Museum. Membership at these levels are offered: * Supporter * Benefactor * Donor, and * Patron.

FRIENDS, AT THE CURATOR’S CIRCLE LEVEL AND ABOVE, RECEIVE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, INCLUDING: The National Quilt Museum’s Collection Book and name recognition on the Donor Wall of The National Quilt Museum. The Membership Circles include: * Curator’s Circle * Director’s Circle * President’s Circle, and * Founder’s Circle. (The President’s Circle includes a private tour with The National Quilt Museum Curator for up to four guests).

Donations

One Time Donation: Help us advance the art of quilting. A donation of any size to The National Quilt Museum helps us advance the art of quilting. Your donation will go directly toward maintaining and expanding Museum programs. Specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gifts. Memorial and Tribute gifts are welcomed.

Recurring Monthly Donations: Without your generosity, attention, and good will, the National Quilt Museum would lack both capacity and purpose. Specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gifts. Memorial and Tribute gifts are welcomed.

NQM Memorial Giving Program: The National Quilt Museum is honored to host a Memorial Program in celebration of the lives of quilters and quilt-enthusiasts around the world. Your loved ones name will appear on The National Quilt Museum’s website Memorial Program page with the option of being on The National Quilt Museum’s Wall of Memorial Giving at it’s location in Paducah, Kentucky, (Quilt City USA). Please contact the Museum to facilitate your contribution.

Other Possible Donation Opportunities: Show your support for the museum‘s efforts to bring quilting to new audiences, educate the next generation of quilters, and preserve the art form so it will be enjoyed for hundreds of years. The National Quilt Museum is owned by the quilting community, funded by people passionate about quilting, and represents today’s quilter. Show your support today!

• Beneficiary Designation: Show Your Passion for the Future of Quilting After Your Lifetime.
• Cash Donations: The National Quilt Museum accepts monetary donations in check or credit card.
• Wills and Trusts: Want to leave a legacy by supporting the museums efforts to sustain and expand quilting.
• Gifts of Securities: The National Quilt Museum does accept gifts of stocks and other securities.
• IRA Rollover: A Tax-Saving Way to help The National Quilt Museum.
• Memorial and Tribute Gifts: Honor a friend or love ones passion for quilting by making a memorial or tribute gift in their name.
• Endowment Gifts: Endowment Gifts are a great tool for funding the long-term health of The National Quilt Museum.
• Charitable Lead Trust: A charitable lead trust works by donating payments out of a trust to the museum for a set amount of time.
• Charitable Gift Annuity: Turn Your Generosity into Lifetime Income with a Charitable Gift Annuity.
• For Professional Advisers: We regularly work closely with professional advisers when clients are planning potential gifts to The National Quilt Museum.

Corporate Partnerships: Today NQM stands as the most productive and popular quilt museum in America. We attract 35,000 annual visitors from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. More than 130,000 people follow us on social media. We are recognized regularly by the national media, both in print and online, and we are a pilgrimage site for quilt makers and quilt lovers from around the globe. We invite you to join with us as a corporate partner as we strive to provide enhanced exhibitions and programming to our growing audience at home and abroad. With your support we will work to ensure that the quilting community always finds a welcoming and much-loved home at the National Quilt Museum. Memberships at these levels are offered: * Platinum * Gold * Silver, and * Bronze.

In-kind Donation: Thank you for your interest in donating items to The National Quilt Museum. All donated items are either used in our education department or sold to generate funding for our exhibitions and programs.