Support

Overview

Your financial support will serve as a living legacy, providing our children and grandchildren with unparalleled resources and extraordinary means for understanding the past and inspiring their future. NMAJH is a force fueling the American spirit of courage and imagination, aspiration and hard work, leadership and service, where all Americans can rediscover and reconnect with the immigrant experience.
Gifts to the Museum support our dynamic exhibitions, engaging programs, and educational initiatives, including world premiere film screenings, lectures by leading scholars, and interactive events for all ages. And, it will help ensure that the story of America’s Jews will be preserved, explored and celebrated for generations to come.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (S. 748) provides significant funding for businesses, hospitals, schools, and social support programs, among many other things. Charitable Giving Incentive: Includes a new above-the-line deduction (universal or non-itemizer deduction that applies to all taxpayers) for total charitable contributions of up to $300. The incentive applies to contributions made in 2020 and would be claimed on tax forms next year. Section 2204. The bill also lifts the existing cap on annual contributions for those who itemize, raising it from 60 percent of adjusted gross income to 100 percent. For corporations, the bill raises the annual limit from 10 percent to 25 percent.

Your gift of support is restricted for current operating expenses. The gift may not be used to pay any long term debt.