Ways to Give to the Friends
About 120 men and women donate their time and talents to serving on the board of trustees, leading tours, organizing, and staffing the the Under the Dome Gift Shop. They also plan events and help develop educational materials. Your donations are directed to the State House collections, education and outreach and the ongoing conservation of the building.
legacy/planned giving
Planned giving is an extraordinary charitable tool that enables you to create a lasting legacy of compassion and community service. It can be as simple as designating Friends of the Vermont State House as a beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy, or including Friends in your will.
Donate to the Friends Online
I want to express my deepest gratitude for your tireless work and dedication to preserving the rich history of our Vermont State House. Your commitment ensures that this important landmark continues to inspire and educate future generations. Thank you for your unwavering efforts to uphold its legacy.
– Online Donor, October 2024
How Your Donation is Used
When you donate to the Friends of the Vermont State House your contribution helps to maintain the State House and to preserve and interpret its historic integrity.
Your gift contributes to the ongoing conservation of the State House collection of historic art, memorabilia, and furnishings. Your gift also supports programs that promote public awareness of the building, its history, and its continuing function as Vermont’s seat of government.
Free public programs include topical events as well as State House tours specifically designed for the thousands of Vermonters and tourists who visit each year.
Whether they are students, tourists, Vermonters or international travelers, the nearly 150,000 annual visitors to the State House are warmly welcomed through the great doors by Friends’ volunteers. Adults and children alike are awed by what they see and learn there and amazed by the building’s beauty, its history, and its unique stature as a living museum.
This is your invitation to contribute to the Friends’ mission. Together we can help ensure history and meaning of Vermont’s State House continue for everyone’s appreciation.
The Friends of the Vermont State House, Inc., is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization. Gifts made to further the work of the Friends are tax deductible.