About Us

Cape May MAC (Museums+Arts+Culture) is a multi-faceted non-profit organization, promoting the restoration, interpretation and cultural enrichment of greater Cape May for its residents and visitors. Through its sponsorship of cultural and heritage tourism, Cape May MAC has helped transform Cape May from a “summer only” beach resort to the country’s leading Victorian theme destination. Your donation to any of Cape May MAC’s initiatives helps us carry out these missions, ensuring a vital and robust community.

Annual Appeal

Now we are looking into the future again and there are certainly some dark clouds ahead. While the squirrels are burying their nuts now, we are still canceling many of our best Fall and Winter fund raising events. We know, and hopefully you understand, we need your help to insure a future for our organization during the pandemic. We are asking you to consider a significant donation which will be matched by a donation from our 2020 Society Restricted Funds as well as another match from several anonymous donors. So for every $100 donation that we receive by January 1, 2021, Cape May MAC will have $300 to continue operations until we are truly back in business.

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Memorial Gifts

Honor the memory of a loved one through a memorial gift to Cape May MAC. Please select the appropriate fund and use the comment section on the donation form to indicate the person you are honoring and whom to notify of your generous gift and lasting tribute.

Click on the Fund Links below for donation form.

General Operations

You can make a donation to General Operations and let Cape May MAC choose where funds are most needed.

2020 Society

In anticipation of Cape May MAC’s 50th anniversary in 2020, the Cape May MAC Board has founded a new fund to help propel us into our second half-century of service- the 2020 Society.

Cape May Lighthouse

A donation to the Cape May Lighthouse, a beacon for mariners since 1859 and now a museum of maritime history, will help Cape May MAC keep the tower in tiptop condition.

Emlen Physick Estate

Preserving the Emlen Physick Estate has been a labor of love since Cape May MAC was founded in 1970.  Your donation today will help us maintain the Emlen Physick Estate so it can be enjoyed by generations to come.

Michael Zuckerman Endowment

Set up in 2013 in honor of Michael Zuckerman’s 30th anniversary as Director of Cape May MAC, this fund underwrites restoration projects and collections acquisition and conservation at our three historic sites.

World War II Tower

A donation to the World War II Lookout Tower, part of the immense Harbor Defense of the Delaware system known as Fort Miles, will help Cape May MAC keep the tower in tiptop condition.

Cape May Music Festival

Since 1990, the Cape May Music Festival has been bringing beautiful music – classical, chamber, jazz and more – to Cape May each Spring. Your donation helps underwrite this gift to the Cape May community.

George’s Angels

The George’s Angels fund helps us raise the monies needed for additional musicians, related expenses and original orchestrations for our annual Music Festival tribute to George Mesterhazy.

Lessons of History

The Lessons of History Fund was created to guarantee that this lecture series featuring important and enriching content, will become a permanent feature of the Cape May cultural scene.

More Ways to Give

In-Kind Donations

Cartoon Gift Box

Cape May MAC collects gift baskets, gift certificates, in-kind accommodation stays and in-kind services throughout the year for various fundraising missions.

If you have something of value, or want to make a donation from your business, please contact our Chief Outreach Officer, Eliza Lotozo at elotozo@capemaymac.org.

Set-Up AmazonSmile Donations

Amazon Smile Logo

Amazon donates a small percentage of sales on eligible products to our organization when purchases are made through Amazon Smile.

  1. Go to: https://smile.amazon.com/
  2. Sign-in with you own account information
  3. Choose your charity: Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts in Cape May, NJ
  4. Save the Amazon Smile landing page in your bookmarks so that you can easily go to that page when ordering from Amazon. Only purchases at smile.amazon.com (not www.amazon.com or the mobile app) support charity.

Create a Facebook Campaign

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You can start a Facebook Fundraiser for any of Cape May MAC’s historic sites and then share this fundraiser with your family and friends on Facebook.

  1. Click on “Fundraisers” in the top left menu of your News Feed
  2. Click “Raise Money”
  3. Select “Non-Profit” or “Charity”
  4. Select one of our Non-Profit pages: @CapeMayLighthouse, @PhysickEstate, @WWIITower
  5. Choose a cover photo and fill in details
  6. Click “Create”