Sponsorship Opportunities
Exhibit & Program Sponsorship Opportunities
Honoring Service. Inspiring Leadership. Educating Generations.
Join Us!
Join us as a sponsor of Carolina Museum of the Marine. Your support brings our mission to life: to honor the legacy of Carolina Marines and Sailors, cultivate principled leadership, and educate future generations. With construction nearing completion and doors opening in 2026, now is the time to secure your place in history.
Our sponsorship program replaces traditional naming opportunities with a flexible and time-limited approach designed to align with philanthropic goals while meeting the community where it is. All sponsor partners receive recognition benefits, including signage, digital acknowledgment, and invitations to museum events.
Sponsors will join a growing list of visionary partners who’ve made this Museum possible. See below for current sponsorship opportunities and examples of secured gifts.
Naming & Sponsorship Opportunities
TRANSFORMATIONAL NAMING & LEADERSHIP ENDOWMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Institutional Naming Opportunity ($5,000,000 – $10,000,000):
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to name the Carolina Museum of the Marine.
Leadership Forum Endowment Naming Opportunity ($2,500,000 – $5,000,000):
Endows the Al Gray Marine Leadership Forum in perpetuity.
Transformational Partnership: Museum + Leadership Forum Endowment ($7,000,000 – $12,000,000)::
Unites naming the Museum with endowing the Leadership
Forum.
NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
Museum Building Naming Opportunity – A Legacy that Endures – $3,000,000
Patriots Park:
Presented by First Citizens Bank
Eternal Flame & Courtyard:
Unites naming the Museum with endowing the Leadership Forum.
Patriots Walkway:
Presented by Byrd Family Foundation
Great Hall:
Presented by Col Gerald Yanello, USMC (Ret) and Cpl E-4 Ralph Yanello
Technology Underwriter: $250,000
Carolina MAGTF Café & Gift Shop:
Presented by the Minges Family
GALLERIES
Intro Gallery: World Warriors – $100,000
Gallery 1: Marines Come from the Sea – $250,000
Gallery 2: The Bonds that Unite Us – $250,000
Gallery 3: Meeting New Challenges – $250,000
Always Faithful –
Proudly presented by Blankenship Family Fund in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stowe (Buck) Blankenship, Jr. and the Donohue Family Foundation in memory of Thomas J. Donohue
EXHIBITS
Huey Helicopter Exhibit – Available – $100,000
Medal of Honor Display – Available – $75,000
Display Cases (Multiple) – Available –$10,000 – $25,000 each
“Meet the Marine” Interactive Exhibit – Available – $25,000 per station or $250,000 for full exhibit
“Coming Home: Ties That Bind” Exhibit
James and Valerie Grabicki in honor of Col John Kopka, USMC (Ret)
“What They Wore, What They Carried”- sponsored by:
CW05 Lisa Potts, USMC (Ret) and Mr. Doug Potts in honor of Gold Star Families
ROOM & SPACE SPONSORSHIPS
General Al Gray Classroom – sponsored by LtCol Ronald Eckert, USMC (Ret) and Mrs. Kathleen Eckert
LtGen John A. Lejeune Classroom – Available – $100,000
Reception Area – Available – $75,000
Catering Kitchen – sponsored by Dr. Brenda Johnson
Curator’s Office – Available – $30,000
General Al Gray Classroom – sponsored by LtCol Ronald Eckert, USMC (Ret) and Mrs. Kathleen Eckert
LtGen John A. Lejeune Classroom – Available – $100,000
Reception Area – Available – $75,000
Catering Kitchen – sponsored by Dr. Brenda Johnson
Collections & Tech Storage – $25,000
DONOR WALL
Donors/Sponsors cumulatively contributing $5,000 or more will be recognized on the Museum’s Donor Wall:
COMMUNITY- LEVEL SPONSORSHIPS
Tribute Bricks
4” x 8” – $150.00
8” x 8” – $250.00
Event or Program Series Support – Available – Starting at $10,000
Download the “Naming and Sponsorship Opportunities” document (PDF, 133KB)
