146 Years of History
Friends of Monmouth Boat Club is a collective commitment to preserving the Historic Boat House of the Monmouth Boat Club and the Historical artifacts showcased within. The Monmouth Boat Club is recognized as a historic site by the National Register of Historic Places and one of New Jersey's 2025 ten most endangered historic places.
Your support and involvement is key to ensuring the preservation of this time-capsule on the Navesink River.
A Worthwhile Cause
Preservation
The iconic Monmouth Boat Club building, built in 1895 and expanded in 1929 sits on a wood pile foundation, which after more than a century, requires a full replacement. Due to the unique nature of the historic building being partially perched over the Navesink River, an extensive project has been underway to plan for the replacement of the foundation.
The current Monmouth Boat Club is built on wood pilings sunken into the riverbed, in a similar method used in the City of Venice as illustrated above.
Education
Monmouth Boat Club is the only organization to offer both Adult and Junior sailing lessons on the Navesink.
The Monmouth Boat Club is home to one of the largest collections of historic photographs and paintings chronicling life on the Navesink River, in Red Bank, NJ, over the last 150+ years.
Flooding During Hurricane Sandy reached 6 feet inside the first floor of the building, 2012
• Community
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Preserving the History of the Navesink for Future Generations to Learn and Enjoy
Each initiative is structured to maximize protection
and preservation of local wildlife
We Need Your Support
Your support today will bring us one step closer to ensuring that the Historic Monmouth Boat Club building will be around for future generations to enjoy.
Please consider a one-time donation or a reoccurring monthly donation to this worthwhile endeavor.
Individual Giving
Qualified Charitable Distribution
Donors 70.5 and older are eligible to make a tax-free gift to FMBC directly from their IRA called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). These gifts are tax-free, regardless of whether or not you itemize deductions on your tax return and can lower your taxable income. If you have to take a Required Minimum Distribution, QCDs are one way to reduce the tax liability.
Financial Advisors
If you are working on behalf of a client or family office and need additional resources not found on this page, please reach out directly to Donate@mbcfriends.org
Donor Advised Funds
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Stock Gifts
Beneficiary Designations
Bequests
By making a bequest to FMBC, a gift in your will or living trust, ensures future funding for the preservation of this historic resource.
Designate part or all of your IRA and other retirement or bank accounts, or life insurance policies.
Employee Gift Match
If you or your spouse work for a company, that offers a matching charitable giving program, you can ask your company to match that donation – doubling, sometimes tripling your impact.
How to Help
Gifts of appreciated stock and securities are a cost-effective and tax-friendly way to donate. You may be eligible for a tax deduction based on their full fair-market-value and avoid paying the capital gains tax.
