Major Gifts

Without the financial contributions of these major gifts, the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage would have remained only a dream. Our thanks to those who have given generously over the years, and to those who continue to give as we move forward now in building an institution.

Our thanks to these agencies, organizations, families and individuals who have made the CONSTRUCTION of the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center a reality for Eastern North Carolina.

National Park Service

USDA Rural Economic Development

Housing & Urban Development Rural Economic Development

Institute of Museum & Library Services

State of North Carolina

North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

NC Arts Council

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Carteret County

Sunshine Lady Foundation

Billy Smith Family

Big Rock Tournament

Cannon Foundation

Monk Family

Touchstone Energy Partners

NC Electric Cooperative

Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative

Harkers Island Electric Cooperative

Wachovia Foundation

Sam Arrington Estate

Purcell & Helen Jones

Camp Morehead Alumni

J. M. Davis Industries – H.E.L.P.S.

Safrit’s Building Supply

BB&T

RBC Centura

Pat & Harriet Joyce

Don & Patsy Walston

Jarrett Bay Boatworks

Bryan Family Fund

Bud & Anna Doughton

Carl & Boo Huff

T.E. & Peggy Haigler

Glaxo-Welcome

Grant & Ann Lynch

First Citizens Bank & Trust

Progress Energy

Carteret-Craven Foundation

Action Staffing Group, Inc.

Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild

Thom & Valerie Styron


To those who provided special funding for Willow Pond Restoration & Trails

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Ducks Unlimited

North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation

Tourism Cares for Tomorrow Fund

The Conservation Fund

Carteret County Community Foundation

Hagan Family



And to those who support the OPERATIONS of the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center annually

North Carolina Grassroots Science Museums Collaborative

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission