# General Gift Fund

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Funds  
**Source document:** United States Coast Guard · p. 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/general-gift-fund  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 2.9 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 2.9 |
| FY2027 | request | 2.9 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Budget Activities: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) General Gift Fund is authorized under 10 U.S.C. ' 2601, which provisions for such funds within the Department of War and the USCG. The General Gift Fund authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to accept gifts and donations for the benefit of museums, chapels, and other organizations under the USCG's jurisdiction. The USCG can also accept gifts to benefit service members who are wounded, injured, or taken ill while in the line of duty, as well as those members' dependents and survivors. Budget Summary: The FY 2027 Budget estimates $2.9M in requests from various sources to the General Gift Fund. Budget Activities: The USCG Yard, located in Curtis Bay, MD, provides engineering support and industrial services to maintain and repair USCG cutters, aids to navigation, and other equipment. The USCG Yard also manages facilities that homeport USCG cutters and house several USCG commands, including the Surface Forces Logistics Center, Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region, and Station Curtis Bay. Budget Summary: The Yard Fund is a revolving account supported by the USCG's Operations and Support and Procurement, Construction and Improvements appropriations. It funds the personnel and materials required for USCG projects and work orders completed by the USCG Yard. These Budget Activities: The Supply Fund, authorized by 14 U.S.C. ' 941, finances the procurement of uniform clothing, commissary provisions, general stores, technical material, and fuel for vessels over 180 feet in length. and fuel reimburses the fund. These activities indirectly support USCG missions.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › United States Coast Guard › Funds › General Gift Fund


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*