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The Costs & Proposed Funding Plan
Your Help Can Make The Difference!
The new educational and interpretive complex is an ambitious endeavor, but with your help we can achieve our vision. When completed, it will be a valuable resource not only for the people of Lancaster, but also for visitors from throughout the state and nation. The story it tells of America's journey toward freedom and equality for all of its citizens underlines the uniqueness of the American dream. The two people's lives it highlights remind us that committed individuals can help make that dream come true. At a time when the country still struggles with issues of equality and equity, this lesson is a vital one. Please help us to insure that people have the opportunity to learn from the unity and hope illustrated in the lives of Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith.
Construction
* The National Endowment for Humanities has awarded a prestigious $375,000 grant to the Historic Preservation Trust that must be matched with $1.1 million in gifts for Program Development. Your gift will help us achieve the full benefit of this grant.
Thaddeus Stevens understood that achieving equality for all Americans required financial commitment from government and from individuals. This project is no different. We have already secured funds from a dedicated core of public and private sources who had the foresight to bring us to this point in the project. We now seek additional support to complete the interiors and develop exhibits and programs. Won’t you join us in bringing our country closer to equality with your gift or pledge?
The following gifts will be needed to reach our goal and make the Stevens & Smith Historic Site a reality:
The new educational and interpretive complex is an ambitious endeavor, but with your help we can achieve our vision. When completed, it will be a valuable resource not only for the people of Lancaster, but also for visitors from throughout the state and nation. The story it tells of America's journey toward freedom and equality for all of its citizens underlines the uniqueness of the American dream. The two people's lives it highlights remind us that committed individuals can help make that dream come true. At a time when the country still struggles with issues of equality and equity, this lesson is a vital one. Please help us to insure that people have the opportunity to learn from the unity and hope illustrated in the lives of Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith.
The Costs and Proposed Funding Plan
Construction
| Museum | $4,400,000 |
| Commercial Lease Space | 1,000,000 |
| Program & Exhibit Development | 2,100,000 * |
| Initial Operating Funds | |
| 2 – Year Initial Operating Subsidy | 500,000 |
| Ongoing Operations Endowment | 1,500,000 |
| HPT Project Management | 300,000 |
| Total Phase II | $9,800,000 |
* The National Endowment for Humanities has awarded a prestigious $375,000 grant to the Historic Preservation Trust that must be matched with $1.1 million in gifts for Program Development. Your gift will help us achieve the full benefit of this grant.
Making this a reality….Your gift will make the difference
Thaddeus Stevens understood that achieving equality for all Americans required financial commitment from government and from individuals. This project is no different. We have already secured funds from a dedicated core of public and private sources who had the foresight to bring us to this point in the project. We now seek additional support to complete the interiors and develop exhibits and programs. Won’t you join us in bringing our country closer to equality with your gift or pledge?
Gifts Needed
The following gifts will be needed to reach our goal and make the Stevens & Smith Historic Site a reality:
| Number of Gifts Needed | Amount |
| 1 | $2,500,000 |
| 2 | 1,000,000 |
| 3 | 500,000 |
| 5 | 250,000 |
| 8 | 100,000 |
| 10 | 50,000 |
| 15 | 25,000 |
| 25 | 5,000 |
| Several | 1,000 |
Naming and Sponsorship Gift Opportunities abound.
Please contact the Trust for specific areas in which you may participate.
Please contact the Trust for specific areas in which you may participate.
The Stevens Smith Historic Site will give our community a sense of pride that we had such a great man living among us, and will be another downtown destination that will bring animation to the streets and economic benefits to local people.
- Judy Ware, Lancaster community volunteer
- Judy Ware, Lancaster community volunteer
