Seminal Support
With a $100,000 challenge pledge from our first Executive Director, Washington, D.C., attorney and legal scholar Amos N. Jones, we are a growing concern with a global reach. Initial capitalization funded the incorporation and other startup costs, enabling the Trust to hit the ground running in September 2017 one week after the publication of an important opinion piece in the September 11, 2017, print edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lexington Herald Leader newspaper. We will never stand for tax-deductible contributions because we wish to remain independent in how we go about sustaining and improving noted heritage and history sites on behalf of our communities. That work can necessitate political activities. And yet, we intend to grow faithfully in the fight to save as many African-American heritage sites as possible. In this connection, we invite all persons who are serious about historic preservation to serve with us. Persons also may demonstrate their commitment to our work by making unsolicited, voluntary contributions right here and now.
