Melinda Gates, Walmart billionaire Alice Walton, and Target are among the supporters who have made donations to the museum.
, that they have received over $55 million in donations, including from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Walmart billionaire Alice L. Walton, the Target Corporation, Bank of America, and designer Tory Burch.
This group is part of a growing list of donors who have contributed $1 million or more to support the planning of the museum’s building and kick-start program development and digital content museum, according to the Smithsonian Museum. "Together, we will create a museum that celebrates the women who have helped build this country. These donations are pivotal in the realization of this vision.
Over the past couple of years, the Smithsonian has held events on digital platforms while the women’s museum is being built, the Smithsonian shares. The American Women’s History Museum currently has 14 employees and an operating budget of almost $2 million to create a wishlist for the Smithsonian Institution’s collection, the"By paying tribute to the women who shaped our past, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum empowers and inspires the ones who will shape our future," Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Pivotal Ventures, said in a statement from the Smithsonian.
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