We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth.

— A. Lincoln, 1862

Project Support

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is responsible for all financial, physical and programmatic aspects of President Lincoln’s Cottage. To date, the Trust has raised over $16 million for the preservation and interpretation of the site.

Support for the restoration of President Lincoln’s Cottage has been received from:

$7,000,000 and above
Robert H. Smith

$5,000,000 and above
United States Congress

$1,000,000 and above
United Technologies Corporation

$750,000 and above
Save America’s Treasures

$500,000 and above
Matthew and Ellen Simmons

$250,000 and above
National Endowment for the Humanities

$100,000 and above
AT&T Foundation
1772 Foundation
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Goldman Sachs
John F.W. Rogers
Mark Taper Foundation
The Malkin Fund
Textron, Inc.
Winnick Family Foundation
Tourism Cares/Trip Mate

$50,000 and above
John and Diana Zentay
Civil War Preservation Trust- HTR Foundation
Ms. Linda B. Bruckheimer
Roger S. Firestone Foundation
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
HGTV
Kiplinger Foundation
National Park Service
PEPCO
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

$10,000 and above
Faye F. and Sheldon S. Cohen
Ruff and Susan Fant
Seth, Lynn and Sari Abraham
Albert and Lillian Small Foundation
Altria
Thomas and Linda Daschle
Fetzer Institute
Marshall B. Coyne Foundation
Sharon Patrick
Phillip L. Graham Fund
Edith Bingham
Blum-Kovler Foundation
Samuel G. Rose
White House Historical Association
SavATree
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Timberlane Woodcrafters
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund
Patricia Green Thomas in memory of Dr. Daniel Bassuk

$1,000 and above
The Christman Company
Residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
Stephen and Margaret Case
Polin Cohanne
Ray and Jo Colvard
Brian and Lucy Conboy
David R. Macdonald Foundation
Discovery Communications
ESOP Association
Richard Moe
Fine Paints of Europe
Ford Foundation
IFDA Washington Chapter (in memory of Loretta Camera)
Ronald and Linda Staley
The Little River Foundation
Memorial Fund of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Millstone Restoration
Paul and Brenda Pascal
Ellen Ramsey Sanger
Florence C. Stanley
William and Margaret Tramposch
Cowan & Tout/Colefax Fowler
Scalamandre
Lee Jofa
Richard and Karen Murphy
Crescent Development
James and Bannia Darrow
George L. Wellman
Hunt Alternatives Fund

For further information about President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, please contact George Rogers, Director of Development, at george_rogers@nthp.org or (202) 829-0436.

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