Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Ford, Rockefeller, Mellon, Bank of America Are Just a Few of the Donors to New African American Museum
The campaign sought diversity in its supporters, just as it does in its staff and volunteers.
The list of founding donors suggests they were successful.
Among them are the Ford, Gates, Rockefeller and Mellon foundations, General Electric and Walmart, Oprah Winfrey and Samuel L. Jackson, the NBA and the NFL, Carlyle Group co-founder and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein and former secretary of state Colin L. Powell...