With little to show but enthusiasm, the development staff at the National Constitution Center managed to fund a dream.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

The original $185 million development goal included $40 million for the NCC’s endowment, as well $6 million to cover the first year’s operating budget. (Building costs ate up the other $139 million.)

For FY 2005, about half of the $13 million annual budget will be raised through admission and parking fees, the museum store, and facility rentals; the rest will come from the endowment and donated revenue.