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

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

The other thing that keeps Seiter from worrying too much about losing all that government funding is the autonomy that comes with being “cut off.”

The NCC is located on land belonging to the National Park Service but is a private nonprofit organization. As part of the original charter, it built the building and then turned it over to the Park Service. Now the two operate under a unique public/private partnership.