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

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Looking ahead
The NCC has begun to focus on building its annual giving program (the 1787 Society) and its corporate support program. And it’s also slowly starting to expand its reach again, in concentric circles emanating from its hometown. In 2005, it will launch its first new exhibit at the center and then take it on the road in 2006. Plans are to collect names and buy lists in the areas where the exhibit will be displayed and invite local folks to the opening in the hopes that they’ll wind up becoming members.