Monumental Moments
Celebrate your milestones with WMF by supporting the places and causes you cherish. From birthdays, bat mitzvahs, weddings and more, make a meaningful difference for sites of heritage around the world.
Contact membership@wmf.org or (646) 424-9594 for a customized donation form to share with your community. Select a project, region, or fund, or simply direct donations to where it is needed most. Popular options include:
Crisis Response Fund
The Crisis Response Program supports cultural heritage sites physically affected by the destruction resulting from natural disasters, armed conflict, and other disruptive events.
Through this program, World Monuments Fund aims to provide resources for early recovery actions, in the aftermath of disasters, to affected heritage sites that can help build community resilience, create economic opportunity, and strengthen social cohesion in the wake of emergencies.
Jewish Heritage Fund
In many regions where Jewish communities have significantly decreased in number or even entirely disappeared, the built legacy is the only surviving evidence of a once prolific Jewish life. World Monuments Fund’s Jewish Heritage Program leads international efforts to showcase and preserve these historically and culturally significant places.
Since 1988, WMF's Jewish Heritage Program has supported conservation work at nearly 60 sites tied to Jewish communities in 28 countries—including the Jewish Quarter in Essaouira, Morocco, the Mád Synagogue in Hungary, the Jewish Heritage Research Project in Cape Verde, and the art deco Subotica Synagogue in Serbia.
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
WMF’s interest in protecting the archaeological heritage of Rapa Nui in Chile began in the late 1960s after Dr. William Mulloy, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming, and Dr. Gonzalo Figueroa of the University of Chile prepared a conservation report on Rapa Nui’s archaeological sites for UNESCO.
Over the years, WMF has sponsored several research and advocacy campaigns, symposia, and round-table discussions for the study and preservation of this magnificent heritage, resulting in publications such as Rapa Nui: The Heritage and its Conservation and Death of a Moai. In more recent years, WMF helped support conservation and site-management field projects at Rano Raraku and Orongo, two distinguished archaeological sites in the Rapa Nui National Park.
Angkor Archaeological Park
WMF became the first Western organization to survey the temples at Angkor following the country's devastating civil war from 1975 to 1979 and its aftermath. An initial field mission in 1989 revealed the extent of damage the archaeological park had suffered after 20 years of civil strife and international isolation.
To restore a historical and cultural tradition to Cambodia, WMF established the Center for Khmer Studies, a permanent international research and training facility that would facilitate the exchange of knowledge between foreign scholars and their Cambodian counterparts.
Today, WMF employs more than 70 Cambodians in our restoration work, many of whom have been with the project for more than 20 years. Angkor Archaeological Park has come to represent the Cambodia’s rebirth after a dark period and is an important contributor to the local economy.
Bridge to Crafts Careers (B2CC)
In 2015, World Monuments Fund launched Bridge to Crafts Careers (B2CC), an initiative established to offer youth aged 18-27 in the New York City area hands-on technical training with the opportunity for placement in a stable career.
Where Support is Needed Most
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