Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony Statue Fund Inc

The Statue, our first project (Phase I - completed) - the installation of the Women's Rights Pioneers Statue was dedicated and gifted to the people of New York, on site in Central Park where we celebrated the public unveiling August 26, 2020 [100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment].

With that 'first' success behind us, we are creating an ongoing educational campaign about this and other movements led by important women in our nation's history. (Phase II - infancy). Writing all women back into the historical record through an inclusive education campaign in partnerships with museums and libraries.

One of the first programs we started was an art & history project titled "Put Her On a Pedestal" for young students through the New York City Schools.

One small part of our education program included short-format documentaries to be accessible when viewing the statue via the Talking Statues App for iPhone & Android devices. This allows those looking at the statue to scan QR code to listen to transcriptions and translations of the sculptor’s video, and brief histories of the featured suffragists and our organization as narrated by Jane Alexander, Viola Davis, America Ferrara, Rita Moreno, Zoe Saldana and Meryl Streep. We hope to use this technology with other statues, monuments and historical sites.

Using the lessons learned in our first seven years as we worked on the Central Park Statue, we have developed a program challenging U.S. municipalities to recognize and honor the contributions of all women and people of color with tributes in their public spaces. (Phase III - introduction)

Continue to reach out to various individual and foundation funders as well as continue to develop commercial joint ventures with various American companies whose product(s) and/or corporate histories are positively linked to women's causes and foster the advancement of women in culture, education, commerce.

We have a very active Board of Directors whose dedication and resources have drawn on their collective experience in government, finance and insurance, media and entertainment as well as industry to bring in substantial matching gifts from New York Life, The Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, American Express Foundation, Morgan Stanley, The Gap and Johnnie Walker & Sons. But it is the countless smaller gifts from individuals, private foundations and philanthropists alike that have helped us.

We have:

Raised $1.6 million towards to create, erect and endow the maintenance of the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument through our own 501(c) 3 organization, completing Phase I of our project in a dedication ceremony on August 26, 2020 in NYC's Central Park. [see the dedication ceremony @ https://youtu.be/bwUNycS5oHs

We are now raising funds for Phase II - our educational program and Phase III - our municipal challenge. Our preliminary 3-year budget for both phases is currently $500K. We do not yet have a corporate sponsor lined up.