Wharton Esherick Museum Receives a Surprise Gift of $10 Million
December 13, 2020 16:47
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The Wharton Esherick Museum in Malvern, Penn., received an unexpected endowment gift of $10 million. The museum made the public announcement on Friday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The news of the gift was shared earlier with the museum s co-founder shortly before he passed away this fall.
The surprise gift came from Arkansas-based Windgate Foundation, and represents a windfall for a small institution with a 2020 budget that was $424,000, before the crippling impacts of covid-19.
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