We are immensely grateful to our Founding Donors for laying the foundation for this people-powered oral history archive.  The Founding Donor campaign is currently closed, but stay tuned for future levels.

List of MUSEUM LEVEL Founding Donors:

The Museum Level Founding Donor level will launch in August 2022 and support the next level of The 1947 Partition Archive's development through the mass dissemination of oral histories and important lessons extracted from the collections through a donation of $100,000. Museum level founding donors will be funding important public history work that is critically relevant to our current times, and lay the groundwork for our first physical memorial spaces.

• Anita Manwani-Bhagat and Arjun Bhagat
• Institute of Museum and Library Services 
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Anonymous donor advised fund)
• Tata Trusts

List of ARCHIVAL LEVEL Founding Donors in alphabetical order:

(The Archival Level Founding Donor round was launched to fund the important work of documenting at least 10,000 oral histories interviews through a total donation of $25,000, and CLOSED on March 31, 2019)

• Acton Family Fund
• Amit & Archana Chandra (ATE Foundation)
• Anand Bhalla - In loving memory of Shamsher Bahadur Singh Bawa Bhalla and Harbhajan Kaur Bhalla (nee Sodhi)
• Ashish Dhawan
• Guneeta Singh Bhalla - In loving memory of Manjeet Kaur Ahluwalia (nee Gondara)
• Gurmehar Foundation
• Mandakini Puri - In loving memory of Kamal Mohini Puri
• Lata Krishnan and Ajay Shah
• Manas Fuloria
• Mo and Minno Sambhi Foundation
• Navneet and Ritu Chugh
• Raashina Humayun and Vishal Gauri - In loving memory of Sita Devi
• Sanjeev Bikhchandani
• Vijay Advani

List of SEED LEVEL Founding Donors in alphabetical order:

(The Seed Level Founding Donor Drive kickstarted our work in the early days through a $5,000 seed donation to The 1947 Partition Archive.  The Seed Level Founding Donor Drive CLOSED on December 31, 2014)

• Dr. Anmol Singh Mahal
• Mr. Anurag Wadehra and Mrs. Reena Kapoor
• Mr. David Wolfson
• Mrs. Farhana Afroz and Mr. Hasan Talukdar
• Mr. Gurparkash Singh
• Ms. Harbir Kaur Bhatia, Mrs. Gunwant Kaur Bhatia and Mr. Jasbir Singh Bhatia
• Dr. Janmeja "Meji" Singh
• Ms. Joelle Raichle
• Mr. Naeem Zafar
• Dr. Narinder Kapany
• National Storytelling Network
• Mr. Nayeem Qureshi and Mrs. Fouzia Qureshi
• Mrs. Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill
• Mr. Sardool Samra
• Dr. Surjit Kaur Mahal
• The Sikh Foundation

During these initial stages of our growth, we seek to work closely with Founding Donors who are not only recognized for life, but have the opportunity to increase their impact and legacy after the initial contribution period is over.
 
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OR, send a check to: The 1947 Partition Archive, PO Box 9505, Berkeley, CA 94709-9505 (USA)
*For donations in India, please visit https://in.1947partitionarchive.org/donate