Fundraising Designations

Interested in raising money for a particular program? You can choose to designate where the funds you raise go to support from among the following:

Education and Outreach Remembering is not enough. The Memorial is teaching thousands of children and adults around the world how to act responsibly with tolerance for others and work toward a more peaceful future. In addition to learning about the Oklahoma City event, we want students to understand the senselessness of violence as a means to effect change, and accept the challenge to do their part to make the world a more tolerant and better place.

Student Scholarships The Memorial seeks contributions to ensure that no school groups are prevented from making a visit to the Memorial and Museum for financial restraints. It is vital to us that qualifying schools and student groups are provided complimentary admission to the Memorial Museum to learn the lessons of comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity through their visit.

Research and Archives As the official repository for the April 19, 1995, bombing, the Memorial’s Archives house over one million artifacts that tell the history of the site including the incident, the rescue and recovery effort, reactions to the incident, implications and ramifications of the incident, the trials and investigation into the crime and the memorial process. More than 120 scholars, authors, college students and researchers utilize our facilities each year to further their work and share the lessons learned in Oklahoma City with the rest of the world.

Outdoor Symbolic Memorial The Symbolic Memorial thrives as a beacon of hope with some of the most recognizable and profoundly meaningful elements of any memorial anywhere. From the leaves changing color on the trees in the Rescuer's Orchard to the pictures of rainbows and messages of love, hope and encouragement drawn in chalk by the innocent hands of our youngest visitors to the lights on the Field of Empty Chair that nightly glow in remembrance of the life they each represent, the Memorial is a living, breathing, ever-changing work of art.

Memorial Museum The Memorial Museum takes visitors on a chronological, self-guided tour through the story of April 19, 1995, and the days, weeks, months and years that followed the bombing of Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. This is the story of one of the largest terrorist attacks on American soil. The story is told in chapters, and takes visitors through this historical event beginning early morning April 19, 1995, and ending with a message of hope for today.