Donate - Thank you to our donors
The District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. It receives no government funding, despite being Congressionally-Chartered. All contributions to the society are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by federal and state income tax laws.
The Benjamin Franklin Fund
The DCSSAR Benjamin Franklin Fund was created to support the work and operations of the DC Society, Sons of the American Revolution. All contributions to the Benjamin Franklin Fund are fully tax deductible.
The object of the Fund is to help support the patriotic, historical and educational objectives of this Society. The assets of the Fund shall be obtained from voluntary contributions of money or other property by members of the Society and from other sources as deemed appropriate. Neither the Fund nor its revenues shall be used to pay, support, or lend to the Society any funds for operating or other current expenses of the Society, even in the event of a deficit.
Recognition to donors takes the form of various medals and pins, pictured below, beginning with the Bronze Pin at the $1,000.00 level, and rising to the Eleanor Small Niebell Benjamin Franklin Award at $25,000.00.
David Nels Appleby L. Raylene Appleby David Graham Boring Jill Massaro Boring | Cindy Shelton Hays Paul Melvin Hays Damitra Cook Meeds Gary Robert Meeds |
Bronze Pin |
Timothy Read Bennett Thomas Jefferson Bond, III Carroll Jefferson Collins David Ralph Curfman, MD Alan Charles Dana Carles L. Devlin Peter Arrott Dixon Andrew Keith Falkenstein Lester Anderson Foster, Jr. Kate C. Hearn Frederick Chandler Humphreys Andrew Martin Johnson Donald Neal Lamson Stephen A. Leishman Henry Robert Maxey Henry N. "Hank" McCarl Stewart Boone McCarty William Lawrence Miller | Ronald Erwin Newton Gerson Nordlinger, III Richard Eugene Patten Craig Andrews Pirtle Marvin Francis Pixton, III Thomas Andrew Readmond. Robert E. Reyes William Orswell Ritchie, Jr. J. Milnor Roberts William Edward Senn Scott Carlton Shewmaker Frank MacDonald Spindler John Weldman Springer, Jr. John DeWitt Stonesifer R. Duane Tackitt Paul Ivan Turlington Wilma 'Sunni" Bond Winkler Jerry William Zillion |
BFF Gold Medal
BFF Silver Medal
BFF Diamond Pin
BFF Emerald Pin
BFF Ruby Pin
BFF Pin | The Benjamin Franklin Fund Levels of Recognition Eleanor Smallwood Niebell Benjamin Franklin Award ($25,000) Gold Medal ($17,500) Silver Medal ($10,000) Bronze Medal ($5,000) Diamond Pin ($4,000) Emerald Pin ($3,000) Ruby Pin ($2,000) Bronze Pin ($1,000) |
