475th Fighter Group
Wings of Honor
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Donations of any amount are always
welcome, as the cost of preserving the artifacts of
that time period are enormous. If you wish to donate
any items from the war in the Pacific, please contact
the Museum Director for details on how to safely
deliver the item(s) to the museum.
Lee Northrop, Director |
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Make a $100.00 (or more) TAX DEDUCTIBLE Donation to the 475th Fighter Group Museum and you will
have the Name of your choice added to the "WALL OF HONOR" Located in the museum. |
475th FIGHTER GROUP HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, INC.
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ENDOWMENT FUND
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In 1993 the 475th Fighter Group
organization, an unincorporated association, elected to
establish a non-profit corporation and qualify it as a
qualified charitable organization so that contributions
to it would be deductible under the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code and also with the thought in mind
of attempting to establish a permanent foundation to
fund the operation of its museum to be established at
March Field. The corporation was organized as a Kansas
non-profit corporation under the name of "475th FIGHTER
GROUP HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, INC." and application made
for the establishment of its 501(c) (3) status which
was subsequently approved by the Internal Revenue
Service.
The operation of the fund to date
has been to largely support the establishment of the
museum building and the museum at March Field and most
of the funds received to date have been spent for this
purpose and for establishing the initial exhibits.
Accordingly, at this time the Trusties of the
Foundation would like to proceed with raising an
endowment fund of approximately $200,000 which would be
maintained intact and invested with the proceeds to be
used to support the operation of the museum. The funds
would be invested and hopefully would earn a total
return of approximately 10% per annum. This would
provide $20,000 a year of which approximately $12,000
could go towards the operation of the museum and the
balance could be reinvested so that the principal of
the fund would be maintained and increased to keep up
with inflation. If the total return of the fund were to
be spent each year, the principal of the fund actually
would be eroded by the effect of inflation. |
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Currently the officers of the foundation are:
 | President -
Perry J.Dahl |
| First Vice President -
Lee Northrup |
| Vice President -
Anne Madison Gagliardi |
| Vice-President -
Dale Thisted |
| Treasurer -
Johhnie Peregoy |
| Secretary -
Barbara Dahl |
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Our current trusties are:
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Perry J. Dahl |
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Lee Northrup |
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Jack Olson |
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Tom Oxford |
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Dale Thisted |
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Joe Foster |
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Anne Madison Gagliardi |
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Howard Max |
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Barbara Dahl |
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The trusties are elected annually by
the members of the Foundation. The by-laws of the
corporation provide that a person establishes
membership in the Foundation by the payment of dues of
55.00 per year.
Substantial contributions by some of
the members have provided a majority of the funds of
the Foundation to date. However, we hope that in
raising the funds for the permanent endowment we will
have broad participation. Lee Northrop, Museum
Director, has contributed tremendous amounts of time
and effort to complete the building and develop
exhibits. Other members in the Southern California area
have also contributed diligently to these effort. Our
hope is that in the future we can develop a continuing
interest in the maintenance and operation of the museum
through the children and other descendants of 475th
Fighter Group members. |
Contributions to the museum or to the Endowment Fund may be
sent to
Johhnie Peregoy, Treasurer
PO Box 25065
Anaheim, California 92825-5065 |
Please make checks payable to: 475th Fighter
Group
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