Help us Save ALL of Ellis Island
Save Ellis Island is the not-for-profit designated partner of the National Park Service, one of the nation’s most trusted and dependable organizations in preserving our historic landmarks.
Our support is both broad and deep — a reflection of the fact that immigration is a part of every family’s story. We have the support of preservationists, historians, scholars, civic and government leaders as the organization that can best protect and revitalize this national treasure.
Our goal is not to simply preserve buildings — although that is part of what we will do. Our goal is to assure that the values, concepts, discoveries, and stories of Ellis Island are reinvigorated, and their contributions promoted throughout the country. The story of Ellis Island is the story of America. We will give voice to that story both on the Island and throughout America.
We are a forward-looking organization. We rediscover and preserve the past for a purpose — to pass those values and lessons on to a new generation. Our institutions, programs and activities will take the lessons of Ellis Island and use them to help us solve some of the most pressing issues facing our country today. We will do so through a facility that will combine the sophistication of a world class conference center and learning institution, with the dramatic impact of a leading family and tourist destination.
We have a unique focus, to complete the rescue of a place and its buildings, in order to shed new light on a central part of the American story. Preservationists, historians, civic leaders and thousands of average Americans from across the country have come together with the National Park Service to 
