A new chapter. A new cultural landmark. Building Truth has raised more than $65 million toward its $70 million goal, bringing The Goldrich Cultural Center to life.
What we set out to do
Create a place where history, arts, and culture come together.
The Goldrich Cultural Center brings galleries rich with primary-source artifacts, theaters, classrooms, and outdoor spaces together on one campus, for learning, exhibitions, performances, and dialogue.
The campaign in numbers
GroundbreakingNovember 19, 2023Civic leaders, Holocaust survivors, and community members gathered to celebrate the start of a new chapter for The Goldrich.
Raised$65 million+Toward our $70 million campaign goal.
Site1.5 acresLocated inside Pan Pacific Park, in the heart of Los Angeles, steps from The Grove and the Original Farmers Market.
Interior50,000+ square feetGalleries, special exhibits, theaters, classrooms, and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces.
ImpactUp to 500,000 visitors a yearIncluding 150,000 students, welcomed free of charge.
Performing Arts215-seat state-of-the-art theaterMusic, film, live performances, and conversation.
What the campaign built
A state-of-the-art theater
215 seats for music, film, live performances, and conversations.
Dimensions in Testimony Theater
Ask questions. Hear their stories. Featuring the USC Shoah Foundation’s Dimensions in Testimony experience for interactive and immersive conversations with Holocaust survivors. Learn more.
Two classrooms
Hands-on learning, student programs, workshops, conferences, and teacher training in flexible, technology-equipped spaces.
The Boxcar Pavilion
An authentic boxcar unearthed near the Majdanek death camp in Poland, at the center of a permanent multimedia exhibition.
A redesigned entrance
A new welcome to The Goldrich, with a dedicated visitor experience center.
Outdoor spaces
Gather in the courtyard. Explore the rooftop garden. Pause and reflect in the intimate garden outside the Boxcar Pavilion.
A gift shop and snack bar
Browse, recharge, and stay awhile.
Renewed permanent galleries
More to discover at Holocaust Museum LA, including two new permanent exhibitions.
The people who built it
With grateful acknowledgement to our Building Truth supporters who helped bring The Goldrich to life.
$5 million and above
- Andrea Goldrich Cayton, The Cayton Family
- Melinda Goldrich, Goldrich Family Foundation
- Roslyn and Abner Goldstine
- The Smidt Foundation
- State of California
$1 million to $4.9 million
- Anonymous
- GRoW @ Annenberg Foundation
- Jane and Hagy Belzberg
- Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation
- The Saul and Joyce Brandman Foundation
- Farima and Joseph Czyzyk
- Illuminate Foundation
- Eugene Kapaloski
- Terri and Jerry Kohl
- Marian Last
- Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation
- Omar Mir
- Jack and Goldie Nomberg Foundation & Kanengiser Family
- Fred and Priscilla Ostrowski
- Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family
- Stephanie and Howard Sherwood
- The Snider Foundation
- Thomas and Marilyn Spiegel
- S. Mark Taper Foundation
- The Wilkes Charitable Fund
$500,000 to $999,999
- Stacey and Larry Kohl
- Joni and Jeff Marine
- Erwin Rautenberg Foundation
- Mickey and Lee Segal Family Foundation
- David Wiener and Family
$250,000 to $499,999
- Breslow Family Foundation
- Family of Mochel Goldberg, Lea Markovic, Chaim Cymberknopf, Anna Milerad
- Roneet and Ken Kahan
- Joy and Jerry (z”l) Monkarsh, Heidi and Jon Monkarsh, Julie Monkarsh Gadinsky
- Nicole and Allan Mutchnik
- Orden, Berkett, Flesh and Sassover Families
- Corrine and Lenny Sands & Family
- Karen, Brad, Adam and Jason Sraberg
$100,000 to $249,999
- Michael Flagg and Cynthia Platt Flagg, The Josh Flagg Family Foundation
- Lauren and Rodney Freeman
- The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
- Max H. Gluck Foundation
- Paul Kester
- Barbara and Fred Kort Family Foundation
- The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation
- Guy Lipa
- Barbara Mack and Norman Levine
- The Malkin Family
- Mount Sinai Memorial Parks & Mortuaries
- Liz Hirsh Naftali
- Paulette and Ron Nessim
- Lynne and Nigel Ross & Ricky Blair
- Leonard and Annette Shapiro Family Foundation
- Edward A. & Ai O. Shay Family Foundation
- Dr. Michelle Israel Shipp and Mr. Robbie Shipp
- Sondra and Marvin Smalley and Family
$50,000 to $99,999
- Gerry and Hank Alpert
- Lynn and Les Bider
- Elsie de Wolfe Foundation
- Estrella & Alberto Djaddah and Family
- Flumenbaum Family
- Celeste Grynberg
- Rachel Grynberg and Family
- Marilyn and Bruce Mandel
- Ella and Stefan Mandel, Holocaust Survivors
- Sharon and Amos Meron
- Marcia and Ronald Levenson
- Patsy and Arnold Palmer
- Mary Ann and James Powell
- Janet and Lenny Rosenblatt
- Nancy and Miles Rubin & Family
- Dr. and Mrs. Joan Wellisch
- Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering
$25,000 to $49,999
- Anonymous
- Arnon and Camille Adar and Family
- Sophie and Alan Alpert for Harry Katz
- Bell, Kravit, Zelig, Grimshaw Family
- The Lisa and Jordan Bender Family
- Diane and Jim Berliner
- Fred Bernstein and Bari Milken Bernstein
- Berro Family
- Patty and Peter Best & Family
- Andrew Black and Adam Sires
- Barbara Burtin
- The Caplow Family Foundation
- Carol and Jerry Coben
- Judy and Mitchell Cohen
- Karyn and Marc Cohen
- The Covitz Family
- Jonathan and Susan Dolgen Family Foundation
- Stella and Michael Dubey & Family
- Marsha Epstein, MD and Aviyah Farkas
- Elisabeth Familian and Family
- Edwin and Cynthia Fields
- Steve Frankel and Dan Ricketts
- Sam and Esther Freed Memorial
- The Gilbert-Lurie Family and Rita Lurie
- Michele and Larry Gold
- Jo and David Haimovitz
- Halbreich Tigerman Eisenstein Family
- Bucky Hazan Memorial
- Rita B. Heller and Family
- Ada and Jim Horwich
- Danielle Horwich and Ari Eisenberg
- Adrienne and Elliott Horwitch
- Marcia Israel Foundation
- Lou and Karre Jacobs
- Jane Jelenko
- Karin Joffe
- Nina and Phil Kass
- Susan and Stephen Kay
- Edit and Edward Komberg & Family
- The Kotick Family Foundation
- Kyle and Emme Kozloff
- Judy Glickman Lauder
- Sheila and Aaron Leibovic
- Sol and Bella Liber
- Lichtman Consolo Aslan Family
- Alfred E. Mann Charities
- Dr. Noachim and Cornelia Kalt Marco
- Barbara and Joel Marcus & Family
- Drs. Maskit Maymon and Gary Schiller
- Miller Barondess, LLP
- Jody and Dennis Moss
- Harvey Motulsky and Lisa Norton-Motulsky
- The Nahmias Family
- Family of Sam and Edna Neidorf
- Freda Nessim
- Veronica and Steve Nessim
- Lynn and Larry Neuberg
- Jason Oberlander
- Marc and Sheri Rapaport & Family
- Judith Reichman
- Michele and Neal Rosenberg
- The Rosenblood Family
- Georgina and Alan Rothenberg
- Dr. Pamela Schaff and Dr. Elie M. Gindi
- Charlie Scheidt and Family
- Jaime and Andrew Schwartzberg Family
- Jesse and Stacy Sharf and Family
- Sherak Family
- Audre Slater Foundation For Mary Bauer
- Rebecca Sokol, Jeffrey Smith & Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation
- Jennifer Lewin Solomon and Robert Solomon
- Corey and Cheryl Spound
- Jack Stein, in memory of Morris Stein, a Holocaust Survivor (December 6, 1928–July 23, 2014)
- Adam and Angela Struck
- Dr. Ilan and Susan Tamir
- Nina and Yaniv Tepper
- Stephanie and Leon Vahn
- Winebaum Family Foundation
- The Wolfen Family
- Diane and Michael Ziering
With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future and by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
Make More Possible
Your gift sustains free student visits, survivor storytelling, exhibitions, live performances, and cultural programs that connect our community.
