By Jennifer Glickel
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — The organization responsible for the restoration of Ellis Island is struggling to raise the funds required to continue with renovations at the historic landmark.
Save Ellis Island, a nonprofit group that has been working with the National Park Service since 2000, has launched a public appeal to help raise $500,000 in the coming weeks.
The recession has taken its toll on the nonprofit, as its staff has been reduced by half and it will not be receiving money from the New Jersey state government this year that it has in years past, AOL News reported.
The Ellis Island Immigration Museum opened in 1990 and is located inside of the restored main building.
Save Ellis Island is reaching out to the public for donations, which can be made on its Web site.