$12.5 million is now committed for a permanent Pulse memorial after Orlando took over the project, with the city putting up $7.5 million, Orange County $5 million and the state adding a $394,321 grant.
The city bought the Pulse nightclub property for $2 million and expects the memorial to be finished in 2027, replacing the onePulse Foundation's broader museum-and-memorial plan.
Tax filings show the dissolved foundation generated more than $20 million, spent over $11 million on the project and other programs, and ended 2023 with zero assets and more than $500,000 owed.
Orange County's earlier $3.5 million for the Kaley Street museum site transferred with that property to the county after dissolution, while nearly $400,000 in state grant money held by the foundation was returned.
The takeover comes as Orlando marks 10 years since the 2016 Pulse massacre that killed 49 people and seeks to complete a memorial after years of delays and scrutiny.