WASHINGTON—The America250 Foundation, a nonprofit planning the government’s observance of the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, has signed a deal with Meta Platforms Inc. giving Facebook ’s parent an inside role in producing and promoting the Semiquincentennial commemoration in exchange for $10 million, according to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by the company.
The agreement was approved by Daniel DiLella, a Pennsylvania real-estate executive who is chairman of both the foundation and the federal agency that was created to support it, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. Both entities share a website and together present themselves as America250.
