COVID-19 Wall of Memories

What COVID-19 Wall of Memories does

COVID-19 Wall of Memories is a Houston-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2020–2021 that operates a digital memorial for victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The organization was conceived by Mohammed Nasrullah, a retired NASA project manager, after the U.S. death toll reached 100,000, and is modeled as a virtual analog of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Its core product is a scrolling web-based memorial wall at covid19wallofmemories.org that displays the photos, names, hometowns, and dates of death of more than 23,776 individuals, with each entry linking to a fuller biographical profile submitted by family or close friends. Complementary features include a condolence platform, a donor recognition "Wall of Supporters," a story-submission form, and an editorial blog ("All About COVID-19") distributed via Medium.

The underlying technology is a WordPress-based website with no proprietary software, no mobile application, no public API, and no disclosed third-party integrations beyond standard social media platforms. The organization distributes exclusively through its website and a multi-channel social presence spanning Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Medium, with all engagement occurring organically rather than through paid acquisition.

The business model is a non-commercial donation-and-grant model with no product sales, no pricing tiers, and no revenue disclosure. The five-person operation is governed by a four-member board and relies on volunteer labor for research, data entry, and content production. The organization has no venture backing, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, and it does not publish audited financials in the available data.

Name

COVID-19 Wall of Memories

Legal name

COVID-19 Wall of Memories

Website

https://covid19wallofmemories.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

COVID-19 Wall of Memories is a Houston-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates a scrolling virtual memorial displaying over 23,776 individual stories of Americans who died from COVID-19, serving bereaved families, donors, and the general public through its website and social channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Memorial Services

NAICS

Museums (71211), Libraries and Archives (519210)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations) (THAJADAI)

Keywords

• Virtual memorial platform
• Nonprofit memorial service
• Covid-19 remembrance
• Digital memorial wall
• Pandemic memorialization

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported solely through donations and grants. Tax ID number: 85-1414385. The organization does not sell anything on its website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

COVID-19 Wall of Memories operates a digital, scrolling virtual memorial wall that displays the faces, names, and stories of people who died from COVID-19, modeled after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Families and close friends submit biographical details, photos, and narratives via an online form; visitors can browse the wall, read individual profiles, leave condolences, and access a pandemic-focused news blog ('All About COVID-19').

Product overview

COVID-19 Wall of Memories is a single-platform nonprofit digital memorial service consisting of a virtual Wall of Memories that serves as a scrolling memorial for COVID-19 victims, complemented by a story submission system (Share Your Loved One's Story), a news blog (All About COVID-19), a condolences messaging system, a donor recognition wall (Wall of Supporters), and email newsletter and volunteer programs. The platform is built as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization focused on memorializing and amplifying the lives of COVID-19 victims while serving as a source of information about the pandemic.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wall of Memories A scrolling virtual memorial that displays the faces, names, and stories of people who died from COVID-19, allowing visitors to hover or tap on photos to learn more about each individual. As of data collection, it honors 23,776 people.
• Share Your Loved One's Story An online submission form that lets family members and close friends share stories of loved ones who passed away from COVID-19, collecting biographical details, photos, dates, and personal narratives that are then added to the Wall of Memories.
• All About COVID-19 Blog A news and information blog chronicling the impact of COVID-19, featuring articles on pandemic topics including vaccine information, personal stories, medical news, and social impact content.
• Condolences A platform for visitors to leave condolence messages and tributes to COVID-19 victims and their families.
• Wall of Supporters A donor recognition wall acknowledging supporters who contribute financially to the organization, displayed as stones recognizing special donors.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wikimedia Foundation: Nonprofit that supports a community-contributed knowledge archive (Wikipedia) sustained by donations and volunteer contributors. Shares the donation-funded, community-contributed content model and the cultural-preservation mission orientation.
• Ancestry: Operates a large-scale platform for preserving family history and biographical records of deceased individuals. Comparable in building a structured, searchable archive of personal records, though operating as a for-profit enterprise with broader genealogy scope.
• March of Dimes: Long-standing nonprofit originally founded to combat polio and now focused on maternal and infant health. Comparable as a health-crisis-motivated nonprofit that sustained its mission across generations, though operating at vastly larger scale.
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Major cultural heritage institution that collects, preserves, and exhibits artifacts and stories documenting American history, including pandemic-related collections. Represents a potential institutional partner or model for long-term stewardship of COVID-19 historical content.

Direct peers

• StoryCorps: Nonprofit oral history project that records and preserves personal stories, including stories from those affected by major events like 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both organizations rely on user-submitted personal narratives as their core content.
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund: Manages the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., which is explicitly cited as the direct inspiration for the COVID-19 Wall of Memories. Both organizations preserve biographical records of deceased individuals in a public memorial format.
• Find a Grave: The largest online repository of cemetery records and memorial tributes, allowing families to post biographical information, photos, and condolences for deceased individuals. Operates as a virtual memorial platform with overlapping functionality to the COVID-19 Wall of Memories.
• National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Maintains a public memorial and biographical archive for victims of a singular traumatic event. The COVID-19 Wall of Memories applies a similar memorial-and-storytelling model to a much larger casualty count using a digital-first approach.
• Memorializing COVID-19 (COVID Memorial Project): Similar grassroots initiative aimed at memorializing COVID-19 victims in the United States. Directly comparable in mission, target audience (bereaved families), and digital memorial format, competing for the same donor and submitter pool.

Emerging players

• Internet Archive: Nonprofit digital library preserving websites, multimedia, and historical records. Operates a similar preservation-oriented digital archive mission, though at vastly greater scale and scope than the COVID-19 Wall of Memories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/covid_wall
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCLEUB5xD3-pRUmq8OBcLjjw
• Facebookfacebook.com/covid19wallofmemories
• Instagraminstagram.com/covid19wallofmemories
• TikToktiktok.com/@covid19wallofmemories
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/covid-19-wall-of-memories

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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