In October, inspectors checked on damage to the National Cathedral. Courtesy NBCWashington.

While a local philanthropist kicked in $7.5 million of his own money to help fund repairs on the Washington Monument in the wake of last August’s earthquake, the National Cathedral is still some $18 million short in its own fundraising efforts for needed repairs.

Via the Post, the AP reported yesterday that the cathedral has only brought in $2 million for repairs expected to cost $20 million. The earthquake caused damage to one of the building’s pinnacles — it was removed last year — and other slender pieces that stand stop the Gothic structure. In October, Mayor Vince Gray requested federal funds for the repairs.

According to Georgetown Patch the repairs could take the better part of a decade to complete.