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Our Thanks

Through the generosity of the many individuals, families, and companies who have a commitment to education in the sciences, the Perot Museum is able to inspire lifelong learners and the visionaries of tomorrow.

The Perot Family

The foundation for the Perot Museum was created through a passion for education, a vision for the future, and the tremendous generosity of the Perot family.

In May 2008, the five Perot children donated $50 million to the fundraising campaign to build the new Victory Park location of the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas in honor of their parents, Margot and Ross Perot. With the opening of the new facility in December 2012, the location was named in the family’s honor.

Perot family group shot

It is so compelling to hear how many great researchers, scientists, engineers, doctors, and educators first became interested in their chosen fields as a result of visiting a great museum of science or natural history. It is our hope that this Museum can be an inspiration to the next generation of pioneers, discoverers and visionaries.

Headshot of Nancy Perot

Nancy Perot

The adult children had been searching for a way to honor their parents who had given so much to both them and the city of Dallas. When the Museum opportunity came along, the children said it felt perfect. Their parents’ lifelong passion has always been education, particularly in the sciences. Mr. Perot’s hope was for the Museum to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists. “This will get them to dream,” he said. “In our country, you can dream the dream and make the dream come true.” He said he was “honored that my children and grandchildren wanted to do this. And I hope it will inspire young people to reach for the stars, as I was able to do.”

Supporters at event in Life Then and Now Hall at Perot Museum

Supporters

We are more than just a museum; we are a place to inspire the next generation of game changers. Your financial support through annual memberships and financial gifts directly goes toward our pursuit of excellence in exhibits, education, and research that directly impacts our mission of inspiring minds though nature and science. Thank you for helping us educate the leaders of tomorrow.

2023 Annual Donors

We gratefully recognize our generous supporters, who invested in our mission to inspire minds through nature and science and contributed $1,000 or more between October 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023.

$1,000,000 and above

Anonymous
Lyda Hill Foundation
Lyda Hill Philanthropies

$500,000 to $999,999

City of Dallas, Office of Arts and Culture

Lamar Hunt Family

Norma Hunt+
Rita and Lamar Hunt, Jr.
Sharron Hunt
Tavia and Clark Hunt
Toni and Dan Hunt

$250,000 to $499,999

Lockheed Martin
Wolfgang Puck Catering and Events, LLC

$100,000 to $249,999

American Airlines
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
Kate and Lane Britain
Children’s Health
Goldman Sachs & Co.

The Hoglund Foundation

Sally and Forest Hoglund
Kelly Compton
Shelly Dee
Kristy Robinson

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Margot Perot
Stephen M. Seay Foundation

$50,000 to $999,999

The Addy Foundation
Balfour Beatty
Nancy and Randy Best
The Gayden Family Foundation
Mary Spadine and Scott Greene
Suzanne and Patrick McGee
Nancy Perot, Rod Jones, and Family

Katherine and Michael Phillips
Carolyn and Karl Rathjen
Katherine Perot Reeves and Eric Reeves
The Sealark Foundation
Sewell Automotive Companies
Turningpoint Foundation
George and Fay Young Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999

Arcosa, Inc.
Beam Suntory
Bellevue Foundation
Lindsay and George Billingsley
The Louis L. Borick Foundation
Nancy and Clint Carlson
CFP Foundation
Pat and Gill Clements Foundation
Community Beer
Anne Davidson
Élan Artists
Alfred and Kathryn Gilman Family
Giving Fund
H-E-B/Central Market
Marguerite Hoffman
Rusty and John Jaggers
Catalina and Santiago Jorba
Kroger
Lucid Hearing
Elizabeth and John McGuire

Mudge Foundation
National Science Foundation
Nexpoint
The Okada Family Foundation
Katherine and Bob Penn
Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.
Petrocap, LLC
Elizabeth and Kevin Phillips
PWC Foundation
The Rees-Jones Foundation
Deedie Rose
Nicole and Justin Small
Marlene and John Sughrue
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Visit Dallas
Jean and Tom Walter

$15,000 to $24,999

Anonymous (2)
The Allstate Foundation
Axxess
The Theodore and Beulah Beasley
Foundation
Beyond
Cecilia and Garrett Boone
Francis Harrison and Manuel Britto
Capital For Kids
Cholla Petroleum Inc.
Emily and David Corrigan
Laura Melo and Carlos Cruz
Dallas Stars Foundation
Peggy Dear
ExxonMobil Corporation
Flowserve Corporation
Jill Bee and Loren Glasser
Caroline Harrison-Loehr
Mary and David Henderson
Joan Hill
Hunt Realty Investments
Jackson Durham Floral
Maria Cristina Esteves and Jaime Jaramillo-Vasquez
Roy R. Joseph
Junior League of Dallas, Inc.
Karen and Alan Katz
The Lamplighter School

Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation
Tom and Charlene Marsh
Family Foundation
The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Katie Morgan and Aaron Michelsohn
Frances and Noah Mitchell
Cecilia and John Morgan
Harry S. Moss Foundation
National Life Insurance Company
PepsiCo Foundation
PPG Foundation
Anna and Sumit Rai
REDLEE/SCS, Inc.
Rhythm Energy
The Rosewood Corporation
Santander Consumer USA Inc.
TIAA
Sharon and Kip Tindell
Celia and Kelvin Walker
Bill & Katie Weaver
Charitable Trust
The Gil and Dody Weaver Foundation
Fallon B. and Robert C. Vaughn

$10,000 to 14,999

Peggy and Richard Allison
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Avnet
Linda and Steven Blasnik
M and A Brown Family Foundation
Burns & McDonnell Foundation
California Resources Corporation
Bela and Chase Cooley
Millie and Kenneth Cooper
Maura and Timothy Costello
CPKC
Enterprise Holding Foundation
Robyn and Andrew Gould
Judy and Roy Gurley
James and Gayle Halperin Foundation
Haynes Boone
Hirsch Family Foundation
The Hockaday School

Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Talene and Hagop Kozanian
Cassie and Mac McFarland
Sharon and Tom Meurer
Susan and Bill Montgomery
Dorothy and John O’Dwyer
PaperCity Magazine
Raising Cane’s
Aimee Williams-Ramey and Royce Ramey
Nancy Cain Marcus Robertson and Sanford Robertson
Sapphire Foundation, Inc.
Linda Silver
Versant Capital Management
Abigail and Todd Williams
Abigail Barton and J.D. Young

$5,000 to $9,999

Meredith and Woody Abbott
Susie and John Adams
ALDI
Analog Devices Foundation
Bain & Company
Bank of Texas
Carolyn and Ken Barth
Yasmin and Vikrant Bhatia
Bloomberg Philanthropies
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Melissa and John Brannan
Diane and Hal Brierley
Patrick Buckner
R. Byron Carlock, Jr.
Mary McDermott Cook
Carol A. Crowe
Kathy and Harlan Crow
Itzel and Nathan Crow
Trammell Crow
Sherri and Alan Darver
The Denker Foundation
Diodes Foundation
Anne and Mike Duffy
Ecolab
Eiseman Jewels NorthPark Center
Laura and Walter Elcock
The Enrico Foundation
Amy and Lee Fikes
Frost Bank
Jane and Ron Gard
Judith and James Gibbs
Mona and Bill Graue
Lauren and Ryan Grogman
Claire and Mark Haidar
Margie and John Haley
Michael Hester and Savannah Hester
Hillwood Urban
Holland & Knight LLP
Ashley and Elliott Jeter
Joyce and Douglas Johnson
Melinda and James Johnson
Susan and Richard Jones
Mason King/Luther King Capital Management
Kline Family Foundation
Knox Built Construction

Suvarna and Manoj Kutty
Kathy and Tim Litinas
Mom Water
Lark and J.C. Montgomery
Tori and Ross Mulford
Ruth Mutch
Navias Family Foundation
NTT Data
Oncor
Orangetheory Fitness
Origin Bank
Paycom Payroll, LLC
Pioneer Natural Resources
QuikTrip Corporation
Radiology Associates of North Texas
Kathleen and Christopher Ray
Marybeth and Craig Reid
Tracy and Brian Rinehart
John Rodgers
Katie and Jerome Rose
Leslie and Ivan Roussev
Liz and Christian Ryan
Kristen and Tony Scavuzzo
Shag Carpet Prop Rentals
Meghna and Rajat Sharma
Kimberley and Scott Sheffield
Denise and Denis Simon
Camille and Earl Simpkins
Patricia and Raymond Smerge
Southwestern Medical Foundation/UT Southwestern
Medical Center

Katherine and Drew Stenesen
Terry Connor and Greg Swalwell
Talley Associates
Jill E. Tananbaum Family
Tegna Foundation
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Valdivia Ventures
Vedder Price
VLK Architects
Katherine and Mark Weber
Leslie Bellas and David Weiler
The Alinda Hill Wikert Foundation
WRA Architects

$2,500 to $4,999

Anonymous (2)
Lena Alley
ALTO
Elizabeth and Will Babb
Heather and Ray Balestri
Jessye Ball
Catherine Bracken and Charles Bell
Benchmark Bank
Sheila and David Beuerlein
Audrey and Joel Bines
Blackbaud, Inc.
BOKF Foundation
Amber and Baxter Box
Veronica and Mark Cartwright
Barry Clark
Kristen and Britton Cobb
Meghan and Zac Cohn
Comerica Bank
Communities Foundation of Texas
Andrea and George Conklin
Julie and Claude Connelly
Contran Corporation
Mollie Crow
Renee and Matthew Crupi
Linda and Bill Custard
Patricia Dedman Family Foundation
Rebecca and John DeLozier
Cheryl and James Drayer
Karan and Tracy Edgemon
Elizabeth and Richard Eiseman
Eisneramper
Elk Range Royalties
Sandra Estess
Anne and Alan Feld
Julie Ford
Fox Rothschild LLP
Fujitsu Network Communications
Kay and Duncan Fulton
Traci and Geoffrey Funk
Gallagher Insurance
Garver LLC
GFF
Michelle and Michael Ginnard
Deborah Deitsch-Perez and Steven Goldfine
Grey Rock Energy Partners
Paulette and Michael Haggerty
Carol Heller
Heritage Auctions
Dean Gresham and Caleb Hernandez
Helen Hobbs
William Hornberger
Marla and Mark Hughston
Illuminations Fireworks, LLC
Gwen and Richard Irwin
Jackson Walker LLP
Jacobs
Barrell and Jacob Jones
Kim Jordan
Ben E. Keith Foundation
Kerrigan Mahoney Investment
Group RBC Wealth Management
Melinda Kincaid
Diana and Don Kingston
Kathleen And Scott Kirby
Koonsfuller, PC
Cindy and Greg Kozmetsky
KPMG LLP
Lisa and Peter Kraus
Joanna and Philippe Lapointe
Suran Yoo and BJ Lee

Casey and Michael Lee
Yat May Wong and Alexander Leverington
Lifeblue
Allyson and Hays Lindsley
Locke Lord LLP
Lockton Dunning Benefits
Lonsdale Resources
Carol and Kevin March
Melissa Sherrill Martin and Ross Martin
MathWorks
Libby and Murray McCabe
Phyllis and Steven McKnight
Kenneth P. Mecca Family
Frank Mihalopoulos
Vicki and Brian Miller
Virginia and Ben Mimmack
Melerick and Raamel Mitchell
Anne McNamara and Errol Mitlyng
Modern Luxury
Caitlin Rhodes and Akers Moore
Penny Reid and Thomas Nolan
Tamara and Timothy O’connor
Omnicom Management Services
Pegasus Bank
Laurie and Todd Platt
Patsy and Bud Porter
Mary and Robert Potter
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Lindsey and Barrett Robin
Barbara and Randall Rosenblatt
Sylvia Cespedes and Hernan Saenz
Katie and Matt Samler
Rachel Rucker-Schmidt and Jason Schmidt
Schneider Electric
Leah Schulz
Peggy and Carl Sewell
Amanda and Charlie Shufeldt
George A. and Nancy Shutt Foundation
Kate and Steve Sigfusson
Gay and Bill Solomon
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Henrietta Wright and Edward Stead
Ann and Robert Steffler
Gayle Stoffel
Stream Data Centers
Kendall and John Talbott
Mary and Mike Terry
Texas Capital
Ellis and Stephen Thomas
Jere Thompson, Sr.+
Thomson Reuters
Whitney and Ryan Turner
USA Plastic Surgery
Merry and Chad Vose
Katy and Bill Wade
Pamela and Newt Walker
Walmart Foundation
Libby and Jeff Walter
Marilyn and Ben Weber
Garry Weber
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Westcott Foundation
Marnie and Kern Wildenthal
De’Edra Williams
Roberta Williamson
Susan Yarad

$1,000 to $2,499

Albertsons Safeway, Inc.
Uma Gunasekaran and Ramesh Alwarappan
Najdi Rafaty and Amir Ansari
Laurie and Michael Arnold
Allison and Amon Austin
Bank of America
Julie Barber
Marilyn and Mike Berry
Eileen and David Birch
Blume Architecture
Cordelia and Thomas Boone
James Bourne
Chelsea and Blake Bowen
Mickie and Jeffrey Bragalone
Monica and Alberto Bravo
Jennifer and Jeffrey Bridges
Katy and Parker Brooks
Keri and Michael Brookshire
Whitney and Al Cameron
Pahola Cantu and Alejandro Canavati
Sylvia and Jeff Chavez
Ashley and Greg Chellgren
Melissa Clark
Crystal and Kim Cocklin
Catherine A. Corrigan
Rachael Craven
Clyde and William Crook
Natalie and Andrew Cryer
Dallas Antiques and Fine Arts Society
Mary and Scott Dalrymple
Antoinette and Barry E. Davis
Carolina Escobar and Marc Dean
Alexandra Easley
Sharrie and Rick Ely
Maria Aceves and Dominic Farinholt
Crystal and Derek Ferguson
Maria Quiroz and Andres Flores
Yvonne and Patrick Fontana
Jennifer S. and John Gates
Heather and Christopher Gilker
Carolyn and Loren Greaves
Sarah Johnson and Charles Greene
Ellen and John Grimes
Michelle and Houston Hall
Jessica and Bart Hamlin
Susie and T. Hardie
Mary Ann and Jim Harris
The Hersh Foundation
Sally Pretorius Hodge and Adam Hodge
Nicholas Huerta
Amanda Jensen
Nancy Kelley
Jennifer and Kevin Kirksey

Jay Langhurst and Daniel Klingler
Rachel and Isaac Leventon
Susan Argyle and Charles Livingston
Phoebe and Thomas Luce
Becky and Willis Maddrey
Megan and Jason McGilberry
Melissa Public Library
Microsoft Corporation
Atticus Monroe
Darlene and Tom Moore
James Newman
Graciella Loera and Elizabeth Odstrcil
Ann and Van Oliver
Melissa and Justin O’Neal
Carol and Daniel Podolsky
Arlene and James Pollin
Cheryl Colmery and Jason Regas
Janet and Robert Richter
Peggy and Leonard Riggs
Sarah and Derek Ring
Susan and Ike Robb
Ashley and Tony Ruggeri
Sylvia and Mark Russell
Hernan Saenz IV
Emily and Jim Sanford
Dianne Dupont and Jane Schmidt
Paula and Jim Scofield
Eliza Solender and Gary L. Scott
Sara and Corbin See
Lindsay Bayer Shipp
Debra and Brian Shivers
Sachin Shroff
Cindy Brinker Simmons
Michelle Simpkins
Gloria and Juan-Ernesto Snead
Pamela and J. A. Spooner
William and Jacqueline
Stavi-Raines
Alice and Richard Stevenson
Patty and Carry Tanamachi
Gail and Gerald Turner
Ashley and Jon Venetos
Linda Vorhies
Meredith and Scott Wallace
The Ward Family Foundation
Diane and George Wendel
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund
Cammy Wynne and Del Williams
Linda and Ken Wimberly
Adina Pelusio and LaDonn Wittenburg

+ Deceased

We compile this list with care. If your listing requires an update or is inaccurate, please contact the Perot Museum Development office. Thank you for inspiring minds through nature and science.

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