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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.

2024 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, 2023 and December 31, 2024.

$500,000 to $999,999

City of Dallas, Office of Arts and Culture

$250,000 to $499,999

Goldman Sachs & Co.
Lyda Hill Philanthropies
Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust
Wolfgang Puck Catering and Events, LLC

$100,000 to $249,999

American Airlines
Children’s Health
The Gayden Family Foundation
The Hoglund Foundation

Sally and Forrest Hoglund
Kelly Compton
Shelly Dee
Kristy Robinson

Lockheed Martin
Margot Perot
Texas Instruments, Inc.

$50,000 to $999,999

The Addy Foundation
Nancy and Randy Best
Kate and Lane Britain
Byrne Family Foundation Trust
Pat & Gill Clements Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Nancy Perot, Rod Jones, and Family
Kroger

The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Suzanne and Patrick McGee
Carolyn and Karl Rathjen
Katherine Perot Reeves and Eric Reeves
Stephen M. Seay Foundation
Sewell Automotive Companies
Texas Counter Fitters
Wingstop Charities

$25,000 to $49,999

Anonymous
Atmos Energy Corporation
Balfour Beatty
The Beck Group
Bellevue Foundation
Cholla Petroleum, Inc.
Peggy Dear
Alfred and Kathryn Gilman Family Giving Fund
H-E-B/Central Market
Marguerite Hoffman
Ericka Horan
James Avery Artisan Jewelry
Lucid Hearing
MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation
Cassie and Mac McFarland
Elizabeth and John McGuire
Katie Morgan and Aaron Michelsohn
Cecilia and John Morgan
Mudge Foundation
Nexpoint
Okada Family Foundation
Katherine and Bob Penn

Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.
Katherine and Michael Phillips
PWC Foundation
The Rees-Jones Foundation
Nancy and Sandy+ Robertson
Deedie Rose
The Rosewood Corporation
The Sealark Foundation
Slaughter Family Foundation
Suntory Global Spirits
Talen Energy
Sharon and Kip Tindell
Turningpoint Foundation
Visit Dallas
The Gil and Dody Weaver Foundation
Melinda and Steve Winn

$15,000 to $24,999

Arcosa, Inc.
Axxess
The Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation
Francis Harrison and Manuel Britto
Nancy and Clint Carlson
CFP Foundation
Sonjoy Chattergee
Emily and David Corrigan
Laura Melo and Carlos Cruz
Jill Bee and Loren Glasser
Robyn and Andrew Gould
Mary and David Henderson
Joan Hill/The Lamplighter School
Hirsch Family Foundation
Hunt Realty Investments
Jackson Durham
Gene and Jerry Jones Family Foundation
Catalina and Santiago Jorba
Mason King/Luther King Capital Management
Brian Lee
Caroline Harrison-Loehr and Gavin Loehr
Match Group, Inc.

Carolyn and David Miller
Frances and Noah Mitchell
Susan and Bill Montgomery
National Life Insurance Company
PepsiCo Foundation
PetroCap, LLC
PPG Foundation
Aimee Williams-Ramey and Royce Ramey
Redlee/SCS, Inc.
Nicole and Justin Small
Marlene and John Sughrue
Vedder Price
Verizon Foundation
Versant Capital Management
Jean and Tom Walter

$10,000 to 14,999

Anonymous
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Ann and Peter Balyta
Linda and Steven Blasnik
Melissa and John Brannan III
Burns & McDonnell Foundation
Costello Family Foundation
CPKC
Dallas Stars Foundation
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Chris Gallea
Judith and James Gibbs
Judy and Roy Gurley
Haynes Boone
The Men and Women of Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Maria-Cristina and Jaime Jaramillo
Andre Kelleners
Aasem Khalil
Jerry Lee

Pete Lyon
Marriott International, Inc.
Tom and Charlene Marsh Family Foundation
Tori and Ross Mulford
Mike Nickols
Dorothy and John O’Dwyer
PaperCity Magazine
Raising Cane’s
James Reynolds
Michael Rimland
Yassaman Salas
Sapphire Foundation, Inc.
Suhail Sikhtian
Marshall Smith
Steward Family Foundation
Bill & Katie Weaver Charitable Trust

$5,000 to $9,999

Anonymous (2)
Susie and John Adams
Analog Devices Foundation
Avnet
Bain & Company
Bank of Texas
Francis and Branden Barron
Steve Barry
Carolyn and Ken Barth
Gareth Bater
Yasmin and Vikrant Bhatia
Lindsay and George Billingsley
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Jessica and Tyler Bolander
Michael Bosworth
Diane and Hal Brierley
M and A Brown Family Foundation
Mason Brown Family Foundation
Patrick Buckner
Community Beer
Mary McDermott Cook
Itzel and Nathan Crow
Trammell Crow
Sherri and Alan Darver
The Denker Foundation
Diodes Foundation
Stephanie Knight and Richard Duschl
David Eisman
Laura and Walter Elcock
Patrick Fels
Amy and Lee Fikes
Frost Bank
Jane and Ron Gard
Mike Graziano
Margie and John Haley
Hillwood Urban
Helen Hobbs
The Hockaday School
Jacobs
Rusty and John Jaggers
Roy Joseph
Karen and Alan Katz
Alice Rodriguez and Tom Kendall
Kline Family Foundation
Suvarna and Manoj Kutty

Sharon and Tom Meurer
Virginia and Ben Mimmack
Mom Water, LLC
Harry S. Moss Foundation
Tina and David Nishida
NTT Data
Origin Bank
Paycom Payroll, LLC
Pegasus Bank
Elizabeth and Kevin Phillips
David Plutzer
Lauren and David Powell
Radiology Associates of North Texas
Tom Riggs
Tracy and Brian Rinehart
Barbara and Randall Rosenblatt
J.D. Sandfort
Jack Sebastian
Meghna and Rajat Sharma
Linda Silver
Katherine and Kurt Simon
Camille and Earl Simpkins
Amit Sinha
Southwestern Medical Foundation/UT Southwestern
Medical Center

Gene Sykes
Mary and Mike Terry
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Tyson Foods
Upbound Group
Fallon and Robert Vaughn
Vulcan Materials Company
Katy and Bill Wade
Celia and Kelvin Walker
Katherine and Mark Weber
The Alinda Hill Wikert Foundation
Abigail and Todd Williams
Alicia and Christopher Winn
WRA Architects
Abigail Barton and J.D. Young

$2,500 to $4,999

Anonymous (2)
Meredith and Woody Abbott
Aecom
Stephanie Ainscow-Grancharov
Lena and Derek Alley
Peggy+ and Richard Allison
Alto
The Baldridge Foundation
Heather and Ray Balestri
Catherine Bracken and Charles Bell
Ben E. Keith Foundation
Benchmark Bank
Sheila and David Beuerlein
BNY Wealth
Niharika Cabiallavetta
Karen and Tommy Campbell
Veronica and Mark Cartwright
Christina and Christopher Casey
Crystal and Kim Cocklin
Meghan and Zac Cohn
Greg Swalwell and Terry Connor
Contran Corporation
Bela and Chase Cooley
Millie and Kenneth Cooper
Melissa Crandall
Kathy and Harlan Crow
Mollie Crow
Carol A. Crowe
Renee and Matthew Crupi
Linda and Bill Custard
D’Allure Medspa
Patricia Dedman Family Foundation
Rebecca and John Delozier
Cheryl and James Drayer
Anne and Mike Duffy
Elizabeth and Richard Eiseman
Olivia Eklund
Elk Range Royalties
The Enrico Foundation
Sandra Estess
Julie Ford
Fujitsu Network Communications
Kay and Duncan Fulton
Traci and Geoffrey Funk
Gallagher Insurance
Garver
Gerber Taylor
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Michelle and Michael Ginnard
Brittany and Thomas Glendenning
Lilli Gober
Deborah Deitsch-Perez and Steven Goldfine
Mona and Bill Graue
Carolyn and Loren Greaves
Grey Rock Energy Partners
Lauren and Ryan Grogman
Paulette and Michael Haggerty
Anne and Jim Hartnett, Jr.
Carol Heller
The Hersh Foundation
Michael Hester and Savannah Hester
Sally Pretorius Hodge and Adam Hodge
Holland & Knight LLP
Marla and Mark Hughston
Gwen and Richard Irwin
Jackson Walker LLP
Dana and Allen Jacobson
Claudia Jaramillo
Amanda Jensen
Ashley and Elliott Jeter
Melinda and James Johnson
Susan and Richard Jones
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Diana and Don Kingston
Kathleen and Scott Kirby

Koonsfuller, PC
Cindy and Greg Kozmetsky
KPMG LLC
Lisa and Peter Kraus
Beth and Ben Lamb
Catherine Leblanc
Suran Yoo and BJ Lee
Lifeblue
Kathy and Tim Litinas
Locke Lord LLP
Lonsdale Resources
Lottye and Bobby Lyle
Carol And Kevin March
Melissa Sherrill Martin and Ross Martin
MathWorks
Phyllis and Steven McKnight
Kenneth P. Mecca Family
Frank Mihalopoulos
Vicki and Brian Miller
Jung Min
Anne McNamara and Errol Mitlyng
Lark and J.C. Montgomery, Jr.
Caitlin Rhodes and Akers Moore
Navias Family Foundation
Omnicom Management Services
Melissa and Justin O’Neal
Pioneer Natural Resources
Mary and Robert Potter
QuikTrip Corporation
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Kathleen and Christopher Ray
Marybeth and Craig Reid
John Rodgers
Katie and Jerome Rose
Catherine and Will Rose
Leslie and Ivan Roussev
Liz and Christian Ryan
Sylvia Cespedes and Hernan Saenz
Hernan Saenz IV
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Katie and Matt Samler
Kristen and Tony Scavuzzo
Schneider Electric
Leah Schulz
Sebriel, LLC
Peggy and Carl Sewell
Melissa Reddick and Steve Shaffer
Kate and Steve Sigfusson
Denise and Denis Simon
Robert Smith
Gay and Bill Solomon
Ann and Robert Steffler
Katherine and Drew Stenesen
Gayle Stoffel
Stream Data Centers
Talley Associates
Jill E. Tananbaum Family
Tegna Foundation
Texas Capital
Ellis and Stephen Thomas
VLK Architects
Libby and Jeff Walter
Jennifer Walters
Marilyn and Ben Weber
Garry Weber
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
De’Edra Williams
Roberta Williamson
Yamagata Foundation
Susan Yarad

$1,000 to $2,499

Amazon Capital
Laurie and Michael Arnold
Marilyn and Mike Berry
Eileen and David Birch
Kathy Bishop
Cordelia and Thomas Boone
James Bourne
Mickie and Jeffrey Bragalone
Jennifer and Jeffrey Bridges
Katy and Parker Brooks
Pahola Cantu and Alejandro Canavati
Ashley and Greg Chellgren
Melissa Clark
Kristen and Britton Cobb
Staci and Glenn Cohen
Dallas Antiques & Fine Arts Society
Mary and Scott Dalrymple
Alexandra Easley
Ecolab
Sharrie and Rick Ely
Maria Aceves and Dominic Farinholt
Anne and Alan Feld
Maria Quiroz and Andres Flores
Yvonne and Patrick Fontana
Jennifer S. and John Gates
Bette and Stephen Goldmann
Jeanne and Gordon Green
Sarah Johnson and Charles Greene
Ellen and John Grimes
Susie and T. Hardie
Audrey and Joseph Hornisher
Amanda and Nick Huerta
International Paper Foundation
Kendra Karlock
Jennifer and Kevin Kirksey

Jay Langhurst and Daniel Klingler
Traci and Ham Lee
Susan Argyle and Charles Livingston
Elizabeth Odstrcil and Graciella Loera
Becky and Willis Maddrey
Nancy and Tom Mason
Susan Brown and Bill McCoy
Megan and Jason McGilberry
Atticus Monroe
Tamara and Timothy O’Connor
Peggy and Leonard Riggs
Sarah and Derek Ring
Eliza Solender and Gary Scott
Sara and Corbin See
Nancy Shutt
Pamela and J.A. Spooner
Alice and Richard Stevenson
Patty and Carry Tanamachi
Jacky and Bill Thornton
Nikita Uppal and Garrett Tucker
Gail and Gerald Turner
Ashley and Jon Venetos
Linda Vorhies
Walmart Foundation
Julie and Jacob Walter
Diane and George Wendel
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund
Adina Pelusio and Ladonn Wittenburg

+ In Memoriam

We compile this list with care. If your listing requires an update, please contact Jackie Wood, director of development operations, at jackie.wood@perotmuseum.org.

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