Million Dollar Donors

On August 17, 2007, the AT&T Performing Arts Center announced that it had raised gifts of $1 million or more from 100 Dallas families, corporations and foundations, an unprecedented achievement in a campaign of this kind. Today there are 132 donors who have generously supported the Center and who are recognized permanently in the Donor Reflection Pool located in the beautiful Sammons Park.

Founding Family Donors

The Founding Family Donor Program was launched at the campaign's inception in November 2000 and concluded in 2004 with 44 Founding Families Foundations, all making gifts of $1 million and above.

• Ruth and Ken Altshuler
• Doris Bass, the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
• Boeckman Family, through the Boeckman Family & JFM Foundations
• Christine and Eric Brauss
• Diane and Hal Brierley
• Toni and Norman Brinker
• Nancy and Clint Carlson
• Mary Anne and Richard Cree
• Linda and Bill Custard and Frank Pitts
• Arlene and John Dayton
• Brad Dyer III, through the Bradbury Dyer III Foundation
• Rosemary and Roger Enrico
• Amy and Vernon Faulconer
• Candice and Robert Haas
• Fanchon and Howard Hallam
• Gene and Jerry Jones
• Kim Hiett Jordan
• Barbara and Mark Lemmon
• Joy and Ronald Mankoff
• Nancy Cain Marcus
• Phyllis and Tom McCasland
• Mrs. Eugene McDermott
• Juanita and Henry S. Miller, Jr. and the Miller Family
• Dana and Charles Nearburg
• Paulos Foundation, honoring Angela D. Paulos
• Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.
• Nelda Cain Pickens
• Caren Prothro, through the Vin and Caren Prothro Family Foundation
• Deedie and Rusty Rose
• Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay
• Stemmons Family, through the Stemmons Foundation
• Ted Strauss and the Strauss Family
• Margaret and Jack Sweet
• Debbie and John Tolleson
• Ellen and Don Williams
• Jean Wilson
• Margot and Bill Winspear
• Mary and Bob Wright
• Dee and Charles Wyly
• Cheryl and Sam Wyly
• Anonymous Founding Families (4)

Cornerstone Donors

The Cornerstone Donor Program was established in fall 2004 under the leadership of Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr., and was successfully completed in December 2006.

• Jane and Ron Beneke Family
• The Robert H. Dedman Family
• Leah and Jerry Fullinwider
• Hegi Family Foundation
• Cinda and Tom Hicks
• J.L. and Sydney Thweatt Huffines
• The Jerry R. Junkins Family Foundation
• The Irvin L. Levy and Kenneth L. Schnitzer Families
• Nancy and Kenton McGee, Alexandra and Robert Lavie and the McGee Foundation
• The Murchison Family
• Virginia and Robert Payne Family
• Margot and Ross Perot
• Boone Pickens
• Caren Prothro
• Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
• Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones
• Peggy and Leonard Riggs
• Sue Gill Rose in honor of Margaret McDermott
• Peggy and Carl Sewell
• Annette and Harold Simmons
• Jane and Bud Smith
• Gayle and Paul Stoffel
• Bea and Ray Wallace
• Donna M. Wilhelm
• Kathy and Rodney Woods
• Anonymous (2)

Capstone Donors

The final donor program at the $1 million threshold, the Capstone Donor Program will conclude in December 2009 at the end of the campaign to design and construct the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

• The Alberts Family
• Alice W. and Richard D. Bass
  
• Tricia and Gil Besing
  
• Nancy and Randy Best
  
• Molly Byrne
  
• The James M. Collins Family
  
• Gina and Scott Ginsburg
  
• Nancy B. Hamon
  
• Hillcrest Foundation, Founded by Mrs. W. W. Caruth, Sr.
• Anne and Lee Hobson
• Marguerite Steed Hoffman, in memory of Edmund Hoffman and in honor of Margaret McDermott
• Jennifer and Doug Houser
• Harriet and Buddy Jeffers
• Joyce and Larry Lacerte
• Carole and John Ridings Lee
• Ann and Cary Maguire
• Linda Marcus
• Ann Swisher and Michael McGehee
• Ellen and John McStay
• Michel L. Mullen and Family
• Nancy and David Haemisegger
• Alice and Erle Nye
• Helen and Frank Risch
• Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers
• Shannon and Ted Skokos
• Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Family Foundation
• Mike & Mary Terry Family Foundation
• Joanna and Peter Townsend
• The Harriet Lang and Jos. Irion Worsham Family
• Anonymous
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Corporations and Foundations

• Alon USA
• American Airlines
• Bank of America
• Brinker International
• Communities Foundation of Texas
• Dallas Leadership Banking Partnership
• The Dallas Opera Landmark Fund
• Dean Foods Company
  
• EDS
• Elsa Von Seggern Foundation
• Eugene McDermott Foundation
• Flagship Corporate Alliance
• Hillcrest Foundation
  
• Hoblitzelle Foundation
• Chase and J.P. Morgan
  
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Landmark Foundation Partnership
• The Meadows Foundation
• Neiman Marcus
  
• Nokia
• Once Upon a Time...
• Perkins-Prothro Foundation
• The Rosewood Foundation
• Sammons Enterprises, Inc.
  
• Texas Instruments
• TXU