Donors & Sponsors
The $27 million required to build, operate, and endow the Center for Creative Connections was the primary component of the Museum’s Campaign for a New Century, which began seven years ago. According to campaign chairwoman Catherine Marcus Rose, the effort was launched in 2007 with two generous foundation awards. First, a $2.825 million grant from The Allen and Kelli Questrom Foundation was announced. It was followed by a $4.38 million award from The Meadows Foundation, $3 million of which was part of a dollar-for-dollar challenge to achieve complete capital funding that was quickly met. The majority of the remaining funds for the Center were raised in less than a year by “The Catalyst Club,” a group co-chaired by Robert H. Dedman, Jr., and his wife, Rachael, and John R. Eagle and his wife, Jennifer, to inspire donors to give $1 million or more.
Center for Creative Connections initiatives are made possible with generous support from:
The Meadows Foundation
The Allen and Kelli Questrom Foundation
The Dedman Family/The Dedman Family Foundation
An anonymous donor
An anonymous donor in honor of Alex, Charlie, Grey, Jack, and Rosey
The active and alumni docents of the DMA
Melanie and Tim Byrne
Nancy and Clint Carlson
Jennifer and John Eagle
Amy and Vernon Faulconer
Beverly and Donald S. Freeman
Ann and Lee Hobson
Marguerite Steed Hoffman
The Pollock Foundation
Catherine and Will Rose
An anonymous donor
Molly Byrne through the Turning Point Foundation
Nancy and Tim Hanley
Estate of Gayle Hysinger
Martha McCarty Kimmerling
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services
Caren Prothro
And other generous individuals and corporate and foundation donors
These gifts and pledges are allowing the Museum to build, operate, and endow this new innovative and experimental center. They also support the renovations to Horchow Auditorium, Museum-wide wireless access, and the launch of the Arts Network initiative, a sustainable technology model to build digital resources and connect visitors with art and creativity