Corporate Giving
About
When your company partners with HGO, we work with you to create a customized corporate benefits package:
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- Stellar client and executive entertainment opportunities
- Access to HGO’s diverse network of Houston’s prominent business and community leaders
- Marketing and recognition benefits
- Volunteer opportunities
Join our exclusive Corporate Council
Corporate supporters at the $25,000 level and above are invited to join HGO’s Corporate Council, a fantastic network of Houston’s top business leaders.
The Corporate Council is comprised of over 50 HGO Trustees and Board members who represent corporations that support HGO. Members are asked to represent their companies at HGO events and to help make key introductions to colleagues, business contacts, and other companies that might be interested in joining HGO as corporate supporters.
2021-22 Corporate Council
Thomas R. Ajamie, Ajamie LLP
J. Scott Arnoldy, Triten Corporation
Christos Angelides, Shell
Christopher V. Bacon, Vinson & Elkins LLP
C. Mark Baker, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Marcos Basso, Baker McKenzie
Astley Blair, Marine Well Containment Company
Meg Boulware, Boulware & Valoir
Thierry Caruso, EY
Albert Chao, Westlake Chemical Corporation
Beth A. Colle, EY
Adam Cook, Tokio Marine HCC
Joshua Davidson, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Frederic Dyen, Schlumberger Limited
Warren Ellsworth, MD, Houston Methodist
John C. Harrell, Truist
Michael Hilliard, Winstead PC
Richard Husseini, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Patrick Keller, Truist
William Kopp, Scott & Stringfellow LLC
Bill Kroger, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Richard Leibman, FROSCH
David LePori, Frost Bank
Bryce Lindner, Bank of America
Claire Liu, LyondellBassell (Retired)
Arcy Muñoz, Wells Fargo
Ward Pennebaker, Pennebaker
Gloria M. Portela, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Allyn Risley, GTT North America
Susan Rivera, Tokio Marine HCC
Kelly Rose, ConocoPhillips
Glen Rosenbaum, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Manolo Sánchez, Spring Labs
Apurva Thekdi, MD, Houston Methodist
Ignacio Torras, Tricon Energy
Tom Van Arsdel, Winstead PC
De la Rey Venter, Shell
Alfredo Vilas, Novum Energy
Allison Young, Wells Fargo
Houston Grand Opera’s Institutional Supporters
CORPORATIONS
Guarantors – $100,000 or more
ConocoPhillips †
H-E-B †
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo TM †
Houston Methodist † *
Novum Energy
Schlumberger †
Shell †
United Airlines † *
Vinson & Elkins LLP † *
Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more
Ajamie LLP
Baker Botts L.L.P. †
Bank of America
Nana Booker and David Lowe/ Booker · Lowe Gallery *
Frost Bank
Underwriters – $25,000 or more
Baker Botts L.L.P. †
Baker McKenzie
Boulware & Valoir
Norton Rose Fulbright †
Tokio Marine HCC
Wells Fargo †
Westlake Chemical Corporation †
Sponsors – $10,000 or more
EY
Locke Lord LLP †
Truist
Winstead PC
Members – $1,000 or more
Alliance Bernstein
CHANEL
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
Maovor, Inc.
FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Premier Guarantors – $1,000,000 or more
The Brown Foundation, Inc. †
Houston Grand Opera Endowment, Inc.†
The Wortham Foundation, Inc. †
Principal Guarantors – $500,000 or more
City of Houston †
The Cullen Foundation †
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts†
Grand Guarantors – $250,000 or more
Albert and Anne Chao/Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation †
The Alkek and Williams Foundation †
The Elkins Foundation
The Humphreys Foundation †
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation †
Texas Commission on the Arts †
Anonymous
Guarantors – $100,000 or more
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation †
John P. McGovern Foundation †
M.D. Anderson Foundation †
The Powell Foundation †
The Sarofim Foundation
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more
Carol Franc Buck Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts †
Underwriters – $25,000 or more
Anchorage Foundation of Texas
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board †
Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum Foundation
Miller Theatre Advisory Board
OPERA America
Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation †
Stedman West Foundation †
Sterling-Turner Foundation
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Sponsors – $10,000 or more
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation †
Cockrell Family Fund
Houston Grand Opera Guild †
The Vaughn Foundation
William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust †
Members – $1,000 or more
George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation †
Kinder Morgan Foundation
Houston Endowment Inc.
Houston Saengerbund
The Nathan J. Klein Fund
* Contribution includes in-kind support;
† Ten or more years of consecutive support
Corporate Partnerships
For more information on corporate partnerships at HGO,
please contact Sydnee E. Houlette, Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving.
T: (713) 546-0222
shoulette@hgo.org
Questions?
We are more than happy to accept gifts over the phone. If you wish to make a stock gift, or if your employer participates in a match program and you would like to make HGO a recipient, please contact Ariel Ehrman.
T: (713) 980-8672
aehrman@hgo.org