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.
2022-23 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
Astley Blair, Marine Well Containment Company
Meg Boulware, Boulware & Valoir
Albert Chao, Westlake Corporation
Adam Cook, Tokio Marine HCC
Joshua Davidson, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Susan Eisenberg, Kirkland & Ellis
Warren Ellsworth, MD, Houston Methodist
Michaela Greenan, Infosys
Richard Husseini, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Michelle Huth, Frost Bank
Beth Jarlock, EY
Bill Kroger, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Richard Leibman, FROSCH
David LePori, Frost Bank
Bryce Lindner, Bank of America
Claire Liu, LyondellBassell (Retired)
Craig Miller, Frost Bank
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
Silvia Salle, Bank of America
Manolo Sánchez, Spring Labs
Susan Saurage-Altenloh, Saurage Marketing Research
Peter Seltz, Principal Financial
Apurva Thekdi, MD, Houston Methodist
Ignacio Torras, Tricon Energy
Alfredo Vilas, Novum Energy
Houston Grand Opera’s Institutional Supporters
CORPORATIONS
Guarantors – $100,000 or more
ConocoPhillips †
H-E-B †
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo TM †
Houston Methodist † *
Frost Bank
Novum Energy
Vinson & Elkins LLP † *
Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more
Ajamie LLP
Bank of America
Nana Booker and David Lowe/ Booker · Lowe Gallery *
Kirkland & Ellis
Shell USA, Inc. †
Underwriters – $25,000 or more
Alto
Baker Botts L.L.P. †
Boulware & Valoir
Norton Rose Fulbright †
Principal Financial Securities
Saurage Marketing Research
Tokio Marine HCC
Westlake Corporation †
Sponsors – $10,000 or more
CenterPoint Energy
Locke Lord LLP †
Members – $1,000 or more
Infosys
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
Maovor, Inc.
Union Pacific
FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Premier Guarantors – $1,000,000 or more
The Brown Foundation, Inc. †
Houston Grand Opera Endowment, Inc.†
The Wortham Foundation, Inc. †
Anonymous
Principal Guarantors – $500,000 or more
City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance †
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts†
Anonymous
Grand Guarantors – $250,000 or more
The Alkek and Williams Foundation †
Carol Franc Buck Foundation †
The Cullen Foundation †
Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation †
The Humphreys Foundation †
Mellon Foundation †
Texas Commission on the Arts †
Anonymous
Guarantors – $100,000 or more
M.D. Anderson Foundation †
National Endowment for the Arts †
The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation †
The Sarofim Foundation
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more
City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board †
John P. McGovern Foundation †
The Powell Foundation †
Underwriters – $25,000 or more
Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation †
Stedman West Foundation †
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Sponsors – $10,000 or more
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation †
Cockrell Family Fund
OPERA America
Sterling-Turner Foundation
University of Houston Bauer College of Business
William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust †
Members – $1,000 or more
George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation †
Houston Endowment Inc.
Houston Saengerbund
Houston Grand Opera Guild †
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 Sherry Rodriguez, Philanthropy Officer, Institutional Giving
T: (713) 546-0222
srodriguez@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