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2025 major donors


The Museum is grateful for the following donors who made major gifts in FY2025.

Agatha + Laurence Aurbach

Akamai Foundation

Alli Stillman

American Airlines

American Beverage Association

Amy + Alan Meltzer

Andrea Dykes + Jeremy Fishelberg

Andrew Howard

Anneli Werner

Arthur G. Affleck, III

Aya Kanai

Bainum Family Foundation

Belfor

Blair + Josh Holmes

Bloomberg Philanthropies

BNSF Railway

Bright Horizons

Cameron Williams

Cantilever

Capitol Seniors Housing

Carolyn + Randall McFarlane

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

CSX

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH)

Dirck A. Hargraves, ESQ

Dorothy Baldwin Wicker

Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr.

Elizabeth Snowdon Bonner + Paul Bonner

Erik Smith + Edith Gregson

Evelyn + Nelson Peña

Foley and Lardner

Frederick Royall

General Motors

Gensler

Hill-Snowdon Foundation

Jasper Jung

Jay + Michelle Lee & Family

Jenny + Juan Hinojosa

Joe + Emily Wetzel

Judy + Peter Kovlar Foundation

Latham & Watkins

Louis + Mary Haddad Foundation

Mallory + Nicholas DeBenedetto

Martha + David Dantzic

Marvin + Delia Lang

Michelle Kang + Hans Ackerman

Nickelodeon

Nico Foris

Nicolaine Lazarre

Norfolk Southern

Paul R. Monsees + Cathy Ventrell-Monsees

PNC Bank

PNC Bank / PNC Financial Services Group

Priority Life Care

PwC

Rae Ann + Jermaine Johnson

Revolutionary ED LLC

Richard + Catharine Snowdon

Robb & Traci Micek

Robert + Taylor Volmer

S. Ross and Susan L. Hechinger

Stephanie + Trey Kirby

Susanna + Joel Hamme

Sy Damle & Yael Berger

Ted Burmeister + Elizabeth Park

The Dimick Foundation

The Embassy of the State of Qatar in the United States

The Nelson Family Foundation

The Zimmerman Family

Tina Gao

Tom Burkert

Topsoe

Travis York + Justin Zanetti

Union Pacific Railroad

Wabtec Corporation

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phoenix society


Phoenix Society members are founding supporters who invested in the reopening of National Children’s Museum. The Museum is deeply grateful for the support of these visionary partners.

amazon
agatha + laurence aurbach
bainum family foundation
luann bennett
booz allen hamilton
dc commission on the arts & humanities
district department of transportation
drew company, inc
events dc

the bill & melinda gates foundation
s. ross + susan l. hechinger
kimsey foundation
lansinoh laboratories, inc
the annette m. and theodore n. lerner family foundation
lyda hill philanthropies
jacqueline b. mars
alan + amy meltzer
microsoft philanthropies

paul r. monsees + cathy ventrell-monsees
newburger schwartz family foundation
new jersey & h educational fund
nickelodeon
ogilvy
pnc bank
dick + katie snowdon
the people of the state of qatar
taylor + robert volmer
3M