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Museum Experience Fund

Upstander Behavior Begins with Education
Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum Experience Fund

Last year, more than 20,000 students from local and regional schools walked through our doors and learned valuable lessons about the impact of unchecked hatred and racism. However, not every child in our community has the opportunity to visit the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. The per-student cost, while reasonable for most, is problematic or completely impossible for many students at Title 1 and low-income schools.

GIVE THE GIFT OF EDUCATION - FUND A STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP TO VISIT THE MUSEUM

Title 1 qualified schools and economically disadvantaged student groups may apply for a scholarship to cover tour, transportation, and program costs. Begun in 2013, the goal of the Museum Experience Fund is to ensure that every student --regardless of financial circumstance--can learn the history of the Holocaust and human rights and their timely lessons.

A visit to the Museum has significant benefits for students. Based on an independent study, following a visit to the Museum:

  • 57% of middle school students and 31% of high school students had an increased understanding that bystander behavior has a negative impact
  • 35% of middle school and high school students have an increased sense of how their behavior influences others
  • 83% of the teachers said their students were more willing to stand up for others

You can make a gift with an immediate impact that allows students to visit the Museum and learn from impactful education programs this school year. A gift to the Museum Experience Fund endowment allows students to learn the Museum’s important lessons for generations to come. Your donation to the Museum Experience Fund allows a student to visit the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, take a virtual field trip, or participate in an education program.

Please consider a gift today to allow us to share this experience with more students from our region.  For more information, contact Sabrina Miranda, Grant Officer, at smiranda@dhhrm.org.

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE FUND ENDOWMENT DONORS

Theodore and Beulah Beasley MEF Endowment Fund
Fran and Mark Berg Family MEF Endowment Fund
Crystal Charity Ball MEF Dallas County Endowment Fund
East Texas Initiative Endowment
Fenves Family Education Endowment Fund
M. Jacobs Endowment Fund
Margot and Ross Perot MEF Endowment Fund
Radnitz MEF Endowment Fund
Melissa and Matthew Rubel MEF Endowment Fund

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE FUND DONORS

$25,000+

Anonymous
Perot Foundation
PwC
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Ann L. and Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust

$10,000-$24,999

Junior League of Dallas
Sheri and Andrew Rosen
Ryan Foundation
Florence and Howard Shapiro
Peggy and Mark Zilbermann

$1,000-$9,999

Carina Reyes and Andrew Alderson
Phillip Cohen
Marsha Gaswirth
Jennifer Staubach Gates and John Gates
Liz and Tom Halsey
Ronit and Haviv Ilan
Veronique and Hylton Jonas
Lisa and Peter Kraus
Bobbi and Richard Massman
Carol and Harold Pinker
Virginia Jackson and A. Steven Raab
Sylvia Cespedes and Herman Saenz
Daphne and David Sydney
Temple Shalom Brotherhood
Karen and Christopher Williams

An Immersive, Interactive Journey Unlike Any Other

Please join us for a visit. Unforgettable doesn't begin to describe the experience.