This award is presented to an individual or family with a proven record of exceptional generosity who, through direct financial support, has demonstrated outstanding civic and charitable responsibility, and whose generosity encourages others to take philanthropic leadership roles on a community, national and / or international level. Your nomination should include the following information with specific examples:
- Evidence of direct gift support.
- Description of impact of gift support.
- Evidence of encouragement and motivation given to others to take leadership roles in philanthropy.
- Description of participation in and gift support of other not-for-profit organizations, in the community, nationally and / or internationally.
- Evidence of philanthropic support of innovative approaches to solving problems.
Past Honorees
| 1983 |
Theodore P. Beasley |
| 1984 |
Ruth Sharp Altshuler *99 |
| 1985 |
H. Ross Perot *86 |
| 1986 |
The Meadows Foundation |
| 1987 |
Ida M. & Cecil H. Green *94 |
| 1988 |
The Haggar Family |
| 1989 |
Bill Barrett |
| 1990 |
Mrs. Edmund J. (Louise) Kahn |
| 1991 |
Mrs. Allen M. (Jeannette) Early |
| 1992 |
Nancy B. Hamon |
| 1993 |
Beatrice (Bea) Haggerty |
| 1994 |
Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. |
| 1995 |
Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay |
| 1996 |
Peter and Waldo Stewart |
| 1997 |
Dorothy Dee Collins Torbert |
| 1998 |
Roger and Carolyn Horchow |
| 1999 |
Linda Wertheimer Hart & Milledge A. Hart III |
| 2000 |
Robert J. Wright |
| 2001 |
Jane and Jack Hamilton |
| 2002 |
Bob and Myrna Schlegel |
| 2003 |
William and Margot Winspear |
| 2004 |
Ray Nasher |
| 2005 |
Louise Gartner |
| 2006 |
Nancy McMillan Dedman & T. Boone Pickens |
| 2007 |
Robert S. Folsom |
| 2008 |
Charles & Dee Wyly |
| 2009 |
Mary and Mike Terry |
| 2010 |
The Hallam Family |
| 2011 |
Diane & Hal Brierley |
| 2012 |
Abby & Todd Williams |
* Dallas Chapter Award recipients who became international AFP Awards for Philanthropy Honorees
Download the nomination form for AFP Outstanding Philanthropist here.
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