The board of directors of the Plano ISD Education Foundation validated on May 27 the nonprofit organization’s importance to the Plano ISD, as Foundation Board President Ralph Stow announced the group had surpassed its 2008 fundraising goal, raising more than $1.17 million in the 2007-2008 school year, with an increase of ten percent over last year’s record-breaking million dollar mark.

2007-2008 Valedictorian Donors with gifts of $50,000+ were the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, Employees of Plano ISD, EDS Foundation, and Texas Instruments Foundation. Pictured (l-r) are Deputy Superintendent Jeff Bailey, 2007-08 Foundation President Mary Jo Dean, EDS Global Communications Manager Liz Bonet, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Doug Otto, Texas Instruments Director of Corporate Citizenship Trisha Cunningham, and School Board President Duncan Webb.

2007-08 Major Donors

Approximately 150 attendees celebrated the $1.17 million dollar milestone at a donor recognition event held at Reflections on Spring Creek. Major donors of $5,000 or more received special recognition, and honorariums were made to Plano ISD libraries in their names.

The year’s most significant donation was the collective contribution of $116,000 made by more than 3,300 Plano ISD employees as a result of a Valentine’s Day employee campaign chaired by Deputy Superintendent Jeff Bailey. Individual employee gifts ranged from $5 to $1,500 and raised more than one-tenth of the Foundation’s annual goal.

Valedictorian ~ $50,000 to $100,000+
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
EDS Foundation
Employees of Plano ISD
Texas Instruments Foundation

Salutatorian ~ $20,000 to $49,000
AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.
Capital One
Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon, & Roberts, P.C.
Medical Center of Plano
Park Place Lexus Plano
Texas Instruments Incorporated

Distinguished Achievement ~ $10,000 to $19,000
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
City of Plano
Ebby Halliday REALTORS®
EDS Credit Union
ExxonMobil
THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano
Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment, Inc.
Nortel
Verizon
ViewPoint Bank
Washington Mutual
M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation

With Honors ~ $5,000 - $9,999
Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd, & Joplin, P.C.
Franklin I. Brinegar Foundation
Diversified Maintenance
Grant Halliburton Foundation
PBK Architects, Inc.
J. C. Penney Company Fund, Inc.
Plano ISD Council of PTAs and Local PTAs
SHW Group, LLP
Texans Credit Union

Related Links

• Foundation Accomplishments & Donor Honor Roll
• Donor Event Press Release
• Donor Recognition Event Photo Gallery
• Dallas Morning News 5/27/08 Column by Robert Miller:
  "Plano ISD celebrates surpassing its fundraising goals"