Birthday, Honor and Memorial Gifts

Thank you for considering the Houston Zoo in planning a gift to honor your friend, family or colleague. The contribution that you make in his or her honor is a gift that helps us create and maintain a living legacy enjoyed by over a million people each year in your zoo.

When a birthday, gift in honor of someone or a memorial donation is made, the Houston Zoo will immediately send a letter to the honoree or  the family of the person to whom  the  memorial is dedicated to acknowledge that a gift has been made in their honor (without specifying the amount.)  The donor will also receive a thank you letter from the Houston Zoo that acknowledges the gift and the birthday, honor or memorial fund, as applicable.

Friends and family members may wish to create a longer lasting gift:

• For a contribution of gifts totaling at least $100, your loved one may be listed on a beautiful brick at the entrance to the Houston Zoo. 
   
• For a gift of $5,000 or more, he or she can be memorialized on a bench in the location of the family’s choice on the Zoo grounds.
   
• For contributions totaling $100,000, your loved one can be honored with an endowment fund in his or her name that will benefit a particular area within the Houston Zoo, such as education, an area of animal care, conservation or the general maintenance endowment.
   
• Other options may be available depending on an individual’s area of preference and passion.