Discovery at Dusk 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
6-9PM
Discovery at Dusk Co-Chairs: Austin Bowers, Lexie Fisher George, Charlton Gholson and April Kupper.
Ticket Packages & Benefits
All guests will enjoy delicious bites, specialty cocktails, and hands-on museum exploration. Imagination and warm attire encouraged. Adults only, please.
- Ticket purchasers of Maker packages and above will receive name recognition on event invitation (if confirmed by February 21) and event webpage.
- Donors $1,000 and up will receive recognition on Bay Area Discovery Museum’s annual donor wall.
If you prefer to complete your ticket package purchase offline (via donor advised fund, check in mail, stock or wire transfer, etc.), please email Katie Rinder at krinder@badm.org for details.
Trailblazer | $25,000
Event admission for 16 guests, with reserved lounge seating and welcome bottle of wine
Your gift brings the Try It Truck, our mobile STEAM learning lab, to 10 underserved elementary schools for a day of student-led learning.
Fair Market Value $1,600
Innovator | $15,000
Event admission for 12 guests with reserved lounge seating.
Your gift supports the museum’s ongoing early childhood learning research to ensure the highest quality resources and experiences for children, educators, and caregivers.
Fair Market Value $1,200
Creator | $10,000
Event admission for 10 guests. Unreserved seating available.
Your gift enables 50 families of low income to share experiences of joy and discovery with a free annual museum membership.
Fair Market Value $750
Builder | $5,000
Event admission for six guests. Unreserved seating available.
Your gift helps three classes at high need elementary schools experience our Fairytale Engineering STEAM Workshops.
Fair Market Value $450
Designer | $2,000
Event admission for two guests and membership to Donor Circle for one year. Unreserved seating available.
Your gift provides educational supplies for museum programs supporting San Francisco’s federally subsidized preschools.
Fair Market Value $150
Maker | $750
Event admission for one guest. Unreserved seating available.
Your gift provides bus transportation for one class from a subsidized preschool and their caregivers to enjoy a day of hands-on exploration at the museum.
Fair Market Value $75
Supporter | $300
Event admission for one guest. Unreserved seating available.
Your gift extends admission to the museum for 30 children through the museum’s partnership with Marin County Free Library.
Fair Market Value $75
Thank You to our Sponsors!
Innovators
Conor and Vanessa* Famulener
Lexie* and Mark George
April Kupper* and David Geib
Dana Marohn Spiliotis* and Charles Spiliotis
Christina* and Timothy Millikin
Sam* and Alexis Sellers
Creators
Lindsay* and Tim Brown
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Dodge & Cox
Rameez* and Samantha Dossa
Ernst & Young LLP
Liz* and Chris Faralli
Randi and Bob Fisher
Charlton Gholson* and Morgan Mohun-Gholson
Chian Gong* and Adrian Graham
Priyanka and Sudi* Jain
Whitney* and Zach Jones
Latham & Watkins LLP
Maggie and Jeff Moore
Noelle Moseley and Brian Singerman
James Potts* and Anna Snyder
Ropes & Gray LLP
Katie* and Matt Thiry
Builders
Victoria and Philippe Barret
John Berggruen
Austin* and Nora Bowers
Mark and Carrie Casey
Jackie and Michael Crown
Allison* and Jesse Eisenhardt
Laura and John Fisher
Sakurako and William Fisher
John and Alix* Flynn
Goldman Sachs
David Hamsher* and Kate Karas
Caroline* and Justin Hoeveler
Kate and Christian Jensen
Melinda and Kevin Johnson
The Kahan Family*
Christopher* and Natalie Kim
KPMG LLP
The McCarthy Family
Betsy and Ed McDermott
Morgan Stanley
The Nichol Family*
Priya* and Neil Pai
Ishanaa Rambachan* and James Anderson
Yuko and Raj Shah
Judy and Ken Siebel
Ligaya Tichy* and Russel Simmons
Cameron* and April Walters
Anonymous
Designers
Mary and Bill Conrad
Nicole Elliott-Karvosky* and Mark Karvosky
Lian Eoyang* and Randy Reddig
John Fisher and Raphaela Lipinsky DeGette
Franchesca* and Che Hashim
George and Leslie Hume
Chelsea and Scott Kohler
PJT Partners
Emily and Dan Reuter
Makers
Jill and Ross Bowen
Michael Engle and Amy Saper
Ozette and Ryan Keats
Remy Fisher Wilkinson and Shane Wilkinson
In-Kind Sponsors
Judd Williams and Anne Bonaparte
The Gap Inc.
Hafner Vineyard
Martin Ray Vineyards & Winery
Megan Schmidt
*Bay Area Discovery Museum Trustee
