Donate & SPONSOR
At Pioneer Farms, your support is more than just dollars and cents—it’s an investment in impactful learning opportunities, exceptional guest experiences and the preservation of Texas’ storied past.
Since 1975, Pioneer Farms has offered guests engaging and authentic experiences through restored historic areas, youth and adult programs and special events. Your generous gifts fund these experiences for our more than 145,000 visitors each year.
Our current project:
Restore the historic Dodson House, once the home of Freedman Leaders Jack and Mary Jane Dodson, as part of a new history site showcasing the successes of formerly enslaved Texans following emancipation. The house — one of the few extant Freedman farm homes in Texas — was moved from the Manchaca area to save it from demolition. Pleaase consider a donation to help pay the estimated $350,000 cost to restore the one-story house and create this important new history site. Donate at the button on the bottom of this page.
Restore the 1876 Dessau Church at Pioneer Farms for use as an exhibit on the importance of faith in 1800s Texas. All but $10,000 has been raised so far through donations. Please consider a donation for this most worthy grassroots preservation initiative to restore this sanctuary that was built by early settlers from Germany, was home to formerly enslaved Freedmen’s worshipers and was where Elvis Presley once sang in the late 1950s. Donate at the button on the bottom of this page.
Gifts of any size can help a variety of other projects.
A gift of $300 ensures school classes can participate in 1800s crafts and activities during their visits.
$600 provides 50 bales of hay for our animals that participate in historical programs.
A gift of $1,000 will pay for horse-drawn wagons or carriages at an event.
$2,500 subsidizes a field trip for a low-income school.
A gift of $5,000 pays for the installation of a new exhibit.
A gift of $10,000 pays to expand our historical Pioneer School artisans program or help restore an historical building on the Sprinkle Corner town square.
All donors receive recognition and free admission to our unique activities, events and programs. Sign on as a sponsor and get benefits plus recognition as a True Texas Hero!
Donor Members get all the benefits of regular membership, your name on our website and in printed materials, your name on the Donors Wall, plus invitations to VIP exhibition parties, private invitation-only history events. Business Sponsors also get iconic public recognition to draw attention and new customers and increase sales from the 50,000+ visitors at Pioneer Farms each year!
Tonkawa Scout Level Annual contribution of $200-$500
Prairie Homesteader Level Annual contribution of $501-$1,000
Cattle Baron Level Annual contribution of $1,001 to $2,500
Lone Star Hero Level Annual contribution of $2,501 to $5,000
Texas Pioneer Legends Annual contribution of $5,000 and above
Funding for specific projects is also possible and outlined in our strategic plan
Your gifts are eligible for a tax deduction. Pioneer Farms is operated by volunteers as the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms Foundation, a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 non-profit Texas corporation.
Donation and sponsorship checks should be mailed to Pioneer Farms, 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin TX 78754 or donate below. For more details, or for a tour of the museum or project site, contact us at Info@PioneerFarms.org.
Join our generous Donor Members and Business Sponsors listed below:
Mr. & Mrs. Joe W. Bratcher Jr. Foundation
Summerlee Foundation Humanities Texas
National Endowment for the Humanities
CWS Apartment Homes LLC Franklin Investments
Family of Julian Read Dell Giving Program Big Red
Benevity Causes Wheeler Holdings Cornucopia 7Up Keurig Dr Pepper
New Belgium Brewing Solar Wind Voodoo Ranger IPA Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Garrison Brothers Distillery Austin Chronicle Precision Camera & Video
Vickie Roan/The Menagerie VisionTeam Consulting Treaty Oak Distilling
Double Horse Trading Co. Elizabeth Vieau Abrahams April Aguren Jodi Bade
Johnnie Baldwin Eugenie Baranoff Joseph Barletta Caroline Barnes James Barnes
Richard & Caroline Beaird Michael & Heather Becker Ellen & Joe Bell John Blackman
Cynthia Bland-Verhayden Kirsten Bloomer Carol Blosser Leslie Brice Marvin Buck
Catherine Carby Chris Ching Tommy Cowan Kathy Cronkite
Diana Culberson Andrew Culler Dirk D Mary DeBois Jonathan & Donna Durbin
Mike Dwyer John Ellis Amanda Fachrell Cheryl Ferguson Patrick Flanagan
Kimberlee Flores Beverly Gavenda Barbara Gerbig Charmaine Gernale Ruth Hansen
Michael Harris S. E. Hausmann Susan Hausmann Tom Hamm Dirk Heinen
Donald Heick Julianna & Dan Hennig Mary Herlin Dealey Herndon Randall Hill
Irene Hinofotis M. D. Hunter Jay Jackson Mary Jackson Sarah Jacobs Stephanie Jourdan
Christopher Jurgens James Kerr Diane Kester Dunson King Leo Lansford Heather Lecheler
Kristie Liems Penny Leisch Victoria Long Anna Macdonald Evangelina Mangino Yazmin Mani
Jason Mann Jim Markey Nell Martin Patricia Marston Emma Lea Mayton Kathy McFarland
Martha McGlothlin Christy Medley Virginia Montgomery Natalie Morgan
Rosemary M. Morrow Lori Mosley Coral Nash Lori Navjar Maria Nekam Karey Oddo
Shannon Oelrich Janette Todd Parker Michelle Parris Doug Peeler Lorraine Person Ari Pettigrew
Angela Philley Karen Pope James Pitt Kristina Read Sara Reeves Martha L. Renfroe Janet Rice
James Rice Kathy T. Rider Barbara Roberts Ruben Sands Sara Saltmarsh Vasken Sayre
Jim Schmidt Jan Schmidt Steve Saunders Lynda Shanblum Erin Shonard Kevin Sparenberg
Kevin Sponseller Erik Stanley/Trail Roots Cheryl Starcher Michael Steele Amy Stermer
Karen & William Stone Zie Stone Michael Strutt Margie McAllister Stekoll
Lindsay Sugerman Erin Taylor Erin, Josh & Will Taylor Margaret Taylor Anna Tiller
Bob Tilson Eduardo Tobias JJ Tobin Claudia Thiele DeSha Tolar-Thomas Michele Tran
Debbie Tye Cynthia Verbeden Mary Walker Bob Ward Mike & Sally Ward Stephen R. Ward
Philip Waters CeCe White Leon Whitney Casey Whitmer Catherine Wilson James Wilson
Mary Wilson Sarah Wilson Thomas White T. K. White Tom & Susan Wyke