As we celebrate our 43rd year, we invite you to show your gratitude to the men and women of DPD who so nobly serve by committing as a banquet sponsor or contributing a gift donation for this year’s award winners being recognized at the 2024 Friends of the Dallas Police Annual Awards Banquet.
AWARDS BANQUET TABLE/AWARD SPONSOR
Sponsorship funds raised will enable officers and employees to attend the banquet and will go towards the presentation of awards and educational scholarships.
Sponsorship Levels include:
◊ PRESENTING $25,000 – Top Awards Sponsor
◊ CHIEF $15,000 – Unit Awards Sponsor
◊ MAJOR $10,000 – Bureau Awards Sponsor
◊ LIEUTENANT $5,000 – Table Sponsor
◊ SERGEANT $2,500 – Table Sponsor
◊ CORPORAL $1,750 – Table Sponsor
◊ RESERVE $1,500 – Program Ad Sponsor
IN-KIND GIFT DONATION Gift donations received will be given at the banquet along with a commemorative award to reward officers and employees. Our award winners have filled out a survey of hobbies, interests and favorite restaurants and the wish list reflects this information and will be used to assemble unique gift packages for each winner and some top award nominees. If you are interested in donating something specific that is not on our wish list, please contact Angela Shellene at ashellene@thereedsprc.com. Please click the button below to purchase gifts off the FDP wish list for our 2024 award winners:
MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARDS LUNCH SPONSOR
For those units receiving this award, Friends of the Dallas Police solicits sponsors who can provide or underwrite the cost of catering lunch for the entire unit. The size of the units can vary from 5-100 people.
Sponsors & Gift Donors
PRESENTING SPONSOR

CHIEF SPONSORS








MAJOR SPONSORS










LIEUTENANT SPONSORS


SERGEANT SPONSORS
AG&E Structural Egenuity
Apartment Association of Greater Dallas
Bandera Ventures
Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Dallas Magnolias
Fifth Generation, Inc./Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Lyda Hill Philanthropies
The Medium Giant |The Dallas Morning News
Mr. & Mrs. Doug and Martha Morris
Lori Romberg & Kirk McGregor
Vista Del Lago Apartments
CORPORAL SPONSORS
American Airlines Center
Comerica Bank
Dallas Mavericks
Forvis Mazars
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Halsey
Kingdom Alliance Partners, Inc.
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP
Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Rita Millwee
NorthPark Center
Erle Nye
Oncor
PAJ Inc.
PegasusAblon
The Jim Turner Family/Jim Turner Chevrolet
RESERVE SPONSORS
Ben E. Keith Company
Gilley’s Dallas
The Harriet Hines Jeffers H.E.L.P. Fund
Walne Family Holdings
Woodbine Development Corporation
FRIENDS
12 Cuts Steakhouse
Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas
Bobby Abtahi
Al Biernat’s Restaurant
Alley Cats Bowl
Artistik Edge Hair Studio
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Bahama Bucks
Bibbentuckers
Mike Richard, Big City Crushed Concrete
Billy Bob’s Texas
Blue Mesa Grill
Bowl & Barrel
Brinker International
Broadway Dallas
Jenny Brumfield
Daniel and Catherine Burdette
Campisi’s
Casa Manana Theatre
Celebration Restaurant, Market and Catering
City Credit Union
Cooper Aerobics Health & Wellness
Corinth Properties
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Dallas Arboretum
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Dallas Opera
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Zoo
Drybar
Eataly
Fairmont Dallas
Fearing’s Restaurant
Fort Worth Zoo
FreeRange Concepts
Frontiers of Flight Museum
Galleria Ice Skating Center
Get Organized!
Gittings
Great Outdoors Subs
Greenville Avenue Pizza Company
Gresham Jewelry
HALL Arts Hotel
Heritage Auctions
Hiatus Spa & Retreat
Hilton Anatole Hotel
Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre Hotel
Jolie Humphrey
Hyatt Regency Dallas
I Fratelli Pizza
Javier’s Gourmet Mexicano
Jimmy’s Food Store
Kenny’s Wood Fire Grill
Kenny’s Burger Joint
Ken’s Man’s Shop
Kona Ice
Lakewood Brewing Co.
Le Meridian Dallas, The Stoneleigh
Veletta Forsythe Lill
Live! by Lowe’s
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
Lorenzo Hotel
Maggiano’s Little Italy – NorthPark Center
Nasher Sculpture Center
NRH2O
Painting with a Twist
Pappas Restaurants
Pegasus Theatre
Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek
Shady’s Burgers
Shakespeare Dallas
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show
Spring Creek Barbeque
Sprouts Farmers Market
State Fair of Texas
Tammany and Rob Stern
Tangerine Salon
Terillis Restaurant & Bar
Texas Ballet Theater
Texas Rangers Baseball Club
The Beeman Hotel
The Canvas Hotel
The Kessler Theater
The Las Colinas Resort
The Sample House
The Westin Galleria Dallas
The Westin Irving, Convention Center at Las Colinas
Theatre Three
The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
Times Ten Cellars
Mark Tortorella
Total Wine & More
James Warren
Walsh Group/Archer Western
Winstead PC
Woodbine Development Corporation
Joseph Van Blargan
Friends of the Dallas Police is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tx ID:27-6601178, ppf.org/pp). Contributions to Friends of the Dallas Police qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.