In 1980, the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies (FOTAS) established the Raymond Head and Ernest May Altruism Award to honor a person or persons that have contributed in an exemplary fashion to one or more FOTAS clubs financially or otherwise. Below is a list of winners.
- 1980 – Hazel Hall
- 1981 – Hal Collins
- 1982 – Keith Arnold
- 1983 – Ed Makowski
- 1984 – Bob Christenson
- 1985 – Lou Harris
- 1986 – Silva St. Germain
- 1987 – Buck Hall
- 1989 – Kenneth L. Bennight, Jr.
- 1990 – Dan Martin
- 1991 – Caroline Estes
- 1992 – Grape & Peggy Winkles
- 1993 – Mike Wortman
- 1995 – Barbara Buzek
- 1997 – Kenneth L. Bennight, Jr.
- 2001 – Keith Arnold
- 2002 – Hal Collins & Kathy Sterns
- 2003 – Terri Wilkinson
- 2007 – Marvin England
- 2008 – Dave Schumacher
- 2009 – Walden “Wally” Nida
- 2010 – Charles Jones
- 2011 – Robert Coffee
- ???? – Caroline Estes
- ???? – Irene Bozak
- ???? – Ralph DeBoard
- 2022 – Gerald Griffin
- 2023 – Robert Teague