Thank you to everyone who has supported our mission!

Amazement Square gratefully acknowledges all of the individuals, corporations, and foundations that have supported the Museum’s mission to motivate children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities toward greater creativity and understanding of themselves and the world through hands-on learning. This list represents supporters from January 2023 – December 2023.

Corporate Partnerships

Corporate Partnership provides an opportunity for businesses to give back to the community in which their employees live and work while receiving a marketing package and benefits for the company and employees.

Corporate Patron

BWX Technologies, Inc.
Foster Fuels
Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc.

Amazing Corporate Sponsor

Berglund Oak Ridge Toyota
Framatome Inc.
Lynchburg Ready Mix

Programs and events sponsors

Bank of the James Campbell Insurance Craft Collision Centers
Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc
Kyanite Mining Corporation
N.B. Handy
Flippin, Bruce & Porter Inc.
Pettyjohn, Wood, & White, Inc.
Watts Petroleum

PRograms donor

Architectural Partners
Peery & Woolwine Family Dentistry

Lynchbug Annual Society

Thank you to the following individuals for their generous support of our annual fund in 2023.

+ $30,000+

Frances Giles
Kay and Kent Van Allen

+ $15,000 - $29,999

Drs. Teresa and Robert Brennan
Jennifer and Watt Foster
Dr. Mort Sajadian
Dr. Diane and William Walker Martha Seufer

+ $5,000 - $7,499

Cole Candler
Galeynn Mihelc and Tom Capps
Jill and Dr. John Fees
Faye Ferguson
Carey Gravely
Michael and Elizabeth Harrington
Christie and Kevin Hooper
Patricia Merryman
Becky and Bobby O'Brian
Mary Jane and Dr. Charles Pryor
Marc Schewel
Anne and Bunny Wood

+ $2,500 - $4,999

Anne and Garth Ainslie
Janie and Tom Hall
Ryan and Hylan Hubbard
Crystal and Todd Irby
James Matthew
Sue Ott Rowlands
Susan and Thomas Pettyjohn
Amanda and Dr. Ian Smithson
Emily and Lynch Vranian
Heather and George Zippel

+ $1,000 - $2,499

Sharon and Sandy Ainslie
Anonymous
Anonymous
Debbie and Dr. Scott Brabrand
Lousie and Robert Bradley
Mary and Stuart Brust
Steve Crank
Lisa and David Cresson
Donna Crews
Laura Beth and Andrew Davidson
Vail Dixon
Kasey and James Forehand
Beth and Tim Groover
Betty and William Harris
Courtney and Ted Hunt
Mrs. Ula an Dr. Alan Kauppi
Carissa Kregenow
Beverly and Jim McCloskey
Ellen and Tom Nygaard
Hoa and Dr. James Peery
James Putman
Alexis Richards
Anne and David Royer
Linda and Rick Sorenson
Elisa Calvo and Jacoben Tone
Stewart Walker
Jessica and Drake Watts
Carter and Richard Bendall

+ $500 - $999

Maureen and Dr. Richard Bendall
Jonathan Berry
Sallie Blosser
Jessica and Brian Butala
Louise and Malcolm Campbell
Amy Carrier
Gray and Tripp Duerson
Margaret Anne and Harry Eschenroeder
Ann and Rodger Fauber
Judy and Dr. David Frantz
Aileen and Bill Hull
Catherine and Mike Madden
Jean and George Meeks
Laura and John Morgan
Elaine and Dr. Corey Passman
Holly and Honorable Mosby Perrow
John Pillow
Whitney and Victor Ratajczak
Dana amd Dr. James Redmond
Karen and John Rendall
Dawn and Hossein Rezai
Charlie Rowlands
Elaine and Don Roy
Stephanie and Dr. Daniel Savage Kate and Walker Sigler
Laura and Thomas Stevens
Kathleen and Dave Terrell
Kim and Stephen Tibbs
Randall and John Watts
Betsy and Richard Worthington

+ $250 - $499

Melanie and C. Lynch Christian
Simms and Matthew Deacon
Catherine and Dave Ferguson
Deirdra and Terry Flavin
Holly and Dan Frazier
Jodi and Dr. Michael Gillette
Linda and John Grubba
Mary and J. Eugene Kidd
Tina and James Kughn
Anne and Bruton Langley
Carly and John Lawrence
William Litchford
Farah and Dudley Marks
Shirley Matthews
Jamie and Dr. Saxton Moss
Jeff Nitz
Becky and R. Gregory Porter III
Sarah and Andrew Proctor
Pam Reams
Cynthia and Seyed Tabaian
Jessica and Peter Ward
Axi and Todd Wechter
Kristina and Darryl Whitesell

+ $100 - $249

Peggy and Dr. William Andrews
Betsy and George Beam
W. Earle Betts
June Britt
Elizabeth Burch
Karen Campbell
Dorri Conner
Elizabeth and Honorable John Cook
Karen and Drake R. Covey
Emily and John Craddock
Shelby and Warren Crist
Laura and Honorable J.C. Crumbley
Eugenia and William Davidson
Emily Anne and Davis Dawson
Rosemary and George Dawson
Deliah Deacon
Mary Byrd and Paul Denham
Angie Fisch
Elizabeth and Paul Fitzgerald
Pat and William Flemming
Joan Foster
Patty and Cholly Fox
Holly and Dan Frazier
Arlene Freeman
Anne and Dean Gianakos
Leigh and Billy Giles
Marie and Eddie Godsey
Jennifer and H.A. Goodman
Patricia and Howerton Gowen
Kathy and Edward Graves
Ann and George Harris
Mary Jane and William Hobbs
Patricia and Randy Hock
Susan and Edward Hunt
Robyn and David Johnsen
Lisa and Luther Joyner
Tina and James Kughn
Tabitha Lang
Brennan and Bob Lollis
Catherine and Mike Madden
Gracy and Don Martin
Hope and Owen Meeks
Peggy and Wallace Milton
Honorable Norman K. Milton
Richard and Dorothy Niles
Ellen and David Petty
Kimberly Powell
Allen Puckett
Priscilla and William Riley
Carole Royer
Marianne Sanfod
Mary Scovanner
William Sellari
Rachel Shenigo
Katherine and Jones Spiegel
Judy and Richard Stowers
Joan and Ted Swanson
James Tracey
Keeley and Craig Tuggle
Ann and Hans Vandegraaf
Margaret and Spencer Young

+ Up to $99

Ames, Pattie
Arthur, Lewis
Austin, Roneia
Barta, Ecaterina
Brant, Barry
Brockman, Nancy
Burnette, Tiffany
Carrington, Bruce
Chenault, Jeffrey
childress, Alisha
Christie, Gary
Cobb, Mary Glenn
Coleman, Dorothy
Davis, Jenee
Day, Sherwood
Donald, Becky
Dunn, Frank
Durkee, Steve
Edmunds, Ellen
Elgert, Erika
Farmer, Greg
Fix, Joan
Fredal, James
Gough, Mary
Grubba, John
Halpin, John
Hegedus, Kaylah
Heimdal Science Fiction
Holcomb, Alice
Holt, Virginia
Hooper, George
Horner, Edwin
Hubbard, John
Johnson, Kimberly
Johnson, Samuel
Kinder, Regan
Kughn, James
Larsen, Andrew
Madison, Whitney
Martin, Lauralyn
Mayer, Angela
McVan, Shireen
Moore, Sarah
Nowlin, Charles
Oliver, Gail
Ott, Kyle
Paske, Constance
Powell, Kimberly
Reinhardt, Leta
Root, Mark
Samperi, Tess
Shenigo, Rachel
Sigler, Jane
Smith, Ann
Stewart, Rebecca
Tinsley, Persis
Vessells, Lynn
Vest, Ann
Webb, Linda
Wechter, Denise
Winstead, Annie
Word, Kisiah
Wyman, Lauren

Gifts IN Honor OF

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Calandra
Nancy Heilman Cale
Frances Giles
The Piggot Family
Mort Sajadian
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Treacy
Diane and William Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie White

Gifts IN memory OF

Barbara Dixon
Alice Craddock Massey
Sue Van Allen
Kathleen “Tyler” Walker

2023 Foundations, Granting Agencies, and Other Organizations

Thank you to the following organizations and foundations for their most generous support of the museum's myriad programs and initiatives in 2023.

+ $100,000 - $250,000

Institute of Museum and Library Servies

+ $20,000 - $99,000

Mustaches 4 Kids
Puzzled Foundation
The Al Stroobants Foundation

+ $10,000 + $19,999

Centra Health
James River Arts and Cultural District
Motiva Enterprises
Pacific Life Foundation
Richard & Caaroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust
The Clorox Company
The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
The Helene S. and Charles G. Patterson Charitable Trust
Watt Foster Family Foundation