Honor Roll of Donors

We're pleased to honor and recognize our donors who made gifts of $100 or more to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025).

An asterisk (*) indicates the donor is deceased.

Corporate Partners

Corporate Partnerships help partners to achieve corporate social responsibility and strategic philanthropy goals, provide fun opportunities to share with employees and clients, and support the Aquarium’s critical role in our community.

• Hoffman Beverage Company: $10,000
• Allionce Group LLC – SpongeBob: $7,500
• The Oceanfront Inn: $7,500

Aquarium Fund

The Aquarium Fund provides vital support to help maintain exhibits and care for thousands of animals, provide educational offerings to visitors, offer outreach programs to schools, conduct research and conservation activities, and operate our nationally-recognized Stranding Response Program.

$10,000 and above

• Anonymous
• Commonwealth of Virginia: Protect Sea Life License Plates
• Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Cummings Jr.
• Dr. Nancy T. DeFord
• The Dreyfus Family Foundation
• PRA Group, Inc.
• The Timothy & Lisa Robertson Foundation
• Schwab Charitable Fund
• Russie and Steve Snyder
• Raymond and Kathryn Toll
• Virginia Natural Gas/Mrs. Emily McCartney

$5,000 - $9,999

• Benevity Community Impact Fund
• Fain Family Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
• Bob & Leslie Fort
• GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
• Mr. and Mrs. D. Nathan Johnson
• Mr. and Mrs. John J. Uhrin III

$2,500 - $4,999

• Bank of America
• Chris and Cindy Gooch Family Fund
• Fulton Bank
• Mrs. Dorcas Helfant-Browning
• The McNicholas Family
• Otto Design + Marketing
• Virginia Aquarium Volunteer League
• Dave and Karen Worrall

$1,000 - $2,499

• Anonymous
• Atlantic Union Bank/Jay Kenslow
• Mrs. Buffy J. Barefoot
• The Stanley Blaxton Foundation, Inc./Mr. and Mrs. James M. Todd
• Ms. Linda Y. Brown
• Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Campbell II
• Ms. Barbara Ciara
• Ms. Michelle Collins
• Ms. Michaela Dawson
• Mr. and Mrs. William G. Dillon
• Earhart Family Fund
• Mr. and Mrs. M. Richard Epps
• Morris and Jan* Fine
• Mr. Thomas E. and Mrs. Julie B. Fraim, Jr.
• GEICO
• David B. and Elizabeth L. Goode
• Craig and Susan Grube
• Ms., Becky Handforth
• Hellenic Woman’s Club
• Mr. and Mrs. Bert Burr Henderson
• Adrian Kellam Glatt
• Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Kern
• Dr. John D. McGurl and Ms. Michelle Gluck
• The Miles Agency
• Dr. and Mrs. Scott D. Miller
• Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell
• Mr. Frederick J. Napolitano II
• Mr. and Mrs. John R. Nelson, Jr.
• Ms. Jessica Obermark
• The Oceanfront Inn/Vakos Family
• Trey and Lex Oglesby
• Dr. Christopher Post
• Mr. Gerald M. Post
• Ms. Rebecca A. Purcell
• Jane and Charles Purrington
• Mr. Patrick J. Quinn
• Mr. C. Mac Rawls
• Rev. and Mrs. Robert J. Robertson III
• Mr. J. Howard Rodman
• Anne and Chris Rusbuldt
• Dan and Nancy Ryan
• Louis Snyder Foundation Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
• UBS Financial Services, Inc.
• Christina and Lee Westnedge

$750 - $999

• Charities Aid Foundation of America
• The Curtis Family Foundation/ Kim and Keith Curtis
• Empire Services, Inc.
• John Jay and Ola Krueger Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

$500 - $749

• Anonymous
• Mr. Daniel E. Beck and Ms. Susan T. Pender
• Carrie S. Camp Foundation, Inc.
• Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond
• Mrs. Nancy Dorough
• Ms. Claire Floege
• Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Galumbeck
• Mr. Brian E. Harper, in honor of our friends at LoanCare, LLC
• Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoehlein
• Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kapsha
• Mr. Lee Klein
• Mr. Stephen B. Middlebrook
• Connie and Donald Owen
• PayPal Giving Fund
• Mr. Daniel R. Peterson
• Ms. Andrea T. Rahn
• Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reuss
• Mr. George Roewe
• Mr. Robert H. Rudman
• Sam Rust Seafood
• Samsung Electronics America
• Dr. and Mrs. Walker W. Shivar
• Mr. Conrad Shumadine
• Ms. Susanna R. Skovgaard
• Vanguard
• Mr. W. Kenneth Wilson, Jr.

$250 - $500

• Anonymous
• Mr. and Mrs. Jason Baker
• Ms. Catherine Callahan
• Rebecca and Robert Catlin
• Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC)
• Ms. Lindsay Duchnowski
• Fathom Coffee
• Ms. Leslie Jones
• Calvin Jones
• Brent and Anna King
• Ms. Catherine King
• Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Kreiler
• Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Letourneau
• Dr. Julius S. Miller
• Mr. William Nash
• Dr. and Mrs. G. Peyton Neatrour
• Ms. Bonnie J. Nock and Mr. John F. McNeill
• Mr. and Mrs. Vincent R. Olivieri
• Ms. Krista Olson
• Denise Parker
• Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Rosebrook
• Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Steinberg
• Dr. Marjorie A. Stealey
• United Way of South Hampton Roads
• Mr. and Mrs. William B. Warden
• Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. White
• Mr. George Whitley
• Mr. Darrick Wickre

$100 - $249

• Ms. Beverly W. Baird
• Mr. and Mrs. Brad R. Beach
• Ms. Rebecca Belechak
• Ms. Christina E. Bosher
• Mrs. R.G. Bosher
• Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Byrnes
• Mr. Christopher J. Campbell
• Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Carlucci
• Ms. Elizabeth H. Cockriel
• Ms. Colleen Cupp
• DAFgiving360
• Blaine and Mary Denny
• Mr. Charles S. Diederich
• Mr. Ted Duer
• Mr. Charles L. Gallion Jr.
• Mr. Ronald Gibson
• Ms. Sandra Gladden
• Sanci and Brian Hall
• Pamela and William Henry
• Institute for Learning in Retirement
• Cathy and Davis Johnson
• Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Johnston
• Ms. Debra M. Keeling
• Ms. Elizabeth Kiser
• Charlotte M. Klamer
• Edward and Anne Kramer
• Kroger
• Ms. Ann F. Kroslowitz
• Ms. Tori Lawton
• Mr. Reese F. Lukei, Jr.
• Mr. and Mrs. Chris McArdle
• Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Murray
• National Financial Services LLC
• North America Young Generation in Nuclear Inc.
• Ms. Virginia A. Nugent
• Mr. and Mrs. James S. Plank
• Mr. Miguel A. Rosa and Ms. Nivea T. Velazquez
• Mr. and Mrs. David P. Rose
• Ms. Rinda Russ
• Mr. and Ms. Robert Sale
• Mrs. Wayne C. Sawyer, Sr.
• Sharon United Methodist Church
• Dorothy and Ronald Spitalney
• Kathy and Lee Spradlin
• George M. and Carol F. Temple
• Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tower
• United Way Council of States
• Mrs. Christina B. Updike
• Mrs. Mary Parker Vaughan
• Nivea Velazquez
• Virginia Beach BlueWater Fishing Club
• Mr. James H. Wagener
• Jessica Ward
• Mr. and Mrs. George N. Whitbred

Sponsors

Thank you to our events sponsors! The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation hosted three events this year: Ocean Commotion, the Virginia Aquarium Golf Classic, and the Dink or Swim Pickleball Fundraiser. Proceeds from these events support the Virginia Aquarium and its mission.

2025 Ocean Commotion

Title Sponsor - $25,000

Capital Group – Home of American Funds

Auction Sponsor - $10,000

Checkered Flag Motor Co.

Turtle Sponsors - $5,000

• Bob and Leslie Fort
• TowneBank
• Virginia Natural Gas

Shark Sponsors - $2,500

• First Team Auto Group
• Hoffman Beverage
• LoanCare
• MEB General Contractors, Inc.
• Mini Price Storage
• Siebert Realty
• Sentara Health Plans
• Truist

Dolphin Sponsors - $1,000

• Abacus Corp
• Altmeyer Funeral Home
• Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group
• Craig and Sue Grube
• Davenport & Company
• DeFord LTD
• John McGurl and Michelle Gluck
• Kauffman & Canoles
• Marathon Consulting LLC
• Otto Design + Marketing
• Q.E.D Systems, Inc.
• RivCo
• The Ruffin Foundation - Ed & Alice
• Sussex Development
• The Oceanfront Inn
• Troutman Pepper Locke
• WTKR

Virginia Aquarium Golf Classic – Spring 2024

Title Sponsor - $10,000

MEB General Contractors

Turtle Sponsors - $3,000

• ECPI University – Driving Range
• Hoffman Beverage Company – 19^th Hole Sponsor
• KPMG – Longest Drive Sponsor
• Liberty Title & Escrow – Golf Cart Sponsor
• LoanCare, LLC – Chipping Game Sponsor
• Merrill Lynch - Campbell, Johnson & Earl Wealth Management Group – Beverage Cart Sponsor
• TowneBank – Closest to the Pin – Holes 5,8,15,17

Other

• Checkered Flag Motor Co. – Hole in One Sponsor
• Norfolk Marine- Hole in One Sponsor
• Pungo Catering – Lunch Sponsor
• TM Auto Wholesalers, Inc. – Hole in One Sponsor

Shark Sponsors - $2,000

• B.M. Stanton Foundation
• GEICO
• Truist

Dolphin Sponsors - $1,500

• Accel Pest Control
• Atlantic Shores Retirement Community
• Atlantic Union Bank
• Beacon Harbor Wealth Advisors
• BurgerBusters Inc.
• Davenport & Company
• DeFord Holdings
• Dominion Energy
• Fulton Bank
• Garney Construction
• Sentara Health Plans
• Sussex Development
• Swingle Brothers
• Trolley Eats
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• W.M. Jordan Company
• WTKR

Golf Ball Sponsors - $750

• Gratus Wealth Advisors
• The Oceanfront Inn

Brochure Sponsors - $350

• Abacus Staffing
• Atlantic Bay Mortgage
• Ms. Michelle Collins
• Fahlo
• Image Business Interiors
• Wetland Studies & Solutions, Inc.

2024/25 Restricted Gifts of $10,000 or More

In addition to annual supporters, we would like to recognize and thank those who have made special gifts to the Restricted Funds or the Aquarium Society.

Batten Professional Development Program

Batten Fund for the Virginia Aquarium at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Education Programs

• Camp Foundation and Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation
• Hampton University

Endowment

Roy Hendrix*

Exhibits

City of Virginia Beach

Research and Conservation

• Checkered Flag Motor Co.
• City of Virginia Beach
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
• Albert C. Keller*
• NOAA
• Old Dominion University
• Vanguard

Snyder Military Appreciation Program

• Checkered Flag Motor Company, Inc.
• Ed and Jean Snyder Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Unrestricted

Norfolk Southern Corporation Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Aquarium Society

The Aquarium Society recognizes individuals who have arranged for a deferred gift to Foundation in any one of the following ways: a bequest in a will or revocable trust; a charitable remainder trust or gift annuity; a charitable lead trust; the naming of the Foundation as a beneficiary of an IRA, qualified retirement or pension plan; an annuity, life insurance policy, or a remainder interest in a personal residence or farm.

• Anonymous
• Mary R. Barrow
• Dorcas Helfant-Browning
• Douglas M. Beckmann*
• Thomas C. Broyles
• Eleanor R. Bundy*
• Lynn and Carl Clements
• Barbara Taylor Creech
• Robert H.* and Nancy T. DeFord
• Barbara and William Dieffenbach
• John and Joyce Fain
• Bob and Leslie Fort
• Thomas E. and Sharon Fraim
• Craig and Sue Grube
• Robert N. Henderson*
• Roy E. Hendrix*
• Karen Hines
• Ann W. Host
• Pat Johnson
• Albert C. Keller*
• Mary K. Keller*
• Gene and Angie Loving
• Wiley and Marshalé Mitchell
• Jane Purrington
• Martha A. Rapoport*
• C. Mac Rawls
• Kathleen R. Reed
• Edward* and Jean* Snyder
• Deborah A. Stein*
• Celia Stern*
• Evelyn Tompkinson
• Betty Jane Turner
• Andrew W. Vakos
• June Ada Ventura*
• D. Henry* and Eleanor* Watts
• Ned and Debra Williams