Thanks to Our Donors and Sponsors

Thanks to you!

Thanks to you, our donors and sponsors, as well as the many organizations awarding grants, for your generous contributions to help us continue in our work and fulfill our mission. Because creativity is a vital force across all ages, backgrounds, and economic levels, the mission of Riverside Center for the Performing Arts is to promote the creative and performing arts from its optimal location in Stafford County to the greater Fredericksburg community and surrounding regions.  Riverside presents theatrical productions, nurtures an array of artists, and offers transformative educational programs as it conducts community outreach programs in a collaborative and dynamic environment. This work would not be possible without your generosity.

Sustaining Donor Members 2024:

Patron $100-$249

  • Dee and Tom McCants

  • Vicky and Marty Wilder

  • Paula Troxell

  • Rebecca Karwoski

  • Carol Jean Atalay

  • Kathleen Fabie

  • Roy and Allison Mayberry

  • Rebecca Paul

  • Nancy Montgomery

  • Lisa Bolin

  • Etta Hall

  • Susan Smith

Prompter$250-$499

  • Tabitha Yothers

  • Mike and Gloria Bennett

  • Florence Ridderhof

  • Harry Crisp

Stagehand $500-$999

  • Ken Nealy

  • Carol Wax

  • Ron and Staci Schnell

  • Robert Billingsley

  • Donald and Carol Stafford

  • Allen Blessing

  • Joanna Reynolds

  • James Carter

Understudy $1000-$2499

  • Dr. Rebecca and John Danello

  • Susan and Lawrence Lippolis

  • Stephen Dickinson and Dr. Carolyn Norman

  • Mike and Danyel Henry

  • Bruce and Denise Warner

  • Charles and Mary Wynn McDaniel

  • Cynthia Snellings

Stage Manager $2500-$4999

  • Mark and Theresie Houghton

  • Dr. Gary and Tooie Garber

  • Elizabeth Saunders Morris

  • Dorothy and Dr. Mike Mondak

Actor $5000-$9999

  • Dr. Christine Knights

  • Gene and Karen Van Slett

Director $10000-$14999

  • The Gemini 3 Group Charitable Fund

Producer $15000-$29000

  • Elmon Duff Charitable Fund

Sponsors and Grants

In our almost first full year as a nonprofit, we have started to develop long terms goals and visions for our beloved theatre – and we’ve been blessed by grants and contributors who want to help us! Specifically, since going nonprofit, we received the following grants in 2024:

  • The Duff McDuff Green, Jr. Fund of the Community Foundation, awarded $7,500 for the Summer Camp.

  • Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program (MLP) awarded a $25,000 matching grant.

  • AWS In Communities Fredericksburg Regional Fund, supported by AWS and ChangeX, awarded $20,000 in grants to address some accessibility issues.