Replacement content

Thank You

Thank you for your contributions.

The Connecting Our Future campaign is deeply indebted to the following companies and individuals who understand the value of the riverfront museums and have committed to making our Connecting Our Future vision a reality. Won’t you join them? Click on the “Donate Now” link now.

Leadership Circle

Contributions of $1 million and above

  Rockford Park District
  Woodward Governor
  Winnebago County

Pacesetters

Contributions of $500,000 to $999,999

  Kresge Foundation
  Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

Explorers

Contributions of $100,000 to $499,999

  Dept. of Energy Grant - Congressman Donald Manzullo
  D.C. HUD Grant - Congressman Donald Manzullo
  Supply Core
  Gloyd Family Foundation
  Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
  Dan & Ruth Nicholas
  Janet Ann Kjellstrom
  Amcore Bank
  Burpee HUD Grant- Congressman Donald Manzullo
  Smith Charitable Foundation
  Illinois TAP Grant
  ComEd
  Clarcor Foundation
  The Funderburg Foundation/ Alpine Bank

Adventurers

Contributions of $50,000 to $99,999

  SwedishAmerican Health System
  Rockford Health System
  OSF St. Anthony Medical Center
  Atwood Foundation
  Hamilton Sundstrand UTC
  Anderson Packaging, Inc.
  Dave Winters
  Greenlee Textron
  Joan Stonecipher
  Christopher & Krissy Vittore
  DAO Foundation
  Bergstrom Inc. Charitable Foundation
  Behr Foundation
  John Harding

Trailblazers

Contributions of $25,000 to $49,999

  Cookie, Joe, Lynn, & Carl Scandroli
  Sjostrom & Sons Foundation
  Larson & Darby
  National City Bank
  Thomas & Rosemary Muldowney
  Richard Nordlof
  John & Roberta Mink Family
  Lorden Distributing Company
  Holmstrom & Kennedy
  Lew & Kathleen Crampton
  Ben Harding Family Foundation
  Associated Bank
  Roger & Mary Reithmeier
  Scandroli Construction Co.

Voyagers

Contributions of $10,000 to $24,999

  Richard & Grace Leighton
  William S. Howard Charitable Trust
  Ellen & John McHugh
  Anderson Nissan-Mazda-Suzuki, Inc.
  Rockford Surgical Service
  Rolf & Maggie Thienemann
  Ken & Cathy Edge
  Rockford Products
  John & Mary Jeanne Hecht
  Rockford Area Association of Realtors
  Bill & Anita Johnson
  Caroline Reed
  Jeanie Reese
  Stillman Bank
  Viking Chemical
  Williams & McCarthy
  Brubaker Charitable Trust
  Specialty Screw

Groundbreakers

Contributions of $5,000 to $9,999

  John McCarthy
  David & Fleur Wright
  John H. Camlin Company
  William & Catherine Thiede
  Riverside Community Bank
  Mike & Constance Spoden
  Beverley & John Whitehead
  Jon & Nancy Gramzow
  Williams-Manny Charitable Trust
  Thomas & Karen Schiller
  David Whitehouse Family
  Thomas E. & Patricia Brown
  Harry & Helena Ritter
  Ronald & Deborah Gustafson
  Nicor Gas
  Vern & Frances Loeppert
  Jim & Pam Keeling
  The Goddard Family Foundation
  Steve & Lisa Carter
  Fred & Mary Ann Wham
  Charles & Marcia Anderson
  Dr. Brian & Andrea Bear & Family
  Roger & Carolyn Greenlaw
  James & Ellen Erkert
  Forest City Gear
  Powmet, Inc.
  Allan & Betsy Carlson
  The Power Connection (NECA-IBEW)
  Dr. James & Arline Sadlon
  Jean & Ted Killingsworth
  Pat & John Pepe Grandchildren
  RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation
  Thomas & Darlene Furst
  Milt Brown Family Foundation
  Kraig & Pat Pierceson
  John & Susan Whitcher
  Savant Capital Management
  Jeff & Patty Smith Family
  Mark & Nancy Campobello
  Eleanor Liljedahl Snyder
  Ray & Nola Wood
  Martha Wade
  Kathryn R. Mattison
  Dr. James & Helen Barrett
  Title Underwriters Agency

Pathfinders

Contributions of $1,000 to $4,999

  Quarters for KIDS Campaign
  David J. Anderson
  Kristin L. Pecora
  Tracey E. Fitzgerald
  Jeffrey R. Anderson
  Kenneth & Barb Mannino
  Roger & Nancy Lundstrom
  Ron & Carol Burmeister
  Kathy & Albert Velasco
  Northwest Bank
  Betsy & Mike Makris
  Beef-a-Roo
  Chris and David Kase
  Ken & Suzanne Groff
  Bobbie & Rich Gaines
  Pam & Rich Johansson
  Envirovac
  Douglas Wallace
  Mechanical, Inc.
  US Bank
  Betty & John Roska
  Clarence Hicks
  Alan & Ann Brown
  Focus Financial
  Richard & Kelly Bennett
  Jack & LaVonne Packard
  Project First Rate
  Ellen Hill
  Maureen & John Hargrove
  Tim & Carrie Rollins
  Don & Doris Mosser
  Dr. Jan & Sandra Elliott
  Brad & Georgann Gummow of the Gummow Group at Stifel Nicolaus
  David & Candace Thompson
  Richard & Sandra Niggerman
  Daniel & Stacy Ross
  Charles & Stella Schroeder
  James & Lucy Pirages
  Northern Illinois Building Contractors Association
  Tom & Linda Sandquist
  Molly Phalen
  Dan & Amy Loescher
  Phil & Paula Turner
  Northern Mechanical, Inc.
  LaMonica Beverages, Inc.
  John & Karen Messley
  Charles Prorok & Marcia Mueller
  Brad & Danna Munson
  Jonathan Whitcher
  Mary & Dave Caskey
  Greg & Lulu Watt
  Michael & Martha Rathbun
  Helen Emerick
  Skyler & Jennifer Ripplinger
  Dick & Trudy Reynolds
  Gene & Mary Elizabeth Skerkoske
  Mark & Nancy Kalchbrenner
  Goellner Inc.
  Richard & Delores Martin
  Angus & Ann More
  Dick & Sally Baker
  John Nelson
  Mary-Stuart Carruthers
  John & Susan DeGuide
  Gary & Judy Ann Anderson
  William & Nancy Cacciatore
  Richard & Shirley Spencer
  Charles & Dolores Gagnier
  Lindgren,Callihan,Van Osdol
  Kebby Industries, Inc.
  Barbara & John Holmstrom
  Michael & Colleen Beierle
  Don & Beverly O'Hare
  Marty Glass
  Arnold Lundgren & Associates
  Woodman's Markets
  Wray & Sue Howard
  Howard & Helen Sorenson
  Sue & John Mroz
  Jean E. Vitale
  Mary Ann Smith
  Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
  Chuck & Becky Brown
  Larry & Nancy Hedberg
  Frank & Jean Walter
  Leslie & Lisbeth Pearson
  Hazen & Carol Tuck
  Steve & Dianne Larson
  Paul & Jody Logli
  Rockton Elementary Education Foundation
  Rockford Bank & Trust
  Cheryl Krakow
  Ed Mungia
  Robert & Erika Holdmann
  Linda Heckert
  Midwest Community Bank
  Loyd & Diane Koch
  Ken & Christine May
  Frank & Jennifer Wehrstein
  David & Anne Boccignone
  David & Jennifer Lindgren
  William & Terri Roop
  Gary & Sally Jouris
  Lewis & Pauletta Jordan
  The Brian Helm Family
  Ted & Terry Ingrassia
  Royce & Mike Robinson

Pioneers

Contributions of up to $999

  Sally Faber & Dana Williams
  RMS McGladrey, Inc.
  Sherri & Jason Noel
  Kelly & Jerry Althoff
  Quast Family
  Tracy & Michael Swanson
  Area Erectors, Inc.
  Bob & Nadine Hallstrom
  Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren - Attorneys at Law
  Junior League of Rockford
  Ginger Rudolph
  Rockford Education Association
  Dean & Pat Tollefsrud
  Stan & Sandra Muraski
  Corinne Sosso
  Clark & Kay Galloway
  Kathy & Charles Roos
  Becky Morris
  United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Local 792
  Coe & Ada Johnson
  Terry & Betty Moore
  Lora Gilbert
  Gary & Gayle Marzorati
  Shirley Holzwarth
  Anne Davis Meyer
  Raymond & Wilma Porter
  Charles & Mary Thomas
  Susan Grans
  Jeffrey & Elizabeth Holmertz
  Fred & Wendy Young
  Dr. Richard Bischoff & Family
  Thomas & Leann Di Pasquale
  Dr. Douglas P. Roegner & Mrs. Robin C. Roegner
  Taylor Polster
  Kyle & Jennifer Cushing
  Gordon & Leslie Stannard
  Dianna Miani
  Dan & Jean Clark
  Shirley V. Henley
  Janyce Albert
  Marco Lenis
  Henrietta Dotson-Williams
  Harlan & Monica Barkley
  Mike & Debbie Beutel
  Brenda Falconer
  Brook & Kyle Pankratz
  Patrick Derry
  Sarah & Jamey Wolf
  Dan & Cindy Fischer
  Jane Lyons
  Stephen A. Ellis
  Ralph Baudhuin Foundation
  Bob & Sue Polivka
  Dick & Jody Goff
  Donald & Betty Zimmerman
  Michael J. & Kathleen L. Delany Fund
  John & Nancy Shugart
  Bob & Linda Bennehoff
  Jeffrey & Dawn Barteau
  Darrell & Audrey Forbes
  Reed Scherer
  JPMorgan/Chase Foundation
  Mark & Pamela Kellen
  Karen Levis
  Jim & Libby Clark
  Irish Marching Society
  Dale & Betsy Mathison
  Bob & Jean Herro
  Darrin and Barbara Miller
  Tom & Jeanne Lasley
  Kevin Peifer
  William & Lorna Beu
  Caroline Jan Johnson
  Kappa Alpha Theta, Rockford Alumnae Chapter
  Julie & William Snively
  Dr. Jack & Janna Becherer
  Chet & Rita Pirrello-Epperson
  Tom & Becky Asher
  Joe & Mary Jo Ross
  John & Vicki Saunders
  Daniel & Rita Houlihan
  Jeffrey & Dawn Glass
  Jim & Jean Twyning
  Brandi Blaesing
  Christopher & Holly Holm
  Dale & Antonietta Johnson
  Doyle Family Fund
  Joshua Swenson
  WOW Investment Group
  Karen Van Drie
  Lora McClelland
  Bob & Joan Tilson
  Paul & Judith Letourneau
  Sandra Carter
  Ed & Debbie Ritchey Okeson
  Steve & Paula Simpson
  Mike & Allie O'Brien
  Thomas & Suzanne Humphris
  Barbara & Jack Simon
  Paul & Deborah Green
  Christina Ostergard
  Ray & Jo Marie Paul
  Joyce Gibbons
  Bruce & Karen Jasper
  Dr. Allen Pang
  Elizabeth McCoy
  Ann Rehfeldt
  Toni's of Winnebago Employees
  William Trevey
  Terrie & Dennis Hall
  Jon Opperman & Dr. Mary White
  Perry Roos
  Keith & Nancy Hyzer
  Thomas & Joyce Krause
  LoRayne Logan
  David & Sara Fleming
  Dr. Luis and Mrs. Owano
  Richard & Phyllis Brynteson
  Dr. Thomas Moore
  Dr. Ryan Moore
  Dr. Lindsay Moore
  Anthony & Lorchin Arnone
  William & Gertrud Johnson
  Orlyn & Rita Huwe
  Dale McDugle
  James Kula
  Anne Mayock
  Mark & Nacibe Nosek
  John & Dorothy Widergren
  Rich & Lisa Jewell
  Verne & Bonita Winter
  Charles & Lois Peterson
  Howard & Patty Kaufman
  Dolores Swirin
  Rockford Bell Credit Union
  Jeffrey & Anita Layng
  Joyce Fisher
  Nancy Perry
  David Bentley
  Edward & Virginia Sharp
  Gregory Georgis
  Robert & Sharon Ash
  Thomas & Audrey Engelbrecht
  Jim & Karen Lyddon
  Deborah Heinkel & John Weaver
  Allison Goddard
  Doug & Susan Pomatto
  Ed Doyle
  Michael Wright & Daniel Ford
  Kurt & Susan Jensen
  Anthony & Lynn Moczynski
  Matthew Marshall
  Dennis & Susan Leahy
  Robert & Marguerite Forss
  Kevin & Jennifer McFatridge
  Faye Marcus
  Chad & Alexandra Endsley
  John & Bunny Schmidt
  Steven & Wendy Pang
  Deborah Stukenberg-Orput & Jeff Orput
  Julie Axberg
  Martin-Campbell Foundation
  Michael & Karol Manley
  Jeff & Billie Makeever
  Gary & Terry Rifkin
  Gloria & Jon Lundin
  Carl & Carol Lind
  Steve & Lynne Landi
  Dennis Kolata
  Hyzer, Hyzer & Jacobs
  Nathan & Colleen Howard
  Helen Hill Communication
  Douglas & Florine
  Jean R. Flink
  Lance & Jennifer McKee
  Martha Krebeck
  Douglas & Pamela Shumaker
  Robert & Ann Hammes
  B.J. & Lisa Draugelis
  Dale &Lynne Townsend
  Jay & Kristine Quinn
  Harry & Kathryn Peterson
  William & Jane Snively
  Harvey & Kimberley Einhorn
  Lyn & Jan Makeever & Family
  John & LuAnn Groh
  David & Sara Deutsch
  Patricia Schmeling
  Paul & Kirsten Benson
  Henry J. Close
  Alan & Jane Wagner
  Robert Chewning & Rebecca Hoger
  Jim & B.J. Knez
  Lester & E.J. Rebman
  Stephen Denniston
  Merle & Judith Bergsten
  Claudia Jakes
  Giuseppe Colletta & Ellen Woodard-Colletta
  Michael & Catherine Gaffney
  Toni Gartner
  Jane Doran
  John & Dee Schissel
  Thomas & Alice Moczynski
  Michael & Judy Diehl
  Rebecca Martin
  Carl & Mary Ellen Ziltz
  Joseph & Kay Marshall
  Donald & Cheryl Balsam
  James & Katherine Stenberg
  Riverfront Museum Park
  Robb & Pod Karen Powell
  Myrna Schelling
  John & Patricia Flick
  Scott & Kelly Monson
  Walter & Eunice Gray
  L.M. & E.O. Gustafson
  Kent Runte
  Scott & Nicole Eckburg
  Thomas Magee
  Beatrice Ricotta
  Stuart & Ruth Evans Swanson
  Mary McCarty
  Robert & Jennifer Diehl
  Bradner & Lois Riggs
  Melissa Seeling
  Michael & Jan Simone
  Derek & Christine Bergsten
  Gretchen Christensen Adams
  Nancy Boehland-Stone
  Edwin & Olyva Liddell
  Sally Koepsell
  R.S. & Cindy Brzostek
  Jeff Poshka
  Bert & Adelyn Carlson
  Nicholas &Nicole DeBruler
  Janis Buser
  August & Barbara Borchardt
  Alvin & Marilyn Westman
  Duane & Darlene Fridly
  Allan & Linda Frank
  Dick & Barb Berman
  Leroy & Carmella Clark
  Bradley & Dina Lauman
  Pamela & William Miner
  Diane Conklin
  Judith-Ferrell-Booth
  Michael & Kathleen Cieslak
  Virginia Johnson
  Janet Schuldt
  Carole Rose
  Lary & Alice Field
  St. Angel Agency
  Dorien Peterson
  Cynthia Garner
  Richard & Victoria Ashton
  Judith Carlson
  Elizabeth Iasparro
  James & Linda Powers
  C.W. & Sharon Dean
  Dr. Richard & Teresa Lynch
  Ryan & Roberta Esparza
  Judith Fisher
  Frank & Mary Lou Ginestra
  Patrick & Judith Dempsey
  Garelt & Lois Stahl
  Charles & Patricia Miller
  Mark & Linda Winstead
  Joanne Fredberg
  David & Jeranne Upton
  H. & D. Noble
  John & Anna Borchers
  Paula Phipps
  Dennis & Kimberly Johnson
  Richard & Dorothy Ciecko
  Elizabeth Anne Burns
  Marian Pedrick
  Melvin & Susan Miller
  Anonymous
  James & Martha O'Brien
  Leonard & Lisa Lotz
  Fredrick & Sally Hasse
  Melissa Lenczewski
  Bruce & Barbara Ross-Shannon
  Joseph & Betty Snoy
  Naomi Erlandson
  Judy Picus
  Amy Schlaf
  Janice Johnson
  Melvin & June Hausvick
  Gregory & Paula Stanbury
  Darlene Yock
  Kathleen Gustitus
  Barbara Pierce
  Betty Leeson
  M.W. & M.L Hartenberger
  Robert & Janet Bursiek
  Walter & Mary Sturm
  Andrea Jang
  Patricia Hanks
  Steve Mitchell
  Edna Applegate
  Patricia Andrew
  Roy & Barbara Mahaffa
  Mary Doerr
  Marvin & La Vonna Peterson
  John Gagliano
  Ronald & Lorraine Brey
  Evelyn McMannis
  Richard Pauls
  Clayton & Ronda Warren
  Carolyn Pearson
  Lawrence & Betty ONeal
  Russell Kaney
  Timothy & Janaan Lewis
  Roberta Gianoli
  Henny Sorenson
  Helen Yetterberg
  Jerry & Sheila Antosch
  Bradley Argyle
  Bruce Coles
  Dan Bartlett

In Kind Contributors

Platinum

  LAMAR Outdoor Advertising
  WTVO - TV 17 & WQRF - TV 39

Gold

  Rockford Register Star

Silver

  Comtech Corporation
  First Rockford Group
  Hinshaw & Culbertson
  John Holmstrom
  KMK Media Group
  NIRIS/ WNIJ/ WNIU
  Power Built Engines
  River District Catering
  Rockford Litho Center
  Supply Core, Inc.
  The Rock River Times
  Visual Aid

Thank You

  Dr. Stillwater Company