Campaign
Bennett’s Village is creating a four-acre, multigenerational, all-abilities playspace at Pen Park in Charlottesville — a place designed from the ground up so people of every age and ability can play, connect, and belong.
The first piece of that vision is already here. Our fully accessible Treehouse and pathway (Josie’s Way) are open and welcoming families, and the entire four-acre site has been designed with construction plans complete.
Now, we’re ready for what comes next: The Central Playspace.
With Phase Two approximately two-thirds funded, Bennett’s Village is closer than ever to bringing the heart of the project to life. We’re raising the remaining funds needed to move into construction — and every gift brings us closer to opening a place unlike anything else in our region.
Help us build what comes next.
Campaign Donors
Thank you to our community of donors! The following list is up-to-date as of February 2026.
Also check out our amazing Corporate Partners.
Quartz Donors ($100,000+)
Commonwealth of Virginia
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Perry Foundation
Garnet Donors ($50,000+)
County of Albemarle
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Old Dominion Electrical Cooperative
Granite Donors ($25,000+)
Anonymous
The Grace Jones Richardson Trust
Sheila McCarthy
Mill Creek Orthodontics
Sentara Cares
Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Deborah and Charles Wolfe
Slate Donors ($10,000+)
Anonymous
The BAMA Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band
Sally Christopher and Tanner Shilling
Molly and Robert Hardie/The entire team at Keswick Hall
Martha Mason
Laurel and Gene McClurken
Monticello Lodge No 97, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Quantitative Investment Management Fund
Lois and Paul Shepherd
Sonjia Smith
Marion and David Szwedo
Anne and Gene Worrell Foundation
Greenstone Donors ($5,000+)
100+ Women Who Care about Charlottesville
Anonymous
Blue Ridge Rotary Foundation Fund
Cav Futures Foundation
Pam and Frank Edmonds
Jane and Charlie Gibney
Erin Hall and Michael Shveima
Beth and Brian Haluska
Anne and Thad Jones
Bonnie and Charles Moorman
Network for Good
Martha Rife Sites
Tiger Fuel Company
Casey Townshend
Denise and William Walsh
Recurring Donors
Katie Bullard
Aimee Carter and Marcus Grimes
Lynn Divers
Patrick Dwiggins
Miranda Hogan and Michael Silvay
Paul and Lois Shepherd
April Straus
Marissa Tierney
In-Kind Donors
Birch Studios
Design Electric
Printsource
Rick Harden Works
Sarah Fay Waller
Van Yahres Tree Company
Capital Campaign Donors ($1,000+)
The Able Fables LLC/ Nicole Julia
Marjorie Adams Team
Albemarle County Rotary Club
Aldersgate United Methodist Church
Albemarle High School Miracle Marathon
Alan Alfano
The American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Anonymous (2)
Carmen and Alan Bewley
Liza and Pete Borches/CMA Borches Fund
Paige and Liam Bowers
Bellamy Brown
Winston Burnett
C&F Bank
Caplin Foundation
Aimee Carter and Marcus Grimes
Charlottesville Track Club
Children’s Assistive Technology Services
Gayle Cooper
Anne-Marie Cumming
Custom Ink
Dino’s Wood Fired Pizza and Grill/ Dino Hoxhaj
Dominion Energy
Lori and Robert Drenton
Dunlora Forest Book Club
Eastlack Family Charitable Fund
Electric Power, Inc.
Mike Esposito
Sarah Fitzhenry
Barbara Fried
Fun is for Everyone Fund
Ashley and Kevin Gundersen
Emily and Thomas Hartka
Teresa Hashisaki
Lisa Heymann
Christy and Tom Hickey
Linda Hill
Eileen Kneeskern/Kneeskern Family Foundation
Heather and Paul Kunk
Jeanne Langenbacher
Lions of Virginia Foundation
Marguerite-Lippert Morton
Jarrod Markley
Linda and Paul Matherne
Kara McClurken and Fred Dewees
Marty Moore
Bonnie and Charles Moorman
Mountaintop Montessori Middle School
Alison Nagel and Justin West
Margaret and Chris Noland
Nancy and Edward Ortiz
Premium Service Brands
Ragged Mountain Running Shop
Random Row Brewing Company
Red Rock Partners, Inc.
Pam and Charles Richardson
Kara and Andrew Romano
Paula Rowan Page and William R. Page, Jr.
Royer Caramanis PLC
Sarah Schmidt
Susan and Paul Seehaver
St. Anne’s Belfield School Students
Rich Stevenson
Success Food Management Group LLC/Torchy’s Tacos
Carolyn and Mark Thorpe
Marissa Tierney
Jessica and John Vanda
Yuki and Phil Weaver
Kelly and Michael West
Sara and Chris Whiffen
Jennifer Winslow
Pat and Bob Yoder