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Transcript of Cornell Plantations Annual Report 2013
ANNUAL REPORT
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“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”— Henry Ward Beecher
Your generous support keeps Cornell Plantations growing forward! Charitable gifts, memberships, and endowment income provide close to 80 percent of our operating budget each year.
Here are just a few of the many things that your support made possible at Plantations in 2013:
• 868 new plants in the botanical gardens and arboretum, includingnew spruce trees and perennial shrubs along the walkway to the Nevin Welcome Center
• RejuvenationofplantingsaroundGrossmanPondinthearboretumandintheBioswaleandMullesteinWinterGardens
• 280feetofrenovatedpathwaysthroughtherhododendroncollectiononComstock Knoll
• Rebuilding6,250linearfeetofpathways,adozenstaircasesinCornell’siconic gorges and the natural areas around Beebe Lake, and 470 feet of newboardwalksattheMcLeanBogandSaltRoadFenNaturalAreas
• Constructionof fournewdestination sites inFallCreekGorgewherepeople can safely enjoy its beauty
• Paidsummerinternshipsfor10Cornellstudents
• Mentoringbystafffor10Cornellstudentswhoundertookindependentstudy and research projects at Plantations, earning a collective total of 24 academic credits
• Collaborativesupport for17facultymembersconducting research inPlantations’naturalareas
• Served50,000peoplewhovisitedtheNevinWelcomeCenter
FiscalYearJuly1,2012—June30,2013
$912,993
$470,050
$685,481
$174,208
$768,206
$576,514
$165,633
$3,753,085
24%
13%
18%
5%
20%
15%
4%
EXPENSE
Horticulture
Natural Areas
Education
Visitor Services
Administration
Facilities and Equipment
Allocated Costs
77%
As Cornell Plantations grows forward, your support continues to sustain our gardens, natural areas, and education programs.
$1,416,650
$873,329
$580,397
$42,668
$509,195
$211,864
$118,982
$3,753,085
38%
23%
15%
1%
14%
6%
3%
INCOME
Endowment Income
Gifts and Memberships
Prior Year Gifts & Bequests
Realized Planned Gifts
University Allocations
Earned Income
Grants
• Guidedtoursfor1,800+visitors
• Trainingfor120+volunteerswhocontributed3,400+hoursofservice
• WildflowerExplorationsprogramfor500+third-gradestudents
• Lectures,classesandworkshopsonsustainablegardening,botanicalart, photography, and wellness for 2,200 lifelong learners
• Environmentaleducationapprenticeshipsforlocalteens
• GuestlecturesandfieldtripsledbyPlantationsexpertstafftoteach1,200+ Cornell students in horticulture, plant sciences, naturalresources, landscape architecture, and other courses
• Conservation education and training for volunteer stewards in theNaturalAreasAcademy
• Habitatrestoration,seedcollectionandpropagationprojectsateightnatural areas to reestablish native plants, and to preserve and increase populations of endangered species
• Pesticide treatments toprotect334easternhemlock trees from thedeadly hemlock woolly adelgid
• Salaryforthe45+professionalstaffwhomaintainPlantations’3,500acres of gardens and natural areas and provide opportunities to learn about plants and reconnect with nature
More than ever, Cornell Plantations relies on gifts from loyal donors like you to sustain our living collections and programs. Your support truly makes a difference, and I thank you for your investment in our mission.
H. Christian Wien | Interim Director
ANNUAL REPORT2013
THANK YOU
Tower Club($5,000+)
Elaine andJohn Alexander
John and Laura Almquist
Anonymous
Henry andNancy Bartels
Philip Bartels
David andJoanna Beitel
Madeleine Miller Bennett
Ruth and Peter Bleyler
Estate ofKaren Brazell
David Brittenham andCarolyn Summers
Richard andElaine Bushey
John Butler
Anne Church
John Coffin III
Carol des Cognets
Robert and Vanne Cowie
Glenn andMadolyn Dallas
Patricia DeCoursey
Norma Edsall
Jane Engel
Francille andJohn Firebaugh
John Foote Jr. andKristen Rupert
Mary Elizabeth Gill
William Gratz andJames Bruno
C. Daniel Groth
Estate ofBarbara Hall
Susan Halpern
Michele andRobert Hanss
Michael Harney
Harney & Sons Tea Co.
Henrietta Hillman
Estate ofJohn Hirshfeld
Neil Janovic andCathleen Hull
L. William and Brit Kay
Lee Laden
Estate ofBertha Lewis
Joyce Liu
Florence andHoward Loomis
Eileen Martin
Wayne Merkelson andNancy Roistacher
Estate ofEugenia Mitchell
Marian Nease
Herbert andStephanie Neuman
Barbara Goldman Novick and Barry Novick
Park Foundation
Dorothy Park
Gilbert and Ingrid Rankin
Frank and Rosa Rhodes
Celia Rodee andPeter Cooper
Frederick andJoyce Rosevear
Elizabeth andJean Rowley
David Russo andMary Gail Gearns
Saquish Foundation
Carol Scheele
Anne and Robert Shaw
Estate ofFrancis Shepardson
Estate ofJohn Simeone
Sirus Fund
Peter Stifel
Judith Stoikov and Richard Miller
Martin andAnne Kwok Tang
Roger Thomas
Diane Tohn
John and Ruth Vaughan
Mary Clare Ward
Elizabeth Weaver
Estate ofGeorge Wilkins
Debra Wong Yang
Plantations SponsorQuadrangle Club ($1,000–$4,999)
Robert Abrams
Suzanne Aigen
Phyllis Allen
Anonymous
James andNancy Baker
Donald Barnes
Susan Basile
Nancy andWilliam Bellamy
Kathryn Boor andMartin Wiedmann
Jacqueline andRichard Bower
Charles andKathy Camisa
Robert Camp Sr. and Marjorie Smart
Marjan Carasik and Garrison Davidson
Deborah andGeorge Chapman
Loren andThomas Colbert
Nellie Corson
Anne Cowie
Jean Craig
Linda Craugh
Christine andThomas Dombrowski
Estate ofDoris Donk
David and Peggy Dunlop
Joan Egrie
Theodore Eiben
Andrew andStacy Eisner
Jennifer Engel and Lawrence Young
David Fernandez and Elizabeth Lawson
Elizabeth Fillo andChris Coucill
D. Wayne andMaralyn Fleming
Nancy andSamuel Fleming
William and Kay Foard
Raymond Fox
Laura Fratt andMichael Isby
David andKaren Freedman
Andrea Glanz andJames Irish
Debbie andRobert Goodman
Carl and Jean Gortzig
Fairfax andFrederick Gouldin
Bradley andMary Grainger
Howard andJoanne Greenberg
Harvey andRonnie Hammer
John and Sandra Hansen
Jane Hardy
Joel Harrington andJulie Atkinson
Nellie Hay
Betta andJames Hedlund
Peter and Susan Henry
Vincent Herman
Matthew Hintsa
Michael Hintsa
Elizabeth andJohn Howell
Nancy V. Jones
David O. Jordan
Mary-Barbara Kaminski
Beatrice Kanders
Jeanne Kanders
Karen andThomas Keating
Carol and John Lawes
Beverly andJoseph Libretti
Katherine andRobert Lyle
Susan Lynch
Carol andRichard Marks
Bernard Mayrsohn
Fred andElizabeth McLafferty
Anne andEd McLaughlin
Camille and Ian McLeod
Recognizingthosewhogave$500ormoretoCornellPlantations,January1–December31,2013
Diane and John Meakem
Jon Minikes andSusan Backstrom
Lester and Sue Morss
Dorothy Mullestein
Carol and Charles Mund
Martha Nakamura
Joseph andTina Nauman
Carolyn andJohn Neuman
Matt andNadean Novogratz
Edwin andMary Ann Oyer
Lillian andRobert Panagulias
Virginia Panzer and Harold Wiener
William Pinchbeck
Daniel and Jean Pope
David and Jane Pyle
Robert Ramin and Denise DeConcini
Inge andUwe Reichenbach
John and Pat Richards
Carolyn Rogers
Anne and Lewis Roscoe
Carolyn Sampson
Alan andGeraldine Schechter
Winnifred Schenkel
Margaret Schroeder
Carl Schwarzer
Arthur Seibel
Diane andRichard Shafer
Beverly Schaufler
Mary andWilliam Schmidt
Arthur andCharlotte Shull
Eric and Mary Smith
J. Allen andKatherine Smith
John Smith andCornelia Saltus
Rebecca Smith
Jaclyn Spear
John andShirley Spencer
Robert Stevens
Barbara andHarold Stewart
Patricia Carry Stewart
James andPatricia Stocker
Jeanne andJohn Talbourdet
Edward andNancy Ten-Eyck
Ellen Tohn
Margot Tohn
Charles andNancy Trautmann
Phyllis andWilliam Tuddenham
Katherine andWilliam Van Wie
Heber Vellon andSusan Lacey
David Weinstein and Christina Stark
Stefani and Steven Weiss
Susan Weiss
Gray and Paul Wexelblat
Carolyn and Rittner Will
Gertrude andTheodore Winsberg
Audrey Wolcott
Charter Society ($500–$999)
Arlie andDouglas Anderson
Anonymous
Peter Arden
Auraca Herbarists
Dorothy andPhilip Bartlett
Robert Bauer
Gary and Judith Baum
C. Morton Bishop III and Mary Lang
James andSandra Blackwood
Kathryn and Sean Bolks
Boston Committee, Garden Club of America
Robert A. Boynton
James and Terry Byrnes
Sherry Carr
Dennis andPatricia Carroll
Donald Christiansen
Karen andMark Colonna
Anna Jean andWilliam Cushwa
Susan and William Day
Nancy andWilliam DeCou
Sharon Detzer
Michael Dosmann
Susan Egloff
Erica andHoward Evans
Barney andJulie Feinblum
Thomas Fricke
Carolyn andGilbert Gavlin
Aviv Goldsmith and Donna Pienkowski
Linda and Robert Gordon
Frances Gotcsik
Constance and Richard Haggard
Moira Hintsa
Katrina andWorthing Jackman
Doris Jenkins
Luella Johnson
Paul Skeen Jones
Paula Laholt andRussell Oeste
John Lebens andFlorence Higgins
Cynthia andKeith MacBain
Beth and Peter Marks
Lucy Masterman
Colleen McCormick
Elizabeth andWayne Mezitt
Betty andJames Mitscher
Anne andKeith Moffat
Charlotte Moore
Dawson Morgan
Sue and William Morrill
Joseph andPatricia Neafsey
Duane Neil
Antoinette andJames Ottobre
Eliot and Linda Paine
Charles andKaren Phlegar
Susan Rautenberg
Thomas Richardson
Frank andJeannine Robertson
Carol andSander Ross
David andPatricia Ross
Debra andJan Rothman
George andRoberta Schneider
Brooke andKari Schumm
Thomas Scott
Frederick andJean Siefke
Elliott andMarlene Siff
Stefan Singer
Bette Sneed
Robert Staley
Arthur andCatherine Steffen
Ann andMichael Steines
Joel Stevens
James andViola Storer
Bert andPatricia Sullivan
Beth andStephen Treadway
Scott Turcotte
Jan Upalakalin
Julianne Vilardo
Herbert andJean Voelcker
Harriet andJay Waks
Dorothea andTerry Warren
Sally Williams
Kenneth andSharon Wilson
Marjorie andMilton Zaitlin