Real and lasting changeOur objective for the new yearThe year 2015 was one of FUF’s finest— a year we all can be proud of—thanks to:

1. All the great work in our programs;

2. Our new strategic plan, which aims to solve our lack of trees;

3. The tremendous energy and dedication of our volunteers, donors and supporting organizations.

As we prepare for the rest of the holidays and the new year, I want to thank you for your support in 2015. I sincerely appreciate the dedication and commitment of our commu-nity, board, and staff.

I’m especially grateful that FUF plans to take on more policy work, with the intention of creating real and lasting change to our urban landscape. This change most likely will have to be voted on by the City’s electorate, so that San Francisco can finally commit sufficient municipal resources to our precious urban forest.

In the coming year, we’ll continue to build upon our accomplish-ments, but we want to take some big steps soon, so that every neighborhood is full of street trees and sidewalk gardens.

Please join me in making sure that San Francisco continues to grow its urban forest. Best wishes to you for the holidays.

Warmly,

Executive Director

www.fuf.net415-561-6890

From Dan’s Desk

FUF plans to take on more policy work.Factoid: Greener

neighborhoods, better births Pregnant mothers living in greener neighborhoods have healthier babies, according to a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. After study-ing the health records of more than 64,000 newborn children in Vancouver, and controlling for in-come and other factors, research-ers found a correlation between residential greenery and birth outcomes.See bit.ly/greenbirth.

Together, we can ensure that all neighborhoods have street trees and sidewalk gardens, and the benefits they provide.

“Two Pregnant Women,” 1952, by Charles Leplae

TREEscapesDecember 2015

Brisbane Box

for adopting the November 12 Front Yard Ambassador Sidewalk Garden project in the

Outer Sunset neighborhood. brighttalk.com

for adopting the October 1 Sidewalk Landscaping project in the Potrero Hill

neighborhood. viglink.com

ADOPT-A-PLANTING ACKNOWLEDGMENTSFriends of the Urban Forest thanks these companies for sponsoring plantings at the “Strawberry Tree” level through our Adopt-A-Planting program:

Summary of Audited Financials as of June 30, 2015Following is an independently-audited financial summary of our most recent fiscal year, July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. Each year, it takes several months to compile our financial information and undergo independent auditing. We hope this diligence provides you with the most comprehensive understanding of Friends of the Urban Forest’s operations.

Upcoming Events For event updates, details, and info about how to participate, see www.fuf.net/calendar/

If you want a tree, or want to help organize a tree planting in your neighborhood, see www.fuf.net/treeplanting/

If you want a sidewalk garden, see www.fuf.net/sidewalkgarden/

December 10-12—Sidewalk Land-scaping, Excelsior

December 10, 17—Plant-a-Tree Thursdays

December 11, 16, 18—Tree CareDecember 12—Tree Planting & Tree

Pruning Workshop, ExcelsiorJanuary 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29—

Tree CareJanuary 7, 14, 21, 28—Plant-a-Tree

ThursdaysJanuary 21-February 27—Community

Forester TrainingFebruary 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26—

Tree CareFebruary 4, 11, 18, 25—Plant-a-Tree

ThursdaysFebruary 6—Tree Planting & Tree

Pruning Workshop, Haight & Cole Valley

February 20—Tree Planting & Tree Pruning Workshop, Outer Rich-mond

March 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18—Tree CareMarch 3, 10, 17—Plant-a-Tree Thurs-

daysMarch 5—Tree Planting & Tree

Pruning Workshop, Pacific Heights & Marina

March 19—Tree Planting & Tree Pruning Workshop, Noe Valley

Government23%

Programs 71%

Earned Income10%

General Admin13%

Corporate/Foundation18%

Individuals49%

Fundraising16%

INCOMECorporate/Foundation $422,568 18%

Individuals $1,179,837 49%

Government $559,344 23%

Earned Income $245,347 10%

TOTAL INCOME $2,407,096 100%

EXPENSESPrograms $1,357,781 71%

General Admin $256,700 13%

Fundraising $303,550 16%

TOTAL EXPENSES $1,918,031 100%

BALANCE SHEET SUMMARYAssets $1,245,345

Liabilities $156,328

NET ASSETS $1,089,017

INCOME

EXPENSES

“Planting trees may be the single most important ecotechnology that we have to put the broken pieces of our planet back together. ”

—Jim Robbins, science journalist and author

Preparing for El NiñoBy Karla Nagy, Assistant Program Director

There’s a good chance the San Francisco Bay Area will have a wet winter due to a strong El Niño weather pattern. Prepare your trees and gardens now.

MULCH: Cover any exposed soil in your garden or tree basin with mulch. This will protect your soil from erosion, discourage weeds, and provide nutrients to your plants and trees all winter.

PRUNE: Many perennial plants can be cut back to promote growth during the rainy season. Trim back the old leaves of most grasses. Heavy rains and wind can damage tree limbs. Prune back all dead and broken branches on your tree, or contact FUF or a certified arborist for advice (see fuf.net/arborists).

WEED: Weeds will grow with the winter rains. Remove any weeds in your garden and tree basin now so they won’t compete with the plants and trees you want to keep.

The Biophile

New tree with fresh mulch, Outer Sunset neighborhood

Get your live, potted “Green Christmas Tree”: fuf.net/greenchristmas

Donors & Partners

INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

$20,000 and above. Bently Foundation, FusionStorm, Genstar Capital, Visa Inc., Wells Fargo Foundation

$10,000–$19,999. Dropbox Inc., J.C. Kellogg Foundation, Showplace East, The JEC Foundation, TreePlanet

$5,000–$9,999. The Swann Group, Union Bank of California, Wallis Foundation

$2,000–4,999. Clif Bar Family Foundation, eBay Foundation’s San Jose Bay Area GIVE Team and eBay Inc. employee Jeffrey Dudley, eBay Matching Gifts Program, Google Matching Gifts, Lululemon USA Inc., Parnassus Investments

MAJOR DONORS

$5000 and over. Eliza Brown & Hal Candee, The Bruijnes Family, David Crane & Carla Crane, Nina de Clercq, John Farnham, William R. Hearst III, Shannon Hughes, Mitzi Johnson, Amanda Jones Real Estate Inc., George Miller & Janet McKinley, Dennis Otto, Adam Rubinson, Bill & Alice Russell-Shapiro, Anita A Starr, Grace & Steven Voorhis, John Weeden

$1000 to $4999. Anonymous, Marian Beard & Daniel Wehrmeier, John & Barbara Boyle, Jon Braslaw & Robin Flagg, Doug Case, Dr. Seymour Cohen, Paul Coldren, Mime Cuvalo, James Darrah, Linda Erkelens, Gina Falsetto & Warren Brown, Randi & Bob Fisher, Dan Flanagan & Geoff Kerr, Sean Flynn, Alison Geballe, Tom Goddard & He Liu, Parker & Joanna Hobson, Barbara Howald & Michael Blake, Su-Chen Hung, Harold Kirker, Brian Kliment, Paul & Helene Kocher, Neil Koris, Mr. Randall Laroche & Mr. David Laudon, Doug Mackenzie & Kevin Compton, Andrew Martinez-Fonts & Laura Martinez-Fonts, Pamela Munn, Andrew Nance & Jim Maloney, David Odato, John Osterweis, Abigail Picache, Kirby Rattenbury, Shelagh Rohlen, Emily Stauffer, Rachel Strickland, Mike Sullivan & Paul Loeffler, Jeffrey Terry, David Thompson & Susan Green, Peter Wiley & Valerie Barth, Patricia Wilson, Lily Young, Lee & Margaret Zeigler, Ben Zotto

$500 to $999. Ursula Auerbach, Arjun Banker, James & Heather Beal, Sandra & Paul Bessieres, Mary Betlach, Ruth Borenstein & Karen Strauss, Stephen Bramfitt & Kelly Niland, Patrick Brooker, Michael & Miriam Burnside, Linda Chaput, David Cohen, Kit Colbert, Duc Minh Dang, Jeanne Darrah & David Robinson, Erika Delacorte, Tara Del-aney, Sharon Eastman, Eric Edgeworth, Kim Ellis & Campbell Judge, Karla Ellis-Davis, Christian & Jacqueline Erdman, John Farnham, Nancy Fee, Brian Ferrall & Laurie Poston, Dan Flanagan & Geoff Kerr, Marjorie Fochtman, Myrna & Tom Frankel, Chandra & Robert Friese, Sachin Ganpule, Ellen Garber & Glenn Hunt, Erika & Charles Geb-hard, Norma Gengler, Diane Gibson, Andrew Goberman, Meredith J. Goldsmith, Suzanne Gorte, Remy Hathaway, Sutton Hollick Charitable Fund, James Hormel & Michael P. Nguyen, Ira Johnson & Steven Diller, K. Judd, Kerry Lange, Robert Lawrence, Judie Lucius, Ann & Karl Ludwig, Gina Luzzi & Michelle Weston, Ellen Mahan, Teresa Olle & John Comerford, David Parker, Vail & Claire Reese, Amy Risch & Nancy Andrews, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock, Sandy Sherwin & Andy Kalt, Emma & Alexander Smith, Ronald Stovitz & Danell Zeavin, Anne Stuhldreher & Timothy Wirth, Gary Sullivan & Timothy Lynn, Patricia Lovett Tai & Alan Tai, Tamara & Matthew Patterson, Laura Tam & Darryl Knudsen, Claudio & Elizabeth Tarchi, Dan Tauber, Theodore Tilles & Naomi Mahoney, Steve Ward, Judy Wedgley, Diane Wilsey

COMMUNITY PARTNERSAndytown Coffee Roasters, Bay Area Video Coalition, Bi-Rite Market, Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco, Carmen Chu Asses-sor-Recorder, Charlie’s Deli Cafe, Chinook Book, Christopher Campbell Tree Design, City Trees, Cole Hardware, College Hill Neighborhood Association, Community Challenge Grant Pro-gram, Community Thrift Store, Davey Tree, Devil’s Teeth Baking Company, Education Outside, Ellyn Shea Garden Guidance, Embody Zen, Excelsior Action Group, Field of Vision, Flanahan’s Pub, Flora Grubb Gardens, Founders Pledge, Goldman Environ-mental Awards, Green School Yard Alliance, Hunters Point Family, International High School, Jewish Vocational Services, Josh Freund Video Production, La Boulange, La Victoria Bakery, Literacy for Environmental Justice, Lost Art Salon, Mollusk Surf Shop, Morn-ing Gloryville, National Football League, Nature in the City, NDN Integrated Lifestyle Studio, Ney Street Neighborhood Watch, Office of Supervisor John Avalos, Office of Supervisor Mark Farrell, Office of Supervisor Jane Kim, Office of Supervisor Katy Tang, Office of Supervisor Scott Wiener, Outward Bound California, Patagonia, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, PentaPeak, Philz Coffee, Pinterest, Presidio Trust, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, REBBL Tonic, Recol-ogy, Salesforce, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco Department of Public Works, San Francisco Department of the Environment, San Francisco General Hospital Wraparound Project, San Francisco Green Film Festival, San Francisco Office of Eco-nomic and Workforce Development, San Francisco Parks Alliance, San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco State University, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco Urban Forestry Council, San Fran-psycho, Sloat Garden Center, Sports Basement, Standard 5&10 Ace Hardware, Starbucks, Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center, The Mill, The Urban Farmer Store, Twitter, University of California Hastings College of the Law, University of San Francisco, Visitacion Valley Greenway Project, Wells Fargo, Whole Foods, Yammer

DONORS OF CARSJohn Adams, Emil Oatfield, Susanna von Rombs, Bruce Seidel

We also extend our thanks to the hundreds of donors who gave us smaller gifts.

The kinder class at Children’s After School Arts, a program at Roof-top School in the Twin Peaks neighborhood, wanted to help trees, so they raised more than $300 with a bake sale and donated it to FUF to pay for street trees for folks who can’t afford them. Love!

Friends of the Urban Forest is a non-profit organization, founded in 1981, that offers financial, technical and practical assistance to individuals and neighborhood groups who wish to plant and care for street trees and sidewalk gardens in San Francisco.

Board of DirectorsJon Braslaw, ChairLaura Tam, Vice ChairTamara Patterson, SecretaryEliza BrownDoug CaseJohn FarnhamSean FlynnNoah GoldbergKent JonasDawn KamalanathanKerry LangePatricia Wilson

Executive DirectorDan Flanagan

Editor: Ben CarlsonLayout: Mari Ann Donnelly

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Recently FUF’ed

During September 17-19, FUF led the instal-lation of new sidewalk gardens in the Lower Haight neighborhood. Photo: Mindy Sayers/Momenta.

On October 17, members of FUF’s Green Teens program put mulch and new plants in the Alemany Boulevard median in the Outer Mission neighborhood.

On November 7, FUF led the planting of new street trees in the Bayview and Portola neighborhoods, including 12 new trees around St. Elizabeth Catholic Church.

On September 13, FUF hosted a walk-ing tree tour of the Potrero Hill neigh-borhood led by Trees of San Francisco author Mike Sullivan.

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