2014 Annual Report

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Table of Contents

Letter from Maureen K. Chilton and Gregory Long ................4

Horticulture and Exhibitions ....................................................5

Education and Public Outreach ............................................... 6

Science, Conservation, and the Humanities .............................7

Leadership and Finance ...........................................................8

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Cover: The Garden welcomes approximately 900,000 visitors annually from the Tri-State region and around the world, who enjoy exhibition-related programs that offer home gardening and celebrity cooking demonstrations, music and dance performances, special classes and symposia, weekend festivals, hands-on activities for children, and spectacular evening events for adults.

Opposite: Crabapples have always been an important part of the Garden’s living collections. In late April or early May, they burst into bloom and light up the spring sky with flowers ranging from pure white to deep burgundy.

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NYBG’s living collections distinguish the Garden from other New York City cultural institutions. Home to more than one million plants in 50 gardens, collections, and displays, the living collections are one of the largest assemblages of cultivated plants in any public garden in North America. NYBG’s renowned exhibition program merges horticulture and the visual arts to expand visitors’ understanding of the social, cultural, and historical importance of plants, nature, and gardens, while also advancing scholarship in the sciences, arts, and humanities.

Fiscal year 2014 marked an active and productive period that featured the exhibition Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens and The Women Who Designed Them, which explored the important contributions women made to landscape architecture and garden photography in the early 20th century. The exhibition drew 250,000 visitors who learned the pioneering role that Beatrix Farrand, Marian Coffin, Ellen Shipman, Jessie Tarbox Beals, Mattie Edwards Hewitt, and Frances Benjamin Johnston played in establishing and defining these

professions. Gardens for a Beautiful America: The Women Who Photographed Them, the LuEsther T. Mertz Library’s component of the exhibition, drew nearly 20,000 visitors and featured vintage photographs, photo equipment, and photo-illustrated books.

We celebrated the opening of the restored and expanded Seasonal Walk, a dramatic double border adjacent to the landmark Enid A. Haupt Conservatory designed by renowned Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf. Seasonal Walk combines thousands of native plants, perennials, grasses, and bulbs that provide a visual feast of flowers and foliage from spring through fall. A project of Horticulture Committee Chairman Marjorie Rosen and her husband, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Seasonal Walk features the newest garden-worthy cultivars, unusual plant species, and selections not currently available in North America. Oudolf chose plants not only for the beauty of their flowers, but also for their form to create a distinct architecture for the borders in all seasons.

Other major horticulture projects during the year included restoration

Horticulture and Exhibitions

activities within the 50-acre Thain Family Forest. Garden staff and volunteers spent thousands of hours removing invasive plants as well as planting native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers grown from seed collected from within the Forest. Staff, students, and collaborators from local universities continued an ongoing study of the long-term effects of Hurricane Sandy to better understand how to adapt current and future management activities and preserve the health of the Forest.

With support from the American Express Partners in Preservation Program, the Horticulture team also worked with Capital Projects to complete the two-year restoration of the historic cascade and stream in the Rock Garden with the goal of maintaining constant water flow throughout the year while reducing the use of potable water. Staff also refined plantings within the Native Plant Garden, Azalea Garden, and Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden while planning the restorations of the historic Lilac Collection and the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Maple Collection.

Dear Friends:

The New York Botanical Garden is a unique cultural institution. It is a beautiful urban garden that serves as an oasis for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year; a producer of world-class exhibitions highlighting the intersection of horticulture, science, and the arts; a trend-setting educational institution; and an international leader in plant research and conservation.

Fiscal year 2014 was a year of milestones for the Garden: attendance reached a record high of 900,000 visitors, the institutional budget was balanced for the 26th year in a row, and we had an opportunity to celebrate Gregory Long’s 25 years as President and Chief Executive Officer. The past two and a half decades represent a renaissance period for the Garden with a revamped exhibitions program, expanded reach in the sciences, a strengthened relationship with the community, and more comprehensive educational programs tailored for everyone from toddlers to Ph.D. candidates. The Garden’s 250-acre National Historic Landmark landscape has also been dramatically improved, and the physical plant has been greatly enhanced, making the visitor experience better than ever. It is our privilege to thank all of the friends, staff, and volunteers who have helped to make fiscal year 2014 a success.

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Gregory LongChief Executive OfficerThe William C. Steere Sr. President

Maureen K. ChiltonChairman

Newly reimagined Seasonal Walk showcases Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf’s innovative approach to combining bulbs, grasses, and perennials to create bold and long-lasting flower borders that capture the vitality of nature and the rhythm of the seasons.

Mrs. Rockefeller’s Garden, the Conservatory component of Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens and The Women Who Designed Them, featured a set piece that evoked the original Maine garden’s enclosing wall and iconic Moon Gate.

The Rock Garden’s historic cascade was recently restored, making it more sustainable and supportive of its surrounding ecosystem amid thousands of jewel-like alpine flowers and graceful woodland plants.

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Garden featured “Focusing on Nature,” a class that complemented Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens and The Women Who Designed Them. Children acted as garden photographers and learned how observations in science and nature have been recorded through time.

The Professional Development Program for Teachers provided more than 3,100 educators with resources that expanded their science content knowledge and encouraged cross-disciplinary, inquiry-based teaching. The program included several offerings such as Geology Rocks! and Botany in the Garden.

The year also saw an increased footprint in terms of scientific influence. In the North American Plants Program, Dr. Robert F.C. Naczi, Arthur J. Cronquist Curator of North American Botany, discovered that more than half of the Hudson River Estuary’s intertidal vascular plant species are of grave conservation concern. He is now collaborating with local conservation organizations in protecting these ecologically critical plant species.

Across the globe, with support from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, NYBG is also working with government institutions and universities in Myanmar to provide training for young botanists and foresters, and collaborate with communities to assess the supply and demand of important plant resources. These efforts will establish the basis for a multiyear plant conservation and capacity-building initiative in Myanmar, one of the most poorly studied countries in the Northern Hemisphere.

With major support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and several other longtime funders, Dr. Douglas C. Daly, B.A. Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany, is leading an initiative providing an integrated approach to improve the current state of forest management in the Brazilian Amazon by providing data, expertise, training, and key tools for accurate tree identification.

Dr. Damon Little, Assistant Curator of Bioinformatics in the Lewis B. and

Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics, is developing an open source Web application that will automate descriptive systematic studies. This application will be used to collect, view, and curate specimen data; link specimen information to individual morphological and molecular observations; and provide compiled data summaries cross-referenced to other plant types. The products resulting from the use of this app will be used by a wide array of scientists, as well as by policymakers, and by the general public to produce customized field guides.

Dr. Barbara M. Thiers, Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium and Vice President for Science Administration, and Dr. Scott A. Mori, Nathaniel Lord

The Garden’s ever-expanding Children’s Education Program served more than 300,000 students, teachers, and families throughout the New York City Tri-State region during fiscal year 2014, including more than 81,000 participants in the Marian and Andrew Heiskell School Programs. In the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, visiting school groups explored the facility’s diverse natural landscape through educator-led, grade-specific lessons. Workshops in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden introduced 50,000 visitors to the joys of gardening and eating fresh produce, while planning continued for the suite of edible gardening and nutrition programs that will be offered year-round when the Edible Academy opens in 2017.

In the GreenSchool, workshops encouraged students to explore the relationship between plants and animals, observe and analyze natural events, and record findings in field notebooks. NYBG Family Programs served more than 222,000 children, parents, and caregivers, offering opportunities to plant alliums and spicy herbs in summer and prepare the garden for winter. These tasks helped to focus attention on various seasonal highlights and encourage return visits.

Among its many seasonally changing programs, the Everett Children’s Adventure

Education and Public Outreach Science, Conservation, and the Humanities

Britton Curator of Botany in the Institute of Systematic Botany, are participating in a collaboration among NYBG, the American Museum of Natural History, and 15 Brazilian and U.S. institutions to determine how the modern Amazonian biota and its environment assembled across space and time. To answer this question, the Steere Herbarium is helping to detail Amazonian diversity more acutely than ever before by cataloging, barcoding, imaging, and georeferencing Amazonian specimens.

The C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium has become one of the world’s largest and most frequently used online libraries of plant data. During fiscal year 2014, 411,243 specimens were newly cataloged into the Starr Virtual Herbarium, and 208,443 specimens were newly imaged. The database now holds more than 2,335,000 specimen records, almost all of which are fully searchable, and more than 1,189,380 images and other multimedia items, such as photographs, scanned text, notes, illustrations, fieldbooks, and Web site links.

NYBG’s Commodore Matthew Perry Graduate Studies Program enrolled 27 students and remains one of the most important Ph.D. programs of its kind in the world. The need for trained biodiversity specialists is urgent, and the Graduate Studies Program is one of only a few that provides specialized training in specimen- and field-based research, as well as cutting-edge molecular and genomic approaches to meet this need.

Fiscal year 2014 heralded a new chapter in the history of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, as the Garden launched the Humanities Institute with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This new division of the Mertz Library strengthens and formalizes the Garden’s academic role among humanities museums and libraries, and also serves scholars in a broad range of disciplines. The Institute will provide short-term residencies for established humanities scholars, and year-long fellowships for emerging, pre- or post-doctoral scholars, from a broad range of disciplines, including landscape history, urban planning, and the history of science.

Teenagers also benefit from NYBG’s educational offerings—145 local youth participated in the Explainers Program, an innovative internship opportunity. Explainers serve as informal science educators to visitors to the Children’s Adventure Garden, and they expand their own understanding of the environment while learning valuable workplace skills. This year they took part in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium’s specimen digitization efforts, transcribing plant images and data, which were then downloaded into the Herbarium’s database, helping to preserve important specimens for botanists and plant enthusiasts alike. Explainers also served as camp guides and educators in the Garden’s Summer Wild Wetlands Camp, which allowed young children to investigate and learn about the Garden’s marsh, pond, and river environments.

Through community outreach, the Garden helps to create beautiful green spaces and working urban farms in some of the most underserved neighborhoods in the Bronx. Bronx Green-Up, NYBG’s long-running community outreach program, provided horticultural advice and technical assistance to local residents to ensure the success of the nearly 300 community and school gardens and urban farms in the Bronx. The program helped to train more than 4,600 people and provided plant materials and compost to gardens and farms throughout the Bronx.

Innovative programs in the field of informal science education as well as one-of-kind learning facilities allow children of all ages and abilities to increase their knowledge and understanding of the natural world.

The Professional Development Program for Teachers takes advantage of the Garden’s indoor and outdoor classroom resources to train and prepare teachers to engage their students in the excitement of scientific thinking and investigation.

Barbara M. Thiers, Ph.D., is overseeing NYBG’s digital initiatives that will make its 7.4 million plant and fungi specimens available online through the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium.

Robert F.C. Naczi, Ph.D., focuses his research on the wild plants of eastern North America, specifically the identification, geographic distribution, frequency, ecology, and conservation of the plants of the region.

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The Board of The New York Botanical Garden Committees of the Board of The New York Botanical GardenNOMINATING COMMITTEELarry E. Condon Chairman

Mrs. Jeremy H. BiggsMaureen K. ChiltonLewis B. CullmanAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Lionel Goldfrank IIIMrs. Andrew HeiskellEdith W. KeanGregory LongWilson NolenWilliam B. O’ConnorKenneth RomanMrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisCarmen M. Thain

INVESTMENT COMMITTEELionel Goldfrank IIIChairman

J. Barclay Collins IILewis B. CullmanRobert F. Gossett, Jr. Thomas J. HubbardGregory LongWilson NolenAndrew SafranJohn A. ThainMrs. Thomas J. Hubbard, Ex Officio

BUDGET COMMITTEEJ. Barclay Collins II Chairman

Gary A. BellerMrs. Coleman P. BurkeMaureen K. ChiltonLewis B. CullmanLionel Goldfrank IIIThomas J. HubbardDiane Katzin Gregory LongWilson NolenWilliam B. O’ConnorMrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisMrs. Thomas J. Hubbard, Ex Officio

AUDIT COMMITTEEGilbert C. Maurer Chairman

Gary A. BellerMaureen K. ChiltonLionel Goldfrank IIIRobert F. Gossett, Jr.Thomas J. HubbardWilson NolenAndrew SafranCraig Vosburg

PROGRAM COMMITTEES

HORTICULTURE COMMITTEEMarjorie G. RosenChairman

Wilson NolenChairman Emeritus

David L. Andrews, M.D.Allison K. BourkeCynthia D. BrodskyAlice Cary BrownMrs. Coleman P. BurkeMrs. Harry Burn IIIPatrick ChasséMrs. Jonathan C. ClaySusan CohenMrs. John W. EspyAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Charlotte M. FriezeBradley L. GoldbergLionel Goldfrank IIIMrs. Thomas J. HubbardHenry P. JohnsonDiane KatzinEdith W. KeanMemrie M. LewisPeter R. McQuillanEdward MerrinLynden B. MillerElena C. PattersonMrs. John R. RobinsonKenneth RomanMrs. Arthur RossDeborah Goodrich RoyceGillian SteelMichael H. SteinhardtEleanor F. SullivanCarmen M. ThainDouglas ThomasShavaun TowersMish TworkowskiConnie VandenbergJohn E. VandenbergCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Bunny Williams

BOTANICAL SCIENCE COMMITTEEGeorge M. Milne, Jr., Ph.D.Mrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisCo-Chairmen

Edward P. BassHonorary Chairman

Coleman P. BurkeGilbert ButlerW. Russell Byers, Jr.Larry E. CondonLewis B. CullmanJacqueline H. DryfoosAndrew Economos, Ph.D.Judith Economos, Ph.D.Julie GrahamEugene P. GrisantiMrs. Andrew HeiskellMrs. Thomas J. HubbardThomas J. HubbardWeslie R. JanewayMrs. Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr.Martin S. Kaplan, Esq.Diane Katzin

Edith W. KeanThomas E. Lovejoy, Ph.D.Dan W. LufkinJohn D. MitchellMrs. William A. NitzeWilson NolenProfessor Sir Ghillean Prance, FRS, VMHMrs. Robert C. QuinlanRobert C. QuinlanMrs. John R. RobinsonOliver Sacks, M.D.Mrs. Andrew SafranGillian SteelWilliam C. Steere, Jr.Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D.Mrs. Joan O’Meara Winant

LIBRARY VISITING COMMITTEEJohn D. MitchellChairmen

David L. Andrews, M.D.Honorary Chairman

Ellen R. AvellinoDiana Balmori, Ph.D.Barry D. Bergdoll, Ph.D.Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeMaureen K. ChiltonThomas A. ChristopherMichel ConanLarry E. CondonMrs. Frank J. Coyle†

Erik de JongLaura DelanoMrs. Maurice M. DwekElizabeth S. EustisMrs. Henry C. Frick, Jr.Clare R. Gregorian Zoe IngallsDavid Kohn, Ph.D.Mrs. Bassett Maguire†

Stephen C. MasseyMrs. George M. Milne, Jr.Therese O’Malley, Ph.D.Wilson NolenMrs. John R. RobinsonMrs. Theodore C. RogersMrs. Albert J. RosenthalOliver Sacks, M.D.Eugene A. Sekulow, Ph.D.Vanessa Bezemer Sellers, Ph.D.Gillian SteelMrs. William C. Steere, Jr.Caroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.

EDIBLE ACADEMY COMMITTEEMario BataliHonorary Chairman

Ashley AbessMr. and Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeMaureen K. ChiltonMrs. Jonathan C. ClayAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Robert F. Gossett, Jr.Jill JoyceMrs. Edward Kaplan

Alexandra LebenthalAmy Todd MiddletonMrs. Sylvester F. Miniter IVJennifer Napier NolenJill and Alan RappaportDeborah Goodrich RoyceBeth TaylorCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.

EDUCATION COMMITTEECaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Chairman

Mrs. Edith B. EverettMrs. Andrew HeiskellMrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisHonorary Chairmen

R. Ellen AvellinoKim BendheimCynthia D. BrodskyMaureen K. ChiltonMrs. Jonathan C. ClayPhyllis CriscuoliJacqueline H. DryfoosRicardo R. Fernández, Ph.D.Aramina Vega Ferrer, Ph.D.Amy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Charlotte Frank, Ph.D.Jill JoyceDiane KatzinEdith W. KeanLynden B. MillerMrs. Jean PutzerHon. Dianne T. RenwickKaren L. RosaJoanna SchulmanSara Lee SchupfBeth TaylorKaren Washington

PATRONS COUNCILMish Tworkowski Chairman

Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeJill Joyce Memrie M. Lewis Marjorie G. RosenHonorary Chairmen

R. Ellen AvellinoCynthia D. BrodskyPatricia S. Cook, Ph.D.Mrs. Hardin DavisMrs. John W. EspyDiane S. JenningsDiane KatzinEdith W. KeanKaren L. McDonaldAmy Todd MiddletonKatie Ridder PennoyerMrs. Simon RooseveltMrs. Andrew SafranMrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisMrs. Rockwell StensrudEleanor F. Sullivan

As of June 30, 2014

Note: Maureen K. Chilton, in her capacity as Chairman, is an ex officio member of all committees. Gregory Long, in his capacity as President, is an ex officio member of all committees except the Audit Committee. Thomas J. Hubbard and Wilson Nolen, in their capacities as Chairmen Emeriti, are ex officio members of all committees.

OFFICERS Chairman

Maureen K. Chilton

Chairman of the Executive Committee

Lionel Goldfrank III

Chief Executive Officer The William C. Steere Sr. President

Gregory Long

Chairmen Emeriti

Thomas J. HubbardWilson Nolen

Senior Vice Chairman

Lewis B. Cullman

Vice Chairman for Planning

Mrs. Nicholas J. Sakellariadis

Vice Chairmen

Edward P. BassLarry E. CondonAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Kenneth RomanMarjorie G. Rosen William C. Steere, Jr.Shelby White

Secretary/Treasurer

Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEChairman

Lionel Goldfrank III

Edward P. BassJames Benenson, Jr.Maureen K. ChiltonLarry E. CondonLewis B. CullmanAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Mrs. Andrew HeiskellMrs. Thomas J. HubbardThomas J. HubbardGregory LongWilson NolenWilliam B. O’ConnorKenneth RomanMarjorie G. RosenDeborah Goodrich RoyceMrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisWilliam C. Steere, Jr.Carmen M. ThainShelby White

BOARD MEMBERSLeonard AbessDavid L. Andrews, M.D.Mario BataliGary A. BellerMrs. Jeremy H. BiggsMrs. Coleman P. BurkeKevin BurkeMrs. Harry Burn IIIMrs. Jonathan C. ClayJ. Barclay Collins IIMrs. Marvin H. DavidsonFlorence DavisJacqueline H. DryfoosMrs. Edith B. EverettRicardo R. Fernández, Ph.D.Robert F. Gossett, Jr.Eugene P. GrisantiWeslie R. JanewayKaren KatenDiane KatzinEdith W. KeanThomas E. Lovejoy, Ph.D.Serafin U. MarielGilbert C. MaurerLynden B. MillerGeorge M. Milne, Jr., Ph.D.Jessye NormanHon. Dianne T. RenwickMrs. John R. RobinsonMrs. Arthur RossOliver Sacks, M.D.Andrew SafranGillian SteelMichael H. SteinhardtYasuyuki SugiuraEleanor F. SullivanSally SusmanJohn A. ThainMish TworkowskiCraig VosburgCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Karen WashingtonSigourney Weaver

EX OFFICIOHon. Bill de BlasioMayor of the City of New York

Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr.Borough President of the Bronx

Hon. Carmen FariñaChancellor, The New York City

Department of Education

Hon. Tom FinkelpearlCommissioner, Department of

Cultural Affairs

Hon. Melissa Mark-ViveritoSpeaker, The New York City Council

Hon. Mitchell SilverCommissioner, Department of Parks

and Recreation

Hon. Scott M. StringerComptroller of the City of New York

BOARD OF ADVISORSR. Ellen AvellinoCynthia D. BrodskyGilbert ButlerSusan CohenCristina CuomoPatricia FastAramina Vega Ferrer, Ph.D.Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr.Mai Hallingby HarrisonMrs. Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr.Mrs. Charles B. JohnsonHenry P. JohnsonMrs. Carlisle JonesJill JoyceNathalie KaplanAlexandra LebenthalLawrence LedermanSusan E. LynchPeter R. McQuillanMrs. Philip B. MillerMrs. Andrew SafranNicholas J. SakellariadisHoward S. SlatkinMrs. B. Robert Williamson, Jr.

DISTINGUISHED COUNSELLORS TO THE BOARDSir Peter R. Crane, FRSHelen DillonVartan Gregorian, Ph.D.Penelope Hobhouse, Hon.D.Litt.

VMHProfessor Sir Ghillean Prance, FRS,

VMHThe Dowager Marchioness of

SalisburyEdward O. Wilson, Ph.D.

MANAGERS EMERITIWilliam S. BeineckeRoscoe C. Brown, Jr., Ph.D.Mrs. Thomas H. Choate

As of June 30, 2014

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NET ASSETS

The New York Botanical Garden’s net assets increased 9.3% in 2014, up $44.7 million from the previous year’s $479.1 million to $523.8 million on June 30. The increase was a result of positive investment returns on the Garden’s endowment and other long-term financial investments. Net assets include the total book value of land, buildings, and equipment constructed or purchased by the Garden net of accumulated depreciation and debt, as well as endowment funds.

The Board and the management of the Garden, as fiduciary stewards of these assets, understand that responsible financial management is a critical obligation to the institution and its donors. The Garden’s President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and the Controller are responsible for maintaining internal control over financial reporting for the Garden and have designed and instituted such internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that financial reporting is accurate and reliable.

We thank the members of the Audit, Budget, and Investment Committees for their dedication and commitment to the Garden.

REVENUE AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2014 marked the 26th consecutive year that The New York Botanical Garden has balanced its operating budget.

Earned Income generated $17.9 million in gross revenue due, in no small part, to record- breaking visitation of 900,000. The 22nd annual Holiday Train Show® broke previous records both in attendance and revenue set two years ago in FY 2012. Total attendance was almost 220,000, and admissions and parking revenues were up approximately $400,000 or 15%. The Orchid Show was the second biggest show in its 11-year history in terms of attendance and set a record in revenue for admissions and parking. In May, with the opening of the Native Plant Garden, the Garden had its largest Mother’s Day attendance on record. In September 2013, NYBG was awarded “Best Tourist Attraction 2013” by the Concierge Choice Awards, backed by the New York City Association of Hotel Concierges. The quality of our exhibitions continues to be validated, as evidenced by our Wild Medicine App, which was the Gold Winner, Mobile Applications, in the 2014 Media & Technology Muse Awards by the American Alliance of Museums.

As of June 13, 2014, over $433 million or 90% of the campaign goal has been met with one year remaining for the Garden’s Strategic Plan: Plants and People: The Campaign for The New York Botanical Garden. The Garden has recently begun to develop the fourth phase of the long-term strategic plan.

Annually, the Garden receives General Operating Support from New York City through the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) as one of the 33 members of the Cultural Institutions Group (CIG). In addition to these operating funds, the City directly pays the energy bills of the CIG institutions. In FY 2014, General Operating Support was $4,340,672 and Energy and Pension Support was $2,255,563. In contrast to FY 2013, New York City did not implement a mid-year cut to operating funds in FY 2014.

As of June 30, 2014, the endowment was valued at $304.7 million, compared with $253.5 million on June 30, 2013. The increase in market value was due primarily to investment gains. In addition endowment pledges receivable through FY 2020 total over $30 million.

Endowment income accounted for 23% of the Garden’s annual operating revenue. Private Fundraising continues to be the largest portion of the Garden’s annual revenue mix at 32%. Earned Income activities had a revenue share of 27%. Federal research grants provided 5% of revenue and New York State funding added another 2%. New York City provided 6.6% for General Operating Support, 3% for Energy, and 1.4% for Pension and Restricted Programs.

Aggregate operating expenses for the year increased by 2% due in part to increased cost of health care, other fringe benefits, property and casualty insurance premiums, capital repairs and maintenance of buildings, grounds, equipment, and systems, new research grants, and exhibition costs. Program services, including Plant Research and Conservation, Horticulture and Living Collections, Education and Outreach, Maintenance, Security and Energy, and Earned Income activities, accounted for 75% of annual operating expenses. Management and General expenses comprised 16%, Special Fundraising Events were 4%, and general Fundraising costs were another 5%.

On August 20, 2014, Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services reaffirmed its A+ Stable rating for The New York Botanical Garden, giving credit to the Garden’s solid financial resources, manageable debt burden, strong fundraising, and unique market niche.

Financial Report

J.V. CossaboomChief Operating Officer

J. Barclay Collins IIChairman, Budget Committee

Revenue $65.2 Million

Fiscal Year 2014 Operating Summary

Expenses $65.2 Million

Plant Research and

Conservation17%

Education and

Outreach16%

Earned Income

Activities8%Maintenance,

Security, and Energy

16%

Fundraising

5%

Special Events 4%

Management and General

16%

Horticultureand LivingCollections

18%

Private Fundraising

32%

New York City

8%

Federal Research Grants 5%

New York State 2%

NYC Energy 3%

Earned Income 27%

Endowment Income23%

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FOUNDERSAddison Brown Andrew Carnegie Columbia College D.O. MillsJ. Pierpont Morgan John D. Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt

BENEFACTORS IN PERPETUITYEstate of Mrs. Russell SageJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr.Avalon FoundationMr. and Mrs. David RockefellerJames FoundationDr. Boris A. KrukoffHarriet Barnes PrattRockefeller Brothers FundLila Acheson WallaceThe Thomas J. Watson FamilyNational Science FoundationThe Thomas J. Watson FoundationNational Institutes of HealthThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationThe City of New YorkNew York State Council on the ArtsHelen Watson BucknerEnid A. HauptNew York State Natural Heritage

TrustArthur and Janet RossThe Vincent Astor FoundationUnited States Department of

EducationMrs. Arthur H. SulzbergerMrs. Thomas J. Watson, Jr.Walter J. JohnsonExxon CorporationMary Flagler Cary Charitable TrustEdward P. Bass, Philecology TrustMr. and Mrs. James L. FergusonEstate of Dora A. DennisLila Wallace – Reader’s Digest FundEstate of Malcolm SmithPfizer Inc & The Pfizer FoundationThe Chase Manhattan BankLuEsther T. Mertz Charitable TrustThe John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur FoundationMrs. Oakleigh L. ThorneMr. and Mrs. Patrick A. GerschelThe Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.The Rockefeller FoundationThe Horace W. Goldsmith

FoundationWilliam Randolph Hearst Foundation

The Prospect Hill FoundationMrs. Andrew HeiskellDr. and Mrs. Karl M.F. WamslerLewis B. and Dorothy CullmanCleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.The Ambrose Monell FoundationBristol-Myers Squibb Company and

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson NolenGreat Island TrustArthur M. and Olga T. Eisig –

Arthur M. and Kate Eisig Tode Foundation, Inc.

Texaco FoundationMr. and Mrs. Donald B. StrausThe Bank of New YorkThe Kresge FoundationEdith and Henry EverettMr. and Mrs. John R. Robinson The Overbrook Foundation Con Edison MetLife Foundation J.P. Morgan & Co., IncorporatedEstate of Margaret McGrath

Rockefeller Philip Morris Companies Inc. Altman Foundation Mrs. Thomas H. Choate Kenneth and Ellen Roman Eleanor F. SullivanWilliam D. Rondina and The Carlisle

CollectionThe Starr FoundationIBM CorporationMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard

and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation

The New York Times Company Foundation, Inc.

United States Department of Agriculture

Shelby White and Leon LevyCharles Hayden FoundationThe Merck Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Steere, Jr.Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. Victoria and Robert Zoellner

Mrs. Henry LoebMr. and Mrs. James Benenson, Jr.Compaq Computer CorporationMrs. Ewing W. ReilleyEstate of Adelaide Brevoort WardMrs. Arnold SchwartzLionel Goldfrank IIILillian Goldman Charitable TrustAdam R. Rose and Peter R.

McQuillanMr. and Mrs. Robert K. SteelMr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton, Jr.The Louis Calder FoundationMr. and Mrs. Marvin H. DavidsonInstitute of Museum and Library

ServicesVivian and Edward MerrinMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. RosenGary A. and Carole P. BellerThe Peter Jay Sharp Foundation JPMorgan Chase and the JPMorgan

Chase Foundation The Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanyMr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. ClayEstate of Arthur RossMr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisCarmen and John ThainLeon Levy FoundationAmy P. GoldmanPauline Gillespie and Robert Gossett Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burn IIIKaren KatenDiane KatzinCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Estate of Harold MarcusStavros Niarchos Foundation Bloomberg L.P.Judy and Michael SteinhardtAnne Cox ChambersWeslie R. JanewayMr. and Mrs. Coleman P. Burke

Benefactors in Perpetuity

The Gold Medal is the highest honor that can be bestowed by The New York Botanical Garden. This award is given periodically, when an appropriate recipient is found, and it is reserved only for those rare individuals who have shown the most extraordinary dedication to the Botanical Garden and its mission.

The Gold Medal, inspired by the seal of The New York Botanical Garden, is gold-plated silver and was created by Tiffany & Company. Tiffany’s relationship with the Garden dates back to 1895, when the company was one of the Garden’s first benefactors.

The New York Botanical Garden Gold Medal

E.O. Wilson, Ph.D.

Patricia K. Holmgren, Ph.D.Noel H. Holmgren, Ph.D.

NYBG GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENTS

2014

2011

2002

LuEsther T. Mertz, posthumously

Accepted by the Trustees of the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Larry Condon, Georgia Delano, William B. O’Connor, and John Hoffee, pictured with Gregory Long and Maureen Chilton

2010

Lewis B. Cullman Oliver Sacks, M.D.

Enid A. Haupt, posthumously

2008

Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, FRS, VMH, pictured with Edward P. Bass

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Plants and People: The Campaign for The New York Botanical Garden

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard AbessAltman FoundationEdward P. BassGary A. and Carole P. BellerBloomberg PhilanthropiesBooth Ferris FoundationBronx River Watershed InitiativeAmbassador and Mrs. W.L. Lyons

BrownMr. and Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeMr. and Mrs. Harry Burn IIICarnegie Corporation of New York Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton, Jr.City of New York Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Clay J. Barclay Collins II and Kristina G.

DurrCon EdisonMr. and Mrs. Lewis B. CullmanMr. and Mrs. Marvin H. DavidsonFederal GovernmentAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Goldfrank IIIRobert F. Gossett, Jr.Estate of Enid A. Haupt

William Randolph Hearst FoundationMrs. Andrew HeiskellThe Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley

Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard

and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Weslie R. JanewayJPMorgan Chase & Co.Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kamen Karen Katen Diane Katzin and Richard KurnitMr. and Mrs. Hamilton F. KeanGregory Long Susan E. Lynch The John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur FoundationEstate of Harold Marcus Estate of Marie MarkusMasterCard WorldwideMr. and Mrs. George E. Matelich The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationVivian and Edward Merrin

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable TrustMetLife FoundationDr. and Mrs. George M. Milne, Jr.Mitsubishi International Corporation

FoundationGordon and Betty Moore

Foundation National Endowment for the

HumanitiesLong Island Sound Study/USEPANational Science FoundationNewman’s Own FoundationStavros Niarchos FoundationMr. and Mrs. Wilson NolenMr. and Mrs. William B. O’ConnorPepsiCoPfizer Inc & The Pfizer FoundationDavid RockefellerKenneth and Ellen RomanAdam R. Rose and Peter R.

McQuillanMarjorie and Jeffrey A. Rosen Estate of Arthur RossArthur Ross Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Sakellariadis The Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanyAlfred P. Sloan FoundationThe Starr FoundationState of New YorkMr. and Mrs. William C. Steere, Jr.Judy and Michael Steinhardt Estate of Elizabeth A. StrausMr. and Mrs. John M. Sullivan, Jr. Carmen and John ThainTiffany & Co. FoundationMish Tworkowski and Joseph Singer Verizon FoundationCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Dr. Karl M.F. WamslerLucille WerlinichShelby White and the Leon Levy FoundationMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zoellner

As of June 30, 2014

Plants and People: The Campaign for The New York Botanical Garden will secure the Garden’s relevance and leadership in horticulture, education, and plant research and conservation well into the future by building on important infrastructure and programmatic improvements achieved over the past two decades. This comprehensive plan, designed to enhance every area of the Garden’s operations through 2015, will reaffirm why people have been depending on this institution for more than 120 years to understand, appreciate, and connect with the world of plants.

A priority of Plants and People is to transform and restore the historic landscapes, gardens, and collections at the very center of the Garden. This ambitious ecological and horticultural project will entice visitors with beautiful, new, and restored gardens and landscapes and tens of thousands of new plants.

The New York Botanical Garden thanks the following donors for their leadership support of Plants and People: The Campaign for The New York Botanical Garden.

Permanent Endowments Valued at $250,000 or More

Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Botanical Fund

The Helen Altschul Fragrance Garden Endowment Fund

Asian Economic Botany FundEdwin De T. and Louise Bechtel FundBenenson Ornamental Conifers Fund Nathaniel Lord Britton Memorial

FundBronx Green-Up EndowmentPeter M. Brown Memorial Fund Helen Watson Buckner Endowment

FundGilbert and Ildiko Butler

Endowment for Collections Computerization

Mary Flager Cary Endowment for Botanical Science

Children’s Education Endowment Children’s Garden FundHarriet Ford Dickenson Foundation

Fund for Plant Research and Conservation

Graduate Studies Program Director Endowment

Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Fund William Randolph Hearst

Endowment Fund for Education and Outreach

Marian and Andrew Heiskell School Programs Fund

The Herb and Chemurgic Garden Endowment Fund

Dolores DeFina Hope Tree Peony Fund

Institute of Economic Botany FundJane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden

Endowment FundLeon Levy Visitor Center EndowmentLibrary Endowment Fund Lilac Collection Endowment

Louise Loeb Vegetable Garden FundNancy Bryan Luce Herb Garden

Endowment FundBassett and Celia Maguire Library

Fund LuEsther T. Mertz Endowment Fund LuEsther T. Mertz Plant Studies

Center FundMicrobiological Endowment FundMunicipal Corporation Education

Program Endowment Fund Native Plant Garden Endowment

FundOffice of the President Peony Collection EndowmentThe Philecology Plant Research and

Conservation FundPeggy Rockefeller Fund for the Rose

Garden Kenneth and Ellen Roman Fund for

the Home Gardening Center Arthur and Janet Ross FundScience EndowmentSeasonal Walk EndowmentSarah Davis Smith Memorial FundC.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

EndowmentThe William and Lynda Steere

Herbarium Endowment Judy and Michael Steinhardt Maple

Collection Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Swan

Endowment FundThe Melissa Stutsman Topping

Annual Plantings Endowment Fund Thain Family Forest Endowment

FundVocational Education Coordination

Endowment FundLila Acheson Wallace Botany

Endowment Fund

Honoré T. Wamsler Memorial Fund Watson Science and Education

Building Endowment Fund Jeannette K. Watson Memorial

Endowment Fund The Rodney White Country Garden

Endowment Fund

ENDOWED CHAIRSAP Farm Associate Vice President of

Landscape Operations Rupert Barneby Curator of Botanical

ScienceThe Elizabeth G. Britton Curator of

Botany Nathaniel Lord Britton Curatorship

in BotanyMary Flager Cary Curatorships for

Botanical Science (2) The Alfred H. Caspary Curatorship Arthur J. Cronquist Curator of North

American BotanyThe Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman

Curator of Molecular Systematics Studies

The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Curator of Plant Genomics

Marian S. Heiskell School and Family Programs Specialist

Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium

B.A. Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany

Gregory Long Director of the Edible Academy and Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden

Bassett Maguire Curator of BotanyVivian and Edward Merrin Vice

President for Glasshouses and Exhibitions

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Vice President for Children’s Education

The Matthew Calbraith Perry Curatorship in Economic Botany

The Pfizer Curator of Botany The Philecology Curatorship in

Economic BotanyPeggy Rockefeller Rose Garden

CuratorArthur Ross Vice President for

Horticulture and Living CollectionsSenior Curator of Outdoor GardensThe William C. Steere Sr. PresidentThain Family Forest DirectorThe Kate E. Tode Curator of Botany

As of June 30, 2014 GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE

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3. Lionel Goldfrank, J. Barclay Collins4. Gregory Long, Shelby White

5. Nicholas and Julie Sakellariadis 6. Wilson and Eliot Nolen

7. Sir Ghillean Prance, Anne Hubbard8. Larry Condon, Katherine Moore, John Hoffee

9. E.O. Wilson, Lewis Cullman

Special Events Leadership

ROSE DANCESeptember 19, 2013

ChairmenMr. and Mrs. Harry Burn IIIMemrie M. LewisMr. and Mrs. John M.

Sullivan, Jr.Julia and Hans Utsch

Honorary ChairmenMr. and Mrs. Jeremy H. BiggsMr. and Mrs. Marvin H.

DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Thomas J.

HubbardMr. and Mrs. Wilson Nolen

In Honor ofDotty and Lionel GoldfrankEllen and Ken Roman

Vice ChairmenMr. and Mrs. Richard L.

Chilton, Jr.Mrs. Thomas H. ChoateJ. Barclay Collins and Kristina

DurrCourtnay and Terry DanielsMr. and Mrs. Robert DouglassPatricia and Eric FastAmy Goldman Fowler and

Cary FowlerJoel M. GoldfrankRobert F. Gossett, Jr.Jeanne JonesSonia and Paul JonesDiane Katzin and Rick KurnitJane and Charles KleinAngus and Leslie LittlejohnJanine LukeSusan E. LynchLiz and Arthur MartinezMr. and Mrs. Gilbert C.

MaurerMr. and Mrs.William B.

O’ConnorMr. and Mrs. John R.

RobinsonDavid RockefellerAdam R. Rose and Peter R.

McQuillanMarjorie and Jeffrey A. RosenMrs. Arthur RossMr. and Mrs. Charles M.

RoyceJulie and Nick SakellariadisMr. and Mrs. Robert K. SteelCarmen and John ThainCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. WeldDee and Pug Winokur

AN EVENING AT MARIO BATALI’S OTTO ENOTECA PIZZERIA BENEFITING THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN’S EDIBLE ACADEMYOctober 28, 2013

ChairmenAmy Todd MiddletonBeth TaylorCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.

Honorary ChairmenMario BataliAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D.

WINTER WONDERLAND BALLDecember 13, 2013

ChairmenByrdie BellAlina ChoCristina CuomoLinda FargoBrooke GerschelEmma J.P. GoergenPatrick M. HerningAnnie LansingAlexandra LebenthalChristian LeoneDalia OberlanderConnie Anne PhillipsAlexandra Lind RoseGillian Hearst SimondsSutton Stracke

Junior ChairmenGenevieve BahrenburgHannah BronfmanSarah ChiltonMartin DawsonNell DiamondJulia Catherine ErdmanSimon HammersteinOlivia SandelmanVictoria A. Thain

Honorary ChairmenSloan BarnettWhitney FairchildPauline JoergerNathalie KaplanMolly Sims

Benefit CommitteeLindsey Sloane AcreeLisa Airan, MDSarah ArisonLauren AstryAlessandra BakerCarrie Lynn BakerChris BenzJulie BeynonFrancesca Allen BodiniLexi Bowes-Lyon

Meghan T. BrophyBevin ButlerJason CarrollRachel ChamplinEdward ChapmanSoojeong ChiBarbara CirkvaScott CurrieCaroline CurtisJessica DanisavagePeter DavisMichaela DosamantesJennifer DuffyKaren DuffyStacey Bendet EisnerShany EllenbergSavannah EngelKate EtterSamantha FrappiedAndrew FrestonJenny FriedmanSarah GooldenTamzin GreenhillApril GrunowWyatt HarrisLeslie HeaneyStephanie HesslerSteve HesslerKim HeymanKim HicksAlly HilfigerAlecta Rose HillKarissa HochbergSarah HooverGigi HowardGenevieve JonesKerry JoyceCamilla KalvariaMatthew KibbleSusan KrysiewiczElizabeth KurpisElizabeth LakeAlexandra Lambert Liz LangeNatalie Leeds LeventhalJoey LicoJulia LoomisRebekah McCabe Nicole Hanley MellonGillian MiniterJulia MooreSamantha MorayHeidi MountAlexandra O’NeillKristen Dorr O’NeillSamantha PebleyChloe PerrinAnnelise PetersonCourtney Grace PetersonAlexandra PethtelAshley Wilcox Platt Jason PomerancAlexandra PorterTess PorterAnnabel Prouty

Kiki PrzybyloLouise RoeSarah Janney RosePatti Ruiz-HealyAnna SakellariadisLisa SalzerDee Dee SidesCameron SilverAngelique SoaveAlexandra D. SteelElizabeth SteelKemp Webber SteibMike SteibDouglas Steinbrech CeCe ThompsonMichael ToccinDaniel UrzedoKelly VitkoDenise VizcarraElizabeth von der GoltzTeddy WassermanCorinne WeilNicholas WeilLuke WeilJulia Power WeldLauren WhatleyArden WohlKingsley Pipes WoolworthSpencer ZakarinMegan Zilis

ORCHID DINNERFebruary 24, 2014

Gala ChairsMr. and Mrs. Jonathan C.

ClayMr. and Mrs. Charles M.

RoyceMr. and Mrs. Steven R. Swartz

ChairClinton SmithEditor-in-Chief, VERANDA

Decorations ChairCarolyn EnglefieldDirector of Decoration and

Special Projects, VERANDA

Honorary ChairsMr. and Mrs. Marvin H.

DavidsonMr. and Mrs. John M.

Sullivan, Jr.

Vice ChairmenMr. and Mrs. Jeremy H. BiggsPatricia and John ChadwickMr. and Mrs. Richard L.

Chilton, Jr.Mrs. Thomas H. ChoateD. Rebecca Davies and Jeremy

R. KramerJean Doyen de Montaillou

and Michael A. KovnerSusan DunnePatricia and Eric Fast

Amy Goldman Fowler and Cary Fowler

Brad and Sunny GoldbergDotty and Lionel GoldfrankRobert F. Gossett, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J.

HubbardMr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell

Jennings Jr.Karen Katen and Bob WilliamsDiane Katzin and Rick KurnitElysabeth KleinhansAngus and Leslie LittlejohnSusan E. LynchJennifer Napier Nolen and

Malcolm C. NolenMr. and Mrs. Wilson NolenEllen and Ken RomanMarjorie and Jeffrey A. RosenMr. and Mrs. Nicholas J.

SakellariadisJeff and Ammanda SalzmanAllyson and Trip SamsonDonna and Marvin SchwartzJean and Martin ShafiroffMr. and Mrs. A.J.C. SmithCarmen and John ThainBarbara and Donald ToberCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Weld

ANTIQUE GARDEN FURNITURE FAIR: ANTIQUES FOR THE GARDEN AND THE GARDEN ROOM PREVIEW PARTY AND COLLECTORS’ PLANT SALEApril 24, 2014

ChairmenMichael Bruno Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeBarbara Israel Barbara Cirkva SchumacherMish Tworkowski Bunny Williams

Chairmen’s CommitteeMrs. Timothy M. GeorgeS. Christopher Meigher IIIAmy Todd MiddletonMrs. George B. MooreMario NieveraRenny ReynoldsHoward S. Slatkin

Collectors’ Plant Sale Chairmen

Peter R. McQuillanMarjorie G. RosenJoseph SingerCarmen M. Thain

Designer ChairmenSheila BradyThomas Jayne

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3. Cary and Amy Goldman Fowler4. Caroline Wamsler and DeWayne Phillips

5. Lynda and Bill Steere6. Chuck and Deborah Royce

7. Ken Roman, Gil Maurer8. Bill and Suzy O’Connor

9. Ed Bass, Tom Lovejoy

Katie Ridder PennoyerEmma Jane PilkingtonRobert Rufino

Designer CommitteeLizzie BaileyElizabeth CabotPatrick ChasséEllie CullmanPage DickeyDouglas DurkinChristine Williams FitzgibbonsJane Skinner GoodellKitty HawksJohn IkeMemrie M. LewisHermes Mallea and Carey

MaloneySusan MorgenthauCharlotte MossJohn B. MurraySarah O’HaganNathan OrsmanFrances PalmerMindy PappJ. Rodney Pleasants and

Steve GodwinLuke PontifellSusannah RoseBarbara SallickStephen SillsHunt SlonemMatthew Patrick SmythSamuel G. White, FAIA

Benefit CommitteeBruce W. AddisonMrs. Jeanne AndlingerCharlotte BarnesMr. and Mrs. Gary A. BellerFriederike and Jeremy BiggsCeCe BlackMerilee BostockKT Stallings BrenGinny and Charles BrewerNoreen BuckfireJean BurnMr. and Mrs. Richard L.

Chilton, Jr.J. Barclay Collins IIJosyane ColwellMr. and Mrs. Richard H.

Comstock, Jr.Larry E. CondonEllen and Winthrop ConradKaren and Ted CoyneCullman & Kravis, Inc.John DanzerElizabeth Dater and Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H.

DavidsonAdria de Haume and George

Roush, MDMr. and Mrs. Robert DouglassStephen and Patricia DunnPatricia Fast

Amy Goldman FowlerMartha Kramer FoxArlyn GardnerJennifer GarriguesGerald Charles Tolomeo Ltd.−

Design & DecorationBrad and Sunny GoldbergDotty and Lionel GoldfrankDorian Goldman and Marvin

IsraelowRoger Goldman and Sandra

SaigerRobert F. Gossett, Jr.Anthony GrantElizabeth Byrne GrantEric GroftLindsey Coral HarperKitty Hawks and Larry

LedermanDaisy and Bill HelmanElizabeth R. Hilpman and

Byron TuckerGail HilsonMr. and Mrs. Thomas J.

HubbardCathy Kincaid HudsonMr. and Mrs. Peter HutDiane and Jeffrey JenningsJill JoyceDiane Katzin and Rick KurnitLeslie KenoKaren KloppSuzie and Bruce KovnerThomas F. LeddyMemrie M. LewisRoberta Peters LouckxSusan E. LynchMadison Cox AssociatesJoan H. MarksMatthew Marks and Jack

BankowskyMartha Stewart Living

OmnimediaSusan MatelichMr. and Mrs. Donald

MatthewsKaren McDonaldEdward MerrinVirginia A. MillhiserJanet MontagCharlotte MossMr. Douglas L. Newhouse and Dr. Holly M. BannisterPriscilla Newman and Ron

CappelloEliot and Wilson NolenFrances PalmerJonathan ParisenKelly and Gerry PasciuccoTimothy and Pamela PatersonChristina Reik and Tony GuidaMr. Arthur Robinson and Ms. Soraya MarielBarbara RobinsonSusannah RoseMrs. Arthur Ross

Deborah Goodrich RoyceJulie and Nick SakellariadisFrances SchultzMary and Russell SeloverAmy SherwoodElizabeth W. SmithMatthew Patrick SmythMr. and Mrs. J.G. SolariSonya StarrMrs. Robert King SteelJudy and Michael SteinhardtHarriet and Warren Stephens,

Stephens Inc.Lionel and Gerry SterlingAlease Fisher TallmanKaren K. ThomasShavaun TowersMr. and Mrs. Lawrence TrainorMary Ann TuckerMark and Candy UdellMr. and Mrs. Hans P. UtschCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Sigourney WeaverBeatrice WelchTimothy J. WhealonKatherine WhitcombNigel and Julia WiddowsonBetsy Shaw WillsVirginia Newman YocumEvelyn B. Younes

FOUNDERS AWARD DINNERMay 14, 2014

HonoreeGilbert C. MaurerDirector Hearst Corporation

Dinner ChairsNancy DubucChief Executive Officer A+E Networks

Richard L. Chilton, Jr.Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer Chilton Investment Co.

John A. ThainChairman and CEOCIT

Henry PhillipsVice Chairman Regional Managing Partner–East Deloitte & Touche LLP

Andrew SafranVice Chairman, Investment BankingDeutsche Bank

Mitchell ScherzerSVP & Chief Financial OfficerHearst Corporation

David CareyPresident Hearst Magazines

Craig VosburgChief Product OfficerMasterCard Worldwide

Yasuyuki SugiuraPresident and CEOMitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

William C. Steere, Jr.Chairman of the Board EmeritusPfizer Inc

CONSERVATORY BALLJune 5, 2014

Gala ChairmenMrs. Eric C. Fast Mrs. Timothy M. GeorgeMrs. Charles B. Johnson Mrs. Sylvester F. Miniter IV

Honorary ChairmenMrs. Jeremy H. Biggs Mrs. Richard L. Chilton, Jr. Mrs. B. Robert Williamson, Jr.

Anniversary CommitteeMr. and Mrs. Richard L.

Chilton, Jr.Larry E. Condon and John J.

HoffeeMr. and Mrs. Lionel

Goldfrank IIIMr. and Mrs. Thomas J.

HubbardMr. and Mrs. Wilson NolenMr. and Mrs. Nicholas J.

SakellariadisMr. and Mrs. John A. Thain

Chairmen’s CommitteeMrs. Coleman P. BurkeMrs. Marvin H. DavidsonMai Hallingby HarrisonMrs. John S. HilsonMrs. Carlisle JonesMrs. Edward KaplanMrs. John R. RobinsonMrs. Robert K. SteelMrs. George P. TaylorMish Tworkowski

Journal ChairmenAlexandra Lebenthal Amy Todd Middleton Kimberly Putzer

Vice ChairmenMrs. Edward P. BassMrs. Kenneth A. BuckfireMrs. Harry Burn IIIMrs. Lucien D. Burnett IIIMrs. Gil CaffrayMrs. Colleen Ferguson ClarkFlorence A. DavisMrs. Robert R. DouglassMrs. Rodman DrakeMrs. Jonathan D. FarkasMrs. Carlos A. Ferrer

Mrs. Sabrina ForsytheAmy Goldman Fowler Mrs. James L. FreemanMrs. Robert GarrettMrs. W. Whitney GeorgeMrs. John B. Goodwin, Jr.Mrs. Sheldon M. GordonMrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr.Mrs. William B. Harrison, Jr.Mrs. Peter HarwichGigi HowardMrs. William Jacob IIIMrs. Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr.Mrs. Henry P. Johnson Jill Nuckel JoyceMrs. Hamilton F. KeanMrs. Robert W. KleinschmidtMrs. Michael LanningMemrie M. LewisSusan E. LynchMrs. Donald K. MillerLynden B. MillerRegina PitaroMrs. Clayton J. Rohrbach IIIMarjorie G. RosenMrs. Charles M. RoyceMrs. Albert SaferGillian Hearst SimondsMrs. William C. Steere IIIMrs. George E. StephensonElizabeth F. StriblingMrs. John M. Sullivan, Jr.Mrs. Michael SzwajkowskiMrs. Raymond TierneyBarbara ToberMrs. Hans P. UtschCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D. Mrs. Edward K. WeldMrs. Thomas M. WestMs. Lynne M. WheatShelby WhiteBunny Williams

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The New York Botanical Garden thanks the following donors who made gifts of $500 or more between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.

INDIVIDUAL DONORSJayne and Leonard AbessEstate of Hugh Trumbull AdamsEdward P. BassMr. and Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeMr. and Mrs. Harry Burn IIIMr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. ClayJ. Barclay Collins II and Kristina G.

DurrLewis B. and Louise Hirschfield

CullmanAmy Goldman Fowler, Ph.D. and

Cary Fowler, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Goldfrank IIIRobert F. Gossett, Jr.Mrs. Andrew HeiskellDrs. Patricia K. and Noel H.

HolmgrenMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard

and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William H. JanewayMr. and Mrs. Charles B. JohnsonDiane Katzin and Richard KurnitSusan E. LynchMr. and Mrs. George E. MatelichVivian and Edward MerrinMr. and Mrs. Wilson NolenMr. and Mrs. John R. RobinsonDavid RockefellerKenneth and Ellen RomanAdam R. Rose and Peter R.

McQuillanMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. RosenMrs. Arthur RossMr. and Mrs. Charles M. RoyceMr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisMr. and Mrs. Robert K. SteelJudy and Michael SteinhardtCarmen and John ThainCaroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D.Shelby White and the Leon Levy

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zoellner

Gary A. and Carole P. BellerFrank A. Bennack, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy H. BiggsAmbassador and Mrs. W. L. Lyons

BrownMrs. Thomas H. ChoateMr. and Mrs. Marvin H. DavidsonJacqueline H. DryfoosMr. and Mrs. Eric C. Fast Mr. and Mrs. A. Alexander FontanesMr. and Mrs. Timothy M. GeorgeMr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell

Jennings Jr.Sonia and Paul Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton F. KeanElysabeth KleinhansLawrence Lederman, Esq. and Kitty

HawksGregory LongLynden B. Miller and Leigh M. MillerDr. and Mrs. George M. Milne, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester F. Miniter IVDr. Peter Model and Dr. Marjorie

RusselHatsue S. NozakiMr. and Mrs. William B. O’ConnorMargaret and Andy PaulDonna and Marvin SchwartzMr. and Mrs. Robert S. SearleMr. and Mrs. Bernard SelzMr. and Mrs. A. J. C. SmithMrs. Howard W. SmithMr. and Mrs. William C. Steere, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sullivan, Jr. Mish Tworkowski and Joseph SingerMr. and Mrs. Hans P. UtschDr. Karl M.F. WamslerMr. and Mrs. Edward K. WeldLucille Werlinich

Joan E. Mancuso AdairEllen and John Avellino Virginia and Dominick AzzaroMr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bartlett Jr.Mrs. Susanna BergerMr. and Mrs. Mortimer Berkowitz IIICynthia D. BrodskyArnold Brown†

Lois Chiles and Richard GilderColleen and Michael Clark Rosemarie and J. V. CossaboomS. Rebecca Davies and Jeremy R.

KramerFlorence A. Davis and Anthony C.

GoochAndrea H. Fahnestock and George

A. HambrechtDr. and Mrs. Ricardo R. FernándezStella M. FryeMr. and Mrs. Mario Gabelli Mrs. Robert GarrettMeredith and Whitney GeorgeSunny and Bradley GoldbergGordon and Lulie GundMai Hallingby HarrisonMr. and Mrs. William Jacob IIMr. and Mrs. Henry P. JohnsonMrs. Carlisle JonesJill JoyceNancy Jung†

Mrs. Helen L. KimmelMr. and Mrs. Robert W. KleinschmidtIda R. KreingoldMr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. LangoneAlexandra Lebenthal and Jay

DiamondLouise S. LehrmanMemrie M. LewisEstate of Ritchie LiebermanEllen Liman and Walter Liebman

Angus and Leslie LittlejohnMr. and Mrs. James M. LoberJanine LukeHolly and John MadiganMr. and Mrs. Peter L. MalkinEstate of Jeanette Louise

MastrantonioEstate of Marjorie C. McDermottMr. and Mrs. Malcolm C. NolenDale L. PonikvarKimberly and Jean PutzerEncarnita and Robert QuinlanJill and Alan RappaportMr. and Mrs. Jack RudinLily SafraMr. and Mrs. Andrew SafranJanet and Bruce SargentMr. and Mrs. Martin D. ShafiroffRosemarie J. SorceMr. and Mrs. Jerry I. SpeyerMr. and Mrs. William C. Steere IIIMr. and Mrs. George P. Taylor VKaren K. ThomasBarbara and Donald ToberEstate of Georgia B. ToumbakisMr. and Mrs. Lawrence TrainorDr. Elizabeth Weinshel and Dr. Joel

GoldfarbBunny Williams and John RosselliMrs. B. Robert Williamson, Jr.Anonymous (3)

Christopher F. AllwinEric J. AltmannGina J. Argento/Broadway StagesGillian AttfieldCarrie BakerJames Benenson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. BerinsteinMr. and Mrs. Willem BuiterMr. and Mrs. Robert T. ButlerPatricia and John ChadwickBarbara Cirkva and John

SchumacherLarry E. CondonJerry Ann Woodfin Costa and Victor

CostaCourtnay and Terry DanielsGeorge and Wendy DavidLucy and Nat DayJean Doyen de Montaillou and

Michael A. KovnerSusan DunneMargaret P. and John FalkJill P. FowlerEric Gantwarg - Van Cleef & Arpels,

Inc.Philip H. Geier Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. GoeletMr. and Mrs. Sheldon M. GordonMr. and Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr.Anthony Grant

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. GrisantiMr. and Mrs. Leonard S. GruenbergMrs. Martin D. Gruss

Joan M. HallAnne and Bill HarrisonDr. Sandra Hecht and Mr. Michael

HechtAmbassador and Mrs. Charles A.

Heimbold, Jr.Elizabeth R. Hilpman and Byron

TuckerMr. and Mrs. John K. HowatHunt HowellCathy Kincaid HudsonMarsha and Bruce KarshWendy Keys and Donald PelsJames W. KinnearJane and Charles KleinSuzie and Bruce KovnerElizabeth LakeAnnie LansingBetty and John LevinKamie and Richard LightburnChien C. LiuMargaret and Daniel LoebJohn ManninoLiz and Arthur MartinezDr. and Mrs. Terrence P. McGartyAmy Todd Middleton and Curtis R.

MiddletonMrs. Minot K. MillikenJanet MontagMary and Garrett MoranMr. and Mrs. William I. MortonScott NewmanSpyros NiarchosMr. and Mrs. Robert B. Nolan, Jr.Kelly and Gerry PasciuccoLiz and Jeff PeekSabra PurtillKatie Ridder and Peter PennoyerAlexandra and Alex RobertsonMary G. RockefellerSusan Rodriguez and Charles LowreyLolita and Simon RooseveltPat and John RosenwaldJeff and Amanda SalzmanAllyson and Trip SamsonBetsy Pinover SchiffSara and Axel SchupfEugene and Susan SekulowMrs. C. Sidamon-EristoffGillian Hearst Simonds and Christian

SimondsMr. and Mrs. Michael SzwajkowskiMrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard VietorMr. and Mrs. Jonathan M.

WainwrightSusan W. WeatherleyLynne Wheat and Thomas PeterffyMrs. Joan WinantEstate of Harry WolffMr. and Mrs. Charles O. WoodJean C. WoodAnonymous (1)

Thomas F. AaronStephen and Marsha Ackerman

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4. George Moore, Jean and Harry Burn5. David and Nancy Andrews

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8. Gary and Carole Beller9. Leonard Abess

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7. Barbara Cirkva and John Schumacher 8. Cynthia Brodsky, Jill Greenberg

9. Bob and Vicki Zoellner10. Len Barkin and Jackie Dryfoos

11. Oliver Sacks, Patricia Holmgren12. Tina and Steve Swartz

Gwendolyn AkinThomas AlabasterJacqueline Albert-SimonLinda M. AllardMr. and Mrs. Neil AmorusoKaren and Tucker AndersenNatalie AndersenDr. O. Roger AndersonDr. and Mrs. David L. AndrewsJudy and John M. AngeloGeoffrey AquinoW. Graham Arader IIIHenry H. ArnholdAnn Griffith AshDr. David Allan BakerMr. and Mrs. Neil BaldwinMichael J. Balick, Ph.D.Anissa and Paul J. BalsonMr. and Mrs. Stuart BanderMr. and Mrs. Randall J. BarbatoMark BarresFrancis D. and Mary S. Bartow IIJohn and Susannah BassF. Harlan BatrusDavid W. BaumMrs. Charlotte L. BeersMary F. Begrisch-HoryJayne and Harvey BekerJohn Bernstein and Diana DavenportMr. and Mrs. Stephen K. BiermanMrs. Peter S. BingMr. and Mrs. David B. BlackPeter and Sofia BlanchardLaura B. BlauLois D. BlumenfeldLouis H. BlumengartenMarguerite and Walter BoppMary BoppMerilee Bostock Mr. and Mrs. Avery BourkeNeely and Dick BowerMr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Bowman IIIKT Stallings BrenRobert and Nancy BrooksKatie Brown and Bill GedaleCarol and William BrownePolly BruckmannMarilyn D. Brus and Louis E. BrusMr. and Mrs. C. Austin BuckMr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. BuckfireMelva Bucksbaum and Raymond J.

LearsyMr. and Mrs. Michael J. BucuvalasMr. and Mrs. Kevin BurkeMr. and Mrs. Lucien D. BurnettTiffany Burnette and Donald CasturoMr. and Mrs. Bruce R. BurtonSam and Sally ButlerMr. and Mrs. W. Russell G. Byers, Jr.Pat and Gil CaffrayWalter and Lynn CampEthan and Valeriana CaseyEdward ChapmanWanla ChengLeslie Moore ClarkeSusan and Bruce Cohen

Patricia Cook, Ph.D.Joyce B. Cowin Madison CoxMary Sharp CronsonCristina and Christopher CuomoMark and Jane CupkovicCaroline CurtisJeanne and David DanielDr. and Mrs. Kaushik DasKarla Martinez de SalasEllen and Pierre de VeghDudley and Michael Del BalsoMr. and Mrs. J. D. DelafieldMr. and Mrs. Michael A. DelaneyLaura Delano and Bob CelliMr. and Mrs. Robert A. DentV. Edward DentStephen Dente / Robertet, Inc.Nell DiamondPage Dickey and Francis SchellAugust DiRenzoMr. and Mrs. Dave DobellKrystyna DoerflerEve DorfzaunMr. and Mrs. Robert DouglassKaren Drotzer and Thomas

McMahonSusan DuMoulinMrs. Jack DunnDouglas J. DurkinBrenda EarlSusan and Paul EfronMr. and Mrs. Howard L. English Jr.Cristina Enriquez-BocoboMr. and Mrs. Robert EsnardMrs. John W. EspyKate EtterElizabeth S. EustisR. Bradford EvansMr. and Mrs. James H. EverestJeffrey and Leslie FalkCantor Elaine FaverMr. and Mrs. Carlos A. FerrerMr. and Mrs. Richard D. Field William and Lisa FinkelsteinLarry FlickMr. and Mrs. F. Richards Ford IIITodd Forrest and Alison S. PrattSabrina Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. Graham B. FosterSally GavinNicholas L. GennisBarbara and Peter GeorgescuPerlinia GibbsCathe GiffuniDean and Laura GodownMr. and Mrs. Todd A. GoergenJoel M. GoldfrankJose Gonzalez and Stephanie KostukJane GoodellMr. and Mrs. John B. Goodwin Jr.Joanne and Thomas GougeMaryann GuidoWesley and Terry GuylayLinda Hackett - C.A.L. Foundation,

Inc.

Grace HaggertyBarry L. HartglassMr. and Mrs. Ted HartleyMr. and Mrs. John HavensMr. and Mrs. Gregory HaytRudolph and Rosaria HeideMr. and Mrs. Robert HeinischDaisy and Bill HelmanDavid and Joan HenleEstate of Joseph Q. HeplarStephanie and Stephen HesslerJames and Janet HesterMarsha and Carl HewittMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. HirschMrs. Frank W. HochDavid A. HoffenbergNancy and Charlie HoppinAmbassador Robert HormatsCarole and Jim HuntCaroline and Lawrence HuntingtonMr. and Mrs. David IlesMelissa JacobsMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. JenningsRichard H. JenretteRobin A. Jess, ASBAMr. and Mrs. Scott B. KapnickMr. and Mrs. Howard KaskelMubashir KaziJane and Peter KeeganWhitney and Fred KeenCharlotte O’B. KenneyLeona KernJoan and Daniel KramMr. and Mrs. Eric KrasnoffMelissa L. Kretschmer and Carl

AndreCarol H. and Robert D. KrinskyDr. Susan Krysiewicz and Mr.

Thomas BellKofi B. KwartengMr. and Mrs. Joseph A. La Nasa IIIMargo LangenbergPauline and Daniel LascanoDr. Joseph J. Lawrence TrustPaul N. LeitnerJanet and Mel LewinterMrs. Joy LiassonMartin and Susan LiptonPatricia LizarragaMr. and Mrs. Arthur LoomisSusanne LopezMr. and Mrs. Jesse R. LovejoyPatricia LovejoyThomas E. Lovejoy, Ph.D.Paul and Susan LyonsMrs. E. Williams MacGuireMr. Richard K. MacWilliamsIan Madover and Arielle Tepper

MadoverMr. and Mrs. Serafin U. MarielJoan and Paul A. Marks, M.D.Jacqueline B. MarsKent and Eleanor MartinMr. and Mrs. Frank MartucciDavid and Anita MassengillJoan Ann Mauro

Charles B. Mayer, Jr. and Dolly Persaud

Cheryne and David McBrideKaren McDonaldMartin and Toni McKerrowConstance and H. Roemer McPheeCarol and Philip MehlerGail Lutz Meisel, M.D.Richard and Ronay MenschelPaul A. Meyers, M.D. and Maria L.

Padilla, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. MifflinAllison and Roberto MignoneMr. and Mrs. Donald K. MillerElizabeth and Richard MillerCarolyn and George MilneMr. and Mrs. Clement C. Moore IISusan MorgenthauMr. and Mrs. Averell MortimerCharlotte MossMr. and Mrs. Edward J. MurphyKaren and James NeelNeal and Jacki NemerovWendy NewmanMr. and Mrs. Charles F. NiemethMrs. José NoyesDiane M. NydickMr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O’SheaCarol Ostrow and Michael GraffMr. and Mrs. Willard J. Overlock, Jr.Jeffrey PanishConnie PapoulasMr. and Mrs. Paul B. ParvisMrs. Michael PattersonAmy and John R. PeckhamBrent and Dina PendletonMr. and Mrs. Felix PetrilloMr. and Mrs. Howard Phipps, Jr.Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon

PolskyMr. and Mrs. Alcides C. PominaMr. and Mrs. Robert D. PowerMr. and Mrs. Matthew QuigleyMary Jo and Bradley RazookJohn and Judith ReedJoseph and Mimi ReedJoelle and Jonathan ResnickMr. and Mrs. Peter J. RippMr. and Mrs. Charles R. RobinsonJennifer and Robert RominieckiJohn and Eleanor RorerMr. and Mrs. Aaron RoseIsabel RoseBarbara S. RosenthalMr. and Mrs. Cye E. RossNancy RuffnerMr.† and Mrs. Harry A. RussellMrs. Leigh Ann RyanBonnie J. SacerdoteOliver Sacks, M.D.Anna SakellariadisMr. and Mrs. Philip SantoriellaJohn P. Sare, Esq.Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Schaefer IIIBetsy Pinover Schiff and Edward

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1. Gillian and Bob Steel2. Gregory Long, Sigourney Weaver

3. Eric and Patti Fast4. Cosby George, Ann Rohrbach

5. Todd and Emma Goergen6. Sarah Chilton, Caroline Williamson

7. Patricia and Ricardo Fernández 8. Vera Aryeh and Bob Gossett

9. Carol and George Milne10. Meg and Craig Vosburg

11. Dotty Goldfrank, Susan Lynch, Barbara and John Robinson

Edward D. Schmidt and Gillian R. Dawson

Ginger Schnaper and Henry P. Godfrey

Frances SchultzEstate of Elizabeth M. SchweizerMr. and Mrs. William C. ScottDavid SeabrookeMr. and Mrs. J. Richard SemelsDiana G. SerrellAnna Marie and Robert ShapiroMr. and Mrs. Eric P. SheinbergMargaret and Laurence SmithMr. and Mrs. Matthew K. SmithSuzette de Marigny SmithHoward and Sarah SolomonMr. and Mrs. Leonard SolondzMr. and Mrs. Christian R. SonneMr. and Mrs. Michael SonnenfeldtMrs. Frederick M. StaffordPatricia and Andrew SteffanSusan SteinsapirRockwell and Patricia StensrudHarriet and Warren Stephens,

Stephens Inc. Mr. and Mrs. George StephensonBetsy and Wally SternRobert A.M. SternProfessor and Mrs. Dennis Wm.

StevensonLynn G. StrausMrs. Philip A. StrausM. Joanne StraussElizabeth F. Stribling and Guy

RobinsonEllen and Dan StricklerCharlotte and John SuhlerMary S. SykesClaudia SzererMr. and Mrs. Bela SzigethyMr. and Mrs. Robert D. TaggartGladys ThomasMr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Tierney IIIMr. and Mrs. Henry W. ToddCoralie S. ToevsShavaun TowersMr. and Mrs. John L. Townsend IIIAnthony Tramantano and Joshua A.

ToribioKevin S. TravisRobert L. TurnerDiane Ueberle and Rachel VallarelliMr. and Mrs. John E. VandenbergArete WarrenMr. and Mrs. Alan G. WeilerSue Ann WeinbergDena K. Weiner and David

RozenholcGloria and David WeinshelBeatrice WelchMr. and Mrs. Thomas M. WestJudy and Josh WestonTimothy J. WhealonNigel and Julia WiddowsonDr. Daryl L. Wieland and Mr. Andrew

T. Berenblum

Betsy Shaw Wills Mr. and Mrs. James J. WilsonMr. and Mrs. John H. T. WilsonMr. and Mrs. Lloyd WinansDee and Pug WinokurMr. and Mrs. Richard H. Witmer, Jr.Michel Cox WitmerMr. and Mrs. William F. Wynne Jr.Elaine YellenSara ZionAnonymous (11)

Nancy J. AckermanBruce W. AddisonAli Afkhami and Roshanak MalekAndrew AllenMr. and Mrs. Joseph AlmedinaBarbara R. and James W. AndersonDimitris AndriopoulosEdward A. Ankudavich and

Rosemary PonzoJanet Arce and Wilnelia GutierrezAnn Howell ArmstrongMr. and Mrs. Howard I. ArmstrongMr. and Mrs. William T. ArndtRenée BaileyLindsay Baker and Christopher J.

DiAngeloLisa M. BakerMr. and Mrs. Michael BakwinMr. and Mrs. W. Preston Baldwin IIIDiana BalmoriCatherine E. BambrickCharlotte BarnesLuis Barrios and Jeffrey MainGeraldine BasileMrs. Cindy BaulsirKathleen and Jeffrey BaumDiana BeattieDavid BeerMrs. Roberta Belideau-HeeBarry D. Bergdoll, Ph.D.Sandye Berger and Renee BergerLouise J. BerkmanDebra BerkowitzMr. and Mrs. Roger Stuart BerlindMr. and Mrs. Gerald BernazMr. and Mrs. Joshua BerneEdward and Cynthia BevanSusan Bevan and Tony DaddinoMr. and Mrs. Mortimer Berkowitz IIIMrs. Michalina BickfordSharon L. BigelowBarbara E. BishopLoren Blackford and Michael DubnoLaurie BlairJanet André BlockJohn BlondelJolan BlossMr. and Mrs. John R.H. BlumMr. and Mrs. Jay BockhausFrancesca BodiniSarah Bolson and Michael BarnettDr. Brian M. BoomV. BorodinSusan Braddock

Barbara BraunGinny and Charles BrewerDavid Brittenham and Carolyn

SummersElizabeth BuattiTimothy ButlerJudith A. Calvert and Charles B.

McClendonLoretta CangialosiMr. and Mrs. Richard J. CanningMrs. Vivian B. Chambers and Miss

Isabella ChambersDr. Mitchell Charap and Dr. Karen

GilmoreVijaya ChellapillaMr. and Mrs. Spencer CherryAnne ChristensenCherylyn CieriCraig ClemensMrs. C. Payson ColemanMr. and Mrs. Richard H.

Comstock Jr.Ellen and Winthrop ConradMr. and Mrs. Bruce CooperSteven K. CopulskyMrs. Bonnie CotnoirSusan Covino and Patricia CovinoKaren and Ted CoyneMrs. Linda C. CreminMr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman Jr.John G. DanzerLarry and Lisa-Karyn DavidoffKitty de ChazalAdria de Haume and George Roush,

M.D.Carla DeGaetanoLeslie DeichSamuel DeutschDr. Christopher DevineEileen Devlin and Margaret MahoneyFr. Christopher Devron, S.J.Ann DiamondMargaret S. DicksMatthew Donahoe and Clint

HighamVivian H. DonnelleyFrancine and Dennis DonnellyRegina Dorian and Kimberly

ThompsonStephen and Patricia DunnRosemary Durkin and Lisa DurkinConsuelo Duroc-Danner and Lindsay

WrightAndrew and Judith EconomosFranciosie and Tag EdwardsJay Eisenhofer and Anne JamesonMr. and Mrs. Frederick ElghanayanJacqueline Elias and Ethan StrellDr. John A. Elliott and Dr. Laura A.

PhilipsLydia M. EmilGee and Isabelle EngSandra E. Eno and Bela MecsDrs. Anthony A. and Maria E.

EspositoAdelina and William Ettelson

Christina EvansRichard and Cecilia FabbroDr. and Mrs. Sean FanelliRoberta Federoff and Jenn BaylissFerdinand FelicianoCelia Felsher and John L. CecilJames L. FergusonMr. and Mrs. Antonio FerréJoseph S. FicheraAlfred C. Finger, Jr.Mary C FinneganWarren P. FinnertyRobin FishmanChristine Williams FitzgibbonsDr. Alayne FitzpatrickK. L. Fjeldal and A. T. BlyskalBarbara S. Friedman and David

BlankenCharlotte M. Frieze and Peter C.

JonesArlyn S. GardnerMrs. Stephen GarmeyCarey GarrityDr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Gayle Gertrud D. GerlachMr. and Mrs. Edouard GerschelElizabeth GilbertAnna GippnerDr. Jeff Glans and Dr. Louise PerkinsMr. and Mrs. Roy GlaserSibyl R. GoldenWilliam T. GoldenJerome GoldsteinXenia Golovchenko and Tanya

TchernitchinDawne Marie Grannum Elizabeth Byrne GrantPenny GrantDavid Gray and Kathleen JenningsDr. and Mrs. Vartan GregorianEric GroftGautami GuhaJohn Gunther-Mohr and Mrs.

Elizabeth WedemeyerMr. and Mrs. John H. GutfreundMaureen HackettMichael HadjediMrs. Myrna HaftMr. and Mrs. Hugh HardyLindsey Coral HarperRose H. Harvey and Gaines

GwathmeyMr. and Mrs. William Hearst IIIMr. and Mrs. Harvey HeilbronnMary HellerSusan K. HellerWilliam HellmanSusan G. and Richard S. HelsteinDonald HenleyMr. and Mrs. James HerrnsteinLeslee HeskiaoffKim HeymanAndrew Heyward and Priscilla

PaintonAlexandria HilfigerVincent Ho

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1. Mai Hallingby Harrison, Mark Cotte2. Carla Hall, Mario Batali

3. Hamilton and Edie Kean4. Michael Steinhardt, George Roush

5. Bob Williams and Karen Katen6. Anne Harrison, Christopher and Grace Meigher

7. Charles and Ann Johnson8. Kitty Hawks and Larry Lederman

9. Henry and Susan Johnson10. Patrick Herning and Nathalie Kaplan

11. Tracey Huff, Sharon Jacob12. Weslie and William Janeway

Karissa HochbergAllison HodgeJohn J. HoffeeHelen and Anthony HogquistMr. and Mrs. George T. HoleFiona M. Hollands and Ethan

BermanEmily HoltzerJane HoustonMary N. HowardDavid J. HubbardMr. and Mrs. Peter HutGeoffrey JacksonCarol JarchoThomas JayneTiffin JernstedtEnrique JineteRichard JonesCamilla KalvariaAlex Kania and Charlotte GreenoughMr. and Mrs. George S. KaufmanSuzanne M. KavetasAyesha KaziMr. and Mrs. Arthe B. KellyWilliam and Patricia KenneyDiana and Larry KentRobert M. KernDr. and Mrs. Hoshang J. KhambattaAlison KingEmily KingM. J. Kipper and J. KipperMr. Gerold and Dr. Jana KlauerLisa KleistKaren KloppMr. and Mrs. Kevin KnightRudolph KolaciMr. and Mrs. David L. KornblauMarcia R. Kowan and Alona SerebroHilda Kraker and Daniel SalasAndrew KrissBrett Kristoff and Mark KristoffMrs. Shirley Kubo and Mrs. Tadako

KuboDavid KuckMr. and Mrs. Ken H. KuikenMr. and Mrs. Norman J. KurlanMiss Edith M. Laird and Mrs. Edith

R. LairdAlberto A. LamadridTerry and Thomas LambSean LambertLouise LamphierDavid A. Lamprou and Jessica E.

DavisLoretta Lancto and Patricia BancroftDorothy J. LanderLiz Lange Jack LarsenLeonard A. LauderMelanie LazenbyDr. Myron C. LedbetterMrs. Jirakal Lee and Ms. Paern

KhambanondaMr. and Mrs. Joon LeeSusan G. LefflerJonathan E. Lehman

Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. LeinhardtToby D. LewisMargaret LimPeter R. LimburgSteven J. Littman and Diane TabellRobert LoCascioAmbassador and Mrs. John L.

Loeb, Jr.Roberta Peters LouckxPeter R. LovisaAlessandro LuongoMr. and Mrs. Samuel LurieJohn and Joella LykouretzosMr. and Mrs. Alexander P. LynchJennifer Lynch and Edmond

FitzgeraldMr. and Mrs. Michael J. LyonsMr. and Mrs. Bernard MacklerKathleen A. MacLaughlinErik Robert and Ericdavid MaerzMr. and Mrs. Alexander MagaroSuzy L. MallochCarey Maloney and Hermes MalleaMr. and Mrs. Stephen MandelMiss Judith MandileBeatrice G. ManiceClaire and Chris MannJames M. MannLynne and Burt ManningMr. and Mrs. James S. MarcusRichard W. MarkMatthew Marks and Jack BankowskyStephen C. MasseyNedra J. MatteucciMr. and Mrs. William M. MatthesMr. and Mrs. Donald J. MatthewsJohn F. MaulMr. and Mrs. Robert McCarthyKevin McGrane and Ivan HernandezMr. and Mrs. Joseph MeleMr. and Mrs. Edwin E. MelendezMrs. Paul Mellon†

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. MerrillDr. Marian B. MeyersZina Michajliczenko and H.

MichajliczenkoMr. and Mrs. Robert MillardAline T. MillerMr. and Mrs. Philip B. MillerVirginia A. MillhiserAlison MintonElizabeth Miracky and Martha

MirackyJohn D. MitchellMr. and Mrs. Daniel MoloneyMrs. Patricia C. MontgomerieMrs. George B. MooreMr. and Mrs. Robert MorelMichael P. and Theresa MulliganEmilie Murphy and Byron NimocksJohn B. MurrayMr. and Mrs. Peter A. NadosyMr. and Mrs. Alex L. NelsonMr. Douglas L. Newhouse and Dr.

Holly BannisterPriscilla Newman and Ron Cappello

Mr. and Mrs. Erik A. NicolaysenMario NieveraMr. and Mrs. John C. NovogrodGrace Offutt and Edmund PolubinskiSusan O’HaganMary OldakNathan OrsmanDarren OsterMr. and Mrs. Glenn C. OstranderFrances PalmerLilly PappasJohn P. Parise and Margo A. HassanJonathan ParisenCarolyn ParishTim PartonMr. and Mrs. Timothy PatersonMrs. Gordon B. PatteeDr. and Mrs. Russel H. Patterson, Jr.Sarah Shaikh PaulssonNick PerdikosMr. and Mrs. Luis F. PerezMr. and Mrs. Charles PerskyDr. Karl PerzinMrs. Huanlin An PetrakosMr. and Mrs. Peter PhilippsMarian S. PillsburyDaniel PineMr. and Mrs. Eugene PinoverJoan Pirics and James McCarthyBetsy PittsJason PomerancMr. Ralph Popp and Ms. Robin

MockenhauptMr. and Mrs. Edward R. PotterJudith and Peter PriceLouise and Gerry PuschelMr. and Mrs. Scott RadkeCarolyn C. Ramsey and Swanya

BangrunthamMr. and Mrs. Rudolph S. RauchDouglas RaymondMrs. Marilyn RaymondSamuel ReaCatherine Regenhard and Christina

RegenhardChristina Reik and Tony GuidaDr. Ellen Reinheimer and Barry LovellEvelyn H. ReisThe Honorable Dianne T. Renwick

and The Honorable Robert T. Johnson

Charles and Diana RevsonRalph and Gail ReynoldsMartin and Donna RichMr. and Mrs. Richard J. RikerAlicia and Bill RobertsonMr. Arthur Robinson and Mrs.

Soraya Mariel Barbara RocaAriana RockefellerTheodore and Elizabeth RogersLucille RogersAmbassador and Mrs. Felix G.

RohatynBrooke RohrbachMyrta Roman and Gladys Roman

Daniel and Joanna S. RoseSarah Janney RoseSusannah RoseMr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. RosenEstelle T. RosenMrs. Joy RosenbergMr. and Mrs. Paul RosenkampffMr. and Mrs. David RosewaterWang Rui and Gao ShanMr. and Mrs. Michael RyanMrs. Linda SacewiczTheresa SacklerLynda SafronMark and Samantha SandlerNancy Sands and Lauren SandsPaula SantacroceMr. and Mrs. Joseph SchenkMr. and Mrs. George W. SchieleBarbara E. SchneiderMr. and Mrs. Marc SchoenholzDr. Loretta Schwartz and Dr. Lenore

SchwartzMr. and Mrs. Harry SegalasDorothy J. Selinger and L. Michael

MoskovisVanessa Bezemer Sellers, Ph.D.Mary and Russell SeloverMr. and Mrs. Richard SeymourLanie Shahar, LCSWMr. and Mrs. Shahriar ShahidaDr. and Mrs. Wales R. ShaoEileen S. Silvers and Richard

BronsteinMr. and Mrs. David SilverstoneGideon Y. SimsRita SloanMrs. John C. SluderMargaret Smirnoff and Anthony

Stein Matthew Patrick SmythGayle and Ed SnibleMr. and Mrs. J. G. SolariMarybeth SollinsMrs. Paul SorosMr. and Mrs. Joseph SpillaneMr. and Mrs. Richard SpitzStephen Sprague and Catherine

CapassoLaura SprengelmeyerScott StackmanMrs. Frank L. StanleySonya StarrMike Steib and The XO GroupMr. and Mrs. Michael SteibMr. and Mrs. Luise M. StraussMarcia StreanJoseph StribulaMr. and Mrs. Jerry StritzkeMr. and Mrs. Michael SudanoMr. and Mrs. Martin H. SummerAlease Fisher TallmanOscar L. TangMr. and Mrs. John A. TapperMr. and Mrs. Hans E. TausigDavid H. Taylor, Jr. and Milbrey

Rennie

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3. Julie Lanning, Jeanie Jones4. Curtis and Amy Todd Middleton

5. Memrie Lewis, Kathie Moore6. Alexandra Lebenthal and Jeremy Diamond

7. George and Susan Matelich 8. Yasuyuki and Yoko Sugiura

9. Serafin Mariel, Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr.10. Jill Joyce, Laura Delano and Bob Celli

Nancy B. TaylorMr. and Mrs. Robert TebbeElena Terrone and Tina LearMrs. Jacqueline ThreadgoldAlexandra and Michael ToccinJanet L. and Udi ToledanoGerald Tolomeo and Maddy MyselMrs. Edward J. TooheyJane H. Totura and Robin FishmanJoel S. Truman and Sara LustigmanJulie and Adam TuckerRalson W. Turbeville and Kristi L.

SoutarMrs. Shirley TurkMark and Candy UdellCaroline Ullrich and Judy UllrichMr. and Mrs. Marty ValerioAlvin ValleyMr. and Mrs. Paul VanderheydenLesley and Rob VecslerCornelis T. and Virginia VerwaalMr. and Mrs. Roger C. VogtDr. Lucy R. WaletzkyMr. and Mrs. Gerald WalpinMr. and Mrs. Robert WannMr. and Mrs. Daniel J. WardMrs. E. Jean WardJeannette Warner-Goldstein and

Paul GoldsteinMr. and Mrs. Michael WarrenMr. and Mrs. Mitchell WasserSigourney WeaverBrittany WeedenBrian WeilMarion WeingartenJenna WestwoodLauren WhatleyMr. and Mrs. Michael WhitcombSamuel G. White, FAIARobert A. WiesenDeborah E. WileyMrs. Antoinette Williams-Bryant and

Ms. Teresa E. BryantAnn Marie Williamson and Nahtanya

WilliamsonMr. and Mrs. Claude l. WinfieldMr. and Mrs. Matthew A. WinklerMaegan A. Wood and Sharon L.

FarrellEileen and Jorge YajureAlison Zhang YangKay and Tim YatesChris and Kristen YorkNina ZagatZuming ZhaoAnonymous (3)

INSTITUTIONAL DONORSAcacia Conservation FundsAltman FoundationBloomberg PhilanthropiesCon Edison

Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.The Lillian Goldman Charitable TrustEugene and Emily Grant Family

FoundationHearst Corporation William Randolph Hearst FoundationJPMorgan Chase FoundationKaren Katen FoundationLong Island Sound Study/US EPAMasterCard WorldwideThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationLuEsther T. Mertz Charitable TrustMetLife and MetLife FoundationThe Ambrose Monell FoundationGordon and Betty Moore

FoundationNational Endowment for the

HumanitiesNational Science Foundation Newman’s Own FoundationStavros Niarchos FoundationPepsiCo, Inc.The Starr FoundationThe Tiffany & Co. FoundationWhole Foods Company

A+E NetworksAetna Foundation, Inc.Amore PacificFrank J. Antun FoundationRose M. Badgeley Residuary

Charitable Trust, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Trustee

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

The Barker Welfare FoundationElizabeth G. Beinecke Charitable

UnitrustBergdorf GoodmanBNY MellonCarnegie Corporation of New YorkThe Christensen FundCitiDalio Foundation, Inc.Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH

Perpetual Charitable TrustDeloitte & Touche LLPE.H.A. Foundation, Inc.E.W. Howell Co., LLCEverett FoundationF. Gordon Foster Charitable TrustThe Helen Clay Frick FoundationThe Marc Haas FoundationThe Hagedorn FundThe Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley

Charitable TrustInstitute of Museum and Library

ServicesJPMorgan Chase & Co.J.R.S. Biodiversity FoundationAnnette Kade Charitable TrustMuriel McBrien Kauffman

FoundationThe Kingsley FoundationLemberg Foundation, Inc.The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation

Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)Marion Moore Foundation, Inc.Morgan StanleyHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.Motorola Solutions FoundationMy Good Fund TrustNeiman Marcus GroupNew York State Discretionary

Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials

Laura J. Niles Foundation, Inc.The Overbrook FoundationThe Palm FoundationAlexander R. Peacock TrustPfizer Inc & The Pfizer FoundationPiagetThe Prospect Hill FoundationPyewacket FundRichemont North America, Inc.The Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanyThe Peter Jay Sharp FoundationUnited States Department of

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Charitable FoundationMaurice Amado FoundationAmerican ExpressAndron Construction CorporationLily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.AXA Foundation, Inc.Anne Hendricks Bass FoundationThe Bay and Paul FoundationsThe Kurt Berliner FoundationBrooks BrothersCapital One, N.A.ChanelChilton Investment Co.Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCredit SuisseEntergy Nuclear NortheastThe Eppley Foundation for Research,

Inc.The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.Glamour MagazineHerman Goldman Foundation, Inc.Goldman, Sachs & Co.The Guardian Life Insurance

Company of AmericaThe H. W. Wilson FoundationHarney & Sons Fine TeasHickory FoundationING Financial ServicesJ.C.C. Fund of the Japanese

Chamber of Commerce and

Industry of New YorkThe Johnson-Stillman Family

FoundationThe Liman FoundationMcGraw Hill FinancialMISH New York The Moody’s FoundationNew York State Council on the ArtsJean R. Peacock TrustPerrin ParisThe Poetry Society of AmericaMay and Samuel Rudin Family

Foundation, Inc.Stuart Salenger FoundationStanley Smith Horticultural TrustThe John Ben Snow Memorial TrustDr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn

FoundationThe Geraldine Stutz Trust, Inc.Tishman SpeyerThe Trust for Public LandThe Walt Disney CompanyWeinshel Goldfarb Foundation Inc.B. Robert Williamson, Jr. FoundationWMC Foundation

The Abell Foundation, Inc.Adirondack Community Trust -

Rocky Bog FundAllied ExperientialAnderson-Rogers Foundation, Inc.The Apparel Group, Ltd.Automatic Data Processing, Inc.Milton and Sally Avery Arts

FoundationThe Benaroya FoundationSander and Norma K. Buchman

FundC.R. Bard, Inc.Christian Dior, Inc.Clif Bar Family FoundationThe Cowles Charitable TrustThe Gladys Krieble Delmas

FoundationFeather Foundation, Inc.The Frelinghuysen FoundationGrand Central Marketing –

Columbus FoodsGreat Performances Artists as

Waitresses, Inc.HSBCMark and Anla Cheng Kingdon

FoundationF.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.

Sidney and Judith Kranes Charitable Trust

Herbert H. Lehman College/CUNYThe V & L Marx FoundationMayer Brown LLPMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupThe Morse Family FoundationMovado Group, Inc.Penn Virgina CorporationPilot House FundIrwin S. Scherzer Foundation

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Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary TrustSeaman Schepps & Co., Inc.Select Equity Group FoundationLeland Shafer Charitable TrustSotheby’sSTARR RestaurantsSumitomo CorporationTocqueville Asset Management L.P.Uptown ElectricThe Walbridge Fund, Ltd.Willis of New York, Inc.The Donald and Barbara Zucker

Family Foundation

AKRF Engineering, P.C. American Society of Botanical ArtistsThe Edward H. Benenson

Foundation, Inc.Bridgewood Fieldwater FoundationThe Calf Island FoundationThe City Gardens Club of New York

CityCushman & Wakefield, Inc.Custom Cool LLCThe Dana FoundationHelen Matchett De Mario

FoundationDeMartini Family FoundationMarie G. Dennett Foundation, Inc.Donohue Family FoundationEarthShare New YorkEileen FisherEmerald Tree Care CompanyEnnead Architects LLPErnst & Young LLPFiduciary Trust Company

InternationalFuthermore: a program of The J.M.

Kaplan FundGoldman Sonnenfeldt FoundationH3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture

LLCMary W. Harriman FoundationHighline Capital Management Hill International, Inc.The Kandell FundRuth and Seymour Klein Foundation,

Inc.LanganThe Robert J. Laskowski FoundationBernard and Muriel Lauren

FoundationThe Litwin FoundationMadison Cox AssociatesMarace Associates, Inc.Martha Stewart Living OmnimediaMcVicker & Higginbotham, Inc.The Janis and Alan Menken

FoundationMonaVieVincent Mulford FoundationThe Donald R. Mullen Family

FoundationThe New York Community Trust

New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

New York State Turf and Landscape Association, Inc.

The Norinchukin Foundation, Inc.The Northern Trust Co.The Panwy Foundation, Inc.Patterson, Belknap, Webb & TylerThe Procter & Gamble CompanyRare Maps, Books & PrintReader’s Digest Scholarship and

Leadership Fund of The New York Community Trust

The Rockefeller Group, Inc.Royal Bank of CanadaThe Schiff FoundationPeter J. Sellon 1997 Charitable Lead

TrustShepherd FoundationSJS Management CorpSidney Stern Memorial TrustDr. Joseph and Lillian Stiefel

FoundationStonehall FarmMichael Tuch Foundation, Inc.Varnum-DeRose Charitable

Remainder Annuity TrustW. P. Carey Inc.Welding Works Inc.Naida S. Wharton FoundationThe Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation

Allade Inc.The Apas FoundationAtlas Welding and Boiler RepairBaldwin Public LibraryBC International Group, Inc.Berkshire Products Inc.Berkshire Taconic Community

Foundation, Inc.Boy Scouts of America, Troop 102Carolina Herrera Ltd.Cathy Kincaid Interiors, LTD.Community Foundation of New

JerseyCullman & Kravis, Inc.The Dwight GroupLinda A. and James H. Ellis FundElmont Public LibraryErnst and Elfriede Frank Foundation

IncFarmingdale Public LibraryFerguson and Shamamian

Architects, LLPFidelity Charitable Gift FundFordham Preparatory SchoolFoundation for Landscape StudiesFrances Schultz FoundationGarden Club of East HamptonGBRG, Inc.Gerald Charles Tolomeo Ltd. -

Design & DecorationGlen Cove Public Library

Glenview Trust CompanyDonald Grant and Ann Martin

Calder FoundationHamiltonAir Company, Inc.Henry Waldinger LibraryHewlett Woodmere LibraryIngalls & Snyder LLCITO EN (North America) INC.Jericho Public LibraryKaufman Management Co.Kohler Ronan, LLCThe Kurr Foundation, Inc.Kurtz Family Foundation, Inc.The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder

FoundationLevittown Public LibraryLocust Valley LibraryManhasset Public LibraryManhattan Parking GroupMarubeni America CorporationMerrick LibraryMineola Memorial LibraryMunder Skiles, LLC.New England Grows, Inc.The New York Unit, Herb Society of

AmericaNorth Bellmore Public LibraryOasis Petroleum Inc.Abby and George O’Neill TrustOyster-Bay East Norwich Public

LibraryPitney Bowes Inc.Plainview-Old Bethpage LibraryHenry B. Plant Memorial FundRockville Centre LibraryRoberta Schaefer Family FoundationShelter Rock Public LibrarySprinkles Cupcakes Inc.Syosset Public LibraryTurner Construction Company VerizonVTC FundWest Hempstead Public LibraryAnonymous (1)

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1. Jean Doyen de Montaillou and Michael Kovner2. Hans and Julia Utsch

3. Gillian Miniter, Lydia West 4. Mish Tworkowski and Joseph Singer

5. Elyse Newhouse, Caroline Williamson 6. Dianne Renwick and son

7. Whitney Fairchild, Byrdie Bell8. Will and Joan Steere

9. Beth and George Taylor10. Andy and Linda Safran

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Contributors

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The following donors made gifts in honor or in memory of someone in fiscal year 2014.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Shepherdson AbellDeb Abelow and Kim RoganJoan E. Mancuso AdairGwendolyn AkinDaniel AllenAnn Howell ArmstrongJudith AuerbachVirginia and Dominick AzzaroSue H. BakerAnissa and Paul J. BalsonJane E. BarbieriMerritt BarinardMrs. Jeanne BarnesJohn N. BarryAnna M. BartleyJohn BassLewis BatemanKlaus Bernhard BauerMatthew BeckFrank A. Bennack Jr.Dr. Joan W. Bennett and Mr. David L.

PetersonMrs. Susanna BergerTeddi BergerMrs. Alice Dodge BerkeleyMr. and Mrs. Roger S. BerlindMr. and Mrs. George BerlsteinSusan BersonCarla BertaSusan Bevan and Tony DaddinoLaura B. BlauJohn BlondelMr. and Mrs. John R.H. BlumMr. and Mrs. Roy J. BostockHope BoweMerritt BrainardKatharine B. Brigham Richard BrownAmbassador and Mrs. W.L. Lyons

BrownRuth Dowling BruunMr. and Mrs. George BuntingMr. and Mrs. Benjamin BurrMr. and Mrs. Bruce R. BurtonSam and Sally ButlerMr. and Mrs. William Russell G.

Byers, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. CalderElizabeth A. CarboneBeatrice and Hank CerasoliSharon CercatoreNancy CharlesMr. and Mrs. Morris ChestonMrs. Thomas H. ChoateAnn ClarkDuane ConwellGrace CookSteven K. CopulskyMrs. Daniel CowinLewis B. and Louise Hirschfeld

CullmanPearl Cunniffe and Kevin Reilly

Frank and Nancy CuozzoDalio Foundation, Inc. Bryan DauriaMichael DavisMr. and Mrs. Ralph L.

De Groff, Jr.Suzette de Marigny SmithDonald and Patricia DehmerMr. and Mrs. J. D. DelafieldLaura Delano and Bob CelliMr. and Mrs. Steven DenmarkAnn-Louise and Arthur L. DeSorboMr. and Mrs. Val DillonThe Donohue Family FoundationLarry DresnerLinda EaganLinda A. and James H. Ellis FundDavid and Sylvia EngelsonMrs. John W. EspyRobert G. Farrell, Jr.Risa FeldmanJames L. FergusonMr. and Mrs. Antonio FerréWilliam and Lisa FinkelsteinFord Manual Mr. and Mrs. Charles FlynnLauree FrenchRobert Friedman and Claudia

CominsStella M. FryeKristin Gilson Wendee GlickDean and Laura GodownAlexander GoldbergMadeline GoldfischerNicole GrahamGrant Communications, Inc.Roberta and Michael GreenGreenwich Garden ClubCatherine GuideraMrs. Myrna HaftMarian R. HaightJoan M. HallMargaret HansenEleanor F. HeddenMr. and Mrs. Harris HermanAlan HerzogRobert and Josephine HimmelbergMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. HirschMr. and Mrs. George T. HoleDrs. Patricia K. and Noel H.

HolmgrenDavid and Mary Alice HughesCarole and Jim HuntSheila HurdleDavid HymanDaniel and Janet JablonskiMr. and Mrs. Michael R. JefcoatRashel JeffreyMr. and Mrs. Abbott JonesNancy JungRichard Alan KahanWendy KandellMartha and Bruce Karsh Lori KassJudith and Steven Katten

Debra KaufmanBarbara KaylorAlison KingJohn J. and Diane KisselGabrielle KleinDr. and Mrs. Harvey KleinKurtz Family FoundationLeonard A. LauderMr. and Mrs. Frederic P. LavinthalTina LearMr. and Mrs. David LindenVanessa LlanaGregory LongMargaret C. LooseSusan LopezThomas E. Lovejoy, Ph.D.Cathy and Philip LowenhauptJanine LukeMalcolm MackayJulie and Andrew MackenzieIan Madover and Arielle Tepper

MadoverMandelbaum FoundationDr. and Mrs. William Muir MangerBeatrice ManginJohn ManninoMr. and Mrs. James S. MarcusMr. and Mrs. Michael J. MaroseJacqueline B. MarsJordon MaryeMr. and Mrs. Michael S. MathewsDiane MascucciCarol Ann McTiernanBlanche MethElizabeth MeyerAnn MiddlemanLynden B. Miller and Leigh M. MillerDr. Selma MillerMr. and Mrs. Joseph V. MissettMr. and Mrs. Clement C. Moore IIMary Eugenia MyerPhilip D. NeurDenis and Brenda NoahMr. and Mrs. Wilson NolenMary OldakMrs. José W. NoyesDr. Thomas M. Older and Mrs. Anne

G. OlderElizabeth O’NeillAbe PeckPenn Virgina CorporationGeorge and Deborah PerryBetsy Pinover SchiffTammy PoreccaMr. and Mrs. Robert A. PosnerThe Rene and Kirsti Prochelle

Revocable TrustMr. and Mrs. Leon ProtassMr. and Mrs. Gerald E. PuschelBob RaiselisMr. and Mrs. Rudolph S. RauchSamuel ReaJacquelin ReinhardThe Honorable Dianne T. Renwick

and The Honorable Robert T. Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. RichardMrs. Barbara RissmeyerMr. and Mrs. John R. RobinsonCamille J. Roche, Ph.D.Kenneth and Ellen RomanRainer RondonMary RopkaDaniel and Joanna S. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. RosenJill and James RosenbergLauren RosenfeldPatricia and John RosenwaldDr. George Dover and The John’s

Hopkins Children’s Center Padraic RyanMr. and Mrs. Bill G.

Ryckman IVRoseanne Brady SaalfieldBonnie J. SacerdoteMr. and Mrs. Andrew SafranSamara Charitable FundVanessa SametKenneth ScheffRonald SchmidtThomas W. and Katharine Rea

SchmittSherri SchonemannThomas G. SchuellerFrances M. SchultzMr. and Mrs. Marshall SchwarzMr. and Mrs. Alexander ScottLucia Scull-EnnassefEugene and Susan SekulowSara C. SettembriniThe Peter Jay Sharp FoundationAlice SheahanMr. and Mrs. Richard SheahanLinda and Steven SheckRosalie B. ShieldsMarci Silverman and Michael CaseyDavid SimsonGregory SirgausaMrs. John C. SluderMargaret Smirnoff and Anthony

SteinDana SmithPaula SmithRichard Lee SmithMrs. Annaliese SorosDaisy SorosMr. and Mrs. Jerry I. SpeyerPatricia and Andrew SteffanHeather SteinToni StewartLisa StrassmanOscar L. TangDavid H. Taylor, Jr. and Milbrey

RennieElena Terrone and Tina LearKate TomlinsonSuzannah B. TroyMish Tworkowski and Joseph SingerSandra WalkerIngrid R. WarrenIra and Flory WarshawskyTeresa Webb

Gifts in Honor or in Memory of Friends Gifts in Honor or in Memory of Friends

Suzanne WeinickNaida S. Wharton FoundationMarjorie Lynn WienerMr. and Mrs. Edward WightMr. and Mrs. James J. WilsonKaren WilsonRebecca WolffGregory WuestMr. and Mrs. Jon A. WurtzburgerThe XO GroupAnonymous (2)

The following people had gifts made in their honor or memory in fiscal year 2014.

Leonard AbessJoseph AkramoffAnne AlvarezRose AmorosoJudy BakerFrancis T. BartleyMeti Koiv BendlinJason BergerMrs. Jeremy H. BiggsMary BirenbaumAida BravoBillie BritzMarshall ButtMrs. Harry Burn IIILinda CaseyMr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. ClayBetty Boord CliffordEdie ConlonMr. and Mrs. Conwell

Friede CostiganMrs. Marvin H. DavidsonMayor Bill de BlasioGeorgia DelanoAnita E. DeLorenzoCharlotte DervishAnne DiPietroBarbara DonohueAnne DossBill DowsonDee ErwineCarl EsdornAndrea H. Fahnestock and George

A. HambrechtGwendolyn Robin FarrellPatricia Fast Nancy FriedmanJune Anne Merz GarfieldRobert GarrettMr. and Mrs. Lionel Goldfrank IIIDavid GroveBeverly GussoffDr. Gerhard HaasSuzanne HartClarice HenryHerman G. HerbetHenry E. HirschMabel HurdleThe Jung FamilyCharlotte KaufmanMary Ann Brady KellyAnthony P. KirchgessnerLily KlegerRose KleinAnnie and James LansingLawrence Lederman

Arnold LeedsLilly LegattHenry LeonAda LevineMemrie M. Lewis Robin LiebowitzGregory LongBob LoomisSuzanne Ellen Bisbee MacDonaldAlieen MalcolmLucreita MancusoJean O'Neill MannessKathleen Pelaia MartinSusan and George MatelichGilbert MaurerMiss McDermottLeigh M. MillerLeonard MillerDr. Flora MincerGillian MiniterThomas MolnarHoward MullinGeorge NamerValerie NearyMaya NourCecelia OlsonJody PayneKaren PennerSophia PerryBeth PhinneyDoreen PorccaAlan Drew PrainoRoberta RobinsonIrma RoipheKenneth and Ellen RomanMary Ronan

Stanley K. RothsteinGreg RoweMr. and Mrs. Charles M. RoyceMary RussoOliver Sacks, M.D. Mrs. Nicholas J. SakellariadisMary SalvatoGeorge SchieleHank SchlakmanoGeorge SchmidtHy SeifAlice T. SheahanCharlote SmirnoffMarvin SpearlingRuth Ann StewartGerald StuzinEleanor F. SullivanSteve SwansonMelite and David SweetEleana TerroneArthur ThomsonDorothy F. Thorne Bill TimperJimmy TorresLuciano A. TroianoLeo TroyMish Tworkowski and Joseph SingerElaine UllmanSonia UyterhoevenDolores ValeroCathy and Fred WeichartAntonette ZadroznyReivan Zelezink

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Perennial Society

John and Gabriele ArentsBrooke M. BeebeMary F. Begrisch-HoryGary A. BellerJoan BensonJason and Susanna BergerLaura B. BlauToby Nona BloomfieldLouis H. BlumengartenGeorge B. BookmanDorothy A. BorgWalter BramkampCynthia BrodskyJohn L. Brown, M.D.Mrs. Donald J. BruckmannWilliam R. Buck, Ph.D.Charles Burkhalter and Anre

SvensonMrs. Mildred CarrollLeone E. CasplerHon. Anne Cox ChambersMrs. Thomas H. ChoateAnn CioffiNancy N. CookMr. and Mrs. Lewis B. CullmanDr. and Mrs. Philip A. D’Alesandro

Mr. Marquette de BaryIsa Degener, Ph.D.V. Edward DentJames and Carol DiLorenzoBarbara Donnelly EichDr. Joan EliasophJoAnn FuquaBurt GitlinLionel Goldfrank IIIRobert F. GossettLaurie and Colin GreenlyThomas GroarkeAnthony A. GuidoLynne HansenJosie HarknessRichard C. HarrisAnneliese HarstickMrs. Andrew HeiskellDenene HisgenDrs. Patricia K. and Noel H.

HolmgrenMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. HubbardJoseph and Gordana JelisavcicDiane and Jeffrey JenningsJill JoyceBrenda Kamen

Harry P. KamenMrs. Hamilton F. KeanFred and Whitney KeenJames W. KinnearIda R. KreingoldDorothy J. LanderFran LawlorCatherine LomuscioGregory LongMrs. Bassett MaguirePerry and Samuel M. MatsaLynne MellerstenDina C. MillardLynden B. Miller and Leigh M. MillerEvandro and Lilia MorselliMargaret M. MurphyScott NewmanWilson NolenHatsue S. NozakiPaul and Martha ParvisBrenda RenshawElizabeth Barlow RogersKenneth RomanAdam R. RoseMr. and Mrs. Sigmund RosenMr. and Mrs. Warren R. Ross

Ravi Rozdon Living TrustPhilip R. and Karen M. RussoEdward SandrowNancy SchlossEdward D. SchmidtSue and Gene SekulowDorothy J. Selinger and L. Michael

MoskovisFlorence Seyffert and Kenneth

RussellSally Shore-WittenbergDavid and Caroline SilverstoneLaura SprengelmeyerMr. and Mrs. William C. Steere, Jr.Nancy Stein and Edward McDermottCynthia SumnerAudrey J. SuttonEdith F. UngerMarshall WeinbergLucille WerlinichShelby WhiteGeorge YourkeAnonymous (32)

As of June 30, 2014

The Perennial Society was established to recognize and thank those individuals who have provided for The New York Botanical Garden in their estate plans or funded a charitable gift annuity. Their generosity and forethought will help sustain the Garden’s mission.

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Volunteers

Richard E. AbbottFran AgnoneMarita AgyepongJosephine AlcocerKim AlgarinChristopher AlkinsTamia AnayaAnna Maria AnibanHeather ApplebyMickaela AquartArdythe AshleyTara L. AshmoreErica S. AstroveMohammed AtifSusan AveryJoshua BabberIndra BabuCasey S. BarrettMary BarrettAlinda BarthFelicia BasdeoMaeve BassettSophie BeanBrittany BeckRajiv BeepatRoberta Belideau-HeeTheodora BernsteinSandi BesofskyEsmeralda BetancesAlan BeyVicki BeyVivian BeydaMary BirenbaumEric Blair-JoannouJoan BlankCarol BodianJerome E. BodianMichaela BorenWilliam BorowitzRuth BoserAndres BoteroDominique BouillonAngelica BoutinAndrea BoyarZoe BrackenAntonio BradleyDaniela BreitwegBrooke BridgesChristian BrightElise BrockenberryBronx Lab SchoolJoseph J. BrooksMarie BrooksJessica BrownKimberly M. BrownMichelle BrownSusan V. BrowniePaulette BrunoAntoinette BuonafedeE.A. BuningameMary Lou BushMadeline ByrneFernanda CabanasJames F. CallanJoseph CammarataPeter Capodilupo

Norita R. CarlsonLaura CarlsonCarmen RobinsonR. B. CaroniaMatthew CarvajalJudith CassaraPatricia E. CassinMarlies CathcartErnest CavalloColeen CecilSurinder ChadhaSusmita ChakrabortyMikaela ChaseShirley CheungNicholas ChiofaloKatherine ChiuHelaine ChmielnickiMonica ChoMandy ChohenAbir M. ChoudhuryChristodoroMaya ChuckManuel CifuentesAna CiprianJennifer ClassonJoseph CocchiaraLeslie ColemanAnne CollinsLesley CollinsLois ColonNicholas ColonValerie D. ColonWesley I. ColvinMargaret ComaskeyChanna ComerPatricia A. ConnorsMargaret ConoverJoseph P. CordascoBrian CostaGabriella CostaVincent CostaMaritza Cotto-SantanaElizabeth CreaneyWilliam CruciataMaris CuddebackIsatou DaffehSakalia DaleyJoseph DalyBernice DavisJack H. DavisPamela A. DavisNathalie De La CruzMary A. DecesareJohanna DeCourcyMegan DefrankStephanie DejesusDenise DelerayOlivia DembowskiDothlyn DennisD. O. DePratorRosemary DerocherAnthony DigiacomoWelida DinizAnna Diop-DiaJoseph DohertyDebbi Dolan

Ling DongJane DorfmanKarl DouglasKaren DrakefordLily Kesselman DunnSara DuPontFrank DyeZach EannuzziLouise EdeikenAnn L. EdmondsLouise R. EdmondsMarini EdwardsMichele ElyacharGee EngMax EpsteinJose EspinalJon EsserMargaret P. FalkIris FarberJamie FelibertyKatherine FennellYanelkys FernandezTatiana FerraroMyrna FigueroaAnita C. FlanaganMaura FlanneryLo-An FlettrichJanice FloodCynthia FloydNatasza FontaineJulie ForgioneFaith ForlianoJohn FornieriMary ForresterAlyssa FortinJill P. FowlerVito FragalaJahdaya FrancisGerda FriedmanNancy FriedmanDenise FryburgAlaysia FultonRobert GallantyAlfio GangemiNica GaranaToby GarfinkelCristina GasparJulia GayaneloAnn GaynorTesia GeorgeDori GerberCordelia GilfordLauryn GilroyNoel GirodJames R. GmelinLaura GodownStephanie GoetzSuzanne GoldsteinGlorelia GomezElisa GonzalezAriel GoodHelen M. GoodmanElaine GordonTimothy GordonMarjorie GrahamDaria Gregg

Hannah GribetzMaggie GriseCarolyn GrossnerLeonard GrowFrank GuidaGale GuyreWilliam GuyreVirginia GuzmanSally Hagy-BoyerDaniel F. HamburgErick HamerOlivia HansenJadah HarrisJody HarrowPatricia V. HarryJenna HartCindy HazelWilhelmine HellmannIrene S. HendersonRoland J. HendersonEddy HenriquezDaryle HenryRosalie HenryTyra HenryCandiry HernandezConsuelo HernandezLiam HerndonEliza HilferErna Hiltemann-MontanoMing C. HoMary F. HodgeHofstra University Phyllis HollowayNoel H. HolmgrenPatricia K. HolmgrenDonal F. HolwayMargaret HorganJenevieve HughesHan-Yu HungJolaun HunterSamuel HurleyFarhana HussainArthee JahangirFrancis JahdayaArthur JahangirKate JamisonMeher JanSura JeselsohnWendy JoLaura H. JohnsonCheri JonesRichard O. JonesChristine J. KacandesYuki KanekoLynn KaplanMariame KaramokoNancy KargCarl KarpJasmine KatzNami J. KaurZhanna KazlovaEmma KellyShannon KelshHolly KennedyStanley KestenbaumChin-Kon Kim

Dianna KimJai Sook KimKeukmi KimCheolmin KimJacob KimJanique KingSusan KinnallyEmily KirschenbaumArlene M. KligermanDiona KoernerLily KolbJustin KondratLyudmila KoritysskayaOlga KosovskyCaroline KovatchJudith KramerPrajwal KumarJonathan KuzielKyesung S. KwakKyungsook KwakFlorence LafayettePetergaye LaineIrinia LalicicIsha LambkinMichele LambrosIlaria LampsonCatherine LaPercheLois LapidusDeirdre LaPorteJeanne LapskerMargaret LautnerEmily LaVignaChristopher LayugMarie LazoGordona L’DeraRegina LeeSusan G. LefflerHelen LernerDenise LescanoLinda LevinSamuel LewisAllison LinkScott LipkowitzLavaughn LivingstonJane LloydKenneth O. LloydCarolyn LoganMarie LongGuiselle A. LopezJulia LopezLeah LopezNancy LopezRosalba Lopez RamirezYuko LoreBarbara LoVecchioCarlos LoyolaAnabel LugonesSonia LullaRobert LundyWilliam LynamMacaulay Honors CollegeAbigail MalonePatricia ManfrediEmanouil ManolovMariah MarquezKatherine Marshall

Maria MassimiAudrey MassmannMasahero MasudaSarah MathewsSam M’BackeLynn McBrideJustin K. McClureJohn Paul McDonnellSusan McFeattersEmily McGaleJanice McPhillipsPeter R. McQuillanCatarina MedeirosGordana MedichTristin MedinaWilliam MedinaTera MeesawanCarlos MelendezSonia MelladoRick MelucciLaura MeyerZully MichacaJohn MickelMichele MillerLeonard V. MimsLavinia B. MiroLeela MitraPat MoellerAnn MollerTheresa MolnarThomas MolnarTatyanna MoralesR. Jeffrey MoreBarbara MorrowAlejandro MotaJoel MotaMarcos MotaKristy A. MountCarrie MuhammadMichael MullaleyCelina MunozDiane MurgaloEllen MurphyJanet MurphyWendy MurphyGabriella MustNicole NagornyChrysantha NapolitanoZahra NaroorNaya NazarioFran NevinsJoel Nevis y FloresNew Settlement CommunityNew York UniversityJoyce NewmanKim K. NguyenPeter T. NultyEmerson NunezManuel ObladeLisa R. O’ConnorCharlotte OestreicherLynda O’GradyCharlotte OhlElsa OliphantRuby OlisemekaCecelia Olson

Matthew O’NeillIdaly OrdonezStephanie OrengeHannah OrloveTeresa B. OrnafTess OsborneRosario OseguedaKerin OstranderMiyoko OuchiLois PaceSaverio F. ParapugnaDanielle ParkJane C. PavlovichJoseph V. PeddyErenia PeñaKaren PenichterMichael L. PenzinerAngeles PerezChantel PerezLoyda PerezCorina Perez-WoodhouseChantal PhaireHieu PhamDean PhilindrasTachira PichardoBeatrix PieshDonna PilusoMarlon PimentelAvi PionDaniel PollakBacilio PonceMarilyn B. PosnickSharleen PriceProject Management

InstituteMichael ProudnikovCheyenne PryorNazish QaziLucy RabinowitzElissa RaftopoulosPeter RaftopoulosAnne RagoonananMuhammad RahmanAjay RamdehollEleanor M. RamosGenie RavenEmma RaymondAnh RechnerAruna ReddigCourtney A. RetzlerRoberta ReynoldsNoah RichardsonMarjorie RichardsonBrittany RiffleMathieu RiosPorscha RippyDevin RiveraFaith RobertsWelida D. Rodigues SaiterAlba RodriguezHope S. RogersLeah RollhausMonique RomanRosina RomanoCornelius RosarioJenny Ross

Francine RothenbergMeryl RubinZachary J. RubinFrank RussoRobin RyanSheila SalmonBernard SaltzmanRosalyn SaltzmanAnnette SambolinRandon SanchezKirstin SandblomEric SandersonHarriet SassoonMarilyn SaulleRoger SaulleKateri SavoryGloria SchlacterNicole SchoolcraftMeril SchulmanEllen SchwartzMelisande SchwartzfarbEugene A. SekulowAngel SepulvedaExequier SepulvedaJennifer SerpicoMduti SeshrankhSara SettembriniYvette ShandelJoyce ShenkerJulie ShonMeredith SiefertJoel D. SiegelMeena SinghFaye SloanSue SoniAlexa SosaHorace SpaffoldMelissa SpanoCory SpinerRonald SpiroSamantha StaffaHerbert SteinAlan SteinfeldArlene R. SternEden StewartJudy StieglitzM. J. StraussMarcia StreanKrystal SueroSamantha SueroCollin SugrueKruti SutariaHamidou SyllaNana SyllaLisa M. SynoradzkiSalvatore TagliarinoSinforosa Tan KaungHelen TangMariella TaniMatthew TaniMarie TaylorRajesh S. ThackurdeenPhilip ThauPatricia TheodosopoulosM. K. TinsleyDaniel Tjondro

Dominique TjondroJessica TobonLiz TorresDeborah A. TozourAlison TretterLinda TribuzioRaoul E. TschebullMorika TsujimuraBrenna E. TuelMyrna TurkewitzAntimo G. UcciferriTenzin UkyabUniversity of Central FloridaMarlene UrisKaren Van WesteringKarina VarelaJimie VargasLeonard VerrastroLinda C. VerrastroCecilia VillabonaCarolina Villanueva CastroFrancisca VillarMichael VitelliSarah VoorKatherine Wagner-ReissJehad WahidMaya YalcinKatherine WallaceJanice WaltersHillela WardRobert WardHannah WeingartnerRobert WeinrebArnold WeislerFrancine WeislerMarc WeukerSheryll A. WeukerElizabeth A. White-PultzAlyssa WhuDave WilderAngela WilliamsHarriet WilliamsTheresa WilliamsTeresa A. WillisDavid WolkenbergSandra WolkenbergDavid B. WoodLenore WoolmanEric WrightMarta WrightAnim XhafaHelen Xiao-LiIsabella YeagerLouanna YoungLore YukoEsteisy ZarzeulaVeronica ZatlovkalCarly ZelnerJulie ZoldessyAmanda ZongAngela ZottolaSue Zucker-ScharffThomas Zucker-Scharff

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The New York Botanical Garden is an iconic living museum and, since its founding in 1891, has served as an oasis in this busy metropolis.

As a National Historic Landmark, this 250-acre site’s verdant landscape supports over one million living plants in extensive collections. Each year 900,000 visitors enjoy the Garden not only for its remarkable diversity of tropical, temperate, and desert flora, but also for programming that ranges from renowned exhibitions in the Haupt Conservatory to festivals on Daffodil Hill.

The Garden is also a major educational institution. More than 300,000 people annually—among them Bronx families, school children, and teachers—learn about plant science, ecology, and healthful eating through NYBG’s hands-on, curriculum-based programming. Nearly 90,000 of those visitors are children from underserved neighboring communities, while more than 3,000 are teachers from New York City’s public school system participating in professional development programs that train them to teach science courses at all grade levels.

NYBG operates one of the world’s largest plant research and conservation programs, with nearly 200 staff members—including 80 Ph.D. scientists—working in the Garden’s state-of-the-art molecular labs as well as in the field, where they lead programs in 18 countries.

Cover photo credits Jason Augustine, Dario Cantatore, Victor Chu, Ben Hider Donor photo credits Billy Farrell Agency, Jason Green, Cutty McGill, Patrick McMullan, Gregory Partanio

There are numerous ways in which you can help The New York Botanical Garden flourish:• A gift to the Annual Fund provides essential support for all of the Botanical Garden’s programs in horticulture, education,

and plant research and conservation. Gifts of $25,000 or more are recognized through our President’s Circle. To make a contribution, or for more information, please contact Lynette Ardis at 718.817.8551 or lardis@nybg.org

• Join the Garden Patrons Program by making a tax-deductible gift of $1,500 or more. In addition to Member benefits, Patrons receive invitations to exclusive lectures featuring scientists, world-renowned horticulturists, and landscape designers, as well as special viewings of exhibitions. Please contact Molly Hermes at 718.817.8557 or mhermes@nybg.org

• Become a Member and enjoy benefits that include free admission, guest passes, parking passes, and discounts at Shop in the Garden and on extensive education programs. Please contact Andrea Chusid at 718.817.8696 or achusid@nybg.org

• Include the Garden in your estate plans and become a member of the Perennial Society. Bequests and other planned gifts support the Garden’s endowment and provide critical funding for the Garden’s future. Members of the Perennial Society receive invitations to events, lectures, and an annual luncheon. Please contact Lisa Sifre at 718.817.8545 or lsifre@nybg.org

• Double or triple your support with a Corporate Matching Gift. Many businesses provide matching funds to augment your support. Please contact your company’s human resources department or visit matchinggifts.com/nybg to see if your company matches.

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