Total AssetsYou may notice that our assets increased significantly over the last year. GVLT was the beneficiary of a planned gift from the late Jayne Van Alstyne. She left a lasting legacy and her gift will ensure GVLT can continue to protect this valley far into the future.

CASH & CURRENT

ASSETS

STEWARDSHIP FUND

ENDOWMENT FUNDS

$916,384

$1,093,156

$335,558

$929,332

$1,134,361

$1,404,482

$3,468,175

$2,345,098

FY 2015 FY 2016

financial report

The Montana Community Foundation manages an additional $112,812 endowment on behalf of GVLT.

$25,000+: City of Bozeman • Bill Cochran • Kendeda Fund • Leona Fae Barnes Charitable Remainder Unitrust • State Of Montana Recreational Trails Program • Estate of Jayne Van Alstyne

$10,000 - $24,999: Dorothy Ballantyne • Brenna Boyd and Wadii Boughedir • Dan Boyd and Gabbie Guzman • Cinnabar Foundation • Susan and Brad Foster • Friends of Bogert Park

• Gianforte Family Foundation • Heart of the Rockies Initiative • James Family Charitable Foundation • Bronwyn and Mark Jarvis • Kainz Family Foundation • Nan and Mark Kehke •

Locati Architects • Mysun Foundation • Optimist Club of Bozeman • Park County Community Foundation • Rails to Trails Conservancy • Yucca and Gary Rieschel • Thomas J Rolfs Family Foundation • Joan and James Shapiro Foundation • Tim Solso • Hal Stanley • Laurie and Ben Stanley • Turner Foundation • Sally and Robert Uhlmann

$5,000 - $9,999: Jillian and Paul Bertelli • Campbell Family Foundation • Amie and Frank Carter • Wendy and David Close • Community Food Co-Op • Page Dabney • Storm Castle Foundation • Brenda and Swep Davis • Christel DeHaan Family Foundation • Margaret Emerson

• F Cubed Foundation • Matt Flynn • Janae and Rob Galanis • Katy and Richard Harjes • Skip and Meg Herman Family Foundation • Rita Allen Foundation • Kirsten and Terry Kubat • Eric Ladd • Land Trust Alliance • Montana Association of Land Trusts • Sue Pederson • Penelope and Ben Pierce • Maddy and Chris Pope • Diane and Cory Pulfrey • REI • Sanderson Stewart

• Robert Schumacher • Sara and Sam Schwerin • Liz and Ned Schwing • Subaru • Elizabeth Wakeman Henderson Charitable Foundation • Wisetail • Laura Pasley Fund

$2,500 - $4,999: Yvonne Baskin and Michael Gilpin • Big Sky Wind Drinkers • BNSF Railway • Marcia and Larry Bowman • Elissa Brown and Graham Charles • Sherry Brown • Mary Ann and J. Christopher Bulger • Rebekah and Chris Bunting • Charlotte Caldwell and Jeffrey Schutz • Bryce Connery • Jerome Cramer • Sharon and Howard Davis • Sally and Bill Feniger

• Daphne and Con Gillam • Barbara and Jerry Glickman • Colby Hall and Benjamin Heller •

Bill Locke • Lone Mountain Land Company • Millmont Foundation • Travelers for Open Lands

• Mountain Spring Ranch North Associates - The Dehlendorf Family • McKenna Financial • Anna Patterson • Justin Rettenmayer • Rocky Mountain Credit Union • Sally and Robert Sands • Schaub Foundation • Abby Schlatter and Matthew Fulton • Jean and Steve Schnee

• Scoob Trust Foundation • Simms Fishing Products • Camie Smith • Sweetwater Ranches •

Rachel and Todd Thesing • US Forest Service • Amy Webbink and Matthew Jones • West Paw Designs • Priscilla Wisner and Joseph McCarty

$1,000- $2,499: Allegra • Jill and Mitch Allen • AMB Group • Dora Anderson • Anonymous •

Carol Guzman-Aspevig and Clyde Aspevig • Claudia and Weldon Baird • Anne and Jim Banks

• B Bar Ranch • Shirley and Robert Bayley • Betsy and Pascal Beauvais • Sharon and Michael Beehler • Sheri Blackwood • Bozeman Running Company • CE Brehm Foundation • Vivian Bridaham • Bridger Creek Boys • Bridger Ski Foundation • Mary and Alan Brutger • Nell Buell • Beth Caplan • Jon Catton • Alan Cawthon • Wendy Cochran • Jerome Coffey • Fitz Coker

• Raine Coker • Janet and Joe Colombo • Judy and Dr. David Cook • Nick Cooper • Constance and Mark Cowett • Pheasant Farms • Susan Dabney • Danhof Chevrolet • Jane Dubitzky • Becky and Mike Ellig • Signe and Don Farris • Flander’s Mill • Food Studio • Sarah and Tom Foster •

Friends of Hyalite • Linda and Patrick Gale • Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club • Frances and Todd Graham • Sue and Jim Hamilton • Lucian Hand • Christine and Henry Happel • Janne and Bill Hayward • Sam James • Minette and Wynn Jessup • Margaret and Gary Kachadurian • Jean and Alan Kahn • Kirsten Kainz • Barbara and Ken Kaufman • Rosemary and Ken Keating • Michael Keaton • Hilary LaFoley • Middleton Martin • Whitney McDowell • Thomas McGrail • McGuire Family Foundation • Middle Creek Center • Dwight Minton • Mitchell Roe Construction

• Iris Model • Montana Conservation District • Brooke and Will Muggia • Oboz Footwear

• Marcia and Persifor Oliver • Owenhouse Ace Hardware • Painted Hills HOA • Timothy Paulick • Joanne Pieper • Renae and Jonathan Pine • Barbara and Denis Prager • Caroline and Will Price • Project X Adventure Bike Club • Harold W. Sweatt Foundation • Reuben Rich

• Jacqueline and Michael Riley • Sandra Roe • Caroline Roy • Rudd & Company • Sage Spa Salon • Erica Schnee • Schnee’s Boots & Shoes • Tutti and Gary Skaar • Split Rock Charitable

Foundation • Melissa and Dennis Steinhauer • Stockman Bank • Molly Stratton Design • Keith Strong • Takeda Vaccines-Montana • Sarah and Whitney Tilt • Lisa and Russ Tuckerman • Tom Walker • Karen and KC Walsh • Catherine and Norman Weeden • Amanda and Jordan Werner

$500 to $999: 360 Pet Medical • American Land Title Company • Nancy and Rick Barber

• Barnard Construction Co., Inc. • Diane and Don Beeman • Big Sky Publishing • Diane and Richard Black • Linda and Stephen Black • Jennifer and Chris Boyer • Bozeman Sunrise Rotary •

Bozeman Deaconess Health Services • Bridger Bowl Ski Area • Deborah Butterfield and John Buck • Sharleen and John Carraway • Deidre and Bruce Combs • Christin Cooper and Mark Tache • Crowley Fleck Attorneys • Susan and Andrew Dana • Kathryn and Robert Earley • Jo-Ann and Randall Edgar • Elyse and William End • Excel Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Inc. • Dr. Tracy Fairbanks • Firehole Ranch • Sarah Fitzgerald and Peter Brown • Gallatin Motors •

Kayla and Sean Gerrity • Ghost Town Coffee • Anne and Todd Goertzen • Grizzly Creek Films

• Craig Groves • Kiku and John Hanes • Harper Bohr • Health in Motion • Helen Friedman •

Nancy Heymann • Linda and Ron Hoseth • House Family Foundation • Intrinsik Architecture

• Sharon Tudor Isler and Don Isler • Joseph Janzen • Karin and Stuart Jennings • Nancy and Dan Jochem • Susan and Jeff Kaufman • Charlotte and Walter Knighton • Meg and Brian Konkel •

Carol and Sal Lalani • William Langlas • John and Gerri Lewis • Raelee and Michael Lilly • June Lowrey • Sunny and Doug Mavor • Adrienne Mayor and Josiah Ober • Rachel and Steffan May

• Jana McAninch and Aaron Wernham • Cascade Financial • Kerry Reif and Robert McKenzie

• Patricia McKernan and Charles Petrie • Jane and Thomas McKim • Paul Meier • Joshua Meyer

• Sara and Peter Miller • MT Dept. Natural Resource Conservation • Montana Ale Works •

Mountain Sky Guest Ranch • North Fork Financial • Eva and Duncan Patten • Lisa and Rob Pertzborn • Mary and Kevin Pitzer • Quarterpoint Capital Management • Marilyn and Denny Raffensperger • Andy Rahn • Reed Family Foundation • Riverside Country Club • Mary and John Robbins • Sarabeth Rees • Run Dog Run • Lindsay and Greg Schack • Jill Schaunaman and Paul Burns • Select Stone • Dino Seppi • Lois and Dwight Short • Shanda and Curt Smith • James Sokosky • Spire Climbing Center • Stephanie Stranahan • Nancy and Dirk Tyler • Rebekah

VanWieren and Brent Rosso • Julie Videon • Tina and Tim Visscher • Ann Weaver • Martha Weaver • Western CPE • Debra and Mike Wheat • Nancy and Larry Wigley • The Wilderness Society • William Ziegler

$250 to $499: 406 Brewing Company • Sten Anderson • Bank of America • BWAGS • Laura and Terry Cunningham • CWJ & Associates • Sarah and Tyler Dann • Sarah Day • Dee-O-Gee • Lori and Dick Dolan • Patricia and Robert Donovan • Mary and Tad Drake • Valorie and Buddy Drake • Leslie and Jim Drummond • Mary Engel and Jonathan Carpenter • Julie and Pete Geddes • Heather Hart and Walter Goldstein • Joanie and Robert Hall • Alison and Rance Harmon • Suzy Hall Hoberecht • Kadrmas, Lee, & Jackson, Inc • Cimberli Kearns •

Mary and Tom Keck • Tory and Thomas Kelly • Elite Kubota • Richard Lyon • McDermott Financial Services • Robert Meshew • David Nathan Meyerson Foundation • Rolane and Curt Meyer • Daniel Mills • Theodore Morse • Toni Neal • Kelly Pohl and Warren Vaughan • Eugenia G. Powell • Trish and Timothy Preheim • Prince Contracting • Betsy and David Quammen •

Susan Quarles and Geoff Stephens • Rebecca and Mark Andrews • Rocky Mountain Truck Center • Mark Rosolowsky • Betty and Dorick Sauvageau • Tricia Seifert • Anne Sherwood and Otto Pohl • Michele and Scott Shorten • Silverson Family Charitable Fund • Beth Sorensen •

Elisabeth Swanson • Nancy and Tim Swanson • Thirsty Lake Solar • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research • Lisa and John Vandenbos • Leah and Roger Vogel • Robert Von Pentz • Christine and Paul Wasson • Jennifer Wasson • Valerie and Jim Webster • Donald Weiner

• Anne and Dennis Wentz • John and Vickie Wilkinson • Melissa Wolf • Yellowstone Traditions

Consecutive Giving, 20+ years Anne and Jim Banks • Katie and Fred Cady • June and Jeffrey Safford • Lisa and Russ Tuckerman • Jane and DeWitt Ward • Gail Weingart • Pam and William Bryan • Emily DeLuca • Tutti and Gary Skaar • Susan and Peter Werner • Jenny and Ken Younger

• Bill Hopkins • Eva and Duncan Patten • Sharon and Norman Reed • Carol Weaver and Mike Clow • Harper Bohr • Susan and John Talbot

NOTE: Names appearing in bold are event sponsors.

Your investment in the Gallatin Valley Land Trust makes it possible for us to create a lasting legacy of conservation and community trails.

Unfortunately, space limitations prevent us from listing the hundreds of supporters who contributed below $250 in fiscal year 2016.

OTHER 5%

ENDOWMENT47%

GRANTS 13%

EVENTS10%

CONTRIBUTIONS25%

MANAGEMENT and GENERAL

10%

FUNDRAISING 15%

EDUCATION12%

TRAILS32%

LANDS31%

Revenues by Source TOTAL REVENUE $2,246,741

Expenses by Program TOTAL EXPENSES $1,145,261

Gallatin Valley Land Trust connects people, communities, and open lands through conservation of working farms and ranches, healthy rivers, and wildlife habitat, and the creation of trails in the Montana headwaters of the Missouri and Upper Yellowstone Rivers.

mail P.O. Box 7021, Bozeman, MT 59771 office 212 S. Wallace Ave., Suite 102, Bozeman, MT 59715

info@gvlt.org | phone 406.587.8404 | fax 406.582.1136

Braaksma Family farm, conserved 2015

ANNUAL REPORT July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016

Camp Creek

East Gallatin River

Bridger Creek

Gallatin River

Rocky Creek

Bozeman Creek

Middle Creek

Made trails accessible to more people• Guided 345 people on educational walks

during our Discovery Walks program

• Collaborated with physicians to write over 60 trail walk prescriptions to patients through the TrailsRx program

• Encouraged kids to explore the local trails with Young Explorers Passport to Adventure

• Modernized trail navigation by introducing the first Main Street to the Mountains interactive digital trail map

Deepened our engagement with the community• Hosted first Summer Trails

Challenge with 700 people logging trail miles to raise funds

• Increased email and social media followers by 110%

• Galvanized 908 volunteers to donate over 2,969 hours of their time

• Enriched trail adventures with 224 Trail Ambassador outings and 2,108 conversations with trail users

Connected landowners with resources to steward their land• Fostered relationships with new

landowners of conserved properties

• Supported landowners with management issues and questions

• Partnered with 16 landowners on projects that enhanced conservation values

• Planted over 2,250 plants on 8 conserved properties

• Released 12,500 biocontrol insects on conserved properties to control noxious weeds

StaffPeter Brown, Stewardship Director

Lucas Cain, Stewardship Manager

Dan Center, Finance Director & Project Manager

Jeff Hough, Project Manager

Penelope Pierce, Executive Director

Kelly Pohl, Associate Director

EJ Porth, Communications and Outreach Director

Laura Prindiville, Philanthropy Director

Brendan Weiner, Program Director

BoardWhitney Tilt, ChairMark Kehke, Vice-ChairBill Cochran, TreasurerTodd Graham, SecretaryDotty BallantyneJon CattonSigne FarrisKaty HarjesSam JamesMeghann McKennaSue PedersonWill PriceDenny RaffenspergerBob SandsHal Stanley

WE STILL HAVE MUCH TO DO, TOGETHER:

• Implement GVLT’s new 3-year Strategic Plan, informed by staff, Board, supporters, and focus groups of community leaders

• Engage future GVLT supporters and champions through the NextGen Advisory Board for young professionals

• Reimagine GVLT’s Strategic Conservation Plan in light of growth and changing land use in the area

• Explore projects that integrate our conservation and trails mission, to provide both protected open space and public access

EXPANDED AND ENHANCED PARKS AND TRAILS

Reconstructed & repaired the Painted Hills trail

Installed a custom bridge at Peets Hill improving safety and enhancing an important trail gateway

Upgraded Snowfill Recreation Area with 10 new parking spots, a second entry gate, bike racks, and a vault toilet

Expanded Bozeman Pond Park by 9 acresin partnership with the City of Bozeman

• Funded, designed & constructed a natural playground for Bozeman’s growing westside neighborhoods

• Built ½ mile of new trail, including an off-leash dog area with Run Dog Run & 200 volunteers

• Invested $1,178,400 in the park expansion project

Increased educational dog waste campaign with 26 new signs along the Main Street to the Mountains trail system

260 acreswildlife habitat conservedwith the Jarvis familyBridger Canyon

720 acres5th generation farmland protectedwith the Braaksma family Churchill

959 acresscenic agricultural land preservedwith the Toohey familySpringhill Road

We created three new easements, including our 100th property put under conservation.

With your help, this year we...PROTECTED OUR VALLEY’S OPEN SPACES

TOGETHER WITH VISIONARY LANDOWNERS We improved and maintained existing trails, while growing total trail miles and park acres.

1,939 acresconserved this year

45,208 total acresconserved with GVLT

100 propertiesprotected in partnership with GVLT

Braaksma Family farm, conserved 2015 Peets Hill bridge, constructed 2016photo: Colton Stiffler

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