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NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT

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2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OFCONTENTS

02 COMMUNITY GARDENS

08 UNDER-RESOURCED PARKS

14 MILLIONTREESNYC

20 STORM RECOVERY

22 2014 AND BEYOND

24 NYRP AND

CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES

26 2011 – 2012

DONOR LIST

COMMUNITY GARDENS

As political, academic, and social leaders discuss how best to increase access to fresh, nutritious foods and quality open spaces, NYRP is leading by example.

RENOVATION SPOTLIGHT

Cooper St.Community Garden

BEFORE

AFTER

As political, academic, and social leaders discuss how best to increase access to fresh, nutritious foods and quality open spaces, NYRP is leading by example. Our gardens are concentrated in neighborhoods where being able to grow fruits and vegetables can make a real difference in people’s lives, and where opportunities to reap the measurable physical and mental health benefits of greenspace are otherwise limited. In a vast and growing city like New York, these community-centric spaces are vital.

But what makes NYRP’s gardens truly special is the critical role they play in our efforts to improve quality of life and build community at the neighborhood level. In 2012-2013, our gardens hosted recurring events such as free yoga classes with Club Fit, free outdoor Garden Grooves concerts, free Summer Movie Nights (with free popcorn), and the City Chicken Institute, which teaches urban farmers how they can humanely raise poultry in America’s largest metropolis. We held 75 such events in 2012, and we’re on pace for 90 in 2013. Additionally, we’ve held dozens of workshops with community garden groups to help these communities get the most out of their shared spaces; these include composting and pruning workshops as well as educational sessions on urban agriculture.

To date, we have renovated 26 of our 52 gardens. Most recently, the Gil Hodges Community Garden in Brooklyn was transformed by the installation of a rain garden to more efficiently use rainwater, water-permeable paving stones, an outdoor classroom, a birch reading grove, and—incredibly—bioswales within the site and on the sidewalk outside that filter storm runoff through living organic material to clean it before it drains into the Hudson River estuary. This work was funded in part by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and Jo Malone London, a fragrance company that inspired the addition of a “fragrance walk” of perfumed flowers to the finished garden. The garden was open for community use on July 4th, 2013, with all work completed by the end of August. In October

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Location34 Cooper St. 34 Cooper St. BROOKLYN, NYBROOKLYN, NY

Size3,400 sq. ft.3,400 sq. ft.

Renovations

• 19 new planting beds • 19 new planting beds

• • garden shed, compostgarden shed, composttoilet, rainwater collection toilet, rainwater collection system, and extra-large system, and extra-large barbecue grillbarbecue grill

• • shaded benchesshaded benches

• • new pergola, new pergola, picnicpicnictables, vertical framestables, vertical frames

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Gil Hodges Community Garden

Gil Hodges Community Garden


BEFORE

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Location534 Carroll Street 534 Carroll Street BROOKLYN, NYBROOKLYN, NY

Size3,000 sq. ft3,000 sq. ft

Renovations• stormwater management• stormwater management

system including: rain system including: rain garden, permeable pavers, garden, permeable pavers, street-side bioswalesstreet-side bioswales

• • fragrance walkfragrance walk

• • raised beds for vegetableraised beds for vegetablegardeninggardening

• • shade structureshade structure

of 2013, we began construction to improve the Willis Avenue Community Garden in the Bronx. We plan to build new raised beds, a patio, fence, trellis, shed, and a composting toilet in addition to planting an enlarged butterfly garden. But the really interesting part of the plan at Willis Avenue is to deploy a new, modular structure built from a “kit of parts” that are ready-made to provide the benefits of green design, integrating rainwater collection and solar panels to make gardens more self-sustaining. Moreover, the modular parts can be assembled in different ways to suit different needs; at Willis Avenue, they will build a casita, a type of structure favored by Hispanic and Latin-American gardeners. Elsewhere, they might make a gazebo, a shed, or a kiosk. We are developing this design with the Urban Air Foundation, TEN Arquitectos, and Buro Happold, and see the potential for broad applications in New York City and beyond.

Meanwhile, we are giving non-NYRP-owned gardens new ways to access NYRP’s resources and expertise through our Gardens for the City program. Recognizing that many community gardens miss out on the advantages that come with being backed by an institution like NYRP, we created Gardens for the City to help dedicated gardeners who don’t happen to use an NYRP garden. In 2013, eight garden groups are receiving training, materials, and site improvements through Gardens for the City. Notable achievements include the installation of planting beds with built-in trellises and covered winter boxes to extend the growing season at Amsterdam Houses, a New York City Housing Authority property in Manhattan, and the large-scale restoration of the Crystal Wells Community Garden in Brooklyn in which community members worked alongside NYRP staff to clear dangerous wire fences from between garden plots, build a shade structure and composting bins, and replace old mulch and woodchips. Under a new system, applications to Gardens for the City are accepted on a rolling basis, so missed deadlines will not prevent gardens in need from receiving assistance.

WORKSHOPS FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUPS

GARDEN-HOSTED EVENTS

COMPOSTING & PRUNING

CITY CHICKENINSTITUTE

GARDEN GROOVESCONCERT

SUMMERMOVIE NIGHT

26 of 52 GARDENS RENOVATED

RIGHT TOP AND BOTTOM:

The newly renovated Gil Hodges Community Garden.

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

ON URBAN AGRICULTURE

YOGA CLASSES

UNDER-RESOURCEDPARKS

After years of work in partnership with the NYC Department of Parks, New Yorkers are enjoying a renaissance of open spaces ...


Swindler Cove

BEFORE

AFTER

Location3703 Harlem River Drive3703 Harlem River DriveNEW YORK, NYNEW YORK, NY

Size2,700 sq. ft.2,700 sq. ft.

Renovations

• removed tons of garbage,• removed tons of garbage,rusted out cars, sunken rusted out cars, sunken boats and construction boats and construction debris (previously a debris (previously a communal dumping ground)communal dumping ground)

• wetland restoration• wetland restoration

• • Riley-Levin Children’s GardenRiley-Levin Children’s Garden

• • Birdhouses and habitats Birdhouses and habitats to to lure wildlife back to thelure wildlife back to theHarlem RiverHarlem River

We got our start picking up trash. In the 1990’s, the public parks of upper Manhattan had badly declined. Neglect and illegal dumping rendered them practically unusable. Yet today, after years of work in partnership with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, New Yorkers are enjoying a renaissance of open spaces in the northernmost reaches of Manhattan. Since our founding, NYRP has helped rehabilitate Fort Washington Park and Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan, where our nonprofit New Leaf Restaurant still operates. As of 2013, NYRP helps NYC Parks maintain Highbridge Park and neighboring Sherman Creek Park, home of NYRP’s outdoor education center at Swindler Cove and the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse.

Situated on the banks of the Harlem River, Sherman Creek is special. It’s where thousands of kids come to learn about the natural world that still finds places to thrive in the city.

The Riley-Levin Children’s Garden is here, and NYRP’s Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse, where our partner Row New York offers free or low-cost professional-caliber competitive rowing for 140 local kids, floats just offshore. And it’s the home of Swindler Cove, a truly unique place that offers a mix of habitats found together nowhere else in Manhattan, making it a popular spot for students to see and touch the things they’re learning about in the classroom. Nearly 2,000 students visit each year with teachers and parents, and events like the Harlem River Festival invite everyone in the community to connect with nature in ways they may not have thought possible in New York City.

In 2013 our Harlem River Festival coincided with Row New York’s Peter Jay Sharp Regatta, drawing hundreds to Swindler Cove. Free family events such as learn-to-row activities and guided nature walks helped to activate this unique space for a new set of visitors. NYRP’s educators were on hand, and kids and adults alike were amazed to learn that the Harlem River supports a diverse and thriving ecosystem. As they do often in the course of a school year, our education staff guided the curious through nature walks, and even showed how abundant life can be in the Harlem River,

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Gil Hodges Community GardenSherman Creek Park


BEFORE

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LocationHarlem River Drive Harlem River Drive & Dyckman Street & Dyckman Street NEW YORK, NYNEW YORK, NY

Size15 acres (217,800 sq ft.)15 acres (217,800 sq ft.)

Renovations

• • Swindler CoveSwindler Cove

• • Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse

• Sherman Creek Center,• Sherman Creek Center,NYRP’s construction of an NYRP’s construction of an all-purpose environmental all-purpose environmental education facilityeducation facility

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2013 HARLEM RIVER

FESTIVAL

GUIDED NATURE WALKS

OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER

LEARN-TO-ROWACTIVITIES

bringing fish and insects ashore in seine nets for observation and release.

Like much of the city, Sherman Creek Park sustained damage from Sandy, but even this was a learning experience. We found that our restored wetlands did an admirable job of mitigating the storm surge, and while we lost several trees, we learned which species are best able to survive such extraordinary weather events.

NYRP has invested some $15 million in the project of converting Sherman Creek Park from a de facto dumping ground into a unique and accessible slice of public parkland. That project continues with the construction of a new public space on the water to the north of the existing park, on a site that formerly hosted boathouses and, later, decades of accumulated detritus. The restored site will feature an education pavilion that will be built from a design chosen in a public competition between emerging New York City architects. It’s an exciting opportunity that reflects the dynamism of the park itself, and the flowering of the upper Manhattan neighborhood around Dyckman Street that for so long lacked the variety of high-quality outdoor spaces enjoyed elsewhere in the city.

RIGHT TOP AND BOTTOM: NYRP’s education staff and

visitors observe Harlem River’s diverse and thriving ecosystem.

NYRP’s staff lead visitors on a guided nature walk.

SWINDLERCOVE

SHERMAN CREEK PARK RESTORATION FORECAST

NEW PUBLIC SPACE

ACCUMULATEDDETRITUS

WATERFRONT PARK

PETER JAY SHARP BOATHOUSE

EDUCATION PAVILION


If you can’t picture a million trees, picture nine New Yorkers. By the end of 2015, MillionTreesNYC will have planted one tree for every nine city residents—everyone in Manhattan, everyone in the Bronx, every-one in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

If you can’t picture a million trees, picture nine New Yorkers. By the end of 2015, MillionTreesNYC will have planted one tree for every nine city residents—everyone in Manhattan, everyone in the Bronx, everyone in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

Finding places to put a million new trees in the country’s largest urban area requires a healthy measure of creativity. Through MillionTreesNYC, we have reforested public parks, planted trees at schools, hospitals, and public housing projects, and even given trees away, free of charge!

In fact, our pioneering tree giveaways have been shown to produce better outcomes in terms of survival than trees planted along streets. We arm the tree recipient with knowledge, and their enthusiasm and sense of responsibility do the rest. Such enthusiasm and responsibility are going to be critical as we, along with all New Yorkers, plan the city’s future.

Urban populations are growing worldwide, a trend that obliges us to think creatively about how we apply our ever-increasing store of knowledge to improve living standards for everyone.

Green design, like the bioswales at the Gil Hodges Community Garden and the planned modular structure at Willis Avenue are part of this equation. But an idea doesn’t have to be on the cutting edge to be transformative.

Consider, for example, the humble tree. It’s well known that trees sequester carbon, and that living near greenspace makes people happier. Less appreciated, however, is the role trees play as air filters, removing airborne particles that contribute to respiratory ailments. In some cases, we just have to remember the things our ancestors have known for generations, like the beneficial effect a properly-placed shade tree can have on a building’s energy use in summer by simply shading the structure—or in winter, when a botanical windbreak can keep a building warmer.

MILLIONTREESNYC


Gil Hodges Community GardenHighland

Park

MILLIONTREESNYCSPOTLIGHT

BEFORE

AFTER

LocationHighland Park Highland Park QUEENS, NYQUEENS, NY

Size101.28 acres101.28 acres

Renovations

• 600 volunteers planted• 600 volunteers planted2,576 trees2,576 trees

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With our partners at the New York City Department of Parks, we have planted more than 750,000 trees as of Summer 2013.

When we started in 2007, MillionTreesNYC was expected to take ten years to finish. But by incorporating lessons learned from experience, such as the extraordinary success of our pioneering tree giveaways, we are on course to finish two years early in 2015, all while saving millions of dollars off the original budget. But the end of MillionTreesNYC won’t be the end of NYRP’s tree planting efforts. We look forward to applying the lessons of MillionTreesNYC and the relationships we’ve built across New York City to maintain and improve the urban canopy.

RIGHT TOP AND BOTTOM:

NYC residents pick up their free tree at an NYRP-hosted

MillionTreesNYC tree giveaway.

Tree Planting at Randall’s Island.

750,000+

MILLIONTREESNYCTREES PLANTED:

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: 2015

MILLIONTREESNYC PLANTINGS

SCHOOLS

PUBLIC PARKS

PUBLIC HOUSINGPROJECTS

HOSPITALS

TREE GIVEAWAYS

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STORMRECOVERY

The human cost of Hurricane Sandy was all too clear. With thousands homeless and thousands more facing severe damage to their properties, the immediate focus was on restoring victims’ quality of life any way we could. But to make a real recovery, we had to consider the whole environment.

The human cost of Hurricane Sandy was all too clear. With thousands homeless and thousands more facing severe damage to their properties, the immediate focus was on restoring victims’ quality of life any way we could. But to make a real recovery, we had to consider the whole environment.

New York City’s trees took serious losses in the storm: it was the worst tree mortality event on record. But in the aftermath, NYRP was perfectly positioned to help. In NYRP-managed parkland in northern Manhattan, we set about clearing debris from trails and walkways. In many places, damaged tree limbs had not fallen, but still hung precariously overhead; these were cleared before the affected parks reopened. We also branched out to lend a helping hand to other City parks in Queens and Brooklyn that had suffered similar damage.

Meanwhile, at several New York City Housing Authority sites in Coney Island and the Rockaways, our plans call for the planting of more trees than Sandy took down. To ensure that these trees have the best chance of surviving future extreme weather, we are working with the city of New York and local residents to provide the care they need to thrive. In Highland Park, hit hard by both Sandy and Irene a year earlier, we partnered with JetBlue to plant 2,576 trees in ongoing reforestation efforts. Longer-term, the work NYRP does to reforest and stabilize open spaces and, at Sherman Creek Park, to restore wetlands as buffers against erosion and flooding, will have broad applications in theory and practice wherever extreme weather threatens to impact urban areas.

RIGHT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM:

Storm Damage to Sherman Creek and Highbridge Parks.

NYRP planting trees in Sandy-damaged Far Rockaway.


2014AND BEYOND

With the right care and a little luck, our gardens, parks, and trees will outlive all of us. So too will the positive impacts of our work, as quality-of-life improvements compound for future generations.

With the right care and a little luck, our gardens, parks, and trees will outlive all of us. So too will the positive impacts of our work, as quality-of-life improvements compound for future generations. While these improvements are real and significant, they are hard to quantify, which can lead to suboptimal levels of investment in the kind of greening and community building work NYRP does so well.

With this in mind, NYRP will launch an ambitious project called Resilience in the Public Realm. This project calls for unprecedented investments in the South Bronx. NYRP will commit to improving both the quality and quantity of greenspace there while activating these spaces with community-centered programming. While we do this, we’ll be working with leading experts in public health and social welfare to measure changes in a broad range of quality-of-life indicators. Obtaining significant data will enable us to make the case to civic leaders that these kinds of investments aren’t just worthwhile, they’re critical.

Meanwhile, we expect that innovative green design features like those NYRP is rolling out at Gil Hodges and Willis Avenue Community Gardens will become standard, helping to maximize the social and environmental benefits of our work. There’s more good news at Sherman Creek: as the new waterfront park and education pavilion take shape, we will also be undertaking a critical, city-sponsored renovation of the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse; work will begin in the spring of 2014.

RIGHT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM:

Willis Avenue’s “Green Design” modular structure.

Sherman Creek Park NatureTrail.

Parallel Exit performance at Target Bronx Community Garden.

MS 51 Planting on April 08, 2013.


NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT AND CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES

Year EndedSeptember 30, 2011

PROGRAM SERVICES SUPPORTING SERVICES TOTALS

Million Trees Program Other Programs Total Program Services Management and General Fundraising Total

Payroll and benefits $1,347,519 $2,560,355 $3,907,874 $353,363 $336,306 $4,597,543

Program and office expenses 798,692 642,809 1,441,501 102,805 48,229 1,592,535

Festivals and community events 5,000 36,898 41,898 - - 41,898

Professional fees 1,151,923 492,888 1,644,811 202,605 92,099 1,939,515

Fundraising expenses 2,475 - 2,475 90,192 92,667

Travel and entertainment 58,405 7,986 66,391 2,438 20,568 89,397

Marketing, advertising and promotion 349,086 345,301 694,387 - 11,680 706,067

Insurance 2,166 92,508 94,674 14,472 5,406 114,552

Vehicles 18,575 163,651 182,226 7,159 4,044 193,429

Communication 13,048 36,065 49,113 27,934 7,229 84,276

Occupancy 40,037 92,967 133,004 90,970 15,161 239,135

Depreciation and amortization 16,769 528,152 544,921 52,009 15,651 612,581

TOTAL $3,803,695 $4,999,580 $8,803,275 $853,755 $646,565 $10,303,595

Year EndedSeptember 30, 2012

PROGRAM SERVICES SUPPORTING SERVICES TOTALS

Million Trees Program Other Programs Total Program Services Management and General Fundraising Total

Payroll and benefits $2,812,253 $914,442 $3,726,695 $408,807 $258,993 $4,394,495

Program and office expenses 529,850 399,042 928,892 195,364 116,881 1,241,137

Professional fees 517,989 295,512 813,501 706,952 102,754 1,623,207

Travel and entertainment 10,940 16,296 27,236 43,641 16,337 87,214

Marketing, advertising and promotion 189,145 238,259 427,404 39 40,748 468,191

Insurance 20,747 103,294 124,041 29,212 - 153,253

Vehicles 35,377 139,117 174,494 10,088 34 184,616

Communication 8,102 71,914 80,016 6,588 34,946 121,550

Occupancy 227 138,317 138,544 67,245 9,650 215,439

Depreciation and amortization 5,378 375,672 381,050 143,886 1,149 526,085

TOTAL $4,130,008 $2,691,865 $6,821,873 $1,611,822 $581,492 $9,015,187

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NYRP & CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES 25NYRP 2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT24 NYRP 2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORT

$250,000+BNP ParibasMayor’s Fund

to Advance New York CityToyotaTwo Anonymous Donors

$100,000 – $249,000Linda AllardAmerican Express

Steven A. and Alexandra M.Cohen Foundation, Inc.

Con EdisonAmy Goldman FowlerJetBlue AirwaysEllen and Richard Levine

Katharine and WilliamRayner

Target

Tiago Holdings, LLCAnn Ziff

$25,000 – $99,000Alcoa FoundationBank of AmericaThe Abraham and Mildred

Goldstein Charitable TrustBloombergColumbia Pictures

Industries, Inc.Cornell UniversityTodd DeGarmoThe Dorothy Streslin Foundation-Enid NemyThe Drexler Family FoundationThe Durst OrganizationMitzi and Warren EisenbergElton John Charitable FundMica ErtegünThe Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.EvensonBestSusan and Leonard FeinsteinElliot FrimanGoldman, Sachs & Co.Jane GoldmanMarcia and John Goldman

The Interpublic Group ofCompanies, Inc.

Cynthia and Dan LufkinLuna OffsetsBette Midler and

Martin von HaselbergShelly and Neil MitchellSarah Nash and

Michael SylvesterNational Museum of

American Jewish HistoryMargo MacNabb Nederlander

and James L. NederlanderBenjamin Needell, Esq.The Peter Jay Sharp FoundationNancy and Fred PosesSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher

& Flom LLPPatricia SmithDarcy Stacom, CBRE, Inc.Pam and Allen SwerdlickThe Tiffany & Co. FoundationAnn and Andrew TischUBS

Whole Foods Market, Inc.Two Anonymous Donors

$10,000 – 24,999Tim ArmstrongLily Auchincloss

Foundation, Inc.BNY MellonExtellMercedes T. BassSid R. BassAlvin BlockBloomingdale’s Fund

of the Macy’s FoundationBooth Ferris FoundationBrooklyn Community

FoundationCAA FoundationThe Coca-Cola FoundationKnoll, Inc.Lois CollierEllen and Steven Corwin, M.D.Deutsche BankDiane Von Furstenberg

and Barry DillerPhil Donahue and

Marlo ThomasSue and Lloyd EckerDeban and Tom FlexnerThe Frances Lear

FoundationGrant Thornton LLPChristine and Andy HallHearst CorporationHBOJ. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.The Rona Jaffe FoundationJP Morgan Private BankSuri Kasirer,

Kasirer ConsultingJurate Kazickas and

Roger AltmanKenneth Cole FoundationKaren and John KloppMichael Kors and

Lance Le PereThomas KrizmanicThe Leonard and Evelyn

Lauder FoundationRalph and Ricky LaurenBenjamin and Hillary

MackloweMickey and Larry MagidGeorge D. Malkemus IIIMars, Inc.

The John and PattyMcEnroe Foundation

McGraw Hill Financial

Raymond J. McGuireMeridian Capital Group LLCMid-America Group,

Division of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc.

Thalia and Tommy MottolaNederlander of New York, Inc.Newman’s Own FoundationMort OlshanOrganic ValleySuze Orman and

Kathy Travis, Lovers of TREESPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &

Garrison LLPJohn A. PaulsonEllen Hanson and

Richard PerlmanPolo Ralph Lauren CorporationREIRhino RecordsMaria RodaleDavid L. RosenJanet C. RossDaryl and Steven RothLaVonda and Lew RothmanSusie Scher and Allison GroverSteve and Christine

SchwarzmanLarry A. SilversteinSimpson Thacher &

Bartlett LLPMichael S. SmithRoberta SnyderDr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn

FoundationTed and Vada StanleyT&H Insurance BrokersThompson Family FoundationAnne and Sheldon VogelLinda J. WachnerThe Walt Disney CompanyThe Wells Fargo FoundationJann Wenner and Matt NyeJR WursterWilliam D. and Deborah

Miller ZabelThree Anonymous Donors

$1,000 – $9,999

Ipe AbrahamEdward AdlerSari and Arthur AgatstonFred Alger & Company,

IncorporatedEric Alper

Robert AmbergAnderson-Rogers FoundationAraca Merchandise L.P.Daniel ArnoldLovee and Bob ArumAdrienne AtkinsonGillian AttfieldPamela Averick and John JaffeCatherine E. BambrickRichard M. BarsamSharon and Stephen

A. BassockBruce Baughman and

Melanie G. ArwinKarey Baum

Lisa Bebchick and Zachary Beim

Pamela and Robert BeckJoy Behar and Steve JanowitzJanet BellusciCandice Bergen and

Marshall RoseMinor L. Bishop and

Lenore SchlossbergFrank BisignanoManolo BlahnikWilliam and Ellen BlairFreya and Richard BlockKristin M. BlummJill and Robert BodianAdam and Pamela RiessMarc BoriosiDavid K. BoutonLoraine Alterman BoyleMeredith and Tom BrokawBrownell TravelBurberryRobin Green and

Mitchell BurgessCara BurkeCA TechnologiesMiriam CahnCarolyn CallahanJennifer CalvertJohn Carroll and Peter FifieldCause & Effect Productions, Inc.Central SynagogueAndrea ChalupaYvonne Y. ChanCharles B. Sweatt FoundationRebecca CharlesCathy ChernoffJim ChervenakJohn ChiorandoCitrin Cooperman

DONOR LIST — 2011

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John Compton and Lynn FisherEmily C. ConnerVicky CordesMichelle CorlKathleen and James CorneliusThe Jennifer Corzine FoundationSusan CourtemancheMr. and Mrs. John CraneScott CrawfordColleen Russell CristeSusan M. Dacks

Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Daly

Tamara Daniels

Frank K. DarmstadtLaurie DavidKaren and Andrew DavidsonGus DavisDavid H. De WeeseElaine DeBariAstrid DelafieldAnna DelgadoChristine DenhamHester Diamond

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel

Michael Douglas andCatherine Zeta-Jones

Susannah Drake, dlandstudioPatricia DurkanThe Dyson FoundationEarthshare of New YorkEarthwatch Institute Inc.Edelstein, Laird & Sobel, LLPJames P. EdwardsPhoenix EisenbergEisner Amper LLPJohn Elliott and Laura PhillipsEmblem HealthPamela ErcoleThe Estate of Hazel RoyWarren A. EstisEvent Travel SolutionsElinor FineFirst Clearing, LLCJohn FlowersFordham Landing Associates - Diane and Andrew J. LaSala Jr.Robert FriedlandRichard Friedman and

Nancy FriedmanGabelli FundsAileen M. GaffneyJudie and Howard GanekChristina O. GantcherPaul Gazzerro

GE FoundationThe David Geffen FoundationJames GehreBarbara and James GersonMarcus GiancaterinoSandra and Laurence GluckMildred GoldenRobert GoldenRon GonenMartin J. GranoffMaggie GraysonRoberta GreeneDeborah GriffinBarbara GroddGeoffrey GundTim GunnLinda HackettKen HadallMeredith HahnSunny Sue Haik and

Jolie Toi CoutureJeffrey HalisRichard Hamilton and

Stephen DewhurstRita Wilson and Tom HanksAnneliese HarstickNancy HaywardJanie HendrixHoward HoltzmannJim Hormel and Timothy WuJane HottensonIACPaul IngrassiaMargaret IsabellaJacob Bluestein FoundationKaren JacobsonJ. Brown JohnsonDr. Leslie Dae JohnsonThe Jordan Company, L.P.Warren S. JosephyThe Kandell FundSusan D. KaplanRobert KarpMarcel J. Kasumovich and

Heather L. UrsuMarilyn and Jeffrey KatzenbergEric Katzman and Melissa ElsteinDr. Cathy Kaufman IgerFlorence and Robert KaufmanJulie and Walter KellerFernanda M. KelloggThomas KellyEthel Kennedy MarranThe Honorable John F. Kerry and

Ms. Teresa Heinz

Pam and Robert KindlerGayle KingJudith S. KleinDonald KramerDr. Barbara KravitzDavid KrellJoan and Charles LazarusGordon LeavittJason LeeCarol LeibensonLeo Model Foundation, Inc.Peter Levine and Naria HalliwellJudy and Jay LindenDana and Larry LindenCuquita and Mark LindseyLynn LittleScott and Melanie LittleThe Litwin FoundationGeorge LoeningMark LoveMartin LubellBarbara and Lloyd MackloweAlexandra MaischThe Malkin Fund, Inc.Stephen MalleyHelen and Brice MardenMariners Lodge No 67 F.&A.M.Matt MarkLee H. MarshallMartha Stewart Living OmnimediaMelissa MathisonCarol and Roger MaxfieldElaine MayMichael McCartyLeslie Sutton and

Mark W. McGauleyMargaret McGeeKim McKenzieJamie McKnightPeter McKownHelen MeierMetLifeMetropolitan New York SynodThe Millman, Harris & Romano

FoundationThomas Moloney and

Molly HeinesMoody’s CorporationThe Moore Charitable

FoundationJerry MoranMelissa C. MorrisThe Green-Wood CemeteryElizabeth and J. Brian MullenMorgan Mullinix

National EnvironmentalEducation Foundation

Ellen NeisesMr. and Mrs. Robert NelsonNew York Palace HotelEllen and Sam NewhouseS.I. NewhouseNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

U.S.A., Inc.Nomura SecuritiesBarbara A. O’ConnellChristine OlsonClaudia and Gunnar OverstromMarcia and Howard OwensP.S. 5 Ellen Lurie SchoolMatthew ParkerJohn PascarellaPearl Oyster BarAnne and Joseph PiersonNora Ephron and Nicolas Pileggi

FoundationPJ Callahan Foundation, Inc.Rod PleasantsOtis PortFranz RabauerRachael Ray and John CusimanoCommissioner Daniel Stewart

and Jon RecorEmily C. ReifelRidgewood Savings BankBarbara J. RileyMarie and David RitterCarol RoamanM.C. and Eric RobertsJo-Anna RobinsonRita A. RodinIsabel RoseRalph W. Rose

The Rosenthal FundHelena Rubinstein FoundationLily J. SafraAmy SalantValerie Salembier and Paul BlockSamuel Goldberg & Sons

Foundation, Inc.Fernando SantangeloAlison Sant-Johnson and

Richard JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Julio Mario Santo

Domingo, Sr.Lisa SarajianAngela and Javier SaraleguiSawyer/BersonSanford J. Schlesinger and

Lianne LazeteraMatt SchmeelkOwen and Laurie SchwartzSelect Equity Group, Inc.Bernard SelzJoan H. ShapiroDavid Sherman

Philanthropic FundJustin SlatkyCharline SpektorSteve SperberLouis SpinaSt. Mary’s Healthcare Systemfor ChildrenDeborah StaabBurton B. StaniarCheryl and John Starkie,

Starkie Brothers

Starwood Hotels & ResortsWorldwide

Stephen & Sharon BassockCharitable Trust

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Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLPMarti StevensDaniel SuggJohn Sulpy, Jr. and

Thomas ConroyThe Sulzberger Foundation,

Marian S. Heiskell Giving FundLinda and Brian TauscherLois J. TeichFern and Lenard TesslerThe Rockefeller Foundation

Matching Gift ProgramRobin B. TostMicaela TrumbullMichael Tuch FoundationRobert L. TurnerUnited Way of New York CityUrban Forestry OrganizationLinda and Carlos UrmacherDiane G. Van WyckWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzJoanne WalshSusan W. WeatherleyRobert Webber and

Triple EdwardsHoward WeinsteinCheryl C. WhaleyWMEDenise WinstonLisa WitomskiScott WittmanHeidi WolfSally WolfFairfield County

Community FoundationJennifer L. WraySusan Wright BurdenPierre WulffJason YeungJudy Francis ZankelLloyd ZeidermanDanielle ZionFourteen Anonymous Donors

$500 – $999Barbara Ann AbelesMichelle AcevedoE.B. AlexanderMr. and Mrs. Abdlatif Al-HamadFaisal Al-JuburiRonald R. AurianaMarjory and Jeffrey BaumlRichard BayerBelardi/Ostroy ALC, LLC

Ivana BerendikaCaren BrooksKaren CarrollThe Caxton FoundationEric ChiangClaremont Prep SchoolStanley CohenBrenda and Thomas CurninThomas R. EckardtElizabeth EngelsenRobert FarhadianFifth & Pacific Companies, IncFirst American Title Insurance

CompanyJoAnn FitzsimmonsMargaret and Howard FluhrBarbara FriedbergAmanda GlendinningBenjamin GoldbergSybil GrahamClaudie and Gilbert HayatKevin B. HeaneyJanet HermannLori HernandezJan Sweeney and

wJames B. JacobsJude T. JonesBernee KapiliJane KelseyDuncan Kruse and Alison MelickLouise E. KueblerHelen and Jim LallyCarol LuberAnna R. LukachikGrace Lyu-VolckhausenMr. and Mrs. Felix MarcilhacMary Jane McCartneyConcetta B. MillerMark M. MullinNew York Life

Matching Gifts ProgramJanet OlsenOpenhouse GalleryHolly Ostrov RonaiStephanie OwensArthur PanfileMarcelo PevidaPfizer Foundation

Matching GiftsRabbi Sally PriesandLarry PrinceRoslyn RaskinIan ReisnerRockefeller Foundation

Matching Gifts

Russel SantillanesSusan and Bruce SchlechterChristian SchragaRoy SchwartzRyan Paul SimmonsAmy Freitag and Cindy SmithBeth StellatoR. Justin and Mamie StewartJoe Sultan and Sandy ChilewichFelicia Tucker and Anna RudnickiHelen S. TuckerMartin W. TulicMaria VecchiottiVerizon FoundationSusan and David ViniarHolly Wallace and Edwin BaumJohn WalshMichael WardThomas H. WheadonWhite & Case LLPChristopher WhitesellJoshua ZinnsZogSportsTwo Anonymous Donors

Government SupportNew York City Department

of Youth & Community Development

The Office of The HonorableFernando Cabrera (City Council District 14)

The Office of The HonorableLeroy Comrie (City Council District 27)

The Office of The HonorableRobert Jackson (City Council District 7)

The Office of The HonorableMelissa Mark-Viverito (City Council District 8)

The Office of The HonorableChristine Quinn (City Council District 3)

The Office of The Honorable Dominic Recchia (City Council District 47)

The Office of The HonorableYdanis Rodriguez (City Council District 10)

The Office of The HonorableScott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President

The Port Authority of New Yorkand New Jersey

United State EnvironmentalProtection Agency

$250,000+BloombergBNP ParibasCity Parks FoundationThe Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.Mayor’s Fund

to Advance New York CityNorth Star Fund, Inc.The Perlman Family FoundationEllen Hanson and

Richard PerlmanToyotaOne Anonymous Donor

$100,000 – $249,000Linda AllardAmerican ExpressSteven A. and Alexandra M.Cohen Foundation, Inc.

Con EdisonThe Durst OrganizationAmy Goldman FowlerJetBlue AirwaysBette Midler and Martin von HaselbergKatharine and William RaynerTargetAnn ZiffAnonymous Donor

$25,000 – $99,000Alcoa FoundationAndré BalazsCalvin Klein Family FoundationCharina Endowment Fund, Inc.The Coca-Cola FoundationEllen and Steven Corwin, M.D.Todd DeGarmoMitzi and Warren Eisenberg

Elton John Charitable FundMica ErtegünEvensonBestSusan and Leonard FeinsteinOlivia and Adam FlattoThe Samuel Freeman

Charitable TrustThe Georgetown CompanyGoldman, Sachs & Co.Marcia and John GoldmanTim GunnMichael Kors and Lance Le Pere

Ellen and Richard LevineCynthia and Dan LufkinThe Midler Family FoundationShelly and Neil MitchellSarah Nash and

Michael SylvesterNederlander of New York, Inc.Margo MacNabb Nederlander

and James L. Nederlander

DONOR LIST — 2012


Benjamin Needell, Esq.Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. PeckThe Peter Jay Sharp FoundationNancy and Fred PosesREI

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher& Flom LLP

Darcy Stacom, CBRE, Inc.Pam and Allen SwerdlickThe Tiffany & Co. FoundationAnn and Andrew TischUBSJann Wenner and Matt NyeOne Anonymous Donor

$10,000 – 24,999Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.Brookfield Properties

Brooklyn Community FoundationLois CollierDelta Air LinesDeutsche BankPhil Donahue and Marlo Thomas

The Dorothy StreslinFoundation-Enid Nemy

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

The Drexler Family FoundationThe Estate of Richard G. MasonThe Estate of Shoshana RothaizerKen and Tammy FisherThe Frances Lear FoundationElliot FrimanGreenbergTraurig LLPLynn Grossman and

Robert BalabanChristine and Andy Hall

The Rona Jaffe FoundationSuri Kasirer, Kasirer ConsultingRalph and Ricky LaurenSandra LeeHarrison T. LeFrakGeorge D. Malkemus IIIThe Malkin Fund, Inc.Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

The John and Patty McEnroeFoundation

Alexander MorcosNewman’s Own FoundationYoko Ono LennonPolo Ralph Lauren CorporationMaria RodaleParnes Family LPRosenberg & Estis, P. C.The Rosenthal FundDaryl and Steven Roth

Boston PropertiesThe Seth Sprague Educational

and Charitable FoundationShiseido Cosmetics AmericaLarry A. SilversteinMarilyn and Jim SimonsSL Green Realty Corp.Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn

FoundationAudrey Sokoloff and

Timothy HoskingTed and Vada StanleyJay H. TanenbaumThompson Family FoundationNathan C. & Margaret Y. ThorneRob Speyer, Tishman SpeyerTitle AssociatesAnne and Sheldon VogelRobert VoglianoThe Walt Disney CompanyThe Wells Fargo FoundationElaine Wynn

William D. and Deborah Miller Zabel

Five Anonymous Donors

$1,000 – $9,999Abatement Unlimwited, Inc.ACCAAddisonMark AddisonE.B. AlexanderFred Alger & Company,

IncorporatedAliza Family Foundation

The Allan S. Gordon FoundationNaomi and Andre AltholzAnchin, Block & Anchin LLPCarol and Rand AprilArbor Day FoundationHenry H. ArnholdLovee and Bob ArumAnn Griffith AshAdrienne AtkinsonGillian AttfieldCraig BaconCatherine E. BambrickRichard M. BarsamIvan BartMercedes T. BassSid R. BassSharon and Stephen A. BassockBruce Baughman and

Melanie G. ArwinRick BaylessOwen BeglaneRichard and Janice BernsteinMinor L. Bishop and

Lenore SchlossbergFrank BisignanoAlvin BlockBloomingdale’s Fund of

the Macy’s FoundationJill and Robert BodianGlenn BoornazianMarc BoriosiRobert M. BrowneRobin Green and

Mitchell BurgessBonnie BycoffIlya Bykov and Yelgia KulakovaCA TechnologiesMiriam CahnCarolyn CallahanAlejandra CaraballoJohn Caruso, Chicago Title

Insurance CompanyCause & Effect Productions, Inc.Meryl and Michael ChaeVishaan ChakrabartiSamuel ChampionYvonne Y. ChanPeter ChangPeter Christensen and

Mark HummellCitrin CoopermanJohn Compton and Lynn FisherTaylor FoundationMichelle CorlJoanne D. Corzine Foundation

Susan CourtemancheMr. and Mrs. John CraneAlan CummingCushman & WakefieldSusan M. DacksLaurie DavidAnnette and Oscar de la RentaDavid H. De WeeseElaine DeBariAstrid DelafieldJohn H. DemousShari and Chris DePalmaHester DiamondSusannah Drake, dlandstudioThe Dyson FoundationEarthshare of New YorkEastern ConsolidatedEdelstein, Laird & Sobel, LLPJames P. EdwardsDiana ErbsenEss & Vee Acoustical

Contractors, Inc.Christopher EstebanWarren A. EstisKelly Evans RubyEvercore Wealth ManagementThe Evslin Family Foundation, Inc.Alexander Feldman

Priscilla P. FergusonAndrew FickmanFiduciary Trust CompanyAlan Robert FinkelsteinLaurence Fishburne

Fordham Landing Associates -Diane and Andrew J. LaSala Jr.

Thomas and Mindy FortinMichael FreedmanBarbara FriedbergGabelli FundsAileen M. GaffneyPaul GazzerroThe David Geffen FoundationRobert and Lois GlickThe Glickenhaus FoundationSandra and Laurence GluckNatalie S. GodownStephanie GoldPamela J. GoldbergJoel Goldfarb and

Elizabeth Weinshel

Kyle J. GoldmanRon GonenGood Housekeeping MagazineSue and Peter GottsegenTammy Green and Eydie GreenRoberta Greene


Deborah GriffinBarbara GroddLinda HackettTony Haile and Maya RodaleHoward E. HallengrenRussel T. HamiltonAnne S. HarrisonAnneliese HarstickMichael Hartman and

Mick MayoHearst CorporationJeffrey F. HeimerHoward HoltzmannHBOJim Hormel and Timothy WuAllison HultJ. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.J. Brown JohnsonThe Jordan Company, L.P.The Rosenstiel FoundationNeil KahanovitzBruce KaminsteinThe Kandell FundEric Katzman and Melissa ElsteinDr. Cathy Kaufman IgerFlorence and Robert KaufmanJulie and Walter KellerThe Honorable John F. Kerry and

Ms. Teresa HeinzLisa Kleist

Steven KohnKim and Peter KordaStuart B. KotlerBonita and Stephen KramerMary KruegerMaureen and Robert LappetitoMaria LaRuffaCarol LeibensonThe Leibowitz & Greenway

Charitable Family FoundationLeo Model Foundation, Inc.Mark LevyDana and Larry LindenScott and Melanie LittleWesley LittleSteve LittmanThe Litwin FoundationShelly LondonIris LovePamela and Jeffrey LovingerThomas LynchAnne E. LyonsJohn S. LyonsShawn LytleGrace Lyu-VolckhausenEdith W. MacGuireBenjamin and Hillary MackloweSara and Barry MandinachJacqueline MansureAnnette MaromMarsh & McLennan

Lee H. MarshallDouglas McGrath and

Jane Read MartinKimberly McCloskeyMcGraw Hill FinancialArlene McKayProfessor Henry McKeanBarbara and Kevin McLaughlinConcetta B. MillerCarol and Michael MillerSally MinardGillian and Sylvester MiniterThomas Moloney and

Molly HeinesThe Moore

Charitable FoundationMorgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust, IncGerald Morin and

Michael DavidsonElizabeth and J. Brian MullenJohn MurphySheila NelsonJean and Albert Nerken

FoundationEllen and Sam NewhouseNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

U.S.A., Inc.Nomura SecuritiesEdward and Betsy O’ReillyJanice ParkerRobert Safron, Patterson

Belknap Webb & Tyler LLPElizabeth T. PeabodyKirsten PeckermanAndrew and Jennifer PeltzLeslie B. PerkinsAnne and Joseph PiersonNora Ephron and

Nicolas Pileggi FoundationPJ Callahan Foundation, Inc.Pauline and Harvey RadlerCaryl B. RatnerRachael Ray and John CusimanoRaymond James

Charitable Endowment FundCommissioner Daniel Stewart

and Jon RecorRedwood Creek WineSandra and Thomas ReeceBraden Rhetts and

Christian MundigoVan Cleef and ArpelsBarbara J. RileyNarciso RodriguezAndrew H. Roos,

Collier InternationalIsabel RoseRalph W. RoseJanet C. RossAmy Rowley, Halcon FurnitureTerry and David RubinPeter M. Sacerdote FoundationAmy SalantAlexander SamilenkoTachi SandovalAngela and Javier SaraleguiSawyer/BersonSanford J. Schlesinger and

Lianne LazeteraKate and Arnold SchmeidlerIra SchumanOwen and Laurie SchwartzPhyillis and Howard Schwartz

Philathropic FundSteve ShaneShearman & SterlingDouglas Sills and Todd MurrayJosh Silverman and

Shirin GhotbiJoseph P. SimmonsPeter N. SimonJoshua SirefmanCarolyn Smith BryantAmy Freitag and Cindy SmithMichael S. SmithPhillip Salomon

Marilyn and Jeffrey KatzenbergFoundation

Burton B. StaniarAlexandra StantonCheryl and John Starkie,

Starkie BrothersStephen & Sharon Bassock Charitable TrustRobert A.M. Stern Architects,

LLPStephanie StiefelJohn Sulpy, Jr. and

Thomas ConroyLinda and Brian TauscherLois J. TeichThe Stop Global Warming

(VMOW), a project of The Tides Center

Alison TocciTommy Hilfiger Corporate

FoundationRobin B. TostAndrew and Purva TsaiMichael Tuch FoundationRobert L. Turner

Linda and Carlos UrmacherMichael VekassyVictor & Clara Battin FoundationSusan and David ViniarRobert Von AnckenHolly Wallace and Edwin BaumJoanne WalshJohn and April WattSusan W. WeatherleyRobert Webber and

Triple EdwardsJill Weber SmithAllan S. WeiserEllen Weldon DesignPatricia Wiley and Wendy MillerWilliam Gottlieb Real EstateTony WillisJennifer L. WrayJudy Francis ZankelLloyd ZeidermanPatty ZelloDaniel ZelmanRaquel Zimmermann

Fourteen Anonymous Donors


$500 – $999Barbara Ann AbelesAIG Matching Grants ProgramBank of America

Matching Gifts ProgramBank of New York Mellon

Community PartnershipSandra F. BlumGeorge and Eleanor BollagPatricia BurkuleMaggie L. BurnettAudrey CaldwellDiane M. ChesnutBrenda and Thomas CurninTony EchavarriaThomas R. EckardtMiriam and Thomas FarmakisKristin and Charles FloodMargaret and Howard FluhrRomy GoldmanGreen Mountain Energy

Company

Marvin HamlischPeter Anthony Irwin

JPMorgan Chase FoundationMatching Gifts

Bernee KapiliCarol A. KoellnThomas KrizmanicHelen and Jim LallyLeanne LarrabeeGordon LeavittIrwin M. LewisMichael LivanosDonna Maxon-SimonClayton F. McGrattyRuth Ann McKinneyJamie McKnightJessica MooreNatural Gourmet Institute for

Food and HealthNew York Life

Matching Gifts ProgramBarbara A. O’ConnellAbraham and Cindy Ofer

James H. OlanderKathleen O. ParkerAnn C. PollLarry PrinceAltrud B. RickenbackRuth and Harry RussellDaphne Sack-RiverSuzie SteingruberAaron W. TaylorAntonia J. von ZubenWhite & Case LLP

Debra Wollens, Cassidy Turley

Two Anonymous Donors

Government Support

New York City Department ofEnvironmental Protection

New York City Departmentof Youth & Community Development

New York State Department ofEnvironmental Conservation

New York State Office ofParks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

The Office of The HonorableLeroy Comrie (City Council District 27)

The Office of The HonorableMaria del Carmen Arroyo (City Council District 17)

The Office of The HonorableSara González (City Council District 38)

The Office of The HonorableRobert Jackson(City Council District 7)

The Office of The HonorableMelissa Mark-Viverito City Council District 8)

The Office of The HonorableDiana Reyna(City Council District 34)

The Office of The HonorableYdanis Rodriguez (City Council District 10)

The Office of The HonorableScott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President

USDA Forest Service

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Maria Rodale

Charles Sussman

Jann S. Wenner

Ann Ziff

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Diane Brownstone

Lisa Caputo

Vishaan Chakrabarti

Alexandra Cohen

Douglas Durst

Adam Flatto

Amy Goldman Fowler

Tim Gunn

Jacqueline Hernández

Peter Jueptner

Yoko Ono Lennon

Timothy J. McClimon

James L. Nederlander

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