2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Protecting the nature of the place you love Dear Friends and Supporters,

Thank you for your generosity and commitment to protecting the East End environment in 2019. With your support, the Group:

Monitored the East End Osprey population with conservation partners, and learned that our efforts over the past five years are working. The population has increased by 56%.

Filed suit in State Supreme Court against Southampton Town and the developer who has been fighting for years to build a massive luxury golf resort in a Special Groundwater Protection Area and Critical Environmental Area.

Conducted education programs on flora, fauna, and environmental science for 2,360 K-12 students, inside and outside the classroom.

Hosted 75 free nature workshops and outings, including beach grass plantings, shoreline cleanups, and full moon trail hikes. We also partnered with New York State in its Connect Kids to Parks initiative, an Environmental Protection Fund program.

Participated in a grand jury investigation conducted by the Suffolk County District Attorney, which resulted in a 130-count indictment against several bad actors who knowingly turned backyards, parks and schools into dumping grounds for hazardous materials.

Whether it’s stopping a careless development proposal that has no regard for our drinking water or repairing a nesting platform for Ospreys and their chicks, our goal is the same. The Group protects the nature of the place you love.

Thank you again for your support, and we look forward to seeing you outside!

Katherine Leahy Birch, Chairwoman Robert S. DeLuca, President 2019 SOURCES OF REVENUE 11%

Special Events $442,490 28% Contributions $285,325 Grants, Contracts, Fees $167,983 Public Education Programs $106,418

Total Revenue: $1,002,216 44% 17%

8% 2019 EXPENSE CATEGORIES 12% Advocacy, Education, Conservation $955,259 Administration $145,651 Fundraising $94,486

Total Expenses $1,195,396

80%

2018 SOURCES OF REVENUE 6%

Special Events $444,037 Contributions $634,563 34% Grants, Contracts, Fees $159,801 48% Public Education Programs $82,310

Total Revenue: $1,320,711

12%

7% 2018 EXPENSE CATEGORIES 13%

Advocacy, Education, Conservation $864,129 Administration $138,509 Fundraising $81,079

Total Expenses $1,083,717 80%

$1,500,000 The financial results shown are derived from Group for the East End's audited 2019 financial statements, which can be $1,000,000 obtained online at GroupfortheEastEnd.org. IRS Form 990 can also be found there.

$500,000

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FOUGHT AGAINST SAND MINE POLLUTING THE GROUNDWATER The Group petitioned the NYS Supreme Court’s Appellate Division to cease the waste processing operations of an industrial sand mine in Bridgehampton, known as Sand Land, where test results had shown that the groundwater was contaminated. The lawsuit was in response to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s inexplicable decision to extend Sand Land’s permit and allow it to expand the mine, further putting the South Fork’s drinking water at risk.

ADVOCATED FOR STRICTER ZONING FOR PLUM ISLAND-RELATED PROPERTY Southold Town enrolled the Group to propose draft legislation that would make the current zoning of nine-acres in Orient Point more restrictive. The Group’s proposal for the property, which includes the Plum Island ferry terminal, was made even stricter by the town, allowing only for residential or Plum Island-related development.

CHALLENGED IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IN COURT The Group filed a lawsuit in NYS Supreme Court against Southampton Town and an Arizona- based company to prevent the proposed development of a 590-acre luxury golf and condominium resort in the town’s Aquifer Protection Overlay District. The proposal goes against longstanding zoning laws that were specifically established to conserve the town’s water resources, protect open space and preserve the unique natural environment of the Pine Barrens woodlands.

Check out our other advocacy initiatives at groupfortheeastend.org/advocacy EDUCATION + OUTREACH

LED NATURE PROGRAMS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM The Group conducted environmental education programs in 21 schools across the East End— including 126 classroom and/or field lessons. We added new summer programs with the Peconic Community School and East Hampton Project Seedlings, and hosted free nature outings and workshops throughout the year at Downs Farm Preserve in Cutchogue—thanks to the Group’s partnership with Southold Town.

EDUCATED CHILDREN AND BEACHGOERS ON PROTECTING ENDANGERED SHOREBIRDS The Group enrolled more than 200 elementary school students on the North Fork to take the Be A Good Egg pledge, a promise to give endangered and threatened shorebirds ample space to rest, nest and raise their young. Their colorful beach signs were designed to catch the attention of beachgoers and encourage them to respect the needs of the birds. This outreach initiative was funded by Audubon New York and the Long Island Sound Futures Fund and is a natural extension of the Group’s shorebird monitoring partnership with Southold Town.

PARTNERED WITH DRAWDOWN EAST END ON REVERSING GLOBAL WARMING The Group collaborated with grassroots organization Drawdown East End on film festivals and informational sessions to inspire our local community to make simple but necessary changes that will help stop global warming. Project Drawdown’s 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming include protecting forests, educating girls, and preserving wetlands—which the Group has been working on for decades.

Check out our other education and outreach initiatives at groupfortheeastend.org/education CONSERVATION

PARTNERED WITH PSEG TO PROTECT GROWING OSPREY POPULATION Group staff and volunteers monitored Osprey breeding productivity and population status across the five East End towns for the sixth consecutive year. Once on the brink of local extinction, numbers have soared to levels that many could not have imagined just a few years ago. In 2019 we found 368 active nests and 548 new chicks! This healthy population has resulted in some birds choosing to nest on utility poles, which prompted the Group to partner with PSEG Long Island to develop initiatives that protect Osprey while ensuring safe and consistent service for all East Enders.

MONITORED MOSQUITO LARVAE TO REDUCE AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAYING The Group partnered with NGO’s and East Hampton Town in a pilot program to monitor the mosquito larva population in Accabonac Harbor, which has resulted in a significant reduction in the use of pesticides. Since the program’s inception in 2016, Suffolk County has been able to use a much more targeted approach to spraying, reducing not only the mosquito population and the county’s annual spraying costs by 33%, but allowing wildlife—including bald eagles—to return to the area. This can now be used as a model for similar monitoring efforts on the East End.

CLEARED THE WAY FOR NATIVE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE TO THRIVE Working with almost 40 individual homeowners on Great Pond—a 33-acre freshwater wetlands adjacent to Long Island Sound—the Group began eradicating the stubborn invasive species Phragmites (or common reed), which has been limiting plant and wildlife diversity along the shoreline. Planting native vegetation has helped restore this beautiful fishing and kayaking spot, and improved water quality after dangerous levels of cyanobacteria, which is harmful to humans and potentially deadly to dogs and wildlife, had been detected recently.

Check out our other conservation initiatives at groupfortheeastend.org/conservation

A heartfelt THANK YOU

to our generous donors

$50,000 + Carolyn Risoli and Joe Silvestri William Joel Katherine and W. Marco Birch Richard Smith Michaela Johnson Genevieve and Robert Lynch James Stanton Terri Kahan The Rauch Foundation, Inc. Nancy and Kenneth Stein Ronald Kass The Robins Island Foundation Lauren Stone Helaine and Sidney Lerner Stéphane Samuel and Robert Rubin Suffolk County Meghan Magyar Kathleen Tait Tracy Mitchell and Blaze Makoid $20,000 - $49,999 Uday Veeraraghavan and Sejal Shah Ann Mallouk Ellen and Gary Davis Mary and Kenneth Walker Laure and Stephen Manheimer Stuart Goode Donna Winston Camille and Stephane Mantelin Paula and John Mahoney Kurt Wolfgruber David Matlin National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Denise and William McChesney, Jr. Sunny and Abe Rosenberg Foundation Georgette and Michael McConnell Carolina and Robert Siegel $1,000 - $4,999 Georgeann McGuinness and Beecher Halsey Kimberly and Jason Spacek Donald Beane Patricia McIntyre John Waddell Barry Beil Joseph McKay Glorian Lasky Berk Lara Meiland-Shaw $10,000 - $19,999 Charles Bisenius Carol Ann and Raymond Merritt Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Marisol and Richard Brekka Judith and David Miller Elaine and Ralph Crocker Kristen and Clark Briner Donald Mullen, Jr. Graciela and Munir Dauhajre C.A.L. Foundation Alainn and Stefano Natella Marie and John Evans Michael Carey Van Nguyen Johnson Family Foundation Charles Clarke William and Joyce O'Neil Charitable Trust Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Ranika and Ruben Cohen Stanley Pine Amelie and Simon Lonergan Michelle and Ray Congdon Elizabeth Reid Long Island Community Foundation Lindsay and Brian Cooper Carolyn and Stephen Reidy Edward and Sandra Meyer Foundation Krista and James Corl Cameron Elise and Timothy Rice Michael Pascucci Bruce Cotter Ian Rosenthal Nick Riley Marie and Jacopo D'Alessandris Janet Ross Andrea Spilka Paige Daly DeBlasi Dushy and Roman Roth Susan Abdalla and Peter Stern Lorraine de Tymowska Aimee and John Rudic Robyn and Jon Diament William Ryall and Barry Bergdoll $5,000 - $9,999 William Drewry Alexia and Baird Ryan Elizabeth and Louis Bevilacqua Lili and Wilson Ervin Laurie and Martin Scheinman Edie and Michael Coles Ann Ffolliott Anne Forward and Anthony Schlesinger Kelly and Richard Coles Joseph Fichera Christina and Raj Sethi Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Lois and Robert Geller Karen and Samuel Seymour Foundation Gerry-Corbett Foundation Annaliese Soros Nestor Gounaris Norma Giorgetti Nicole and William Squier Yusi and Joe Gurrera Wendy and Andrew Goldstein Marsha and Herbert Stern Alexia and David Leuschen Joel Greenfield Patricia Lowry & John Touhey Ørsted and Eversource Emmanuelle Grelier Marisa and Robin van Bokhorst Marie-Noelle and John Pierce Lucy and Larry Guffey Bonnie and Nick Verbitsky PSEG Long Island William Hamilton Jessica Guadagno and Aaron Virgin Save the Sound, Inc. Madeline Weinrib and Graham Head Sandra Walsh Alex Scarsini Kaia and Rolf Heitmeyer, Jr. Terrance Webber Catherine and David Schieldrop Nancy and John Hoffmann Melina and Marc Wein Maryam Krosner Seley Ulrike Hoffman-Burchardi Pamela and Julian Weldon Cynthia and John Shea III Laura and Robert Hoguet, III Gigi Stone and Ian Woods Woodward Family Charitable Foundation

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Katherine Leahy Birch, Chair

Bill Ryall, Vice Chair Andrew Goldstein Stuart Goode, Treasurer Nestor Gounaris Susan Abdalla Sandra Meyer Louis Bevilacqua John Shea W. Marco Birch Kimberly Spacek Smith Kristen Briner Mary Walker Graciela Dauhajre Donna Winston

STAFF

Robert DeLuca, President Aaron Virgin, Vice President Steve Biasetti, Director of Environmental Education Anita Wright, Assistant Director of Environmental Education Kristina Lange, Director of Membership Taralynn Reynolds, Outreach & Education Manager Stephanie Licciardi, Environmental Associate Rachel Bosworth, Media & Public Relations Manager

Group for the East End P.O. Box 1792 Southold, NY 11971 631.765.6450

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Group for the East End is a tax-exempt charitable organization established under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.