The Promise of Parks

2018-2019 Parks Foundation Annual Report The Minneapolis Parks Foundation transforms human lives through parks and public spaces by aligning philanthropic investment and community vision.

Board of Directors Mark Heithoff Staff Stuart Ackerberg Mark Heithoff Photography Paul Bauknight Chief Executive Officer, Ackerberg Pahoua Yang Hoffman Project Implementation Director Nima Ahmadi Executive Director, Citizens League Bruce Chamberlain Senior Director of Strategic Ventures Steve King Minneapolis Parks Fellow and Platforms, Cardiovascular Systems Chairman, Landscape Structures, Inc. Jennifer Downham Dan Avchen Mary McCarthy Chief Development Officer Executive Director of Strategic Growth, Community Leader HGA Architects & Engineers Tom Evers Tom Paul Executive Director Sara Barrow* President, Medicare, Bright Health External Affairs & Minneapolis Community Matt Karl Business & Administration Manager Relations Manager, Xcel Energy Paul Reyelts CFO (retired), Valspar Corporation Paul Bauknight* Madeleine Koski Fundraising Communications President/CEO, The Urban Design Lab Jasmine Russell Founder & CEO, Monicat Data Assistant Barbara Bencini Senior Vice President (retired), Heidi Schmidt Janette Law Director of Communication & Wealth Management Senior Consultant, Director of Marketing, NTH, Inc. Strategic Partnerships Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management Peter Thrane Dorothy Bridges Partner, Stinson Leonard Street Christine Moir Annual Fund & Events Manager Senior Vice President (retired), Rich Varda* Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Senior Advisor of Store Design John Crosby* (retired), Target Community Leader Frank Wilkinson Sarah Duniway Community Leader Attorney, Gray Plant Mooty Riff Yeager* Dayna Frank Partner, ERM EVP/Co-Owner, First Avenue Jacob Frey Ex Officio Mayor, City of Minneapolis Al Bangoura Martha Gabbert Superintendent, Minneapolis Managing Director of Room & Board Park and Recreation Board Properties (retired), Room & Board Brad Bourn* Joe Gibbons President, Minneapolis Park Senior Vice President-Wealth Manage- Board of Commissioners ment, Boyd, Gibbons & Associates, a global wealth management team with Meg Forney Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Commissioner At Large, Minneapolis Park Board of Commissioners Jocelyn Hale Partner, MillerHale Associates Mary Merrill* Interim Superintendent, Minneapolis Sarah Harris Park and Recreation Board Managing Director, University of Foundation – Real Estate Advisors * completed term in 2018

2 Annual Report 2018-19 Spring 2019 Dear Friends,

In 2018, the board of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation effective as the people charged with executing it; fortunately, came together to create a new strategic plan — a working the diverse voices and forward vision of our board has document designed to capture both the practical blueprint always been a strength of our organization. While the of projects we must deliver to achieve our mission and the community leaders who guide the Parks Foundation are blue sky thinking that’s inspiring our vision for the future. familiar to many, what’s less well known is how deeply our hard-working board is truly committed to our mission of As you can see from the guiding principles that appear transforming human life through parks and public spaces. on this page, the Parks Foundation is committed to far more than parks. We’re about fulfilling the almost We believe the true promise of the parks is met through limitless potential that great parks and inspiring public people, which is why we invite you to be part of the spaces have in building stronger connections between conversation through our Next Generation of Parks neighbors, fostering better outcomes for kids, driving series — soon celebrating its 10th anniversary season — economic opportunity for all, and even helping cities find or at any of the dozens of community gatherings and new solutions to our most challenging problems, from engagements we host throughout the year. Whether you inequality to climate change. connect with us at our popular “Sunrise on the Mississippi” annual fundraising event, or for one of our curated Walk & In short, we believe in the promise of parks. Talk park experiences, your thoughtful support is helping us to foster a Minneapolis parks system that can meet the We’re pleased to report the promise of parks is a vision needs of our next generation. we share with a growing number of parks lovers and supporters, who made 2018 an outstanding year for the Thank you for the trust you’ve place in us and we look Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s fundraising efforts. forward to seeing you in the parks! Thanks to your generous contributions, we now have the resources needed to begin construction in this year on Sincerely, two of the RiverFirst Initiative’s signature projects — Water Works, the transformative destination park along the city’s historic Mill Ruins, and the Great Northern Greenway River Link, which will soon connect the north side of the city to Tom Evers Tom Paul the in a whole new way. Executive Director Board Chair

As we complete the first phase of the RiverFirst Capital Campaign this year, we’ll be relying on our strategic plan to point us to new ways to leverage the power of community vision and private philanthropy. A strategic plan is only as

Strategic Plan Highlights • Equity and cultural inclusion: When • Connections to the natural world: In our all people have access to valued increasingly urbanized world, maintaining Developed by the Minneapolis parks and public space, feel welcome, places of natural beauty, respite, and awe Parks Foundation’s board of and see themselves reflected in those helps us maintain our humanity. directors, these guiding themes spaces, a community is healthier, • Resiliency to climate change: Cities must will inform the Parks Foundation’s safer, and happier. adapt and develop new methods to protect future investments. To learn more • Community health and well-being: and restore natural systems, clean water, about our strategic plan for the Parks provide healthy air, water, and and mitigate the economic impact of climate change. future of Minneapolis parks, visit us soil, and places to play and exercise, on both the individual and community online at mplsparksfoundation.org/ • Economic vitality: Thriving parks and public level. Parks also provide places where spaces can attract investment and bring 2019strategicplan. we can learn about our neighbors and prosperity to the broader community. form new and deeper connections. mplsparksfoundation.org 3 Through powerful programs and generous community gifts in 2018, the Minneapolis Parks Foundation helped fulfill The Promise of Parks

Big Ideas and Small Details The Minneapolis Parks Foundation contributed $2.8 million in 2018 toward the grand vision behind RiverFirst, without overlooking the smaller details that make our neighborhood parks system so vibrant. Your contributions made it possible to invest an additional $209,000 in a variety of Minneapolis parks projects, from opening a new three-season restroom and wash station at Cedar South Beach, to filling 53 Little Free Libraries® in the parks with 5,500 books. Your support also helps the Parks Foundation to be an active partner in our cultural community, by supporting the Get Outdoors Day Minneapolis Art Lending Library, and contributing to such Walk & Talks community events as These curated small-group explorations Slow Roll, Earth Day of little-known Minneapolis parks Clean-Up, Get Outdoors and practices invited guests to hike Day, and Open Streets. the Winchell trail, dip their toes in the Webber Natural Swimming Pool, and learn more about how the Minneapolis parks system protects bees, butterflies and other pollinators. An overnight sensation with Minneapolis Parks Foundation supporters, who sold-out each of our walk-abouts in 2018, the events will be the inspiration for Walk and Talks even more behind-the-scenes parks experiences in the years ahead.

4 Annual Report 2018-19 Still Making a Splash Northeast Park’s new recreation center opened in March, thanks in part to a $100,000 gift that the Lupient family, longtime supporters of the Minneapolis park system, made through the Parks Foundation. Next up, the Lupient family is underwriting design exploration for a bathhouse to replace the aging structure at the Jim Lupient Water Park. RiverFirst Campaign Crests The Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s community of supporters surged by almost 20 percent in 2018, many of them drawn to the vision of the RiverFirst Initiative which secured more than $16.4 million in gifts and commitments toward the $17.9 million goal. A pivotal $1 million gift from Bank of America in November 2018 positioned the Parks Foundation to meet the fundraising goal needed to break ground on both Water Works and the Great Northern Greenway Northeast Recreation Center River Link later this year. © MPRB

Water Works

Reimagining the Civic Commons Sunrise Speaker Lynn Ross Fast becoming a “can’t miss” event with Parks Foundation supporters, this year’s annual fundraiser “Sunrise on the Mississippi” brought in a record $100,000 and featured keynote speaker Lynn Ross. The former Obama administration urban planner explored how a robust civic commons — parks included — can help divided communities find common ground.

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With Water Works and the Great Northern Greenway Overlook set to start construction, the north side of Minneapolis is about to see the Mississippi in a whole new way.

Water Works

When Camille Burke moved to Living within walking distance of Minneapolis from Milwaukee more St. Anthony Falls, Burke knows she’ll be making regular visits to Water Works, an than a decade ago, the banks of innovative new park and public pavilion the Mississippi River were a big that promises to bring even more buzz part of the draw. to the popular and nearby Stone Arch Bridge. But she was “I grew up in LaCrosse, so I always loved equally interested in supporting another Camille Burke being near the river, and here, it’s just signature project of RiverFirst, the Great such a gift to have it in the center of Northern Greenway River Link, a key everything,” says Burke, who now lives access point for North Minneapolis to a stone’s throw from the Stone Arch the Mississippi River. Bridge, Gold Medal Park, the , and a host of other amenities “It’s inspiring that we have an opportunity that have bloomed on the river bank to connect everyone in the city to the since the city made a more intentional parks in a way that’s never happened move toward the Mississippi. “Green before,” says Burke. “That’s what I think space is so good for our mental and is just wonderful about the Minneapolis physical health, that the parks really Parks Foundation — they’re working hard are of a way of life for me.” to make sure that future parks projects are user-friendly and accessible to The joy she finds from walking, biking, and everyone. As a newcomer, that’s one of spending days with her grandchildren the things I think is very special about in nearby parks inspired Burke to join Minneapolis — a commitment to all.” other donors by making a contribution to the RiverFirst Initiative, a bold public parks plan to transform 5.5 miles of industrial riverfront into a continuous park along the banks of the Mississippi.

6 Annual Report 2018-19 Innovation and Inclusion That message resonated with more donors than ever last year, as the Minneapolis Parks Foundation shared Dorothy Bridges the vision for RiverFirst through more than 95 visits and gatherings, making connections with nearly 700 supporters and potential donors. Thanks to a $2 million challenge grant from the Pohlad Family Foundation that matched leadership gifts, and a $1 million anchor gift from Bank of America, that fundraising momentum put the Minneapolis Parks Foundation within striking range of its full $17.9 million funding goal.

“I believe the multidimensional nature Great Northern Greenway Overlook of what the Parks Foundation is doing — looking at diversity and inclusion along with design innovation — is something Creativity and Community Vision that matters to donors,” says board member Dorothy Bridges, who retired Finding creative ways to reconnect as senior vice president of the Federal the north side of Minneapolis to the Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in 2018, Mississippi is now the challenge for and will assume the role of board chair Twin Cities-based TEN x TEN Landscape in 2020. “We want beautiful public Architecture and 4RM+ULA Architecture, spaces, and we want every visitor in the design team selected to finalize the these spaces to feel welcomed.” form and function of the Great Northern James Garrett Jr. Greenway Overlook, the first phase of the multiphase River Link project. Bridges says that’s part of what makes “One of the big themes of this project is the construction start for the new equity and increasing awareness and Great Northern Greenway River Link access to the river for residents of the so exciting to her and her neighbors in north side community, and we’ve done North and Northeast Minneapolis. “This several things with our design concepts project is so vitally important to North to further those goals,” says 4RM+ULA Minneapolis, which has been cut off managing partner James Garrett Jr. from the river, one of its most valuable Garrett notes that many users of nearby amenities, for years. This will be an Farview Park, famous for its beautiful important test case not just for what’s view of the Minneapolis skyline, may possible through the parks right now, but also for what we want our parks to continues on page 8 be in the future.”

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have no idea they’re just a short walk Ensuring that community-driven from the river. “We want to make ideas like this find their way into the sure the overlook is very visible to the final product is also the aim of the community, with a tall beacon element Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s Project that will be visible from Farview Park to Implementation Director, a new role very intentionally draw people toward created in 2018 to bring private sector the Mississippi.” expertise and a consistent vision to the signature projects of RiverFirst and other Environmental Design apprentices neighborhood parks efforts the Parks from Juxtaposition Arts, which has Foundation supports. Architect Paul been part of a three-year partnership Bauknight, a former Parks Foundation at the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, board member and founder of The have also shared ideas of their own for Urban Design Lab, was tapped for the attracting a new generation of north new position, which is timed to take side parks users. “They proposed advantage of this once-in-a-generation Paul Bauknight talking and listening stations, so people opportunity for major parks development. can share their experiences in the community, linking the past and the “It’s an exciting time, because once present together through stories and these projects start to take shape, and personal anecdotes,” says Garrett. become tangible, the public will really “We think it’s a powerful idea and start to notice what’s happening on we’d like to find ways to build on that.” the river,” says Bauknight. “People who haven’t thought of the river as their own will get a chance to experience it, to internalize it. It will be a place to go, of course, but it will also be the beginning of correcting years of inequality. It will be a demonstration of a new way of thinking about the parks, and a way of acknowledging, finally, that the Mississippi River belongs to everyone.”

Juxtaposition Arts has partnered on summer design and engagement for three years.

Great Northern Greenway Overlook

8 Annual Report 2018-19 RiverFirst Campaign Capital and Related Funding Visionary Support

We are grateful for the significant philanthropic support of the following individuals, corporations, and foundations that share the Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s vision for creating a continuous riverfront park system for future generations and for investing in the RiverFirst Capital Campaign.

$1,000,000 + $50,000 – $99,999 $1,000 – $9,999 Bank of America Anonymous Anonymous (2) Foundation Stewart Ackerberg Terry and Bruce Anderson Pohlad Family Foundation Bob Bruininks and Susan Hagstrum Rick and Cathy Asher Paul and Mary Reyelts Jay and Page Cowles Dan Avchen and David Johnson Margaret and Angus Wurtele Mark and Tricia Davis Thomas and Janice Barta Roger Hale and Nor Hall Mike and Mary Binkley $250,000 – $999,999 Liz and Van Hawn Tom Borman Anonymous Mary McCarthy and Brian Zelickson Dorothy Bridges Caroline Amplatz Tom and Lindsay Pohlad Claire and John Butler City of Minneapolis Minnesota Twins Community Fund John and Laura Crosby Steve King and Sam Boren RBC Wealth Management Sarah Duniway and David Brauer Al and Kathy Lenzmeier Foundation USA Tom Evers and Erin Sugrue Mississippi Watershed Schafer Richardson Tim and Susan Flynn Management Org Weiser Family Foundation Ian and Carol Friendly Ben and Mary Whitney Elinor Hands $100,000 – $249,999 Sarah Harris and David Holmgren Anonymous $25,000 – $49,999 Jake Hurwitz and Doreen Frankel Bruce and Martha Atwater Barry Berg and Walter Tambor Susan and Hart Kuller Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch Andrew Duff Medtronic Barbara Bencini and Bill Janhosky Bruce and Sharon Hendry Minneapolis Water Taxi Sue Bennett Anita Kunin Lee and Kevina Munnich Camille Burke David and Leni Moore Dave and Sheryl Norback David Dayton and Mary Bolla Pentair Richard M. Schulze Judy Dayton Connie and Lew Remele Family Foundation EcoTrust Rich and Julie Varda Roers Investments Elly Grace R.T. Rybak and Heithoff Family $10,000 – $24,999 The Minneapolis Foundation Barbara Lupient Janet and Peter Bachman Rachel Scherer St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board Mary and Keith Bednarowski Joseph Shenk Target Foundation Jan and Ellen Breyer John and Laura Taft US Bank Ned and Sherry Ann Dayton Valspar Foundation Mary Vaughan Wendy Dayton Ronald and Carol Vantine Frank and Frances Wilkinson Bill and Janice Dircks Doug and Nancy Verdier David Wilson and Michael Peterman Joe Gibbons and John Cullen Dennis and Joyce Wahr Roger and Myra Greenberg Xcel Energy Jocey Hale and Glenn Miller Stephen and Roxanne Lerum Dave and Peggy Lucas Karen Sternal and Lowell Pickett Mark L. and Nancy C. Wilson

mplsparksfoundation.org 9 Conversation Starter

Bold intersections and big ideas spark inspiring discussions at the Next Generation of Parks event series, starting its 10th season in 2019.

“The Next Generation of Parks series brings innovations in parks that are taking place around the world to our front door so we can learn about them together. The series broadens our local dialogue about parks and recreation as we envision or re-envision Minneapolis parks and recreation,” says Jennifer Ringold, Deputy Superintendent of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, who frequently brings new colleagues to attend the Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s Next Generation of Parks events. “The series is a valuable training resource that’s accessible, free, and leaves you with some food for thought.”

Sarah Duniway takes her dog for a run included creative-placemaking artist Jennifer Ringold every day, but after hearing journalist Lily Yeh, Minneapolis Parks Fellow Florence Williams speak at a recent Bruce Chamberlain, Sabina Ali, a Next Generation of Parks event, she’s community parks activist in Toronto, decided to do it a little differently. and The Nature Fix author Florence Williams. Now set to begin its 10th “We know that getting outdoors makes season, the series is one of the ways us happy, but after hearing Williams the Parks Foundation works to bring talk about her book The Nature Fix, forward fresh voices and new ideas I was inspired to change my route to about how to build parks for the future. make sure I go through a park and get a different dose of trees and nature every day,” says Duniway, a Minneapolis Parks Foundation board member and an attorney at Gray Plant Mooty. “Discoveries like that are what I love about these talks — they’re creative, they’re thought-provoking, and they’re also a little challenging, in a good way, when it comes to advancing the conversation about parks.” Sarah Duniway That’s all part of the mission of the Next Generation of Parks event series, which enjoyed a record-setting attendance year in 2018 with a roster that also

Stephanie Curtis and Lily Yeh

10 Annual Report 2018-19 Senator Patricia Torres Ray and Sabina Ali “If we’re going to continue being the number one park city in the country, we have to always be learning from others, and upping our game, and I think this series has helped bring a lot of attention to that,” says Tom Fisher, Director of the Minnesota Design Center, and an architecture professor at the University of Minnesota. Over the last decade, he says, topics in the series have reflected growing trends in the field, covering not just innovative park design, but also the ways that inventive public spaces can to date, exploring how the signature enhance mental health, for instance, or projects of the RiverFirst Initiative will mitigate the effects of climate change. fulfill the dreams of those early parks “There’s a recognition that an investment founders, finally linking every corner of in the parks isn’t just an investment the city through a continuous riverfront in green space — it’s an investment park system. in the health of people and in their community,” he says. “I think the series As the Minneapolis Parks Foundation Tom Fisher has broadened best practices as well looks ahead to the next decade of as helped us to expand the conversation Next Generation of Parks events, about what is a park.” Christine Moir, the Parks Foundation events manager who coordinates the In some ways, the Next Generation of series, says audiences can expect Parks series is the latest iteration of a even wider-ranging discussions about conversation that started in Minneapolis what’s possible through the parks. “We back in 1872, when landscape architect had a really diverse group of speakers Horace Cleveland came to give a lecture this year, which is one of the reasons about the importance of preserving the season was so successful,” she open spaces in the rapidly growing says, noting that nearly two-thirds of cities of the American west. His guests registered for the free events far-reaching vision was so inspiring are new to the Minneapolis Parks that he was invited to share it with Foundation. “We have evolved from community leaders in St. Paul two inspiring conversations about design, days later, igniting a community-wide to exploring the complex intersection conversation that set the groundwork of health, economics, creativity, and so for the parks system we enjoy today, much more. I would say the common from the Grand Rounds to Como Park. theme that runs through all of these In his Next Gen presentation this year, events is that parks touch all of us.” The Parks Foundation frequently invites our Parks Fellow Bruce Chamberlain helped partners to participate in roundtables or bring the history of Minneapolis’s workshops with our Next Generation of Parks relationship to the Mississippi River up speakers, like this one at MCAD on healing through art with Lily Yeh. Hosting more intimate, deep-dive events like these is part of our mission to collaborate with community.

mplsparksfoundation.org 11 Paying it Forward

A new endowment fund is just one of the ways the Minneapolis Parks Foundation is working to serve a city of parks-lovers.

Where will your money do the most good after you’re gone? “Like most people, I hadn’t really thought This year, Bill became one of a about that question too much,” says growing number of parks lovers who Bill W., 63. But when his financial are including the Minneapolis Parks planner suggested he pull together a Foundation in their estate plans — a circle list of nonprofits to include in his estate of donors that’s more than doubled in plan, he started to reflect on a lifetime recent years. In fact, options for making of memories in Minneapolis and noticed a planned gift are now better than a familiar theme. ever thanks to a new endowment fund launched in 2018 with the help of the “The parks have always been a part of Minnesota Community Foundation. my life, and they bring so much good to other people,” he says. “Back in the “They provide technical assistance to eighties, I got hooked on rollerblading, small nonprofits like the Parks Foundation, and I bet I did that Calhoun, Harriet, which gives our donors access to their Lake of the Isles circuit five nights a expertise if they have questions about how week. Even now, just going for a drive they’d like to structure their estate,” says around the parkways in the winter Jennifer Downham, the Minneapolis or taking my mountain bike to Boom Parks Foundation’s chief development Island is always a good way to spend officer. “It gives our donors confidence the day. It came into my head one day that regardless of what’s going on in that giving to the Minneapolis parks the political landscape, or with changes would be a good place to leave a little in leadership, or with evolutions of bit of myself behind, so I picked up the mission, that there’s a structure in phone and got it started.” place to honor the original intent of

© MPRB the gift.” For parks lovers who want to ensure their contribution will keep Bde Maka Ska working for the next generation of parks users, there’s no better way to leave a legacy than to make a planned gift to the Parks Foundation’s endowment.

To learn more about the Minneapolis Parks Foundation Endowment Fund, visit the Parks Foundation’s “Leave a Legacy” page online, or email Jennifer Downham, Chief Development Officer, at [email protected]. Donors who name the Parks Foundation in their estate plans become members of the Heritage Oak Society.

Cedar Lake © MPRB Inspired by his lifelong love of parks, from inline skating to winter trails, Bill W. (not pictured) is including the Parks Foundation in his estate plans. 12 Annual Report 2018-19 Thank You, Donors

Realizing the promise of parks, now and into the future, is only possible with the generous support of the following individuals, families, foundations, and corporations.

Your contributions in 2018 allowed the Minneapolis Parks Foundation to meet its mission, aligning philanthropic investment and community vision. Since 2003, your support has made it possible for the Parks Foundation to raise more than $20 million for transformative Minneapolis parks.

Horace Cleveland Circle Heritage Oak Society Recognizing the significant contribution of donors who have made Recognizing those donors who have thoughtfully included cumulative general operating support gifts of $50,000 or more. the Minneapolis Parks Foundation in their estate plans. Sue Bennett Mary McCarthy Paul and Mary Reyelts Anonymous (4) Steve King Julia Dayton and Brian Zelickson Angus and Meg Forney and Jon Fagerson Leighton Ladd Richard Erickson Elizabeth Redleaf Margaret Wurtele Jocey Hale and Glenn Miller Don Yager and Rick Groger

$1,000,000 and above $10,000 – $24,999 $2,500 – $4,999 HGA Architects and Engineers Pohlad Family Foundation Barry Berg and Walter Tambor Connie and Mark Andrew Wendy Holmes and David Frank Ellen and Jan Breyer Betsy Atwater Penelope Hunt $100,000 – $999,999 Sherry Ann and Edward Dayton Bremer Bank Jake Hurwitz and Doreen Frankel Anonymous (2) Richard Erickson Camille Burke Leland T. Lynch and Terry Saario Bank of America General Mills Charles H. Clay Family CLAT Trust Lawrence Levine Charitable Foundation George Family Foundation Damon Farber Landscape Architects Medtronic Foundation Barbara Lupient Nor Hall and Roger Hale Timothy and Susan Flynn Lee Mitau and Karin Birkeland Paul and Mary Reyelts Stephen and Roxanne Lerum Green Minneapolis David and Sheryll Norback David A. Wilson and Minnesota Public Radio** Mark Heithoff and Meredith Ross NTH, Inc. Michael J. Peterman RBC Wealth Management Laura and John Taft Mary and Gary O’Brien Connie and Lew Remele United Properties Michael and Kelly Palmer $50,000 – $99,999 Janet Rice and Peter Bachman Penelope Pate Greene and Mark Greene Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Trump $1,000 – $2,499 Jane Piccard and Hunt Greene Sue Bennett Rich and Julie Varda American Academy of Neurology Rickie and John Ressler David Dayton and Mary Bolla Frank and Frances Wilkinson American Society of Landscape Michael Rooney Steve King and Susan Boren Architects, Minnesota Chapter RSP Architects The McKnight Foundation $5,000 – $9,999 Terry and Bruce Anderson Cathleen Ryan & Doris Engibous U.S. Bank Kelsey Arneson Catherine and Frederick Asher R.T. Rybak and Megan O’Hara Mary Vaughan Mary and Keith Bednarowski Doug and Carole Baker David and Susan Sanborn Weiser Family Foundation Robert Bruininks and Barr Engineering James and Van Sanders Susan Hagstrum Dorothy Bridges Bryan Schmidt $25,000 – $49,999 Sarah Duniway and David Brauer Allan and Mary Lou Burdick Joseph Shenk Anonymous Eloise and Carl Pohlad Family Fund Claire and John Butler Chad and Kelly Simich Barbara Bencini and Bill Janohosky Martha Gabbert Carlson Family Foundation Softcrylic, LLC Mark and Patricia Davis Joseph Gibbons and John Cullen CenterPoint Energy Stinson Leonard Street Julia Dayton Jocelyn Hale and Glenn Miller Bruce Chamberlain Thomas and Pat Sugrue EcoTrust Hand Made Events Coen+Partners Kenneth Talle Elizabeth and Van Hawn Larry Hendrickson and Albert and Susan Colianni Ten x Ten Heithoff Family Barbara Forster Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation The Minneapolis Foundation – St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board Hart and Susan Kuller Common Roots Cafe and Catering** Matching Grant Program Fund Mary and Benson Whitney Diane and Richard Madlon-Kay John and Laura Crosby University of Minnesota Foundation – Mary McCarthy and Brian Zelickson Karla Ekdahl and Peter Hutchinson Real Estate Advisors** Leni and David Moore Nancy and Rolf Engh Tracy Van Steenburgh and Kate and Stuart Nielsen First Avenue and 7th Street Entry James Ladner Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Dayna and Ember Frank Ronald and Carol Vantine Roers Investments LLC Ian and Carol Friendly Nancy and Douglas Verdier The Minneapolis Foundation Friends of Loring Park Dennis and Joyce Wahr Xcel Energy Mark Gittleman Mark and Nancy Wilson Xcel Energy Foundation Roger and Myra Greenberg continues on page 14 Sarah Harris and David Holmgren mplsparksfoundation.org 13 continued from page 13

$500 – $999 Anne and Peter Heegaard Jon Buggy Lee Mauk and Russ Bursch Wade Anderson John and Diane Herman Adam Buhr Samuel and Patricia McCullough Dan Avchen and David Johnson Carrie and Richard Higgins John and Jane Burton Mary Kate McKelvey and Chris Bercaw Thomas and Anne Carrier Bruce Jacobson Douglas Caldwell Amy and Jeff Melin Ann and Bruce Christensen Elaine Kienitz Lynn and Brandon Camp Susan and Geoff Michael Jay and Page Cowles Mike Killeen Kyle Cannon Charles and Laura Miller Julie and Ted Dyste Kendall King Whitney and Sarah Clark Christine and Andrew Moir Steve Euller and Nancy Roehr Brian Kingsley and Sarah Borchers John and Audrey Colasanti Adair Mosley Tom Evers and Erin Sugrue Gail Korell and Douglas Brown Ruth Colby Alisa Mulhair Charles and Anne Ferrell Robert and Christine Lunz Patty Connelly John and Diana Munger Meg Forney and Jon Fagerson Mary Lynch and Kurt Kelsey Crawford Merz LLC Kristen Murray Paula and Norman Fox David Madson Jeff DeGree Theodore and Judy Nagel Konrad and Lora Friedemann Martha and Stuart Mason Elizabeth Derichs James Nash Glen and Carol Fuerstneau Ellen Michelson Lexie DeVries Adam Nathe Mary and Peter Gove Lucy Mitchell Liz and Brian Dillon Gary and Claire Nelson Jerry Green and Chris Foster Andy Mitton James Dorsey and Dee Gaeddert Marilyn Nelson Archer Bondarenko Steffanie and Matthew Musich Jennifer Downham Nancy and Russ Nelson Munificence Fund Cris Nelson Joan and Richard Downham Sarah Nettleton Carol and Bud Hayden Julia and Brian Palmer E.A. Sween Company Emily and Will Nicoll Jake Heckenlaible Peace Coffee Paul Egeland Kathleen O’Brien and Jeffrey Loesch Michelle and David Horan Pohlad Family Foundation Mike and Betty Elson Linnea Olesen Mary and Fred Jahnke Ann and Kevin Quiring Andrew and Vicki Erdmann Mark Oyaas Craig and Jean Jentz Susan Reid and Mark Schmidt Brit and Emre Erenler Joseph Peris Holly and Barrs Lewis Cole Rogers and Carla McGrath Felhaber Larson Katherine Perry Patricia Lyon Gordon and Maureen Rudd Tom Fisher and Claudia Wielgorecki Amy Phenix and Chad Nelson Microsoft – Matching Gift Account Mike and Leah Ryan Robin Ganser Monica and James Preisen Minneapolis Water Taxi** James and Melissa Schifman Terri Gold Kelly Ptacek Kevina and Lee Munnich Heidi Schmidt Barbara and Michael Goldner Michael Rainville Carla Pardue Lee Sheehy and Cathy Lawrence Patricia and Alan Grazzini Brian Rice Tom Pettus and Cecily Hines Tony Sterle Kendall Griffith Charlene Roise David and Susan Plimpton Adele Stock and Mark Chowen Rick Groger and Don Yager Jessica Rossi-Mastracci Mike and Katherine Richardson Robin Taylor Hartwell and Michael Grover Steve Rubin Jennifer Ringold John Hunsicker Katherine Grumstrup and Elizabeth Schmieg Jane Tilka and William Dolan Margaret Telfer and Ed McConaghay Michael Bing Mary Schneider Marcia Townley Thrivent Financial – Choice Dollars Tamara Halvorsen Ludt Lawrence and Mary Schwanke Peter Vaughan and Cathy Anson Natalia Tretyakova and Jan Hamerlinck Patrick Seeb Bob Whitlock and Peggy Weber Gregory Janis Steven and Heidi Hamilton Beth Shogren Liz and Andrew Wielinski U.S. Bank Foundation – John Haugen and Alicia Reeves Carolyn Shrewsbury Matching Gift Program Pahoua Yang Hoffman Alexander Hedin Steve Smela and Cordelia Pierson Jill Weese and Steven Vincent Mari Yomota and Aaron Kurland John Heer David and Leslie Smith Robert Werling and Kimberly Ford Martha Yunker Martha Hewett and Linda Varvel Laurine Speltz and Denis Ryono Aaron and Erika Zabler Joan Higinbotham Spiller L’Chaim Fund Wayne Zink and Christopher Schout $250 – $499 Jean Hinz HoneyBaked Ham Todd and Allyson Aldrich Bev Hlavac John and Linda Sumner Ameriprise Financial – $100 – $249 Lisa Hondros and Steve Christenson Carolyn and Leslie Svendsen Matching Gifts Mary Abdo Aaron Howe Anita and Robert Tabb Brian Anderson Mark Addicks and Thomas Hoch Diana and Greg Ingraham Sheila and John Thelemann Michael and Margaret Anderson Allina Health System Tim Jacobs Lucy Thompson Lee Bachman Lucille Amis Tommy and Julie Johns Keith Thorkelson Jeffrey Barnhart Heidi Anderson Paul Johnson Brian Thyr and Danita Carlson Sara Barrow and Mark Hastie Kathleen Clarke Anderson Suzanne Joyce Richard Todd Margit and Tom Berg Bobby Appleby Gary Kanuit Ryan Tollgaard and Colleen and Greg Byrne Barry and Sandra Baines James and Joellen Kaster Mariah Furness Tollgaard Anne Carayon and Dan Pennie Susan Bass Roberts Tim and Sue Kennedy Dries Tromp Wendy and David Coggins Maureen and Peter Beck Molly Kinney Karen Trouba Cinda Collins Elisabeth Bennett Judy and Martin Kuretsky Paul Udris Cy and Paula DeCosse John Bergford Teri Kwant Anne and Tom Ulseth Tom and Lisa Delich Mary and Bruce Bildsten Kate and Ian Lamers Peter Ulstad Kate and Douglas Donaldson Greg and Whitney Blasko Joe Larkin David and Lynn Vander Haar Kevin and Beth Dooley Kathleen Boe Craig and Kathy Larsen Liz Walton Beverly and Richard Fitzgerald Jake Bowar Lee Larson David Warner E. Peter and Julia Gillette John Breviu Ben and Ruth Leadholm Mike Wendorf Hal and Susie Goldstein Leann Britton Joann and Don Leavenworth Amy Westendorp Susan and John Graber Peter Brown and Anna Larsson Patricia Lee Craig Wilson and Trevor Porath Betty Grant and Will Casey Carolyn and Philip Brunelle Libby Lincoln and Brad Fuller Rufus and Elizabeth Winton Elinor Hands Jeannie Buckner Jodi and Jeffrey Mandyck Jeff and Joan Wright Jonathan Buerg Austin and Susan Mason 14 Annual Report 2018-19 Della Young **In-kind support 2018 Financial Statements

Income/Expense Statement – Unrestricted 2018 Balance Sheet 12/31/2018 Income Assets Contributions 614,547 Cash & Cash-equivalents 1,135,206 RiverFirst Program Support 319,144 Other Current Assets 190,076 Government Grants 33,950 Property & Equipment 11,093 Special Events 101,625 RiverFirst Campaign Fund 7,746,025 Investment & Other Income 133,537 Total Assets $9,082,400 Total Income $1,202,803 Liabilities Expense Accounts Payable 17,098 Program Expenses 871,986 Other Liabilities 22,474 Core Mission-Support Services: 140,450 RiverFirst Campaign Fund 7,746,025 Finance, HR, Board, Operations Total Liabilities $7,785,597 Development 172,190 Total Expense $1,184,626 Net Assets: Unrestricted Undesignated 445,585 Change in Net Assets $18,177 Endowment 25,000 RiverFirst 750,000 Total Unrestricted $1,220,585 Total Restricted $76,218 Total Net Assets $1,296,803

Sources of Income Expenses Investments in Minneapolis Parks

3% $3,001,341 6% 12% 8% 14% 11% 50%

74% 22% $496,560

$170,000 $140,000

2015 2016 2017 2018

Individuals 50% Program 74% 50+Foundations 22% 22+1186374Development 14% +14+12 Investment Income 11% Finance, HR, 12% Fundraising Event 8% Board, Operations Corporations 6% Government 3%

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