2019 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY BRIDGING PEOPLE AND PARKS

THANK YOU The Board would like to thank you for your commitment to the National Parks, whether you’re a friend, member, PARKSCONSERVANCY.ORG volunteer, or donor. And we’d like to thank Greg Moore for over 30 years of inspiring others to love these parklands.

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS Jessica Galloway BOARD ASSOCIATES Robert Morris, Managing Director, Nurse Practitioner Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (retired) Colin Lind (Chair) Frank Almeda, Ph.D., Senior Curator, Free Clinic Managing Partner Department of Botany, Regina Liang Muehlhauser, President, San Francisco Blum Capital Partners (retired) Academy of Sciences Bank of America California (retired) Sausalito Linda Howell Fritz Arko, President and General Donald W. Murphy, Founder, Civic Leader The Andes Institute Randi Fisher (Vice Chair) Manager, (retired) San Francisco Pisces Foundation Michael R. Barr, Partner, Pillsbury Jacob E. Perea, Ph.D., Professor San Francisco Patsy Ishiyama Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Dean Emeritus, San Francisco Civic Leader State University Lynn Mellen Wendell (Vice Chair) Leslie Browne, Partner, SSL Law Firm San Francisco Mark W. Perry, Strategic Advisor Civic Leader Mark W. Buell, Civic Leader San Francisco Sujay Jaswa and General Partner, New Enterprise Founder & Managing Partner Virgil Caselli, Commercial Associates (retired) Staci Slaughter (Vice Chair) WndrCo LLC Property Ventures Executive Vice President, Rob Price, Co-Chairman & Creative San Francisco Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow Director, Eleven, Inc. Communications & Senior and Executive Director Emeritus, Advisor to the CEO Dan Kingsley Toby Rosenblatt, Former Chair, 16 The George Lucas Educational Managing Partner Board of Directors, Presidio Trust Foundation 12 San Francisco SKS Investments Alexander H. Schilling, Chairman, David Courtney, General Partner San Francisco Union Square Investment Company 18 20 23 Gordon Ritter (Treasurer) & Chief Operating Officer, 13 24 15 Founder and General Partner Martha Kropf Helen Schwab, Civic Leader 14 21 Crosslink Capital 17 Emergence Capital Partners Civic Leader 22 Carlota del Portillo, Dean, City Alan Seelenfreund, Chairman, San Francisco San Francisco 19 McKesson Corporation (retired) 25 College of San Francisco (retired) Larry Low (Secretary) John Murray Phelps Dewey, President, Chronicle West Shell III, Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Legal Officer CEO, Paypro Corporation Publishing Company, Book Division Chairman, Conversa Health San Francisco Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (retired) Rich Silverstein, Co-Chairman San Francisco Melanie P. Peña 2 Paula F. Downey, President & Creative Director, Goodby 1 Civic Leader 8 and CEO, CSAA Insurance Group Silverstein & Partners 6 9 TRUSTEES Mill Valley 4 3 5 Odette Alcazaren-Keeley Millard Drexler, Chairman, J. Crew Cathy Simon, Principal, Perkins+Will John Pritzker Director, Maynard 200 at Maynard Founding Partner & Director Gianni Fassio, Owner, Palio D’Asti Michael Willis, Principal, Michael Institute for Journalism Education Willis Architects 7 10 11 Geolo Capital (retired) Burlingame San Francisco Robert Fisher, Chairman, Board of Sharon Y. Woo, Civic Leader John C. Atwater Directors, Gap, Inc. Jake Schatz Rosemary Young, Former Chair, Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Executive Vice President & General John Gamble, Managing Partner, Peninsula Community Foundation Officer, Prime Group Counsel, Electronic Arts Inc. Allen Matkins Leck Gamble San Francisco San Francisco Mallory & Natsis LLP (retired) Janice Barger Jessica Verrilli David Grubb, Chairman Emeritus, Civic Leader General Partner at GV and Founding Swinerton, Inc. San Francisco Partner at #ANGELS Walter J. Haas, Chairman, Darren Bechtel San Francisco Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Founder & Managing Director Nuria Santamaria Wolfe Sally Hambrecht, Civic Leader Brick & Mortar Ventures Chief Marketing Office and San Francisco Charlene Harvey, Civic Leader Co-founder, Encantos Media Studios Martha Ehmann Conte Los Angeles S. Dale Hess, Executive Vice Civic Leader President, San Francisco Grace Won San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Civic Leader (retired) San Francisco , Founder, Manager Kit Hinrichs Studio Hinrichs Product Partnerships BOARD LIAISONS YouTube Phil Marineau, Partner, Amanda Hoenigman San Francisco LNK Partners Civic Leader Betsy Eisenhardt Liaison to the Parks Conservancy Amy McCombs, Lee Hills Chair of Free Press Studies, Missouri Civic Leader Leaders Circle School of Journalism San Francisco San Francisco Nion McEvoy, Chairman and Rodney Fong Julie Parish PARKS CONSERVANCY BOARD CEO, Chronicle Books LLC COVER PHOTO: “As a newer board member, I’m honored President & CEO Landscape Designer 1. Patsy Ishiyama 6. Larry Low 11. John Pritzker 16. John Murray 21. Gordon Ritter NOT PICTURED San Francisco Liaison to the Parks Conservancy Conservancy staff celebrated the fifth anniversary of the trailblazing Roving Ranger 2. Jessica Galloway 7. Staci Slaughter 12. Sujay Jaswa 17. Martha Conte 22. Amanda Hoenigman Darren Bechtel to help bridge the Conservancy to its next Chamber of Commerce Leaders Circle (Emeritus) San Francisco San Francisco in 2018. The mobile trailhead has greeted 3. Melanie Peña 8. Randi Fisher 13. Martha Kropf 18. Julie Parish 23. Shane Douglas Jessica Verrilli chapter: Making our parks even more nearly 50,000 people in the community and 4. Lynn Wendell 9. Betsy Eisenhardt 14. Nuria Santamaria Wolfe 19. Odette Alcazaren-Keeley 24. Jake Schatz John Atwater welcoming, accessible, and relevant to traveled enough miles to drive across the —three times over! 5. Colin Lind 10. Grace Won 15. Janice Barger 20. Dan Kingsley 25. Linda Howell Rodney Fong young people of all backgrounds.” — Melanie Peña FROM PARK BUILDERS TO PARK ACTIVATORS BRIDGING: PARK HISTORY MEETS FUTURE

In our Golden Gate National Parks, bridges are focal points and starting points. They soar above us, forcing us to stop and look no matter how many times we’ve seen them before. Then they connect us to new adventures.

In 2018 and 2019, bridging took on special meaning as the Conservancy entered a new era of leadership. We’re thrilled to welcome President & CEO Chris Lehnertz, as Greg Moore becomes CEO Emeritus and transitions to a new role as Special Advisor.

This is a moment to celebrate our accomplishments and park trans- formations, many within sight of the . At the same time, we look to the future and all the possi- bilities Chris brings. With her commit- ment to inclusion, we enter a new phase of activating our parklands for people from every part of the Bay Area.

At both ends of the bridge our parks await, filled with promise for some- thing fresh, something fun. We’re so happy you’re on this journey too. PARKS FOR ALL: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE SPACE ‘FOR ALL’? WONDER

“Crissy Field represents everything our democracy can be when we make a commitment to openness, opportunity, and inclusion.” -Cathy Cha, President, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Nearly 20 years ago, working with our partners, that would connect people to their natural the community, and the Evelyn and Walter surroundings—and to each other.”

Haas, Jr. Fund, we helped transform Crissy In 2018, Crissy Field hosted 32 young people for Field from a concrete parking lot into a beloved a moving naturalization ceremony. The park San Francisco park. Today, Crissy Field is a also hosted a StoryWalk featuring Dave Eggers’ stunning and truly democratic open space immigration-themed “Her Right Foot” and the with more than 1 million visitors annually. Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Big Blue Whale art

“In many ways, the reality of Crissy Field has project, focused on ocean pollution. surpassed our dreams,” said Ira Hirschfield, Those 2018 moments were made possible with President Emeritus, Evelyn and Walter Haas, the promise of change 20 years ago. And they’ll Jr. Fund. “We wanted Crissy Field to be a bridge continue into the future at Crissy Field.

Interactions with the blue whale art exhibit in five months at Crissy Field. They learned every 9 minutes, 300,000 pounds of plastic (the size of a blue whale) gets dumped in the ocean. More at parksconservancy.org/bluewhale Katherine Toy, Executive Vice President, Partnerships and Programs for the Conservancy, left, with Cathy Cha and Ira Hirschfield of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. “The naturalization ceremony and the StoryWalk leading almost to the front door of the Crissy Field Center highlight our commitment to youth, a key mission of the Conservancy’s ‘For All’ programs,” Toy said.

Read more and see video of the StoryWalk at parksconservancy.org/crissyforall PARKS FOR ALL: CONNECTING PEOPLE TO PARKS HOW MARQUIS BECAME A PARK CHAMPION

“You tap out to tap in. You see the ships in the background, and you hear the waves crash and then recede. Time, it freezes. Love and beauty, that’s what I feel.” -Marquis Engle, Program Director, Up on Top

At the Up on Top after-school and summer The Conservancy and our partners continually program in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neigh- create bridges for people to discover national borhood, leaders talk about “planting a seed” of parks. In the fall of 2018, we offered shuttles to inspiration for their youth. For Marquis Engle, Crissy Field Day, a celebration of the beloved the seed planted with the Conservancy has park’s past and future. Our Roving Ranger infor- blossomed into a full-blown love of the parks. mation truck is cruising into its fifth year. And in conjunction with the San Francisco Public Marquis, the Program Director at Up on Top, saw Library’s Summer Stride program, we offered nine the ocean for the first time at a Muir Beach meeting free shuttle trips from libraries to parks in 2018. of the Mo’MAGIC collective of nonprofits and youth- serving organizations. Since then, Conservancy Marquis needed only one connection to fall in shuttles have taken Up on Top youth to Muir love with parks. And the Conservancy is working Woods, the Golden Gate Bridge, and beyond. to create thousands more every year.

National Park Service Ranger Fatima Colindres leads a group from Clinica Esperanza at Crissy Field. Ranger Fatima has also worked, closely with the Conservancy, to help the homeless via Increase in Summer Stride participation Hamilton Families and immigrant groups from since the San Francisco Public Library local public schools. “We bring the parks to the partnered with the Conservancy and NPS people when we can’t bring the people to the for their summer program three years parks,” Ranger Fatima says. ago. With ranger talks, library “trail- heads” and other opportunities, more than 33,000 people were exposed to the parks through this wildly successful Meet Marquis and see why community engagement is so important to partnership in 2018. Ranger Fatima in a video at parksconservancy.org/marquis PARKS FOR ALL: PARTNERSHIP FOR SCIENCE BUILDING A MOUNTAIN OF SUPPORT

“This is a model of how we should be stewarding our lands and public parks.” —Marin County Supervisor Katie Rice

Mt. Tamalpais peaks at 2,572 feet in elevation, education, as well as landscape-scale conserva- but in 2018, thanks to the collaborative work of tion science,” said Lisette Arellano, Community One Tam and its partners, this iconic mountain Science Program Manager at One Tam. was elevated to new heights. Together, the partner agencies have detected Since its formation in 2014, One Tam (a partner- and controlled invasive weeds, mapped rare ship of the Parks Conservancy, the National Park and sensitive plant communities, monitored Service, Marin County Parks, Marin Municipal indicator species and wildlife across terrains Water District, and California State Parks) has (including Marin’s previously unknown set itself as a model for landscape-scale resource bat populations), tracked changes in rare management and community science. plant populations using GIS technology, and researched protection of key species amid “Community science is looking at the intersec- climate change. tion of the two main components of the One Tam initiative: Community engagement and

Marin County Supervisor Katie Rice, left, with One Tam Conservation Management Specialist Rachel Kesel. “We’re able to pilot projects and work on them on a small scale, sometimes starting out with just one Local volunteers and students agency involved in order to a protocol engaged in 2018 through work- to see how logistically feasible it is to scale shops, lectures, and community science projects. Here, LINC it up to the landscape-scale,” Kesel said. students get a special up-close opportunity to be part of the One Tam Bat Inventory, a three-year Read more about One Tam’s landscape-scale efforts and watch our video at study of Mt. Tam’s bat community. parksconservancy.org/communityscience BRIDGING: COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR YOUTH LEADERS URBAN TRAILBLAZERS

“It gave her team-building experience, it gave her social experience,” Charlie said. “It got her outdoors and they were going to national parks and on camping trips.”

The Inner Sunset Community Advocates made their first big grant, $75,000 over three years, enabling Urban Trailblazers to “It was a great pilot program move from summer-only to year-round at for us to find. It’s what we Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in In 2017, the Inner Sunset Community Advo- San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood. were looking for. There’s cates were a “young and inexperienced That meant more youth seeing the Pre- the usual suspects and then grant-making body” that had never made sidio for the first time or going on trips to there’s Urban Trailblazers.” a multi-year grant. Yosemite and beyond. —Charlie Babcock But Charlie Babcock, treasurer of the (pictured top left, next to Sam Tran) group, and his wife Nancy, a school nurse For a small community group looking to in San Francisco, kept hearing “excited” make a big impact, it was a perfect fit. Total acreage of the San Mateo To see a video of the Urban updates about the Parks Conservancy’s Sam Tran, the Middle School Programs County park sites within the Golden Gate National Parks—, Trailblazers youth in action, go to Urban Trailblazers program from a middle Manager at the Crissy Field Center, said parksconservancy.org/utbadvocates , Phleger schooler named Chastity. “it was like serendipity, it was meant to be.” Estate, , and . There’s much to explore! MIKE AND GEORGIA VASEY

BRIDGING: FROM FATHER TO DAUGHTER MORI POINT

Mike Vasey helped save the land in 2000. Georgia leads a dedicated team of volun- Georgia Vasey works for the Conservancy teers as the Conservancy’s San Mateo stewarding that land nearly every day. Community Programs Manager. She’s seen “We get thanked all the Mori reshaped as her team has helped build How does it feel having your daughter carry time when we’re out there a pond for California red-legged frogs, a the legacy you built, one trail at a time? working. Because everybody boardwalk for endangered San Francisco “Well it kind of chokes me up to tell you the garter snakes to slither under, and actual remembers, and they see truth,” Mike says. “It really is a great honor.” trails to replace social trails trampled down what it’s like now.” by previous park users. Overnight youth campers at Rob Hill Mike, the former president of the Pacifica —Georgia Vasey Campground in 2018 as part of the Camping at the Presidio program, Land Trust, worked with the Trust for Public “It really has been a success for endangered including a new Urban Trailblazers Land to win an auction to purchase Mori species, it’s been a success for the commu- See a video including Mori backpacking program. Many youth Point and eventually usher the land into into nity,” Georgia says. “Mori Point is one of Point’s wildflowers in bloom at were backpacking and camping parksconservancy.org/morisuccess the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. those places that everybody just loves.” overnight for the first time. BRIDGING THE PAST & FUTURE Follow the trail of Conservancy accomplishments from the last 38 years.

Launched the One Tam initiative with four agency partners to energize community support for the future health of Mt. Tam. Celebrated 100 years of the with Junior Ranger Jamboree and Celebrated the launch of multi-year Funded and built the Muir Presidio’s transfer partnership with the San Woods Visitor Center. from military post Francisco Public Library. to national park.

Delivered a memorable Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary community festival. Developed the Alcatraz Cellhouse Audio Tour, an award-winning model for immersive visitation experiences at national parks. Opened 1,000 feet of new trail at , including habitat restoration at key site Began operating the Golden Gate for endangered Mission Raptor Observatory. Volunteers have blue butterfly. since banded more than 42,000 hawks and counted over 800,000. With the NPS and Presidio Trust, launched Trails Forever to build a world-class trail Restored the Crissy system in the parks. Field tidal marsh and launched “Help Grow Crissy Field” public campaign, leading up to the Crissy Field grand opening with 75,000 people in 2001. Contributed $9,000 in annual support to With NPS and Presidio Trust, the parks. To date, launched Crissy Field Next and cumulative support has welcomed the community to grown to $552 million. Crissy Field Day to celebrate the history, plan for the future.

With NPS, kicked off the revitalization of Established Crissy Field , which re- Center’s first youth opened in 2008 with advisory council to plant the gorgeous Cavallo seeds for future youth Point lodge. leadership programs like Golden Gate National Park Youth Collaborative, Parks Conservancy LINC, and I-YEL. established. “The trips are not only educational, entertaining, and fun, they’re a respite from the daily grind of working and earning a living.” —Community Park Shuttle participant

ACCOMPLISHMENTS From the soaring raptors above Hawk Hill to the record numbers of people visiting our parks, it was a busy and fruitful year in the Golden Gate National Parks. Here are some of the highlights, achieved in concert with the National Park Service, Presidio Trust, and other key partners: ONE TAM HIKE THROUGH MUIR ALCATRAZ EMBARKATION PROJECT RENDERING WOODS WITH LATINO OUTDOORS PARK PROJECTS Advanced the vision of a high-quality Determined next steps, utilizing commu- gateway to at Piers 31-33. The nity input, for revitalizing China Beach. Alcatraz Embarkation Project moves forward The project will restore a road and retaining after receiving unanimous approval from walls, and rehabilitate the historic bath- San Francisco’s mayor, supervisors, and Port house for use by the public and NPS Ocean Commission in 2018. Rescue team. Former Alcatraz inmates, guards, residents, and relatives who gath- ered at the Rock on August 12 for VISITOR SERVICES & INTERPRETATION the last formal reunion of people Reclaimed the top spot in NPS’ annual Launched a new design for our website from the prison era. The living history of the island was embod- visitation rankings. In 2018, the Golden Gate parksconservancy.org, with a focus on ied in their compelling tales of National Parks were the highest visited of getting people out to the parks. “Find Your island life, many of which are still all 419 national park sites, with 17.6 million Park” feature, trail data, and expanded event captured on the award-winning total visits! listings among the many new features. Alcatraz Cellhouse Audio Tour.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS Expanded the popular Migratory Story Trekked from Stinson Beach to Crissy school program, which brought 210 students Field with 40 Linking Individuals to their Eagles spotted in one hour at to Hawk Hill to learn about raptors and Natural Community (LINC) high schoolers, Hawk Hill by volunteers with the human migration in 2018. The Crissy Field who spent the summer of 2018 doing resto- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, a record for a single hour. And it Center will offer a new summer camp to ration stewardship in the parks. happened twice in the fall of 2018. participating Migratory Story schools in 2019. LINC HIGH SCHOOLERS APPROACHING THE GOLDEN GATE AT THE END OF THEIR TREK

Engaged neighbors and regular users of China Beach have been meeting with Our Golden Gate National Parks are enhanced and made more welcoming thanks to Linking Individuals to their Natural Community (LINC) is a summer internship SPECIAL the Conservancy and the NPS about a plan to rehabilitate the retaining walls, unrestricted annual gifts from the Conservancy’s thousands of members and donors. As program for high school students based in the Golden Gate National Parks. water system, access road, and the historic bathhouse. With NPS leadership, the most-visited national park site in the country, the GGNRA benefits from the Conser- Thanks in part to a generous gift from Arlin Weinberger, the LINC program THANKS federal matching grants have been secured. Kat Taylor and Marc and Lynne vancy funding projects—like refreshing the Crissy Field promenade—and programs like continues to serve students in Marin through One Tam. The six-week program Benioff have made donations to spur others to give. Special thanks also to our native plant nurseries, which make visiting our parks and amazing experience. We begins with a 4-day camping trip followed by service projects on Mt. Tam, San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani for helping secure city funds. especially thank our Park Heroes who provide annual support of $10,000 and above! fun field trips, and useful workshops that develop career and leadership skills. 2018 AWARDS & HONORS

AIA San Francisco bestows Community Alliance Award on Parks Conservancy for “significant contributions to the improvement of the Bay Area’s built environment.”

Greg Moore honored with Silver SPUR Award, recognizing “individuals whose achievements have made San Francisco and the Bay Area a YOGA AT PARKRX DAY better place to live and work.”

Alcatraz Island named top landmark RANGERS AND JUNIOR RANGERS AT MUIR WOODS in the United States in TripAdvisor RESTORATION & CONSERVATION Travelers’ Choice Awards. Mapped Marin County vegetation types Worked with One Tam and community using aerial imagery. The Marin County partners to adapt the marsh ecosystem and Conservancy honored by San Francisco State Vegetation Map, to be completed in 2021, multi-use path at Bothin Marsh to sea level University with 2018 Community Partnership will help One Tam partner agencies make rise. This project will model how innovative, Award for Excellence in Service Learning. key stewardship and planning decisions. nature-based techniques can support adaptation here and around the Bay Area.

Garden tours at Alcatraz COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Gardens, flourishing thanks to Transported hundreds of people to the Connected 433 people to the parks via the help of 830 volunteers. In 2019 we launched a new push parks via free . Thanks free library shuttles in conjunction with community shuttles for volunteers to give a similar to the Greg Moore Parks For All Fund, people San Francisco Public Library’s Summer makeover to Black Point in from programs like Hamilton House and Stride. In surveys, 93 percent reported , which will open a Clinica Esperanza gained access to the parks positive park experiences they would pathway from Maritime National Historical Park to Fort Mason. they normally wouldn’t have. recommend to a friend.

SOCIAL IMPACT Tracked impressive growth of the Park Inspired change through Art in the Parks MILLION Prescription movement, which encourages programs. In addition to the Blue Whale Images processed, with the help physical activity and time spent in nature, exhibit on Crissy Field, launched Future IDs of volunteers, in three years of the Marin Wildlife Picture Index via the ParkRx Census. We found 71 ParkRx at Alcatraz in early 2019, featuring artwork Project. One Tam’s wildlife cam- programs nationwide, up from eight in 2010, by and with individuals who have conviction era data helps compose a broader when the Conservancy’s Institute at the histories, using IDs as a template for hope. portrait of the landscape’s health, ALCATRAZ GARDENS Golden Gate started leading ParkRx. connectivity, and resilience. ONE TAM STAFF IN THE FIELD FOR VEGETATION MAPPING

Janice and Matt Barger have been incredibly generous supporters of the GGRNA, the When Greg Moore stepped down as the Conservancy’s CEO, many people joined An important Art in the Parks exhibit this year was Future IDs at Alcatraz. The project SPECIAL Conservancy, and One Tam. Their recent significant gift to One Tam provided the founda- together to support a lasting tribute to his leadership. The Trustees and the Evelyn received an Open Spaces grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. The grant tional support which we leveraged to secure six-times their gift’s amount from multiple and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund launched the Greg Moore Parks For All Fund. They matched supports nonprofits that partner with artists to create temporary, place-based public THANKS governmental agencies to fully fund the Marin County Vegetation Mapping project. The gifts pledged during the 2018 Trails Forever Dinner, with over $1 million raised. The art projects that are responsive to issues relevant to communities in San Francisco and Bargers’ leadership has brought an important resource to all of the agencies working in Greg Moore Fund is making possible the expansion of the Community Park Shuttle Oakland. We are excited to have worked with social practice artist Gregory Sale as Marin and will provide the scientific basis for planning for many years to come. program into the spring and fall, allowing hundreds more people to enjoy the parks. he helped translate criminal justice reform efforts into a visual language. THANK YOU VOLUNTEER GROUPS 2018

3Degrees Boy Scouts of America Cultural Resources Volunteers: Alcatraz 7 Tepees Boys Hope Girls Hope and (including A.P. Giannini Middle School Braze Concrete Preservation Program) AdRoll Bridgemen Cutline Communications Advance English Academy Brightmark Energy Daughters of the American Revolution Aim High Brightworks School Deem Akamai British Consulate General – Dell AKQA San Francisco Deloitte Alamo Elementary School Buddha’s Light International Association Design Volunteers-In-Parks, Alcatraz Gardens Volunteers BuildOn Park Photographers, and Headlands Alcatraz Interpretation and Education Burlingame High School Center for the Arts Volunteers Burns and McDonnell Disability Parents Network Alcatraz Waterbird Docents Burns and Wilcox DocSend Alibaba Group Butler University Bay Area Alumni DocuSign Allianz Global Investors Cadreon Drew School American Academy of Ophthalmology California Coastal Commission Dropbox American Eagle Outfitters California College of the Arts Duke Alumni American Hiking Society California State Parks Eagle Peak Montessori School AmeriCorps California State University, Chico Earnest Ameriprise Financial Canary Marketing Eatsa AppDirect Capuchino High School ECHO Technology Solutions Apple Inc. Cedars of Marin Edelman Children’s Day School Edrington Aquatic Ecology Program Volunteers Cisco Systems, Inc. Ejento Argonne Elementary School City College of San Francisco EM Marketing Arla Iglesia de Jesucristo Claire Lilienthal School English Studies Institute Art in the Parks Volunteers CLEAResult Epsilon Arvada United Methodist Chruch ClimateWorks Foundation Equilibrium Capital THE GOLDEN GATE Asana Cloudflare Ernst & Young NATIONAL PARKS Aspiriant Collective Health Essence Global would not be the same without Athleta College of Marin Esurance Insurance Services AvalonBay Communities, Inc. College Preparatory School Facebook the dedication and passion of our Avis Budget Group Convent Elementary School FactSet Research Systems volunteers. From October 1, 2017– Bain & Company Convent of the Sacred Heart School Farallone View Elementary School September 30, 2018, more than Bay Area Community Resources Cornerstone Trinity Baptist Church Fehr and Peers 350 unique community groups— Bay Area Earpers CP Lab Safety Fenwick park programs, corporate teams, Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Credit Karma First United Methodist Church Association Crissy Field Center Flexport nonprofits, schools, civic and Bay School of San Francisco Crissy Field Center Volunteers: Outreach Forbes Media faith-based organizations, and Beach Program Volunteers and Education, Public Programs, and Fort Baker Stewardship more—generously contributed Berkeley City College Administration Fort Mason Visitor Services, Special their time. On behalf of the Berkeley School Crissy Field Center Youth Programs: Park Uses Group (SPUG), and Black Point Gardens Volunteers Camping at the Presidio (CAP), Environmental/Safety Programs Parks Conservancy, National Hours put in by 24,951 park BlackRock, Inc. Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders Volunteers Park Service, and Presidio Trust, volunteers in 2018. That’s Blue Shield of California (I-YEL), Summer Camp Counselors-in- Fort Point Interpretation & Education WE THANK YOU! almost 52 years’ worth of Booking.com Training, and Urban Trailblazers (UTB) Volunteers hours, valued at about $11.2 Boston Consulting Group Cub Scouts of America Friends Group million. Thanks for devoting your time to our parks! Friends of Mt. Tam Invasive Species Early Detection Marin Primary and Middle School Oregon Institute of Technology San Francisco Association of Realtors Sledgehammer Games Tetra Tech University of Washington FTI Consulting Program (Weedwatchers) Martin Luther King Junior Academy Our Lady of Perpetual Help School San Francisco Chamber of Commerce SMART The Arc of San Francisco UNUM Fusion Academy San Francisco Iron Creative Match4Action Outward Bound San Francisco Municipal Transportation Snowy Plover Volunteers (Plover The Little School Validant Galileo Academy of Science and IXL Learning Menlo High School PAE Engineers Agency Patrollers) The Nielsen Company Varo Money Inc. Technology Jamestown LP Meraki PagerDuty Inc. San Francisco Recreation and Spectrum Equity The Production Board Verizon Gap, Inc. Japanese Community Youth Council Mercy High School Park Stewardship Volunteers: Marin, Park Department Sports Basement The Riverside Company Visa Gateway High School Jewish Community Centers Method San Francisco, and San Mateo San Francisco State University Square Thomas Edison Charter Academy Walden Center and School Genstar JLL Mills College Park Stewardship Youth Programs: San Francisco Triathlon Club St. Ignatius College Preparatory Thomson Reuters Walmart Georgia Tech Alumni Association JPMorgan Chase Mission Continues Oceana Nursery and Linking San Francisco Volunteer Connect Stanford University Alumni Thought Works Walt Disney Family Museum German International School of JROTC MitchelLake Group Individuals to their Natural San Francisco Waldorf School Star of the Sea School Town School for Boys WaterSmart Software Silicon Valley Junior Rangers, National Park Service Mixpanel Community (LINC) San Francisco YouthWorks Starbucks Triage Consulting Group Waves Not Plastic GES International Culture Exchange Kehillah Jewish High School ModCloth Parks Plus Creation Sterne School TripAdvisor We Work Get Cruise Kilroy Realty Corporation Muir Woods Interpretation, Parks Project San Rafael High School Steven Engineering, Inc. Turner Boyd Wells Fargo GetFeedback Kulesa Faul, Inc. Education, and Visitor Service Paypal Saucelabs Strava TurnOut Westborough Middle School Girl Scouts of the USA Lattice Engines Volunteers Peabody Elementary School Save Our Shores Strawberry Point Elementary Twilio Westmoor High School Glassdoor Inc. Law Enforcement Volunteers: Horse National Charity League Pepperdine University Schellman and Company Stripe Uber Wetherby Asset Management Global Student Embassy Patrol, Junior Lifeguard, Park Police, National Collegiate Honors Council Perkins+Will Scientific Certification Systems Stuart Hall UC Davis Alumni Association Williams-Sonoma, Inc Golden Gate Landscape and Search & Rescue Native American Conservation Corps PG&E Segment Inc. Suites at Fisherman’s Wharf UDR Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School Maintenance Volunteers (San Leadership Public Schools Native Plant Nursery Volunteers: Phoenix Lodge Sequoia Benefits Surfrider Foundation Universe Wix Francisco Shoreline, Fort Mason, Lending Club , Marin Headlands, Phylagen SF Aids Foundation Sustainability Accounting Standards University of California, Berkeley Women Helping All People , Ocean Beach) Lending Tree Oceana, Presidio Pisces Foundation SF First Chinese Baptist Church Board University of California, Davis Workday Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Lever NerdWallet Playworks SF Maritime Historic Park Symantec University of California, Los Angeles Yale University Volunteers Liftopia New Frontier USY PLOS ONE Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman, LLP University of California, San Francisco YMCA Golden Gate Trail Stewardship and Lightbend, Inc. New Relic PLUM Architects Sierra Leadership Talener SF University of California, Santa Barbara Young Professionals in Energy Teens on Trails Points Sift Science Tapingo University of Georgia YouNoodle Goldman, Sachs, & Co. Pomona College Sitecore Taylor Stitch University of Michigan Alumni Youth Community Service Gonzaga Preparatory School Pottery Barn Skyline College Team Red White and Blue University of San Francisco Zenefits Gonzaga University Presidio and Lands End Slack Tehiyah Day School University of Utah ZS Associate Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Interpretation, Education, Grand Rounds and Visitor Service Volunteers Grid Alternatives (includes Battery Chamberlin) Groupon Presidio Archaeology Volunteers Guidebook Inc Presidio Docents, Ambassadors, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine and Greeters Sanctuary Presidio Forest and Trail Stewards Habitat For Humanity Presidio Garden and Sustainability Habitat Restoration Team & Invasive Stewards Plant Patrol Volunteers Presidio Habitat Stewards Hall Capital Partners, LLC Presidio Hill School HDR Presidio Neighborhood Days Heath Ceramics Presidio Trust Hello Digit, Inc. Lincoln High School New York University Alumni Prospect Sierra Herbert Hoover Middle School Linqia Next Generation Fundraising Rancho Mountain Bikers Holy Name School Litman Gregory Asset Management Niantic Recology Home Away From Homelessness Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC Nomad Middle School Redaptive Hornblower L’Oreal NorCal RepairPal HTC Design Studio Lowell High School Novartis RHAA Landscape Architecture Huckberry Lucasfilm November Project Rinat Laboratories - Pfizer Inc. Huckleberry Youth Programs Lycee Francais de San Francisco NRG Energy Riverbed Technology Inc Incredible Adventures Marin Academy Nueva School Road Warriors Indiana University Alumni Association Marin County Parks Oath Robert Half Insight Data Science Marin Headlands Interpretation, Obvious Ventures Ross Elementary School Insurance Industry Charitable Education, and Visitor Service Occidental College Bay Area Alumni Rotary Club Foundation Volunteers (includes Battery Ocean Health Safety National InterContinental Hotel Townsley, Nike Missile Site, Point Ogilvy Sage Educators International School of the Peninsula Bonita) Old Navy Saint Cecilia Catholic Church Internship Programs (Volunteers- Marin Horizon School One Tam Salesforce In-Parks, Academic, Summer Youth) Marin Historic Landscape and One Tree Planted Samsara Intersection Facilities Volunteers Optimizely San Domenico School Interstice Architects Marin Municipal Water District OptumHealth San Francisco Art Institute

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE GLOBAL STUDENT EMBASSY STRIKE A POSE AFTER HELPING TO CLEAN UP RODEO BEACH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES as of September 30, 2018 (with comparative totals for 2017) for the year ended September 30, 2018 (with comparative totals for 2017)

ASSETS 2018 2017 2018

Temporarily Permanently 2017 Cash and cash equivalents $ 43,951,190 $ 16,479,274 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total Accounts receivable 4,860,525 5,573,663 GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE Contributions receivable, net 16,310,620 18,373,144 PARKS CONSERVANCY Program revenue $ 43,051,358 $ 43,051,358 $ 41,444,303 Inventories 3,103,650 3,295,549 Contributed income 2,794,870 $ 25,781,220 28,576,090 18,538,341 FISCAL YEAR 2018 Prepaid expenses and deposits 721,260 830,170 Special events, net of donor SUPPORT TO THE PARKS Investments 42,560,086 40,570,257 benefits of $197,485 772,950 939,510 1,712,460 1,495,342 Furniture, fixtures, and equipment, net 1,715,331 1,621,453 Cooperative agreement Other assets, net 3,189,280 4,370,054 reimbursements 5,356,352 5,356,352 6,094,513 16% Other income 117,267 117,267 190,669 TOTAL ASSETS 116,411,942 91,113,564 Net assets released from restrictions 4,179,791 (4,179,791) 44% LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE 56,272,588 22,540,939 78,813,527 67,763,168 40% LIABILITIES EXPENSES Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 3,050,640 3,782,457 Program services Accrued payroll-related expenses 2,952,450 2,856,224 Park interpretation and visitor services 23,971,916 23,971,916 23,850,723 Advanced Deposits 2,044,046 Park enhancements, restoration, TOTAL SUPPORT 2018: Agency funds payable 577,174 591,241 and stewardship 15,499,810 15,499,810 22,848,736 $38,825,978* Grants payable 3,304,000 Youth, volunteer, and community programs 6,340,508 6,340,508 6,016,280 Park Interpretation and Deferred revenue 3,272,032 1,259,851 Visitor Services Total program services 45,812,234 45,812,234 52,715,739 $16,985,660 (44%) TOTAL LIABILITIES 11,896,342 11,793,773 Park Enhancements, Management and general 6,200,498 6,200,498 6,093,390 Restoration, and Stewardship Fundraising 3,891,101 3,891,101 3,661,530 $15,499,810 (40%) NET ASSETS Unrestricted: Youth, Volunteer, and TOTAL EXPENSES 55,903,833 55,903,833 62,470,659 Community Programs Undesignated 18,442,274 13,917,005 $6,340,508 (16%) Board-designated 11,713,854 14,726,050 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM

OPERATIONS 368,755 22,540,939 22,909,694 5,292,509 TOTAL SUPPORT TO Total unrestricted net assets 30,156,128 28,643,055 Endowment and THE PARKS, 1982–2018: Contributed income $ 500,000 500,000 30,617 Temporarily restricted 67,717,260 44,534,524 $552 MILLION Investment activities Permanently restricted 6,642,212 6,142,212 Net realized and unrealized gain Financial statements of the Golden on investments 720,815 494,317 1,215,132 3,762,866 Gate National Parks Conservancy TOTAL NET ASSETS 104,515,600 79,319,791 Interest and dividend income 338,645 147,480 486,125 400,315 are audited on an annual basis. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 116,411,942 $ 91,113,564 Other investment income 84,858 84,858 204,596 Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 1,513,073 23,182,736 500,000 25,195,809 9,690,903 upon request by calling the Parks Conservancy’s Chief Operating NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 28,643,055 44,534,524 6,142,212 79,319,791 69,628,888 Officer at (415) 561-3000. NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $ 30,156,128 $ 67,717,260 $ 6,642,212 $104,515,600 $ 79,319,791

*Support to the parks includes all program service expenses, excluding cost of goods sold and donated services MARTINELLI RANCH

OLEMA VALLEY Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Point National Historic Site, and Muir Woods National Monument lands managed by the National Park Service OUR PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNERS Lands managed by the Presidio Trust POINT REYES NATIONAL Lands within the legislated boundary of Golden Gate National SEASHORE Recreation Area not managed by the National Park Service GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY Visitor centers 201 Fort Mason SAN RAFAEL San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-3000 parksconservancy.org NATIONAL PARK SERVICE #parks4all ONE TAM The National Park Service (NPS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior charged In 2014, four public land agencies (National Park with managing the preservation and public use of Service, California State Parks, Marin County Parks, MUIR WOODS NATIONAL and the Marin Municipal Water District) partnered with MT. TAMALPAIS America’s most significant natural, scenic, historic, MONUMENT and cultural treasures. Established in 1916, the NPS the Parks Conservancy to form the One Tam initiative, manages 417 sites across the United States, including which brings together their resources, talents, and COLIN LIND philanthropic efforts to support the stewardship, Chair, Board of Trustees the Golden Gate National Parks. For more informa- OAKWOOD VALLEY conservation, and enjoyment of Mt. Tamalpais. tion, call (415) 561-4700 or visit nps.gov/goga. STINSON BEACH GREG MOORE President & CEO LAURA JOSS General Superintendent, PACIFIC OCEAN (1985-April 2019) MUIR BEACH Golden Gate National Recreation Area FORT BAKER CEO Emeritus & Special Advisor TENNESSEE VALLEY FORT POINT (May 2019) CAREY FEIERABEND MARIN Deputy Superintendent, HEADLANDS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE CHRISTINE LEHNERTZ Golden Gate National Recreation Area RODEO BEACH ALCATRAZ President & CEO POINT BONITA CRISSY FIELD (May 2019) GERBODE VALLEY FORT MASON OAKLAND GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, HIGHWAY, KIRBY COVE PRESIDIO

AND TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT LANDS END REPORT CREDITS Incorporated in 1928 as a special district of the State SUTRO CHINA BEACH HEIGHTS ART DIRECTOR of California to design, construct, finance, and operate THE PRESIDIO TRUST CLIFF HOUSE Ellen Fortier the Golden Gate Bridge, the District today continues OCEAN BEACH SAN FRANCISCO PRIMARY WRITER/EDITOR In partnership with the National Park Service and the to provide safe and reliable operation, maintenance, Peter Hockaday Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and at no and enhancement of the Bridge and to provide trans- ADDITIONAL WRITING cost to taxpayers, the Presidio Trust brings alive the portation services, as resources allow, for customers Curran White unique historic, natural, and recreational assets of the within the U.S. Highway 101 Golden Gate Corridor. FORT FUNSTON COVER AND PRIMARY Presidio for the inspiration, education, health, and PHOTOGRAPHER SABRINA Paul Myers enjoyment of all people. For more information, call President, Board of Directors SAN ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY (415) 561-5300 or visit presidio.gov. DENIS J. MULLIGAN FRANCISCO Compass Photographers JOHN KEKER General Manager Maria Durana BAY Chair, Board of Directors Alison Taggart-Barone JEAN S. FRASER Curran White Chief Executive Officer MILAGRA Kirke Wrench RIDGE Will Elder Parks Conservancy, MORI POINT National Park Service, SWEENEY and Presidio Trust RIDGE staff and volunteers PARK ICONS © Michael Schwab Studio SAN MATEO FIND YOUR PARK Stretching across 80,000 acres and three From left, Greg Moore with Presidio Trust RANCHO CORRAL CEO Jean Fraser and Golden Gate National counties, the Golden Gate National Parks DE TIERRA Recreation Area General Superintendent include Golden Gate National Recreation

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