Our supporters make it possible for the Alliance for the Great Lakes to lead on clean water protection at the local, state, and regional level. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all the donors Thank You From the Alliance Board and Staff Everywho supported Dollar our work in ourMatters 2018 fiscal year (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018). Listed below are donors who contributed $1,000 or more, but every gift is appreciated and makes a difference in The Alliance for the Great Lakes would like to recognize retiring members of protecting the Great Lakes. our Board of Directors for their years of service: Rachel Schneider and Tom CORPORATE/FOUNDATION/ Charitable Trust Headquarters Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Denbow. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new members, LocalFrechette Family FoundationActions, OceanLarge Conservancy Impacts.Kay Hoida Dawson Kimberly Hill Knott, Candace Jeffers LaRochelle, and Susan McDermott, Freudenberg Help e.V. * Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Susan and Jeff Pearsall who were elected in November 2019. We are continually grateful for the Gino’s East * Speaker Family Foundation Joan Rothenberg and Kenneth Walchak WhenGrosvenor I Capital look Management, at the challenges L.P. Southeast facing Michigan our Stewardship work protecting Ron the and Verna Lou Smith Gift Fund leadership and commitment of our distinguished Board of Directors. GreatHealth Partners Lakes, from toxic algal Coalition blooms that jeopardize our drinking HSBC Stratosphere Networks $5,000-$9,999 BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF waterHunter Family and Foundation wildlife to the catastrophicWisconsin Coastal threat Management of invasive Program AsianJeff and Annette Adams Sue Conatser, Chair Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Carp,Indiana Department it can be of Naturaloverwhelming. Wisconsin Our Maritime work Museumis cut out for us,Anonymous to say (2) the least,Resources especially * when Great Lakes and clean water protectionsCrane Charitable Fund Kathryn Bryk Friedman, Vice Chair – Policy Molly Flanagan, Chief Operating Officer National Oceanic and Atmospheric $1,000-$2,499 Madelon Gay Dolan are under attack. But I also see how time and again, local actions Stephen Brewster, Vice Chair – Development Mary Barton, Vice President, Development Administration * Accuradio LLC Judith Engelberg canONXRT have far-reaching, positiveAT&T Employeeeffects Giving on theCampaign Great Lakes.Whitney and Aaron Fershee Frank Washelesky, Treasurer Jennifer Caddick, Vice President, Communications ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS Prince Charitable Trusts Baker & McKenzie LLP Jannotta Family Fund David Schmahl, Secretary & Engagement 250,000+ Robinson Industries Bayview Mackinac Race I was reminded of this more than ever this past year. In November, we lostKunkel our Family Charitable Fund Aveda Salons Sehgal Family Foundation Busch Systems Robert and Linda Lanphier Adrienne Dziak, Nominations Chair Kirsten Ballard, Digital Communications Coordinator Barbara Ann Steel Charitable Foundation Charles Stewart Mottfounder, Foundation * Lee Botts, who dedicated her life toClimate the Great Ride Lakes. She set theJamie modern and Todd Mayer Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Olga Bautista, Community Planning Manager, Grand Victoria FoundationGreat * Lakes movementWal-Mart Stores on Inc. its path, deliberatelyDePorre moving Family Foundation the effort forwardKristina one Pierce day, Southeast Chicago The Joyce Foundation * Dewoskin/Roskin Foundation Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis one action at a time. We are forever grateful for Lee’s work and honored to have Karalyn Berman, Development Coordinator $5,000-$9,999 The Donnelley Foundation Joyce and Charles Solberg Lauren Bigelow $100,000 - $249,999been a part of herDelta legacy. Institute EarthShare Janice A. Stull Claire Castleman Todd Brennan, Senior Policy Manager The Brookby Foundation John Dykema and Michelle Maly-Dykema EarthShare Michigan Justin and Ashley Ziemba The Crown Family * Family Foundation EarthShare Ohio Aaron Fershee Anna-Lisa Castle, Water Policy Manager Today, when I hearMarshall about and Jamee a community Field Family Fund putting the Great Lakes and clean water at Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Environmental Consulting & $2,500-$4,999 Crystal M.C. Davis, Director of Policy and Fund for Lake Michigan * Quentin James Foundation* the center of decisions, I remember Lee setting Technology, that expectation Inc. as if it wasDarcy obvious Adams Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage Strategic Engagement Fred A. and Barbara M.all Erb along. Family Lee was a remarkable example of howFirst Congregational one person’s Church steady of Wilmette persistenceAnonymous Kimberly Hill Knott Foundation District Fitch Ratings Nate Drag, Water Policy Manager Michael and Michael Bagley Thomas Langmyer The George Gund Foundationcan improve theJohnson lives Ohana of millions. Charitable Foundation Gold Mine Jewelry Nick Bothfeld and Bobbie Brown Tyrone Dobson, Senior Volunteer McDougal Family Foundation The Robert A. and Shirley J. Jones Good Heart Work Smart Foundation Candace Jeffers LaRochelle Foundation Kevin Cahill Engagement Manager Hopleaf Bar I believe this year’sLee Family annual Foundation report shows how Lee’s passion reverberates aroundSue Conatser and Thomas Terry Susan McDermott $50,000-$99,999 ITC Inc. Daniel Duggan, Finance Coordinator McCaffery Interests Paul and Diane Culhane Altria Group the Great Lakes today. We’re sharing the storiesJPMorgan of localChase Good community Works leaders who Jo-Elle Mogerman Janet Fairley Kelly Farley, Finance & Operations Director Paul M. Angell Familyare Foundation building powerfulMiller, Cooper new & Co., coalitions Ltd. in Green Employee Bay, northern Giving Program Ohio, Chicago, and Motorola Solutions Foundation Stephen Fredman and Buzz Patterson Great Lakes Commissionbeyond. * They are leading the clean water movementJunior Achievement from of theMichigan ground up. Barbara Black-Fredman Judy Freed, Senior Marketing Manager Oppenheimer Family Foundation Great Lakes Jeff Pearsall Herman Miller Foundation Generation IV Charitable Trust Patagonia Chicago Lakeshore Foundation Luz Gomez, Office Manager JPB Foundation through the Funders’ The Jenny Giving Fund Laura Rubin Network for Smart Growth and Red Oak Foundation Donald Learner Family Foundation One person, one town, one state can make a difference and turn the tidesErik to Knudsen Jonathan Heuring, Foundation & Corporate Livable Communities River Network Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Vanessa Tey Iosue a healthier Great Lakes. We’ve seen it time and time again. Thank you to ourBarbara and John Kowalczyk Giving Manager Michigan City Sanitary District * RMB Capital Management Mission Accounting, Inc. Annie Mahon Michigan Departmentgenerous of donors,The Herbertvolunteers, & Nell Singer advocates, Foundation andMizuho community USA Foundation partners of who are joining Angela Larsen, Director of Planning Meredith Miller Environmental Quality * The Siragusa Family Foundation Mizuho Americas James Griffith, emeritus us in this Great Lakes movement. We can only do our work because of yourKatherine Newhouse Katie Larson, Education Manager MillerCoors * Tucker Ellis LLP Nicolet National Bank Duncan Stuart Pisces Foundation support. Thank Theyou. Waterwheel Foundation, Inc. Parker Hannifin Katrina Naeve, Donor Database Coordinator Ronald Sylva ScottsMiracle-Gro Company * Patagonia Aaron Vangetson Alexandra Novak, Community Planning Searle Funds at The Chicago $2,500-$4,999 Pearsall Family Foundation Community Trust Frank L. Washelesky Manager, Detroit Local Actions, Accenture LLP Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Solberg Manufacturing Inc. Alexandria Bay Chapter of the Fund Anthonia Ogudipe, Water Policy Analyst University of Illinois at Chicago Foundation for Community Betterment Carl and Barbara Stanley 1997 $1,000-$2,499 Charitable Trust Cynthia M. Ackerman Olivia Reda, Volunteer Engagement Associate Joel BrammeierAMLI Residential Large Impacts. $10,000-$49,999 Anonymous Uncle Dan’s Outdoor Store William and Diane Allen Alphawood FoundationPresident & CEOClif Bar & Company Winnetka Garden Club Anonymous Anonymous (2) Illinois Tool Works Foundation Yanfeng Automotive Interiors Neva and Ned Asplundh Barefoot Wine & Bubbly JP Morgan Chase Employee Giving Jack and Janis Bails 150 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60601 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Program INDIVIDUAL DONORS Lauren Bigelow Brunswick Public Foundation, Inc. The Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. & Natalie Black $50,000+ John and Laurel Bobrowich 312-939-0838 [email protected] 2019 Annual Report Buchanan Family Foundation Kohler Foundation for Giving Back Searle Family Trust Nancy Boltrick www.greatlakes.org City of Gary Redevelopment Commission The Libra Foundation Matthew C. Brett and Emily Monnelly The Comer Family Foundation The Longview Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Noelle Brock CHICAGO • BUFFALO • CLEVELAND • DETROIT • MILWAUKEE Conant Family Foundation MB Financial Bank, N. A. Anonymous The Greg and Anna Brown Family Fund Driscoll Foundation Moosejaw Stephen and Alisoun Brewster Kevin and Kristi Brown Elizabeth Morse Genius National Wildlife Federation Conrad Family Fund Rita Buczynska Photos: LLOYD DEGRANE www.lloyddegrane.com © 2019 All rights reserved. Our supporters make it possible for the Alliance for the Great Lakes to lead on clean water protection at the local, state, and regional level. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all the donors Thank You From the Alliance Board and Staff Everywho supported Dollar our work in ourMatters 2018 fiscal year (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018). Listed below are donors who contributed $1,000 or more, but every gift is appreciated and makes a difference in The Alliance for the Great Lakes would like to recognize retiring members of protecting the Great Lakes. our Board of Directors for their years of service: Rachel Schneider and Tom CORPORATE/FOUNDATION/ Charitable Trust Headquarters Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Denbow. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new members, LocalFrechette Family FoundationActions, OceanLarge Conservancy Impacts.Kay Hoida Dawson Kimberly Hill Knott, Candace Jeffers LaRochelle, and Susan McDermott, Freudenberg Help e.V. * Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Susan and Jeff Pearsall who were elected in November 2019. We are continually grateful for the Gino’s East * Speaker Family Foundation Joan Rothenberg and Kenneth Walchak WhenGrosvenor I Capital look Management, at the challenges L.P. Southeast facing Michigan our Stewardship work protecting Ron the and Verna Lou Smith Gift Fund leadership and commitment of our distinguished Board of Directors. GreatHealth Partners Lakes, from toxic algal Coalition blooms that jeopardize our drinking HSBC Stratosphere Networks $5,000-$9,999 BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF waterHunter Family and Foundation wildlife to the catastrophicWisconsin Coastal threat Management of invasive Program AsianJeff and Annette Adams Sue Conatser, Chair Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Carp,Indiana Department it can be of Naturaloverwhelming. Wisconsin Our Maritime work Museumis cut out for us,Anonymous to say (2) the least,Resources especially * when Great Lakes and clean water protectionsCrane Charitable Fund Kathryn Bryk Friedman, Vice Chair – Policy Molly Flanagan, Chief Operating Officer National Oceanic and Atmospheric $1,000-$2,499 Madelon Gay Dolan are under attack. But I also see how time and again, local actions Stephen Brewster, Vice Chair – Development Mary Barton, Vice President, Development Administration * Accuradio LLC Judith Engelberg canONXRT have far-reaching, positiveAT&T Employeeeffects Giving on theCampaign Great Lakes.Whitney and Aaron Fershee Frank Washelesky, Treasurer Jennifer Caddick, Vice President, Communications ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS Prince Charitable Trusts Baker & McKenzie LLP Jannotta Family Fund David Schmahl, Secretary & Engagement 250,000+ Robinson Industries Bayview Mackinac Race I was reminded of this more than ever this past year. In November, we lostKunkel our Family Charitable Fund Aveda Salons Sehgal Family Foundation Busch Systems Robert and Linda Lanphier Adrienne Dziak, Nominations Chair Kirsten Ballard, Digital Communications Coordinator Barbara Ann Steel Charitable Foundation Charles Stewart Mottfounder, Foundation * Lee Botts, who dedicated her life toClimate the Great Ride Lakes. She set theJamie modern and Todd Mayer Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Olga Bautista, Community Planning Manager, Grand Victoria FoundationGreat * Lakes movementWal-Mart Stores on Inc. its path, deliberatelyDePorre moving Family Foundation the effort forwardKristina one Pierce day, Southeast Chicago The Joyce Foundation * Dewoskin/Roskin Foundation Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis one action at a time. We are forever grateful for Lee’s work and honored to have Karalyn Berman, Development Coordinator $5,000-$9,999 The Donnelley Foundation Joyce and Charles Solberg Lauren Bigelow $100,000 - $249,999been a part of herDelta legacy. Institute EarthShare Janice A. Stull Claire Castleman Todd Brennan, Senior Policy Manager The Brookby Foundation John Dykema and Michelle Maly-Dykema EarthShare Michigan Justin and Ashley Ziemba The Crown Family * Family Foundation EarthShare Ohio Aaron Fershee Anna-Lisa Castle, Water Policy Manager Today, when I hearMarshall about and Jamee a community Field Family Fund putting the Great Lakes and clean water at Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Environmental Consulting & $2,500-$4,999 Crystal M.C. Davis, Director of Policy and Fund for Lake Michigan * Quentin James Foundation* the center of decisions, I remember Lee setting Technology, that expectation Inc. as if it wasDarcy obvious Adams Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage Strategic Engagement Fred A. and Barbara M.all Erb along. Family Lee was a remarkable example of howFirst Congregational one person’s Church steady of Wilmette persistenceAnonymous Kimberly Hill Knott Foundation District Fitch Ratings Nate Drag, Water Policy Manager Michael and Michael Bagley Thomas Langmyer The George Gund Foundationcan improve theJohnson lives Ohana of millions. Charitable Foundation Gold Mine Jewelry Nick Bothfeld and Bobbie Brown Tyrone Dobson, Senior Volunteer McDougal Family Foundation The Robert A. and Shirley J. Jones Good Heart Work Smart Foundation Candace Jeffers LaRochelle Foundation Kevin Cahill Engagement Manager Hopleaf Bar I believe this year’sLee Family annual Foundation report shows how Lee’s passion reverberates aroundSue Conatser and Thomas Terry Susan McDermott $50,000-$99,999 ITC Inc. Daniel Duggan, Finance Coordinator McCaffery Interests Paul and Diane Culhane Altria Group the Great Lakes today. We’re sharing the storiesJPMorgan of localChase Good community Works leaders who Jo-Elle Mogerman Janet Fairley Kelly Farley, Finance & Operations Director Paul M. Angell Familyare Foundation building powerfulMiller, Cooper new & Co., coalitions Ltd. in Green Employee Bay, northern Giving Program Ohio, Chicago, and Motorola Solutions Foundation Stephen Fredman and Buzz Patterson Great Lakes Commissionbeyond. * They are leading the clean water movementJunior Achievement from of theMichigan ground up. Barbara Black-Fredman Judy Freed, Senior Marketing Manager Oppenheimer Family Foundation Great Lakes Jeff Pearsall Herman Miller Foundation Generation IV Charitable Trust Patagonia Chicago Lakeshore Foundation Luz Gomez, Office Manager JPB Foundation through the Funders’ The Jenny Giving Fund Laura Rubin Network for Smart Growth and Red Oak Foundation Donald Learner Family Foundation One person, one town, one state can make a difference and turn the tidesErik to Knudsen Jonathan Heuring, Foundation & Corporate Livable Communities River Network Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Vanessa Tey Iosue a healthier Great Lakes. We’ve seen it time and time again. Thank you to ourBarbara and John Kowalczyk Giving Manager Michigan City Sanitary District * RMB Capital Management Mission Accounting, Inc. Annie Mahon Michigan Departmentgenerous of donors,The Herbertvolunteers, & Nell Singer advocates, Foundation andMizuho community USA Foundation partners of who are joining Angela Larsen, Director of Planning Meredith Miller Environmental Quality * The Siragusa Family Foundation Mizuho Americas James Griffith, emeritus us in this Great Lakes movement. We can only do our work because of yourKatherine Newhouse Katie Larson, Education Manager MillerCoors * Tucker Ellis LLP Nicolet National Bank Duncan Stuart Pisces Foundation support. Thank Theyou. Waterwheel Foundation, Inc. Parker Hannifin Katrina Naeve, Donor Database Coordinator Ronald Sylva ScottsMiracle-Gro Company * Patagonia Aaron Vangetson Alexandra Novak, Community Planning Searle Funds at The Chicago $2,500-$4,999 Pearsall Family Foundation Community Trust Frank L. Washelesky Manager, Detroit Local Actions, Accenture LLP Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Solberg Manufacturing Inc. Alexandria Bay Chapter of the Fund Anthonia Ogudipe, Water Policy Analyst University of Illinois at Chicago Foundation for Community Betterment Carl and Barbara Stanley 1997 $1,000-$2,499 Charitable Trust Cynthia M. Ackerman Olivia Reda, Volunteer Engagement Associate Joel BrammeierAMLI Residential Large Impacts. $10,000-$49,999 Anonymous Uncle Dan’s Outdoor Store William and Diane Allen Alphawood FoundationPresident & CEOClif Bar & Company Winnetka Garden Club Anonymous Anonymous (2) Illinois Tool Works Foundation Yanfeng Automotive Interiors Neva and Ned Asplundh Barefoot Wine & Bubbly JP Morgan Chase Employee Giving Jack and Janis Bails 150 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60601 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Program INDIVIDUAL DONORS Lauren Bigelow Brunswick Public Foundation, Inc. The Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. & Natalie Black $50,000+ John and Laurel Bobrowich 312-939-0838 [email protected] 2019 Annual Report Buchanan Family Foundation Kohler Foundation for Giving Back Searle Family Trust Nancy Boltrick www.greatlakes.org City of Gary Redevelopment Commission The Libra Foundation Matthew C. Brett and Emily Monnelly The Comer Family Foundation The Longview Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Noelle Brock CHICAGO • BUFFALO • CLEVELAND • DETROIT • MILWAUKEE Conant Family Foundation MB Financial Bank, N. A. Anonymous The Greg and Anna Brown Family Fund Driscoll Foundation Moosejaw Stephen and Alisoun Brewster Kevin and Kristi Brown Elizabeth Morse Genius National Wildlife Federation Conrad Family Fund Rita Buczynska Photos: LLOYD DEGRANE www.lloyddegrane.com © 2019 All rights reserved. Every Dollar Matters online We have set aside and maintained a $1.1M endowment and our balance Our supporters make it possible for the Alliance for the Great Lakes to lead on clean water protection at the Read the full report online at www.GreatLakes.org/AnnualReport2019 sheet remains very strong. Treasurer’s local, state, and regional levels. We extend our sincerest thanks to all donors who supported our work in our 2019 fiscal year (September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019). In our 2019 financial report, we list donors who have Report Julie Kiefer and David Reinisch Bell’s Brewery, Inc. contributed $1,000 or more, but every gift is appreciated and makes a difference in protecting the Great Lakes. Holly King Belmont Yacht Club Funding Sources Larry and Leneta Kitchel Blind Faith Cafe 2019 William and Kelly Koch Botanica CBD CORPORATE/FOUNDATION/ Salesforce.org Robert and Julia Currier Family Fund Jamie and Todd Mayer Joshua Koenig Chicago Bears ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS SC Johnson at Our Grand Rapids Community Charles Sawyer Joel and Eileen Koplos Chicago Bulls $100,000 + Foundation Sehgal Family Foundation Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis Jason Krigel Chicago Magazine Aveda Salons DeWoskin/Roskin Foundation The Alliance for the Great Lakes had a great year, University of Illinois at Chicago * Joyce and Charles Solberg Tom Langmyer The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Charles Stewart Mott Foundation * DonateWell thanks to our donors, advocates, and champions. Janice Stull Brittney Lanosga Cleveland Indians The Crown Family * EarthShare Michigan $5,000-$9,999 Janice Thompson Jennifer Lisowski Cleveland International Film Festival Grand Victoria Foundation * EarthShare Ohio Without their support, we would not have been AT&T, Inc. Thomas and Jeannie Tisbo Gerard Loftus Cleveland Metroparks The George Gund Foundation * Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden able to achieve clean water victories at local, state, Dale Leibowitz Legacy Foundation John and Mary Ann Lundquist Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art The Joyce Foundation * Fund The Driscoll Foundation $2,500-$4,999 Cindy Lustig Cleveland Museum of Natural History First Congregational Church of and federal levels. McDougal Family Foundation Columbia Yacht Club John Dykema and Michelle Wilmette Anonymous Michele Mack Michigan City Sanitary District * Maly-Dykema Family Foundation Bruce Doblin G. William Walker Trust The Bothfeld Brown Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Martin, Jr. FactSet Kevin Cahill Barbara Mayers Field Museum Last year the Alliance invested in strengthening $50,000-$99,999 Gold Mine Jewelry GLP US Management LLC Sue Conatser and Thomas Terry McGill-Welborn Charitable Giving Fund Google AdWords Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation our internal finance and operations capacity, Indiana Department of Brian Crabb and Christine Cucinotta Arthur M. Martin Great Lakes Brewing Company Anonymous Natural Resources * John G. Shedd Aquarium 57% GRANTS $2,210,596 Diane and Paul Culhane Susan and Mark Mihalo Great Lakes Science Center hiring a full-time director experienced in managing The Brookby Foundation JPMorgan Chase Good Works JP Morgan Chase Employee Giving Program Gregory Eakins David and Laura Mohr Hall’s Rental Service 22% INDIVIDUALS $836,038 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Employee Giving Program complex organizations and funding sources. Our Whitney and Aaron Fershee Julie Moller Hewn Artisan Bread Foundation * Lee Family Foundation Kinslahger Brewing Company 13% BUSINESSES/ Thomas P. Healy, Jr. and Gia Emily Monnelly and Matthew C. Brett Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Milwaukee Finance & Operations Director spent the past year Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Miller, Cooper & Co., Ltd. Lakeshore Foundation Interlandi Katherine Newhouse Homestead Meats ORGANIZATIONS $508,230 Family Foundation Oppenheimer Family Foundation Legg Mason making more resources available for our Great Paul Herbert Susan and Nicholas Noyes Hopleaf Bar Freudenberg Help e.V. * Red Oak Foundation Lenfestey Family Foundation 3% EVENTS $134,372 Barbara and John Kowalczyk Renuka O’Connell Hotel Julian Lakes programs by improving operations through Herman Miller Cares RMB Capital Management Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network Meredith Miller Katy and Dave Pepper Kellie Klein 4% GOVERNMENT $144,746 Hunter Family Foundation Robert R. McCormick Foundation new management tools and enhanced reporting Mark J. Mihalo D.D.S. Family Duncan Stuart Bryce Prichard Lake Metroparks Environmental JPB Foundation through the Funders’ Ross Family Foundation 1% OTHER $36,165 Network for Smart Growth and Dentistry Aaron Vangetson Dr. and Mrs. William Purdy Learning Center to inform our leadership’s and Board’s guidance of Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Livable Communities New Holland Brewing Co. Frank L. Washelesky Merrilee and Richard Redmond L’Albatros Restaurant The Herbert & Nell Singer the Alliance’s strategy. The result is superior fiscal The Palmer Foundation Pearsall Family Foundation Live Space Music Hall Foundation Lauren Rosenthal and Howard Learner Pisces Foundation Port of Cleveland $1,000-$2,499 Mightybytes, Inc. Expenses management and stewardship of donations, as The Siragusa Family Foundation Susan Rouse Searle Funds at The Chicago SHURE, Inc. Darcy Adams Mitchell’s Ice Cream evidenced by us receiving Charity Navigator’s four- Speaker Family Foundation Mary and Bob Ruebenson Community Trust St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Anonymous Richard L. Rundle The Olive Scene Strategex Church star rating—the highest possible rating—for the Solberg Manufacturing Inc. Erin Arnold Marion Rust Patagonia Chicago TEGNA Foundation Stratosphere Networks Thomas Backus Kimberly and David Schmahl Peckish Pig Brew Pub ninth year in a row. $25,000-$49,999 Tucker Ellis LLP The Trust Company Jack and Janis Bails Mary and Rubin Schmidt Robert Rodgers Alphawood Foundation Water Street Coffee Kimberly and David Schmahl $2,500-$4,999 Ann and Brian Balusek Jeffrey and Sally Schneiders Anonymous Western New York Environmental Christopher Beale Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis We are honored that so many individuals have AMLI Residential Alliance Jeff Shelden Brunswick Public Foundation, Inc. Rebecca and Bruce Berman Shaw’s Crab House CME Group Winnetka Garden Club Shoshanna Bernstein Fidelity entrusted us to carry out the critical work Frechette Family Foundation Judy and Kenneth Betz Giving Account Shedd Aquarium Community Consolidated School Great Lakes Commission * Lauren Bigelow Peggy Sloan Temperance Beer Company of protecting clean water, and we take that District 65 INDIVIDUAL DONORS Prince Charitable Trusts Nancy Boltrick James Snyder Vinic Wine Company EarthShare Illinois $100,000+ commitment seriously every single day. ScottsMiracle-Gro Company * Earthwatch Institute Kevin and Kristi Brown Jennifer and Tor Solberg Shaw and Betty Walker Foundation Searle Family Trust MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Eaton Charitable Fund Michael Brown Travis Solberg Anita Buckmaster and Michael Amy and Charles Spungen BorgWarner Fifth Third Bank $50,000-$99,999 I would like to recognize my fellow members of $10,000-$24,999 Klingbeil Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Great Lakes Brewing Company Kelley Staley 77% PROGRAMS $2,729,555 Anonymous Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Tonit Calaway Chubb Charitable Foundation the 2019 Finance Committee for their continued HzW Environmental Consultants, LLC Enroth Family Fund Sue and Thomas Van Dam Barbara Ann Steel Charitable Ed and Laura Carney DonationXchange 11% FUNDRAISING $410,691 Land + Water WORKS Coalition Timothy VanTassel dedication—Sue Conatser, Laura Rubin, and David Foundation CDM Foundation Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund The Longview Foundation $25,000-$49,999 Carol and Peter Walters 12% ADMINISTRATIVE $411,117 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Carol A. Cleave GE Foundation Schmahl. I would also like to thank Joel Brammeier, Malman Law Anonymous Ellen Ward and James Young Buchanan Family Foundation Howard and Rachel Conant Harrison Street Real Estate Capital Merrill Lynch Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Charles Warden President & CEO, and Kelly Farley, our Finance Climate Ride Daphne and John Cunningham IBM Corporation Mightybytes, Inc. Kay Hoida Dawson Judith Wells Warner and James Warner The Comer Foundation Fund Adrienne and Terrence Dziak Illinois Tool Works Foundation Assets and Liabilities & Operations Director, for their dedication and Motorola Solutions Foundation Sharran Warren Conant Family Foundation Janet Fairley Legg Mason guidance. We remain committed to effectively THL Credit Advisors, LLC $10,000-$24,999 Jennifer and Allen Weaver Dr. Scholl Foundation Gary and Sandy Fencik Motorola Solutions Foundation The Waterwheel Foundation, Inc. Jack and Renee Beam Michael K. Welch managing the Alliance’s finances, and using the Eileen Fisher, Inc. Molly Flanagan Ohio CAT Shannon and Larry Bell Mary Winburn Elizabeth Morse Genius Kathryn Bryk Friedman Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation organization’s resources to continue leading $1,000 - $2,499 Stephen and Alisoun Brewster Lee and Carol Wolcott Charitable Trust Craig Golden and Michal Golden Robert R. McCormick Foundation Accenture LLP Susan and Jeff Pearsall Mary and Christopher Wolf on Great Lakes protection and restoration for The Marshall and Jamee Field Amanda and Raymond Haas Fund Salesforce.org Family Fund at The Chicago Accuradio LLC Joan Rothenberg and Kenneth of Community Foundation DONORS OF GOODS AND SERVICES Travelers generations to come. Community Foundation AmWINS Brokerage of the Midwest Walchak Sonoma County Adler Planetarium UBS Matching Gift Program Gino’s East * Anonymous David Hackett, Baker & McKenzie Art Institute of Chicago The Wege Foundation Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. AT&T Employee Giving Campaign $5,000-$9,999 Thomas and Alison Hafner Bagel Art Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Bayview Mackinac Race Jeff and Annette Adams Shauna Scott and J. Parker Hall IV Coalition * Frank Washelesky BMO Private Bank Anonymous Sarah Hanson HSBC Treasurer Burges & Burges Strategists, Inc. Jonathan R. Cooper and Rebecca Harmann Family - John and Laila Lemonade Insurance Company Busch Systems Hartman Fund of the Greater Cincinnati This year the Alliance became one of 3% of charities to Michigan Department of Carl and Barbara Stanley 1997 Madelon Gay Dolan Foundation Environmental Quality * Charitable Trust Judith Engelberg Martha and Jeffrey Jentz receive four stars from Charity Navigator, the highest ASSETS $5,361,300 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Chicago Cares Ferson Creek Fund Katherine Kelly-Alberdi possible rating, for 9 years in a row. The rating is a Administration * LIABILITIES $379,482 Chubb Charitable Foundation Generation IV Charitable Trust Cathy Kennedy recognition of our sound fiscal management, commitment Network for Good Congregation of St. Joseph Robert and Linda Lanphier John Kett to accountability, and transparency. * multi-year pledge/payment Every Dollar Matters online We have set aside and maintained a $1.1M endowment and our balance Our supporters make it possible for the Alliance for the Great Lakes to lead on clean water protection at the Read the full report online at www.GreatLakes.org/AnnualReport2019 sheet remains very strong. Treasurer’s local, state, and regional levels. We extend our sincerest thanks to all donors who supported our work in our 2019 fiscal year (September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019). In our 2019 financial report, we list donors who have Report Julie Kiefer and David Reinisch Bell’s Brewery, Inc. contributed $1,000 or more, but every gift is appreciated and makes a difference in protecting the Great Lakes. Holly King Belmont Yacht Club Funding Sources Larry and Leneta Kitchel Blind Faith Cafe 2019 William and Kelly Koch Botanica CBD CORPORATE/FOUNDATION/ Salesforce.org Robert and Julia Currier Family Fund Jamie and Todd Mayer Joshua Koenig Chicago Bears ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS SC Johnson at Our Grand Rapids Community Charles Sawyer Joel and Eileen Koplos Chicago Bulls $100,000 + Foundation Sehgal Family Foundation Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis Jason Krigel Chicago Magazine Aveda Salons DeWoskin/Roskin Foundation The Alliance for the Great Lakes had a great year, University of Illinois at Chicago * Joyce and Charles Solberg Tom Langmyer The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Charles Stewart Mott Foundation * DonateWell thanks to our donors, advocates, and champions. Janice Stull Brittney Lanosga Cleveland Indians The Crown Family * EarthShare Michigan $5,000-$9,999 Janice Thompson Jennifer Lisowski Cleveland International Film Festival Grand Victoria Foundation * EarthShare Ohio Without their support, we would not have been AT&T, Inc. Thomas and Jeannie Tisbo Gerard Loftus Cleveland Metroparks The George Gund Foundation * Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden able to achieve clean water victories at local, state, Dale Leibowitz Legacy Foundation John and Mary Ann Lundquist Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art The Joyce Foundation * Fund The Driscoll Foundation $2,500-$4,999 Cindy Lustig Cleveland Museum of Natural History First Congregational Church of and federal levels. McDougal Family Foundation Columbia Yacht Club John Dykema and Michelle Wilmette Anonymous Michele Mack Michigan City Sanitary District * Maly-Dykema Family Foundation Bruce Doblin G. William Walker Trust The Bothfeld Brown Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Martin, Jr. FactSet Kevin Cahill Barbara Mayers Field Museum Last year the Alliance invested in strengthening $50,000-$99,999 Gold Mine Jewelry GLP US Management LLC Sue Conatser and Thomas Terry McGill-Welborn Charitable Giving Fund Google AdWords Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation our internal finance and operations capacity, Indiana Department of Brian Crabb and Christine Cucinotta Arthur M. Martin Great Lakes Brewing Company Anonymous Natural Resources * John G. Shedd Aquarium 57% GRANTS $2,210,596 Diane and Paul Culhane Susan and Mark Mihalo Great Lakes Science Center hiring a full-time director experienced in managing The Brookby Foundation JPMorgan Chase Good Works JP Morgan Chase Employee Giving Program Gregory Eakins David and Laura Mohr Hall’s Rental Service 22% INDIVIDUALS $836,038 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Employee Giving Program complex organizations and funding sources. Our Whitney and Aaron Fershee Julie Moller Hewn Artisan Bread Foundation * Lee Family Foundation Kinslahger Brewing Company 13% BUSINESSES/ Thomas P. Healy, Jr. and Gia Emily Monnelly and Matthew C. Brett Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Milwaukee Finance & Operations Director spent the past year Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Miller, Cooper & Co., Ltd. Lakeshore Foundation Interlandi Katherine Newhouse Homestead Meats ORGANIZATIONS $508,230 Family Foundation Oppenheimer Family Foundation Legg Mason making more resources available for our Great Paul Herbert Susan and Nicholas Noyes Hopleaf Bar Freudenberg Help e.V. * Red Oak Foundation Lenfestey Family Foundation 3% EVENTS $134,372 Barbara and John Kowalczyk Renuka O’Connell Hotel Julian Lakes programs by improving operations through Herman Miller Cares RMB Capital Management Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network Meredith Miller Katy and Dave Pepper Kellie Klein 4% GOVERNMENT $144,746 Hunter Family Foundation Robert R. McCormick Foundation new management tools and enhanced reporting Mark J. Mihalo D.D.S. Family Duncan Stuart Bryce Prichard Lake Metroparks Environmental JPB Foundation through the Funders’ Ross Family Foundation 1% OTHER $36,165 Network for Smart Growth and Dentistry Aaron Vangetson Dr. and Mrs. William Purdy Learning Center to inform our leadership’s and Board’s guidance of Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Livable Communities New Holland Brewing Co. Frank L. Washelesky Merrilee and Richard Redmond L’Albatros Restaurant The Herbert & Nell Singer the Alliance’s strategy. The result is superior fiscal The Palmer Foundation Pearsall Family Foundation Live Space Music Hall Foundation Lauren Rosenthal and Howard Learner Pisces Foundation Port of Cleveland $1,000-$2,499 Mightybytes, Inc. Expenses management and stewardship of donations, as The Siragusa Family Foundation Susan Rouse Searle Funds at The Chicago SHURE, Inc. Darcy Adams Mitchell’s Ice Cream evidenced by us receiving Charity Navigator’s four- Speaker Family Foundation Mary and Bob Ruebenson Community Trust St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Anonymous Richard L. Rundle The Olive Scene Strategex Church star rating—the highest possible rating—for the Solberg Manufacturing Inc. Erin Arnold Marion Rust Patagonia Chicago TEGNA Foundation Stratosphere Networks Thomas Backus Kimberly and David Schmahl Peckish Pig Brew Pub ninth year in a row. $25,000-$49,999 Tucker Ellis LLP The Trust Company Jack and Janis Bails Mary and Rubin Schmidt Robert Rodgers Alphawood Foundation Water Street Coffee Kimberly and David Schmahl $2,500-$4,999 Ann and Brian Balusek Jeffrey and Sally Schneiders Anonymous Western New York Environmental Christopher Beale Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis We are honored that so many individuals have AMLI Residential Alliance Jeff Shelden Brunswick Public Foundation, Inc. Rebecca and Bruce Berman Shaw’s Crab House CME Group Winnetka Garden Club Shoshanna Bernstein Fidelity entrusted us to carry out the critical work Frechette Family Foundation Judy and Kenneth Betz Giving Account Shedd Aquarium Community Consolidated School Great Lakes Commission * Lauren Bigelow Peggy Sloan Temperance Beer Company of protecting clean water, and we take that District 65 INDIVIDUAL DONORS Prince Charitable Trusts Nancy Boltrick James Snyder Vinic Wine Company EarthShare Illinois $100,000+ commitment seriously every single day. ScottsMiracle-Gro Company * Earthwatch Institute Kevin and Kristi Brown Jennifer and Tor Solberg Shaw and Betty Walker Foundation Searle Family Trust MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Eaton Charitable Fund Michael Brown Travis Solberg Anita Buckmaster and Michael Amy and Charles Spungen BorgWarner Fifth Third Bank $50,000-$99,999 I would like to recognize my fellow members of $10,000-$24,999 Klingbeil Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Great Lakes Brewing Company Kelley Staley 77% PROGRAMS $2,729,555 Anonymous Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Tonit Calaway Chubb Charitable Foundation the 2019 Finance Committee for their continued HzW Environmental Consultants, LLC Enroth Family Fund Sue and Thomas Van Dam Barbara Ann Steel Charitable Ed and Laura Carney DonationXchange 11% FUNDRAISING $410,691 Land + Water WORKS Coalition Timothy VanTassel dedication—Sue Conatser, Laura Rubin, and David Foundation CDM Foundation Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund The Longview Foundation $25,000-$49,999 Carol and Peter Walters 12% ADMINISTRATIVE $411,117 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Carol A. Cleave GE Foundation Schmahl. I would also like to thank Joel Brammeier, Malman Law Anonymous Ellen Ward and James Young Buchanan Family Foundation Howard and Rachel Conant Harrison Street Real Estate Capital Merrill Lynch Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Charles Warden President & CEO, and Kelly Farley, our Finance Climate Ride Daphne and John Cunningham IBM Corporation Mightybytes, Inc. Kay Hoida Dawson Judith Wells Warner and James Warner The Comer Foundation Fund Adrienne and Terrence Dziak Illinois Tool Works Foundation Assets and Liabilities & Operations Director, for their dedication and Motorola Solutions Foundation Sharran Warren Conant Family Foundation Janet Fairley Legg Mason guidance. We remain committed to effectively THL Credit Advisors, LLC $10,000-$24,999 Jennifer and Allen Weaver Dr. Scholl Foundation Gary and Sandy Fencik Motorola Solutions Foundation The Waterwheel Foundation, Inc. Jack and Renee Beam Michael K. Welch managing the Alliance’s finances, and using the Eileen Fisher, Inc. Molly Flanagan Ohio CAT Shannon and Larry Bell Mary Winburn Elizabeth Morse Genius Kathryn Bryk Friedman Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation organization’s resources to continue leading $1,000 - $2,499 Stephen and Alisoun Brewster Lee and Carol Wolcott Charitable Trust Craig Golden and Michal Golden Robert R. McCormick Foundation Accenture LLP Susan and Jeff Pearsall Mary and Christopher Wolf on Great Lakes protection and restoration for The Marshall and Jamee Field Amanda and Raymond Haas Fund Salesforce.org Family Fund at The Chicago Accuradio LLC Joan Rothenberg and Kenneth of Community Foundation DONORS OF GOODS AND SERVICES Travelers generations to come. Community Foundation AmWINS Brokerage of the Midwest Walchak Sonoma County Adler Planetarium UBS Matching Gift Program Gino’s East * Anonymous David Hackett, Baker & McKenzie Art Institute of Chicago The Wege Foundation Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. AT&T Employee Giving Campaign $5,000-$9,999 Thomas and Alison Hafner Bagel Art Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Bayview Mackinac Race Jeff and Annette Adams Shauna Scott and J. Parker Hall IV Coalition * Frank Washelesky BMO Private Bank Anonymous Sarah Hanson HSBC Treasurer Burges & Burges Strategists, Inc. Jonathan R. Cooper and Rebecca Harmann Family - John and Laila Lemonade Insurance Company Busch Systems Hartman Fund of the Greater Cincinnati This year the Alliance became one of 3% of charities to Michigan Department of Carl and Barbara Stanley 1997 Madelon Gay Dolan Foundation Environmental Quality * Charitable Trust Judith Engelberg Martha and Jeffrey Jentz receive four stars from Charity Navigator, the highest ASSETS $5,361,300 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Chicago Cares Ferson Creek Fund Katherine Kelly-Alberdi possible rating, for 9 years in a row. The rating is a Administration * LIABILITIES $379,482 Chubb Charitable Foundation Generation IV Charitable Trust Cathy Kennedy recognition of our sound fiscal management, commitment Network for Good Congregation of St. Joseph Robert and Linda Lanphier John Kett to accountability, and transparency. * multi-year pledge/payment Every Dollar Matters online We have set aside and maintained a $1.1M endowment and our balance Our supporters make it possible for the Alliance for the Great Lakes to lead on clean water protection at the Read the full report online at www.GreatLakes.org/AnnualReport2019 sheet remains very strong. Treasurer’s local, state, and regional levels. We extend our sincerest thanks to all donors who supported our work in our 2019 fiscal year (September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019). In our 2019 financial report, we list donors who have Report Julie Kiefer and David Reinisch Bell’s Brewery, Inc. contributed $1,000 or more, but every gift is appreciated and makes a difference in protecting the Great Lakes. Holly King Belmont Yacht Club Funding Sources Larry and Leneta Kitchel Blind Faith Cafe 2019 William and Kelly Koch Botanica CBD CORPORATE/FOUNDATION/ Salesforce.org Robert and Julia Currier Family Fund Jamie and Todd Mayer Joshua Koenig Chicago Bears ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS SC Johnson at Our Grand Rapids Community Charles Sawyer Joel and Eileen Koplos Chicago Bulls $100,000 + Foundation Sehgal Family Foundation Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis Jason Krigel Chicago Magazine Aveda Salons DeWoskin/Roskin Foundation The Alliance for the Great Lakes had a great year, University of Illinois at Chicago * Joyce and Charles Solberg Tom Langmyer The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Charles Stewart Mott Foundation * DonateWell thanks to our donors, advocates, and champions. Janice Stull Brittney Lanosga Cleveland Indians The Crown Family * EarthShare Michigan $5,000-$9,999 Janice Thompson Jennifer Lisowski Cleveland International Film Festival Grand Victoria Foundation * EarthShare Ohio Without their support, we would not have been AT&T, Inc. Thomas and Jeannie Tisbo Gerard Loftus Cleveland Metroparks The George Gund Foundation * Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden able to achieve clean water victories at local, state, Dale Leibowitz Legacy Foundation John and Mary Ann Lundquist Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art The Joyce Foundation * Fund The Driscoll Foundation $2,500-$4,999 Cindy Lustig Cleveland Museum of Natural History First Congregational Church of and federal levels. McDougal Family Foundation Columbia Yacht Club John Dykema and Michelle Wilmette Anonymous Michele Mack Michigan City Sanitary District * Maly-Dykema Family Foundation Bruce Doblin G. William Walker Trust The Bothfeld Brown Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Martin, Jr. FactSet Kevin Cahill Barbara Mayers Field Museum Last year the Alliance invested in strengthening $50,000-$99,999 Gold Mine Jewelry GLP US Management LLC Sue Conatser and Thomas Terry McGill-Welborn Charitable Giving Fund Google AdWords Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation our internal finance and operations capacity, Indiana Department of Brian Crabb and Christine Cucinotta Arthur M. Martin Great Lakes Brewing Company Anonymous Natural Resources * John G. Shedd Aquarium 57% GRANTS $2,210,596 Diane and Paul Culhane Susan and Mark Mihalo Great Lakes Science Center hiring a full-time director experienced in managing The Brookby Foundation JPMorgan Chase Good Works JP Morgan Chase Employee Giving Program Gregory Eakins David and Laura Mohr Hall’s Rental Service 22% INDIVIDUALS $836,038 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Employee Giving Program complex organizations and funding sources. Our Whitney and Aaron Fershee Julie Moller Hewn Artisan Bread Foundation * Lee Family Foundation Kinslahger Brewing Company 13% BUSINESSES/ Thomas P. Healy, Jr. and Gia Emily Monnelly and Matthew C. Brett Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Milwaukee Finance & Operations Director spent the past year Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Miller, Cooper & Co., Ltd. Lakeshore Foundation Interlandi Katherine Newhouse Homestead Meats ORGANIZATIONS $508,230 Family Foundation Oppenheimer Family Foundation Legg Mason making more resources available for our Great Paul Herbert Susan and Nicholas Noyes Hopleaf Bar Freudenberg Help e.V. * Red Oak Foundation Lenfestey Family Foundation 3% EVENTS $134,372 Barbara and John Kowalczyk Renuka O’Connell Hotel Julian Lakes programs by improving operations through Herman Miller Cares RMB Capital Management Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network Meredith Miller Katy and Dave Pepper Kellie Klein 4% GOVERNMENT $144,746 Hunter Family Foundation Robert R. McCormick Foundation new management tools and enhanced reporting Mark J. Mihalo D.D.S. Family Duncan Stuart Bryce Prichard Lake Metroparks Environmental JPB Foundation through the Funders’ Ross Family Foundation 1% OTHER $36,165 Network for Smart Growth and Dentistry Aaron Vangetson Dr. and Mrs. William Purdy Learning Center to inform our leadership’s and Board’s guidance of Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Livable Communities New Holland Brewing Co. Frank L. Washelesky Merrilee and Richard Redmond L’Albatros Restaurant The Herbert & Nell Singer the Alliance’s strategy. The result is superior fiscal The Palmer Foundation Pearsall Family Foundation Live Space Music Hall Foundation Lauren Rosenthal and Howard Learner Pisces Foundation Port of Cleveland $1,000-$2,499 Mightybytes, Inc. Expenses management and stewardship of donations, as The Siragusa Family Foundation Susan Rouse Searle Funds at The Chicago SHURE, Inc. Darcy Adams Mitchell’s Ice Cream evidenced by us receiving Charity Navigator’s four- Speaker Family Foundation Mary and Bob Ruebenson Community Trust St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Anonymous Richard L. Rundle The Olive Scene Strategex Church star rating—the highest possible rating—for the Solberg Manufacturing Inc. Erin Arnold Marion Rust Patagonia Chicago TEGNA Foundation Stratosphere Networks Thomas Backus Kimberly and David Schmahl Peckish Pig Brew Pub ninth year in a row. $25,000-$49,999 Tucker Ellis LLP The Trust Company Jack and Janis Bails Mary and Rubin Schmidt Robert Rodgers Alphawood Foundation Water Street Coffee Kimberly and David Schmahl $2,500-$4,999 Ann and Brian Balusek Jeffrey and Sally Schneiders Anonymous Western New York Environmental Christopher Beale Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis We are honored that so many individuals have AMLI Residential Alliance Jeff Shelden Brunswick Public Foundation, Inc. Rebecca and Bruce Berman Shaw’s Crab House CME Group Winnetka Garden Club Shoshanna Bernstein Fidelity entrusted us to carry out the critical work Frechette Family Foundation Judy and Kenneth Betz Giving Account Shedd Aquarium Community Consolidated School Great Lakes Commission * Lauren Bigelow Peggy Sloan Temperance Beer Company of protecting clean water, and we take that District 65 INDIVIDUAL DONORS Prince Charitable Trusts Nancy Boltrick James Snyder Vinic Wine Company EarthShare Illinois $100,000+ commitment seriously every single day. ScottsMiracle-Gro Company * Earthwatch Institute Kevin and Kristi Brown Jennifer and Tor Solberg Shaw and Betty Walker Foundation Searle Family Trust MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Eaton Charitable Fund Michael Brown Travis Solberg Anita Buckmaster and Michael Amy and Charles Spungen BorgWarner Fifth Third Bank $50,000-$99,999 I would like to recognize my fellow members of $10,000-$24,999 Klingbeil Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Great Lakes Brewing Company Kelley Staley 77% PROGRAMS $2,729,555 Anonymous Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Tonit Calaway Chubb Charitable Foundation the 2019 Finance Committee for their continued HzW Environmental Consultants, LLC Enroth Family Fund Sue and Thomas Van Dam Barbara Ann Steel Charitable Ed and Laura Carney DonationXchange 11% FUNDRAISING $410,691 Land + Water WORKS Coalition Timothy VanTassel dedication—Sue Conatser, Laura Rubin, and David Foundation CDM Foundation Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund The Longview Foundation $25,000-$49,999 Carol and Peter Walters 12% ADMINISTRATIVE $411,117 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Carol A. Cleave GE Foundation Schmahl. I would also like to thank Joel Brammeier, Malman Law Anonymous Ellen Ward and James Young Buchanan Family Foundation Howard and Rachel Conant Harrison Street Real Estate Capital Merrill Lynch Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Charles Warden President & CEO, and Kelly Farley, our Finance Climate Ride Daphne and John Cunningham IBM Corporation Mightybytes, Inc. Kay Hoida Dawson Judith Wells Warner and James Warner The Comer Foundation Fund Adrienne and Terrence Dziak Illinois Tool Works Foundation Assets and Liabilities & Operations Director, for their dedication and Motorola Solutions Foundation Sharran Warren Conant Family Foundation Janet Fairley Legg Mason guidance. We remain committed to effectively THL Credit Advisors, LLC $10,000-$24,999 Jennifer and Allen Weaver Dr. Scholl Foundation Gary and Sandy Fencik Motorola Solutions Foundation The Waterwheel Foundation, Inc. Jack and Renee Beam Michael K. Welch managing the Alliance’s finances, and using the Eileen Fisher, Inc. Molly Flanagan Ohio CAT Shannon and Larry Bell Mary Winburn Elizabeth Morse Genius Kathryn Bryk Friedman Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation organization’s resources to continue leading $1,000 - $2,499 Stephen and Alisoun Brewster Lee and Carol Wolcott Charitable Trust Craig Golden and Michal Golden Robert R. McCormick Foundation Accenture LLP Susan and Jeff Pearsall Mary and Christopher Wolf on Great Lakes protection and restoration for The Marshall and Jamee Field Amanda and Raymond Haas Fund Salesforce.org Family Fund at The Chicago Accuradio LLC Joan Rothenberg and Kenneth of Community Foundation DONORS OF GOODS AND SERVICES Travelers generations to come. Community Foundation AmWINS Brokerage of the Midwest Walchak Sonoma County Adler Planetarium UBS Matching Gift Program Gino’s East * Anonymous David Hackett, Baker & McKenzie Art Institute of Chicago The Wege Foundation Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. AT&T Employee Giving Campaign $5,000-$9,999 Thomas and Alison Hafner Bagel Art Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Bayview Mackinac Race Jeff and Annette Adams Shauna Scott and J. Parker Hall IV Coalition * Frank Washelesky BMO Private Bank Anonymous Sarah Hanson HSBC Treasurer Burges & Burges Strategists, Inc. Jonathan R. Cooper and Rebecca Harmann Family - John and Laila Lemonade Insurance Company Busch Systems Hartman Fund of the Greater Cincinnati This year the Alliance became one of 3% of charities to Michigan Department of Carl and Barbara Stanley 1997 Madelon Gay Dolan Foundation Environmental Quality * Charitable Trust Judith Engelberg Martha and Jeffrey Jentz receive four stars from Charity Navigator, the highest ASSETS $5,361,300 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Chicago Cares Ferson Creek Fund Katherine Kelly-Alberdi possible rating, for 9 years in a row. The rating is a Administration * LIABILITIES $379,482 Chubb Charitable Foundation Generation IV Charitable Trust Cathy Kennedy recognition of our sound fiscal management, commitment Network for Good Congregation of St. Joseph Robert and Linda Lanphier John Kett to accountability, and transparency. * multi-year pledge/payment Our supporters make it possible for the Alliance for the Great Lakes to lead on clean water protection at the local, state, and regional level. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all the donors Thank You From the Alliance Board and Staff Everywho supported Dollar our work in ourMatters 2018 fiscal year (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018). Listed below are donors who contributed $1,000 or more, but every gift is appreciated and makes a difference in The Alliance for the Great Lakes would like to recognize retiring members of protecting the Great Lakes. our Board of Directors for their years of service: Rachel Schneider and Tom CORPORATE/FOUNDATION/ Charitable Trust Headquarters Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Denbow. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new members, LocalFrechette Family FoundationActions, OceanLarge Conservancy Impacts.Kay Hoida Dawson Kimberly Hill Knott, Candace Jeffers LaRochelle, and Susan McDermott, Freudenberg Help e.V. * Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Susan and Jeff Pearsall who were elected in November 2019. We are continually grateful for the Gino’s East * Speaker Family Foundation Joan Rothenberg and Kenneth Walchak WhenGrosvenor I Capital look Management, at the challenges L.P. Southeast facing Michigan our Stewardship work protecting Ron the and Verna Lou Smith Gift Fund leadership and commitment of our distinguished Board of Directors. GreatHealth Partners Lakes, from toxic algal Coalition blooms that jeopardize our drinking HSBC Stratosphere Networks $5,000-$9,999 BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF waterHunter Family and Foundation wildlife to the catastrophicWisconsin Coastal threat Management of invasive Program AsianJeff and Annette Adams Sue Conatser, Chair Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Carp,Indiana Department it can be of Naturaloverwhelming. Wisconsin Our Maritime work Museumis cut out for us,Anonymous to say (2) the least,Resources especially * when Great Lakes and clean water protectionsCrane Charitable Fund Kathryn Bryk Friedman, Vice Chair – Policy Molly Flanagan, Chief Operating Officer National Oceanic and Atmospheric $1,000-$2,499 Madelon Gay Dolan are under attack. But I also see how time and again, local actions Stephen Brewster, Vice Chair – Development Mary Barton, Vice President, Development Administration * Accuradio LLC Judith Engelberg canONXRT have far-reaching, positiveAT&T Employeeeffects Giving on theCampaign Great Lakes.Whitney and Aaron Fershee Frank Washelesky, Treasurer Jennifer Caddick, Vice President, Communications ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS Prince Charitable Trusts Baker & McKenzie LLP Jannotta Family Fund David Schmahl, Secretary & Engagement 250,000+ Robinson Industries Bayview Mackinac Race I was reminded of this more than ever this past year. In November, we lostKunkel our Family Charitable Fund Aveda Salons Sehgal Family Foundation Busch Systems Robert and Linda Lanphier Adrienne Dziak, Nominations Chair Kirsten Ballard, Digital Communications Coordinator Barbara Ann Steel Charitable Foundation Charles Stewart Mottfounder, Foundation * Lee Botts, who dedicated her life toClimate the Great Ride Lakes. She set theJamie modern and Todd Mayer Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Olga Bautista, Community Planning Manager, Grand Victoria FoundationGreat * Lakes movementWal-Mart Stores on Inc. its path, deliberatelyDePorre moving Family Foundation the effort forwardKristina one Pierce day, Southeast Chicago The Joyce Foundation * Dewoskin/Roskin Foundation Rachel Schneider and Jeffrey Davis one action at a time. We are forever grateful for Lee’s work and honored to have Karalyn Berman, Development Coordinator $5,000-$9,999 The Donnelley Foundation Joyce and Charles Solberg Lauren Bigelow $100,000 - $249,999been a part of herDelta legacy. Institute EarthShare Janice A. Stull Claire Castleman Todd Brennan, Senior Policy Manager The Brookby Foundation John Dykema and Michelle Maly-Dykema EarthShare Michigan Justin and Ashley Ziemba The Crown Family * Family Foundation EarthShare Ohio Aaron Fershee Anna-Lisa Castle, Water Policy Manager Today, when I hearMarshall about and Jamee a community Field Family Fund putting the Great Lakes and clean water at Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Environmental Consulting & $2,500-$4,999 Crystal M.C. Davis, Director of Policy and Fund for Lake Michigan * Quentin James Foundation* the center of decisions, I remember Lee setting Technology, that expectation Inc. as if it wasDarcy obvious Adams Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage Strategic Engagement Fred A. and Barbara M.all Erb along. Family Lee was a remarkable example of howFirst Congregational one person’s Church steady of Wilmette persistenceAnonymous Kimberly Hill Knott Foundation District Fitch Ratings Nate Drag, Water Policy Manager Michael and Michael Bagley Thomas Langmyer The George Gund Foundationcan improve theJohnson lives Ohana of millions. Charitable Foundation Gold Mine Jewelry Nick Bothfeld and Bobbie Brown Tyrone Dobson, Senior Volunteer McDougal Family Foundation The Robert A. and Shirley J. Jones Good Heart Work Smart Foundation Candace Jeffers LaRochelle Foundation Kevin Cahill Engagement Manager Hopleaf Bar I believe this year’sLee Family annual Foundation report shows how Lee’s passion reverberates aroundSue Conatser and Thomas Terry Susan McDermott $50,000-$99,999 ITC Inc. Daniel Duggan, Finance Coordinator McCaffery Interests Paul and Diane Culhane Altria Group the Great Lakes today. We’re sharing the storiesJPMorgan of localChase Good community Works leaders who Jo-Elle Mogerman Janet Fairley Kelly Farley, Finance & Operations Director Paul M. Angell Familyare Foundation building powerfulMiller, Cooper new & Co., coalitions Ltd. in Green Employee Bay, northern Giving Program Ohio, Chicago, and Motorola Solutions Foundation Stephen Fredman and Buzz Patterson Great Lakes Commissionbeyond. * They are leading the clean water movementJunior Achievement from of theMichigan ground up. Barbara Black-Fredman Judy Freed, Senior Marketing Manager Oppenheimer Family Foundation Great Lakes Jeff Pearsall Herman Miller Foundation Generation IV Charitable Trust Patagonia Chicago Lakeshore Foundation Luz Gomez, Office Manager JPB Foundation through the Funders’ The Jenny Giving Fund Laura Rubin Network for Smart Growth and Red Oak Foundation Donald Learner Family Foundation One person, one town, one state can make a difference and turn the tidesErik to Knudsen Jonathan Heuring, Foundation & Corporate Livable Communities River Network Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Vanessa Tey Iosue a healthier Great Lakes. We’ve seen it time and time again. Thank you to ourBarbara and John Kowalczyk Giving Manager Michigan City Sanitary District * RMB Capital Management Mission Accounting, Inc. Annie Mahon Michigan Departmentgenerous of donors,The Herbertvolunteers, & Nell Singer advocates, Foundation andMizuho community USA Foundation partners of who are joining Angela Larsen, Director of Planning Meredith Miller Environmental Quality * The Siragusa Family Foundation Mizuho Americas James Griffith, emeritus us in this Great Lakes movement. We can only do our work because of yourKatherine Newhouse Katie Larson, Education Manager MillerCoors * Tucker Ellis LLP Nicolet National Bank Duncan Stuart Pisces Foundation support. Thank Theyou. Waterwheel Foundation, Inc. Parker Hannifin Katrina Naeve, Donor Database Coordinator Ronald Sylva ScottsMiracle-Gro Company * Patagonia Aaron Vangetson Alexandra Novak, Community Planning Searle Funds at The Chicago $2,500-$4,999 Pearsall Family Foundation Community Trust Frank L. Washelesky Manager, Detroit Local Actions, Accenture LLP Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Solberg Manufacturing Inc. Alexandria Bay Chapter of the Fund Anthonia Ogudipe, Water Policy Analyst University of Illinois at Chicago Foundation for Community Betterment Carl and Barbara Stanley 1997 $1,000-$2,499 Charitable Trust Cynthia M. Ackerman Olivia Reda, Volunteer Engagement Associate Joel BrammeierAMLI Residential Large Impacts. $10,000-$49,999 Anonymous Uncle Dan’s Outdoor Store William and Diane Allen Alphawood FoundationPresident & CEOClif Bar & Company Winnetka Garden Club Anonymous Anonymous (2) Illinois Tool Works Foundation Yanfeng Automotive Interiors Neva and Ned Asplundh Barefoot Wine & Bubbly JP Morgan Chase Employee Giving Jack and Janis Bails 150 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60601 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Program INDIVIDUAL DONORS Lauren Bigelow Brunswick Public Foundation, Inc. The Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. & Natalie Black $50,000+ John and Laurel Bobrowich 312-939-0838 [email protected] 2019 Annual Report Buchanan Family Foundation Kohler Foundation for Giving Back Searle Family Trust Nancy Boltrick www.greatlakes.org City of Gary Redevelopment Commission The Libra Foundation Matthew C. Brett and Emily Monnelly The Comer Family Foundation The Longview Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Noelle Brock CHICAGO • BUFFALO • CLEVELAND • DETROIT • MILWAUKEE Conant Family Foundation MB Financial Bank, N. A. Anonymous The Greg and Anna Brown Family Fund Driscoll Foundation Moosejaw Stephen and Alisoun Brewster Kevin and Kristi Brown Elizabeth Morse Genius National Wildlife Federation Conrad Family Fund Rita Buczynska Photos: LLOYD DEGRANE www.lloyddegrane.com © 2019 All rights reserved.