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Annual Report 2009-2010 the Paleontological Research Institution Is Affiliated Wit H Cornell University PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND ITS MUSEUM OF THE EARTH | 1259 TRUMANSBURG RD ITHACA NY 148 50 www.museumoftheearth.org Edited by Billy Kepner, Director Of Marketing And Communications © PRI 2010 Design and layout by Rachel Philipson Photography a nd Design Photos by : Rachel Philipson, Sheryl Sinkow, Paul Warchol, Joseph L. Casciano and others. annual report 2009-2010 The Paleontological Research Institution is affiliated wit h Cornell University Board of Trustees of the Paleontological David H. Taube, Lansing, NY STAFF Brian Gollands, Web Designer 10% of the recovered fiber used in the manufacture of this paper is from post consumer waste. Thi s paper Research Institution 2009-2010 Don Wilson, Ithaca, NY Warren D. Allmon, Director Michael Griswold, Facilities Manager meets all sourcing requirements for SFI and FSC certifications. All liquid solvent waste generated in the printing William Young, Canandaigua, NY Leon Apgar, Maintenance John Gurche, Artist-in-Residence of this document is recycled at the site of the printer. Thi s document is printed with soy based ink. OFFICERS and Operations Specialist Billy Kepner, Director of Marketing President, Rodney Feldmann, Kent, OH TRUSTEES EMERITUS Sara Auer-Perry, Geoscience Education & Communications Vice President, Percy Browning, Ithaca, NY John D. Allen, Syracuse, NY Resource Developer Richard Kissel, Director of Secretary, Philip Bartels, Riverside, CT James Cordes, Ithaca, NY Johanna Batman, Museum Operations Teacher Programs J. Thomas Dutro, Jr., Washington, D.C. and Programs Coordinator Michael Lucas, Associate Director MEMBERS Shirley K. Egan, Aurora, NY Christine Besemer-Whitaker, for Administration Loren Babcock, Columbus, OH Howard Hartnett, Moravia, NY Teacher Programs Coordinator Paula M. Mikkelsen, Associate Director Philip Bartels, Riverside, CT Robert T. Horn, Jr., Ithaca, NY Carlyn Buckler, Assistant to the Associate for Science and Director of Publications Larry Baum, Ithaca, NY Patricia H. Kelley, Southport, SC Director for Outreach Sam Moody, Assistant Director of Museum Percy Browning, Ithaca, NY Harry Lee, Jacksonville, FL Scott Callan, Associate Director for Operations and Volunteer Coordinator Harold Craft, Ithaca, NY Harry A. Leffingwell, Laguna Beach, CA Institutional Advancement Judith Nagel-Myers, J. Mark Erickson, Canton, NY Amy McCune, Ithaca, NY Eric Chapman, Exhibits Manager Collections Manager Rodney Feldmann, Kent, OH Edward B. Picou, Jr., Metairie, LA Sarah Chicone, Director of Exhibits Amie Patchen, Assistant to the Director Karl Flessa, Tucson, AZ John Pojeta, Rockville, MD Kelly Cronin, Outreach Project Alicia Reynolds-Michael, Director of Jim Fogel, Ithaca, NY Philip Proujansky, Ithaca, NY Support Associate Museum Operations Tim Gallagher, Freeville, NY Mary M. Shuford, Brooklyn, NY James Dake, PRI-Cayuga Nature Center Rob Ross, Associate Director for Outreach Linda C. Ivany, Erieville, NY Constance Soja, Hamilton, NY Collaborations Coordinator Trisha Smrecak, Global Change Teresa Jordan, Ithaca, NY James E. Sorauf, Tarpon Springs, FL Sarah Degen, Development and Evolution Projects Manager D. Rob Mackenzie, Trumansburg, NY John C. Steinmetz, Bloomington, IN Operations Manager Ottilie White-Day, Museum Associate D. Jeffrey Over, Geneseo, NY Peter B. Stifel, Easton, MD Gregory Dietl, Director of Collections Jennifer Liber Raines, Buffalo, NY William P.S. Ventress, Lexington, OK Don Duggan-Haas, Education Philip Reilly, Concord, MA Art Waterman, Metairie, LA Research Associate Dale Springer, Bloomsburg, PA Thomas E. Whiteley, Rochester, NY Steve Durham, Collections Assistant Statement of Financial Acti vity FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS: Revenue, gains and other support: 2010 2009 Grants, contributions, and gifts $386,466 $1,158,944 Programs 25,752 21,653 Publications 66,074 49,675 Dues and memberships 31,225 29,658 Museum admissions 93,785 104,676 Specimen casts 27,423 - Merchandise sales, net costs of goods sold 40,480 39,965 Investment income 2,791 7,480 (Loss) on investments 14,688 (26,863) Gifts in kind 83,255 10,036 Gain on legal settlement - 663,993 Other 54,551 47,997 808,490 2,107,214 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS: Grants 1,324,034 603,247 Specific uses 74,093 227,036 36 1,398,127 830,283 Ta ble of contents 1 TOTAL REVENUE, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT 2,206,617 2,937,497 AND ITS MUSEUM OF THE EARTH EXPENSES AND LOSSES: Message From The President 2 Payroll and related benefits 1,198,322 1,158,167 Depreciation and amortization 378,310 363,283 Message From The Director 3 Interest expense 174,872 234,091 Professional fees 36,129 199,073 Scientific Research 4-7 Other 102,372 178,154 Building and maintenance 183,209 140,691 Publications 8 Grant subcontracts 240,198 99,025 Publications and printing 36,242 62,811 Collections 9 Exhibit expense 20,019 48,055 Supplies 17,408 18,621 Volunteers 10 Travel and workshops 14,093 13,968 Postage 13,378 13,343 Education 11-28 TOTAL EXPENSES AND LOSSES 2,414,552 2,529,282 CHANGE IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS (207,935) 408,215 Cornell Relations 29-30 TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS: Development 31-35 Grants, contributions, and gifts 2,330,534 508,955 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS: Finances 36 Grants, contributions, and gifts (1,398,127) (830,283) CHANGE IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS 932,407 (321,328) 724,472 86,887 PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION CHANGE IN NET ASSETS NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 5,341,556 5,254,669 NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR 6,066028 5,341,556 Development | Gifts Eileen Epstein Michael Marano III Richard Smath Michael Brate Robert Martin Agency Frank Ettensohn Edward Marintsch Jacqueline Smith Terry Brawner Frank McKinney Barbara Fite Peter Marks David Smith Peter Brellochs Phyllis McNeill Big Brothers Big Sisters Karl Flessa Barbara Martin Susan Soboroff Louis Budell Corinne Myers Broome Developmental Merrill Foster Judy Massare James Sprinkle Richard Byrd Kimberly Myers Disabilities Services Anthony Friscia Harry McCue Jacqueline Stapleton Wayne Callahan Ray Oglesby Office Euganie Fudala Ronald McDowell Scott Starratt Patricia Carden Jack Oliver Cayuga Addiction Paul Gagliardi George McGhee George Stephens James Chaplin Marvin Orlinick Recovery Services Walter Gates Eleanor Merrifield Gary Stringer Robert Cormany Robert Peck Cornell Richard Gentile David Meyer Jacek Sulanowski Robert Corretore Adrienne Posner Cooperative Extension Richard George Timothy Miller Joseph Sullivan Susan Cotton Michael Raffe Cub Pack 152 Michael Gibson Cathy Millspaugh Susan Swensen Thomas Cowan Patricia Rathmann Franziska Racker Centers Thomas Giventer Steven Mize June Szabo Edmund Cranch Gloria Royer Gem & Mineral Karen Goodman Nana Monaco John Tate Marian Cutting Morteza Roz Akhtar Society of Syracuse Michael Grenier Michael Mongeon Quinn Thomas Marjorie Decker Karl - Heinz Russ George Junior Republic Lindsey Groves Dennis Mooney Roger Thomas Donna Elizabeth Sanders Handicapped Children’s James Hagadorn Carol Morris Ann Tobey Dempster-McClain James Scatterday Association Respite Martha Halperin Ron Mroz Paul Torna Barbara Dewall Barbara Schwartz House Paul Harnik Corrine Muske Robin Tropper-Herbel Mary Dexter Dorothy Sellers Lakeview MHS John Harper David Neight Lee Tutt Cecilia Duluk Jocelyn Sessa Madison-Cortland ARC Joseph Hartman Charles Newsom Kenneth Upham Ernest Dumas Jirina Shupp Seneca-Cayuga ARC 2 Message from t he President David Heerwagen Vincent O’Donnell Margaret Van Houtte Gisela Gall Neil Snepp Tompkins County 35 Amy Heller Agata Okulicz-Kozaryn John VanderVeer Nancy Goldberg Nancy Spaulding Mental Health AND ITS MUSEUM OF THE EARTH Serving on the Board of Trustees of PRI, I know what Dorothy must have felt like in the Emerald City : It’s a truly spectacular place doing special work on extremely Stephen Henderson Melissa Oliver David Varricchio Carolyn Grigorov Sam Spicer TST Boces - Even Start important science—but behind the curtain, pulling the levers is actually a rather modest, small grou p of incredibly talented, phenomenally articulate…hominins. Austin Hendy Karen Osburn Tom Vawter Bruce Hall David Thompson Van Dyke Addiction Kent Hewitt D. Jeffrey Over Anthony Verdi William Hamlin Emily Tompkins Treatment Center Where else can you go, as I did recently, not only to hear late-breaking research on the recently di scovered “missing link” Australopithecus sediba , but to see what Diane Hillmann Ronald Parsley Victor Vere Julia Hardin Lawrence Turchin Youth Advocate Programs our probable ancestor looked like--even before publication? (Thanks to PRI Artist-in-Residence John Gurche.) Richard Hoare Pennsylvania Anthracite Charles VerStraeten Jonathan Harrington Janet Van Etten Linda Homco Heritage Museum Ronald West Peter Harriott Gurdon Van Hamlin What other place can you visit that ties together, in one sweeping panorama, the very origins of lif e on Earth, the latest scientific data on our future on a warming James Houser Matthew Phillips Margie Whiteleather Sarah Hatcher J.R. Von Reinhold George Hudler Roy Plotnick Mark Whitmore Kathlyn Heaton Jamesson planet, and what we can do to influence that future right here and now? (PRI published a great new “ very short guide” to climate change this year.) Laurie Hultberg Michael Powelka Bruce Wiley Synnove Heggoy Donald Wagman Robert Hutchens Trina Powers Thomas Williams Donald Hoskins Jack Williamson How can you better celebrate the unity of life on Earth than to listen, watch, smell, touch the stuf f of creation, and learn from those whose gift it is to make it Linda Ivany Karen Powers
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