“As we face threats like the record drought in California, population growth, and climate change, I’m grateful that we have Greenbelt Alliance ensuring that the Bay Area grows sustainably, that our farms and ranches are protected, and we continue to have some of the most incredible open spaces in the country. Thanks to all of you for supporting Greenbelt Alliance’s mission.”
U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, California’s 2nd Congressional District rivers, reservoirs,andaquifers. Andsmartgrowth,whichrelies spaces safeguards1.2million acres thatrechargeourregion’s water. GreenbeltAlliance’s worktoprotectBayAreaopen Of course, afteryearsofdrought,weare allthinkingabout this amazinglocalfoodthatsomanyofuslove. development ensuresthatwewillcontinuetohaveaccess Greenbelt Alliance’s worktoprotectourregion’s farmsfrom counties, thereareapproximately 600,000 acresoffarmland. friendly foodthatwesodesire. WithinthenineBayArea Earth. Local farmsbringusthe fresh,healthy, environment- ways thatarehealthyandhaveminimalimpactonthe Many ofusintheBayAreaarecommittedtoeating climate-friendly. greenhouse gaspollutionandmake theBayAreamore public transitareviablealternativestodriving—canreduce Alliance advocatesfor—wherewalking,bicycling,andusing the environment.However, thesmartgrowththatGreenbelt amount wehavetodrive, intensifyingournegativeimpacton come fromvehicles.Sprawldevelopmentincreasesthe In theBayArea,40percentofourgreenhousegasemissions few examples. that areprioritiesfortheBayAreatoday. Allowmetosharea my pridegrowsfurther. Ourworkiscriticaltoahostofissues the importantimpactofGreenbeltAlliance’s land-usework, play thisuniqueroletoday. WhenIstepbackandreflecton As GreenbeltAlliance’s CEO, Iamproudthatwecontinueto evolved. ThatorganizationwasGreenbeltAlliance. right developmenthappensasourcitiesandtownsgrew open spacesofourregion,andacommitmenttoensuringthe land-use policy, atirelesspassionforprotectingtheiconic only oneorganizationhadaholisticfocuswhenitcameto growth ofthenineBayAreacounties.AndIrealizedthat worked onshapingthepublicpoliciesthataddress our region.Ofthoseorganizations,Inoticedthatveryfew were focusedonhowlandisusedandprotectedacross I quicklynoticedthatonlyahandfulofBayAreaorganizations was immediatelyapparentthatthisauniqueorganization. When IfirstcametoGreenbeltAllianceover14yearsago, it ANNUAL REPORT 2015 of howtheBayAreagrows.We make suretheright Greenbelt Alliance’s singlefocusistoaddressthechallenge all benefitasourcommunitiesgrow. so, weensureBayArearesidentsacrosstheincomespectrum place tofundtheconstructionofaffordablehomes.Bydoing affordable homesareplannedforandthattoolsputin land-use plansandpolicies,ourroleistoensurethat housing challenge. WhenBayAreacitiesandtownscreate Alliance, weplayacriticalroleinaddressingtheregion’s recently thanourhousingaffordabilitycrisis. At Greenbelt Few issueshavegottenmoreattentionintheBayArea less waterthanonebuiltinanewsprawldevelopment. In fact,anewsmartgrowthhomebuilttodayuses35percent on lesslandscaping,issimplymorewater-wisethansprawl. CEO, Greenbelt Alliance Jeremy Madsen difference fortheBayArea. continues tomake abig in whichGreenbeltAlliance We lookforwardtoa2016 impactful work.Thankyou. would notbeabletodothis you, GreenbeltAlliancesimply Without thegenerosityofpeoplelike Area. Greenbelt AllianceismakingfortheBay great examplesoftheimportantdifference 2015 annualreportwithyou.Initspages,youwillseesome important totheregionwelove. Iampleasedtosharethis many issues—fromdroughttoaffordablehousing—thatare to knowthatourworkisalsomakingadifferenceonso we take ontheregion’s growthchallenge, itisverysatisfying of spectacularfarms,ranches,andnaturalareas.Everyday, as development whereitdoesnotbelongatall:onourgreenbelt development happensintherightplacesandprevent
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Photo: Breanna Baker Photo: Taylor Hanigosky 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS THE ONLY BAY AREA ORGANIZATION THAT HOLISTICALLY ADDRESSES LAND-USE ISSUES ACROSS OUR REGION—INCLUDING LAND CONSERVATION AND SMART GROWTH DEVELOPMENT.
3 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 GREENBELT ALLIANCE SHAPES THE RULES THAT GOVERN GROWTH
We do this by providing expertise on and building support behind public policy and planning, which promote open space conservation and smart growth. Here is a snapshot of our work in 2015.
4 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 2015 was a big year for open space protection in the Bay Area. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) voted to expand the region’s Priority Conser- vation Area (PCA) Program significantly. Priority Conservation Areas are exactly what they sound like: natural areas, recreation lands, farms, ranches, and urban open spaces that should be protected from development. Local governments nominate open spaces as PCAs, and ABAG vets and approves the nominations. Now that the PCA Program has been expanded, there are 165 PCAs across the Bay Area, covering over 2 million acres. Photo: Marc Crumpler
6 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 OUR IMPACT Greenbelt Alliance led the effort to expand the Priority Conservation Area Program. We helped ABAG improve the design of the program to advance the Bay Area’s conservation priorities. We also provided advice and technical guidance to many local governments that shaped their PCA nominations. And most significantly, we pushed hard to increase funding for the PCAs.
Through our website, Bay Area residents sent over 1,600 letters to local leaders, urging them to increase funding for PCAs in the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Program. After Greenbelt Alliance’s advocacy, $16.4 million was designated for PCAs. These funds will be critical in leveraging other state, federal, and private dollars to permanently protect the PCAs from development.
HOW PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS WHAT’S NEXT AFFECT THE BAY AREA The next step is to ensure the $16.4 million is spent wisely. The new Priority Conservation Areas cover more than Past funding for PCAs went to local projects, such as the 400,000 acres—an area more than 13 times the size of San preservation of: Francisco! Expanding the PCA Program will safeguard even more of the Bay Area’s critical open spaces that provide • Breuner Marsh in Richmond. clean air and water, locally produced food, wildlife habitats, • The Loma Mar area of San Mateo County, including a redwood forest. carbon sequestration, outdoor recreation, and urban green • The Suscol Creek Headwaters Preserve in Napa spaces. The expansion includes designating more land and County. allocating more funding to preserve that land. The Metro- Greenbelt Alliance will continue our leadership role on politan Transportation Commission increased funding for future funding, land-use, and policy decisions that will affect the PCA Grant Program by over 60 percent to $16.4 million, the PCAs. which can benefit PCAs throughout the entire Bay Area.
7 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 COMING IN 2016 AT RISK: THE BAY AREA GREENBELT Between 2006 and 2012, we helped cut the region’s land at risk of development by 20 percent. But in the hottest development market in the country, are the Bay Area’s growth policies and plans still stopping sprawl? Find out in our signature research report, At Risk, coming in fall 2016. Photo: Adam Garcia Photo: Adam
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9 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 IMPLEMENTING SMART GROWTH A TOOLKIT FOR SAN JOSE Every community in California is required to have a general plan, which serves as a blueprint for growth. In 2011, San Jose adopted a general plan that focuses growth in “urban villages” throughout the city rather than on urban expansion into the Bay Area greenbelt. Urban villages are walkable, bicycle-friendly, transit-oriented neighborhoods that provide a mix of homes, jobs, and amenities. All of San Jose’s urban villages are envisioned within the city’s existing footprint, largely along outdated commercial strips.
As a longtime smart growth advocate and watchdog of city HOW THE URBAN VILLAGE TOOLKIT planning, Greenbelt Alliance knows that even though urban AFFECTS THE BAY AREA villages are included in the general plan, they are not guar- San Jose—the Bay Area’s biggest city—is a linchpin in anteed to happen. Therefore, we are working with local addressing the Bay Area’s current housing crisis. The 2011 residents to shape urban village plans along West San Carlos San Jose general plan calls for the city to build 120,000 new Street and South Bascom Avenue—two areas just outside of homes by 2040, which is more than any other city in the downtown San Jose. We want these plans to excite residents region. If this growth is handled well through the creation of about their neighborhood and motivate neighbors to support urban villages, San Jose will demonstrate how to address smart growth in San Jose. We will ensure that these urban housing needs while safeguarding our greenbelt and helping village plans reflect the residents’ desires and are models for neighborhoods thrive. Our toolkit is a critical resource for how great San Jose neighborhoods can be. making San Jose’s vision of urban villages a reality.
West San Carlos Street and South Bascom Avenue are only WHAT’S NEXT two of 70 envisioned urban villages to be planned over the As new urban village planning efforts kick off, Greenbelt next 25 years. To amplify our impact on San Jose’s many Alliance will share the San Jose Urban Village Toolkit with urban villages, Greenbelt Alliance created the San Jose Urban community members to encourage and prepare them to get Village Toolkit in 2015. This guide cuts through technical involved in the planning process for their neighborhood. In jargon and helps neighbors work with each other, the city, and the West San Carlos Street and South Bascom Avenue areas, developers on neighborhood plans. The toolkit also guides we are working for amenities desired by community mem- residents through the planning process and helps them iden- bers—such as bike lanes, street signs, neighborhood parks, tify and build on what makes their neighborhood great. and art projects—to demonstrate the benefits of smart growth. In addition, in 2016, San Jose is reviewing its general plan. As part of this review, Greenbelt Alliance will encourage the City to revise urban-village-related policies to make them more effective at bringing the urban village vision to reality.
10 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 “This toolkit is excellent. It’s by far the best and clearest advice on [community] organizing I’ve ever seen.”
–Professor Emeritus Terry Christensen, specialist in state and local politics, San Jose State University
The San Jose Urban Village Toolkit cuts through technical jargon and helps neighbors get organized so they can engage with each other, the city, and developers on neighborhood plans. The toolkit also guides residents through the planning process and helps them identify and build on what makes their neighborhood great.
OUR IMPACT Greenbelt Alliance has been a long-standing leader in promoting smart growth in San Jose. We served on the city-appointed task force that created the 2011 general plan and brought environmental, business, affordable housing, labor, neighborhood, and other interests together to support the urban village concept. Through our work with the West San Carlos Street and South Bascom Avenue planning process, we are doing more on the ground than any other Bay Area organization to implement urban villages. Our experience in shaping the San Jose general plan and our direct engagement in urban villages have given us the unique knowledge and experience to create the San Jose Urban Village Toolkit.
11 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Photo: Taylor Hanigosky 12 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 The local food movement has exploded mechanism for integrating the findings fromHomeGrown . Greenbelt Alliance’s goal is for the policy to: across the nation, and the Bay Area is the • Emphasize the significance of local agriculture. epicenter—yet the Bay Area’s farms and • Set strong standards to avoid urbanizing agricultural ranches are in jeopardy. Since 1984, we’ve lands. • Fund permanent protection of farmland. lost 217,000 acres of agricultural land—that’s • Support environmentally responsible practices of farmers and ranchers. seven times the size of San Francisco! Today,
200,000 acres of farms and ranches are at HOW FARMS AND RANCHES FOREVER AFFECTS THE BAY AREA risk of being converted to development. Our Farms and Ranches Forever Initiative affects the entire Bay Area. We will share the tools and strategies in Home- Grown with elected officials, county staff, community leaders, Greenbelt Alliance has long been a champion for the Bay farmers, and ranchers. With our Contra Costa County work, Area’s agricultural lands. In the coming year, we will step up we will spur other Bay Area counties to pursue new policies support for our region’s farms and ranches. In 2016, we are and programs that will better protect farms and ranches and releasing HomeGrown: Tools for Local Farms and Ranches. support their economic viability. This report presents innovative tools and best practices for protecting agricultural land and helping farmers and ranchers stay in business. OUR IMPACT Greenbelt Alliance is the only organization Our new report is just the first step. Also in 2016, we will act that focuses on the local policies, plans, and on the recommendations in HomeGrown, seeing that they are programs that govern how our Bay Area put in place across the Bay Area. We are starting with Contra lands are used. Given this focus, we are the Costa County, where county leaders are developing an impor- best organization to bring local leaders and tant agricultural and open-space policy. This policy is an ideal supporters together to protect and sustain the Bay Area’s agricultural landscape.
13 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 TAKE ACTION SUPPORT BAY AREA FARMS & RANCHES Photo: Scott Hess
14 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 You can help us shape agricultural policies around the Bay Area by taking action online or donating to our DONATE: Farms and Ranches Forever Initiative. The Farms and greenbelt.org/john-chapman Ranches Forever Initiative is dedicated to the memory of our late Board President John Chapman. John was TAKE ACTION: greebelt.org/actions a tireless advocate for Bay Area farms and ranches, especially in his home county of Contra Costa.
15 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FINANCIAL SUMMARY
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Fiscal Year: October 2014 to September 2015 SUPPORT AND REVENUE Individual Contributions $93,120 Major Donors and Events $733,377 Corporate $78,686 Foundations $1,270,700 Contracts and Fees $86,261 Investment Income ($730) SF Housing Action Coalition Donations $415,490 REVENUE TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $2,676,904
EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES Greenbelt Alliance Programs $1,328,814 SF Housing Action Coalition Programs $411,748 Total Program Services $1,740,562
SUPPORTING SERVICES Administration $262,254 Fundraising $251,055 Total Supporting Services $513,309 TOTAL EXPENSES $2,253,871
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION As of September 30, 2015 ASSETS Current and Other Assets $1,733,648 Endowment $1,493,582 EXPENSES TOTAL ASSETS $3,227,230
LIABILITIES $144,915
NET ASSETS $3,082,315
16 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, & VOLUNTEERS
VOLUNTEER INTERNS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ali Barasmian W. Anderson Barnes Nancy Adler Shera Cohen Board Chair; Executive Committee Jeffry Blanchfield Christina Davis Chair Tom Brickley Carol Dula Anu Natarajan Noreen Evans Hannah Halloway Vice Chair; Board Affairs Committee Donna Gerber Taylor Hanigosky Chair Craig Hartman Sasha Helton Jon Harvey Elliot Evers Donna Luckey Robert Johnson Advancement Committee Chair Jesse Rosemoore Deepak Kamlani Sweety Sharma Jake Mackenzie Daniel Kingsley Melanie Rodrigo Public Policy Committee Chair Sam Liccardo Monica Van Luven Jean McCown Dan Marks Tessa Wardle Audit Committee Chair Will Parish Lynne Deegan-McGraw Michele Perrault Marketing & Communications Laurel Prevetti Committee Chair Michele Stratton Dee Swanhuyser Robert Oxenburgh Laney Thornton Secretary/Treasurer Wells Whitney Michelle Yesney
VOLUNTEER OUTINGS STAFF LEADERS Jeremy Madsen Joel Devalcourt Bruce and Sandra Beyaert Chief Executive Officer Regional Representative Janet Byron Terry Chaplin Amy Henson Amie Fleming Jan Enderle Marketing & Communications Director Advancement Manager Gael Erickson Edward Lee Adam Garcia Adam Garcia Chief Financial Officer & Director of Planning & Research Manager Rich Guarienti Administration Robert Johnson Chris Huqueriza Patti Kenyon Stephanie Reyes Database Assistant William and Ceci Kim Deputy Chief Executive Officer Gail MacGowan Ken Lavin Jonathan Marshall Luisa Siravo Outings & Volunteer Coordinator Cathy Petrick Director of Advancement David D. Schmidt Teri Shore Teri Shore Matt Vander Sluis Regional Director Karen Synowiec Program Director Tania Malik Nancy Topp Nancy Topp Adrianna Andreucci Accounting Manager Liz Watson Executive Assistant & Office Manager Suzanne L. Weakley Megan Toth Davin Aoyagi Advancement Manager Regional Representative
Alex Chen Marketing Manager
17 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SUPPORTING Teresa and Ralph Bastian $500- $999 Microsoft Corporation INDIVIDUALS AND Alvin Baum Thorsten Anderson John S. and James L. Knight FAMILIES Bishop Pine Fund David and Janet Azevedo Foundation Annual gifts of $500 or more Shelagh and Bob Brodersen Barbara Baksa and Andrew Silicon Valley Community Bonnie Fisher Spafford Foundation $100,000 AND Courtney Benoist and Jason Fish Jack and Leslie Batson The Wallace Alexander Gerbode ABOVE Geoffrey Chapman Cassandra Benjamin Foundation** Matthew and Janice Barger Critchfield Cohn Family Fund Bob and Carol Berman $20,000- $49,999 Clarence B. and Joan F. Coleman Jeffry and Robin Blanchfield Anonymous $50,000- $99,999 Charitable Foundation Tim and Gaynor Brown Barkley Fund Anonymous Raymond M. Deméré Jr. Family A. Richard Carter Craigslist Charitable Fund John† and Susan Hewitt Chapman Fund John and Nancy Cassidy Laney and Pasha Thornton The Health Trust Linda Dodwell Daniele De Iuliis and Janine De Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund $20,000- $49,999 Ryan Donnelly luliis The San Francisco Foundation *** Arntz Family Foundation Fred and Jocelyn Euphrat Roland Dreier and Bina JaMel and Tom Perkins/Perkins Will Evers and Melinda Ellis Evers Bhattacharyya $10,000- $19,999 Hunter Foundation David Fowler and Kathleen A. Peter and Gillian Emblad Climate Ride Steve Silberstein Demetri Coby Everdell East Bay Community Foundation Jack Weeden Rob Flint Timothy Ferris and Carolyn Zecca Gaia Fund ** Robert Charles and Chandra Friese Ferris/The Swig Foundation UP TO $9,999 $10,000- $19,999 Douglas and Kaatri Grigg Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein Jim and Vicki Geers Adobe Matching Gift Program Kara and Michael Gross Brickyard C Fund at East Bay Valerie Glass Affordable Treasures Donna Halow Community Foundation Kate Godfrey and Robert Colley Apple Matching Gifts Program Margaret Hand and John Hartog Elliot Evers Maud Hallin Benevity Community Impact Fund Jon and Connie Hartung John Osterweis and Barbara Barbara Herbert California Wildlife Foundation Mick and Sabrina Hellman Ravizza Louis I. Jaffe and Kitty Whitman Chevron Humankind Matching Gift James Hormel Michelle Yesney and Richard Katharine Johnson Program Michael and Linda Howe Gertman Frederic Knapp Combined Federal Campaign Fran and Bud Johns Michael Kossman Committee for Green Foothills $5,000- $9,999 Carolyn Johnson and Rick Theis Robert Lawrence The David and Lucile Packard Anonymous Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Ryan and Anne Le Blanc Matching Grant Program Anonymous Foundation Andrea Mackenzie and Jenni Dolby Match Program W. Anderson and Sara Barnes Jon E. Kannegaard and Patricia T. Martin EarthShare California Lynne Deegan-McGraw Sandoval Alexander Magee Grizzly Peak Cyclists, Inc. Dana and Robert Emery Sidney Kass and Susie Langdon L E McCreery Hayward Hiking Club Linda Jo Fitz Kass Ezra and Carol Mersey Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Marc and Shelley Golden Nancy Kittle Robert Meyers Philanthropic Fund of Mal Warwick Fleishhacker L & L Borok Foundation Kelly Moran and Mark Eliot Associates & Donor Digital Urs Holzle and Geeske Joel Genevieve Lawrence Jess Moreles and Teresa Alvarado PG&E Corporation Foundation Dan and Mimi Kingsley John and Sandra Leland Anu Natarajan Silicon Valley Community Bob and Edie Kirkwood Hollis Lenderking Susie Renner Foundation Donor Circle for Meshewa Farm Foundation Jake and Barbara Mackenzie Alan Robin and Connie Levi the Environment Jan O’Brien and Craig Hartman Jeremy Madsen and Sarah E. Peter Sager United Way Silicon Valley Will and Julie Parish Gilman Marcus and Ann Smith Charitable Wells Fargo Community Support Jonathan and Pam Shields Lawrence Maxwell Fund Campaign John and Elouise Sutter Jean McCown Erik Strahm Syzygy Foundation John and Leslie McQuown Richard S. Taylor and Tracy Grubbs GREENBELT Porter E. & Helenmae Thompson Mark and Elinor Mumm Anne Teller GUARDIAN MONTHLY Foundation Levon and Maio Nishkian W. Denman and Kate Van Ness DONORS The Greenbelt Guardians are a $2,500-$4,999 The Schmitz-Fromherz Family Fund Dan Wald George Tuttle and Ben Cushman Scott Ward group of loyal donors who have Thomas and Mary Brickley committed to making automatic Jean and James Douglas Jaz Zaitlin and Mark Nienberg Ralph Warner Michele Perrault Effie Westervelt contributions each month to Toby and Sally Rosenblatt/The Greenbelt Alliance. James Irvine Foundation Fred Perry and Barbara White Perry Mariquita West The JEC Foundation Mary Prchal Faith Allen Eleanor Phipps Price SUPPORTING Robert Johnson INSTITUTIONS Brian and Debbie Auerbach Deepak and Sherry Kamlani Jim Rosenau and Dianne Stockler Sara Barz and Ian Ratzer John Kriken and Katherine Koelsch Daniel and Jackie Safier OVER $400,000 Bob and Carol Berman Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt Gary and Peg Smith The William and Flora Hewlett Janet Byron Pisces Foundation Soren Spies Foundation* Prudence Carter Jean Schulz Tracy Stampfli and Lalit Anthony Chang Balchandani $100,000-$250,000 Michele and Richard Stratton Anonymous Kristen Clements Wells Whitney and Anne Halsted Dee and Peter Swanhuyser Caroline Cooper The Swig Foundation $50,000- $99,999 Camille Cusumano $1,000- $2,499 Edward and Cathy Topham Battery Powered Jim and Laura Dekloe Edward and Sallie Arens Stephen and Alexandra Williamson The Clarence E. Heller Foundation
Thank you to everyone who supported Greenbelt Alliance in fiscal year 2015. Please contact Director of Advancement Luisa Siravo 18 at 415-543-6771 x305 or [email protected] regarding omissions or edits. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Judy A. Doi Elliot Evers Will Evers and Melinda Ellis Evers $5,000 Ann Dolyniuk Linda Jo Fitz Fred and Jocelyn Euphrat W. Anderson and Sara Barnes Simms Duncan Marc and Shelley Golden Timothy Ferris and Carolyn Zecca Lynne Deegan-McGraw Dale Engle Fleishhacker Ferris Craig Hartman and Jan O’Brien Arleen Feng Urs Holzle and Geeske Joel Linda Jo Fitz Dan and Mimi Kingsley John Fioretta Dan and Mimi Kingsley Robert Charles and Chandra Friese Will and Julie Parish Mark Gion Bob and Edie Kirkwood Douglas and Kaatri Grigg Will and Suzanne Schutte Karl Goldstein Meshewa Farm Foundation Dee and Peter Swanhuyser Jon and Pam Shields Steve Greenberg Jan O’Brien and Craig Hartman Eleanor Phipps Price Michele Yesney and Richard Kara and Michael Gross John Osterweis and Barbara Fei Tsen and Wayne Lew Gertman Eric Haas Ravizza Fred Perry and Barbara White Perry $2,500 Rainer Hoenicke Will and Julie Parish Gene and Abby Schnair Arntz Family Wendy and Dan Marinaccio JaMel and Tom Perkins/Perkins JaMel and Tom Perkins Tom and Mary Brickley Husman Hunter Foundation Jean Schulz Linda Jo Fitz David Kadish Steve Silberstein John and Leslie McQuown Maribelle and Steven Leavitt Frances Kaplan Jonathan and Pam Shields John and Sandra Leland Joe Sherman George Kramm John and Elouise Sutter Laney and Pasha Thornton Wells Whitney and Anne Halsted Tobin Kendrick Laney and Pasha Thornton Margaret Spaulding Michelle Koo Porter E. & Helenmae Thompson Michele and Richard Stratton $1,000 Gustav Larsson Foundation Anne Teller Tim and Gaynor Brown Sam Liccardo Jack Weeden Edward C. Topham Patricia S. Dinner Pierce MacDonald Michelle Yesney and Richard Richard Idell and Susan Kornblatt William D. Evers Jr. David Madson Gertman Idell Stuart Gasner and Kate Ditzler Karen and Scott Matsueda Deborah and Harvey Shein Doug and Kaatri Grigg IN MEMORY Jon and Katherine Harvey Lawrence Maxwell We thank our donors who Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt Hugh McDevitt Thomas Sparks Toby and Sally Rosenblatt remembered their loved ones with Peter and Cheryl Santos Judy and Jerry Merrill a gift to Greenbelt Alliance. Toby and Sally Rosenblatt Elizabeth and Michael Mooney Wells Whitney and Anne Halsted Michele and Richard Stratton Elizabeth Nally Brian Auerbach (Ala Shaw) Dee Swanhuyser Mary Bemis (John Chapman) JACK KENT JR. Matthew O’Grady LEGACY CIRCLE Up to $500 Elizabeth Pigford Geoffrey Chapman (John Chapman) Cheryl Armstrong and Dan Marks Raquel Donoso (John Chapman) Honoring our donors who have Margaret Powell made provisions to support Patricia Colombe Isabel Santos Michelle Koo (Mr. & Mrs. Koo) Guy Conner Nils-Michael Langenborg (Nils O. Greenbelt Alliance through a J. Donald Seaver planned gift. Nancy Dobbs Kurt Shaver Langenborg) Linda Dodwell Lawrence Shubert and Julie Lustig Catherine Lewis (John Chapman) Faith Allen Noreen Evans Patrick Siegman Kim Licht (John Chapman) W. Anderson and Sara Barnes William and Bittan Evers Maria and Pilar Silva David Marsland (Susan Marsland) Tina Duong Maud Hallin Elizabeth Leonie Simpson and Stephanie and Rafael Reyes (John John Erskine James and Claudia Harrison John Wurr Chapman) Margaret Hand and John Hartog Jane Hartley Elizabeth Stampe Laura Jo Sanchez (Bill Kortum) Fran and Bud Johns Kip Howard Theresa Sweeney and James Susan Smartt (John Chapman) Mary Kent Robert Lawrence Blanchard Hope Trenga (John Chapman) Wendy and Dan Marinaccio Jean McCown Ruth Tretbar Dale Trowbridge (Denis Trowbridge) Husman Wendy and Michael Mendes Russell and Claire Urzi Polly Wimer (John Chapman) Virginia Rawson Nadine Weil Elizabeth Wierzbianska Vivian Wing (John Chapman) Bob and Caprice Solotar Mary Wilson and Harvey Fineberg SONOMA Margaret Spaulding Diane Ziesing LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Celia Thompson Taupin The Leadership Circle is a special LEADERSHIP Toby and Sally Rosenblatt COUNCIL George Tuttle and Ben Cushman Albert and Joel Wells Schreck society of our most generous Paul and Dorothy Wachter donors whose annual support Our Sonoma Leadership Council Michelle and Richard Stratton of Greenbelt Alliance is at least is comprised of donors who have SAVOR THE The Swanhuyser Family $5,000. contributed $1,000 or more in GREENBELT Laney and Pasha Thornton support of our work in Sonoma SPONSORS Bill and Kathleen Volkmann Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein County. Savor the Greenbelt is an annual Wells Whitney and Anne Halsted Anonymous Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein event that raises funds to support IN-KIND DONORS Anonymous Greenbelt Alliance’s programs. Arntz Family Foundation W. Anderson and Sara Barnes Buena Vista Winery Matt and Janice Barger Teresa and Ralph Bastian $10,000 Dark Heart Chili Sauce Barkley Fund Jean-Charles Boisset Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein Frog Hollow Farm W. Anderson and Sara Barnes Brenda Buckerfield Elliot Evers Hafner Vineyard Brickyard C Fund at the East Bay Delphine and Allen Damon Tom and JaMel Perkins Hindsight Wines Community Foundation Lynne Deegan-McGraw Homeward Bound of Marin John† and Susan Hewitt Chapman Patricia Dinner $7,500 Volker Eisele Family Estate Lynne Deegan-McGraw Jean and James Douglas Laney and Pasha Thornton Woodenhead Vintners Dana and Robert Emery Elliot Evers
† Deceased; * Represents both a single year grant and an installment payment on a multi-year grant; ** represents an installment payment on a multi-year grant; *** represents two awarded grants 19 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SUPPORTING Erica and John Baccus Jane Grossman Elizabeth Nally Isabel Wade and Jan Rosemary Bacy David and Margie Robert and Nancy Neff Chernoff INDIVIDUALS Bob Barrett and Linda Guggenhime Linh Nguyen John Wagers AND FAMILIES Atkinson Eric Haas Alexandra and Kenneth Warren Watkins and Janis Annual gifts up to $499 Alec S. and Sharon B. Bash Thomas Hagler Nicholson Harwood Grattan Carole Bayer Marilyn Halberg William Nisbet Kathy Weinberger $250- $499 Joel Berger Alice Hall Rick Nordensten David Weissman Gretchen Adams Janet Bertaina Christopher Hamilton Teresa O’Neill Carolyn West Daniel V. Alper Robert Besso Gary and Gary Hedden Kurt Oberhaus and Laurence Robert and Karen Wetherell Eric Antebi Emily Blanck John and Tamra Hege Gathers Gretchen Whisenand Brian and Debbie Auerbach Kimberly and Simon Blattner Ross Heitcamp Jan Ogren Mary Ellen White and Jack Peter Brantley Roberta Borgonovo Deborah Henigson Levitt Lester Olmstead-Rose Morton Ida Braun Charles Bouril Davis Hershey Anne Olsen Markin Whitman Keith and Atsuko Bennett David and Eva Bradford Susan Hiestand Jaime Orozco and Sara Fain Elizabeth Wierzbianska Alan Billingsley John Broughton Carol High Ralph Page George and Sara Williams Annette Billingsley and Terry Amanda Brown-Stevens and Anne Buckley Hill David and Karen Paradise Mason Willrich Bergmann Adam Van de Water Kirsten R. Holmquist Michael Parrish and Karen Robert Wilson Patricia and Peter Biocini Paula Buel Lorraine Honig Giles Hilary Winslow Wendy Buchen Joe Buhowsky Jock and Molly Hooper Jeffrey Pekrul Patricia Wolfe Prudence Carter David Burch Rachel Hooper Roberto, Adam, and Dalia Art and Janet Wong Anthony Chang Janet Byron Chenming Hu and Margaret Perelman Ko Yamamoto Eunice Childs Jerry Cahill and Kathleen Hu Jim Phillips Faye and Lee Younker Dale Cooper King William Hudson Elizabeth Pigford James R. Yurchenco and Amy Nancy Dobbs Myra Chachkin Mr. James Paxson Richard Poley Lauterbach Bruce Dodd Dahlia Chazan Martha Johnson Steve and Dorrie Pollock Ron Zeff Kay Duffy June and Earl Cheit Andreas Jones Rita and Rita Poppenk Jeannie Duisenberg Harry Chomsky Frances Kaplan Marcia and Robert Popper UP TO $100 Simms Duncan Carol Christensen Peggy and Howard Karren Margaret Powell Kenny Abiko Lauren Fondahl Michael Clancy Patricia A. Kates and Henry Chuck Purvis Rachelle Acuna-Narvaez Tamara Galanter William Clark E. Brady Lee and Paul Quintana Ann and Bruce Adams David B. Goldstein and Julia Alice Cleveland Kathleen Keller April Ramos Karen and Ken Adelson Vetromile Huguette Combs Tobin Kendrick Timothy Ramsay Anne-Therese Ageson Sara Griffith John and Anne Connolly Ernest Kimme Wallace Ransom Patty Aguilera and Michael Jane Hiatt Caroline Cooper Jeanette King Richard A. Rawson and Pollard Henry D. Hilken and Cynthia Susan E. Coryell and Bruce Marjorie Kirk Barbara K. Eggleston Linda Aiello A. Allman M. Penrod Norman Kline Virginia Rawson Ray and Marie Alberti Bill and Lynda Hutton Candis Cousins Pete Klosterman Mark Reedy Andrew Aldrich Richard Idell and Susan Janet Dahlsten W. Dale Knutsen and Marjorie Jim Richards Dan and Sandi Alex Kornblatt Idell Edward Darland Yasueda Margaret Robbins Faith Allen Margaret Kaplan Kyle Dewolfe Gerald and Rosette Koch Jim Robson Terry and Peter Bloomsburgh Emily Kenyon and David E. Mary Dodge Marcia and Larry Kolb Ken Rockwell Barbara Anderson Lipsky Shannon Dodge and Mark George Kramm Terry Rolleri Anonymous Gustav Larsson McCaustland Judith Lamberti Richard Rollins Nick and Marcia Anton Sue and Peter LaTourrette Judy A. Doi Nils-Michael Langenborg Margaret Salenger-Haywood Jo Anne Appel Patricia Litton and Peter Katherine Dollard Mary Lavelle Donald Erik Sarason and Mona Armstrong Ralston Michael and Catherine Tienne E. Lee and Steven Mary H. Jennings Sara Atkins Laura Mahanes and Steven Dorman Nierlich Carol Savio Elisabeth Aurora Weissman Tom Duncanson Philip Lenna Mary Kent Schardt Wilma Austern Karen and Scott Matsueda Barbara Dwyer Mimi and Walter Levison Richard Schecter Peter Bacchetti Judy and Jerry Merrill David Early Kent Lewandowski Kathy Schmidt Nancy Bachmann and Dave Nion McEvoy Joseph Ehrman III Catherine Lewis Erik Schoennauer McCully Thomas and Virginia McKone Frank Eldredge Dan and Miran Lieberman Carolyn Schour Lesley Baird Noel and Penny Nellis Elizabeth Sojourner Norman and Florence Lind Albert Schreck Sara Barz and Ian Ratzer John and Hortensia Nelson Linda and Jerry Elkind Bonnie Lindahl Susan Schwartz Donna Batson Carol and George Nobori Elizabeth Ellinger Kathryn Liston Paul and Lynn Sedway Shelly Baumrind and Joan Matthew O’Grady Dale Engle Norman and Marion Lee Sendelbeck Finton Robert and Anne-Jette Jan Epstein Livermore Kurt Shaver Irene A. Beardsley and Dan S. Oxenburgh John Erskine Jonathan Livingston Lawrence Shubert and Julie Bloomberg Brian Parker and Leyna Mark Evanoff Edgar and Barbara Lo Lustig Philip Becker Bernstein Noreen Evans Cynthia Long Patrick Siegman Elizabeth Belle Linda K. Persson and James Jean Evans Elaine Lum Maria and Pilar Silva Emily Benner Little William and Bittan Evers Eve Armentrout Ma Elizabeth Leonie Simpson Orienne Bennett Laurel Prevetti and Bob Hawn Arleen Feng Pierce MacDonald and John Wurr Betty Bernstein Charles Rowland Antony Fields David Madson Bob and Wendy Singley Sandra and Bruce Beyaert Tod Rubin and Catherine Alice and Herb Fischgrund Peter and Carole Main Kathryn Exon Smith Frederick Bialy Corey Earl Flage David Maris Hitesh and Melissa Soneji Martin Bigos J. Donald Seaver Pat Flores and Dell Martin Susan Marsh Deborah Sorondo Thad L. Binkley Robert and Barbara Scavullo Mary and Tom Foote David Marsland Thomas Sparks Beverly and Mark Birnbaum Deborah and Harvey Shein Alan Forkosh Tara Martin-Milius Doug Spooner Kathryn Black Anne Shelley Greg Fowler Larry Mayers Gary Spratling Thomas Blalock Tina Shone Ed Fry John L. McCarthy and Kathryn Donald Stang and Helen Richard Bloom and Bridget Andrew and Yesenia Smith Frank Fuller Barnhart Wickes McCoy Carolyn Tognetti Michael A. 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