Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 2015-2016 Annual Report Part of the Family

Every day, I’m honored to hear how much visitors enjoy the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Guests of all ages describe a trip to the zoo as the highlight of their day, week, or year.

While our guests love watching animals and learning about the natural world, what they report that they enjoy most is doing these things in the company of their loved ones. Visiting the Zoo is a family affair. Grandparents bring their grandchildren and reminisce about their own Zoo experiences in decades past. Parents delight as babies’ faces light up at the sight of a giraffe, or grin as a grumbling teenager suddenly laughs at a gibbon’s antics.

Indeed, family is the lens through which many children connect with animals. On first observing a group of animals interacting, a child will instinctively ask: “Which one’s the mommy?” “Where’s the daddy?” For animals who don’t live in social groups, children might wonder aloud if a creature is lonely. That kind of empathy, first learned from family, is what fuels our affinity for other living things… and, in turn, our Zoo’s mission.

As I share with you the highlights of our 2016 fiscal year (April 2015–March 2016), I’m grateful to all of the families who make our Zoo so special. Thank you for supporting our mission, for making us part of your family and for being part of ours.

Thane Maynard Zoo Director Cincinnati Zoo Board of Trustees April 2015 – November 2016

Eileen Barrett Craig Maier In Cincinnati, we are fortunate to live in a city with such a rich history, Doug Brendamour Lynn Marmer and with such an outstanding Zoo. During this past fiscal year (April Robert Castellini, Jr Tim Massa 2015–March 2016) we celebrated the 140th anniversary of the Cathy Crain George Molinsky Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and its role in shaping the Sheila Cole Amy Murray history of the Queen City. Bob Coughlin Jane Novak-Cook Kimberly Coyner Cora Ogle, PhD Stuart Dornette Joseph Pichler As we look ahead -- to our sesquicentennial and many future Kay Geiger Mike Prescott anniversary celebrations -- I’m proud to report that our Zoo Stephen Hightower Mitch Quint continues to grow and thrive. It was a year that included many Francie Hiltz Peter Ragland significant Zoo births, important steps in preserving endangered Chris Hock Martin Rahe species, and several awards for our Zoo and its personnel. We saw Donald Hudson Ashwin Ramprasad continued strong attendance, including a record number of people Gregg Kosch Scott Robertson to enjoy PNC Festival of Lights. Our financial standing and business Shree Kulkarni Jack Rouse practice are as strong as ever. Margaret Lafley Matt Schroeder Bill Lawarre Alex Triantafilou For many Cincinnatians, and for visitors to the area, the Zoo Lee Ann Liska William Witten represents togetherness. When any of us give back by supporting a Joshua Lorentz Craig Young community asset, we do so with the well-being of future generations in mind. That may be true no place more than at the Cincinnati Zoo. So thank you for supporting our Zoo so that your descendants can Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Board enjoy it, too. April 2015 – November 2016

Andrew Hawking Thomas Johnson Thank you to our entire Zoo “family”: our incredible staff, devoted Doug Adams Delle Jones volunteers, enthusiastic Ambassador Council, dedicated Foundation Peter Barrett Eric Kahn board, and of course, my fellow Trustees. Tim Bonacci Cal Kalnow Kelly Brown Sally Leyman Otto Budig, Jr Phil Myers Lee Carter Dawn Schiff Carri Chandler Murray Sinclaire Martin Rahe Ron Christian David Valz Chair Jim Ellerhorst

1 Fiscal Year Highlights A look back at all the activities your support helped us accomplish, April 2015 to March 2016

OCT Rescued Florida manatee Bam AUG Bam arrived for rehabilitation. APR 2015 JUNE Meanwhile, Florida manatee The public met some popular and For the first time, ultrasonography Abigail, who came to us in 2013 We worked with healthcare experts significant zoo babies. Bolingo, the and hormone monitoring were used after suffering cold stress in the at The Christ Hospital to help bonobo and our three lion cubs, to accurately predict red panda Indian River system, was returned monitor the pregnancy of Anju, a Huruma, Kya, and Willa, all birthdates. We welcomed two cubs. to her home state in good health. 14-year-old western lowland gorilla. made their public debut. Then, fourteen-year-old western lowland gorilla Anju gave birth to Another bittersweet farewell took Elle, the 50th gorilla born at our zoo place as 1,800-pound Sumatran since 1970. rhino Harapan “Harry” went to live in Indonesia. Harry arrived safely at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary following months of preparation SEPT and a 10,253-mile journey. It was a month of celebration, starting with the International Rhino Foundation’s announcement that JULY the critically-endangered Suma- M AY Blakely, our resident nursery dog tran rhino population would soon and part-time nanny, was called increase by one, thanks to father A new initiative, Pollen Nation, into action to snuggle and play Andalas, who was born at our zoo. took flight. This group of Zoo staff with 3-week-old baby takin, and volunteers established 18 Dale. Dale was hand-reared in Zoo Director Thane Maynard honeybee hives to help boost our nursery because his mother announced a $13 million expansion the declining population and raise wouldn’t care for him. plan for Gorilla World. Read more awareness about conservation on page 12. action you can take in your own September 18 was our 140th backyard. anniversary! Many of you celebrated with us at Zoofari. Read more on page 15.

2 Awards and Honors April 2015–March 2016

We’re grateful and honored to have respected organizations recognize our Zoo for everything from scientific research to being green. These are some of the highlights of awards received during the 2016 fiscal year.

JAN 2016 We ranked among Cincinnati’s Fodor’s Travel and Trip Advisor We welcomed our first zoo baby of Top Workplaces for the third listed us among the country’s the year. We named the little blue year in a row, based on our best zoos, while Parents.com NOV penguin Bowie, after singer David staff’s responses to a third- named us one of the best zoos Bowie who happened to pass away party survey. for kids. We celebrated the third anniversary just two days later. Bowie the pen- of the Zoo’s Living Classroom guin received international media Education Access Fund, or LCEAF. attention as fans paid tribute to the Congratulations to Steve Foltz, Director of Horticulture. The program, which matches the late pop culture icon. In January, he was awarded with the Ohio Nursery and Zoo’s extraordinary educational Landscape Association’s Distinguished Contribution programming with schools that Award, that organization’s highest honor. demonstrate a need for it, has exceeded our most hopeful projections. The Zoo’s main restaurant, Base World of the Insect was recognized Camp Café, earned the Greenest by the Association of Zoos and Restaurant in America title for 2015 Aquariums (AZA) with the prestigious according to the Green Restaurant Edward H. Bean Award for its work Association. with giant jumping sticks.

PNC Festival of Lights The travel website Busbud, using FEB earned the USA Today information from Trip Advisor and Reader’s Choice Award Instagram, determined that our Zoo is Cheetah Willow gave premature for Best Zoo Lights. the most Instagrammed place in Ohio! DEC birth, via c-section, to five cubs. You helped make the 33rd annual Unfortunately, she did not survive but three of the cubs made it PNC Festival of Lights our biggest Congratulations also to Dr. Bill Swanson, of the Zoo’s Carl H. Lindner and brightest ever! More than through the critical stage despite Jr. Family Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered 316,000 guests attended… and your their small size and weak immune Wildlife (CREW). In October, he was recognized by the American votes helped us win USA Today’s systems. Thanks to round-the-clock Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) with the prestigious Duane Reader’s Choice Award for Best Zoo care and expert medical attention Ullrey Award for his work with endangered small cats. Lights. they soon grew into strong, healthy adolescents.

3 Always growing something beautiful: Our Botanical Garden Team

he Zoo’s entire grounds are a beautiful wildlife garden! By Tsustaining a wide diversity of large shade trees, wildlife-friendly ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, annuals and grasses, we have created an ecosys- tem style of urban garden. As one of only two accredited botanical gardens in Ohio, we select plants ideal for hosting diverse wildlife. Diversity allows a delicate balance of insects, meaning there is no need for insecticides. We track the best performers in the garden and share this information with the gardening community. Our team handles the monumental task of planting, pruning, mulching, weeding, watering and labeling many acres of gardens, and we take pride in keeping the grounds in the best shape possible.

4 Always growing something beautiful: Our Botanical Garden Team Soon after, we host the largest annuals display and trials garden Our Horticulture Department doesn’t just beautify in the Midwest. We grow, plant, the Zoo grounds. Each year they tackle a community label and trial more than 50,000 project to design and plant garden spaces in local annuals to both enhance the neighborhoods. This year our focus was the Seven beauty of our grounds and educate Hills Recreation Center in the West End. We helped plant lovers. We partner with the plant 25 trees to provide long-term shade to the Greater Cincinnati Flower Growers’ newly created park and playground. Each of these Association and the Ohio State trees weighs more than 2,000 pounds and stands University Extension in Hamilton more than 15 feet tall! County. We share information on the “Zoo’s Best Annuals” through You know spring has arrived in Cincinnati each year presentations to professional orga- when the Zoo’s beautiful botanical garden starts nizations, radio programs and the to bloom. Guests enjoy one of the largest, most Zoo’s website. Our goal is to seek diverse spring blooming experiences in the Midwest out the very best annuals that with a wide variety of trees, shrubs, perennials and will make our community a better bulbs. Our tulip display alone is the largest in the place to live. Midwest with 107,000 bulbs!

Last year, the Horticulture Department renovated the Okapi, Indian Rhino and White Tiger exhibits.

5 6 CREW News Harapan grabbed headlines, but his transfer was just one of the significant successes achieved by here were tears all along Harapan’s CREW (Center for Conservation and Research of 10,000-mile journey; tears of Endangered Wildlife) last year. Here are some Tsadness that we had to say good-bye other CREW highlights: and tears of happiness for what this spe- cial Sumatran rhino represents… no less A CREW team, led by Dr. Bill Swanson, traveled to Brazil, to than the future of his kind. The Sumatran Centro Brasileiro para a Conservação Dos Felinos Neotropicalis rhinoceros is one of the most endangered (Brazilian Neo-Tropical Feline Conservation Center), the largest feline conservation center in the country. Dr. Swanson animals on Earth with only about 100 continued his work to conserve Latin American felids, remaining, almost all of them in Sumatra. focusing this time on pumas and jaguars.

The now famous Harapan, or “Harry,” born at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2007, was the last Sumatran CREW scientists are working with five other zoos on The Body rhino living outside of Southeast Asia. His only Condition Project, a pilot program to develop tools that non-inva- opportunity to breed exists at the Sumatran Rhino sively gather information on the body condition of polar bears. Sanctuary (SRS) in the Way Kambas National Park Eventually, consistent records across years and regions will help of Indonesia. And so, after intensive planning and scientists monitor individual condition, as well as effects of careful coordination with SRS, we moved him to large-scale environmental change, including loss of sea his new home. ice due to climate change.

In the words of Dr. Terri Roth, VP of Conservation & Science and Director of CREW, CREW has one of the oldest and most diverse frozen collections of wild plant materials in the world, which includes seeds, spores, “His departure marks the end of an era... embryos, gametophytes of mosses and ferns, pollen, and shoot When I think back on our history with this tips from a wide variety of species, many of which are endangered. species – the first successful matings, the calves that were born here, the pregnancies that were This year, CREW scientists continued removing and testing lost prematurely, the rhinos that passed away samples from this Frozen Garden as part of a grant from here, and the rhinos that were sent to Indonesia the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). – it understandably conjures up quite a mix of emotions.”

7 Giving Back, Together ur Zoo “family” would not be complete without volunteers. During our 2016 fiscal year, 895 volunteers of all ages contributed 136,158 hours! What’s more, this year we had more applicants to our VolunTeens O Chase Neville was part of the Zoo’s VolunTeen program than ever before. program from 2013 to 2016. As he turned 18 and left the program, he looked back on his Volunteers follow their passion for conservation education on a number of different paths: experience: They might lead overnights, help out at CREW, care for animals, craft enrichment items, or interpret park exhibits. “In my four years in the Zoo’s Volun- Teen program, I have definitely gained VolunTeens might act as teachers’ aides, garden assistants, or members of our TRIBE (Teen valuable leadership skills and made Recruits Inspiring By Example), among other options. Whatever path they follow, they start tons of friends, but the program is out early serving others and at the same time build impressive resumes for future jobs or more than that. I’ve made connec- college. tions with people who can help me learn how to make the world a better Thank you to all of our talented and place through the care of plants and generous volunteers! animals. These people are the ones who keep the ball rolling in the quest to save the Earth!”

8 Enrollments in Zoo Troop or Seasonal Highlights 1,126 People who attended Zoo Troop family celebrations 319 The Family Who (New for fiscal year 2016!) Enrollments in family programs Learns Together... 491 fter a Zoo Troop class, kids hop into the car bursting with exciting new Participants in camps 2,794 facts they’ve soaked up about animals and the environment. They’ll (23% growth over the previous fiscal year!) Asing songs they’ve just learned about an animal, or tell Mom or Dad about the latest critter to visit the classroom. Sometimes, when parents or Attendees for Barrows guardians come to pick up their children, they stay to enjoy the Zoo for a while Lecture Series 1,638 themselves. As they explore, the children point out wildlife and eagerly share (12% growth over the previous fiscal year!) their new knowledge with the adults and siblings. Participants in Overnights It is our fondest hope that this kind of wonder will lead children of all all ages to learn even 5,429 more and to take action that makes the world a better place. At the Zoo, our education programs are a family affair. People reached by Zoo on the Move 1,478 There are enough educational activities for every family to find one that suits them. In addi- (New for fiscal year 2016!) tion to Zoo Troop – a structured series of classes for toddlers through eighth graders – kids can enjoy one-time classes called “Seasonal Highlights,” or immerse themselves in half- or full- day camps. Whole families can enjoy night hikes, and groups of all ages can spend the night Thank you to all who have attended one of our education programs or invested in the future of at the Zoo. Adults of all ages savor the fascinating talks from experts in our Barrows Lecture conservation by supporting these programs. Series. 9 10 After 140 years, the Cincinnati Zoo & Event Attendance Botanical Garden continues to grow! FY2016 PNC Festival of Lights 316,791 2015 2016 (new record!) Hallzooween 64,061

Easter Celebration 9,130 Attendance 1,505,395 1,629,477 Happy Zoo Year 7,495

A Toast to the Wild 7,495 (4 events) Member 52,280 Households 58,216 Macy’s Kids, Cultures, Critters & Crafts 24,334

Zoo Babies 226,618 Animal Births 115 133 Cheetah Run 1,717 (new record!) Wild Encounters Social Media

People who experienced up-close- 20% and-personal animal encounters 645,157 238,000 increase People who attended our animal chats 103,000 30% 70K followers increase Behind-the-Scenes tours 400 People who have fed our giraffes more than 215% 130,000 60K followers increase!

11 Expanding Gorilla World

The $13 million project will include a greenhouse structure that provides multiple gorilla family groups access to naturalistic settings, natural light, and large interactive spaces. The changes n September 2015, just in time for will promote healthy interactions among our gorilla families. Also, the expansion will allow you our 140th anniversary, director and your family to enjoy these magnificent animals all year round. Right now, you can see them IThane Maynard announced an for only seven or eight months of the year, since the exhibit is exclusively outdoors. In addition, exciting capital campaign to transform we’ll reconfigure and modernize the off-exhibit holding facilities to create optimal care and management conditions. the Zoo’s most popular exhibit, Gorilla World. The expanded exhibit, on track for completion in November 2017, is designed to help visitors better understand our long-established gorilla conservation work. For example, we have been part of the Mbeli Bai Study, the world’s longest-running research study of wild western low- land gorillas, for more than 20 years. With Gorilla World, we hope to inspire new investors and activism in gorilla conservation.

The Gorilla World expansion will: Enhance the wellbeing of our gorillas

Strengthen visitor engagement Inspire support for our gorilla conservation efforts in Africa

12 13 Thank you to the entire Greater Cincinnati community for growing with us over the past 140 years. Since we opened in 1875, only the second zoological garden in the United States, much has changed…

.25¢ for adults, 769 animals .10¢ for kids 102,000 2,500 trees & 1875 shrubs animals & admission annual visitors plants

2015 $18 for adults, 1,896 animals, $13 for kids 1.6 million 22,000 trees & (and still among shrubs, and over the most affordable 1,500 varieties of zoos in the country!) perennials, vines, bamboo, orna- mental grasses and bulbs.

14 A Party 140 Thank you to the entire Greater Cincinnati community for growing Years in the with us over the past 140 years. Making

Since we opened in 1875, only the second zoological garden in the United States, much has changed… Zoofari, our premier party with a purpose, is always held on the third Friday of September. For 2015, the gala fell on the exact date of the Zoo’s 140th anniversary! Our committee fittingly chose Bison a theme of zoo history. Elk Cougar $260,000 More than 2,400 people joined us to celebrate to build Tens of 140 years as one of the region’s most beloved Grizzly bear thousands institutions. Guests were encouraged to don black Eastern blue jay and white formal attire with a nod to retro styles. The legendary Cathryn Hilker served as Honorary Chair, in recognition of her 50-year career at the Zoo. More than 60 local restaurants and more than school a hundred corporate sponsors helped make it all conservation investment children possible. efforts visiting It was an evening of looking back on our memories and making new ones. It’s no surprise that Zoofari was named Cincinnati’s #1 charity event in City Cheetah Beat’s Best of Cincinnati 2015 issue! Tens of Polar bear $130 million thousands Sumatran rhino in assets (Some things African lion never change...) (to name just a few!)

Our Zoo was founded to be “a credit to the city and a continual source of improvement to its visitors.” Adventure, Conservation, Education and Community were, and are, the pillars of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

15 Statement of Financial Position as of 3/31/16 and 3/31/15 Fiscal 2016

March 31, 2016 March 31, 2015 Revenue & Expenditures

Assets Cash $4,419,813 $3,732,741 Trade & Other Receivables 1,393,099 1,286,962 Pledges Receivable, Net 7,566,429 5,575,133 Investment Income

Prepaid Expenses & Supplies 301,115 317,757 & Gains/(Losses) Fundraising Investments 16,779,536 26,199,923 <1% $4,597 $1,271,084 3% Beneficial Interest in Trusts 3,142,784 3,532,727 Bond Indenture Deposits 2,088,761 2,066,987 Conservation & Research Bond Issuance Costs 141,264 26,426 Other Property & Equipment, Net 90,564,182 86,327,036 1% $522,082 $1,666,229 4%

Total Assets $126,396,983 $129,065,692 Education Programs $2,207,972 Liabilities and Accounts Payable $2,391,377 $2,493,431 3% $1,320,048 5% Net Assets Line of Credit 0 0 Accrued Expenses 2,490,335 2,713,721 Administration Notes Payable 7,355,000 11,665,000 Commissions $3,544,771 9% Bonds Payable 5,024,273 5,631,817 5% $2,261,675 Pooled Income Liability 27,010 27,469 Gift Annuity Obligations 115,919 165,240 Facilities & Other Liabilities 1,214,724 1,008,303 Tax Levy External Properties $5,233,777 13% Total Liabilities $18,618,638 $23,704,981 15% $6,550,003

Unrestricted Net Assets 89,943,504 89,318,142 Membership Events & Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 15,068,875 13,261,577 20% $8,710,833 Group Functions Permanently Restricted Net Assets 2,765,966 2,780,992 $5,394,486 13%

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $126,396,983 $129,065,692 Gifts, Grants & Donations 25% $10,456,105 Park Operations $5,579,561 14%

Admissions & Parking 30% $12,737,412 Animal & Plant Care $15,247,241 38%

TOTAL REVENUE TOTAL EXPENSES $42,562,755 $40,145,121

16 Statement of Activities for the Year Ended 3/31/16 with Comparative 3/31/15 Totals

Temporarily Permanently Total Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted March 31, 2016 March 31, 2015 Attendance 1,629,477 1,612,100 Investment Income & Gains/(Losses) Fundraising Revenues Admissions & Parking $12,737,412 $0 $0 $12,737,412 $10,823,937 Memberships 8,710,833 0 0 8,710,833 7,855,554 <1% $4,597 $1,271,084 3% Programs 1,320,048 0 0 1,320,048 1,245,647 Commissions 2,261,675 0 0 2,261,675 1,929,405 Tax Levy Income 6,550,003 0 0 6,550,003 6,496,175 Other Conservation & Research $1,666,229 Gifts, Grants & Donations 4,363,259 5,805,907 0 10,169,166 9,313,332 1% $522,082 4% Investment Income & Gains/(Losses) 35,950 0 0 35,950 36,307 Other Revenues 912,025 0 0 912,025 940,136 Education Net Assets Released from Restrictions 4,075,582 (4,075,582) 0 0 0 Programs $2,207,972 5% Total Revenues 40,966,787 1,730,325 0 42,697,112 38,640,493 3% $1,320,048

Administration Commissions Expenses Programs: $3,544,771 9% Animal Care & Health 14,040,022 0 0 14,040,022 13,262,664 5% $2,261,675 CREW 1,666,229 0 0 1,666,229 1,488,685 Facilities & Horticulture 1,207,219 0 0 1,207,219 1,137,815 Events & Group Functions 5,394,486 0 0 5,394,486 4,896,564 Tax Levy External Properties Membership and Park Operations 5,579,561 0 0 5,579,561 5,184,558 15% $6,550,003 $5,233,777 13% Education 2,207,972 0 0 2,207,972 2,141,886 Supporting Services: Membership Events & Facilities & External Property 5,233,777 0 0 5,233,777 5,232,773 20% $8,710,833 Group Functions General & Administrative 3,544,771 0 0 3,544,771 4,052,498 $5,394,486 13% Fundraising 1,142,414 0 0 1,142,414 1,095,250 Total Expenses 40,016,451 0 0 40,016,451 38,492,693 Gifts, Grants & Donations Increase (Loss) from Operations 950,336 1,730,325 0 2,680,661 147,800 25% $10,456,105 Park Operations $5,579,561 14% Endowment Gifts, Grants & Donations 202,976 83,963 0 286,939 360,302 Admissions & Parking Animal & Plant Care Activity Change in Beneficial Interest in Trusts (374,917) 0 (15,026) (389,943) (24,403) 30% $12,737,412 Investment Income & Gains/(Losses) (24,363) (6,990) 0 (31,353) 1,087,520 $15,247,241 38% Endowment Expenses (128,670) 0 0 (128,670) (135,461) Total Endowment Activity (324,974) 76,973 (15,026) (263,027) 1,287,958 TOTAL REVENUE TOTAL EXPENSES Change in Net Assets 625,362 1,807,298 (15,026) 2,417,634 1,435,758 $42,562,755 $40,145,121 Net Assets Beginning of Year 89,318,142 13,261,577 2,780,992 105,360,711 103,924,953 Net Assets End of Year $89,943,504 $15,068,875 $2,765,966 $107,778,345 $105,360,711

The Zoological Society of Cincinnati’s financial statements were independently audited by Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. 17 Thank you!

During our 2015-16 fiscal year, you gave more generously than ever.

We could not continue to pursue our mission without your ongoing support.

18 Individual/Corporation/Foundation

$250,000 & Above $100,000–$249,999 $25,000–$99,999

The Joanie Bernard Foundation Dorothy E. Bauer Trust BB&T HGC Construction The Farmer Family Foundation Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Ellen and Richard Berghamer Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Tu Hoffman Jim and Carolyn Bruckmann Anonymous Harry and Linda Fath The Kroger Co. The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Anonymous Ms. Margaret G. Lafley Gorilla Glue Castellini Foundation KeyBank Louis & Louise Nippert Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. The Patricia Kisker Foundation Institute of Museum & Library Charitable Foundation Services Helen G., Henry F., & Louise Tuechter Macy’s, Inc. Ms. Genevieve H. Smith Dornette Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, MainSource Bank Robert & Adele Schiff Family St. Gregory Group Trustee Foundation Major League Baseball Charities, Inc. Western & Southern Duke Energy Foundation Melink Corporation The Harold C. Schott Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Steve Dumbauld Mercy Health Marge & Charles J. Schott Experiential Marketing and Alliances Mikesell’s Snack Food Company Foundation Team One USA on behalf of Performance Pepsi Beverages Company Lexus and Performance Lexus Ms. Claire B. Phillips The Spaulding Foundation RiverCenter PNC Bank Foundation Formica Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Rahe The Goddard School William and Ghayle Schnell Great American Insurance Group Toyota Motor Engineering & Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Gross Manufacturing North America, Inc. Gross-Hutton Family Foundation TriHealth, Inc. Joseph D. and Connie K. Haas Fund UC Health John Hauck Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Wright, Jr. Anonymous Young Family Foundation Heidelberg Distributing Co.

19 Claire Phillips was a longtime member of our $10,000–$24,999 New Mexico State University Erkenbrecher Society who Newman’s Own Foundation passed away March 5, 2016, Helen T. Andrews Foundation Association of Zoological Horticulture Betsy and Peter Niehoff Fund 18 days before her 91st Association of Zoos & Aquariums Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife birthday. She instilled in AZA/Conservation Endowment Fund Oliver Family Fund her family the importance Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bechtel Paycor, Inc. of philanthropy. We asked Anonymous Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund her daughter, Pam Ross- Chemed Corporation PwC mann, president of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ragland family business, to share a Center August A. Rendigs, Jr. Foundation few memories… Coldwell Banker West Shell Helen Steiner Rice Fund Crosset Family Fund Charles Scott Riley III Foundation Ms. Iris de la Motte My mother—also a wife, grandmother, great grandmother, philanthropist, RNDC General, LLC pilot, mentor, and friend—was a woman ahead of her time. She and my Deaconess Associations, Inc. on behalf of Mr. Gregory Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Schiff, Jr. dad, Charles, started their own janitorial supply company in 1947 (now Anonymous Sharp Business Systems Phillips Supply Company, which we still own). In the 1960s, Mom achieved Fifth Third Bank Skyline Chili Inc. her lifelong dream of becoming a pilot and then became the first female FirstEnergy Solutions Mr. and Mrs. Morton L. Spitz “Million Miler.” Father J. Thomas Fitzsimmons Ms. Mara A. Strock Charitable Fund U.S. Bank Foundation My parents believed firmly in giving back. Mom cherished the Zoo among Furniture Fair U.S. Bank The J. Frederick and Helen B. Vogel Trust the select organizations she supported. In 2005 she invited me to attend Genji Fund Western Southern Financial Group an Erkenbrecher event with her, where I first learned of the Zoo’s incredi- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Haas, Jr. and Family Woodward Family Charitable Foundation ble Cheetah Encounter, pioneered by Cathryn Hilker. The Director of De- Heimann Family Foundation Chris and Suzy Hendriksen Zoosters of the Cincinnati Zoo velopment at the time, Lynn Wu, helped us get involved in supporting that Interim HealthCare of Cincinnati, Inc. campaign. Little did I know the personal impact this involvement would Paul J. Isaac Fund have on me. It was my first leadership association with a major community Robert A. Johnston Foundation project, but the best part was sharing the philanthropic experience with The Frank J. and Jacqueline D. Kloenne my mom. Foundation The LaMacchia Family Foundation I’m thankful that my mother taught the importance of philanthropy. She LaRosa’s, Inc. included me in meetings with her advisors, her experiences with the orga- Doris M. and Charles B. Levinson Fund nizations she supported, and her decision-making process. She felt that if Mathile Family Foundation you invested in the community, the community would thrive. By continu- Michael Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation ing these relationships, I am keeping her memory, legacy, and great works The Philip R. Myers Family Foundation alive. National Band & Tag Co. Nestle

20 $5,000–$9,999 Dr. John Jewell, Dr. Jennifer Schuster, Rylee & Levi The Abbihl-Ahrens Charitable Fund of Delle Christensen and Dr. Edmund W. Jones The Cambridge Charitable Foundation Alfred B. and Adele S. Katz Family Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel Philanthropic Fund Banfi Vintners Marcia and Jim Kennedy John F. Barrett Foundation, Inc. The LaBoiteaux Family Foundation Mr. Peter S. Barrett Live Nation Worldwide, Inc Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bell Bryn and Joshua Lorentz Mary M. Besanceney Mr. and Mrs. William D. Martin Robert Rogan Burchenal Foundation The Meyers Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Castleberry Midwest Cheer Elite & Skatetown USA Chase/JP Morgan C.M. Mockbee Co. Cincinnati Financial Corp. Navian Capital Kerry and Norah Clark Family Neiheisel Steel Corporation Foundation Steve and Margie Nordlund-Conaway Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Coler Petbrosia Columbus Zoological Park Association Platinum Marketing Group Coombe Family Fund PNC Bank Bob and Jeanne Coughlin Fund Pure Romance LLC Lewis & Marjorie Daniel Foundation Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC Ms. Lucy Davis Samuel Adams Brewery Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Dan and Jayna Schimberg Lucile and Richard Durrell Special Fund II Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Schroeder Dr. Mark and Mrs. Emily Frolick Sehlhorst Equipment Services Fusite Division - Emerson Electric Dotty Shaffer MD General Mills Foundation Gift Matching Anonymous Program CyberGrants Mr. and Mrs. Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Richard Goettle, Inc. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP You gave Green Bean Delivery Mrs. Delle Ernst Taylor Griffin Downey Real Estate Tomcinoh Fund $2,001,557 Mr and Mrs Joseph Haas, Jr. The Utilities Group, Inc. Priscilla Garrison Haffner Ginger and David Warner more than in Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./ Sharon and Don Weston Fund U.S. Bank Foundation Debbie L. Williamson William G. & Mary Jane Helms Trust the previous Hock Family Charitable Fund Mr. James Jenny fiscal year!

21 $2,500–$4,999 The Cord Foundation IBI Group Cora Ogle Cornette/Violetta Architects, LLC Intelligrated George and Jean Perbix AK Steel Foundation Courtyard by Marriott Cincinnati/Midtown Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. Charitable Fund Mike Albert Leasing, Inc. CR architecture + design Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Johnson Perbix Cincinnati Zoo Fund William and Janet Albertson Creative Department Joseph-Beth Booksellers Elsira M. Pina, DO and Alpaugh Foundation Deloitte LLP Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Juenke Charles T. Mehlman, DO Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate, Inc. The Dental Care Plus Group K12 Ohio Virtual Academy The Portman Family Sarah and Anders Anderson Martha and Stuart Dornette Kris and Carl F. Kalnow Priority 1 Construction Services, Inc. Arch Apartments, Ltd. Joyce and Jack Drake Robert A. and Marian K. Kennedy Procter & Gamble Company Dr. and Mrs. Michael Archdeacon Enquirer Media Charitable Trust RCF Group B & J Electrical Company, Inc. EY Kind LLC J.D. Robert Family Fund Ms. Henrietta Barlag Fidelity Investments Midwest Region KMK Law Dr. and Mrs. John M. Roberts Betagole Family Foundation Inc First Financial Bank Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Krone Rock Ohio Caesars Cincinnati, LLC Mrs. Eliza L. Biederman Flying Squirrel Fund Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lane Paul W. Schuch Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard Block Ben and Sue Fry Family Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. William LaWarre Mr. and Mrs. Donald Semler Tim and Linnea Bonacci Mr. Tim Gall and Mrs. Kim Gall Lenox Wealth Management Sandy and Hal Shevers Anonymous Fund Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Leser Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld The Joseph E. & Mary F. Brinkmeyer Gardner Business Media, Inc. The Marvin Lewis Community Fund Bill Spade Electric, Heating and Cooling Charitable Lead Trust Gregory Gates Architect, LLC Liberty Mutual’s Give with Liberty Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Tim and Kelly Brown Mrs. Kay Geiger and Mr. Jack W. Geiger Links Unlimited, Inc. Virginia B. Stirling Stella M. Buerger Charitable Trust General Cable Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Liska Storopack Byer Steel Global Innovation LLC Ms. Leah Lopof Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Sullivan Kenneth R. and Joan L. Campbell Ms. Hali Grauvogel SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment Mr. Gregory N. Taylor Candace F. Carson Graydon Head Mr. and Mrs. Craig Maier Thompson Hine LLP Shannon and Lee Carter Family Fund The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Ms. Janet E. Manning Mr. and Mrs. Kenn Tompos Mr. Robert S. Castellini, Jr. Ms. Sandra L. Gross and McD Concrete Enterprises, Inc. The Arboretum at Flagstaff Champion Windows Manufacturing & John S. Hutton, MD Dee Ellingwood and Kaycee McGinley Anonymous Supply Hammond Law Group, LLC Christina and David Meyer U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Ron and Vicki Christian Ms. Patricia Haynes Marissa and Michael Miller Margaret and Michael Valentine Cincinnati Bengals, Inc. Helms Foundation Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David R. Valz Cincinnati Business Courier HP Energy, LLC Judith and David Morgan Vista Foundation The Cincinnati Reds, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy S. Hilton and Family Al. Neyer, LLC Wieland Builders, LLC Clark Schaefer Hackett Mr. and Mrs. David C. Horn Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Buck Niehoff World Discovery Safaris Mr. Charles Comins and Humana Mrs. Jane Novak-Cook and Betty A. Wuest Mrs. Audrey Green Comins The Huntington National Bank Mr. DeWitt Cook

Donors made $6,063,180 in pledges during the 2015-16 fiscal year! 22 $1,000 - $2,499 Ms. Barbara Campbell Mrs. Catherine Feig Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Doug Adams Carrigan & Grimm, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fey Dr. and Mrs. Herb A. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams Kevin and Martha Carroll Matt and Allison Fickus Anonymous Jason and Lauren Aeschliman Mr. Ralph R. Carruthers Mrs. Gail Forberg The Johnson Foundation Drs. Frank and Mary Albers Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Chavez III Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Johnson Romola N. Allen Ms. Frances Cheyne Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Frame Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Johnson Mr. Tim Allred and Ms. Judy Recker Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Clayton Fraternal Order of Eagles Lois and Richard Jolson Alpha Natural Resources Services LLC CLH Foundation Carolyn and Ralph Friedman Steven and Carolyn Jones Fund *gcf American Scaffolding, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Coats Harry F. and Mary Ann Fry Fund Dr. Nancy K. Kaminski Mr. and Mrs. TR Amrine Mr. James W. Cochran S. Gallagher Mr. Jeffrey Kapela John H. Anning Charitable Trust Mrs. Cindy Coggins James R. and Mary Ann Gardner Keith Clayton Paintings LLC Archbold Biological Station Lois M. and Philip S. Cohen Family Geiger Construction Products, Inc. Ms. Lucinda Kemmet Philanthropic Fund of The Jewish Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Argo Mrs. Theresa Deters Gerrard Mr. Ryan Kiefer Federation of Cincinnati Susan E. Arnold Naomi T. Gerwin Kinder Garden School West Chester Ms. Rebecca Combs Dr. Diane S. Babcock Ms. Gloria I. Giannestras The Kinder Garden Schools The Comegys Bight Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bailiff Gilkey Window Company Mr. Steven R. Kirschner Compressed Air Technologies Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated Sharon and Robert Gill Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Peter Klekamp Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connelly Mr. Robert Baker Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Gillespie Mr. Tom and Dr. Tara Knipper Cost of Wisconsin, Inc. Tom and Bev Barden John B. Goering Anonymous Fund Robin T. Cotton & Cindi Fitton Bardes Fund Mr. and Dr. Jim Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Bart Kohler Mrs. Karen Cronan Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Barton, Jr. Ms. Jennifer Greene Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Kralovic Mr. and Mrs. John J. Curley Dr. David R. Bayless Mr. Daniel J. Griesemer Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Kremchek Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Cushall Allan and Anita Beach Stew and Linda Hall Ms. Polly C. Kronenberger and Dance With Your Heart, Inc. Ms. Mary Bullen John H. Becker, Jr. Donor Advised Fund Mr. and Mrs. Irving Harris Ms. Clara Dantic JoAnn and George Kurz Mary H. Berning Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Hawley Mr. and Mrs. Shane Davis Ms. Louise M. Landen Drs. David and Elaine Billmire Mr. and Dr. Andrew and Monica Hess Ms. Dominick Delia Anonymous BKD, LLP Hightowers Family Foundation Dr. Mark D. Deutsch and Ms. Teresa Stehlin Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Brian Black Mr. and Mrs. L. Thomas Hiltz III Jacquelyn Dieckman and Michael Camery Mr. James Lewis Mrs. Chris Bochenek Mr. and Mrs. Anthony W. Hobson Charles M. Dolgas and Karen M. Abell Ray and Sally Leyman Mrs. Katie Bolte Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Hoff Russ and Alaina Doyle Liberty Mutual Insurance Mrs. Teri Bolte Cynthia & Paul Holzschuher Fund of Emilie W. & David W. Dressler The Warren County Foundation Bob and Judy Licht Mr. and Mrs. Elroy E. Bourgraf Family Fund Horan Associates, Inc. Mr. Roger H. Lindemann Mr. and Mrs. Jarrod Bradford Doug and Reba Dysart Dr. and Mrs. Steven R. Horn Dr. Kevin Little and Dr. Iris Gutmark-Little Mrs. William W. Breidster E&J Foundation Peter and Mary Horton Mr. and Mrs. Clem Luken Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brown Eason Horticultural Resources, Inc. Ryan and Emily Hoskins Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Mahaffey Mr. and Mrs. Thane Brown Mr. and Mrs. James Ellerhorst Barbara V. Howard Mandare Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bullock EMCOR Facilities Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Howie David Mason Ms. Heather R. Byer Equipment Depot Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Hudson Eldon Mattick J. Allan and Dorothy Campbell Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Family Fund Mr. James Huegen Mr. Ernest McAdams, Jr. Ms. Deborah L. Huffman Anonymous

23 Mary Ann Meanwell ProLink Staffing Services Paul and Jeanne Schneider Fund of Tom Theobald and Deborah Good Rachel Meece Memorial Endowment Fund Prometheus Charitable Fund The Dayton Foundation Depository G. Richard Thomas Charitable of The Dearborn Community Foundation Mr. Mitchell P. Quint and Ms. Aviva R. Rich Ms. Mary D. Schweitzer Lead Annuity Trust Nancy E. Meeker Fund of The Dayton Rack 7 Paving Co., Inc. Carl and Audre Sedacca Fund #2 Paul and Phyllis Tobias Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary N. Rains Mr. Douglas Sehlhorst Toyota of Cincinnati, Inc. Carolyn Menke Mr. Bob N. Ramsey Ben Jacks and Peggy Shaffer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Ulrich II Marianne Meyers Mr. John Ray and Ms. Ruth Amon Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Mark Upson III Mr. Richard Michelman John and Jenifer Ray Raleigh Sharrock Revocable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vallier James A. Miller RCK Controls, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Keven E. Shell Brad and Nicole Vaughan Mr. Joseph Moeddel Reading Rock, Inc. Siemens Industry, Inc. Stephen and Mary Jo Vesper Motch Family Foundation Inc. Ms. Kathleen Reck Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Simon Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wainscott Mueller Family Foundation Red Stone Farm, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Skidmore Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Walker Bill and Morgan Mulvihill Dr. Jacquelyn A. Reed Smale Family Fund Waltek Co. LTD National Docent Symposium 2015 Gayle Reinfelder Charles and Carol Specter Mr. Dick Walton Natorp’s Inc. Richard D. Reis Family Foundation Mrs. Billie S. Spitz JoAnn and Paul Ward Larry and Leslie Newman Philanthropic Edward J. and Linda S. Reiter Family Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Spitz Dr. Robert J. Warden and Fund of The Jewish Federation of Foundation State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio Dr. Antoinette A. Pragalos Cincinnati Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown Ken and Carol Stecher The Warrington Foundation Eric C. and Suzanne K. Nielsen Fund Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P. Mr. John F. Steele, Sr. Mrs. Shari Wells Mr. and Mrs. Eric C. Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. Barry Rhinehart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman Mrs. Arlene Werts and Mr. Jeff Werts Mr. Charles E. Noe Mr. Patrick Richter Barry and Janice Steinberg Mr. Andrew White Mrs. Gail Norris Ridgeway Foundation Anonymous Franklin H. White Candace Novak Ellen Rieveschl Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Steinman Lance and Diane White Anonymous Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker Mr. and Mrs. David Stentz Mary S. Wigser On Display, Ltd. Reuben B. Robertson Foundation John T. Stewart and Reva M. Stewart Ms. Susan E. Wiley and Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ott, Jr. Mr. Glenn N. Rogers Ms. Judy H. Stewart Ms. Jareen Meinzen-Derr Dr. and Mrs. O’dell M. Owens Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. T. Rogers Sharon and Gary Stoops Mrs. Heather Williams Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosenthal Structures Hardscapes Inc. Jo Ann F. Withrow Ms. Rose A. Palmieri Ms. Julia H. Roth Mr. David M. Sullivan and Wood-Byer Foundation Richard & Dorothy Pandorf Foundation Moe and Jack Rouse Mrs. Amy Sullivan Wolfer Gordon Yoshikawa Parking Company of America Marianne R. Rowe Fund Ms. Rebecca Taylor and Mrs. Frances Pavey Rumpke Ms. Meg E. Harmon Peck, Hannaford and Briggs Don and Shirley Russell Ms. Susan Thal William and Shirley Peeno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ruthman Pepper Family Fund S.E.C. Charitable Corp. Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Pohlman Safari Legacy Inc. Mrs. Lori Poole Jodi L. Sampson and Martin Walsh Gary Powell and Holly Hummel Satchell Engineering and Associates, Inc. Eight donors made gifts or pledges of Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Preston Schaefer Mrs. Erin Prince Stuart and Roselyn Schloss $50,000 or more totaling $685,675 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pritts toward our $7.3 million Hippo Cove. 24 $500–$999 Ms. Leigh A. Bish Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Blake A&A Wall Systems, Inc. Bluegrass For Babies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ackermann Ms. Arnina Blumenreich Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Adkins Mr. Richard P. Boettcher Ms. Sara Allen Mrs. Kathy Bosler Mr. Parag Amin Ms. Eleanor A. Botts Mr. and Mrs. JR Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Bourgeois Mrs. Donisha Andrews Ms. Emilie Brady Mr. Christopher Angne Mr. Anthony Branham Mr. James V. Anthony and Pam Branham Seven donors Dr. Sarah Corathers Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Briggs Mrs. Helen Arlinghaus and made gifts Ms. Julie L. Arlinghaus Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Tim Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Brown, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Avera Ms. Erin Brown and Ms. Paula Hissett or pledges Mr. Matthew Azevedo Mr. Kyle Brown Beth and Bob Baer Ms. Elizabeth Bruck of $50,000 or Mr. and Mrs. George Baird Mr. and Mrs. George J. Budig Mr. Ben Baker Mr. Thomas Buran more totaling Ms. Shellie Barr Mr. Justin Burket Ms. Michael Baskett Dr. and Mrs. Dewey E. Burton $4,525,150 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bathe Anonymous Anonymous Mr. Miguel Calderon toward Ms. Judy A. Bean California Native Plant Society Mr. David Beckett Mr. Christian Callihan Gorilla Ms. Brittany Begley Ms. Jean Canada Mrs. Ramonda Bellegia Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carle World. Mr. Daniel Ben Carpetland Carpet One Mr. David Bennett Shannon and Lee Carter Mr. Jason Beougher Mr. and Mrs. Michael Catanzaro Mr. Jacob Bergman Ms. Melissa Causby and Ms. Susan Brawders Mr. and Mrs. David I. Bernstein Centennial Talent Strategy Mr. William Bertolini Ms. Janae Chaney Ms. Dorothy Best Ms. Susan M. Charls Mark and Lindsay Bibler Charitable Chase Brass and Copper Company, LLC Fund at Schwab Charitable Mrs. Maaike Chertock Ms. Christy Biggs Mrs. Carolyn Cifuentes Ms. Deanna Bilz Cincinnati Art Museum Ms. Michelle Binder Mr. Chris Clark Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bisczat Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clark

25 Marilyn Clayton on behalf of the Jim Eckhoff Plumbing, Inc. Arthur M. Clayton Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alan Eichner Mr. Joseph Clemans Elliott Davis Decosimo Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clement Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Clifton Mrs. Nancy Ellwood Anne Clippard Mr. and Mrs. David Emerick Ms. Nicole Coggeshall Ms. Andrea Ewan and Mr. Mike Wallace Mr. and Ms. Tim Collins Mr. Robert Faelten Colonial Heights and Gardens Ms. Donna Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Colvin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Fitzhugh Dr. Pearl J. Compaan and Dr. Stephanie Flynn Ms. Maria K. Westrick Forest Hills Local School District- Miss Mary K. Conlon Mercer Elementary Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Coons Forge Lumber Ms. Karen L. Crawford Found Animals Foundation, Inc Mr. Robert Crawfrod Ms. Pamela Froncek Mrs. Margaret Crews Mr. Joel Furco Mr. John Curp Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Gabbard Mr. Anthony D’agostini John and Julie Gabriel Mr. Jeff C. Dahl Ms. Deborah G. Gale Mr. Jacob Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Galley Ms. Sue Daugherty Mr. Chuck Gangloff Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dauner Mr. and Mrs. M. Carl Gehr, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James K. Dempsey III Dr. Anna Gensic Denmure & Denmure Attorneys-At-Law Mr. and Mrs. Jack George Mr. Nick Depilla Mrs. Shelly Gerson In October, we met our fundraising Thomas Dettwiller Ms. Melinda Gibson DeWine Family Foundation Givealike/Donatic goal for the final phase of our Africa Mrs. Amy DeWitt Howard Glacken Mr. Matthew DiBona Steve Glacken exhibit (which, by the time you read Margot and Jon Dickinson Mr. Mark Gockenbach Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dillon Mr. Ajay Goel this report, is finished!) Thank you to Mr. Darin DiTommaso Mr. Miller Goose SD Mr. Brandon Dodd GRB Properties, P.C. the Cincinnati business community, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Doty Mr. Terry Grear Mr. Kevin Downey Greater Cincinnati Blacktop, LLC the Farmer Family Foundation, and Dan Druffel Inc. Landscaping Ms. Jennifer Green all of the individual donors who Mr. Mark J. Durket Mr. and Mrs. John Green Mrs. Stephanie Earnest Mr. Joseph N. Green helped make this dream a reality. Mr. Daniel Eberhard

26 Ms. Cindy Griffin Mr. Nelson Homan Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kwiatkowski Melinda Vogel Michael and Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Scott Homer Ms. Toni LaBoiteaux Timothy A. Michael Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Gruber Ms. Megan Hood Ms. Ann Lagedrost Middendorff Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Grutza Jane Horine and Grants Etcetera, Inc. Ms. Patricia L. Lampson and Mr. Johnny Midkiff Mr. Jason Hach Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hornbuckle Ms. Karen Lampson Mr. Greg Miller Ms. Lisa A. Hacker Mr. Timothy Howard Mr. Brian Landrum Mr. and Mrs. John C. Miller II Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hall Danis Construction Valerie A. Langston Ms. Melissa Miller Mr. Matt Haller Ms. Carrie Hudson Dr. John Larkin and Dr. Lisa Larkin Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Minton Miss Kathleen Halonen Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hums Larson Family Charitable Fund Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David E. Hammers Ms. Leslie Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lattire Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mistler Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Harris Mrs. Stacey Huppert Mr. Joseph Lavigne Mr. Demian Moncharsh and Ms. Lindsay Harris Mr. Patrick Huster Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Lawrence Ms. Angie Sheldon Dr. Catherine Hart Ms. Heidi Hutchinson Mr. Kyle Lehr Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Moore Mr. Gary Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Sam Huttenbauer Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Lessnau Mr. Paul Moore and Mrs. Theresa Moore Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hartmann International Leadership Associates Sarah S. Leyman Trust Ms. Jasmine Moser Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Iverson Anonymous Fund Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Mott Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Hathaway Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Jeter Mr. Michael Lince Ms. Brittany Muench Hauck Holdings Mr. Calvin Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lindstrom Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Muething Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Healy Mr. Jimmy Jones Mr. and Mrs. Steve Linz Michael D. Mullis Ms. Paula S Heather Drs. Julie and Mark Jordan Mr. and Mrs. David Locke Ms. Laverne Murray Ms. Andrea Heekin Mr. and Mrs. Terry Karageorges Mr. and Mrs. Larry B. Loftus Ms. Susan M. Murray Ms. Debra Heidrich Miss Katie Karle Ms. Elizabeth Logan Mr. and Mrs. George B. Musekamp Mr. Louis J. Heinbuch Ms. Sonia Katsadas Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lohrmann Mr. Alpen Nacar Mrs. Margaret Heister Ms. Holly H. Keeler Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Lyons Mr. Robert Nagel Mrs. Sarah Helton Ms. Marie Keller Ms. Rosemary MacConnell John Neal Mr. Geoffrey Hemmick Ms. Janice Kennedy Ms. Nicole MacDonald Dr. David L. Nelson Rich and Denice Hertlein C W King Management Co LLC Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Mader Mrs. Teresa Nemann Mr. Troy Hibbard Ms. Diane Gerwin Mr. Mark E Magner Ms. Betsy Newman Mr. and Mrs. George Hill Mr. and Mrs. Keith Klein Dr. Rupi Mavi Mr. James Niece Hilltop Basic Resources Inc. Mr. Cameron Knight Mr. and Mrs. Tim McCarren Mr. and Mrs. Peter Niehoff Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hilvert KPMG LLP Mr. and Mrs. Roger McClary Karen M. Niemeyer Ms. Anne Hochwalt and Mr. Jerome J. Kramer Mr. Mark O. McCollow Mr. Trent Nohren Mr. William Naumann Miss Galina Krayterman The Mary Sue McDuffie Trust Mr. Ryan Nolan Bob and Carmen Hodge Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kreines Mr. and Mrs. Richard McFadden North Creek Nurseries, Inc. Mrs. Aileen Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Brian Krieger Mr. Michael McGuire Dr. and Mrs. Carl A. Novak, DDS Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. J. Brian Kropp Mr. and Mrs. Michael McSwiggin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen OBryan Mrs. Meghan Hollan TJ Kroth Mr. Douglas Mcvey Mr. Pat O’Callaghan Mr. and Mrs. Drew Hollenkamp Ms. Colette Kubiesa Mr. John Mellott Mrs. Jeanne Z. Olsen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Kasey Kuhlman Gerald Meyer Omega Processing Solutions Richard and Marcia Holmes Ms. Nicole A Kuzmin-Nichols Dr. Kelly P. O’Neill and Ms. Sue Aley

27 Dr. Santa Ono and Ms. Gwendolyn Yip Gregory Reis Ms. Crystal Shula Anonymous Prof. and Mrs. James T. O’Reilly Mrs. Maryloretto Resing and Mr. Eli E. Shupe, Jr. and Ms. Toby Ruben The Wallace Kent Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Ortman Ms. Jayne Resing-Litzler Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Singer, Jr. Ms. Katherine Wallace Mrs. Jean Ortman Ms. Alexandra Reynolds Ms. Jennifer Sittason Mr. Joshua H. Warren and Mr. Erich Otterbein Mr. and Mrs. James Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. William Sketch Ms. Shannon Sibcy-Warren Mr. Braden Oxender Mr. Joshua Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Chad Smith Ms. Stacey Weddington-Anderson P & G Babycare Facility Mr. Ryan Riddell Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Smith Mr. Derek Wehman Mr. Sotiris Pagdadis Mr. John Riding Kristin Smith Ms. Carol J. Wehmann Mr. Anthony Panepinto Ms. Bonita Riley Mrs. Morgan Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ben Weinstein Jessica Parks Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Riley Mr. Robert Smith Ms. Robin Welch and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Patterson Ms. Barbara Robb Mr. Paul Snyder Ms. Angie Dudderar Mrs. Marlene Paulinelli Siefring Robbins Fund Mr. and Mrs. David Sonny Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peairs Mr. Jack Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Stapleton Mr. David Wesselman Ms. Joan G. Peck Lauri and Scott Robertson The Nelson Stark Company Mr. Beau West Ms. Susan Penn Mrs. Beth Robinson Mr. Marion L Stevens Mr. Bradley Westendorf Alana and David Pepper Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rocklin Dr. Erin Stevenson Whole Foods Mr. and Mrs. George H. Perbix Mr. and Mrs. James K. Rodecker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Strothman Ms. Diane Wieczorek Ms. Mary Beth Pero Mrs. Ellen Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Allen Stuempel Mr. Richard Wille Ms. Sierra Petitt Mr. John E. Rubenbauer Mrs. Carolyn Stuhlfire Mr. Alexander Williams Susan Pickett Dr. and Mrs. Shawn Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Terry Sullivan Miss Carolyn Williams Ms. Denise Pilsbury Ms. Kristen Safier Summit Country Day School Mr. Patrick Williams Mrs. Paula Planck Ms. Kathy Scheiner Mr. Nicholas Sundrup Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Wilson Patsy and Larry Plum Miss Rebecca Schey Sharon Sweet Ms. Kimberly Witt Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Prescott Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schiff, Jr. Mr. Christopher Sweigart Mr. and Mrs. Michael Witzeman Publicis Hawkeye, Inc. Mr. Gus Schmidt and Mr. and Mrs. Garret S. Taylor Ms. Martha J. Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Frank X. Pund, Jr. Ms. Peggy Schmidt Mrs. C. Susan Tedesco Ms. Pamela Wolfe Mrs. Natalee Purdon Mr. and Mrs. John Schoener Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Theele Mr. Robert J. Wolfram and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Micah Schoettle Mr. and Mrs. Rob Thompson Dr. Melinda Rote Mr. and Mrs. Tim Rack Ms. Nancy Schofield Ms. Arlene A. Thorwarth Ms. Rachel Wright Mr. Eric Rahe Mr. John R. Scholle Mr. Connor Todd Mr. and Mrs. William J. Yates Mrs. Jane Ann Rahn Mr. and Dr. Joseph Schubauer-Berigan Ms. Anne Toft Mr. and Mrs. Craig Young Mr. David Ralston Dr. Mark Schwartz Bobbie Townsend Mr. and Mrs. John Zurick Mr. Steven Ralston Mr. Michael G. Schwartz and Ms. Andrea Traylor Donna Ramsay Ms. Maria Palermo Triton Services, Inc. Ramsey Runyon Wright Memorial Fund Mrs. Bonnie Schwehm The Troy Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Ms. Anna A. Seal Mr. Will Vaughn M. Randolph, Jr., MD Mr. Mark Seurkamp Vista Larga Fund Mr. and Mrs. Sanyog Rathod Ms. Wilda D. Shaffer and Ms. Diane R. Vogelsang Ms. Heather Shaffer Mr. and Mrs. David Rechtin Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Voss Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sharkey Ms. Julie Reichow Mrs. Karen B. Wachs

28 Estate In Kind

Jean L. Appenfelder Estate Arthur Murray Dance Studio Dorothy E. Bauer Trust Ms. Sue Burghard Dallas W. and Helen B. Bowyer The Cincinnati Arts Association Charitable Trust Cincinnati Facial Plastic Surgery Mary Elizabeth Dodson Trust The Cincinnati Reds, LLC Rose W. Drucker Trust Cockerill Elizabeth A. Martin Estate D’Elegante, Inc. Albert R. Fishburn Fund Meredythe and Clayton Daley, Jr. Mr. Hilliard J. Fjord, Esq. Dearborn Title Insurance, Inc. Estate of Jeanette L. Gallenstein Donna Salyers’ Fabulous - Furs June E. Hosick Estate Ms. Beverly Erschell Harvey C. Hubbell Trust Fountain Square Cosmetic Dental Group Ms. Shirley M. Jaeger Griffin Downey Real Estate Dorothy M.M. Kersten Trust James Free Jewelers Estate of Lily H. Liebman Kendra Scott-Liberty Center Mera R. and Jack S. Monat Kroger Memorial Fund Dr. Carole J. Kuhn Mary Louise Palmer Trust The Mahan Studio Richard F. Schaengold Trust Maketewah Country Club The Virginia K. Witte Irrevocable Montgomery Inn Boathouse Charitable Remainder Trust Mr. James Moreland Bill and Morgan Mulvihill The Duke Energy Foundation Paolo A Modern Jeweler Our sincere apologies in made a $25,000 environmental grant Praxair Distribution Inc. advance for anyone missing. Listing includes gifts received Provident Travel Services to our Living Classroom Education April 1, 2015–March 31, 2016. RH Contract Towne Properties Access Fund program, to help local Toyota Motor Engineering & Denotes a fund of The Greater students continue to enjoy the Manufacturing North America, Inc. Cincinnati Foundation Ultimate Air Shuttle exciting learning opportunities Walt’s Hitching Post Photographers Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel that the Zoo provides. Cassandre Crawford, John Curley, Michelle Wildlife Conservation Society Curley, Dr. Erin Curry, DJJAM, Mark Dumont, Mandy Z Photography Angela Hatke, Lisa Hubbard, Dave Jenike, Andrea Kent, Dan Marsh, Kathy Moore, Valerie Pence, Dr. Bill Swanson, Michael Wilson. Cover photo: Mark Dumont

29 Standing Together Through a Heartbreaking Loss

Our 2015-16 fiscal year began with the happy occasion of welcoming a new silver- back western lowland gorilla, in hopes that he would contribute to his species’ survival. These animals are critically endangered, with only an estimated 175,000 remaining in the wild.

By now you’re well acquainted with the name Harambe.

Just over a year after he joined us, we tragically lost Harambe. On May 28, 2016, Zoo officials made the painful decision to save a child’s life by taking the gorilla’s. What followed was an outpouring of emotion from around the world. Many of our members and neighbors expressed their condolences and their support.

Although the tragedy occurred after the fiscal year covered by this annual report, we would be remiss if we did not say thank you for your outpouring of goodwill during that difficult time. Despite a wave a international criticism, our local community showed sensitivity and understanding. Rather than pointing fingers, many of you expressed heartfelt concern for all of the humans and gorillas involved.

Thank you for all of your kind words and thoughts. Harambe will be forever remembered.