2015 Annual Report Transforming Baltimore with Trees Board of Directors 2015 Year In Review A Growing Organization: McElderry Park The Baltimore Tree Trust hires Associate Completed: Director Cassie Caleo and received The final trees were funding for a watering truck. planted in McElderry Park in honor of Seska Peck Ramberg and Warren Street, totaling 464 trees planting in 3 and a half years. First Bare Root Trees: We planted 156 bare root trees in the Ellwood Park neighborhood. January February March April First Corporate Greening Day: Community BB&T Lighthouse project planted Outreach: 21 street trees on Maryland Ave Green and 24th Street in Old Goucher. & Clean buckets were designed, received, & distributed in Old Goucher Ellwood Park, Completed: Old Goucher, and Federal BUCKETS FUNDED BY: With the help of more than Hill 300 volunteers we were able to plant 327 trees in Old Goucher in one and a half years. May June July August September 2 Days -100 Trees: Lifetime Achievements: In partnership with Volunteering Untapped we = 1,218 planted 100 new street trees in Total Trees Ellwood Park. Planted = 99 Certified Planting Leaders First Putting Down Roots 100 Tree Planting: = 33,744 Archbishop Curley High Square Feet of School: the first 100 trees were Impervious planted in November. Surface Removed October November December Who We Are: The Baltimore Tree Trust is a 501(c)3 committed to restoring the city’s urban forest and making Baltimore a healthy and more beautiful place. Our mission is to increase tree plantings, tree stewardship, community en- gagement, public education, advocacy and research. Our planting portfolio includes McElderry Park and Ellwood Park, both of which are neighborhoods within the Harris Creek Watershed, Orangeville Industrial Area, Old Goucher neighborhood, Federal Hill Park, Otterbein, Hampden, Mount Vernon, Downtown, and Claremont-Freedom. What We Do: Putting Down Roots (PDR): A tree planting partnership with private property owners and the Archdiocese of Baltimore to increase the overall urban canopy. Trees for Public Health (TPH): This program removes impervious surface and plants street trees within the public right of way in neighborhoods with low tree canopy percentages. The impact has drastically changed the look and feel of the urban landscape. While helping to mitigate climate change and reduce stormwater runoff - street trees beautify, cool, and ‘humanize’ city streets. Trees also provide other important benefits: increased energy efficiency of homes, wildlife habitat, improved air CLIFTONCLIFTON PARK quality, and community engagement which empowers the residents to help DARLEY build a stronger Baltimore. PARK SOUTH CLIFTON PARK OLIVER Corporate Greening Days (CGD): In partnership with corporations and BROADWAY EAST BEREA businesses, our organization spends an educational lunch with employees teaching them the importance of Baltimore’s tree canopy, reduction of BIDDLE STREET stormwater runoff, and trash reduction. This is followed by hands on “Greening MIDDLE EAST Activities”- planting trees and improving neighborhood streetscapes in Baltimore. MILTON- MONTFORD MADISON-EASTEND DUNBAR BROADWAY MCELDERRY ELLWOOD CARE PARK PARK Baltimore TreeKeepers (TK): This program educates residents and increases their BALTIMORE BUTCHERS HIGHLANDS HILL participation in the care of city trees. Administered by Baltimore Tree Trust, this PATTERSON PARKPLACE program is sponsored by the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks’ TreeBaltimore program and Baltimore City Forest Conservancy District Board with assistance from Blue Water Baltimore, Parks & People Foundation, Baltimore Green Space, Planning Department/Office of Sustainability, and U.S. Forest Service. 750 total participants since 2013 99 certified planting leaders CANTON Recreational and Park Areas 21 certified tree pruners Neighborhoods 16 obtain both certifications Financials Partners/Funders Abell Foundation Alliance for Community Trees 2015 Income Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Arbor Day Foundation Tree Water, Plant & Archdiocese of Baltimore Delivery, 2% Other Income, 1% Ayers Saint Gross Baltimore City Forest Conservancy District Board Board, 15% Baltimore City Foundation Baltimore Green Space Corporations,1% Baltimore Lab School Baltimore Office of Sustainability Foundations, 9% Baltimore Station Banner Neighborhoods Community Corp Bartlett Tree Experts Individuals, 6% Berea Community Association Grants, 66% BB&T Bank Blue Water Baltimore Brown Advisory Bunting Family Foundation Butchers Hill Association Campbell Foundation 2015 Expenses Casey Trees Central Baltimore Partnership Charles C. Baum Foundation Operating Chesapeake Bay Trust Costs, 9% Program - City of Baltimore City Department of Trees, 40% Recreation and Parks City of Baltimore Department of Public Works Clayton Baker Trust Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Enterprise Community Investment Personnel Exelon/BGE-Eco Team Costs, 29% Friends of Stony Run Park Goetze’s Candy Company, Inc. Goucher College Program - Education/Training, 22% Gordon Croft Foundation Greenspring Valley Garden Club Hampden Community Council Homewood Community Partners Initiative Hord Coplan Macht Hunter Farms Nursery Board of Directors Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Legum Foundation Debbie Cameron, Chair Lockhart Vaughn Howard K. Cohen Lois & Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund Christopher A. Feiss, Treasurer McElderry Park Community Association Alex G. Fisher, Co-Chair Maryland-Department of Natural Resources Allan House Middendorf Foundation Mount Vernon-Belvedere Association Larry Jennings Natural Concerns Sarah Lord National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Carol Macht, Co-Founder National Recreation Foundation Thomasina E. Poirot, Esquire National Wildlife Federation David Andrew Smith Old Goucher Community Association P. Flanigan & Sons Maria Tarmoun Parks & People Foundation Dr. Annie Umbricht Peck Foundation Chad A. Vrany Potts & Callahan Prince of Peace Baptist Church Rauch Foundation T. Rowe Price Staff Shelter Foundation Dan Millender, Executive Director TreeBaltimore Amanda Cunningham, Director of Programs U.S. Forest Service Venable Foundation Jill Jonnes, Director of Advancement Women’s Club of Roland Park Cassie Caleo, Associate Director YouthWorks The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund.