Annual Report 2019 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - 1 MISSION The mission of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation is to assist in the preservation of Nantucket’s character by permanently conserving, maintaining, and managing natural areas and habitats and to encourage an appreciation of and interest in the Island’s natural resources. Daniel Sutherland Photography 1 Nantucket Conservation Foundation Contents Board of Trustees ..................................................3 Advisors.................................................................4 Volunteers .............................................................57 Staff .......................................................................58 REPORTS Chairman’s Report .................................................6 President & CEO Report .......................................8 Associate’s Report ................................................9 Treasurer’s Report .................................................10 Statement of Financial Position .............................11 Development Report .............................................13 Education Report ...................................................20 Cranberry Report ...................................................21 PROGRAMS & EVENTS Race for Open Space ............................................15 Sunset at Sanford ..................................................17 Coatue Gift ............................................................19 Property Management ..........................................23 Science & Stewardship .........................................24 Wildfire Prevention Program .................................31 Tupancy-Harris Foundation ....................................32 CONTRIBUTORS & DONORS Land Donors ..........................................................33 50 Year Contributors ..............................................34 40 Year Contributors ..............................................35 Milestone Partners ................................................36 2019 Contributors..................................................38 Honor Gifts ............................................................54 Memorial Gifts.......................................................56 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019 TRUSTEES & ADVISORS OFFICERS Chair Treasurer Clerk Arthur A. Gosnell Charles K. Gifford, Jr. Mary G. West Vice Chair Assistant Treasurer Assistant Clerk John H. Davis David Ross Alison S. Monaghan Vice Chair John G. Macfarlane, III TRUSTEES Nathan R. Allen, Jr. * Isabelle P. Loring Susan R. Shapiro John Cathey John G. Macfarlane, III * Marianne R. Stanton David A. Champoux Kate Miller Prescott D. Stewart John H. Davis * Daphne F. Mitchell Patrick S. Wayland Lisa N. Dawson Alison S. Monaghan Marcia D. Weber Arthur A. Gosnell * Ann B. Oliver * Mary G. West * Katie Keith Susan D. Rein Todd M. Knutson * Denise R. Scruton * Daniel Sutherland Photography 3 Nantucket Conservation Foundation ADVISORS Heidi Cox Edward V. Lahey, Jr. Samantha Sandler James L. Dunlap Ian R. MacKenzie † Hans E. Tausig † Lulie Gund † Richard L. Menschel Robert C. Wright Edmund A. Hajim Jeanne W. Riggs Amos B. Hostetter Jr. David Ross * EMERITUS Robert R. Larsen † David B. Poor Richard G. Verney * * Executive Committee Member † Deceased - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - 4 Daniel Sutherland Photography 5 Nantucket Conservation Foundation CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ARTHUR A. GOSNELL 2019 was a year of transition, growth, transformation. We look forward to a and opportunity. Our Director of wealth of opportunities over the next Finance and Administration Tom five years. Lennon and Office Manager Tiffiny Vittorini retired. We thank both Our Science and Land Management Tom and Tiffiny for all of their hard staff are integral to the protection and work and commitment through the stewardship of the plants and animals years. We welcomed our new CEO that inhabit our land. Our research & President, Cormac Collier in spans across numerous disciplines and April. Cormac has done a fantastic subjects including coastal shorebirds, job working with the staff and the sandplain grasslands, salt marshes, Trustees, engaging new and existing and bats just to name a few. We are members, and bringing different ideas one of the few land trusts that invests and perspectives to our projects and in studying the intricate ecological programs. aspects of our properties in order to better inform and dictate our land At the beginning of the year the management and protection efforts. Foundation adopted a five-year Strategic Plan for the organization. I would like to thank the Trustees We have set the stage for a new period and the staff of the Conservation of targeted growth and development. Foundation. It is a privilege to be able The Plan has four primary Strategies to work with such a dedicated group – Conservation and Stewardship, of individuals who tirelessly work for Scientific Research and Outreach, the benefit of Nantucket’s natural Property Experiences; and Public environment. We own over 9,000 Service to the Community. From acres, one third of the island. We strive these strategies we will expand upon to uphold and advance this important a number of initiatives to increase legacy with integrity, commitment our impact on the island. We are in and passion. Thank you for all of your an exciting time of evolution and support. - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - 6 Daniel Sutherland Photography 7 Nantucket Conservation Foundation PRESIDENT & CEO REPORT CORMAC COLLIER I am honored and privileged to the Coatue Ranger Shack where our be joining this revered institution seasonal ranger lives. This donation with its deep and rich legacy of ensures the integrity and longevity of environmental conservation on our Coatue program as we work to Nantucket Island. As I take the helm continue our steadfast environmental and lead the organization into its next protection efforts on this beautiful chapter, I am joined by a passionate, stretch of barrier beach surrounding intelligent, and enthusiastic staff Nantucket Harbor. The Craig families’ along with a dedicated and supportive Coatue legacy is further solidified with Board of Trustees committed to the this fabulous gift. environmental future of this wonderful island. The core strength of the Conservation Foundation lies in the vast and varied I joined the Conservation Foundation ecological expanse of our 9,009 in late April 2019 and was lucky acres. In the coming year we will be enough to have my first day be in the expanding enrichment opportunities field getting up to speed about the for our membership and the general Windswept Bog Restoration Project public that highlight the projects and that we are embarking on. This is a expertise of our Scientific staff. We fantastic cornerstone project for the will be hosting lectures, field trips Foundation that will enhance critical and a number of other activities. I habitat for a variety of plants and encourage you to attend and learn animals. In the pages that follow, more about our important charitable you will hear more about the vital work. land conservation, scientific research, land management, and educational I look forward to working with our enrichment that comprises the dedicated staff of scientists, land unparalleled work of the Foundation. managers, and conservationists to usher in a renewed commitment and I would like to extend an enormous expanded growth to the strategies expression of gratitude and and programs that have made the appreciation to the Craig family who Foundation so successful through the generously donated almost 4 acres years. on Coatue. The property includes - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - 8 ASSOCIATE’S REPORT The Nantucket Conservation Associates is a group of dedicated young adults, aged 21-40, who assist in the Foundation’s mission of preserving and protecting the Island’s open spaces and natural habitats. The Associates strive to encourage an appreciation of Nantucket’s fragile environment by increasing participation in Foundation activities by young families and hosting fundraising events. 2019 Foundation Associates OFFICERS President Townsend Ambrecht Mary Lentowski Todd Boling Dave Anderson Jen McArdle Allen Breed Jamie McCoy Vice President Taylor Breed Libby McKee Katie Heath Douglass Drew Eklund Tucker Miller Scott Estill Elizabeth Salata Secretary Dalton Frazier Emily Taylor Chris Amory Katherine Ghiradelli Brian Turner Ashley Gosnell Eric Verney Treasurer Tamara Greenman Marguerite Wincek Isaac Ro Elizabeth Griffith Jessie West Jenny Heath Judson Tris Worth Evan Kornack Margaret Yellot 9 Nantucket Conservation Foundation TREASURER’S REPORT CHARLES K. GIFFORD During 2019, the Nantucket This five-year commitment of $50,000 Conservation Foundation changed its gives the Foundation the long-range Fiscal Year from an October year end ability to strategically plan for growth to a calendar year end. across its research, education, and land conservation and stewardship Presented on the following pages are programs. Total expenses for fiscal two Financial Statements, one for the 2019 came in slightly higher than stub period of November 1, 2018 to $5.0MM. December 31, 2018 and the other for the 2019 Fiscal year of January 1, 2019 Overall, the Foundation remains to December 31, 2019. on solid financial footing as a result of the continued support from During 2019, I am pleased to report our community of donors and the that the Nantucket Conservation active management of expenses Foundation continued to maintain by our dedicated staff.