Creating Experiences 2017 Annual Report
Board of Directors as of June 30, 2017 Board Officers John Grunau President Kevin J. Kane Treasurer Meg Kinney Secretary Jane B. Bell VP – Development John E. 'Jack' Gebhardt VP – Governance Timothy J. Gerend Past President
Current Board Past Presidents Aliah M. Berman John H. Kopmeier, Jr. Philip R. Smith Jonathan T. Bloom Shane Delsman Dennis L. Fisher Margarete R. Harvey Terrence K. Knudsen Debra Katz Thomas J. McCutcheon Dennis Kois Thomas B. Fitzgerald Randolph H. Dean Eva Osborne Justin K. Patrick Stephen F. Geimer Benjamin T. Pavlik Thomas J. Drought Arthur T. Phillips David K. Hoover Sanderson S. ‘Andy’ Read John S. McGregor Margarete R. Harvey Benjamin F. Rikkers John Schaub Carol Wolcott Mai Der Yang
Director Emeritus Dorothy K. Vallier (1920-2013) Honorary Directors Edwin P. Wiley
Staff as of June 30, 2017 Michelle Allison Lauren Banks Carrie Becker Jonathan Boettcher Helen Boomsma Jenny Booth Jessica Buehler Patti Darby Diana David Zach Demko Roberta Donaldson Nora Fardella Jason Festerling Tom Finley Zoe Finney Danielle Fleischman
Peter Geraci Brooke Gilley Lisa Greco AJ Grill Shanice Guyton Ben Haferman Keith Helm Carrie Hiestand Marie Honel Stephanie Hughes Christina Hughes-Schmid Jim Hyatt Colette Jarvela-Kuhnen Melanie Johnson Jackie Keltner Jessy Knox
Catherine Koons-Hubbard Laurie Lukaszewicz Nicole Mach Ed Makowski Sandy Manning Rosie Marotz Richard Mattson Joyce Michelstetter Moya Mowbray Megan O’Grady Julie O’Neill Lindsay Obermeier Corinne Palmer Nancy Quinn Don Quintenz Lisa Randerson
Cassie Rincon Shelly Rollins Michaela Rusch Jill Schanon Macek Drew Shuster Madelyn Sislow Sara Sloan Jean Strelka Lisa Trost Megan Van De Kreeke Kelly Voigt Julia Weinberg Marc White
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center conserves our land’s diverse habitats on Lake Michigan and provides meaningful experiences and environmental education for all.
www.schlitzaudubon.org | 414-352-2880 | 1111 East Brown Deer Road | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217
Thank you for creating experiences at Schlitz Audubon! During the past year, donors, staff, and volunteers have worked together to create transformative nature experiences throughout greater Milwaukee. In the following pages you’ll read how your philanthropy has laid the groundwork for us to invite people to engage in the natural world. Through your support we have invit-
John Grunau, Board President and Helen Boomsma, Executive Director
ed people with memory loss and cognitive
changes to participate in the program SPARK!, welcomed a Barn Owl into the Raptor program, built the new Welcome Booth, and supported the future vision for these 185 acres. Throughout the past year, we’ve also created additional programming in our Nature Preschool space, Nature Mondays and Cozy Corners. The new Milner Lake Michigan Viewing Deck provides a tranquil setting from which to enjoy Lake Michigan with a pair of binoculars. New Citizen Science initiatives have engaged community members to collect vital data about plant and animal species at the Center. It’s hard to quantify an experience. For a child, the awe and wonder that is borne from one of our 17 Raptors flying overhead is invaluable. For participants and family members taking part in SPARK!, there is no price tag on once again smiling with delight. You have provided us with the tangible tools so that we can invite people to experience the intangible. Because of your generosity, we can both create new experiences, and work to improve the land that is the home for these experiences. Thank you for being a valuable part of Schlitz Audubon.
John Grunau Board President
Helen Boomsma Executive Director 1
Creating Experiences | SPARK!
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t Schlitz Audubon, we’re committed to providing environmental education for people of every age and ability. Center staff are continually seeking ways to welcome new people to
explore our trails and engage with animal ambassadors. That’s what makes our SPARK! collaboration so exciting. SPARK! is a program developed for people experiencing cognitive changes such as memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, and other forms of dementia. Participants create artwork, sing together, interact with live animal ambassadors, and explore outside on our wheelchair accessible trails and boardwalks. Our program is also unique in that we invite collaboration with our Preschool students, encouraging diverse multigenerational interaction. Our SPARK! program has been generously funded by Bader Philanthropies. Through Bader Philanthropies, participants and caregivers are able to attend SPARK! and explore the Center free of charge. Using multi-sensory stimulation and exploration of a monthly theme, participants gain knowledge of the natural world, and cultural and scientific topics. SPARK! does not focus on past memories or experiences, instead stimulating new feelings and reactions. Center Naturalists have also led SPARK! programs in the community at Hales Corners Library and Wright House Senior Living. By doing this, we bring nature experiences to those who may no longer be able to independently explore the natural world. However, immediate participants are not the only people who SPARK! is designed to include. This program is also intended for spouses, children, other family members, and healthcare professionals who provide care and companionship. Both Marie Duane and her mother Betty Schuit, pictured left, benefit from this program. For those close to someone experiencing cognitive decline, SPARK! provides a pleasant diversion from the daily demands of caretaking. Participating in this program is an opportunity to experience a different side of one another, one of curiosity and enchantment. It’s this spark of joy from which the program takes its name.
Your generosity has created new experiences for people of various ages and abilities.
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Creating Experiences | Supporting the Vision
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n early 2016, Schlitz Audubon Director of Conservation Marc White shared renderings for a future trail and boardwalk system, new ponds and habitat plantings, and strategies for securing
vulnerable ravines. He shared the Center’s vision for the future of these 185 acres. The challenge regarding any vision is making the step from imagination to reality, and that requires the right tools for the job. The Center needed equipment with the capability to utilize numerous attachments for controlling invasive species, removing hazard ash trees, restoration tree planting, storm water management, as well as, trail, boardwalk, and fence construction. Thanks to generous donations this past year by Christine Symchych and Jim McNulty, and Margarete and David Harvey, Schlitz Audubon purchased a compact track loader to help fulfill this vision. This critical piece of equipment will support the Center’s land management, facilities, and capital project needs for years to come, laying the boardwalk for future generations of plants, animals, and people. During this time, Schlitz Audubon is implementing a Conservation Plan that will enhance our land’s ecosystems and support the Center’s mission. Schlitz Audubon is fortunate to have a dedicated team of volunteer land stewards who work diligently to improve these 185 acres. These volunteers and others also donated funds toward the purchase of track loader attachments. With their hands in the soil, land volunteers greatly understand the impact this equipment has on their work. The track loader and its attachments empowers everyone to accomplish more work with greater efficiency. We’ve already used this equipment to manage dense thickets of invasive brush. Additionally, the track loader has played a vital role in building both the Mystery Lake Boardwalk and the Milner Lake Michigan Viewing Deck, where one can watch waterfowl swim and dive in Lake Michigan’s waves. Now, children can lay their bellies on a growing number of boardwalks and peer deep into ponds where frogs and turtles swim within, all while accompanied by family members regardless of physical considerations.
Your generosity has created valuable nature experiences for current and future generations of visitors.
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Creating Experiences | Welcome Booth
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ne of the most important aspects about any experience is the first impression. That initial moment sets the tone for the entire experience. In considering our visitor experience at the Center,
the need for a Welcome Booth at our entrance became evident. The new Welcome Booth offers visitors a seamless transition to what we’re all here to explore: nature. After stopping at the entrance, from the time visitors move forward into the property, they are completely enveloped in the natural world. Welcome Booth staff provide trail maps, offer personalized trail guidance, and inform guests about programs taking place during their visit. This has changed the dynamic of the visitor experience, as well as the purpose of the Center’s main building. Visitors now visit the building as it fits in to their individual nature experience. Inside, they can learn about the Center’s land, our conservation efforts, peruse the Center’s store, and explore the Schlitz Audubon Art Gallery. The Welcome Booth was generously funded by the Schlitz Audubon Board of Directors, Patti and Jack McKeithan, and the Paula and Ed Gebhardt family. Its structure, designed and built by our Facilities Manager Jason Festerling, beautifully complements the style of our main building, the Dorothy K. Vallier Environmental Learning Center. Additionally, the natural area surrounding the Welcome Booth is a microcosm of the habitat we work to cultivate throughout the Center’s grounds. Visitors are welcomed by three distinct habitats, including Dry-mesic Prairie, Calcareous Fen, and Aspen Glade - together boasting 56 native plant species. A bountiful, bustling habitat of native plants and animals now accompanies an inviting smile when anyone arrives at Schlitz Audubon.
Your generosity has created a welcoming visitor experience.
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Creating Experiences | Athena
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thena, an American Barn Owl, joined the Center’s Raptor Program in May 2017. Whether it’s their heart-shaped face with deep set eyes, their slender form and graceful flight, or their 17
unique vocalizations, there is something intangible that people love about Barn Owls. Despite the public’s love for and curiosity about Barn Owls, the species faces great threats to its survival. Schlitz Audubon created the Raptor Program as a way to educate the public about these dynamic birds and their importance to the ecosystem. Our 17 birds of prey are feathered ambassadors that help provide experiences and information about their wild relatives, habitat concerns, and issues facing raptors today. Powerful and graceful, each bird has their own story that provides a connection to and an appreciation for all wildlife and the habitats we share. Having Athena participate in educational programs provides an opportunity to bring conservation to the forefront, particularly as it relates to Barn Owls, who face the double threat in the loss of their habitat through deforestation, and untimely deaths due to lead or rodenticide poisoning. Because of these threats, Barn Owls are uncommon as rescue animals, due to their scarcity and the fact that they often die young in the wild. So unlike most of our Raptors, which come to us as rescue animals, Athena was bred as an educational bird. Athena came to us at less than one month old. Her joining the Raptor Program at a young age has been crucial in building confidence and experience that she will carry into adulthood. She trains at an advanced skill level and is learning to fly around corners using sound cues alone. The generosity of donors and Raptor volunteers empowered the Center to acquire Athena from World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis, which has bred and released more than 1,000 Barn Owls into the wild. Through this relationship, we are able to teach about conservation while supporting an organization that fosters it. Whenever Athena spreads her wings at a program, or during an outreach event, she is the star of the room. Having a live animal ambassador for people to observe while learning about conservation issues creates a lasting impression. Athena makes people care about conservation.
Your generosity has created memorable conservation experiences.
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Creating Experiences | By the Numbers
Program Participants
25 Monarchs Raised & Released by
1,258
VOLUNTEERS
8,634 Raptor Interactions at
State
Fair
3,426ft NATURE PRESCHOOL
linear
of wheelchair accessible trails complete. And more to come!
2,214 SUMMER CAMPERS
19,107 students given access to nature
2016-2017 Financial Summary Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center operates under a ground lease and management contract with the National Audubon Society (NAS). Under these agreements, the land and buildings remain the property of NAS, but the local board of directors has legal independence and fiduciary responsibility for the Center and its employees. The Center’s fiscal year ends on June 30.
Revenue Contributions & Memberships Programs & Admissions
$1,012,492 $958,165
Retail (net) & Rentals
$650,226
Investment Income
$501,699
Other Total
$14,876 $3,137,458
Expenses Education
$1,195,434
Conservation $529,358 Preschool
$529,480
Administrative
$405,635
Fundraising & Membership
$211,264
Rentals $110,850 Total
$2,982,021
Assets & Liabilities Total Assets
$5,213,378 *
Liabilities $539,959 Net Assets
$4,673,419
*Includes the Friends’ Investment Fund, which was managed by BMO Harris Bank N.A. and had a year-end market value of $4,250,966. Funds in the amount of $349,003 were either permanently or temporarily restricted.
Other Funds (Not Included in the Center's Assets) The Center is the income beneficiary of an endowment owned by NAS which was managed by BMO Harris Bank N.A., value of $4,328,563, and a trust fund owned/managed by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, value of $2,746,738.
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Thank you for making a difference! Connections to the natural world have the power to create truly transformative experiences. With your generosity, we've invited the community to discover nature. Your gift is valued and directly supports our mission-driven work. Gifts listed are for $100+ and were given during our 2017 fiscal year. $20,000 + Anonymous Brookby Foundation John Gebhardt and Deborah McKeithan-Gebhardt Greater Milwaukee Foundation Pearl Weller Fund Margarete and David Harvey Northwestern Mutual Foundation Christine Symchych and Jim McNulty Margery H. Uihlein Revocable Trust
$10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous (3) Antonia Foundation Bader Philanthropies BMO Harris Bank Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trusts Four-Four Foundation Freshwater Future Fund for Lake Michigan James and Mary Lou Gebhardt Greater Milwaukee Foundation Kopmeier Family Fund Mary Jane Ziska Memorial Fund
Speaker Family Foundation
Carol A. Carpenter
Stratton Foundation
John and Sasha Comissiong
David V. Uihlein Foundation
Shane and Keri Delsman Bob Dohmen
$2,500 - $4,999
Crysdahl Foundation, Inc.
Peggy Ann Family Foundation
Barbara Nitchie Fuldner
Anon Charitable Trust
Garni Family
Gretchen Augustyn
Mary Beth Geraci
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Asher and Susan Nichols Family Fund Cottrell Balding Fund Cottrell/Jacobs and Housiaux Family Fund Thekla Brumder Charitable Trust
Jack Carroll Benjamin and Kristin Checota Chipstone Foundation Marjorie L. Christiansen Foundation Steve and Buffy Duback Tim Gerend and Sandy Hellman Daniel and Alicia Haller Matthea Harvey and Robert Casper Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation Kevin and Molly Kane Kevin and Meg Kinney Terry and Carole Knudsen Krause Family Foundation Nancy and Arthur Laskin Patti and Jack McKeithan
Harley-Davidson Foundation
Justin and Meghan Patrick
Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
Puelicher Foundation, Inc.
Johnson Controls Foundation, Inc.
Andy Read and Suzy Hauske
Joy Global Foundation
Benjamin and Maria Rikkers
M&I Foundation, Inc.
Service Club of Milwaukee
Pentair Foundation
We Energies
Glenn and Kathy Ann Pille
Carl and Alison Whitney
Pollybill Foundation, Inc.
Carol and Lee Wolcott
We Energies Foundation
Wright Brothers Fund
Frank L. Weyenberg Charitable Trust
Caryl Zaar
$5,000 - $9,999
$1,000 - $2,499
BDO Seidman Jim and Jane Bell Jonathan and Abbey Bloom John C. Bock Foundation Nick and Chelsea Fusedale Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Adrienne and John Grunau Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Johnson Controls, Inc. Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Foley & Lardner LLP
Anonymous
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Claire and Glen Hackmann Jon and Ann Hammes Al and Kathy Hentzen Charles and Betsy Hoke Howard and Susan Hopwood Moshe and Debra Katz Peter and Sarah Kies Amy and Gunter Kocourek Richard and Sherry Lundell Marlo Foundation Elaine D. Marshall John and Debbie McGregor Patrick and Piper Mehigan Laura and Nick Meyer Cindy and Jim Nelson Northwestern Mutual Foundation, Inc. Greg and Rhonda Oberland David Olson and Claire Fritsche Eva and John Osborne Margot N. Paddock John and Debbie Pearce Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Rusinow Family Charitable Foundation Mark and Inga Siler Katherine M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Smith Susan R. Strecker Michael and Peg Uihlein Amy Walberg Mike Wanger Wells Fargo Advisors, Llc. William and Gillian Wigdale Michael and JoAnn Youngman
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Robert and Joan Goodman
$250- $499
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Anonymous (3)
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Pat Bakula
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Bank Mutual
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MGIC Investment
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Bronson Insurance Services, LLC
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Anne Brower
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Nita Soref
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Joe and Zoe Finney
Rob and Debbie Stern
Julie Bryson
Dave and Karen Fischer
Susan and Dick Stoll
FPZ, Inc.
Katie and Douglas Fisher
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Francis C. Buss
Marcia Flanagan
Richard and Judy Toth
Bruce A. Butterfield
John and Lauren Focht
Lisa Trost and Laurel Doak
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Usinger Foundation, Inc.
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Erika Fowler
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Robert and Anne Anderson
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Michael and Terri Davis
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Susie and David Arnold
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Ann Williamsen
Streich Family Foundation
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Norma Zehner Claudia and Kyle Zellmann
Mike Unhoch Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this list. If you find an error, please contact us at (414) 352-2880 x237 to make a correction.
Evergreen Society The Evergreen Society is a way to recognize donors who include Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in their wills or trusts. Making a planned gift will create a lasting legacy for future generations to experience the Center. If you have included Schlitz Audubon in your estate plans and are not on the list, please contact the Development Department. Carol A. Carpenter
Susan Reichard
Thora M. Vervoren
Mrs. Lawrence E. Demmer
Jeff Rusinow and Jen Ellis
Ted Wiley
Margarete and David Harvey
Patricia L. Smith
Carol and Lee Wolcott
Jack and Janice McHugh
Judy Van Till
Ed Zieve
Pollybill Foundation, Inc.
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Building Capital Campaign Next year we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Dorothy K. Vallier Environmental Learning Center, Wisconsin’s first Gold LEED-certified building. We’d like to thank and acknowledge those who contributed to its construction. A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc. Janie and Cliff Asmuth Badger Meter Foundation, Inc. Robert W. Baird & Company Foundation Donald and Donna Baumgartner Sally Bentley Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Deanna Braeger Jodi and John Brandser Russell and Joanna Bratt Joan and Fred Brengel Family Foundation Suzy and John Brennan Brico Fund, Inc. Brookbank Foundation Barbara Buzard Charter Manufacturing Co. Foundation Christin Cleaver Estate of Lori Clements Barbara and Michael Corriveau Victoria Dargis Wanda Davies Family Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation Randolph and Kathleen Dean Edward U. Demmer Foundation Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust Mrs. Lawrence E. Demmer Derse Foundation, Inc. Christopher and Deanna Doerr Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trusts Tom and Bette Drought Steve and Buffy Duback Albert J. and Flora H. Ellinger Foundation Mathilde & Albert Elser Foundation Pat Emerson Ralph Evinrude Foundation Dennis and Eileen Fisher Thomas and Mousie Fitzgerald Mrs. Robert Foote Suzy and Byron Foster Mrs. Karen H. Friedlander Barbara Fuldner John Gebhardt and Deborah McKeithan-Gebhardt Stephen and Pam Geimer Nancy and Dave Glassner Barbara Brumder Buzard Fund Greater Milwaukee Foundation John C. and Harriett Cleaver Fund Cottrell Balding Fund Franke Idea Fund Charles V. & Carol F. James Foundation Halbert and Alice Kadish Fund
Kopmeier Family Fund Trostel Family Fund Glenn and Denise Goergen Greater Milwaukee Foundation Robert and Mimi Habush Edward J. Hammond and Marcia P. Brooks Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation Hentzen Coatings Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Cathy and David Higgins Hinrichs Foundation, Inc. Betsy Horsfield HUD - Office of Administration The Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Jansen Construction, Inc. Joseph Johnson Charitable Trust Johnson Controls Foundation, Inc. Stella H. Jones Foundation Terry and Carole Knudsen Koss Foundation Krause Family Foundation The Kresge Foundation Martin and Cindy Kummer Arthur and Nancy Laskin Mary and Jim LaVelle Margaret Layde Jack and Phoebe Lewis Mr. George Locher Helen L. Loewi Loomis-Sayles & Co. Inc. Janet Loos Lubar Family Foundation M&I Foundation, Inc. Sam and Dave Macklem Mr. J.C. MacNeil, Jr. Maihaugen Foundation Marquette Medical Systems Foundation Matrix Foundation Thomas and Renee McCutcheon Patti and Jack McKeithan Richard and Bonnie McMicken The Meehan Family Foundation MGIC Investment Milwaukee Audubon Society George and Julie Mosher Mary Mowbray and Roland Schroeder V. Frederick Nast, Jr. Northwestern Mutual Foundation Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation Jeffrey and Genevie Osborn
Mr. William F. Pabst Park Bank Foundation, Inc. Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation Melitta S.Pick Charitable Trust Bruce and Candy Pindyck Pollybill Foundation, Inc. Robert and Sally Probst Puelicher Foundation, Inc. Linda and Blaine Rieke Rockwell Automation Will Ross Memorial Foundation Rusinow Family Charitable Foundation Jean Schloegel Thomas and Judy Schmid Sophie Y. Schroeder Charitable Trust Walter Schroeder Foundation Douglas and Eleanor Seaman Charitable Foundation Thomas and Mary Spies Bert L. and Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust Joan and Jack Stein Foundation Frank and Elsa Sterner Barbara Stover Stratton Foundation Mrs. Marie A. Tallmadge Tamarack Petroleum Company, Inc. Trainer Family Foundation Robert and Mary Trainer Mr. and Mrs. George H. Uihlein David and Julia Uihlein Michael and Peg Uihlein Mike and Sandra Uihlein Peter and Pam Uihlein Reven Uihlein-Fellars and Reed Fellar US Bank Private Client Trust Dorothy K. Vallier Foundation, Inc. Rick Loth - CDL Family Office Services Judy Van Till Frederick and Anne Vogel R & B Wagner Wendy and George Walcott We Energies Foundation Barbara and Richard Wenninger Frank L. Weyenberg Charitable Trust Kathy and Tom Wigdale William and Gillian Wigdale Edwin Wiley Robin Wilson and Peter Foote Mr. Charles F. Wright Zaun Memorial Foundation, LTD. Ed Zieve 17
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