The Trustees
Annual Report | 2017 Fiscal Year
MESSAGE from the Chair & CEO
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I am pleased to report that it has been another productive year in which we have continued our strong growth and made many accomplishments. We remain fiscally strong with an operating surplus, no debt, and robust fund raising. In the past year, we have completed our Cultural Resources Capital Campaign and reached or exceed the fourth year’s goals of our 5-year Strategic Plan, The Path Forward, which ends this year. As you will read on the following pages, we continue to be a leader in conservation and preservation with new ideas and innovative strategies. Our success is due in large part to all of you. As members, donors and supporters, you have provided the fiscal backbone for our future. You continue to be the face and the voice of the organization in the many communities around the Commonwealth where we work. This will be my last message as Board Chairman as I completed my term and eight years in that capacity at the Annual Meeting this fall. I am pleased to report that I will be handing over responsibilities to my successor, Peter Coffin, who has been a board leader and chair of key committees as well as a strong supporter of the organization for many years. It is great that the Board will be in such capable hands. I will remain on the board and active with the organization and am very appreciative of the opportunity to help lead this impactful organization.
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David D. Croll Chair, Board of Directors
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It is always important to reflect on the past and to celebrate the significant milestones. So often, we move quickly to get to the next finish line and this report allows us an opportunity to stop and to recollect our achievements and challenges. In the past year we completed the $26.6 million Cultural Resources Campaign. This initiative restored and refreshed many of our historic properties including our National Historic Landmarks across our diverse portfolio. The work to steward these important sites continues. Stay tuned for our newest initiative soon. And sometimes we must respond quickly to an opportunity. This past year, we rallied to purchase the last parcel of the Crane Estate’s beachfront land known as Steep Hill Beach. This inholding was a critical parcel to complete this iconic landscape. Many did not know it was unprotected but a surge of supporters came forward to help us close the deal in less than three months.
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It was a true Trustees moment, when many came together to accomplish the seemingly impossible. I am always amazed and grateful for that kind of support and passion for conservation. Indeed, it is what fuels our work. And our work continues with more challenges ahead. We are now in our final year of the Strategic Plan and I look forward to reporting next year that we achieved all of our goals and that we have begun working towards the aspirations of our new plan.
Barbara J. Erickson President & CEO
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2017 in Pictures
CONTENTS Financial Report
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PROTECT Land Conservation
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SPOTLIGHT Saving Steep Hill
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PROTECT New Reservation #115
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PROTECT New Reservation #116
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STEWARD Operations & Programs
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STEWARD Ecology Report
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GROW Engagement Report
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PROFILE Preserving a Legacy
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Governance Volunteers
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SPOTLIGHT Greenhouses at Naumkeag
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Cumulative FY17 Gifts
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SPOTLIGHT Art & the Landscape
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1. New Violet Riot display garden at Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton; 2. Jeppe Hein's Art & The Landscape sculpture at World's End in Hingham; 3. "Nature" play at The Old Manse in Concord; 4. Mary Wakeman's granddaughters celebrate Wasque's 50th Anniversary; 5. Home Sweet Home at Fruitlands Museum; 6. World's End 50th Anniversary Celebration; 7. The Trustees new mobile Farmers market; 8. YoYo Ma & Jill Hornor at the Naumkeag Garden Party.
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The 2017 Annual Report reflects activities and donations during Fiscal Year 2017, which ended March 31, 2017.
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PHOTO CREDITS: Krista Photography: 1; Trustees: 2, 5; W. Townson: 3; R. Mansfield Jr./Anchor Imagery: 4, 6; Mark Gardner: 7; M. Healey: 8
Cover photo: The Boston Pops play on the Allée at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate to cap off the Trustees 125th Anniversary. Photo © Winslow Townson
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
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FISCAL YEAR 2017 We have experienced extraordinary financial growth in the past few years as we have worked to achieve the targets set out in our five-year strategic plan, The Path Forward. Fiscal Year 2017 was a truly exceptional year, as it was also our 125th, and therefore included a series of events and programs intended to celebrate that milestone. In addition, we completed the $26 million Cultural Resources Campaign and merged with two other entities, Fruitlands Museum in Harvard and The FARM Institute on Martha’s Vineyard. With these recent successes, our financial position remains strong, with $291 million in assets and only $6 million in liabilities. The investment portfolio, which is now valued at over $150 million, remains a critical component of the capital structure, supporting over 20% of annual operating revenues. Property revenues and membership both experienced record highs in the past year, which is a testament to the continued engagement of constituents on our properties and in support of our mission. Finally, contributed income is a vital component of the revenue mix for areas such as land conservation and agriculture that do not fully support themselves financially, but are mission-critical. We continue to operate at a high level with a lean operation and at a modest surplus, which allows us to deploy resources where they are needed most. The Board of Directors, Finance Committee and Staff carefully manage the precious resources of The Trustees to ensure the most meaningful impact and long-term sustainability. We remain proud for all that we have accomplished and are confident that we can continue to build on that foundation to achieve our strategic goals.
Financial Report CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
FY 2017
FY 2016
Cash and cash equivalents
9,529
9,257
Other assets
1,129
1,817
Pledges receivable
1,352
1,422
126,615
117,784
28,738
14,271
3,122
2,688
Fixed assets, net
26,940
24,356
Properties
93,782
91,189
291,207
262,784
Investments Funds held in trust by others Assets related to split-interest aggreement
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS FY 2017
FY 2016
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
1,981
2,404
Deferred revenues
1,367
1,131
Liability under split-interest agreements
1,719
1,359
622
700
5,689
5,594
FY 2017
FY 2016
LIABILITIES
Other annuity obligation TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS Unrestricted
60,130
55,760
Temporarily restricted
73,318
52,037
Permanently restricted
152,070
149,393
TOTAL NET ASSETS
285,518
257,190
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
291,207
262,784
FY 2017
OPERATING REVENUE
FY 2017
OPERATING EXPENSES Membership, Administrative marketing & communications
Membership dues
12%
13%
8% 36%
Contributions & Grants
Property revenues
21%
Fundraising
11% 20%
Programs*
Endowment support
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ASSETS
30% Amy L. Auerbach Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
(in thousands of dollars)
*Programs include Land Conservation, Agriculture and Visitor Amenenties & Engagement
49% Property & resource stewardship
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (in thousands of dollars) REVENUE AND SUPPORT
PROPERTY, BOARD DESIGNATED & OPERATING RESTRICTED TOTAL
Endowment support appropriated for operations Property and other revenues Contributions
6,962
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7,002
12,297
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12,317
4,535
13,844
18,379
Memberships
4,418
0
4,418
Net assets released from restrictions
5,600
(5,600)
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TOTAL REVENUES AND SUPPORT
33,812
8,304
42,116
15,099
5,089
20,188
Land conservation
1,149
90
1,239
Agriculture
1,148
0
1,148
Visitor amenities and engagement
4,410
0
4,410
Historic and structural resources
1,435
0
1,435
23,241
5,179
28,420
3,788
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3,788
EXPENSES Property stewardship
SUBTOTAL, PROGRAM SERVICES SUPPORTING SERVICES Fundraising Administrative
3,891
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3,891
Member services
1,394
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1,394
Marketing and communications
1,395
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1,395
SUBTOTAL, SUPPORTING SERVICES
10,468
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10,468
TOTAL, EXPENSES
33,709
5,179
38,888
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS Contributions and change in value of split-interest agreements
103 -
3,125 3,228 74
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9,685
9,685
699
14,884
15,583
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(242)
804
27,524
28,328
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
51,704
205,486
257,190
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
52,508
233,010
285,518
Investment income, net of amounts appropriated for operations & fees Additions of Fruitlands and TFI Other one time adjustments TOTAL CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
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Land Conservation
In the past year, The Trustees protected, or helped protect, five properties totaling 450 acres. Fee Acquisition (Present & Future Reservations) PROJECT | CITY/TOWN | ACREAGE | PARTNERS/DONORS | DESCRIPTION
Fruitlands Museum | Harvard (1) 210 Acres Through our merger with Fruitlands Museum, we brought significant lands into conservation, which link to state and federally protected lands. Steep Hill | Ipswich (2) 20.5 Acres (see spotlight) Led by a challenge grant from a Board member, along with supporting gifts from across the country, we completed this acquisition of the last unprotected parcel at Castle Hill, preventing future development in the heart of this treasured reservation. Vulgaris | New Bedford (3) .12 Acres Although modest in size, this addition to the Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens prevents future development of an adjacent parcel, and at nominal cost through a City program.
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Conservation Restrictions (CR) PROJECT | CITY/TOWN | ACREAGE | PARTNERS/DONORS | DESCRIPTION
Copicut Woods Reservation | Fall River (4) 516 Acres* | MA Department of Conservation & Recreation As was planned from the time of our acquisition of Copicut Woods, we granted a CR to the MA Department of Conservation & Recreation, a partner in the BioReserve project from the beginning.
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Warner | Goshen (5) 203 Acres | Gary Warner; Hilltown Land Trust This donated CR protects an expansive wetland and valuable forest and serves as an important connector between large blocks of state protected land, creating an extensive corridor of protected land vital for wildlife.
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Fox Creek CR | Ipswich (6) 16.8 Acres| Anonymous land donor This donated CR protects valuable estuarine habitat in the Great Marsh and frontage on scenic Argilla Road. *Previously protected acreage; not included in total FY17 newly protected acreage totals.
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PHOTO CREDITS: Trustees: 1,2, 4; L. Owens: 5;
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SPOTLIGHT
Protecting the remaining Crane Estate lands BY WAYNE WILKINS
What? There was land that could have still been developed on the Crane Estate? Wasn’t it all conservation land already? Do you mean part of Crane Beach could have become private and inaccessible? A few of the questions that Trustees heard when a parcel known as the Steep Hill Inholding became available in mid-2016, these statements above outline just how difficult and challenging the situation that presented itself was. Indeed, 20.5 acres on the Crane Estate—abutting the eastern edge of Castle Hill’s Grand Allée, extending down the hill and including 1,000 feet of frontage on Crane Beach—had been held aside from the Crane family’s original 1949 donation of the Estate for their potential future use. With no activity on this land in the many years since the gift of the Estate, most people understandably assumed there were no unprotected areas within its boundaries. But the Crane’s descendants had just decided that it was finally time to sell the land, and—thanks in no small part to the positive relationship maintained by Trustees staff over nearly seven decades—the family offered the organization the opportunity to acquire the parcel. Vital Lands Since acquiring the Estate, The Trustees had been keenly interested in protecting this inholding, not only to protect the iconic view from being marred by potential development and keep the pristine beachfront, wooded paths, and open fields intact, but for ecological reasons as well. The Steep Hill land hosts an important, natural maritime scrubland community—delineated by the state’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program as a BioMap2 Core habitat and designated as a priority ecological habitat by the state, as its relative isolation offers a refuge for feeding shorebirds, including endangered piping plovers. Keeping Steep Hill in its natural state would also help protect against future sea-level rise at the Crane Estate; its large boulders will help mitigate severe erosion that is expected to increase along coastline properties. For
these reasons, the parcel had long been included on The Trustees’ list of lands whose protection was considered critical.
Steep Challenges Grateful to have the opportunity to purchase and protect the land, the challenge for The Trustees would still be monumental. There was the timeframe— just four short months from the time the organization was granted the right to purchase until the late-September deadline—and the price tag of $2.5 million. In the midst of a summer filled with special 125th Anniversary events and celebrations, it would take a true team effort and an enormous amount of focus to raise the funds necessary. Backed by an anonymous matching challenge of $500,000 to jumpstart the undertaking, a multi-pronged campaign was conceived, including a grassroots letter-writing and phone-calling effort
to raise awareness and support. Local community members canvassed their neighbors. Site visits were arranged, including a “Ride for Steep Hill” horseback event with members from local equestrian groups, which gave visitors the opportunity to see first-hand where development could occur and how easements would allow access roads through otherwise protected acreage. And in the end, it worked: thanks to more than 700 donors from 199 communities across the state and even the country, The Trustees were able to raise nearly $1.9 million toward the project cost. The Steep Hill inholding was purchased by The Trustees on September 28, 2016, permanently protecting it from development, ensuring its long-term health, and providing access to the entire Crane Estate in perpetuity.
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New Reservation: #115
The FARM Institute Joins Our Vineyard Family BY GENEVIEVE RAJEWSKI
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ead by car from the Oaks Bluffs ferry terminal to Katama Bay in Edgartown, and you’ll pass many of the things that lure tourists to Martha’s Vineyard every summer: families cycling along the island’s network of bike paths, teens jumping off the “Jaws Bridge,” swimmers and sun bathers at State Beach, and resort-town establishments hoping to lure visiting celebrities (or even presidents). But as you near the island’s southern shore, you’re greeted with a most unexpected sight—a 160-acre grassy field, punctuated only by grazing cattle, a silo and a few wood-shingled structures. Known as Katama Farm and operated as The FARM Institute, this new reservation of The Trustees is our first working farm on the Vineyard. The Trustees’ history on the island dates back to the 1950s, when local citizens concerned about land being threatened by development on Chappaquiddick approached the organization about formulating a preservation strategy. With the merger with The FARM Institute in April 2016, The Trustees
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now has seven properties on the Vineyard set aside for public use and enjoyment. As one of the largest private owners of farmland in Massachusetts, The Trustees has seen firsthand the power of food-producing properties to inspire land conservation and attract the public. Located near our Norton Point Beach property, a barrier beach that separates the ocean from the bay, Katama Farm has long been used for agriculture. The land has been farmed officially since the arrival of the island’s first European settlers and, before that, the Wampanoag Native American tribe likely had small farms here in the summer. But inside The FARM Institute’s classroom building you can see what an alternate reality for the farm almost looked like. A rendering shows the land as a congested subdivision with 700 building lots, the streets already named—a proposed development that nearly erased the historic farm in the 1970s. Fortunately, a group of neighbors and friends interested in saving Katama Farm stepped up. With their help, the Edgartown Conservation Commission became the landlord of Katama Farm, conserving its
history and future as a working farm. After unsuccessfully trying a for-profit model—in which the town rented the farmland to a succession of three dairies—Edgartown turned the property over to The FARM Institute in 2005. For five years, this nonprofit had been running a beloved educational program that connected children to food and agriculture on another local working farm. After moving to Katama Farm, The FARM Institute used the proceeds from the sale of its previous property to build a new classroom building and to restore the barns for use by animals as well as for expanded classroom space for students. Today, The FARM Institute offers daily and weekly farm camp programs for children ages 2 to 17 during the summer, as well as a growing number of adult workshops throughout the year. During the fall, winter, and spring, it partners with island schools and local organizations to offer farm-related educational programming. The land is primarily used to produce meat and eggs: the farm is home to some 300 laying chickens, 70 head of beef cattle, turkeys, pigs, and sheep. The highly sought-after meat and multicolored eggs are sold on farm, and the meat also can be found in local stores and on the menus of local restaurants. And as part of the merger, The Trustees and The FARM Institute worked together on a fundraising campaign to support a long sought-after teaching kitchen for a farm-based cooking program that will encourage participants to think about how and where their food is produced. Both organizations hope, through the merger, to engage families with young kids in understanding how they together can have the greatest impact on connecting people with their food and where it comes from. After all, as the familiar saying goes: where kids lead, their parents will follow. Genevieve Rajewski is a Boston-based freelance writer who covers nature, animals, food, and science.
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Welcome Fruitlands Museum A new chapter begins for this storied place BY COURTNEY GOODRICH
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n the early 1840s, Amos Bronson Alcott had an idea. He imagined a simple life based on the core principles of Transcendentalism—that people are inherently good and at their best when on their own in nature. Alcott, along with friend and fellow reformer Charles Lane, decided to create their own transcendentalist community, moving with their families and a handful of other supporters to a 90-acre farm in Harvard in the spring of 1843. They named their self-sufficient home “Fruitlands” in recognition of the bountiful fruit trees on the property. The 174 years between then and now have seen many changes on the Fruitlands property. First, the communal experiment failed after only seven months, mainly because the group of thinkers couldn’t produce either enough food or goods, or sufficient profits to cover even the first mortgage payment. Alcott eventually moved his family back to Concord, where he continued his friendship with other Transcendentalists, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. After years of belonging to Joseph Palmer—one of the Fruitlands participants—and others, the property was purchased in 1910 by Clara Endicott Sears, a wealthy Boston philanthropist and avid collector. Intrigued by the Transcendentalists’ short-lived community, Sears restored the 1820s farmhouse and opened it and the land to the public in 1914 as Fruitlands Museum. In the years that followed, Sears passionately added to the museum, assembling an eclectic collection of Americana. Fascinated by the relationship between Lane and the nearby Shakers, Sears became friendly with them herself, which led to the founding of the Shaker Museum in 1920 after moving a building from the Harvard Shaker Village to
the Fruitlands Museum property. Similarly, Miss Sears recognized that Native Americans had inhabited the Nashua River Valley for many millennia, and was concerned that there was a lack of understanding of native cultures in 20th-century America. As a remedy, she began collecting arrowheads and, ultimately, a geographically diverse assemblage of Native American objects. And in addition to the Shaker and Native American themes, Sears also collected Hudson River School landscapes paintings and folk portraits. And the 210-acre landscape itself, with its breathtaking views, archaeological narratives, abundant flora and fauna, and proximity to what is now the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, provides a natural collection of its own. Fruitlands Museum became part of The Trustees, as it’s 116th special place, in 2016. We speculate that the merger was a move Miss Sears herself would have approved, given her admiration of The Trustees and its mission during her lifetime. “Our relationship dates back to the 1950s, with Miss Sears considering a possible merger with The Trustees at that time. Her letters acknowledge, even sixty years ago, the shared mission and vision of protecting and preserving iconic places for the benefit of the public,” says Joanna Ballantine, Trustees Vice President for the Western Region. “We have the same primary focus of preservation and enrichment,” adds Marie LeBlanc, former Chairwoman of the
Fruitlands Museum Board, who now serves on the Trustees’ Advisory Board. While the grounds—with almost three miles of walking trails through meadows and woodlands, and past several archaeological sites—are a natural attraction for visitors, other components of Fruitlands Museum are being revived with the Trustees’ support. Most notably, the integration presents The Trustees with an asset it did not have until this point—a dedicated gallery. Delving into the past is part of the Fruitlands experience—a cornerstone that will be cherished and preserved by The Trustees. “The museum has at least 6,000 objects in its collection,” says Shana Dumont Garr, Curator for Fruitlands Museum, “including 230 19th-century folk portraits—the second largest such collection in the nation.” Whether you come for a special event, a wedding, lunch in the Fruitlands Café, visits to experience the many elements of the collection, or the serene and profound beauty of its landscape, a trip to explore all that Fruitlands Museum has to offer will be an enjoyable journey into the nature and history of this remarkable place. Courtney Goodrich is a Boston-based lifestyle writer and associate editor of Design New England, a regional home and garden design magazine.
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Operations & Programs
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The Operations & Programs Department is comprised of highlyskilled technical specialists who lead the implementation of vision and strategy for Trustees’ key mission-based areas, including among them Land & Community Conservation, Field Operations, Cultural Resources, Ecology, and Agriculture. The team applies best-practice approaches and methodologies that guide day-to-day operations, in order to achieve a level of excellence that honors the legacies of the families whose properties we protect. In Fiscal Year 2017, the stewardship teams completed a three-year program of assessing our buildings, trails and waterways, ecological landscapes, community gardens, reservation entrances, and designed landscapes
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against baseline standards established as an outcome of the 2018 Strategic Plan, The Path Forward. The final assessment level achieved through this endeavor was, in fact, greater than the goal set out in the Plan.
Buildings & Historic Houses 343 buildings and structures—including 14 historic homes open to the public—utilized
for animals, vehicles, and equipment, as well as historical collections and staff housing
Trails & Waterways 26,000 acres of land 408 miles of trails (including 27 miles
81% Assessed
74% in FY16
95% Assessed
of trails for skiers)
88% in FY16
Designed Landscape
58%
76 miles of coastland 24 designed landscapes, including, 11 public gardens
Assessed
49% in FY16
Community Gardens 55 community gardens in eight Boston neighborhoods
Entrances 137 reservation entrances;
includes accessibility and appearance of parking lots, road and path surfaces, kiosks, and signage
Ecological Landscapes 83 priority landscapes, totaling 5,600 acres
100% Assessed
46% in FY16
75% Assessed
68% in FY16
76% Assessed
41% in FY16
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Ecology Report At The Trustees, we prioritize and direct our ecology work toward the most significant natural landscapes. We have identified more than 80 specific priority landscapes on which to focus, totaling more than 6,000 acres throughout the Commonwealth. Most require active management to maintain their habitat value. The scope of our ecology program and highlights of this past year's work are as follows:
Grassland Management, Prescribed Fire & Habitat Restoration Strategic management of landscapes helps improve critical habitats for tomorrow’s generation of flora and fauna.
1,695 Acres of priority grassland habitat on 43 properties 66 Grassland acres burned at Long Point and Wasque; drought conditions prevented scheduled burns at several other properties 27 Acres of grassland habitat restored at Bartholomew’s Cobble 2 Properties (Bartholomew’s Cobble and Naumkeag) where new
erosion control measures have begun to mitigate huge channels and increased sedimentation—due to increasing/changing levels of precipitation— impacting wetlands and habitats
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76 Trustees properties with federal- and state-listed rare species 175 Rare species protected on Trustees properties, including peregrine falcons, seabeach knotweed, and northern harrier hawks
1 Property with a nest of bald eagles (Old Town Hill); first such nest on
Trustees reservations since the population’s decline as a result of DDT
Rare Species While rare coastal nesting shorebirds remain a focus for The Trustees, many other rare species need protection and management. ©L.QUINN; CREATIVE COMMONS
Invasive Species & Deer Control Invasive species and growing deer populations have proven a direct threat to forest regeneration, rare species survival, and wildlife populations.
40 Properties where invasive plants were treated or monitored, including Japanese barberry, garlic mustard, and glossy buckthorn
62 Properties open to deer hunting as a means of mitigating negative impacts on forest regeneration, rare plant species survival, and other wildlife populations posed by uncontrolled deer herd growth 30 Trustees properties open to controlled deer hunting (by permission only) 71 Deer harvested from 20 properties
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729 Total breeding pairs counted on Trustees properties, including
piping plovers, least terns, common terns, roseate terns, American oystercatchers, and black skimmers
26 Miles of beach in shorebird management program, covering seven properties
Shorebirds Breeding shorebirds are one of the best indicators of beach integrity. Our feathered friends fared well this year. ©R.ROYSE
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EXCITE
Engagement Report Organizational efforts to increase visibility and to provide a richer variety of programming offerings this year resulted in sweeping gains in property visitation, program participation, and volunteering. Significant gains were further bolstered by special events created to commemorate The Trustees’ 125th Anniversary. Below are summaries of the various ways people engaged with The Trustees in FY17:
PROPERTY VISITATION
Total visitors to Trustees properties grew by 25.9% this year, compared to the previous year. 2,008,178 1,595,436
25.9% FY16 VISITORS
FY17 VISITORS
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TOP 10 MOST-VISITED PROPERTIES IN FY17: 1. Crane Beach on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 2. Community Gardens, Boston 3. Appleton Farms & Grass Rides, Hamilton & Ipswich 4. Francis William Bird Park, Walpole 5. Rocky Woods, Medfield 6. Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 7. Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 8. Powisset Farm, Dover 9. Norton Point Beach, Martha’s Vineyard 10. World's End, Hingham
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
Our second full year of expanded and more compelling program offerings brought a dramatic 74.5% increase in participation this year, and a corresponding 48.5% increase in revenue. This year’s numbers were strengthened by one-time events celebrating our 125th Anniversary—including the Boston Pops at Castle Hill and the “From the Sea to the Mountains” exhibit at the Boston Public Library. Even discounting these events, participation rose an extremely healthy 40.9%.
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION BY TYPE OF PROPERTY:
259,272
Parenthetical numbers indicate the number of Excite properties in each category. 148,543
74.5%
Agricultural properties (6)
64,623
Cultural properties (7)
95,211
Recreational properties (10)
40,130 9,272
Beach properties (4) FY16
PARTICIPANTS
TOTAL
FY17
PARTICIPANTS
* excludes one-time 125th Anniversary-related events.
VOLUNTEERISM
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSAs)
In Fiscal Year 2017, Trustees sold 1,271 shares at our three vegetable CSAs; more than 56 acres were tilled in order to grow the CSA produce. And we launched our first-ever Meat CSA with cattle, pigs, and chickens raised at Powisset Farm (Dover), Chestnut Hill Farm (Southborough), Moose Hill Farm (Sharon), and Weir River Farm (Hingham).
TOTAL SHARES SOLD
209,237 *
Summer
Winter
Total
Appleton Farms *
653 10 663
Powisset Farm
354 75 429
Chestnut Hill Farm
153 26 179
Meat CSA**
n/a 52 52
The Trustees would not be able to accomplish its mission without the generous gifts of time and energy by our volunteers. We began as a volunteer-run organization, and the work our volunteers do today honors that legacy. Through more focused opportunities and improved reporting as a result of a new statewide tracking system, an increase of 61.6% in reported volunteer hours resulted in 56,820 total hours of volunteer time given to The Trustees across the state in Fiscal Year 2017. 56,820 35,152
61.6%
TOTAL 1,323 * no longer includes produce grown at Moraine Farm in Beverly ** first year of operation
FY16
HOURS
FY17
HOURS
INNS & CAMPGROUNDS
Total night stays at The Trustees four lodging sites decreased by 3.8% in Fiscal Year ’17, as compared to the previous year. 9,814
9,443
TOTAL NIGHT STAYS
-3.8%
FY16
NIGHT STAYS
FY17
NIGHT STAYS
FY16 FY17
Dunes’ Edge Campground, Provincetown
3,080 2,991
Tully Lake Campground, Royalston
4,608 4,131
Inn at Castle Hill, Ipswich
1,277 1,548
Guest House at Field Farm, Williamstown
TOTAL
849 773 9,814 9,443
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Preserving a Legacy of
INSPIRATION BY JEFF HARDER
Two summers ago, during a weekend getaway from their home in Roslindale to Field Farm in Williamstown, Rob Larsen and Judith Robichaud watched from their Guest House balcony as a storm and a sunset converged, casting hues of purple, grey, and green across the rise of Mount Greylock in the distance. “It felt like time stopped,” Robichaud says. They canceled their dinner reservations, popped a bottle of wine, and plated some cheese, too mesmerized to turn away. 14 THE TRUSTEES
That colorful memory speaks to creativity that never takes a vacation. Robichaud is an oil painter whose works regularly depict landscapes and natural scenes, while Larsen is a 30-year veteran of graffiti art who has exhibited works in galleries alongside some of the biggest names to ever hold a spray can. Their chosen media mirror their upbringings: Robichaud in the sleepy wooded outskirts of Worcester, Larsen in the industrial grey of East Boston. Trustees properties have been part of their relationship’s scenery since before their marriage—one of their first dates was a rainsoaked stroll along the Crane Estate’s Grand Allée. (“It was actually nice to have the place to ourselves,” Robichaud says.) Whether for artistic inspiration or a break from too much screen time at the office, visiting Trustees properties proved restorative, and the couple became members of The Trustees in 2004 to explore them as often as they could. Later, concerned from watching so many condominiums suddenly sprout from agrarian acres across the Commonwealth, the couple signed on as members of the Conservation Council. Last year, Larsen became a Corporate Trustee. Their entry into the Semper Virens Society followed family tragedy. Kamal Jain—husband to Robichaud’s sister, JoAnn—passed away unexpectedly, young, and without a will. Larsen and Robichaud decided to tie up their own loose ends and contribute to their most cherished organizations, and The Trustees’ devotion to protecting working farms and sustainable agriculture made for a fitting tribute to Jain—he helped JoAnn on her farm at the Brooks School in North Andover—and his ever-generous spirit. “It’s a way that he’s continued to inspire us,” Larsen says. “It’s a strange way to put it, but it’s true.” Today, Larsen praises The Trustees for helping Massachusetts preserve its natural wonders even as the Commonwealth becomes a hotspot for biotech and other digital-age industries. (Larsen is a front-end web developer while Robichaud is a user experience designer.) “We still have things that were here when the Pilgrims landed: the forests, the coastline, all this green space,” Larsen says. “I grew up a poor kid in one of the least green spots in Boston, and I could still know what it meant to be in nature…We still have all this ready access to green space, and it’s not like that everywhere.” And with a return trip to Field Farm on the horizon, that vision of nature’s brush painting the state’s highest peak looms large in their minds even today. “I’m in awe when I think about it,” Robichaud says, “and I can’t wait to go back.”
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If you have planned a legacy for The Trustees, let us know so that we may welcome you to The Semper Virens Society. Friends of The Trustees who have made a bequest provision, a gift of life insurance, an interest in a retirement plan, or a life income gift are also included in the Society. Semper Virens Society members are invited to Trustees events and luncheons hosted at various sites twice a year.(See page 30 for the list of Society members.) For further information please contact: The Trustees | Development Office 200 High Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 978.921.1944 x1816 | mylegacy@thetrustees.org www.thetrustees.org/svs
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Governance Volunteers BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Douglas B. Harding
Sarah Hunt Broughel
Katherine J. McMillan
Directors serve as the governing board of Trustees, charged with the ultimate responsibility for the organization’s operations.
Alicia Hesse-Cleary
Cornelia W. Brown
Wilhelm M. Merck
Roland E. Hoch
Ronald Brown
John O. Mirick
Elizabeth Livingston Johnson
Lalor Burdick
Sara Molyneaux
Jared S. Keyes
Rebecca Gardner Campbell
Frederick S. Moseley, III
Julia G. Krapf
Liza R. Carey
George S. Mumford, Sr.
David D. Croll, Chair
Theodore C. Landsmark
Sharon Casdin
Virginia M. Murray
Brian M. Kinney, Vice Chair
John D. Laupheimer, Jr.
Robert A. Clark
Scott A. Nathan
William G. Constable, Secretary
Marie LeBlanc
William C. Clendaniel
Thomas H. Nicholson
Eunice J. Panetta, Assistant Secretary
Martin Lempres
Frances Colburn
Nicholas W. Noon
Amy L. Auerbach
Alexandra Liftman
Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld
Julia B. O’Brien
Clement C. Benenson
Maria T. Madison
Mary Campbell Cooper
Thomas L. P. O’Donnell
Peter B. Coffin
Mark J. Mathis
Albert M. Creighton, Jr.
Ronald P. O’Hanley, III
Karen S. Conway
Daniel K. Mayer
Peter H. Creighton
Kathryn P. O’Neil
Paula V. Cortés
David C. McCabe
Elizabeth Hope Cushing
Carolyn M. Osteen
David L. Costello
Kathleen T. McIntyre
John P. DeVillars
John O. Parker †
Andrew O. Davis
Pauline C. Metcalf
Franklin L. Feigin
Richard F. Perkins
Elizabeth de Montrichard
Brian W. Monnich
Louise J. Feigin
Edward N. Perry
Jeffrey B. Fager
Amey D. Moot
Ronald Lee Fleming
Samuel Plimpton
David R. Foster
Russell J. Peotter
Allen W. Fletcher
Beatrice A. Porter
Thomas D. French
Michael Prior
Ann C. Galt
Margaret L. Poutasse
Nathan Hayward, III
Brooke G. Redmond
John L. Gardner
George Putnam
Edward H. Ladd
Anthony Rochte
Gale R. Guild
Eugene E. Record, Jr.
Paul R. LeBlanc
Stanley Schantz
Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Henry S. Reeder, Jr.
Robert Mason
Christopher A. Shepherd
Carter H. Harrison
John Ex Rodgers
W. Hugh M. Morton
Regan Shields Ives
Thomas J. Healey
G. Neal Ryland
Hillary H. Rayport
Jonathan A. Soroff
John K. Herbert III
Jane Saltonstall
Cyrus Taraporevala
Arthur K. Steinert
Eloise W. Hodges
Charles W. Schmidt
Hope E. Suttin
Jean Holroyde
David W. Scudder
Yanni Tsipis
Paul S. Horovitz
Mary Waters Shepley
John Vasconcellos
James S. Hoyte
William Shields
Julie M. Viola
Lily Rice Hsia
Norton Q. Sloan, Jr.
Elizabeth Weinberg Smith
Janice G. Hunt
F. Sydney Smithers, IV
Susan Winthrop
Roger B. Hunt
Joseph Peter Spang
Phyllis Robin Yale
Stephen B. Jeffries
Caroline D. Standley
Naomi Yang
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Augusta Perkins Stanislaw
Charles F. Kane, Jr.
Margaret E. Steiner
Stephen B. Kay
Elliot M. Surkin
Andrew W. Kendall
Hooker M. Talcott, Jr.
Jonathan M. Keyes
Jane McC. Talcott
Judy Keyes
Patricia R. Ternes
Edward H. Ladd
John E. Thomas
Philip L. Laird
Marian F. Thornton
Robert A. Lawrence
Philip A. Truesdell
David I. Lewis
Natalia K. Wainwright
George E. Lewis, Sr.
Susanna B. Weld
Deborah Logan
William F. Weld
Charles R. Longsworth
R. Angus West
Spencer P. Glendon
Lee Albright
Caleb Loring, III
Hope W. Wigglesworth †
Elizabeth W. Gordon
Steven A. Bercu
Jonathan B. Loring
Marjorie D. Greville
Tatiana Bezamat
Peter E. Madsen
Doug C. Grip
Jane Lyman Bihldorff
Eli Manchester, Jr.
ADVISORY BOARD This governance body advises the Board of Directors and staff on key issues, bringing diverse viewpoints and expertise to its decision-making process. Laura Bibler Andrew P. Borggaard Lucy Caldwell-Stair Patty Crane Walter C. Donovan Philip J. Edmundson James V. Ellard, Jr. Uzochi Chimdinma Erlingsson Jennifer Erskine Charles D. Esdaile Michael Even
CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Established in 1995, this Council was created to honor former members of the Standing Committee, Board of Directors, and Advisory Board. It provides the opportunity for Trustees to continue to benefit from their advice and deep institutional knowledge.
Martha L. Gangemi
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LIFE TRUSTEES
CORPORATE TRUSTEES
Dorothy C. Fullam
Pamela Fezandie Lohmann
Honoring those who have made extraordinary gifts of property, financial assets or service to Trustees.
Elizabeth W. Gordon
Jane C. Lyman
Ralph D. Gordon
Katharine W. McLennan
Gale R. Guild
Richard K. McMullan
Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Thomas L. P. O’Donnell
Roslyn E. Harrington
May H. Pierce
Lee Albright
Janice G. Hunt
George Putnam
Elsie J. Apthorp
Roger B. Hunt
Nancy B. Putnam
Robert A. Barton
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Stephen L. Root
Wilhelmina V. L. Batchelder-Brown
Andrew W. Kendall
Jane Saltonstall
George P. Bates
John W. Kimball
Mary Waters Shepley
For the list of Corporate Trustees,
Nancy B. Bates
Catherine C. Lastavica
Norton Q. Sloan, Jr.
please visit our website at
Frances Colburn
Edward P. Lawrence
F. Sydney Smithers, IV
www.thetrustees.org/governance
Sylvia P. Constable
James Lawrence, III
Caroline D. Standley
Albert M. Creighton, Jr.
Robert P. Lawrence
Elliot M. Surkin
John Fiske
George E. Lewis, Sr.
Pamela B. Weatherbee
Alan F. French
Susan P. Little
R. Angus West
Corporate Trustees, along with Life Trustees, are the voting members of the organization. Each year at the Annual Meeting, they elect Board of Directors and Advisory Board, as well as new Corporate Trustees and Life Trustees.
† Deceased
Frederic Winthrop, Jr.
SPOTLIGHT
New Greenhouses Build Horticultural Legacy at Naumkeag Forty-five years after collapsing under a snow load, Naumkeag’s greenhouse structures have been recreated and restored to functionality. Continuing the recent restoration efforts at the National Historic Landmark which were enabled by the Bringing Our Stories to Life Cultural Resources Campaign, the greenhouse project brings back a missing element to the landscape that celebrates the horticultural legacy of the Choate family, and will support The Trustees’ horticultural program long into the future.
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The 19th-century greenhouses—which included several structures used for plant propagation, coldframes to extend the growing season, and an orangery that housed a peach tree—were a functional and aesthetically important part of the Naumkeag landscape. “We preserved and salvaged those elements of the original building that had survived,” said Bob Murray, The Trustees’ Structures & Landscapes Project Director. “We were able to mimic and reproduce many of the architectural details of the original buildings and incorporate them into the construction of two new greenhouses: the propagation house and the peach house.” The new buildings are more sustainable, as well, taking advantage of modern materials and technology, such as aluminum construction for strength, and radiant heat and low-e glass for greater energy efficiency. “We are bringing back a key element to the landscape that was an integral part of the Choate family's life here at Naumkeag,” says General Manager for the Southern Berkshires, Brian Cruey. “These structures will not only allow us to better support the horticultural needs of our recently restored gardens, but will also create opportunities for engaging our visitors with exciting new programming.” For more on this restoration project, visit thetrustees.org/naumkeag.
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Cumulative FY17 Gifts The Directors and staff of The Trustees extend our deepest gratitude to the following donors that contributed through giving societies, strategic project support, critical campaigns, and special events. We are deeply grateful to these generous funders for their foresight and commitment to Trustees’ mission. They fuel our thoughtful growth, expand our reach, and deepen our impact. $1,000,000+
Karen & Brian Conway
Mr. Doug C. Grip & Ms. Karen Grip *
Tom & Jill French
Barr Foundation
The Nancy Foss Heath &
Highland Street Foundation
Miss Diane J. Gallan
Mr. & Mrs. Roland E. Hoch
Bernice B. Godine Family Foundation
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Estate of Linda Sherman Johnston
Mr. & Mrs. George E. Lewis, Sr.
Mr. Keith D. Hartt & Ms. Ann H. Wiedie
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc./
The Lookout Foundation, Inc.
Timothy T. Hilton
Robert & Erica Mason
Mr. & Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.
Edward H. Ladd
National Park Service
Institute of Museum & Library Services
Eunice & Jay Panetta
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick N. Khedouri
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
New England Biolabs, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Kidder
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Reed
Mr. Martin L. O’Neil
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. LeBlanc
David & Marie Louise Scudder
The Harold Whitworth Pierce
Mr. Marty Lempres
David & Victoria Croll Anonymous (1)
$500,000 - $999,999 Estate of Hobson G. Coleman Nathan & Marilyn Hayward Estate of Doris Wilson Anonymous (1)
Richard B. Heath Foundation
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
$250,000 - $499,999
Estate of Barbara E. Snyder
Joan E. Appleton 1997
Estate of Alida B. Stange
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Reed
Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation
Mrs. Louise C. Riemer
Anonymous (1)
Mary Ann Streeter
Helen & William Mazer Foundation
Mr. Cyrus Taraporevala &
Mr. W. Hugh M. Morton, Esq. &
Charitable Foundation Abby & Peter Coffin
Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. The Manton Foundation Estate of Elspeth Eberlin Matkovich
Ms. Fie Andersen
$50,000 - $99,999 The Arcadia Charitable Trust Estate of Janet O. Buckingham
$100,000 - $249,999
Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation
Ms. Anita Bekenstein &
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hazen Churchill, Jr.
Mr. Josh Bekenstein Mr. Clement Benenson & Mrs. Stephanie Terelak Benenson
Ms. Fotene J. Demoulas & Mr. Tom Cote
Ms. Elizabeth O’Connor
Robert & Elizabeth Owens
Anonymous (3)
Claudia & Steven Perles Family Foundation
The Bok Family Foundation
Mr. Jonathan Chatinover &
Mr. Andrew P. Borggaard & Mrs. Jennifer M. Borggaard
William W. Farkas
Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America
Mr. Spencer P. Glendon & Ms. Lisa Y. Tung
Boston Redevelopment Authority Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Inc. Mrs. Cecily Campbell Colburn The George G. & Doris B. Daniels Wildlife Trust Mr. Andrew Davis & Dr. Florence Bourgeois Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan G. Davis EBSCO Publishing
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Esdaile
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Mrs. Diana M. Morton
Natasha & Dirk Ziff
$25,000 - $49,999
Crane Fund for Widows & Children
Fisheries & Wildlife
Mr. Scott Nathan & Ms. Laura DeBonis
Community Foundation of
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division of
Gail & Ernst von Metzsch
Mrs. Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc.
Mr. Darryl H. Mallah
Mr. Jeffrey B. Fager & Ms. Melinda W. Fager Mr. Samuel M. Feldman & Ms. Marilyn Meyerhoff The Felicia Fund
Plimpton Shattuck Fund Lauren & Michael Prior Nancy & George Putnam Mr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Record, Jr. Mr. Carter S. Romansky & Ms. Lauren Romansky Mrs. Jane Saltonstall Dr. William L. Saltonstall & Dr. Elizabeth S. Saltonstall Mrs. Carolyn Soules & Mr. Jason H. Soules Town of Stockbridge U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice VIA Art Fund Wasserman Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation The Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation The Weld Foundation Mr. Charles A. Ziering & Mrs. Margaret W. Ziering Anonymous (1)
$10,000 - $24,999
Ms. Laurie M. Hylton & Mr. Scott Hylton
Nanny & Eric Almquist
Island Foundation, Inc.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
David B. Jones & Allison K. Ryder
Laurie & David Barrett
W.O. Keeler Family Gift Fund
Mr. Walter J. Bart, Jr. &
Mr. Jared S. Keyes & Mrs. Song-Mei C. Keyes
Mrs. Jeannette Harvey Bart
Mr. Brian M. Kinney &
Mr. Steedman L. Bass Mr. John M. Bradley
Ms. Laura Kitchings
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Brown
Lenoir Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Erich Buddenhagen
Ms. Lisa S. Lewis & Mr. Bart Dunbar
John & Mollie Byrnes
The Littlejohn Family Foundation
Ms. Rebecca G. Campbell &
Mrs. Ann Macomber
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Dr. Nancy L. Keating
Mr. & Mrs. Adolfo Bezamat
Dana Markos Events *
Mr. Samuel R. Campbell
Massachusetts Department of
Mr. Ronald L. Castle &
Conservation & Recreation
Ms. Florence Ditirro
Mrs. Kathleen T. McIntyre &
Mr. Christopher A. Celeste &
Mr. A. Duncan McIntyre
Ms. Nancy J. Kramer
Ms. Judith Ann Amelotte
Neal & Ronna Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Ames
Dr. Uzochi Chimdinma Erlingsson & Dr. Erik C. Erlingsson
J. Jared & Cassandra L. Annello Ms. Amy L. Auerbach & Mr. Leo F. Swift
Mr. & Mrs. John Evangelakos
Ms. Sarah B. Cole
Mrs. Joan P. Middleton
Mrs. Hope Lincoln Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Farnsworth
Town of Concord
Estate of C. Eldridge Morgan
Mr. David A. Behnke &
Ms. Rachel G. Fletcher
Dorothy D. Conkey Trust
Mr. Albert A. Nierenberg & Mrs. Catherine Nierenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Creighton Mrs. Elizabeth de Montrichard & Mr. Gonzague de Montrichard
Mrs. Gina Beinecke & Mr. Walter Beinecke
Ms. Patricia L. Freysinger
The O’Hanley Family
Mr. Steven A. Bercu
Mr. Christopher S. Gaffney
Kate & Ford O’Neil
Mrs. Susan P. Bernard &
Alexander Dingee & Susan J. Gray
Mr. Morgan Palmer †
Deborah & Philip Edmundson
Mr. A. Neil Pappalardo & Mrs. Jane Pappalardo
Mrs. Betty M. Ellis
Mr. Arthur H. Parker &
William V. Ellis Family Foundation
Mrs. Carolyn B. Parker
Ernst & Young Ms. Jennifer Erskine & Mr. Bryan Cashin
Mr. Scott D. Parker & Ms. Kathleen V. Martin
Estate of Ellen G. Moot
The Lee & Juliet Folger Fund
Mr. Paul F. Doherty, Jr.
& Ms. Karen Kames Mrs. Martha L. Gangemi &
Mr. Peter J. Bernard
Mr. Michael A. Gangemi
Mrs. Marion B. Bianchi †
Mr. C. Mackay Ganson &
Laura & Gregory Bibler
Mrs. Julia K. Ganson
Charles Sumner Bird Foundation Ms. Karen L. Brush & Mr. David M. Brush
Ms. Diane Gipson
Mrs. Joan Buchanan
Estate of Bernice B. Godine
Mr. & Mrs. Lalor Burdick
Ms. Jo Anne Goldman Mrs. Ashley Hubbard Harmon &
Michael & Joan Even
Mrs. May H. Pierce
Mrs. Ann S. Buxbaum
Ms. Barbara W. Field
Mr. Robert D. Rands &
The Carleton, Gibson, and Mock Family
Mrs. Amelia R. Rands
Ms. Elaine Foster
Hillary Hedges Rayport &
Dr. David George Fromm
Jeffrey F. Rayport
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Gable
Mr. James M. Harmon
Mr. Robert D. Carter
The Helen G. Hauben Foundation
Mr. Richard P. Caruso
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Healey Arthur & Eloise Hodges
& Mrs. Judith W. Caruso
REI
Mrs. Sharon Casdin
James F. Hunnewell, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roby
Mrs. Frances R. Caudill
Luisa Hunnewell & Larry Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett R. Geer
Mrs. Johanna Hansen Ross
Mr. Robert A. Clark
Mr. Charles F. Kane, Jr. &
Nick & Marjorie Greville
Saquish Foundation
Mrs. I. W. Colburn
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin W. Guy, III
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Schantz
Ms. Barbara G. Cole
Ms. Deborah Hale & Mr. Martin deM. Hale
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Shepherd
Mr. James H. Hammons, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Shields
Mr. Timothy R. Collins & Ms. Emily Collins
Mrs. Julia G. Krapf
Mr. Wilmot R. Hastings
Mrs. Hope N. Smith
Copeland Family Foundation
Mr. Matthew W. Krummell &
Mrs. Frank W. Hoch & Family
Adam & Hope Suttin
Ms. Paula V. Cortés
Rupert C. Thompson Fund of
Sarah L. Creighton
Gertrude Lanman
Ms. Arabella S. Dane &
Dr. Cynthia M. Latta
Ms. Jade T. Gedeon & Mr. William E. Kiester
The Rhode Island Foundation
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ms. Anne W. Eldridge Mr. John C. Keogh George & Carolyn Koehler
& Mr. Christopher A. Cole
Ms. Valerie Davisson
Mr. John D. Laupheimer &
Mr. Edward N. Dane
Town of Williamstown
Dr. Edmund P. DeLaCour
Clara B. Winthrop Charitable Trust
The Dennis Family Foundation
Ms. Marie LeBlanc & Mr. Greg Schnipke
Genevieve & Justin Wyner
Mr. Walter C. Donovan
Mr. James E. Lenhart & Mrs. Dipti Lenhart
Anonymous (12)
The Families of George &
David & Cristina Lewis
Mrs. Deborah Laupheimer
Ms. Susan C. Livingston &
Michael Eberstadt
$5,000 - $9,999 Mrs. Katharine Stanley-Brown Abbott Walter & Alice Abrams Alarms of Berkshire County
Mr. Henry H. Livingston
The Echo Charitable Foundation Mr. Peter L. T. Eliot & Mrs. Katherine Eliot
Joe & Deborah Loughrey
Mr. & Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson
Mr. Roger W. Louis & Ms. Iris Louis
J. Irving England &
Anne S. & Brian K. Mazar
Jane L. England Charitable Trust
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Dr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Pruett Nina Purdon Charitable Foundation
Thank you to our Giving Society members. Unrestricted support is the bedrock of our historic places of Massachusetts. Since 1891
Ms. Rowan D. Murphy
Margaret Walker Purinton Foundation
Ms. Ruth Balboni
Sally & Rob Quinn
Mr. David M. Baum & Mrs. Andrea Baum
Mrs. Wendy J. Rafn & Mr. Mark Rafn
Mr. Stephen A. Bernier
Charles C. & U. Ingrid Richardson
Bob & Karen Bettacchi
Ms. Aileen K. Roberts &
The Beveridge Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Brian L. Roberts
efforts to protect and share the beautiful and
Mr. Andus D. Baker &
Mrs. Camilla Blackman
Mr. Anthony Rochte & Ms. Mia Rochte
S. K. Boreri, MD
Ms. Jacqueline Rousseau
Mr. Peter J. Boynton &
Ms. Judith Scheuer &
when Charles Eliot founded this organization
Mr. Joseph Mellicker
with a bold idea, our impact has extended to
Mr. Kenneth T. Schiciano & Ms. Pixley Schiciano
Mrs. Susan Boynton Kib & Tess Bramhall Ms. Dianne Brand & Ms. Rachel Brand Mrs. Kristina M. Brendel &
116 properties which welcome over 1.5 million
The Sedgwick Family
visitors each year. We remain committed to
Select Horticulture, Inc. *
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brockelman
protecting and stewarding our special places so
Sharpe Family Foundation/Sarah Angell
Ms. Cornelia W. Brown &
Sharpe & John Powley
that they may be enjoyed by everyone, forever.
Mr. Norton Q. Sloan. Jr. &
Your generosity and partnership is critical in
Mrs. Sandra Sloan
Mr. Douglas D. Brendel
Dr. Henry B. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Brown Ms. Dinah Buechner-Vischer
Joseph Peter Spang
Mr. John A. Burgess & Dr. Nancy S. Adams
Thomas Stair & Lucy Caldwell-Stair
Mrs. Eugenia E. Burn
Mr. Scott A. Stone & Ms. Jana Stone
Mr. John S. Butterworth
For more information about Giving Societies
Carol & Elliot Surkin
Cabbage Hill Farm *
and the special opportunities members enjoy,
Mrs. Cristen Tabors & Mr. David Tabors
John & Kate Cabot
Jane & Hooker Talcott
Paul C. & Virginia C. Cabot
these efforts.
please visit
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Truesdale *
www.thetrustees.org/leadershipgiving
Honorable & Mrs. Levin H. Campbell, Sr.
United Way of Greater New Bedford, Inc.
Mr. Richard J. Canty &
The Waldo Trust Mr. Gary M. Warner & Ms. Elizabeth Wroblicka Dr. John G. McBratney & Mrs. Elizabeth I. McBratney Mr. David C. McCabe & Mrs. Allyson T. McCabe Mr. John C. McCarthy & Ms. E. Andrea Brox Ms. Kimberly S. McGovern & Mr. Frank E. Scherkenbach Mr. & Mrs. James Mellowes Ms. Tamsen Merrill
Mr. John Hastings Wasson &
Ms. Pauline Cabot Metcalf Ms. Susan Mikula & Ms. Rachel Maddow
Mrs. Gail Wasson
Ms. Claudia Miller
Mr. Eric W. Weber & Barbara Young
Deborah & Timothy Moore
Mr. John P. Weitzel † & Mrs. Elisabeth S. Weitzel
Mr. Brian R. Neff & Ms. Jana P. Neff
Charitable Trust
Mr. Yanni Tsipis & Ms. Kristin Kara
Ms. Hope B. Woodhouse Wesley & Dianne Card Mr. John G. Carey & Mrs. Sarah Carey Jane Cheever Carr Mr. Larry Carsman & Mrs. Christine Carsman Michael & Jenny Ceppi Pamela D. & Jeffrey A. Choney
Tom & Cathy Nicholson
Mr. & Mrs. R. Angus West
Mr. William S. O’Connell
Gertrude de G. Wilmers
Mrs. Joan Person
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Wilson
Mr. George F. Colony
Ms. Beatrice A. Porter
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Rasmussen
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Constable
The Prior Family Foundation
Phyllis Robin Yale
Mary & James Nicoll Cooper
Mr. Jonathan M. Zorn
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Costello
Anonymous (9)
Ms. Anne S. Covert
Mr. Kenneth Cochrane & Mrs. Pam Cochrane
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher H. Covington
$2,500 - $4,999
Marilyn Fife & John Cragin
Mr. Thomas F. Aaron
Mr. Paul A. Cramer & Ms. Mary E. Gard
Mr. G. Christopher Abbott &
Tim & Patty Crane
Mrs. Deborah A. Abbott Dr. & Mrs. Nile L. Albright
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Lindsay & Blake Allison
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Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Crockett Mrs. Victoria R. Cunningham & Mr. Robert S. Cunningham
Maurice Amado Foundation Fund
Ms. Barbara A. Darrow
The Ames Companies, Inc. *
Dr. David & Mrs. Karen Davis
Ms. Eleanor Andrews
Ms. Jane Cashin Demers &
Apple Lane Foundation Mr. Robert L. Ashton & Mrs. Gudrun Ashton
Mr. Walter V. Demers Mr. William Dendor Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Derby Mr. & Mrs. Peter Diana
Mrs. Michele Dobbins Dodge
Ms. Susan Baker Leavitt Mr. & Ms. John T. R. Lee
Mrs. Jennifer L. Robinson & Mr. Jeff Robinson
Doe Family Foundation
The Lempel Family
Mr. & Mrs. Bradford D. Rodney
Estate of Margaret C. Dumas
The Liman Foundation
Lucas Rogers & Mathieu Gagne
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Ellard, Jr.
Mr. Jonathan B. Loring
Charles S. & Zena A. Scimeca
Ms. Barbara J. Erickson &
Mrs. Charles P. Lyman
Charitable Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lyman
Ms. Luanne E. Selk & Mr. Jon J. Skillman
Alex J. Ettl Foundation
Mr. Peter L. Macdonald
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Servison
Estate of Joan F. Faulkner
John & Barbara MacNeish
Mr. & Mrs. William Shields
Ms. Barbara Fife
Peter E. & Betsy Ridge Madsen
Ms. Regan Shields Ives &
Dr. Christian Fischer
Mr. Michael John Mars &
Dr. David R. Foster &
Ms. Terri Z. Campbell
Mr. Peter Torrebiarte
Mr. Cameron Ives Mr. & Mrs. Binkley C. Shorts
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Mr. Robert W. Silk & Ms. Sandra L. Silk
Mr. & Mrs. Hollis French, III
Mr. Rajendra K. Mathur
The Sinclair Family
Mr. James A. Gassel
Yasuko S. & Richard P. Mattione
Ms. Shirley Singleton
Ms. Suzanne F. Gauron
Mr. Thomas H. Mattox &
Mr. Mark A. Snider & Mrs. Gwenn Snider
Ms. Alyse A. Gause & Mr. William D. Gause Ms. Claire M. Gillis Rolf & Julie Goetze Mr. Stanley P. Goldstein & Mrs. Merle Goldstein Mr. Charles M. Hale & Mrs. Karen A. Hale Mrs. Leslie W. Hammond & Mr. James R. Hammond Mr. Owen Quigley Hanley & Mrs. Anne Hanley
Dr. Jacqueline K. Spencer Mr. Daniel K. Mayer & Mrs. Jennifer Z. Mayer
Augusta & Joseph Stanislaw
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Wilson Meeks
Mr. Charles Stewart & Mrs. Diane Stewart
Wilhelm Merck & Nonie Brady
Mr. & Mrs. R. Gregg Stone
Ms. Barbara Meyer &
Mr. James D. Supple &
Mr. Michael W. Perloff
David & JoEllen Sweet
Ms. Amey D. Moot &
Marc Tanner & Rebecca Rogers
Mr. William K. Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Tate
Hans & Kate Morris
Mr. Aso O. Tavitian
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Henry
Mr. John W. Murphy
Mrs. Sally C. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Hicks
Mr. Michael P. Murray &
Mrs. Beverly Malatesta Temple
Mrs. Joanne P. Murray Ms. Elizabeth Neumann
Ms. Constance B. Coburn
Mrs. Catharine Newbury &
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hunnewell, Jr.
Mr. David S. Newbury Mr. Thomas L. P. O’Donnell
Mr. & Mrs. Raimund G. Vanderweil, Jr.
Ms. Laura Iorio
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Oedel
Ms. Lynda S. Vickers-Smith &
Ipswich Charitable Foundation
Ms. Tara H. Oliver
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Jeffries
Carolyn & Robert Osteen
Vineyard Golf Club Foundation *
Dr. Robert A. Jonas &
Ms. Mary Jo Palermo &
Mr. James Wade &
Ms. Cynthia H. Magrath Ms. Karen Keane & Mr. Daniel Elias
Mr. Andrew S. Paul &
Mr. John P. Kirk & Mrs. Susan C. Kirk Mr. Joshua Aaron Klevens & Ms. Anna D. Sinaiko
Mr. Michael T. Wilson & Ms. Susan E. Greenleaf Winnetu Oceanside Resort Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Winthrop Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Winthrop Mr. Richard S. Wood Mr. Michael J. Zak & Mrs. Roxanne E. Zak Ronald L. Zarrella & Carolyn Grant
Mrs. Amy V. S. Bryan
Joanne Zitek Anonymous (7)
Mrs. Margaret M. Wade
Ms. Pamela S. Farkas Mr. Daniel Pierce, Jr. & Mrs. Barbara Pierce Project Bread Mr. Paul Przybyla
Mr. Michael Kutsch & Ms. Tammy Coselli
Razoo Foundation
Phil & Donna LaCasse
Mr. James F. Reardon
Mr. Paul LaFerriere & Ms. Dorrie Parini
Mr. Douglas P. Reed
Mrs. Judith Lafferty
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sutherland Reeder, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Lane
Mr. J. Stanley Reeve & Mrs. Abigail Reeve
Mr. Benjamin Larrabee *
Mrs. Lynne Rickabaugh &
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Lawrence
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Wilmers
Ms. Mariet Westermann * Mrs. Olivia H. Parker
Richard W. & Athena Kimball
Mr. & Mrs. Dudley H. Willis
Mr. Charles Pardoe &
Dr. Tasso Kaper & Dr. Antonella Cucchetti Jonathan & Judy Keyes
Miss Kim Williams & Mr. Trevor Miller
Mr. Richard D. Thornton
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Ingraham
Mr. Stephen Hochbrunn
Ms. Meredith Becker Ms. Regina B. Wiedenski
Mrs. Marian F. Thornton & Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Vaillant
Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Mr. Jonathan G. Wicks &
Dr. Philip H. Thielhelm
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas W. Noon
Ms. Sara Jonsberg &
Ms. Sarah J. Whittier
Ms. Mary Jane Thielhelm &
Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Hunt
Mr. Solomon B. Watson, IV & Ms. Brenda J. Watson
Dr. Melissa Tassé & Mr. Daniel Tassé
Ellen G. Moot †
Ms. Rebecca Ward & Mr. Mark Shull
Mr. Frank Wezniak & Ms. Nan Tull
Ms. Mary F. McDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Monnich
Dr. Jaye E. Hefner
Mr. James D. Houghton &
Mrs. Marie-Eve Walker
Mr. & Mrs. Campbell Steward
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Harding
Ms. Jill Alison Hornor & Mr. Yo-Yo Ma
Mr. Norman S. Walker &
Howard & Fredericka Stevenson
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Mr. Mark V. Rickabaugh
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Mr. Martin J. Auerbach &
Mr. E. Garrett Bewkes, Jr.
Mr. Jacques Abatto &
Ms. Louise Goodsill
Mr. Gregory P. Bialecki &
Mr. David L. Goldman Mr. Leopold Abraham & Mrs. Katherine N. Abraham
Mr. James E. Austin & Ms. Catherine Overholt Susan Avery
Mr. Daniel H. Callahan & Mrs. Lisa W. Callahan Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Campanella
Dr. Mary M. Herlihy
Dr. Leann Canty &
Mr. Henry Forbes Bigelow &
Dr. Prabhakar Devavaram
Mrs. Judy M. Bigelow
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ackerman
Axel Johnson, Inc.
John & Jane Bihldorff
Mrs. Diane M. Capstaff
Mr. Ronald J. Adams & Mr. Neal Eagleton
Mr. Richard R. C. Ayer &
Ms. Carol O. Biondi & Mr. Frank J. Biondi
Mr. Daniel Carlat & Ms. Tammy Bottner
Mrs. Carolyn Birmingham
Mr. Erik Carleton & Ms. Krista Carleton
Ms. Morene R. Bodner &
Christopher T. & Jane Fisher Carlson
Dr. Stanley James Adelstein & Mrs. Mary T. Adelstein
Ms. Augusta W. Ayer Sylvia & Aaron Baggish
Mr. Mark S. Ain & Mrs. Carolyn Ain
Margaret & John Bailey
Mrs. Bonnie Akins
Mr. George P. Baker &
Bear & Pam Albright Mr. Peter C. Aldrich & Mrs. Mary Lee Aldrich Mr. James G. Alexander
Mrs. Lauren Jennings Mr. Talbot Baker, Jr. Mr. Winthrop R. Baker & Ms. Wendy Harman
Martha A. Carr
Mr. David P. Carlisle Mr. Nicolas Boillot & Ms. Jennifer Cody
Ms. Lelia K. H. Carroll
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bolze
Scott & Mary Carson
Mr. Jay Quentin Bonanno &
Mr. Calvin Carver, Jr. & Ms. Anne DeLaney
Mrs. Brenda Bonanno
Mr. Avery W. Catlin & Ms. Katherine Catlin Ms. Lynda A. Ceremsak &
Boston Cares, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. William Alexander
Michael & Margherita Baldwin
Maureen & Edward Bousa
Mr. George Davitt
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Aliski
Dr. John P. Balser & Dr. Barbara E. Balser
Mr. Roland H. Boutwell, III
Susan & Appy Chandler
Allegrone Companies
Mr. William M. Bancroft &
Mr. Robert Boyett
The Chasin Family
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Boynton
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr.
Mrs. Barbara H. Almy
Mr. Edward Barbeau
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Braitmayer
Mr. Raymond Ciccolo
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Alsop
Dr. Jean T. Barbey &
Mr. David T. Brewster
Mr. Paul Ciriello & Ms. Wendy del Mul
Mrs. Irene S. Briedis & Mr. John Briedis
Mr. Nathaniel B. Clapp &
Mr. Richard M. Allen & Mrs. Laura Allen
Mr. Manuel Fernando Álvarez-González
Dr. Alice D. Murphy
Dr. Charlotte L. Barbey
Mrs. Hester C. Clapp
Mrs. Esther Ames
Mr. Jamison Barr & Ms. Sharon Alzner
Ms. Katherine K. Brobeck
Amity Island Running Club, Inc.
Ms. Michelle L. Basil & Mr. James Dawson
Mr. John F. Brooke
Ms. Helen F. Clark
Marcia & Steve Anderson
Mrs. Edith T. Bastian &
Ms. Ann D. Brooks
Mr. Paul W. Clark & Ms. Carol R. Parrish
Mr. & Ms. David B. Broughel
Mr. Arthur D. Clarke & Ms. Susan Sloan
Mr. Christopher H. Buder &
Mr. William C. Clendaniel &
Mrs. Susan Anderson & Mr. Mark Anderson Mr. Reed P. Anthony &
Dr. James F. Bastian Mr. Glenn Batchelder & Ms. Candace J. Young
Mr. Ronald P. Barbagallo
Mrs. Heather A. Buder
Ms. Cynthia A. Bayley
Don & Lynne Bulens
Mrs. Bayard H. Cobb & Mr. John Cobb
Mr. Frank Anton & Ms. Georgine T. Anton
Beacon Hill Garden Club
Mr. Garett Keith Burke &
Mrs. Rhoda Cohen
Mr. Olivier J. Aries
Mr. Arthur Beale & Ms. Teresa A. Hensick
Mr. & Mrs. Chris W. Armstrong
Mrs. Ruth S. Bell
Rick & Nonnie Burnes
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Ashcroft
Mrs. Sandra Belock-Phippen &
Katie & Paul Buttenwieser
Mrs. Barbara B. Anthony
Mr. Charles Dessau Atkinson & Ms. Tess Atkinson Mr. David Auerbach & Ms. Ariane Comstock
Ms. L. Teal Colliton & Mr. Kevin Colliton
Mrs. Mary Lynn Burke
Mr. Michael A. Collora & Ms. Clare K. O’Connell
Ms. Elizabeth W. Cabot
Mr. & Mrs. Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld
Mr. Joseph Berger & Ms. Lisa Wixon *
Mr. Samuel Cabot & Mrs. Claire Cabot
Mr. Richard G. Compson &
Mr. Jules Bernstein & Ms. Linda Lipsett
Ms. Dorothy Cady & Mr. Blake Cady
Mr. Ray Best
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony B. Cahill, Jr.
Mr. William L. Phippen
Mrs. Beth A. Compson Mr. Christopher J. Condon & Ms. Gail S. King Mr. Richard R. Congdon & Mrs. Marion L. Congdon Mr. William Connolly & Joan K. Connolly Mrs. Sylvia P. Constable Mr. Peter G. Cook & Ms. Thea Duell Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Coolidge, III Dr. William W. Cooper & Mrs. Martha Cooper Claire Corcoran & Will Murphy The Corragio Fund Elsie Cote Memorial Fund Mr. Maurice W. Coulon & Mrs. Judith A. Coulon Ms. C. Leanne Cowley & Mr. Steven P. Galante
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Mrs. Kendra Cox
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Mr. George Creamer & Ms. Kathi L. Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crocker, II Mr. Christopher Y. Crockett
Mr. Brian R. Cruey & Mr. Matt King
Mr. Peter George Eschauzier & Mrs. Jan N. Eschauzier
Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Cullen, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Ann Esdaile
Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Cuneo
Mr. William L. Evans &
Mr. John T. Cunningham
Mrs. Barbara R. Evans
Mrs. Cynthia Curme & Mr. Oliver Curme
Mr. & Mrs. W. Gerard Fallon, Jr.
Susan & James Curtis
Ms. Barbara E. Fargo
Mr. Matthew J. Cutler &
Mr. Benjamin M. Faucett &
Mrs. Kristin D. Cutler Ms. Dawn D’Alelio & Mr. Edward H. D’Alelio
Mrs. Sarah N. Faucett Mr. Donald Nathan Fawcett & Mrs. Bridget Fawcett
Mrs. Edith L. Dabney
Mr. Jamie M. Fay & Mrs. Maureen A. Fay
Helen B. Danforth
Mr. Alan Fine & Ms. Susan Leventoff
Mr. Matthew Daniels &
First Parish Church, Norwell
Mrs. Jennifer Daniels
Mrs. Elaine W. Fiske
Danish Arts Foundation
George F. Fiske, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Dannheim
Mr. John F. Fiske & Ms. Margaret Chen
Mr. Nelson J. Darling, Jr.
Nancy J. Fitzpatrick
Ms. Virginia L. Darrow &
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Fleischner
Mr. Armand G. Maldonado Mr. Samuel D. Daume, Jr. & Ms. Catherine F. Daume Mr. Jeffrey J. Davies & Ms. Victoria W. Guest Mr. Holbrook R. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Ian M. de Buy Wenniger
Mr. Allen W. Fletcher Alice & Jonathan Flint Ms. Jocelyn A. Forbush Ms. Allison Forrest Mrs. Elena Foster & Mr. Hugh Foster Fowle Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey
Mr. Douglas J. DeAngelis
Mrs. Pamela W. Fox
Mrs. Marilyn Dee & Mr. Michael Dee
Irene & Richard Frary
Mrs. Hilary Somers Deely &
Mr. West Frazier & Ms. Christine Collins
Mr. Philip Deely Mrs. Betsey S. Delaney Mr. Daniel T.M. Dempsey & Mr. Steven Rufo Mr. Christopher Detmer & Mrs. Kyra Detmer Robert & Patti Deuster Mr. John M. Donaghey & Mrs. Cathy Collier Donaghey
Dr. Albert R. Frederick & Mrs. Suzanne M. Frederick Mr. Marc D. French & Mrs. Erin M. French Carolyn & John Friedman Mr. Richard D. Frisbie JoAnn & Jack Fruchtman Mr. & Mrs. David M. Gaffney & The Gaffney Foundation Dr. & Mrs. John Galt
Susan & Digger Donahue
Mr. Greg Garland & Ms. Heather Garland
Mr. Robert M. Doyle &
Ms. Margaret Garland
Mrs. Cynthia T. Doyle
Ms. Virginia Stearns Gassel, Jr.
Dr. Robert T. Doyle & Dr. Mary Ann Nieves
Mr. Robert J. Gauch, Jr.
Ms. Elisabeth M. Drake
Mrs. Eileen P. Gebrian &
Ruth H. Dunbar
Mr. Timothy J. Barberich
Mr. & Mrs. J. Williar Dunlaevy
Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Gerard
Ms. Cecilia E. Dunn
Susan & William Geresy, Jr.
Mr. Donald D. Durkee
Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Geschke
Mr. Richard Vincent Dwyer &
Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Gewirtz
Mrs. Barbara Dwyer
Robert & Chad Gifford
EBS Insurance Brokers
Susan & John† Glessner
Simon Edison Foundation
Ms. Alexandra Glover &
Ms. Caroline C. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. David K. Eikenberry Mr. Steven Eimert & Ms. Elena Eimert Mr. Lawrence G. Eliot & Mrs. Charlotte T. Eliot Ms. Diana Engelhorn Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Mr. Peter L. Puciloski Mr. Mark R. Goldweitz & Mrs. Joyce Goldweitz Mr. John T. Goodhue & Ms. Anne Smith Mr. Douglas R. Gooding & Ms. Stacy Cloutier Mr. Edward B. Goodnow
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Ms. Stefanie Cronin & Mr. Douglas Cronin
Mr. Douglas M. Gordon &
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Harris
Ms. Cecilia T. Gordon
Mrs. & Mr. Georgia Harris
Ralph & Elizabeth Gordon
Mr. Carter H. Harrison
Ned Grandin & Deb Lawrence
Mr. Christopher Escobedo Hart &
Mr. Bob C. Gravino &
Ms. Sarah Hart
Ms. Katharine Gravino
Mrs. Janet Sheppard Hart
Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Greeley in
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Harter
memory of Arthur H. Phillips
Ms. Lauren Harvey
Ms. Sarah D. Greenhill &
Mr. William M. Hastings &
Mr. Josh Greenhill
Mrs. Diane C. Hastings
Madeline Gregory
Mrs. Christine Haydinger &
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Griffin
Mr. Timothy Landry
Charles & Natasha Grigg
Lucile W. Hays
Mrs. Campbell C. Groel, Jr.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Heald
Mr. Daniel Gropper & Ms. Tammy Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hedges, Jr.
Ms. Marni Grossman
Ms. Lucille Held
Molly Daly Grosvenor Gerard
Mr. Brett D. Hellerman &
Mr. Richard P. Grudzinski &
Mrs. Ann C. Hellerman
Ms. Julie Bowden
Mr. Jeremy D. Henderson &
Mr. & Mrs. John J Gullo, M.D. *
Ms. Catherine C. Samuels
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Gund
Mr. Malcolm G. Henderson &
Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Gutman
Mrs. Amy B. Henderson
Mr. Philip J. Guymont &
Ms. Edith H. Herbeck
Ms. Susan L. McLaren
Mr. & Mrs. John K. Herbert III
Mr. Joe W. Hale & Ms. Beth Dininio
Ms. Andrea L. Heyda
Mr. Christopher S. Haley
Ms. Cynthia S. Hibbard &
Mrs. Ann T. Hall & Mr. John L. Hall, II
Mr. George A. Hibbard
Mr. Stuart D Halpert
Mr. George Hibben & Mrs. Julia K. Hibben
Ms. Sarah E. Hancock
Mr. Donald Hindley &
Mr. Scott M. Hand & Ms. Ellen Hand
Ms. Catherine Hindley
Ms. Craig C. Hannafin &
Mr. Michael F. Hines
Mr. Daniel P. Hannafin
Mr. John J. Hitt & Mrs. Carrie Cullen Hitt
Mr. Kevin Hannaway &
Ms. Judy A. Hodge &
Mrs. Rayna Hannaway
Mr. Henry M. Frechette
Mr. Wesley Hansen &
Mr. David C. Hodgson &
Mrs. Janette Hansen
Mrs. Laurie B. Hodgson
Harbor View Hotel
Mr. Howard B. Hodgson, Jr. &
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrigan &
Mrs. Wendy Hodgson
Mr. Dan Harrigan
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Hoff
Mr. Colin D. Harrington &
Ms. Jen J. Hoffman & Mr. Jeff Hoffman
Ms. Deborah L. Balmuth
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Mr. Jeremy Maurice Jacobs & Mrs. Alice Jacobs Mrs. Catherine H. Jacobus Ms. Susan F. Jarvi Ms. Kristina G. Jelleme & ©ANCHOR IMAGERY
Mr. Jarrod Stolgitis
Mr. Richard F. Hohlt & Mrs. Deborah M. Hohlt Mr. Peter L. B. Hollinger & Mrs. Donna Hollinger Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hollis, III Mrs. Judy Hood Lois & John Horgan Paul & Betsey Horovitz The Jeffrey Horvitz Foundation Lou & Ginny Hoynes Mrs. Lily Rice Hsia Mr. Philip M. Hubbard & Ms. Ivana K. Kazda Mr. Cameron Hudson & Mrs. Patricia Hudson Richard & Helen Hughson Mrs. Walter Hunnewell Mr. Willard P. Hunnewell Ms. Ann S. Hurd & Mr. John Rodenhiser Dr. Allen Irwin Hyman & Mrs. Valerie Hyman Mr. Chris Ireland & Dr. Helen Ireland Ms. Sarah Iselin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Jackson
Ms. Carolyn A. Lattin &
Ms. Justine Kent-Uritam &
Mr. Venkat Venkatraman
Mr. Rein A. Uritam
Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Lawrence
Mrs. Lydia A. Kenton Walsh &
Lazan Glover & Puciloski LLP
Mr. Robert B. Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Leahy
Mrs. Becky C. Kidder Smith &
Mr. Laurence H. Lebowitz &
Mr. Thomas C. Smith
Ms. Naomi D. Aberly
Mr. & Mrs. Pliny Jewell, III
Ms. Katherine J. Kidder & Tom Kent
Ms. Amy G. Job & Mr. Robert Job
Ms. Katherine Kimball
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Lee
Amy D. Johnson, MD
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. King
Mr. Peter Lehner
Mr. Mark W. Johnson &
Mr. Jeffrey Kingsley &
Mr. Matt Lehrer & Mrs. Alice Lehrer
Mrs. Tracy D. Johnson
Mr. Timothy Leland & Mrs. Julie Leland
Mrs. Allison Kingsley
Joset Corporation
Mr. James Kirschner & Ms. Anne Hutchins
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Leslie
JP Metz Company
Mr. John E. Klein & Mrs. Charlotte E. Klein
Ms. Tara S. Levine & Mr. Bob Levine
Matthew & Liz Kamens
Sue & Chris Klem
Mr. David W. Lewis, Jr.
Mr. James F. Kane &
Mr. David C. Kloss
Mr. Andrew J. Ley & Mrs. Carol P. Searle
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kneisel
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Lichtstein
Ms. Sabrina L. Kanner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Knowles
Ms. Alexandra Liftman &
Dr. Stephen Karsh
Mr. Edward Kohler
Katama Association
Mr. Jeffrey R. Kontoff &
Representative Hannah Kane
Dr. Julie Kaufman
Mr. Stephen Liftman Ms. Susan B. Lindenberg & Mr. Jonathan Lindenberg
Mrs. Diane Kontoff
Mr. Edward M. Kaye & Ms. Alyssa Lebel
Mr. Richard P. Kosian & Ms. Sally Hamblen
Ms. Gloria Kearney &
Mr. Roger A. Kuebel &
Mr. Daniel P. Kearney
Mr. Edward C. Lingel & Mrs. Pamela M. Lingel Ms. Cynthia H. Little & Ms. Amy Rossiter
Mrs. Candace L. Kuebel Pamela S. Kunkemueller
Ms. Nancy Corns Littlehale
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kupper, Jr.
Ms. Christine A. Lojko
Mr. Steven Keleti & Ms. Jean Danton
Mr. F. D. Lackey, III
Mr. Charles W. Long
Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Kellner
Philip Laird & Amy Clarkson
Charles & Polly Longsworth
Ms. Gillian Kellogg
Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. David Loring
Mr. James P. Kelly &
Mr. Jeffrey A. Landon &
Peter & Babette Loring
Mr. Brenton J. Keefer & Mrs. Charlotte M. Keefer
Mrs. Margaret S. Kelly
Mrs. Rosemary K. Loring &
Ms. Susan K. Landon
Dr. David Byrne
Mr. & Mrs. W. Clinton Kendall
Mr. John Lanza & Ms. Ann-Mara Lanza
Mr. John Kendzierski & Pat Kendzierski
Mr. Joseph P. Lanzillotta, Jr.
Ms. Heather Lovett
Mr. David Kensy
Mr. Jeremy Lapon & Dr. Denise G. Lapon
Mr. Ivan Lugo
Mrs. Erin O. Kent & Mr. Patrick Kent
Mr. Robert A. Larsen, Jr. &
Ms. Sarah H. Lupfer Michael & Gail Lynch
Ms. Judith A. Robichaud
Eric & Amy Mabley
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Ms. Julie E. Mackin & Mr. Daniel S. Clevenger Mr. Robert W. Macleod & Mrs. Barbara W. Macleod Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Macmillan Ms. Katherine Malle & Mr. John Sipos Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Marcus Mr. Paul R. Marcus & Mrs. Anne P. Marcus Ms. Soraya Mariel & Mr. Arthur Robinson Mr. Adam Markell & Mrs. Rosemary Markell Mr. George L. Markos & Mrs. Constance P. Markos Prof. James H. Marrow & Dr. Emily Rose Mr. & Mrs. William B. Marsh Mr. Ronald G. Marshall & Mrs. Ellen Marshall Shirey & Jim Marten Martha’s Vineyard Museum * Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association
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Carmela & Walker Martin Mr. Gary D. Martin & Mrs. Karen Martin Mr. William Martin &
Ms. Johanna Musselman &
Ms. Anne J. Hezzey
Mr. George J. Mutrie & Mrs. Martha Mutrie
Ms. Pamela J. Pescosolido
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Reilly Mrs. Margaret M. Reiser &
Frederick O. J. Muzi Foundation
Peter Fasano Limited
Mastwood Charitable Foundation
Mr. James D. Nail & Ms. Catherine Belden
Ms. Elizabeth Peters Bierer &
Mrs. Marilee Matteson
Ms. Penelope Neal &
Ms. Kristin Hanson Martin
Mr. Frank Mazer & Ms. Susannah Mazer Dr. Peter Mazzaglia Mr. Scott McArthur & Ms. Vickie Thurber *
Mr. Thomas M. Reardon &
Mr. Edward N. Perry & Ms. Cynthia W. Wood
Mr. David Musselman
Mr. Matthew Whitlock Mr. Nicholas Negroponte & Ms. Deborah Z. Porter
Dr. Charles L. Cooney Mr. & Mrs. William P. Rice, Sr.
Dr. Michael F. Bierer Ms. Miriam Phillips & Mr. Charles Eley
Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Rich
Mr. Stephen John Phillips &
Mrs. Margaret E. Richardson Migsie & Gar Richlin
Mrs. Marianne Phillips
Mr. Edward F. McBride
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Netland
Ms. Joanna L. Phippen
Mrs. Nancy Riegel
Roger & Nancy McCabe Foundation, MN
Mr. Paul Britton Newhouse &
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew V. Pierce
Mrs. Virginia M. Ripp & Mr. Joseph A. Ripp
Ms. Donna J. Pineau & Mr. Robert Pineau
Deborah C. Robbins & Family,
Mr. Philip E McCarthy
Mrs. Diane M. Newhouse
in memory of James O. Robbins
Mr. William L. Pingree &
Thomas & Emily McClintock
Mr. Robert J. Newhouse, Jr.
Mr. James T. McGuinness
Sarah & Jeff Newton
Marie & Robert McInnes
Mr. Herb Nolan & Ms. Mary Violette
Ms. Susanna B. Place & Mr. Scott L. Stoll
Ms. Cornelia C. Roberts
Ms. Janice D. McKeever &
Ms. Tara Nolan
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Plukas
Mr. George O. Roberts
Ms. Diane C. Nordin & Mr. Thomas Keller
Ms. Vida E. Poole
Henrietta & Heaton Robertson
Martin McKerrow & Toni B. McKerrow
Northeast Bank
Ms. Amy G. Poorvu &
Mr. Richard D. Rockwell &
Mr. Christopher McKown &
Mr. Alexander A. Notopoulos, Jr. &
Mr. Joseph F. McKeever, III
Ms. Abigail Johnson Mr. Lloyd B. McManus, Jr. Ms. Katherine J. McMillan
Ms. Alexis Anderson Mr. Michael R. Nowlan & Mrs. Elizabeth R. Nowlan
Ms. Anne Roberge
Mrs. Lucy C. Pingree
Mrs. Lyly D. Rockwell
Mr. Jonathan H. Poorvu Ms. Allison Porter
Jeff & Chris Rodek
Dr. Richard S. Post & Mrs. Janet H. Post
Mr. Richard L. Rodgers & Ms. Heather J. Reid
Mrs. Diana Hitt Potter
Mr. Richard K. McMullan
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Nussbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory L. Pottle
Dr. Laura Roebuck & Dr. William Meehan
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Meahl
The Donal C. O’Brien Jr. Family
Margaret Poutasse
Ken & Ellen Roman
Mr. Robert Alan Medaugh &
Mrs. Eleanor Q. O’Neill
Mr. Michael Powell & Ms. Devon Powell
Philip Rosenkranz
Ms. Victoria B. O’Neill &
Dr. Noel A. Powell
Dr. Jeffrey S. Ross & Mrs. Karen C. Ross
Dr. Daniel Pratt & Mrs. Susanna Pratt
Mr. Rob Ross & Mrs. Mathilde Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pratt
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Rowley, Jr.
Mr. Graham L. Prendergast
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin V. Ruddy
Mr. Richard McKim Preston &
Dr. Joseph C. Runkle &
Mrs. Barbara Medaugh Mr. James Meehan Ms. Lucy D. Metcalf Betsy S. Michel Mr. Howard M. Miller & Mrs. Elaine T. Miller
Mr. Thomas E. Kelly, Jr. Mr. Brian W. Ogilvie & Ms. Jennifer N. Heuer Mrs. Nannette F. Orr Sally & Michael Orr
Ms. Amy Snodgrass
Ms. Lori Preston
Cynthia Rusis & Armins Rusis
Mr. Michael Pulitzer &
Mr. Julian Miller & Ms. Joan Klagsbrun
Mr. Bradley Palmer & Mrs. Hadley Palmer
Mr. Wayne Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Parker
Ms. Elizabeth Mills & Mr. Jeffrey Mills
Ms. Christine Parks
Nat & Holly Pulsifer
Mr. John P. Ryan & Dr. Claire P. Mansur
Mrs. Phebe Stevens Miner
Mr. Robert Paschke &
Mr. David Rabin & Ms. Heather Atwood
Didi & Neal Ryland
Ms. Jane Ralph & Ms. Nadine Ralph
Mrs. Bonnie Sacerdote
Mr. Lance A. Ramshaw &
Mr. Stephen Sachman
Mr. Robert B. Minturn Mr. & Mrs. John O. Mirick Mrs. Dorothy K. Monnelly & Dr. Edward P. Monnelly Mr. Matthew Montgomery & Mr. Kristian Kassimis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Montminy Mr. Peter L. Morbeck & Mrs. Virginia C. Morbeck
Ms. Deidre Donaldson Mr. James K . Patrick & Mrs. Stephanie W. Patrick Mr. James Patten & Mrs. Joyce Patten Ms. Abby Patterson Ms. Dawn Patton & Mr. John E. Patton Mrs. Joanne H. Patton Mr. Jan A. Pechenik &
Ms. Valyri A. Peck Zieff & Mr. Martin Zieff Mr. Patrick J. Pedonti & Mr. Donald J. Pegg & Mrs. Susan Pegg
Mr. William B. Mosakowski
Mr. † & Mrs. Chester D. Peirce
Ms. Deborah W. Moses
Alan & Judy Pemstein
Mr. John T. Moy & Ms. Sonya E. Keene
Mr. Jonathan Penn & Mrs. Linda Penn
Mr. & Mrs. George R. Mrkonic
Mr. & Ms. Russell J. Peotter
Maria Mucci/Charles S. & Zena A.
Ms. Gloria Percival
Ms. Amy S. Cerrito
Mr. L. Scott Scharer &
Mr. Peter R. Rawlings &
Ms. Margaret M. Talcott
Mrs. Ellen Rawlings
Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Schliemann
Mrs. Sandra Ray
Mrs. Pamela C. Pedonti
Mr. Christopher Morss
Mr. Colin J. Murtaugh &
Mrs. Rebecca Saunders
Mrs. Susan Cooper Rauch
Mrs. Regina Campbell
Mrs. Joyce L. Morgan &
Scimeca Charitable Fund
Mr. Alec Sargent & Mrs. Lee Sargent
Mr. Henry Rauch &
Mrs. Susan W. Peck & Mr. Robert Peck
Mr. George Morgan Mr. James L. Morgan
Chris & Pito Salas
Ms. Abigail G. Wine
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Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot Minot
Mr. Ian Rusk
Ms. Ramelle Pulitzer
PerkinElmer Cynthia & Dick Perkins Mr. William B. Perkins
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©TRUSTEES
SPOTLIGHT
Art & the Landscape
©ABOVE SUMMIT
BY MEREDITH CUTLER
The Meeting House A New End
The Meeting House
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rustees landscapes, rich in cultural, historical and natural context, provide platforms for inspiration and meaning. In 2016, The Trustees launched a multi-year initiative, entitled Art & the Landscape, to present compelling contemporary art in the context of a public landscape. Launched with two temporary, site-specific outdoor art installations at The Old Manse in Concord and World’s End in Hingham, Art & the Landscape realizes a golden opportunity for engaging new audiences through powerful, interactive experiences while creating fresh dialogue around some of the organization’s most recognized properties. “The idea of outdoor art in Trustees places had been percolating for some time,” reflects Trustees President and CEO Barbara J. Erickson. “We had been talking to experts in the field and began thinking through how you actually do something that speaks to the stories of these places while keeping their integrity—but also allows for something new.” After a competitive selection process, The Trustees engaged renowned independent curator Pedro Alonzo to pair artists with sites. “I’ve had access to walls, buildings, even maximum security prisons… but not the landscape,” says Alonzo of this irresistible opportunity to curate original works for some of the Trustees’ most historically significant properties. He adds that the initiative allows artists to “develop works conceived to directly engage audiences outside of the traditional art world circuit.”
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The Old Manse bore witness to the war for independence in 1776 and made its own mark on history in the 19th Century as a hot bed for intellectual activity. In The Meeting House, Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Sam Durant re-ignited the Manse as a platform for dialogue on the ongoing issues surrounding slavery, racism and segregation in America. This multi-faceted work included an open-air pavilion conceived by Durant as a welcoming, public gathering place for “recognizing and remembering that past, but needing to think about and imagine a different kind of future for the country.” Under the welcoming yellow canopy, a series of four Lyceums—in the spirit of 19thcentury public events of the same name—invited public discourse around these intractable topics. Inside the Manse, Durant installed a number of artifacts, seamlessly integrated with the preserved furnishings, related to slavery and the black presence in Concord.
A New End
In a sensory counterpoint to The Meeting House, visitors to World’s End in Hingham were invited to explore, touch, and create their own photographic interpretations of Danish-born artist Jeppe Hein’s installation A New End. Hein is known for work that invites play and a sense of wonder, as well as interaction with the site and other viewers. This work is a labyrinth composed of mirrored columns placed in a nautilus arrangement, rising from 3 feet tall at the entrance to 9 feet high at center. With a mound-shaped format echoing the site’s natural drumlin formations and prime placement near the water, Hein’s installation invited meditation and contemplation of this singular landscape.
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Schmidt Roberta K. Schnoor Ms. Elizabeth K. Schodek Mr. William C. Schrader &
Mr. Karel Steiner & Mr. Arthur K. Steinert &
Mrs. Kathy Lynn Washburn &
Mrs. Denise M. Tompkins &
Mr. Andrew O. Washburn
Mr. Ronald G. Tompkins
Mrs. Catherine A. Steiner
Wauwinet Landowners Association
Mr. Michael K. Tooke &
Mr. Scott Wayne
Mrs. Nancy B. Tooke
Ms. Suzanne Pinto Mr. James Stern
Mr. Andrew G. Torchia & Ms. Amy Torchia
Mr. Jeremy Webber & Mrs. Asia Webber
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Schreiber
Ms. Alison Stewart & Mr. Bill Stewart
Mr. Matthew C. Torrey &
Amy & John Weinberg
Mrs. Lesley Schreuer
Ms. Fiona Stewart & Mr. Mark Avenmarg
Miss Rene Schweickhardt &
Joly Stewart
Mrs. Carolyn Schrader
Mr. Jeff Hyman Ms. Jane R. Seagrave & Mr. John H. Kennedy
Stier Family
Hugh† & Mary Waters Shepley
Ms. Catherine M. Stone
Patrick & Katherine Sherbrooke
Dick & Susie Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Ross E. Sherbrooke
Dr. Jennifer P. Stone &
Mr. William A. Sherden & Mrs. Molly Sherden Mr. John Simourian & Mrs. Candace Simourian Mr. Michael A. Simpson Mr. Karl Sims & Mrs. Patricia E. Maes Ms. Amanda Smith Mr. Joel Allen Smith & Mrs. Kathy Smith
Mr. Jonathan Green Mrs. Mimi L. Storey &
Mr. Stephen K. West & Mrs. Ann W. West
Mr. Jeff Trachsel &
Mrs. Dorothy A. Wexler &
Ms. Janice M. Smyth
Mrs. Lisa Taffe & Mr. Patrick Taffe
Rev. Georgia Ann Snell
Dr. Ronald W. Takvorian & Dr. Katherine U. Takvorian
Mr. Peter Whistler
Mr. Steve Nigzus Ms. Gay G. Tucker
Mrs. Constance V. R. White
Mr. Peter J. Turowski &
Mr. & Mrs. Richard White Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. White
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Turowski Mark & Jerilyn Tyrrell
Mrs. Donna Tadler & Mr. Robert Tadler
Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Weymouth
Mr. George E. Triantaris &
Dr. Mitchell L. Sweet &
Mrs. Beverly Szakacs
Mr. Luke Sadrian
Mrs. Rebecca Trachsel
Ms. Deborah S. Twining
Mundi & Syd Smithers
Dr. Richard A. Snellgrove
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Townsend
Garrett Stuck & Pamela Coravos
Mr. George Szakacs &
Mr. John R. Wencek
Mrs. Sharon T. Toulotte
Mr. Charles M. Storey
Ms. Andrea Peraner-Sweet
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Weld
Mr. Jean-Jacque Toulotte &
Dr. Mahlon Stewart & Ms. Pauline Frommer
Weinshel/Goldfarb Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Amy B. Torrey
Mr. Luke J. Whitesell & Ms. Catherine McLellan Whittier Family Charitable Gift
Mr. Richard D. Urell
Fund of the Greater Worcester
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Valentine &
Community Foundation
Mr. John H. Valentine, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wilkinson
Mr. Michael R. Van Brunt &
Ralph B. & Margaret C. Williams Fund
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Van Brunt Mr. Donald Van Dyke
Julie Hall Williams & Joel Williams
Ms. Gay Ryerson Vervaet
Ed & Imogen Wilson Mr. Nathan M. Wilson &
Mr. Gary Snyder & Dr. Joyce Lyons
Mr. David V. Taylor
Mr. Gary L. Vilchick
Mrs. Daisy Soros
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Taylor
Ms. Jude Villa
Mrs. Caroline A. Spang
Mr. William F. Taylor
Julie M. Viola & Michelle Viola
Mrs. Roberta E. Wilson
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Spang &
Mrs. Patricia R. Ternes
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest von Simson
Ms. Patricia S. Winer
The Todd Family
Ms. Natalia K. Wainwright &
Mr. Daniel C. Wing & Ms. Yvette Lucas
Mr. Thomas E. Spang
Ms. Megan D. Gadd
Mr. Paul Wing
Mr. Andrew S. Wainwright
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Spector
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Thomas
Mr. Lee Spence
Mr. Thomas McKean Thomas
Mr. Paul Sperry
Mr. & Ms. Peter Thomson
Mr. Lionel B. Spiro & Mrs. Vivian K. Spiro
Mr. John L. Thorndike
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Wakeman
Linda C. Wisnewski & William P. Collatos
Mr. Greg Spivy & Mrs. Laura Y. Spivy
Mr. Robert W. Thuotte &
Mr. & Mrs. Neil W. Wallace
Ms. Sarah M. Wolfgang &
Mrs. Mary M. St. Laurent Peggy & David Starr
Ms. Julia A. Barnard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Tilghman
Mrs. Hope Winthrop
Ms. Wendy D. Wakeman
Mr. Meldon Wolfgang, IV
Mr. Thomas P. Walsh &
Ms. Rachel N. Wollam &
Mrs. Elisabeth Walsh
Mr. Brett P. Wollam
Ms. Sara Read Timmons
Ms. Christina Wood Ms. Natalie J. Wood Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Woods Mrs. Nancy B. Woods & Mr. Fred Woods Ms. Nancy C. Woolford Bob Wright Mr. Jeffries Wyman, Jr. Mr. James Wyner & Mrs. Giang Wyner * Ms. Laurel Zangerl-Salter & Mr. Carl Zangerl-Salter Mr. Paul A. Zevnik & Ms. Ginny Grenham/ The Zevnik Charitable Foundation Ms. Deborah L. Zildjian Mr. Peter J. Zuromskis Anonymous (17) ©ANCHOR IMAGERY
Mr. David F. St. Laurent &
Mr. Grant Forbes Winthrop &
Mr. Bradford B. Wakeman &
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The Semper Virens Society Semper Virens, which means “always green,” honors and recognizes generous individuals who have made a legacy gift to The Trustees. Since the first recorded bequest in 1902, support via wills and life income gifts has built and strengthened The Trustees’ mission. This strong financial base has provided important stability, enabling The Trustees to secure important landscapes and landmarks, acquire new reservations, implement innovative stewardship, share our conservation mission, and promote ongoing protection of threatened land across the state. We are delighted to list the members of the Semper Virens Society. In making a planned gift, these individuals have turned their passion into a legacy, and set an inspiring example for others to follow.
Ms. Rosamond W. Allen Lindsay & Blake Allison
Mrs. Mollie T. Byrnes & Mr. John H. Byrnes, Jr.
Barbara J. Erickson & Peter Torrebiarte
Al R. Ireton
Richard J. Erickson & Laurie S. Miles
Jay Jaroslav & Susan Erony
Mr. Manuel Fernando Álvarez-González
Rebecca Gardner Campbell
William W. Farkas
Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Jordan
Judith Ann Amelotte
Robert W. & Bettyle Carpenter
Mrs. Christine Ferrari
Virginia Jordan
Josephine H. Ashley
CDR & Mrs. Robert H. Chambers Jr.
Gaffney J. Feskoe
Charles F. Kane, Jr. & Anne W. Eldridge
Jacques P. & Frederika B. Fiechter
Joyce P. & Charles B. Ketcham
Jennifer C. & Stephen T. Chen
Barbara A. Field
Jonathan & Judy Keyes
Mr. William W. Claflin, Jr.
Dr. Edward H. Fitch
Mary Ellen Kiddle
Robert A. Barton
Arthur D. Clarke
Steven Fitzek & Ann Bracchi
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball
Mr. Steedman L. Bass
Peter Coffin
Elaine Foster
Mrs. Judith C. King & Mr. Mark A. King
Ms. Alison Bassett
Mrs. I. W. Colburn
Ms. Adele Franks
Mr. Brian M. Kinney &
Elisabeth Bayle
Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld
Albert & Suzanne Frederick
Mr. Christopher M. Begg
Mr. William G. Constable
Diane J. Gallan
Lawrence & Sarah Klein
Mr. David A. Behnke & Mr. Paul F.
Glenn B. Conway †
Jim & Marianne Gambaro
Mr. Jeffrey R. Kontoff
Nathaniel S. Coolidge
John Lowell Gardner
Jeffrey D. Korzenik
Mr. & Mrs. Adolfo Bezamat
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Cooper
Susan Haupt Gerdine
Berthe K. Ladd
Deborah M. Blake
Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr.
Mrs. Gloria J. Gery
Mr. Edward H. Ladd
Gwen M. Blodgett
Melissa Crocker
Cynthia Gibson
Ellen B. Lahlum
Cynthia C. Bloomquist
Mr. & Mrs. David D. Croll
Ms. Marjorie Coleman Glaister
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Laipson
Kib & Tess Bramhall
Patricia Crosthwait
Ralph D. & Elizabeth W. Gordon
Gertrude Lanman
Corey W. & Donna M. Briggs
Susan W. Crum
Alexander Yale Goriansky
Mr. Robert A. Larsen &
Mr. William E. Briggs
Dianne C. Dana
Mr. Morris Gray, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brockelman
Deb Davis & Art Raiche
Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Monique Lehner
Cornelia W. Brown
Mr. Philip H. Davis & Mr. Eric M. Flint
Christopher Gunning & Louise Dube
Mr. Allan S. Leonard
Bonnie D. Brugger
Elizabeth Dill & Chris Rowbottom
Mr. James H. Hammons, Jr.
Josh Lerner & Wendy Wood
Lois E. Brynes & Serena Hilsinger
Robert A. & Suzanne † Dixon
Barbara Hanley & Leo Brooks
Mr. George E. Lewis, Sr.
Mrs. Eustace W. Buchanan
John Downie
Douglas B. & Susan Harding
Dr. Terri Loewenthal
Mary M. Burgarella
Stephen Patrick Driscoll &
Mrs. Roslyn E. Harrington
Caleb Loring, III
Margery Harris
Nancy J. & Holger M. Luther
Mr. William S. Babbitt Jeannette Harvey Bart & Walter J. Bart, Jr.
Doherty, Jr.
William L. Burgart
USN (ret.)
Robert A. Tocci
Dr. Nancy L. Keating
Ms. Judith A. Robichaud
Raymond & Susan Burk
Caitlyn & Kimberly Duncan-Mooney
Nathan Hayward, III
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Lyford
Mrs. Douglas E. Busch
Mr. David T. Edsall
Mr. Kenneth H. Hill
Robert & Linda MacIntosh
Winifred B. Bush
Mr. Nicholas C. Edsall
Eloise W. & Arthur C. Hodges
Leandra MacLennan
Mr. John S. Butterworth
Thomas & Jane Ellsworth
Mary B. Horne
Harry & Caryl MacLeod
Mr. & Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson
Roger B. & Janice G. Hunt
Sylvia S. Mader
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald H. Epp
Melanie Reed Ingalls
Mr. & Mrs. Eli Manchester, Jr.
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Ms. Lisa Manning
Paul E. & Lisa B. Sacksman
Albert R. Margeson
Stanley & Barbara Schantz
Shirley & Jim Marten
John R. & Rebecca C. Schreiber
Linda J. Mazurek
William E. Schroeder & Martitia Tuttle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. McAulay
Barbara C. Schwartz
J. Greer & Elizabeth I. McBratney
David W. Scudder
Ms. Claire McCall
James G. Shanley & Karen P. Battles
Ms. Nancy F. McCarthy &
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shapp
Mr. Paul Creamer
Sharon L. Sharnprapai
Cathleen D. McCormick
Jennifer C. Shaw
Mr. H. Bruce McEver
Hugh † & Mary Waters Shepley
Thomas D. McKiernan
Mr. & Mrs. Norton Q. Sloan, Jr.
Mrs. John S. McLennan
John L Slocum & Elizabeth A Slocum
Katherine J. McMillan
Mr. & Mrs. F. S. Smithers, IV
Stephen E. Mermelstein
Ms. Emma-Marie Snedeker
Virginia & Laurence Michie
James W. Spinney
Mary Mintz & Andrew Mintz
Mr. & Mrs. Burgess P. Standley
Benjamin C. Moore
Patricia P. Storey
Ellen G. Moot †
Mary Ann Streeter
Wendy D. Morgan
Beverly M. Sullivan
Christopher Morss
Carol F. Surkin & Elliot M. Surkin
Robert Newman & Nancy Jones
Hooker & Jane Talcott
Thomas H. Nicholson
Jack Teahan & Judi Teahan
Thomas L. P. O’Donnell
Mr. Phillip Terpos
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Oman
Peter H. Van Demark
Carolyn & Robert Osteen
Ms. Lori van Handel &
Mr.† & Mrs. John O. Parker
The Trustees is Massachusetts’ largest conservation and preservation organization and the nation’s first land trust. We are a nonprofit supported by members, friends, and donors. Explore 116 amazing places across Massachusetts, from beaches, farms and woodlands, to historic homes, urban gardens and more.
Barbara J. Erickson President & CEO Joanna Ballantine Vice President, Western Region Jocelyn Forbush Chief, Operations & Programs Alicia Leuba Vice President, Eastern Region
Ms. Nancy A. Roseman
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas D. Payne
Frank Vartuli
Chester D. † & Dorothy S. Peirce
Gay Vervaet
Joan Person
Ralph B. Vogel †
Kirk E. Peterson & Christine M. Yario
Ralph B. Vogel, II
Margaret Peterson
Ms. Carol Wadsworth
Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Petino
Ms. Margaret A. Waggoner
Robert F. Pilicy
Pamela B. Weatherbee
Harriet Marple Plehn
Mr. Edward J. Weiner
Anne P. Plunkett
Constance V. R. White
George Putnam
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Whiting
Colm J. Renehan
Hope W. Wigglesworth †
Bea A. Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Winthrop
Stephen C. & Emma Root
Mr. Richard S. Wood
Mr. Philip W. Rosenkranz
Nancy C. Woolford
Johanna Roses Robichau
Mark G. Zawacki
Donald Guy Ross
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Matthew Montgomery Chief Marketing Officer Noah Schneiderman Chief Financial & Administrative Officer Edward Wilson Chief, Development & Enterprise Editorial Wayne Wilkins Director of Marketing and Communications Design Lisa Rowe Foulger Senior Designer
Mrs. Johanna Hansen Ross James L. Roth
† Deceased
Matthew Mullin Graphic Designer
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