NEW DEPTHS Partner Alliance Provides Support and Benefits We have continued to grow our business and organizational base of support. With fifty members this year contributing $20,000, our Partner Alliance has provided us with a foundation of much-needed unrestricted income. Plus the members of this group, which includes Penn Master of Science in Applied Geosciences, Liberty Tree & Landscape Management, NV5, PECO, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, Primex Garden Center, TD Bank, and others—have strengthened our network of expert friends and resources.
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Members are invited to an annual fall Networking Reception as well as our annual Watershed Milestones Award Ceremony and Reception each May. They enjoy their networking and promotional benefits, as well as keeping up-to-date with our education, restoration, and community engagement successes.
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Our Partner Alliance kicks off anew each year.
Partner Alliance Members
Join us in 2019 and see you at Milestones!
“We’ve been impressed with this watershed organization’s effectiveness as a community engagement and restoration leader for many years. This team gets things done! As a family-owned, independent, all-seasons garden center, nursery and greenhouse, we share TTF’s commitment to our local community as well as to using native plants and providing bird habitat! Our sponsorship strengthens our ability to encourage understanding and use of these tools to benefit our environment and customers.” — David Green, Owner, Primex Garden Center
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Education New Creekmobile Educates and Inspires with Hands-on Lessons for Trail Visitors With support from the Joseph Robert Foundation and the William Penn Foundation’s Alliance for Watershed Education, as well as support from the Philadelphia Water Department, TTF brought lessons directly to the community by transforming a cargo bicycle into a pop-up watershed education center. Dubbed the Creekmobile, this bike travels along the Tacony Creek Park trail and park gateways, and makes appearances at community events. The Creekmobile is loaded with activities and community resources that help guests learn all about the creek and the plants and animals that call it home, with a focus on ways for all of us to protect this precious resource. Community members can learn what is happening in their neighborhoods when it rains, where their drinking water comes from, what a combined sewer system is (and why swimming in the creek is a bad idea), as well as the exciting work being done in our communities to restore the health of our creek. After the initial launch, the Creekmobile went on tour, visiting Tacony Creek Park’s gateways, schools and libraries, and even trail ribbon cuttings! In its first year, we served over 500 adults and children with this innovative environmental education tool!
Flower Show Brings Watershed Issues to Thousands This year, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s annual Flower Show had a theme relevant to our mission: Wonders of Water! As members of the Alliance for Watershed Education, a group of 23 environmental centers in the Delaware River region, we were invited to the Flower Show to introduce our watershed to some of the thousands of show attendees. We located our Creekmobile near the special “Windows on the Watershed” exhibit funded by the William Penn Foundation, and engaged passersby through our hands-on fishing game.
Nature Talks Connects Community to Conservation Thought Leaders Here at TTF, we think a lot about how to connect people to nature. Our new annual series of thoughtprovoking conversations provides an opportunity to connect our community with environmental leaders. Our inaugural Nature Talks provided a space to share ideas and build connections, leading to greater environmental stewardship for our watershed. The Scattergood Foundation helped us bring Richard Louv, renowned author of Last Child in the Woods, to the Friends Center for a conversation with more than one hundred regional nature leaders. Louv spoke about the importance of connecting with the natural world for our physical, psychological, and cognitive health, and ways to incorporate nature into our lives even within dense cities. Louv concluded with a challenge for Philadelphia to become the nation’s first “Nature-Rich City.” We’re ready to meet Louv’s challenge! We have embraced iNaturalist, an app that’s a one-stop shop for nature observation, identification, and data collection. iNaturalist has become our ultimate tool for engaging our constituents of all ages. We use it
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to conduct BioBlitzes across our watershed, from schoolyards and backyards to creeks and parks. We hope you’ll join us as we help lead the first City Nature Challenge in Philadelphia in April 2019!
another Jenkintown Creek Tour featuring our newest restoration sites in Abington and Cheltenham in June.
Our next Nature Talks is already scheduled! We will host our Creekmobile along with a talk by co-host and producer of the Urban Wildlife Podcast at United By Blue in Old City in March 2019.
Volunteers Make Movie Night Magic
Taking to the Trails: Tours Lead to Progress The best way to understand the challenges and opportunities of our creeks, parks, and trails is to see them up close. By hosting tours across our watershed, from Tacony Creek Park to our restoration projects in Montgomery County, we provide an opportunity for stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding of our landscape. This year, we hosted many key stakeholders including the William Penn Foundation, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Montgomery County Planning Commission, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, The Circuit, Temple and Villanova Universities, Streamkeepers, Commissioners, and local Environmental Advisory Councils. During a tour focused on exploring potential trail connections between Tacony Creek Park and Cheltenham, Patrick Starr, Executive Vice President of PEC, shared “What I saw on our tour is so very exciting! Along the “gateway” portion that would connect into the existing Tacony Trail in Philadelphia is an opportunity to provide a safe bike lane that would enhance safety for motorists and pedestrians by better managing speed and flow. Moving deeper into Cheltenham Township, there were intriguing opportunities to enhance existing trail infrastructure that is already heavily used by local residents in the form of running/ walking trails all the way to High School Park.” This excitement and encouragement was shared by many other tour participants. This year we will offer tours of Tacony Creek Park on a monthly basis and will host
Tacony Creek Park Keepers, our park friends group, thought of a new way to attract families to the park by launching our first ever Movie Night. At our first showing—Moana—200 visitors not only enjoyed a movie under the stars, but had a chance to learn about getting involved and accessing more of our free programs. Many thanks to Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Fairmount Park Conservancy for sponsoring this event. The TCP Keepers group is growing. Lend your hand to improve your Tacony Creek Park!
“We have to protect our water. This is our planet. I mean, this is it.” - Roberta Brunner, TTF Streamkeeper
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Creekmobile delighted visitors at the PHS Flower Show.
Emma Montroy and her friend marked storm drains in Jenkintown.
Roberta Brunner, TTF Streamkeeper.
Stewardship Streamkeepers like Roberta Think Globally and Act Locally Our Streamkeepers are volunteers who are the eyes and ears of our creeks. By making monthly inspections, they help us gather baseline data about our creeks. They are the epitome of environmental stewards! Roberta Brunner of Abington was one of our first neighbors to sign up to be a Streamkeeper! She is enthusiastic and dedicated—in fact, she’s so awesome we featured her in our GreenTreks vimeo, Streamkeepers: Keeping An Eye on Our Creeks! “Four years ago, when TTF first sent out a call for people to learn about Streamkeeping, I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to help on a local level and meet folks with a similar love of nature. Over the last few years, I have made friends with other Streamkeepers and learned many interesting things about our watershed and how we can help protect our local water resources. We are encouraged to interact with our legislators on laws that are important to our water issues, such as stormwater runoff and well contamination. Our Streamkeepers are a varied group and all are dedicated to their tasks and involving our children in our activities. It is exciting to see the children proud to be volunteering in TTF events. Being a “citizen scientist” observer is fun and leads to many ways to enjoy and appreciate the small wonders in our local streams. My site is a small headwater stream and it was very special for me when we discovered a spring bubbling up in the run near the streambank.” — Roberta Brunner As we make improvements by planting native trees and installing rain gardens, as we did at Roberta’s Jenkintown Creek site at Abington Friends School and the Abington Meetinghouse, she and a core group of
volunteers monitor the changes and help us determine how these improvements are making a difference. Our team of 25 volunteer water quality monitors has grown in number, commitment, and skills beyond our wildest dreams, but we’re always looking for more Streamkeepers to be part of our team. Adopt a local stream site and learn about our watershed and the Delaware River through our regular trainings, on topics from Algae to Advocacy. Engage with your neighbors and elected officials— educate them about the importance of clean water!
AWE Fellows Become Lifelong Watershed Ambassadors We are grateful to have been a part of the Delaware River Fellows program of the Alliance for Watershed Education for the past two summers. In 2017, we hosted Thomas Doyle, and in 2018, the program doubled in size, and we were able to host Christina Maldonado and Geré Johnson! Our Fellows focus on increasing engagement and action toward protecting and restoring the Delaware River Watershed. They were ambassadors for Tacony Creek Park, using our Creekmobile to connect people of all ages to our park’s natural beauty and challenges. Geré Johnson Geré was attracted to the Fellows program because of her interest in nature, which emerged during her time at the Academy of Natural Sciences as a participant in Women in Natural Science (WINS) through her high school. Christina Maldonado Christina, a third year student at George Washington University, is majoring in Environmental Studies and was naturally attracted to the work of TTF as an extension of her studies.
Host a Storm Drain Party! We look down a lot —mostly at storm drains— because the rain that goes into these inlets drains into our streams and rivers, and then our oceans. Storm Drain Marking is a collaboration with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the Philadelphia Water Department. Our volunteers mark these drains in our 30 square-mile watershed with decals that say: “Keep It Clean” and feature our mascot, the Great Blue Heron. Emma Montroy, a student at Jenkintown High School and Dave Bell, a Streamkeeper, have marked hundreds of storm drains in our upstream watershed! Dave alone has marked over 500 storm drains, talking to neighbors and business owners along the way. Emma provided information to neighbors about the storm drain connections to the Tookany Creek and Delaware River, a drinking water source for more than 15 million people. “When I first started volunteering with TTF, the opportunities were limited. Since coming back in the past year, I’ve been able to serve as a Streamkeeper, attend multiple training sessions, help with plantings, lobby my federal and state representatives, write a letter to the editor, install many, many storm drain decals, and I’ve learned more about the watershed and creek along the way. I’ve also had the pleasure of interacting with your great staff and meeting people at the holiday and annual events. The enthusiasm and engagement of your staff, volunteers, and supporters is awesome. From my perspective, TTF has come a long way, so thank you for giving me and others the opportunity to contribute in meaningful ways.” — Dave Bell Environmental advocates like Emma and Dave are critically important to helping people understand that trash or motor oil on the street or sidewalk will flow into our creeks, harming the fish and wildlife that need clean water to live. To help spread the word and connect with more champions like Emma and Dave, TTF has held nine storm drain marking events in the past year, collectively marking 954 storm drains with 86 volunteers.
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Restoration Jenkintown Creek Restoration Our Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project, focused on this 1,178 acre sub-watershed of 3.75 stream miles, has been a restoration, education, and stewardship success! We have installed 6 rain gardens, planted 1,150 native trees and shrubs along 1,500 feet of streams, and enhanced a wetland. To date, we have raised $750,000 for projects along this critical headwater creek, thanks to support from the Montco 2040 Implementation Grant Program, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, The Pennsylvania Carbon Reduction Fund, TreeVitalize Watersheds Grant Program, and the William Penn Foundation. We have engaged thousands of neighbors of all ages in planting and maintaining these headwater creek sites; educated students, parents, and stakeholders about the challenges of polluted runoff and nature based solutions; and worked with volunteers and partners to monitor the impact of our work. The result is improved water quality in these critical waterways, which flow into the Tookany/Tacony Creek, and eventually the Delaware River. As Jennifer Tanay, a McKinley Elementary School teacher said “The lessons our students—and our community—can glean from this project are inspiring and grounding and also advance our study of biology, chemistry and environmental health. By filtering polluted runoff from roads, roofs and parking lots, the projects mean a cleaner stream for people and critters and cleaner drinking water for all of us. And while the mechanisms are hard to see, these kinds of natural “green infrastructure” projects are less expensive, more effective and certainly more educational than the old “gray infrastructure” systems that have hurt water quality in the greater Philadelphia area.”
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• Manor College • Sisters of Saint Basil the Great • Ethel Jordan Park and Alverthorpe Park, Abington Township • McKinley Elementary School, Abington School District
• Cedarbrook Middle School • Glenside Elementary School • Olney Recreation Center • Rock Lane Park • Vernon Park • 5 Private Residences 4
We are honored to receive this recognition and encouraged to continue the work!
Ethel Jordan Park Sees Improvements with New Rain Garden In 2015, we planted a creekside buffer at Ethel Jordan Park. This year, we added a rain garden to capture and filter the runoff coming from the surrounding parking lots and rooftops. A crew from Roofmeadow Services joined us for the planting to lend a hand and set up marking posts to protect the garden as it grows. Rain gardens are designed to absorb and filter runoff from heavy storms. When constructing a rain garden, it is important to pick plants that will survive in wet conditions. For this rain garden, we chose Irises, Marsh Ferns, Chokeberries, Asters, Shrubs, Rushes, and Cardinal flowers which will not only help filter stormwater from the neighborhood but will also create a space of beauty. In addition to planting a rain garden, we also established a bioswale, which is similar in function to a rain garden, but is specifically designed to divert and collect water from a paved roadway.
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Maintenance is an Ongoing Challenge With so many restoration projects— 19 at last count, all across our 30 square mile watershed — we have many sites to maintain. We are committed to making sure they continue to do their jobs of keeping our creeks clean while also appealing to our community and looking beautiful! Hundreds of people, including neighbors and groups from local organizations, schools, and businesses have gotten their hands dirty to keep our projects moving forward. They help upkeep these sites by planting new trees and shrubs, cleaning up debris, installing deer fencing, and monitoring water quality. We’re so grateful to have this support; we simply couldn’t do this work without the help of our volunteers!
• Abington Monthly Meeting
• Abington Junior High School
Our Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project was one of 23 innovative and impassioned initiatives in Pennsylvania chosen by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to receive the prestigious 2018 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence on April 24, 2018.
Together, the rain garden, bioswale, and creekside buffer will slow down and filter thousands of gallons of polluted rain water before it enters the Jenkintown Creek.
• Abington Friends School
Other TTF Sites and Partners
Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence
Looking Forward
“The lessons our students—and our community— can glean from this project are inspiring...” - Jennifer Tanay, McKinley Elementary School teacher
We’re excited to announce that in 2019, our Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project will continue in Cheltenham at the Charles D. Conklin Jr. Pool and Recreation Area. With funding from the William Penn Foundation, Montgomery County Planning Commission, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Delaware River Restoration Fund, this project will remove a concrete channel, directing the creek into a meandering constructed wetland. We will convert 7,500 square feet of turf grass to meadow and create a walking trail for residents, while also managing 42 acres of stormwater runoff pollution.
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Mission & Impact TTF is dedicated to improving the health and vitality of our watershed by collaborating with our municipalities and leading our communities in education, stewardship, restoration, and advocacy. Working closely with our communities, partners, and residents, we undertake projects to measure and improve water quality, increase stewardship, eliminate negative activities and restore our watershed to a healthier, more vibrant and accessible state. 2018 Watershed Milestones Award Winners Friend
Legacy Award
Educator Susan Mburu Chemistry teacher at the Philadelphia High School for Girls Taught her Women on the Water students how to mark storm drains.
Cathy Callan and Jim Napolitano, Alcynthia Cowell and Bruce Coleman, Janet Everly, Judy and Steve Heath, and Terri and Stephen Taylor We are so excited to recognize these Cheltenham homeowners for their enthusiastic participation in our creekside buffer planting project in 2014. They each provided a donation to support the design and planting of their backyard buffers. Since the planting, they have partnered with us to maintain these sites, home to over 200 native trees and shrubs as well as 500 flowers and grasses. They have shared our pride that their backyards have been recognized by Audubon Pennsylvania as Bird Habitat. In June 2016, they welcomed visitors to their backyards for our successful Creekside Bird Garden Tour. These watershed heroes have not only helped to restore our creeks, they serve as important Ambassadors for clean water in their neighborhoods!
Ethel Jordan Family Ethel Jordan Park was named after the late Ethel Jordan, a beloved crossing guard who worked at the corner of Jenkintown Road and Osceola Avenue in Abington’s McKinley neighborhood for 32 years. Her extended family has been incredibly involved in the clean water work we’ve done in the park. Her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren come to every planting event for the park’s riparian buffer and rain garden, demonstrating great enthusiasm and energy. Their commitment to their mother’s legacy of caring for the community is truly inspiring!
Corporate Steward
Dr. Wayne Morra Professor of economics in the Arcadia University School of Global Business Growing a new generation of environmental leaders.
Municipal Leader Mathew Fritch Environmental Engineer at the Philadelphia Water Department Runs the GreenSTEM program, engaging local students in using technology and other STEM skills to better understand aquatic ecosystems.
Youth Champion Emma Montroy Student at Jenkintown High School The Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Over an eight hour period, Emma marked a total of 112 storm drains around Jenkintown High School.
Non-profit Steward
Healthy watersheds make healthy communities.
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Police Officer Lauretha Vaird Boys & Girls Club
AstraZeneca Philadelphia Community Impact Committee
Police Officer Lauretha Vaird Boys & Girls Club has been an ambassador of clean water education for many years now. The club, located on Whitaker Avenue, uses the nearby Tacony Creek Park as a tool for nature lessons.
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Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus (TTF staff), and Lissette Goya (TTF Board member) advocate for clean water.
Sarah Clark Stuart (Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the Circuit Trails) joins Representative Jason Dawkins, Olney Christian School students and Principal Lisa Kuzma, Aparna Palantino (Philadelphia Parks & Recreation) and Julie Slavet (TTF) to break ground for the Tacony Creek Park Trail connection under Roosevelt Boulevard.
Enthusiastic volunteers clean up at Curtis Arboretum.
Advocacy Breaking Ground and Bridging Gaps in the Circuit Trail System Connections work! We are proud to support and celebrate making our creeks and parks more accessible by growing the Tacony—Tookany— Frankford trail network, part of the incredible regional Circuit system. We actively advocate and highlight connections that provide access to trails, parks, and creeks. We know that when people get close to water, it turns them into water advocates. That’s why we work with partners across our watershed to connect our trails from Montgomery County to the Delaware River. In December 2017, representatives from Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the City of Philadelphia, and The Circuit Trails gathered with us and other engaged community members to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Tacony Creek Trail Phase 2. This 0.3-mile segment provides a much-needed safe connection in Tacony Creek Park beneath Roosevelt Boulevard, and connects the north and south trail sections of the 300-acre Tacony Creek Park. “Tacony Creek Park is at the center of some of the most ethnically diverse and economically challenged neighborhoods in Philadelphia, and Roosevelt Boulevard is a serious barrier that creates division and limits access for these communities. To have a safe way to travel beneath the Boulevard is priceless for our neighbors, who will use this newly connected route to bike to work or enjoy time outdoors. We are so thrilled to see this project come to fruition,” said Julie Slavet, TTF’s Executive Director. The Tacony Creek Park Trail Phase 2 was managed by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Philadelphia Water Departments, with support from TTF, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. A second celebration of new trail connections took place only six months later with the completion of the Frankford Creek Greenway link. These two critical trail pieces are important steps to building a trail that brings people along our creek from the Delaware River and into Montgomery County. Once it’s connected to the Frankford Creek Greenway,
the Tacony Creek Park Trail will link trail users to Philadelphia’s segments of the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile trail system connecting cities from Maine to Florida. Watch for more trail connection news —The Circuit is always expanding.
A Coalition for Clean Water
Stay In Touch! Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership 4500 Worth Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 215-744-1853 ttfwatershed.org @ttfwatershed
Working as part of the Clean Water for All Coalition and the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, we have strengthened our involvement in areas of deep interest and concern for our community, from the Clean Water Rule to the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act. TTF friends sent 180 comments to our elected officials on clean water issues. And our Executive Director and two of our Streamkeepers were part of a group representing 30 organizations who visited our members of Congress as a part of a Delaware River Watershed Day on Capitol Hill. Our active participation in these advocacy efforts helped! The Delaware River Basin Restoration Program was funded with $5 million and the money will soon begin flowing to local conservation projects throughout the region.
Tap Into the Issues We Care About TTF has always lent a voice to clean water issues at the local, state, and federal level by signing on to coalition letters and sharing our opinions. However, we lacked the ability to share this information with our watershed constituents. With the help of Conservation Voters of PA, we were able to launch an Issues We Care About tool on our website! We utilized this page to bring local and regional water issues to the attention of our network and residents.
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Board of Directors and Advisors
Donors and Partners
Officers
Board of Advisors
Individuals and Businesses
Rosanne Mistretta, President
Laura Craig, PhD., Co-Chair
Director of Experiential Learning, Abington Friends School
American Rivers
Glen Abrams / Leigh & Carol Altadonna / Chris Anderson / Anita’s Guacamole / Anonymous / Arcadia University’s Environmental Network / AstraZeneca / David Bell / Gary & Donna Berkowitz / Judith Bishop / Joy Bowman Lim / Eileen Brill / Joan Brooks / Bernard Brown / Catherine Callan & Jim Napolitano / Pete Carter / Chick-fil-A Aramingo / Rachel Citrino / Dennis & Mariel Clark / Sarah Clark Stuart / AeLin Compton / Michael Connor / Richard Conroy & Marlene Morano / Eileen Cooper / Herb & Barbara Cooper / Laura Craig & Michael Cloud / Joanne Dahme / Louise D’Alessandro / Mary Grace DiGirolamo / Vincent DiGirolamo / Lisa Donahue / Robin Eisman / Elaine Ellison / Ernst Conservation Seeds / Janet Everly / William Ewing / Jenifer Eyre / Mary Felley / Fill A Bagel & Breads / Leslie Gale / Sharon Garfield / Brian Giniewski / Globe Dye Works / Good Spoon Soupery / Lissette Goya / Mary & William Hangley / Susan & Marc Harris / Bryan Havir / Bonita & Jim Hay / Brenda Hayes / Helen’s Pure Foods / Jane Henderson / High Point Catering / Carolyn Hirsh / Wayne Humphrey / Chris Hunter / IBM / Sonia & Robin Irizarry / Irizarry Woodcraft / Nathaniel Johnson / Gerald Kaufman & Shelly Yanoff / John Kiernan / Maria Kiernan / Christopher Kircher / Ken Kolodziej / Barbara Kotzin / Tyler Krechmer / Stefanie Kroll / Latinas in Motion / LBI Limited / Gregory Lech / Joe Mazza / Deborah & Stephen McCarter / Alan Metcalfe / Rosanne Mistretta & Steve Miano / Luanda Morris / Susan & Benjamin Myerov / Daniel Norris / Original 13 Ciderworks / Deborra Pancoe / Philadelphia Distilling / Steven Raulfs / Jesse Reed / Rival Bros Coffee Roasters / Ellen Rogovin Hart / Kim & Bob Rose / Ana Rothhammer-Ruiz / Emily Saich / Rob Saltzburg / Ruth Seeley / Aaron Segall / Geoffrey & Cecily Selling / Martin Selzer / Commissioner Drew Sharkey / Julie Slavet & John Walber / Tim Smigelski / Shirley Spirk / Patrick Starr / Phyllis Stickney / Lynn Thames / The Dovetail Artisans / Robert Thomas / Michael Thompson / Phaedra Tinder / Marilyn Torres / Stacey Lee Webber / Weckerly’s Ice Cream / Peg Wetzel / Sheldon & Betsy Wolf / Donna Wray
Township Manager, Cheltenham Township
Susan Myerov, AICP, Secretary Member, Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council Senior Program Director, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Maria Kiernan, At Large
Glen Abrams Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Susan Harris Cerulean, LLC
Gerald Kaufman Ken Kolodziej Lara Roman, PhD U. S. Forest Service
Emily Saich Universal Services Associates, Inc.
Partner Alliance
Rev. Derick Scudder
A.D. Marble / Abington Friends School / Advancement Company, LLC / AKRF, Inc. / Allegheny Iron & Metal Co, Inc. / Apex Services, Inc. / ArcheWild / Bassman, Adelman & Weiss, PC / Birchtree Catering / Burke Brothers Landscape Design/Build / Campbell Thomas & Co. / Cardone Industries, Inc. / Cedar Run Landscapes / Cerulean, LLC / Collins Nursery / David Brothers Landscape Services / Domenick & Associates / Fairmount Park Conservancy / Fine Garden Creations LLC / Firestone and Company / Gilmore & Associates, Inc / Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller / Heritage Business Systems, Inc. / I.U.P.A.T. District Council 21 / Infrastructure Solutions Services, Inc. / Jomar Retail Treasures / Land Stewards LLC / Langan / Liberty Tree & Landscape Management / Lindy Communities / Metz Engineers / Michael Baker International, Inc. / NativeScapes, LLC / North Creek Nurseries, Inc / NV5 / Octoraro Native Plant Nursery, Inc. / Paradigm Digital Color Graphics / Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. / PECO / Pennoni / Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. / Philadelphia Federal Credit Union / Philadelphia Insurance Companies / Portfolio Associates, Inc. / Primex Garden Center / Promatech Inc. / Rep. Michael Driscoll / Rodriguez Consulting, LLC / Roger Estes Design / Roofmeadow / Roofmeadow Services, Inc. / Sustainable Business Network Of Greater Philadelphia / Sustainable Choices, LLC / TD Bank / Teamsters Local Union No. 169 / ThinkGreen LLC / Total Benefit Solutions, Inc. / University of Pennsylvania Master of Science in Applied Geosciences / Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership / W.B. Mason / Weeds Inc / Wyncote Audubon Society
Bethel Baptist Church
Board of Directors Aelin Compton Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Michael Connor PE, LEED AP BD + C
Patrick Starr Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Michael Stokes, AICP
NV5
Montgomery County Planning Commission
Lissette Goya
Robert Thomas, AIA
BDO USA, LLP
Campbell Thomas & Co. Architects, Philadelphia Parks Alliance
Carolyn Hirsh Lindy Property Management
Michael Thompson
Nate Johnson
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Roofmeadow Services, Inc.
Luanda Morris
Foundations and Government
Urban Affairs Coalition
Abington School District / Abington Township / Cheltenham School District / Cheltenham Township / Corporation for National & Community Service / Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission / Fairmount Park Conservancy / Jenkintown Borough / Joseph Robert Foundation / Montgomery County Planning Commission / National Fish and Wildlife Foundation / National Wildlife Federation / Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation / Philadelphia Water Department / Rockledge Borough / Scattergood Foundation / Springfield Township / Stroud Water Research Center / William Penn Foundation
Marilyn Torres Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Donna Wray Marketing Consultant
Revenue and Spending
EXPENSES 2018
FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2018 7/1/2017 – 6/30/2018 (in thousands) Support and Revenue
8% 11%
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Total
Contributions
$ 29,658
$ 650
$ 30,308
Grants and Agency Support
$ 62,883
$ 178,868
$ 241,751
Membership Dues
$ 83,000
$ 83,000
$ 250,007
$ 250,007
$ 31,149
$ 31,149
$ 917
$ 917
$ 9,462
$ 9,462
In-Kind Contributions Investment Return Other
$ 467,076
$ 179,518
Net Assets Released From Restrictions
$ 237,325
$ (237,325)
Total Unrestricted Revenues and Other Support
$ 704,401
$ (57,807)
Program
$ 646,594
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Total Support and Revenue
81%
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Program Fees
Administration
60
Revenues and Gains
Fundraising
100
Bryan Havir, P.P., AICP, Vice President, Montgomery County
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
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General Manager, Public Affairs, Philadelphia Water Department
Stefanie Kroll, PhD., Co-Chair
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Joanne Dahme, Vice President, Philadelphia
$ 66,522
$ 66,522
Fundraising
$ 46,805
$ 46,805
$ 602,909
$ 602,909
TOTAL EXPENSES
Increase (Decrease In Net Assets)
$ 101,492
$ (57,807)
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37% Grants and Agency Support
$ 43,685
38%
Net Assets Beginning of Year
$ 182,704
$ 183,018
$ 365,722
End of Year
$ 284,196
$ 125,211
$ 409,407
Membership Dues
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$ 489,582
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$ 489,582
Other and Investment Returns
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Expenses Program
SUPPORT AND REVENUE 2018
Program Fees
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$ 646,594