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A CLOSER LOOK
o recognize a year that required extraordinary creativity and resilience, let’s look back at a few special moments. Tacony Creek Park neighbors painting technicolor trash can lids, coloring in stencils as part of the #LoveOurPark trail murals, and enjoying their “cool” new yard trees. Motivated neighbors cleaning up their parks with garbage grabbers and gloves.
Curious creek-lovers exploring waterways via virtual tours. Conklin Pool and Recreation Center volunteers planting bushes and trees along the new natural creek. Explore these stories inside. To our Streamkeepers, TCP Keepers, volunteers, donors, and everyone who participates in our vision to protect our shared waterways, you are the heroes in these stories and the many more we’ll write together.
168
933
Annual Donors
Native Plants Planted
26 Partner Alliance Members
863 Volunteer Hours
1,170 Program Attendees
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172 Free Programs Hosted
28 Stream Keepers
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Stories The Art of Restoration Art is one of our favorite ways to invite the community into our work. In 2019-2020, we had the opportunity to work with inspirational artist Jay Coreano on two projects: Community Cans and #LoveOurPark Murals. In Fall 2019, more than 60 community members met on a beautiful day at Ferko Playground in Juniata Park to colorfully paint 20 trash can lids. Any opportunity to eat, laugh, and spend time with families in the park is a delight, but this art activity also called attention to the importance of keeping trash out of storm drains and our streams. Local businesses will feature the eye-catching cans in front of their stores as a friendly reminder that all of us can do our part. Artist Jay Coreano not only led the Community Cans painting event, but in the Spring of 2020, he conceptualized and created nature murals along the Tacony Creek Park trail. The murals, featuring flora and fauna, inspire walkers to notice the wonders of the natural world around them and to participate in creating something beautiful together: children brought chalk to add their creative touch to the stenciled baby animals.
Using art & creativity to expand our reach & impact
“Any opportunity to eat, laugh, and spend time with families in the park is a delight...” Nature Delivered While delivery vehicles became a frequent sight as the community observed Stay at Home orders, we were doing our own version of delivery, TTF-style. Proactive neighbors who started cleaning up on their walks—a practice that many adopted during the pandemic—reached out to us for clean-up kits, so we responded by delivering 75 free kits with garbage grabbers, bags, maps, and gloves to folks who wanted to pitch in and keep our trails and waterways clean. We loaded up Creek Force 1, our van, with 25 free yard trees and delivered them to residents in partnership with TreePhilly. These trees will
combat urban heat island effect, which makes cities, and historically disinvested communities of color in particular, hotter than surrounding areas (sometimes as much as 22 degrees). To maintain safety, we physically distanced during the drop-offs but did get to exchange greetings through screen doors on more than one occasion. Another way we have responded to challenges with creativity is our new virtual tour series, Bring Us Along! Offered in English and Spanish, the tours bring you close to a wide variety of living things you may have never noticed before. You can use your computer or smart device to access the tours and enjoy photos, videos, audio recordings, and interactive maps to learn when and where different creatures can be found and how to identify them.
Bring Us Along! Check out our virtual nature tours!
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Restoration Through Transformation From Concrete Pipe to Natural Channel Imagine a stream in a concrete half pipe running through a recreation center’s grounds. Now, imagine busting up that concrete to create a meandering creek weaving through a meadow of native plants attracting butterflies and strolling neighbors. This isn’t wishful thinking! This is a recent restoration project at Cheltenham Township’s Charles D. Conklin Jr. Pool and Recreation Center spearheaded by the TTF team. This will beautify the green space and serve as a vital step in managing polluted runoff to make our creeks healthier. Instead of impervious concrete, the new wetland’s soil, plants, and stones filter and absorb stormwater.
Welcome to A Win-Win TTF connects people to practical solutions to real problems that threaten the health of our shared waterways. Our staff makes it easy for people to step up and do their share to keep our streams clean and healthy. Plus, who doesn’t love a win-win? We worked with residential property owners to beautify and improve their properties at little to no cost and manage stormwater where it falls to keep pollutants out of our waterways. Through the Stream Smart Program, TTF visited neighbors near the Jenkintown Creek in Abington to audit properties to determine the best solutions. Stream Smart is funded by a Delaware River Restoration Fund Grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and is a collaborative effort led by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council for the Delaware River Watershed Initiative’s (DRWI) Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Cluster. We’re still offering property audits. Can we visit you? Reach out to ryan@ttfwatershed.org
Photo Credit: WHYY/Kimberly Paynter
TOP Neighbors decorate trash can lids with beautiful colors
LEFT A new tree owner poses with his cool yard trees
RIGHT Artist Jay Coreano paints the Tacony Creek Park trail with bright flowers
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Volunteers work together to plant native plants at a Stream Smart project site
A bulldozer breaks up the concrete half pipe holding the creek at Conklin Pool and Recreation Center
A completed, blossoming Stream Smart feature along a driveway
Board of Directors and Advisors
Donors and Partners Individuals and Businesses
Robert Thomas, AIA
Carol and Leigh Altadonna / AmazonSmile Foundation / Anonymous / ArcheWild / AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals / Naomi Atkins / Saul Axelrod / David Bell / Bob Bennett / Donna and Gary Berkowitz / Jean Bernard / Alexandria Brake / David Breder / Karl Buchert / Kenneth Buckwalter / Susan Byer / Marc Cammarata / Pete Carter / Cedar Run Landscapes / Chick-fil-A Aramingo / Virginia Christensen / Rachel Citrino / Sarah Clark Stuart / Emily Coleman / Robert and Susan Collings / AeLin Compton / Jackie and Michael Connor / Barbara and Herb Cooper / Susan Couvreur / Michael Cloud and Laura Craig / Audrey and Philip Cross / Joanne Dahme / Charles Dalin III / Ruth Damsker / Mary Grace DiGirolamo / Lisa Donahue / John Dulik / Dr. Julius and Elaine Ellison / Ernst Conservation Seeds / Janet Everly / Jen and Rob Eyre / Katherine Falso / Mary Felley / Karen Fleck / Robert Dromboski and Laura Frank / Frankford Friends School / Stanley Fudala / Elizabeth Fuentes / Ed Furman / Sharon Garfield / Silvina Godoy / Lissette Goya / Barbara Granger / Linda Grutzmacher / Lauren Hallden-Abberton / Marc and Susan Harris / Bryan Havir / Judy and Steven Heath / Mark Heere / Jenny Heitler-Klevans / Jane Henderson / Erica and Stephen Heverin / Peggy Hoffart / Christopher Deephouse and Donna Hunt / Milta and Robin Irizarry / Andrew Johnson / Leanne Jones / Debra Kessler / Kandie Kessler / Margery and Steven Kessler / Maria Kiernan / Christopher Kircher / Joanne and Joseph Kolen / Ken Kolodziej / Tyler Krechmer / Sherry Krider / Stefanie Kroll / Casey Kuklick / Pete LaVerghetta / Gregory Lech / Jon Lesher / Donna Levin / Carole Maher / William Mangene / Deborah and Stephen McCarter / Marilyn Meehan / Kimberly Mehler / Steve Miano and Rosanne Mistretta / Luanda Morris / Benjamin and Susan Myerov / Lynette Notte / Linda Pascale / Daniel Paschall / Clarence Lovett and Jeff Perkins / Constance and Kevin Perry / Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program / Stephanie Phillips / Jeremy and Suzanne Pitcairn / Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus / John Raisch / Steven Raulfs / Marie Raupp / Matt Pappajohn and Catherine Recker / Rodman Ritchie / Carol and Gregory Roddy / Ellen Rogovin Hart / Migdalia Rosado / Lorna and Murray Rosenberg / Diane Sadler / Lori Salganicoff / Jeffrey and Mary Satterthwaite / Lynette Saunders / Ruth Seeley / Aaron Segall / Martin Selzer / Leo Sheng / Jenn Sherwood / Judith King and John Sorrentino / Shirley Spirk / Kristen Stirzel / Dr. Neale Stock / Alma Taylor / Robert Thomas / Phaedra Tinder / Marilyn Torres / Shawn Towey / Robert Traver / Tanya Borman-Voit and Tim Voit / Maxine Waber / Julie Slavet and John Walber / Lindsey Walker / Tony Ward / Lillian and Marvin Weilerstein / Alice Wells / Janet Wetzel / Peg Wetzel / William Penn Foundation Matching Gift Program / Sarah Willig / Dr. Bonnie Perlmutter and Philip Witman / Betsy and Sheldon Wolf / Donna Wray / Anita and Harry Yampolsky / Gerald Kaufman and Shelly Yanoff / Jonathan and Cecile Zorach
Campbell Thomas & Co. Architects Philadelphia Parks Alliance
Partner Alliance
Officers
Board of Advisors
Rosanne Mistretta, President
Glen Abrams
Director of Experiential Learning, Abington Friends School
Marc Cammarata, Vice President, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Laura Craig, PhD American Rivers
Deputy Water Commissioner for Planning, Philadelphia Water Department
Susan Harris
Bryan Havir, P.P., AICP, Vice President, Montgomery County
Gerald Kaufman
Township Manager, Cheltenham Township
Metcalfe Architecture & Design, LLC
Susan Myerov, AICP, Secretary Member, Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council Senior Program Director, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Edward Furman, Treasurer
Cerulean, LLC
Christopher Kircher, AIA Ken Kolodziej Stefanie Kroll, PhD Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Jon Lesher
Partner, Maille LLP
Montgomery County Planning Commission
Maria Kiernan, At Large
Lara Roman, PhD U. S. Forest Service
Board of Directors AeLin Compton Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Michael Connor PE, LEED AP BD + C NV5
Lissette Goya
Patrick Starr Pennsylvania Environmental Council
A.D. Marble and Company, Inc. / AKRF, Inc. / Allegheny Iron and Metal Co, Inc. / Apiary Studio Landscape Architecture / Aqua America / AquaReale / Arcadis US Inc. / Cerulean, LLC / Garfield Refining / Gilmore and Associates, Inc. / GreenWeaver Landscapes / Heroic Gardens / I.U.P.A.T. District Council 21 / Kevin Gallagher Consulting / North Creek Nurseries, Inc. / Octoraro Native Plant Nursery, Inc. / PECO / Pennsylvania Horticultural Society / Pixel Parlor / Primex Garden Center / Roofmeadow Services, Inc. / Spacious: A Creative Web Company / Sustainable Choices, LLC / Teamsters Local Union No. 169 / Villanova Center for Resilient Water Systems / Weeds Inc.
Michael Thompson Philadelphia City Planning Commission
BDO USA, LLP
Nate Johnson Roofmeadow Services, Inc.
Foundations and Government
Luanda Morris
Abington Township / Cheltenham Township / Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission / Jenkintown Borough / Joseph Robert Foundation / National Fish & Wildlife Foundation / Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development / Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources / Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection / Philadelphia Committee, Garden Club of America / Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation / Philadelphia Parks & Recreation / Philadelphia Water Department / Rockledge Borough / Scattergood Foundation / Springfield Township / Spring Point Partners / University of Pennsylvania / William Penn Foundation
Urban Affairs Coalition
Matt Pappajohn Pappajohn Woodworking
Elizabeth Rosario Health Promotion Council
Marilyn Torres Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Donna Wray Marketing Consultant
Revenue and Spending Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
4% 10%
Total
Revenues and Gains $ 33,294
Grants and Agency Support
$ 148,054
Municipal Dues
$ 80,400
$ 80,400
Program Fees
$ 225,125
$ 225,125
$ 2,503
$ 2,503
$ 820
$ 820
$ 3,190
$ 3,190
In-Kind Contributions Investment Return Other
$ 493,386
$ 149,302
Net Assets Released From Restrictions
$ 126,759
$ (126,759)
Total Unrestricted Revenues and Other Support
$ 620,145
$ 22,543
$ 297,356
86% Program
$ 642,688
0
Total Support and Revenue
$ 149,302
60
$ 33,294
Administration
20
Contributions
Fundraising
40
Support and Revenue
80
FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2020 7/1/2019 – 6/30/2020 (in thousands)
100
EXPENSES 2020
100
SUPPORT AND REVENUE 2020 1% Inkind & Other
Program General and Administrative Fundraising TOTAL EXPENSES
$ 595,054
$ 595,054
$ 69,030
$ 69,030
$ 31,001
$ 31,001
$ 695,085
$ 695,085
Membership Dues
13%
46%
80
5% Contributions
Expenses
60
$ 642,688
$ (74,940)
$ 22,543
$ (52,397)
Beginning of Year
$ 306,521
$ 81,604
$ 388,125
End of Year
$ 231,581
$ 104,147
$ 335,728
35% Program Fees
0
Net Assets
20
Increase (Decrease In Net Assets)
40
Grants and Agency Support
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