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OPENLANDS ANNUAL REPORT

2017

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In 2017 Openlands completed a strategic plan to guide our work in communities and across our region. Over the next five years we will advance our long-term goal of an interconnected and climate-resilient system of land and water throughout the Chicago region of sufficient scale and ecological health that is enjoyed, advocated for, and protected every day by a broad and deep coalition of residents and organizations.

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The Chicago region, our home, stretches over three states with one of the most complicated geopolitical landscapes in the nation. By contrast, plants and animals—and the ecosystems they rely on—do not follow these political boundaries and need a champion with a region-wide vision.

OUR REGIONAL VISION

Our vision for the region is a landscape that includes a vast network of land and water trails, tree-lined streets, and intimate public gardens within easy reach of every city dweller. It includes parks and preserves large enough to provide natural habitat and to give visitors a sense of the vast prairies, woodlands, and wetlands that were here before the cities.

planProtect Priority Landscapes

WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING PRIORITY LANDSCAPES WHERE WE WILL BRING

FOCUS AND RESOURCES TO PROTECT LAND AND WATER HEALTH.


We work within the City of Chicago, including creating green schoolyards, planting trees and teaching people to care for them, and opening the eyes of children to the nature around them. We are committed to the healthy future of the Forest Preserves of Cook County. We are working with preserve staff to implement the Next Century Conservation Plan, a hundred-year vision for the preserves. The plan calls for increased ecological restoration, land acquisition, engaging the citizens of the county, and sustained leadership. Openlands demonstrated that ecological restoration yields economic benefits eight times greater than the investment.

COOK COUNTY

Our commitment to Lake County, manifest at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, has increased exponentially. Following years of successful collaboration, local conservation organization Conserve Lake County has merged into Openlands. In addition to the two organizations’ missions being closely aligned, this merger has multiple benefits, including increased capacity, added efficiencies, expanded expertise in planning and restoration, a deepened team of professionals supporting conservation work in Lake County, and continued leadership in ecological restoration at the Liberty Prairie Reserve.

LAKE COUNTY

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We led the 1995 delegation that dedicated 19,000 acres of the former Joliet Arsenal in Will County to become the first National Tallgrass Prairie. Since its inception, Openlands has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to expand, restore, and connect Midewin to the surrounding globally significant landscapes. With the growth of neighboring industries, we have committed to engage all interests to ensure that new development, highways, and other infrastructure complements, rather than destroys, this part of our region’s natural heritage.

PRAIRIE PARKLANDS MACROSITE/ MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

HACKMATACK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge was established along the Illinois/Wisconsin border in 2012 as a mosaic of protected lands and water that provide ample habitat for wildlife, recreation and education opportunities for people, and economic support for local communities. Since then, Openlands has worked to build the refuge and protect its ecosystems through land acquisition and restoration projects at multiple sites. By the end of 2017, the refuge had swelled from a dream to almost 1,000 permanently protected acres and growing.


Build Advocates

WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING ADVOCATES WHO FOSTER A COMMUNITY APPROACH

TO CARING FOR LANDSCAPES OF OUR REGION. INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

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YOU CAN BE AN ADVOCATE FOR NATURE

You can become a certified TreeKeeper, joining 2,000 other volunteers to care for trees in Chicago and the surrounding region. In 2017, we planted our 5,000TH tree since 2013—that's more than one tree per day!

You can make your voice heard. In 2017, hundreds of Openlands supporters contacted local, state, and federal elected officials to advocate for nature.

You can inspire children. In 2017, 110 volunteers helped 1,300 Chicago Public School students learn about birds in their neighborhoods and at nearby natural areas.


LAKE MICHIGAN

KishwaukeeRiver Trails

Fox RiverTrails

NippersinkCreek Trails

DuPageRiver Trails

KankakeeRiver Trails

Lake MichiganTrails

CalumetArea Trails

Chicago RiverTrails

Salt CreekTrails

Des PlainesRiver Trails

You can paddle on our region’s waterways from the Chicago River to the Little Calumet River to the Fox River. For more than 50 years, Openlands has partnered with many organizations to ensure our waterways are clean, safe, and accessible to the public. In 2017, in addition to multiple paddling events and workshops, we launched PaddleIllinoisWaterTrails.org, an interactive online guide to our region’s paddling opportunities.

REGIONAL WATER TRAILS IN ILLINOIS


Climate Change

WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

BECAUSE CITIES AND METROPOLITAN REGIONS CAN —AND HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO—

ROBUSTLY IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO THIS GROWING THREAT.

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In the Chicago region, climate change means unusually intense weather events: winters with deeper and deeper quantities of snow, springs with torrential and soaking rainfall, and summers scorched with drought and heat. Our efforts to preserve open space and to promote an ecologically healthy region have also directly supported its adaptability. Our work has had a valuable impact on creating climate resilient and livable communities.


Nature-based solutions are fundamental to fighting climate change. Restored grasslands and healthy forests remove carbon from the atmosphere. Trees provide shade in and cool the air of “heat islands,” parts of cities that are hotter than surrounding areas. Green spaces in schoolyards and neighborhoods are designed to help reduce flooding. And farmland, trails, parks, and preserves link our region together in a vibrant web of green that allows plant and animal species to move and adapt.

Dear Friends,

For over 50 years Openlands has inspired successive generations of people in the Chicago region to enjoy, advocate for, and steward nature right here where we live. Drawing on those decades of experience, we realize maximum impact in our efforts. Facilitating effective programs, we forge partnerships that endure through multiple generations. Advancing innovative solutions for our entire region, we become a national model.

In the Chicago region, we are bound together by commerce and by politics, but the most important connection is the web of green—trails, preserves, parks, gardens, and backyards—that we at Openlands are committed to strengthening.

Every year, we work to make that web stronger. In 2017, we planted our 5,000TH tree since 2013, added another 1,000 acres to Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, helped to pass state-level legislation to improve the health

of natural areas, and proved that restoring a landscape to ecological health in Cook County yields economic benefits eight times greater than the investment.

In late 2017, the Openlands Board of Directors adopted our new strategic plan. We are excited by the strategic priorities identified in the plan and look forward to the next great five years of Openlands.

Conserve Lake County, a county-wide land trust, merged into Openlands. The merger creates multiple benefits for conservation in Lake County and throughout the region. These include increased capacity to do vital, efficient work and expanded expertise in planning, land protection, and restoration. The merger became official on January 1, 2018 when Conserve Lake County programs, properties, members, and two staff members became part of Openlands.

As we look back on this past year, our attention is drawn forward: our successes and longevity are defined by a


perseverance and a resolve to protect and care for the open spaces of our region. Guided by our new strategic plan and in collaboration with our colleagues and existing partners, our work raises the threshold of hope for the years ahead.

We thank you for your generous and unwavering support and for taking the long view with Openlands in 2017. We look forward to strengthening our partnership for a more resilient future.

Sincerely,

Carrie C. McNally Chair, Board of Directors

Gerald W. Adelmann President and CEO

2017 FINA NCIAL STATEMENTS

Revenue Contributions and Grants $ 3,227,819 Government Grants 410,285 Program Income 40,405 Restricted Restoration Funds Released 2,435,191 Allocation from Endowment 141,823 Special Events 367,451 In Kind Contributions 82,980 Investment Income 42,340

Total Revenue $ 6,748,294

Expenses Program 3,423,409 Restoration 2,075,888 Management 531,378 Fundraising 653,930

Total Expenses $ 6,684,605

Net Assets Operating Surplus 63,689 Unrestricted Net Assets, beginning of the year 2,719,538 Unrestricted Net Assets, end of the year 2,783,227 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 12,152,767 Permanently Restricted Net Assets 3,649,262

Total Net Assets $ 18,585,256


* Deceased

DONORS OCTOBER 1, 2016–DECEMBER 31, 2017

Thank you to the following supporters who contributed generously to Openlands

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

$1,000,000 OR MORE

Hamill Family Foundation

$250,000–999,999

ComEd

The Crown Family

$100,000–249,999

Anonymous Fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Grand Victoria Foundation

Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Liberty Prairie Foundation

Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust

$50,000–99,999

ArcelorMittal

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Willow Springs Foundation

$25,000–49,999

Alphawood Foundation

Bartlett Tree Experts

BMO Harris Bank

The Bowman C. Lingle Trust

Full Circle Foundation

The Grainger Foundation

Polk Bros. Foundation

Prince Charitable Trusts

Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

West Monroe Partners

$10,000–24,999

Allstate Insurance Company

The Buchanan Family Foundation

The Chicago Community Foundation

Forefront—Mission Sustainability Initiative

Heitman, LLC

Lake Forest Garden Club

The Lumpkin Family Foundation

Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation

The Northern Trust Company

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Community Fund

Solberg Manufacturing, Inc.

U.S. Bank Foundation

$5,000–9,999

Anonymous

Jill L. Allread, PCI

The Arbor Day Foundation

The Boeing Company

Christy Webber Landscapes

Draper and Kramer, Inc.

Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust

Garden Guild of Winnetka

The James Huntington Foundation

Living Habitats

McGraw Foundation

Mission + Strategy Consulting

NIB Foundation

Oak Lodge Foundation

Patagonia Chicago

Project 120 Chicago

REI

Siragusa Family Foundation

U.S. Bank

Ventas, Inc.

$2,500–4,999

BNSF Railway

GATX Corporation

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

$1,000–2,499

Anonymous

Applied Ecological Services

Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.

Center for Humans and Nature

CenterPoint Properties

Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC

EarthShare Illinois

Enterprise Holdings

Forest Preserve District of Will County

Foxford Communities

The Garden Club of Barrington

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Hampton Inn Chicago West Loop

HealthScape Advisors

JMG Financial Group, Ltd.

J.P. Morgan

Lake County Forest Preserves

McHenry County Conservation District

Midwest Groundcovers

The Morton Arboretum

The Employees of Morton Salt, Inc.

OMNI Ecosystems

Red Bud Fund

Scott Byron & Co.

Tallgrass Restoration

The Trust for Public Land

Urban Forestry Organization

Wanxiang America Corporation

The Winnetka Garden Club

Wintrust Wealth Management

$250–999

AECOM

Associated Agencies, Inc.

Barrington Area Conservation Trust

Cardno, Inc.

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Conservation Design Forum

Culliton Quinn Landscape Architecture

Day Robert & Morrison, P.C.


* Deceased

First Congregational Church of Western Springs Woman's Society

Gofen & Glossberg, LLC

Green Extraction Technologies, LLC

KBSII 300 North LaSalle LLC

Lincoln Park Conservancy

London Towne Houses Cooperative

Manfredini Landscaping & Design

The Overlook

Plante Moran

Possibility Place Nursery

Ravenswood Manor Improvement Association

Runner Collective

Sahara Enterprises, Inc.

John G. Shedd Aquarium

Sierra Club—Illinois Chapter

Stout

Terracom Public Relations

Vanderstappen Land Surveying Inc.

Wheeler Kearns Architects

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

Openlands gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who made a contribution of $1,000 or more

$1,000,000 OR MORE

J. Timothy Ritchie*

$100,000–999,999

The Crown Family

Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Hills

Hank and Wendy Paulson, Bobolink Foundation

$50,000–99,999

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block

The Negaunee Foundation

$25,000–49,999

Mr. Henry T. Chandler, Jr.*

Dean and Jenny Fischer

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hamill

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Byron Smith

$10,000–24,999

Anonymous

Paul and Nancy Anderson

Connie and Tony Bischof

Pat and Jim Bland

Ms. Vivian Donnelley

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field, V

Mr. and Mrs. John Greene

Nancy Hamill Winter

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, IV

Robert R. and Gayle T. Meyer Family Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Pepper

Louis Schauer

Olivia Scully

$5,000–9,999

Anonymous (2)

Jill L. Allread and Pam Freese

Alan M. Bell

James and Elizabeth Bramsen

Richard Carlson and Cristina Benitez

Jonathan Copulsky and Ellen Barreto

Dr. Naomi Donnelley and Mr. Joe Butler

Philip Enquist and Joanna Karatzas

Lori and Mark Harris

Barbara and Dennis Kessler

Deborah Lahey

Louise and Jan Leestma, Little Flower Fund

Ann McGill and Kate Welborn

Carrie C. McNally and Rick Maechling

Janis and John Notz

Eric K. Peterson

Kathy and Grant Pick Fund at The Chicago Community Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rode

Jo Ann Seagren and Scott Lang

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson

George and Nancy Sutherland

$2,500–4,999

Anonymous

Fred and Cindy Acker

Gary and Susan Balling

Paul and Karen Becker

Holly and Tom Carr

Suzanne and Bill Clarkin

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Davis

The Ceara Donnelley and Nathan Berry Fund

Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly

Kimberly T. Duchossois

Hugh and Marlene Frisbie

Deborah Gillespie and Charles Burbridge

Britt Hanson and T.J. Nega

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Harvey, Jr.

Barbara Notz Hines Foundation

Russell and Cecilia Hofmann

Ms. Joyce Kieffer*

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl

Shauna Peet

Steven and Kimberly Ricchio

Jeff and Debbie Ross, Ross Family Foundation

Charles and Louise Saltzman

Carolyn Miller Short

Mr. and Mrs. David Byron Smith

Judith Stockdale and Jonathan Boyer

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Whitmore

Nicole S. Williams and Dr. Lawrence Becker

$1,000–2,499

Anonymous

Susan and Lawrence Aaron

Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz

Gerald W. Adelmann

J. Tyler Anthony

Bonnie A. Barber

Mrs. Dee Beaubien

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler, III

Kevin Bell

Mrs. Philip D. Block, III

Mrs. Susan D. Bowey

Bross Family Foundation

Maree Bullock

Susan and Friedrich Burian

Erica and Jeffrey Canzona

Valerie Chang and Ian Jacobs

R. Theodore Clark, Jr.

Barbara and George Clark

Sarah and John Cobb

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* Deceased

Mrs. Almeda Colby

Stephanie Comer and Robert Craigie

Daphne and John Cunningham

Garrett and Terrence Dee

Edward & Rose Donnell Foundation

William S. Donnell and Claudia Daly

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Donnelley, II

Dorfman Herst Charitable Fund

Mr. Edward G. Dowling

William Drake and JoAnn Carney

Eliza and Timothy Earle

Theodore Eckert Foundation

Chris and Helen Edwards

Josephine F. Elting

Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Ettlinger

Louise M. Flannery

Cynthia K. Fredrick

Marti and Brandon Frisbie

Virginia and Gary Gerst

Mr. and Mrs. James Glasser

Dinesh Goburdhun and Bridget Jones

Norman and Cynthia Goldring

Kay and John T. "Ted" Golitz

The Goolsbee Family Gift Fund

Shelley Gorson and Alan Salpeter Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Griffith Family Foundation

Sandy Guettler

Ronald and Diane Hamburger

Harmann Family—John and Laila Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Hall Healy, Winona Corporation

Brooke and Peter Hecht

Preston Helgren

Mrs. Mary Hill

Shawn and Lewis Ingall

Judith Istock

Marilyn and Jonathan Jackson

Jocarno Fund, at the request of Mr. and Mrs. John I. Schlossman

Leslie Jones

Janis Kanter and Thomas McCormick

Paul and Leslie Karas

Daniel and Gloria Kearney

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keiser

Keller Family Foundation

Mary A. Laraia

Daniel Lauderback

Lew and Laurie Leibowitz

Ralph and Carol Lerner

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lillard, Red Bird Hollow Foundation

Mrs. Marcena Love

Jim and Kay Mabie

Duncan and Brooke MacLean

Frances F. Mains

Suzanne Malec-McKenna

Judy and John McCarter

Joanie and Andy McKenna

Greg and Caryn Mefford

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Megquier

The Michael and Pamela Miles Gift Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation

Alexandra and John Nichols

Jane Elinor Notz and Ian Watson

Sally A. Olds

Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Onderdonk

Mr. and Mrs. William J. O'Neill

Ann and Harry Oppenheimer

Andrew Otting and Laura Hohnhold

Jim and Rita Planey

Darlene Queen

Dr. George B. Rabb*

George and Vicky Ranney

Dan and Susan Real

Glenn and Barbara Reed

Ms. Amy Rosenthal

Holly B. Rothschild*

Richard Salmon

Todd Schwebel

Lydia and Marshall Scott

Nini and Peter Seaman

John Shillinglaw

Hon. Debra Shore

Susan C. H. Simmers and Clayton R. Simmers

Harold Smith

Charles and Joyce Solberg

Diane Sotiros and Michael Woods

Dr. Dana Spehlmann

William Spence

Susan Stelter

Janet Swenson

Sara and Blake Swift

Anne Tucker Family Charitable Fund

Jen and Bob Van Valkenburg

Jane Veldman

Wendy and Greg Vichick

Dr. Corwith C. White

The Abra Wilkin Fund

Anne and Ethan Winter

Jeanne Zasadil

MEMBERS

CONSERVER $500–999

Anonymous (2)

Karen Acker Lau

JC Aevaliotis and Devon De Mayo

Diane and Bill Allen

Mr. and Mrs. James Altounian

Henry Barkhausen

Steven and Margaret Barnhart

Ann C. and Stephen M. Bartram

Frederick N. Bates and Ellen B. Benjamin

Susan and Steve Bell

Christopher and Margaret Block

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Bridge

Mr. and Mrs. Allan E. Bulley, Jr.

Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock

Patty Chapman Family Fund

Joanna Cohen

Antonia Contro and George Marquisos

Lawrence Corry

Andrew Crestodina and Crystal Hervey

Tom and Janice Cronholm

Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Davis

Susan and Rob DePree

Arthur Ditto Family Foundation

Eileen Dordek and Christopher Landgraff

Mrs. Kingman S. Douglass

Paul Earle and Ellen Rudnick

Douglas Farr

Mr. Joseph Fedacsek

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* Deceased

Reven Uihlein Fellars

Sylvia Fergus

Mr. Tom Flanagan

Walter G. Freedman and Karen G. Harrison

Paul and Chris Geiselhart

Stanford and Ann Dudley Goldblatt

Mirja & Ted Haffner

Mr. and Mrs. John Haight, III

Hanley Foundation

Emily J. Harris

Mr. and Mrs. David Heinz

David B. Hirschey

Jack and Jenny Keller

Judy and John Keller

Thomas Kerstann

Mr. and Mrs. John Kinsella

Iris J. Krieg

Bill Kurtis and Donna LaPietra

Margaret Lass-Gardiner

David Livingston

Rommy Lopat and John Drummond

David and Jeanne Lubeck

Jessica and Torjus Lundevall

Mrs. Nancy Maze

Lloyd and Mary McCarthy

Ann McDermott

David McNeel

Judy and Robert Melius

Bruce and Becky Milne

Pamela and Richard Mooney

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mulcahy

Robert and Susan Nelson

Katherine Olson

Mr. E. Scott Peterson and Ms. Judith M. Desenis

Susan Piha

Ron Rohde

The Sandner Family

Dan and Sandra Scheinfeld, The Big Cat Foundation

Eric Schumann

Patrick Shaw and Mary Sue Glosser

Janet Shore

Adele and John Simmons

Larry and Maxine Snider

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Snyder

Margie and Kevin Stineman Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Nathan and Kristen Ulery

Jennifer and Allen Weaver

Jack and Lucille Wehner

Lon Wehrle

Julie and Dan Wheeler, Sol and Celia Hammerman Foundation

Carolyn J.L. Wing

Cynthia Winter and Nicholas Weingarten

William and Denise Wozencraft

Ms. Elizabeth B. Yntema

Gino and Phyllis Zanin

Martha E. Zuehlke, M.D.

GUARDIAN $250–499

Anonymous (5)

Geanine Alm-D'Agostino

Larry and Julia Antonatos

Peter Barrett, Stone Barrett Foundation

Frank H. Beal

Judy Beck

Steven and Sandra Becker

Tracey and Ed Benford

Susan S. Benjamin

Jerry and Margaret Berg

Monika and Amanda Betts

Lenore Beyer

Edward and Frances Blair

Sylvia Blazina

Spencer and Lesley Bloch

Patricia and Laurence Booth

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bose

Beth Botts

Lee Botts

Nick Bothfield and Elizabeth Brown

Cyndi Bowman

Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr.

Deborah and Matthew Brown

Timothy Brown, Tradewater, LLC

Tina and Mike Brown

Charles A. Bryant

David Burnham

Steven Byers and Nancy Williamson

Gerald Callaghan and Carol Wells

Catherine Caponigro

Susan and Doug Carlson

Eileen Carruthers

Shannon and Charles Cassell

Suzanne and David Causton

Adam and Alison Chalom

Cory Chaplin

Ms. Annette Charles

Elizabeth Cisar

Vanessa and Charlie Clarke

Mr. and Mrs. John Coffin

Etahn Cohen and Amy Paller

Nancy and Tom Conforti

Ms. Kathleen Covey

William Crescent, Crescent Jewelers

Allison and Frederick Daley

Kenneth and Marcia Dam

Jon A. Daniels

Donnie and Jackie Dann

Michael and Lenore Darcy

Laura de Frise

Brian Dennis and Lynn Harris-Dennis

Joan P. DePree

Erika Dillon and Glenn Newman

Deborah Drakert

Harry and Beth Drucker

Mr. Albert Ettinger and Ms. Susan D. Lannin

Terry Evans

Lester Fisher

Wendy Fisher

Roy and Marcia Frack

Russell L. Game, Game & Associates

Mr. Colin Gardner

Paul Genega and Jim Werkowski

Ms. Meredith C. George

Bill Glass

Gregory L. Gleason

Suzy Glowiak

John C. Goodall, Jr., The Thorson Foundation

Richard and Mary Gray

John and Gillian Growdon

Devora Grynspan


* Deceased

Philip and Roberta Haebler

Susan and Ed Harney

Mrs. Margaret S. Hart

Fran, Heather, and Majela Harty

Mr. and Mrs. Val Hawkins

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hayward, Jr.

Ms. Karen Heller and Mr. Robert Becker

Mr. John M. Hill

Mary and Mark Hoffman

Shirlee A. Hoffman

Michael Howard

Julie Hunefield

Judith and Tony Iacuzzi

Steven Jansen and Marcia Sullivan

Kathryn and Bruce Johnson

Walker C. Johnson

Zachary Jones

Nancy Joseph

Paula Kahn

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Keibler

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lariviere

Pauline LeBlanc and James Battistoni

Karen Lehman

Mark and Celine Lillie

Trinita Logue

Barbara Lumpkin

Marjorie W. Lundy and James B. Godshalk

Kim Lynch

John Mac Manus and Josephine Bellalta

Hugh and Nancy Magill

Gail Mahaffey and Bruce Mumford

James E. Mann

Mr. Richard Mariner

Dr. Susan Marks and Mr. Bruce Black

Don Matthews

Clark and Sari Maxfield

Hester McCarthy

Mrs. Beth McCormack

Judy McDonald

Susan and Phil Merlin

Paul and Cindy Meyer

Julianne S. Migley

Bill and Anita Miller

Rita Mirman and Stuart Frankel

Andrea S. Moore

Lois Morrison and Justin Daab

Gregory Mueller and Betty Strack

Sridip Mukhopadhyaya

Patrick Nash

Judith Neisser

Mr. and Mrs. Victor S. Nelson

Ms. Nancy Newberger

Eleanor Nicholson

James N. O'Connor

Kevin Ogorzalek

Joyce O'Keefe

Thomas O'Keefe

Erin Patti

Susan A. Payne

Frank D. Pellicori

Jonathan Pereira

Frank and Becky Petrek

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pfaff

Marvin J. Pollack

Betsey L. Puth

Barbara Putta

Karen and Jeff Radtke

Mr. Matthew Rager

Edward Ranney

Jill Riddell and Tim Brown

Harold and Susan Rider

Matt Rooney and Diane Kaplan

Laurie and Scott Rose

Thomas Rossiter

Joseph Russo and Bebe Novich

Barnett and Marsha Ruttenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schnadig

Tracey Shafroth and Michael Elam

Melissa Shennan

Paul and Anne Sidrys

Mark Simon and Susan Frankel

Timothy R. Smasal

Jeff Smith

Mark and Nancy Smith

Travis Solberg

Mrs. Marguerite Solberg

Mr. and Mrs. William Spizman

Mr. and Mrs. Fredric Stein

Mark Breen and Sara Stevenson

Norm & Janice Strasma Community Foundation

Wayne Svoboda

Joy Ann and Charles Sweet

Joseph C. Szabo

Joan and Bob Tantillo

Victoria J. Trauscht

Elizabeth K. Ware

Stephen Waslo

Robert Widing and Elizabeth Fifield

Anne Wilder and Marc Hecht

Thomas R. Williams and Kelly A. Quinn

Jeff and Regina Wootton

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Yamin

George J. Yapp

Mary B. and James B. Young

Roberta B. Zabel

James and Katherine Zartman

James R. Zatopa

Gretchen and Michael Zook

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY OF

Richard H. Acker

Salvatore Battiato

Cathie Billhardt

Philip D. Block, III

Herbert Butz

Mindy H. Chapman

Yolanda Comiskey

Dolores Couture

Suzanne Ehrenberg

Gertrude Fredrick

Elvira Hayes

M. Cooper Heinz

Brad Jones

Jake Krull, Jr.

Michael Malec-McKenna

Robert L. Nelson

Mary Peery

Gunnar A. Peterson

Catherine L. Price

George Rabb

J. Timothy Ritchie

Jill Rohde


* Deceased

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OF

Fr. Edward Adelmann, O. Carm.

Gerald W. Adelmann

Jill L. Allread

Ders Anderson

Susan and Gary Balling

Roxanne Bertrand


Friedrich Burian

Dr. Richard Carlson

Anthony Conway

Andy Crestodina

Glenda Daniel

Garrett Dee

Jim DeHorn

Al DeReu

Joanne Earnhardt

Chris and Helen Edwards

Josephine Elting

Richard L. Ettlinger

Julia Ferguson

Rachel Fried and Aaron Fogle

Bruce Goodman

Jonathan Hamill

Mark Harris

Jill Metcoff Jahns

Jeanne King

Iris J. Krieg

Katherine Kucera

Linda Masters

Judith Musick

Nature Cat

Janis and John Notz

Joyce O'Keefe

Openlands Forestry Team

Openlands TreeKeepers

Andy Otting

Julia Peet Tree Fund

Daniella Pereira

Wendy Pollock

Bernice B. Popelka

Paul and Gail Runa

Chuck Saltzman

Aidan Scheidt

Todd Schwebel

Jo Ann Seagren and Scott Lang

Patrick Shaw

Sophia Shaw

Jeannie Shawl

Jessica Smasal

Judith M. Spiegel

Joel Sternstein

Nancy and George Sutherland

Tori Trauscht

Alison Welch

Sandi Whitmore

MATCHING GIFTS

AIG

AllianceBerstein

Allstate Insurance Company

AmazonSmile Foundation

ArcelorMittal

Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund

Bank of America

BMO Harris Bank

The Boeing Company

The Chicago Community Trust


Exelon

The Field Foundation of Illinois

Follett

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

GATX Corporation

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Google LLC

GrubHub

IBM

Integrys

Illinois Tool Works

The Joyce Foundation

J.P. Morgan Chase

The Lumpkin Family Foundation

MacArthur Foundation

Macy’s Foundation

MasterCard

McGraw Foundation

Microsoft


Starr Companies

UBS

U.S. Bank Foundation

West Monroe Partners

GREEN LEGACY SOCIETY

Thank you to these individuals who have made provisions for Openlands in their estate plans so they can protect nature for future generations


Gerald W. Adelmann

Jill Allread and Pam Freese

George W. Blossom, III*

Henry T. Chandler, Jr.*

Suzanne and Bill Clarkin

Virginia A. Croan*

Marjorie David

Mrs. Kingman Douglass

Pamela Feldman

Carlyn E. Goettsch*

Maureen E. Gustafson

Mr. and Mrs. John Haight, III

Lori and Mark Harris

Leslie Jones

Barbara and Dennis Kessler

Joyce Martha Keiffer*

Joy E. Knobloch

Carrie McNally and Rick Maechling

Eric K. Peterson

Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall

Steven and Kimberly Ricchio

J. Timothy Ritchie*

Charles Saltzman and Louise P. Saltzman

Gerda Schild*

Jo Ann Seagren

Patrick Shaw and Mary Sue Glosser

Georgiana Taylor*


* Deceased

PERENNIAL DONORS

Openlands is grateful to these loyal donors who have supported us for 20 years or more

Anonymous


Gerald W. Adelmann

Mary and Paul Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baldo

Henry Barkhausen

Peter Barrett, Stone Barrett Foundation

Frederick N. Bates and Ellen B. Benjamin

Marilyn M. Black

Edward and Frances Blair


Mrs. Philip D. Block, III

Mr. and Mrs. David L. Blumberg

Christopher Boebel and Glenna Eaves

Terry Bonace

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Bowen

Mrs. Susan D. Bowey

James and Elizabeth Bramsen

Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr.

James A. Brown and Ruth A. Migdal-Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Brown

Jill Riddell and Tim Brown

The Buchanan Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Allan E. Bulley, Jr.

Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock

Gerald Callaghan and Carol Wells

Richard Carlson and Cristina Benitez

Carney Family Foundation

Mrs. Henry T. Chandler

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chaveriat

Franklin and Joan Cole

John and Dorothy Collins

Antonia Contro and George Marquisos

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Cook

Allison and Frederick Daley

Jon A. Daniels

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Davis

William S. Donnell and Claudia Daly


Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Donnelley, II

Ms. Vivian Donnelley

Carol L. Doty

Ms. Kathy Durgin

Paul Earle and Ellen Rudnick

Betsy Elsaesser and Brad Reeg

Josephine F. Elting

Mr. Albert Ettinger and Ms. Susan D. Lannin

Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Ettlinger

Ginny and Peter Foreman

Forest Preserve District of Will County

The Garden Club of Barrington

The Garden Guild of Winnetka

Ms. Meredith C. George

Mr. and Mrs. James Glasser

Kay and John T. "Ted" Golitz

Annemarie H. Gramm

Grand Victoria Foundation

Albert and Gwen Grasso

Richard and Mary Gray

Mr. and Mrs. John Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregersen

Janet and Tom Hahn

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hamill

Nancy Hamill Winter

Drs. Pauline and David Harding

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Harvey, Jr.

Preston Helgren

Mrs. Lucia W. Heyworth

Mrs. Mary Hill

Mr. James Hogan, Jr.

William and Alice Howenstine

The James Huntington Foundation

Shawn and Lewis Ingall

Jocarno Fund, at the request of Mr. and Mrs. John I. Schlossman

Cynthia L. Jones

Judy and John Keller

Douglas and Catherine Knuth

Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Kretchmer

Iris J. Krieg

Joan M. Lackowski

Lake Forest Garden Club

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Lambruschi

Beth Lange

Louise and Jan Leestma, Little Flower Fund

Ralph and Carol Lerner

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lillard, Red Bird Hollow Foundation

The Bowman C. Lingle Trust

Mrs. Marcena Love

Marjorie W. Lundy and James B. Godshalk

Frances F. Mains

Mrs. Nancy Maze

Judy and John McCarter

Ann McDermott

Joanie and Andy McKenna

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, IV

Mrs. Terry J. Medhurst

The Michael and Pamela Miles Gift Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation

Kristin and Roger Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl

Judith Neisser

Mr. Joseph Neumann

Alexandra and John Nichols

Mr. Richard Noeller


Janis and John Notz

Joyce O'Keefe

Molly Older

Sally A. Olds

Susan Piha

Prince Charitable Trusts

Dr. George B. Rabb*

George and Vicky Ranney

Mrs. Laurie N. Reinstein

J. Timothy Ritchie*

Ron Rohde

Robert A. Roth

Bettylu and Paul Saltzman

Charles and Louise Saltzman

Mary Jo Savol

John P. Schermerhorn

Mrs. Virginia Schulte

Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust


* Deceased

Mr. and Mrs. David Byron Smith

Robert E. Stanley

Mr. and Mrs. Fredric Stein

Judith Stockdale and Jonathan Boyer

Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Sturges

George and Nancy Sutherland

Kent and Peggy Taylor

Terracom Public Relations

B.J. Tersch

Frank and Nina Thorp

Frances and Peter Vandervoort

Reverend and Mrs. Stephen Wade

Mrs. Hempstead Washburne

Julie and Dan Wheeler, Sol and Celia Hammerman Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wilson

The Winnetka Garden Club

Cynthia Winter and Nicholas Weingarten

Lisa Yondorf

James and Katherine Zartman

IN-KIND DONORS

Thank you to the following individuals and organizations who donated products or services

Advocates for Urban Agriculture

A New Leaf

Kirsten Akre

Elizabeth Angyal

Chris Apap, Apap Creations, LLC

Bartlett Tree Experts

Jim Bland

JoyAnn Book

Boxed Water Is Better

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council

Friedrich H. Burian

Jacob Campbell, The Field Museum

Chicago Park District

Christy Webber Landscapes

Joanna Cohen

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Corona Tools

Albert Ettinger

Faith in Place

Goose Island Beer Company

Tom Greenhaw

Mary Hill

David Holman

Kristen Jones, Goldberg Kohn, Ltd.

Paul Karas

KIND Snacks

Roger Klocek

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

Louis McFarland

Park District of Oak Park

Frank D. Pellicori

Jennifer Kaplan Richards

Barnett P. Ruttenberg, Esq.

Adam K. Sacharoff, Much Shelist, P.C.

Susan Shabica

James B. Snow

Kevin Spiegel

Michael L. Sullivan, Goldberg Kohn, Ltd.

Joe Swano, Forest Preserves of Cook County

Michael Taylor

Mark N. Templeton, Abrams Environmental Law Clinic

Anne Tucker

Phil Willink, John G. Shedd Aquarium

Mattie Wilson, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Cynthia Winter

Brad Woodson, McHenry County Conservation District

TREEKEEPERS VOLUNTEER FACULTY

Matt Basile

Rex Bastian, Davey Tree Experts

Tricia Bethke

Eric Bjorkman, Lake County Forest Preserves

Beth Botts

Douglas Chien, Friends of the Forest Preserves

Beth Corrigan

Melissa Custic

Peter Czubak

Lindsay Darling

Betsy Elsaesser

Peter Gordon, Lake Forest Openlands

Drew Hart, US Forest Service

Lindsay Ivanyi

Shawn Kingzette, Davey Tree Experts

Dan Krug, Care of Trees

Cherie LeBlanc-Fisher, US Forest Service

John Lough

Edith Makra-Kuznierz,

Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Chicago Wilderness

Joe McCarthy

Metropolitan Mayors Caucus

Sara Rose

Roger Ross

Jerome Scott

Lydia Scott

Gil and Lesley Smith

Rob Sproules, Village of Oak Park

Jim Stier, Village of Winnetka

Scott Stringer, Bartlett Tree Experts

Tom Tyler, Bartlett Tree Experts

We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. Please contact the Openlands Development Office at 312-863-6261 if your name was omitted or there was an error in your listing.

Thank you!

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* Deceased

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIR

Carrie C. McNally

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Richard J. Carlson, Ph.D.

DIRECTORS

Jill L. Allread

Paul J. Anderson

Gary F. Balling

Paul L. Becker

Alan M. Bell

Bill Clarkin

Jonathan Copulsky

George W. Davis

Josephine F. Elting

Joseph Fedacsek

Dean Fischer

Hugh D. Frisbie

Dinesh Goburdhun

Jonathan C. Hamill

Garrett Handley Dee

Mark M. Harris

Marilyn Jackson

Scott Jamieson

Leslie Jones

Iris J. Krieg

Molly Meyer

Andrew Otting

Wendy J. Paulson

Steven M. Ricchio

J. Timothy Ritchie*

Jeffrey R. Rode

Joseph Russo

Charles Saltzman

Jo Ann M. Seagren

Patrick Shaw

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Shaun C. Block

Anthony T. Dean

Marshall Field, V

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Tina Brown

Elizabeth Carden

Joanna Cohen

Brandon Frisbie

Dinesh Goburdhun

Tom Greenhaw

Julie Jahn

Luke Paskevich

BOARD AND STAFF

STAFF

Gerald W. Adelmann President & CEO

Ders Anderson Greenways Director

Laura Barghusen Manager of Aquatic Ecology and Engagement

John Cawood Education Manager


Aimee Collins Director of Conservation

Al De Reu TreeKeepers Program Manager

Janis DiGiovanna Manager of Human Resources and Administration

Sasha Doyle-Weiss Director of Development

Michael Dugan Director of Forestry

Katie Fleming Forestry Crew Leader

Mary Fortmann Sustainable Landscapes Coordinator

Ted Haffner Climate Fellow and Landscape Architect

Brandon Hayes Director of Communications

Kristin LoVerde Manager of Green Schoolyards

Linda Masters Restoration Specialist

Robert Megquier Executive Vice President of Programs

Stacy Meyers Senior Counsel

Tolu Olorode Manager of Data and Impact

Daniella Pereira Vice President of Community Conservation

Elvia Rodriguez Ochoa Director of Neighborhood Programs

Danielle Russell Public Ally

Craig Shillinglaw Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst

Jessica Smasal Manager of Individual Giving and Special Events

Diane Sotiros Vice President of Finance

Sarah Surroz Director of Lake County Programs

Anna Steinmetz Development Coordinator and Liaison to the Board

Andrew Szwak Manager of Governmental Affairs

Jennifer Van Valkenburg Vice President of Development

Patrick Williams Manager of Communications

Photography: (in order of appearance) p1, Glacial Park (Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge), Brandon Hayes; p2, Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, Patrick Williams; p6, Grissom Elementary, DJ Glisson; p8, Hyde Park, Jamie McCarthy; p10, Blackhawk Park, Patrick Williams; p12, Killdeer Wetland, Rachel Cheung; p4, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Patrick Williams; p14, Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, Carol Freeman; p16, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Brandon Hayes; p23, Lincoln Park, Patrick Williams; p26, Millennium Park, DJ Glisson; p27, Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, Marwen; p28 Glacial Park (Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge), DJ Glisson; p29, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, US Forest Service; p32 top, Hyde Park, Jamie McCarthy; p32 bottom, Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, John Cawood; p34, Chicago River, Patrick Williams; p39 (clockwise from upper left) Promontory Point, Brandon Hayes; Deer Grove East, Patrick Williams; Piscasaw Fen, Patrick Williams; Hyde Park, Jamie McCarthy; Deer Grove East, Brandon Hayes; Glacial Park (Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge), Brandon Hayes; p41, Grissom Elementary, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; p62, Deer Grove East, Brandon Hayes; p65, Glacial Park (Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge), Brandon Hayes

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