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2016 was a year of remarkable change and growth at the Fairmount Park Conservancy, as the organization took steps to deepen our commitment and service to communities across Philadelphia. IN 2016, FAIRMOUNT PARK WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S GREAT PUBLIC SPACES BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

The onset of the new Mayoral administration included the appointment of Conservancy Executive Director Kathryn Ott Lovell as Parks & Recreation Commissioner, and the launch of a national search that concluded with the naming of Rick Magder as Executive Director. This smooth transition positions the Conservancy to advance our important work at the intersection of parks and communities. We are pleased to share this look back at the previous year’s work in service to Philadelphia’s parks, historic properties and communities.

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2 0 1 6 A N N U A L R E P O R T TO T H E C O M M U N I T Y

We love Philadelphia’s parks because they do so much for us. We encounter wild nature in parks, which is more diverse in a place like Philadelphia than we realize and see day to day. Parks are where we meet people of all faiths, incomes, ages and histories too. We cement our relationships with our kids in parks and parks keep us centered in the midst of our complex lives. They also make our neighborhoods stronger, which in turn has the power to revitalize the economy of the whole city. Yet, we forget how vulnerable parks can be and that they need our attention, gifts, time and energy. We assume they will always be there and that the city has the resources to protect, maintain and improve them. Their future, like other civic assets, is guaranteed only by our commitment to them as a whole community. The Fairmount Park Conservancy works to make sure that we never lose sight of this fact. We make our parks better every day across the entire city. We have to, because Fairmount Park is citywide, from the Delaware River to Cobbs Creek, and from Fort Mifflin to the Pennypack Creek. The Conservancy improves Philadelphia’s parks in three respects. First, we get people involved with them in innovative ways. Parks are transformative when people use them and we have a range of strategies, many recognized nationally, that get people to move through, relax, exercise and participate in their parks. Second, we restore our parks, investing in major improvements to athletic fields, natural lands, historic buildings, and playgrounds. And third, we promote stewardship, catalyzing thousands of people wanting to give back. We do this in tandem with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation in one of the nation’s most vital public-private partnerships. Our goal is simple. Make the parks of Philadelphia as good as they can be, so that our city and every person in it can be too. Be a park champion with us.

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STEWARDSHIP

The Conservancy plays an essential role in stewarding Philadelphia’s neighborhood parks. By driving community engagement and leveraging

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volunteers and philanthropic support, we help residents, local businesses and institutions make their community parks even better. Each park has its own personality, and so do the groups of people involved. It is a remarkably diverse and democratic effort with the common goals of enjoying and renewing cherished neighborhood green spaces. ATTENDEES AT SKILLSHARING WORKSHOPS

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Since 2004, the Conservancy has been working to connect residents to their closest green spaces–and to each other–by fostering a spirit of volunteerism, stewardship, and collective ownership of the city’s 140 neighborhood parks. The primary driver of this work is our growing Neighborhood Park Stewardship Program, which draws thousands of volunteers to seasonal service days each year, provides hundreds of tools and financial resources to these parks in support of service days and community events, and builds capacity and encourages skillsharing among citizen volunteers through the growing Park Friends Network. The program, managed in partnership with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, gives us an on-the-ground, citywide reach, allowing the Conservancy to help cultivate the next generation of park leaders through grassroots-level community engagement that responds directly to local needs.

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In 2016, a record number of 115 groups registered with our Park Friends Network, and 750 volunteers joined us for meetings, skill-sharing conferences, park tours and communications training events. In the spring and fall, 3,983 volunteers generously committed 14,795 volunteer hours to help clean and green our parks during Love Your Park Service Days, and the Conservancy supported special events at 57 parks. Through our fledging Corporate Stewardship Program, we provided leadership and tools for 190 corporate volunteers who committed 570 hours of volunteer work throughout the year. The Neighborhood Park Stewardship Program and Love Your Park are funded by the Chubb Charitable Foundation, Novacare Rehabilitation, Bank of America, PECO, Albert Lofgren-Antoinette Farrar Seymour Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation, and the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.

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CONSERVATION

The Conservancy works to conserve thousands of acres of parks, watersheds, and trails, grow our critical urban tree canopy, and restore and

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revitalize more than 40 historic properties under our care. Covering more than 10,200 acres, Philadelphia’s park system provides habitat for hundreds of creatures, trees, and native plants and includes some of our nation’s most important historic buildings and monuments. Protecting these natural and physical assets is essential to preserving our city’s unique story.

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NATURAL LANDS

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In 2016, our Natural Lands team worked hand-in-hand with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation to open up park gateways and edges, complete extensive trail work, and re-establish plant diversity at a variety of sites, including Randolph Creek, the Mount Pleasant meadow and woodland edge, Concourse Lake, the MLK Drive meadow, The Horticulture Center’s Lansdowne Glenn, Greenland Nursery, Verree Road wetland, Tacony Creek floodplain and old field, Haddington Woods, and the Cobbs Creek recreational trail. We also completed a demonstration project on the Trolley Trail at Belmont Plateau in West Fairmount Park, removing trees and brush to create a new trail segment, and constructed a foot bridge milled from downed trees within the park to allow safe crossing over a small tributary.

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Since 2012, we have worked to increase the urban tree canopy through the TreePhilly initiative, in partnership with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Together, we educate local property owners, businesses and neighborhood residents on the importance of the urban tree canopy and give away thousands of trees each year. In 2016, with the support of TD Bank, TreePhilly added 3,339 new trees throughout Philadelphia.

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Each year, our Historic Preservation team restores dozens of important structures on city parkland and brings historic park buildings back to life with long-term leases to civic organizations and businesses, which in turn support further restoration efforts. In 2016, our team of conservators led more than 20 significant restorations to historic park properties, including those at the Wissahickon Environmental Center, The Woodlands Cemetery, the Belmont Stables in West Fairmount Park, Bartram’s Garden, and Historic Rittenhousetown. We trained 14 interns and apprentices from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia University, and Temple University who learned critical conservation methodologies and expanded our field capacity. We were awarded a 2016 Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Grand Jury Award for improvements at the Wissahickon Environmental Center, and also received recognition from the Alliance for our role in restoring the Hamilton Mansion cryptoporticus and North Terrace at The Woodlands.

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ACTIVATION

The Conservancy activates Philadelphia’s parks, bringing innovative programs and new amenities to all corners of the city and drawing residents

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exercise, entertainment and relaxation. This is some of our most exhilarating work: bringing the public into their parks and helping them see local

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THE OVAL Each summer since 2013, the Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation have transformed Eakins Oval into The Oval, Presented by PNC, an eight-acre pop-up park at the northwestern edge of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that offers programming and activities for people of all ages. Over its six-week season last summer, The Oval offered a selection of free programming, Wednesday through Sunday, focused on healthy lifestyles and arts and cultural activities and brought over 40,000 visitors to the city’s popular "Park on the Parkway." S TE WA R DS H I P

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PARKS ON TAP Together with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and FCM Hospitality, we launched Parks on Tap, a traveling community beer garden that celebrates city parks by bringing people together to enjoy them in a relaxed, fun and interactive way and encourages people to discover, use, and support open park space. In its inaugural season, Parks on Tap welcomed over 30,000 people to 14 different locations in Philadelphia’s park system, generating $90,000 in new revenue that is now being reinvested in the city’s parks.

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The Conservancy continued to build a partnership with 18 historic houses that populate East and West Fairmount Park. Our team helped organize Rooms in Bloom, an April event that brought site-inspired floral designs featuring local garden clubs and florists to many of the historic houses. In the summer, children from the Spells Writing Lab visited the houses and created puppet theater inspired by the history on display at the houses. In December, the historic houses in Fairmount Park were decorated for the holidays, and, with this year’s A Very Philly Christmas, hosted special programming for music lovers, food devotees, families, and adjacent residents, all of which contributed to a 41% increase in visitation to the park’s historic houses during the holiday season.

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MEADOW MANSIONS In fall 2016, in partnership with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Audubon Pennsylvania, we commissioned 12 artists to create birdhouses for the Meadow Mansions exhibition at Mount Pleasant Mansion as part of the DesignPhiladelphia festival. These beautiful structures raised awareness of the importance of meadow habitat in public parks and are being installed throughout Fairmount Park. S TE WA R DS H I P

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In 2016, the Conservancy’s Membership program expanded to 731 members, and we hosted 71 unique member events, including 19 guided hikes, 14 trail runs, 14 yoga classes, and 10 kayak trips. In May, 120 runners participated in the Broad Street Run as champions for the Conservancy, raising a combined $60,000 for trail work at Belmont Plateau. In October, we hosted the fifth annual GLOW in the Park "friendraiser" event, bringing 433 Conservancy members to the long-dormant Palazzo on the Parkway for a night of music, food and drink, and a one-of-a-kind light show designed by the experiential art shop Klip Collective.

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COMMUNITIES

The Conservancy invests in communities through a range of capital park projects, creative placemaking strategies, and capacity-

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building efforts with grassroots organizations in the neighborhoods that border our parks. By collaborating with community leaders and dedicating staff, resources, and outreach efforts

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in specific neighborhoods over a span of years, we are able to make a difference in how the community experiences a park and, ultimately, in the strength of the neighborhood itself.

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In late 2015, the Fairmount Park Conservancy was honored to be selected as one of six organizations across the country to participate in ArtPlace America’s Community Development Investments program. This initiative has allowed the Conservancy to integrate arts and culture strategies into our core mission delivery and harness the power of artists and cultural organizations to enrich our work in the park system and neighboring communities. In summer 2016, we worked with Public Workshop to design, build and program an interactive platform at The Oval called the Fairmount Park Launch. The project created a home base to distribute our new Fairmount Park map, a meeting place for guided bike tours of Fairmount Park, and a visual exhibition of historic Fairmount Park photographs and renderings to acquaint people with the extraordinary legacy of the park.

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REIMAGINING THE N E I G H B O R H O O D E XC H A N G E B OX , A N I N N O VAT I O N F U N D P R O J E C T, W H I C H P R O M P T E D C O N N E C T I O N S B E T W E E N R E S I D E N T S N E A R T H E LO V E T T L I B R A R Y & PA R K A N D B A R T R A M ’ S G A R D E N C I V I C C O M M O N S S I T E S ( M T. A I R Y )

CIVIC COMMONS In late 2014, the Conservancy was selected by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the William Penn Foundation as the convener for Reimagining the Civic Commons, a collaborative initiative that began in Philadelphia as a way to connect the city’s leading public space operators and five planned new civic spaces (the Reading Viaduct, Bartram’s Mile, Lovett Library and Park, Discovery Center in East Fairmount Park and our own Centennial Commons in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park). The initiative includes an Innovation Fund that has allowed us to test new strategies for public space interventions and build connections among communities surrounding the five Philadelphia Civic Commons sites. As of fall 2016, Reimagining the Civic Commons has gone national.

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The Conservancy continued to convene the East Fairmount Park Coalition, a group of 98 individuals representing 50 local organizations working to position East Fairmount Park as a major cultural, historical, natural, and recreational asset for the adjacent neighborhoods and the Philadelphia region. In September, we supported the 5th Annual Boxers’ Trail 5K on Strawberry Mansion Day, bringing 233 runners and walkers out to the restored trails made famous by Joe Frazier and still used today by local boxers, runners and hikers. Also in September, we celebrated the relighting of Boathouse Row with a festival that attracted an audience of over 3,000 to this beloved section of Fairmount Park. In concert with community leaders in Strawberry Mansion, we are advancing work on the Mander to the River project, a set of improvements to create a sense of place and connection among the neighborhood's assets.

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In 2016, as part of the Civic Commons initiative, the Conservancy continued to advance through the design phase of Centennial Commons, our next major capital project that will bring an innovative new recreation space to the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park. In spring 2017 we will break ground on the first phase of the project, the Neighborhood Edge along Parkside Avenue, to be followed by the construction of the Youth Area play space in 2018. Centennial Commons’ Neighborhood Edge will serve as a "front porch," welcoming neighborhood residents and visitors into the park. Developed after an extensive community engagement process, the Neighborhood Edge will incorporate new native plantings and enhanced traffic calming features, making Parkside Avenue safer to cross. Integrated stormwater management elements will also provide environmental benefits, wildlife habitats, and ecological learning opportunities.

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The Conservancy is deeply grateful to the following individual, corporate and foundation supporters who contributed gifts of $100 or more during the fiscal

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Every gift to the Conservancy is greatly appreciated and we wish to extend a sincere thank you to the many other donors who give generously to support our work. The Fairmount Park Conservancy would also like to

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thank our public agency partners, whose support and leadership allows us to maximize the impact of our work: Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Philadelphia City Council, Managing Director’s Office, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Philadelphia Commerce Department, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia Streets Department, and Philadelphia Water Department.

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James Bloom

Laura and Marc McKenna

Joseph M. Manko, Sr., Esq.

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Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation

Carol S. Eicher

William Penn Foundation

Foss Foundation

Barry and Linda Ungar

Barbara Farley

Oliver and Leslie Mellet

Carter R. Leidy, Jr.*

Nathan van Wooten

Mark and Sally Frazza

Thomas Meyers

Mr. and Mrs. D. Christopher LeVine

David and Keay Wagner

Stanley and Julie Moat

Martin H. McNamara

Julie Welker

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Natalie and Harvey Bartle, III

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Robert and Beatrice Bast

Caryn and Ian Gourley Carole D. Green Michael and Patricia Hansberry

Evelyn and Robert Betz

Ed Brown and Sue Garber

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Sandra W. Weckesser, Esq.

J. Blaine Bonham and Rick Spitzborg, Jr.

Cindy* and John Affleck

Cheryl and Cliffe Cheston

Lawrence Brass

Hilary Alger and Chris Sanchirico

Angelarosa DiDonato

Sophie and Edwin Bronstein

Kyle Andeer

L. Stuart Ditzen and Denise Cowie

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Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Aronson

Thomas Dolgenos and Sarah Ricks

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck, III

Amara* and Jason Briggs

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Carol and Baird* Brown

Garden Club of Philadelphia

Lynda K. Byrd

George and Diane Goeke

Karen and Edward* M. D'Alba

Lynda Hubbell

Mark Focht

Margaret and Craig Johnson

Matthew and Marie Gantz

Anne and Wynn Lee

Kay and James* Gately

David Major and Evelyn Eskin

Margot and Robert Keith

Jim McClelland and Lynn Miller

The Landenberger Family Foundation

Martha Moore

John* and Dana Levitties

Alyson N. Owen-Craig M. Oliner Family Charitable Fund

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Michael Burch David Bushnell Daniel and Linda Butler Wendy Calhoun Diane and Christopher Carroll John P. Caskey and Janet Ginzberg Jennifer and Robert Celata Ramona Chube Ciardi, Ciardi & Astin Catharine Ciric

Susan and Robert Peck

Harry B. Clement

Alison Peirce

David and Nancy Colman

Joan Roberts

James Conmy

Robert N.C. Nix III, Esq.

John Randolph*

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Michael Conway

Tony Payton, Jr.

The Rorer Foundation, Inc.

Cindy and Stanley Schwartz

Dr. Douglas Cosgrove

Carol Horne Penn, Esq.

Pam and Tony Schneider

Peter L. Shaw

Harry B. Coslett

Daniel J. Phelan

Laura and Jeff Shell

Avery Sinclair

Harriet Cramer

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Stewart

Elizabeth Crawford

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Bayard T. Storey, PhD

Susan and David Dannenberg

Robert R. Adams

Susan and Eric Swanson

Linda and Christian Dehmelt

J.B. Broms

Mark B. Thompson

Mark and Tobey Dichter

Dry Family Charitable Foundation

Timon Family Fund

Janice and James Donaghy

John Randolph

Emeritus Cynthia Affleck James H. Gately Philip Price Jr.

Carol and Joseph Olivieri Perry Pitkow and Jami Bassman Pitkow Judith Preston Robert S. Price

Ann and Dave Greene

Susan E. Bolesta

Susan M. Moslow Catherine and Hugh G. Moulton

Esther and Walter Gerhard

George Ahern $250-$499

Alexander Molot and Adena Klem

Nancy Harris

Rose and Peter Randall Kristin Rising Luis and Bonita Rivera

Kathryn Hayes

Susanne S. Robinson

Robert Hayes

Dr. and Mrs. Milton L. Rock

Hans Hesselein

Diane Schneider

Tonya Histand

Barbara and Leo Sewell

Tony and Lynn Hitschler Beth and David Kagan Jane Kasserman

Ann J. Sholly and John Wellenbach Sue and Jack Siler Corey and Jonne Smith

Peter Kelly

Elizabeth Solomon

Jane Margraff Kieser Min-Young Kim and Michael Lampson Linda and William Koons Evelyn Kritchevsky Lydia and John Krzeminski Howard and Gail Kunreuther Charitable Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Dr. Bette Landman Judith and Morton Langsfeld Kathleen and Thomas Leonard

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Gary H. Levin

Sandra W. Weckesser, Esq.*

Eleanor Lloyd Samuel P. Mandell Foundation Lynn and Joseph* M. Manko

Ethel Wetherill Mary F. Wiley Signe Wilkinson and Jon Landau

Sandra Martin Gerald McHugh and Maureen Tate Elizabeth P. McLean Karen and John McMeekin

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Carter R. Leidy, Jr.*

Elizabeth and Eugene Gasiewski

Judge Teresa Sarmina

Gladyne K. Mitchell

Angela Geiger

Adam Shapiro and Terryl Decker

Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Matching Gifts

Eric Gibson and Jeannie Pearce

Joseph Shapiro

Mr.* and Mrs. Philip Price, Jr.

Apple Inc.

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Drs. Joel and Linda Griska

Marcia C. Shearer

Lyle and Janet Rosenberger

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Mayor James Kenney

Glen Foerd on the Delaware

Lisa Simon

Elizabeth Vogdes and Charles Cantor

Exelon Foundation

Sidney Goldstein

Harris Sokoloff

Ellen and Howard Goodwin

Michael and Jacqueline Strigel

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Bonnie and Lon Greenberg

William E. Toffey and Kathryn Krantz

Madeline and Rodney Griffin

Colleen Walsh

Sharon and Oleh Haluszka

Joanne and Raymond Welsh

Brendan Harney

Margaret Whittaker

Adrienne Y. Hart

Amy and Bernard Wilson

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Kathryn Hayes

Sherley Young

Anonymous (2)

Jane Golden and Tony Heriza

Carol Beam

Hans Hesselein

Jane N. Beatty

Dr. Arthur Holst

Michael and Cookie Belman

Ronald L. Kaiserman

Evelyn and Steve Bennett

Jay and Donna Karfunkle

Lawrence and Julie Berger

Martha and Robert Kennedy

Betsy A. Bowden

Kathryn Kovacs

John Briggs

Evelyn Kritchevsky

Dorothy J. Burton

Helen Lam

Joseph A. Caesar

Brian Lucas

Comcast Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Carmalt

Filomena and Joseph Marshall

Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

Jennifer and Robert Celata

Sarah McCabe

Drexel University

Jenny Chen

Barbara McDermott

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Brendan McGrath

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Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Cobleigh

James and Mimi McKenzie

Germantown Academy

Gene and Charles Dilks

MGA Partners Architects

Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest

L. Stuart Ditzen and Denise Cowie

Maygail and Austin Nagle

Mr. and Mrs. Davis Dure

Membership $250+ Martin DiFrancesco Graham and Katharine Finney Friends of Penn Treaty Park Friends of Sedgley Woods Ann and David Lane Gary H. Levin Lindy Property Management Co. Penn Treaty Museum Pullman SST, Inc. Cathy and William G. Sharrar, MD Bayard T. Story, PhD

Johannah Fine

Richman Charitable Trust

Mark P. Flood

Theodore Robb

Pamela and Peter Freyd Jerrold and Beth Frezel

Special Projects & Programs Almo Corporation ArtPlace America

The Philadelphia Foundation

For Corporate Leadership

GlaxoSmithKline IBM International Foundation

Tribute Gifts

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

Nicholas DeBenedictis

Joan Reilly and Michael DiBerardinis Janet and John Haas

Lockheed Martin Employees' Political Action Committee

In memory of Patricia Kind Cindy* and John Affleck Joseph and Lynn Manko The Patricia Kind Family Foundation

Macquarie Group Foundation The Merck Foundation

2016 Centennial Celebration— Centre Square Sponsors

In honor of Jerome and Amanda Clauser American Board of Internal Medicine Noah Clauser Randi Tonik Gail Wollerton

TE Connectivity Matching Gift Program

Saint-Gobain Corporation

In honor of John Binswanger David and Dorothy Binswanger Janet Binswanger


In honor of Joseph M. Manko Lois and Mitchell Burack

Thomson Reuters Tiff Advisory Services Vanguard Matching Gift Program

2016 Centennial Celebration— Franklin Square Sponsors Aqua America Binswanger Dranoff Properties

Sponsors

Carol Eicher*

Park Stewardship & Love Your Park

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Bank of America

Jones Lang La Salle

The Chubb Corporation

Liberty Property Trust

In honor of Archbishop Ryan Cross Country and Coach Ed Ulmer Scott Lash

NovaCare Rehabilitation

Macro Consultants

PECO

Pennoni Associates

In memory of Roxy Diamond Susan Miller

The OVAL

2016 Centennial Celebration— Logan Square Sponsors

Commonwealth Charter Academy

Chemtura

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

In honor of Ground Reconsidered The Lighting Practice

Greater Media Philadelphia


Nildred and John Nawa

Holderness School

Park Towne Place

A bequeath of Phoebe Rosenberry

Comcast

Sharon Corbin and Ed Spector

Sara Nerken

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

PNC Bank

Cozen O'Connor

Donald Cresswell and Nancy Nitzberg

Bonnie and Eliot Nierman

Fox Rothschild LLP

Warby Parker

Thomas and Virginia Dalfo

Erin O'Connor

Albert J. Lofgren and Antoinette Farrar Seymour Donor-Advised Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation

Unleashed by Petco

Franklin Square Partners

Whole Foods Market

Angelarosa DiDonato

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O'Hara

The Philadelphia Foundation

John* and Patti Gattuso

Janice and Tom Duffin

Valerie D. Pearce

Philadelphia Freedoms

Jerry and Debbie Epstein

Catherine Reilly

Saint-Gobain Corporation

Peter and Ellen Evans

Penny Rezet and Eric Feingold


The Barra Foundation Bryn Mawr Racing Company

In memory of Ernie Eskin Myra Eskin, Matt Eskin and Rachel Eskin Fisher

Organizations Anonymous Arden Theatre Co. CMGRP, Inc.

S TE WA R DS H I P

The Goldenberg Group

TreePhilly

The Maguire Foundation

TD Bank

CONSE RVATION

Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. and Richard Worley

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McCormick Taylor, Inc.


NovaCare Rehabiliation

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Philadelphia Phillies

KieranTimberlake

Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Sun Capital

Monroe Energy

TD Bank

Studio Bryan Hanes

Turner Construction Company

Financial Report, FY 2016 The Conservancy is pleased to present the financial results for the year ending June 30, 2016. This was the first full fiscal year after our merger with the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, and the combined organization has strengthened our mission of preserving and enhancing the park system’s lands and properties through diverse funding and programming. The Conservancy continues to administer a number of multi-year grants, which has led to an increase

2015 GLOW in the Park—Park Champion

in temporarily restricted revenue and related expenses, and we have continued our grant and contract funded work

Wells Fargo

Jeanette Arthur, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway

in the areas of park stewardship, capital projects, land restoration, and programming. Finally, with an increase in the


Max* and Elyse Berger

Urban Engineers, Inc.

2016 Centennial Celebration— Washington Square Sponsors Max* and Elyse Berger Bittenbender Construction, LP

Clemens Construction Company, Inc. J2 Design Partnership Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.

number and scale of our projects and activities, we have raised funds to build organizational capacity to ensure the continued success of our programs. The ratio of program services to total expenses, as compared to fundraising and administrative expenses, was 84%, which represents our dedication to ensuring that our funding continues to support our programs and projects.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Citizens Bank

FOR YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 AND 2015

Clemens Construction Company, Inc. Community Counselling Service Co, LLC

Drexel University Ensemble Investments, LLC Foster + Partners Penny and Robert Fox

Permanently Restricted

2016 Total

2015 Total

Support & Revenues Foundation grants

$224,216

$5,603,575

-

$5,827,791

$11,645,548

Please note that the Conservancy endeavors to maintain complete and accurate records. If you notice an error or omission please contact the Development Department at 215-988-9334.

Corporate grants

$11,878

$763,842

-

$775,720

$490,116

Scott Conking* and Thomas Wall Cushman & Wakefield

Temporarily Restricted

* Current members of Fairmount Park Conservancy Board of Directors

Unrestricted

Contributions

$343,209

$87,300

-

$430,509

$317,491

Government contracts

$919,210

-

-

$919,210

$437,973

Contracts

$671,033

-

-

$671,033

$543,862

Rents

$193,289

-

-

$193,289

$184,774

The Glenmede Trust Company

Special events, net of expenses of $176,508

$331,338

-

-

$331,338

$369,681

Independence Blue Cross

Investment income

$9,717

$82,348

-

$92,065

$80,696

Net assets released from restrictions: Satisfaction of program restrictions

$5,912,066

$(5,912,066)

-

-

Total Revenue, Gains, & Other Support

$8,615,956

$624,999

-

$9,240,955

$14,070,141

KieranTimberlake Jane F. and Leonard I. Korman L.F. Driscoll Company Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP Monroe Energy, LLC

Expenses

PECO

Program Services

$7,198,649

-

-

$7,198,649

$2,257,798

Philadelphia Energy Solutions

Administrative

$910,665

-

-

$910,665

$393,011

PNC Bank

Fundraising

$467,660

-

-

$467,660

$327,199

Total Expenses

$8,576,974

-

-

$8,576,974

$2,978,007 $11,092,134*

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP 2015 GLOW in the Park—Friend of the Conservancy

Change in Net Assets

$38,982

$624,999

-

$663,981

Accenture LLP

Net Assets— Beginning of Period

$1,360,728

$13,566,125

$100,000

$15,026,853

Net Assets—End Of Period

$1,399,710

$14,191,124

$100,000

$15,690,834

Carol and Horace Barsh Community Counselling Service Co, LLC Carol Eicher*

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Conservancy Staff Rick Magder Executive Director Tim Clair Senior Director of Operations & Planning Jamie Gauthier Senior Director of Public Partnerships Meg Holscher Senior Director of Development Jennifer Mahar Senior Director of Civic Initiatives Ellen Ryan Senior Director of Strategy & Planning Lucy Strackhouse Senior Director of Preservation & Property Management Kelly Altrichter Conservation Technician Andrew Clark Finance Manager Chris Dougherty Project Manager Erin Engelstad Park Stewardship Manager Andrea Exo Conservation Technician Sara Hirschler Marketing & Membership Manager Nyla Holland Intern Extraordinaire


Kim Jordan Development Coordinator Nicole Matchette Architectural Conservator Tom McPoyle Architectural Conservator Ed Miller Historic House Coordinator

Credits Designer Andee Mazzocco, WBD Contributors Meg Holscher Kim Jordan

Elizabeth Moselle Associate Director of Business Development

Rick Magder

Erin Nardini Special Events Coordinator

Ellen Ryan

Adela Park Special Projects Coordinator

Cover and Primary Photographer

Ines Reyes Administrative Coordinator Luke Rhodes Project Coordinator Kevin Roche Impact & Grants Manager Joe Soprani Operations & Finance Coordinator

Kevin Roche

Albert Yee

Additional Photography pages 1-3: R. Kennedy for Visit Philadelphia® pages 14-15: Darryl Moran for TreePhilly pages 16-17: Ryan Collerd pages 34-35: Steve Weinik

Andrew Staples Conservation Technician

pages 38-39: Studio Bryan Hanes

Jay Stephenson Architectural Conservator

inside back cover: Andee Mazzocco

Nick Tenaglia Conservation Technician

Park Champion Icon

pages 40-41: Jennifer Francesco

J2 Design

Ray Tschoepe Director of Conservation Lindsey Walker Park Stewardship Coordinator

Support for the creation of this report was provided by ArtPlace America.

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