Annual Report 2013 - Charles River Conservancy

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Charles River Conservancy: working to make the urban parklands along the
Charles more active, attractive, and accessible for all—from Boston Harbor to
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Annual Report 2013
In Memoriam
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n 2013, the Conservancy lost a dedicated friend of the
Charles River parklands, James J. Storrow. James was a
resident of Stormville, NY, where he retired and became
a landscape historian with a special interest in the works of
Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmsted. Until
recently, he was working on a book about the sculptor George
Edwin Bissell.
James was also a generous and involved philanthropist. He served on the Conservancy’s
Board of Advisors since 2008, always bringing good humor and insight to our meetings.
We are most grateful for his generosity, board service, and friendship; he will be missed.
The Charles River Conservancy is dedicated to
the stewardship, renewal, and enhancement of the
urban parklands along the Charles River.
The Conservancy promotes the active use and
vitality of the parklands, increases recreational
and cultural opportunities, and works to ensure
the beauty and integrity of this extraordinary
public resource.
Staff
Board of Directors
Renata von Tscharner
President
Ron Axelrod, Clerk
Nicole Manseau
Virginia Foote
Harry Mattison
Jennifer Gilbert
Robert O’Brien
Mitch Glass
Joan Pickett, Treasurer
Catherine Henn
F. Thompson Reece
Debra Iles, Chair
Richard Saltzberg
Janet Curtis
Director of Development &
Communications
Jessica Parsons
Director of Projects
Danielle Stehlik
Volunteer & Outreach
Coordinator
Hilary Burgin
Program & Administrative
Assistant
Brent Whalen
Advocacy Associate
Theresa Doherty
Projects Assistant
Sam Wotipka
Conservancy Volunteers
Intern
Photos by Topher Baldwin, Danielle Stehlik, Renata von Tscharner, and Sam Wotipka.
Renata von Tscharner,
Ex-Officio
Ania Wieckowski
Advisory Board
Jay Baldwin
Jarrett Barrios
Jeffrey Bilezikian
Dan Calano
Dennis Carlone
Philip Crutchfield
John DeVillars
Catherine Donaher
Michael Dukakis
Michael Epstein
Paul Fremont-Smith, Jr.
Nicholas Godfrey
John Isaacson
Mark Kraczkiewicz
Steven Kropper
Frans Lawaetz
Henry Lee
Linda Lerner
Geraldine Pangaro
Matthew Petrie
Patricia Pratt
Candace Roosevelt
Nancy Schön
Bruce Schwoegler
Amy Segal
Raul Solano
Lisa Stone
Mary Tambiah
Paul Walker
Judy Warren
John T. Williams
Michelle Wu
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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT
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recreation venue for skaters and BMX cyclists.
We look forward to celebrating the opening of the
skate park with you later this year!
In this annual report, we are delighted to share
our achievements—none of which would be
possible without the dedication of people
like you. Other notable programs include the
Conservancy’s ever-growing advocacy campaign
for bridge underpasses along the Dr. Paul Dudley
White Bike Path and the increasingly popular
Sunday Parkland Games.
Thank you for your generosity and partnership.
he Charles River Conservancy (CRC)
has had many accomplishments over
the years, but perhaps no year in the
organization’s history has been as memorable as
2013. From our historic community swim in the
Charles in July to a record number of volunteers
serving in the parklands doing critical stewardship
and maintenance work, your support has enabled
us to activate and enhance the parklands in
far-reaching and significant ways.
In addition, with the design and construction
documents for the skate park completed in 2013,
as we write, the bidding process is underway
to hire a general contractor. After years of
planning and design, coordinating with multiple
state agencies, and overcoming regulatory
challenges, construction of the skate park at
North Point in Cambridge will commence this
spring. This project will transform a forgotten and
contaminated industrial site into an incredible
In all of the work we do, your generosity is
integral to the Conservancy’s success. As we
partner with the MA Department of Conservation
and Recreation (DCR) to ensure that the Charles
River parklands realize their full potential as
one of the premier urban park systems in the
Commonwealth, we will continue to look to
you—the park users and supporters—to inform
and help shape the Conservancy’s vision of a
world-class urban riverfront park enjoyed by all.
See you in the parklands,
Debra Iles
Chair
Renata von Tscharner
President
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Programs &
Projects
Conservancy Volunteers
Year-round, the Conservancy Volunteers (CV) program is
providing critical stewardship and maintenance work in the
parklands. From debris pick-up and tree pruning to painting
railings and repairing benches to removing invasive plant
species and planting daffodil bulbs, CRC volunteers are
dedicated to making the parklands along the urban Charles
vibrant places for respite and recreation.
In 2013, the CV program organized 65 volunteer workdays
along the Charles, enlisting nearly 2,100 volunteers who
contributed 6,000 hours of service. These volunteer hours
amount to approximately $124,000 in donated labor to
the parklands! Participating volunteers included middle
and high school students, university students, corporatesector employees, and local community members who are
dedicated to the care and improvement of the parklands
and the river.
Also last year, the CV
program made an important
addition to the CRC team—
Chuck; the 2013 Chevy truck
replaced our ten-year-old
dump truck. Thanks to a
generous foundation grant,
CRC was able to purchase
the truck as well as a range
of landscaping tools to
support the vital work of the
CV program.
Thank you to all the volunteers who worked with the
Conservancy in 2013!
Swimmable Charles Initiative
Nine years ago, the Conservancy began developing the
Swimmable Charles Initiative to return public swimming to
the lower Charles River, a once popular activity until it was
banned in the mid-1950s due to concerns about the effects
of water pollution on public health.
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Fast-forward to Saturday, July 13, 2013. The health of the
river has come a long way!
The Conservancy, in collaboration with DCR and the
Charles River Swimming Club, organized the first public
community swim in the Charles in more than 50 years. It
was a momentous day in the river’s history—and for so
many people who have worked for decades to improve the
water quality of the river, a celebration.
With cheers of excitement and shouts of “Love that dirty
water,” swimmers jumped off the dock at the Esplanade to
enjoy a cool, deep-water swim in the Charles. Swimmers
splashed, laughed, and treaded water in awe of the
moment, as lifeguards watched from the dock and in
kayaks on the water.
With your continued support, in 2014 the Conservancy
will work with DCR to host additional deep-water
recreational swims in the river. Are you ready to take a
dip in the Charles?
Sunday Parkland Games
The Conservancy’s Sunday Parkland Games celebrated its
fifth successful season in 2013. Each Sunday afternoon,
June through September, the Conservancy hosted
free games and athletic activities in the parklands in
Cambridge, by the Weeks Footbridge. And each week,
hundreds of people—of all ages and abilities—participated.
Working with Knucklebones, a local athletic and events
company, CRC provided equipment and instruction for a
variety of games for children and adults alike. Activities
included bocce, beanbag toss, mini-basketball, hula-hoops,
and badminton, among many others. And thanks to the
generous instructors at Cambridge-based Karma Yoga
Studio, a one-hour yoga class was also available.
The Sunday Parkland Games has become a signature
program of the Conservancy, providing fitness and
recreation opportunities in the parklands for children and
families—giving them access to athletic equipment and
instruction that they might not experience otherwise. Your
support makes this important program possible—we look
forward to continuing the games in 2014!
Advocacy
One of the main objectives of the Conservancy is to
serve as an advocate to improve the parklands, including
enhancing public access. Throughout 2013 and going
forward this year, CRC’s priority advocacy campaign
is to persuade the Massachusetts Department of
Transportation (MassDOT) to develop pedestrian
underpasses along the river pathway as part of the bridge
renovations at the Anderson Memorial, Western Avenue,
and River Street bridges.
The Dr. Paul Dudley White Bike Path is a multi-modal
18-mile loop in the parklands used by thousands of
cyclists, runners, and pedestrians each day. These path
users currently risk the perils of street crossings at
dangerous intersections at the three bridges. If realized,
the underpasses will ensure level crossing through the
bridges, creating more than seven miles of uninterrupted
pathway along the Boston side of the river.
Over the last year, the CRC’s underpasses advocacy
campaign achieved several milestones, most notably that
MassDOT agreed to modify its bridge renovation designs,
moving the utilities infrastructure to allow space in the
bridge abutments for “future” pedestrian underpasses. In
addition, the coalition of supporters grew to more than
1,700 individuals, 49 organizations, and 37 elected officials
in support of the underpasses. And in December, the
Conservancy was awarded a second grant from the Barr
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The skate park design aims to maximize “green”
elements, including rain gardens and vegetated swales
for stormwater run-off, recycled and reclaimed building
materials, native landscaping, and a construction-phase
waste management and recycling plan. The site will be
developed in a manner that ensures the ecological integrity
of the adjacent Charles River and will blend aesthetically
with the existing surrounding state parkland.
Foundation to advance the campaign, including developing
architectural renderings of the underpasses, conducting
construction permitting research, and expanding
communications and outreach.
Thank you to all who committed their support to this
campaign—we look forward to sharing progress in 2014!
Other CRC advocacy work in 2013 focused on Daly Field,
the Environmental Bond Bill, bridge illuminations, and
urban planning issues affecting the Charles River corridor.
Skate Park
Over the last year, the Conservancy in collaboration with
DCR and MassDOT finalized the design and construction
documents for the proposed skate park, which will be named
the Lynch Family Skate Park and located in Cambridge.
In December, the bid process came underway to choose
a general contractor for the project. Once the contractor
is selected and the ground thaws, construction will begin,
starting with pre-loading soil on the site.
When built, the skate park will be the largest of its kind
in New England, transforming a former contaminated
industrial site into a much-needed recreation venue for
skaters and BMX cyclists. The skate park will have the
capacity to support community clinics and events as well
as world-class competitions.
The Conservancy is grateful to the many supporters of
the skate park, notably the leadership support of the
Lynch Foundation, WilmerHale, LLP, City of Cambridge,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Paul and Carol FremontSmith, City of Boston, and an anonymous foundation. We
look forward to celebrating the opening of the park later
this year with all those who made this project possible.
(L) An initial skate park conceptual design under the ramps to the Zakim Bridge and (R) the final design plan including the skate plaza and
landscaped areas. The skate park will become part of the state park system and managed by the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation.
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Financial Summary (FY13)
Year ending September 30, 2013
Operating Revenue & Support
Amount
Grants and Contributions, including
releases
$477,175
Donated Goods and Services
Program Revenue
Investment and Other Income
Total Revenue
Expenses
CRC President Receives
Olmsted Medal
78,669
17,930
Renata von
Tscharner holding
the Olmsted
Medal which
was presented to
her at the ASLA
President’s dinner
in Boston.
5,189
$578,963
Amount
Program Services:
Conservancy Volunteers
$88,833
Active Parklands
70,089
Advocacy and Outreach
120,126
Skate Park
94,263
Total Program Services
$373,311
Program Support:
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n November, during the national meeting of
the American Society of Landscape Architects,
Conservancy President Renata von Tscharner
was honored with the 2013 Olmsted Medal.
Named in honor of renowned landscape architect
Frederick Law Olmsted, the medal recognizes
Fundraising
$87,488
individuals, organizations, agencies, or programs
General and Administrative
102,872
outside the profession of landscape architecture for
Total Program Support
$190,360
Total Operating Expenses
$563,671
Board-Designated
Skate Park
In her acceptance speech, Renata explored what
19th-century landscape architect Olmsted might
Net Asset Composition
Operating
environmental leadership, vision, and stewardship.
design today along the Charles. “I think a skate
$292,175
park mitigating toxic soil would have been on his
10,000
list, and definitely bridge underpasses to provide
1,382,815
Fixed Assets
34,531
Total Net Assets
$1,719,521
Independent auditor’s report including financial statements is available on
CRC’s website at www.thecharles.org.
uninterrupted use of the riverfront pathways
for bicyclists and runners. Just like the Emerald
Necklace was a sewage project, the transportation
infrastructure work on the bridges lends the
opportunity to create safer and separate paths.”
To the some 300 “fellow park-builders” in the room,
she concluded, “I look forward to working together
to continue Olmsted’s legacy along the Charles.”
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Donors
$20,000+
Anonymous (1)
Amelia Peabody Charitable
Fund
Boston Bruins Foundation
Carolyn Kreye Tribe
Foundation
City of Cambridge
Highland Street Foundation
$10,000+
Anonymous (1)
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
Bilezikian Family Foundation
Converse
InterSystems Corporation
National Grid Foundation
REI
$5,000 – $9,999
Accenture, LLP
Alchemy Foundation
Boston University
Cambridge Community
Foundation
Elizabeth T. Fessenden
Charitable Foundation
Susan Fleming
Harvard Business School
Harvard University, Office of
Government, Community,
and Public Affairs
MIT Community Service Fund
Peter Munkenbeck and Renata
von Tscharner
Novartis Institutes for
BioMedical Research
The Boston Foundation
$1,000 – $4,999
Anonymous (3)
Allston Brighton/Boston
College Community Fund
Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC
Ron and Emily Axelrod
Thad Beal and Sarah Holt
Blue State Coffee, LLC
Louise and Rodrigo Botero
Fund
Elizabeth Cabot Lyman
2002 Charitable Lead
Annuity Trust
Cambridge Savings Charitable
Foundation
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The Charles River Conservancy gratefully acknowledges the individuals,
businesses, and foundations that generously supported our work during fiscal
year October 1, 2012–September 30, 2013. The Conservancy is fortunate to
have a broad group of dedicated supporters who make crucial investments in our
programs. With your support, we will continue to ensure that the Charles River
parklands are more active, attractive, and accessible for all. Thank you!
Cambridge Trust Company
Charles River Parklands
Stewardship Fund
Charles Riverboat Company
Charlesbank Capital Partners,
LLC
Patricia Cherney
City Sports
Mr. and Mrs. George Conrades
David and Melissa Druley
Alan J. Dworsky and Suzanne
Werber Dworsky Gift Fund
Eastern Charitable Foundation
EF/Education First
Geraldine Ferrara Pangaro
Family Foundation
Fields Pond Foundation
Virginia and William Foote
Jack Forte Foundation
Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
Gilbert Fund
Grant Thornton, LLP
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo
& Co., LLC
Garth H. Greimann Charitable
Gift Fund
Henn Family Foundation
Adele Herter Seronde
Ilisa Hurowitz and Nicholas
Alexander
Debra Iles and Erik Sobel
Ed and Ann Kania Foundation
Living Proof, Inc.
Marjorie L. and James M.
Lober Fund
Nicole and Shaun Manseau
Michael Mars
Martin Fund
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
The Stephen Mead Charitable
Fund
Jack and Elizabeth Meyer
Orchard Skateshop
Randy Peeler and Kate
Kellogg
Joan Pickett
Adelard A. & Valeda L. Roy
Foundation
Richard and Leslie Saltzberg
Nancy Schön
Albert Shapiro Fund
Sayre Sheldon and Eldredge
Morgan
Robert and Christine Small
Charitable Fund
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Lawrence and Lillian Solomon
Fund, Inc.
R. Gregg Stone Fund
Andrew Torchia
Alvin and Judy Warren
Ania Wieckowski
Andrew B. Young Foundation
$500 - $999
Anonymous (1)
Beacon Hill Garden Club
Richard Beaty and Paula
Chauncey
Belmont Savings Bank
Ann Berman and Samuel
Spektor, Jr.
Peter Burger
Cambridge School of Weston
Charles River Recreation, Inc.
Anne Covert and Edward
Cutler
Eastern Bank Charitable
Foundation
Susan and Michael Epstein
Giving Account
Feinstein Kean Healthcare
Financial Architects Partners
Gergen Family Fund
Mitch Glass and Linda Shi
Susan and John Gunderson
Esmond Harmsworth
Head of the Charles Regatta
Hecht-Sabin Family Fund
Frederick Hewett and Cheryl
Mazaik
Intercontinental Real Estate
Corporation
Mark and Ernesta
Kraczkiewicz
Ellen Mara Kramer Trust
Henry and Joan Lee
Linda Lerner Fund
Emmy and George Lewis
Ann and George Macomber
Harry and Melissa Mattison
Jane and Robert Morse
Barbara Norfleet
Amy Null and Andrew Budson
Winifred Parker
Anthony Phalen
Jane and Eric Philippi
Polly and Dan Pierce
Frances and Harold Pratt
Pratt Family Charitable Fund
Public Consulting Group
RBC Dain Rauscher Wealth
Management
Riverside Boat Club
Candace Roosevelt
Beth Stokes
Lucy and Daniel Stroock
Linda Tosi
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Richard Urell
Urell, Inc.
Paul Walker and Deborah
Klein
Watertown Community
Foundation
John T. Williams and Noa
Hall
Mingjun Zhao
$1 – $499
Anonymous (3)
Scott Abrams
Dr. Robert Ackerman
John and Penelope Adams
Mary-Jo Adams
Corinne and Gerald Adler
Patricia Ahern
Jonathan Aibel and Julie
Rohwein
Lee and Nile Albright
Peter and Widgie Aldrich
William and Joan Alfond
Foundation
Phyllis Jane Allen
Lindsay and Blake Allison
Peter Ambler and Lindsay
Miller
Janet and Godfrey Amphlett
Anne and Thomas Anninger
Susan Antebi
Christina Astley
Steven Atlas and Lestra
Litchfield
Marilyn Averill
Leona Bachrach
Howard Baden 1996
Revocable Trust
Sarah Baker and Tim Albright
Jay and Claire Baldwin
Pamela Banks
Louis Barber
Joel and Betsy Bard
Marc and Carol Bard
David and Judith Barrett
Larry and Martha Bauer
Paul and Catherine Beatty
Bedford Dining, Inc.
Kitty Beer
Nancy and Reinier Beeuwkes
Claudette and Jonathan
Beit-Aharon
Patricia Belden and Kevin
Kelly
Michael Bellomo
McKey and James Berkman
Gerald and Miriam Berlin
Steven and Stephanie
Bernstein
Mary-Kathryn Bertelli
Leonard and Christina
Bierbrier
Big Fat Toad, Inc.
Robert Binstock and Majka
Maciak
Herbert Birnbaum
Linda Black
Libby Blank
Willa and Taylor Bodman
Derek and Sissela Bok
Carole Bolsey and Twig
Johnson
Mary Ellen Bowers
John Boyd
Thomas and Judith Bracken
Cameron Brandt and Anne
Myers
William and Nannette
Braucher
Caroline Breinin
Stephen and Joanna Breyer
Myles Brown and Judy Garber
Eric Brus
Edward Buckbee and Susan
Lee Lindquist
Paul and Patricia
Buddenhagen
Philip and Hilary Burling
Craig and Bettina Burr
Susan Bush
Frances Butler
Ruth Butler
Katherine Button
Margaret Cain
Patricia Caldwell and Richard
Connolly
Cambridge Plant & Garden
Club
Sarah Carleton
Frederick Casselman and
Susan Ashbrook
Larry and Lynn Cetrulo
Itty Chan
Polly Chatfield
Antonia Chayes
Richard and Betsy Cheek
Charles and Lael Chester
Sallie Chisholm
Christina Clamp and Donald
Gianniny
Meredith and Eugene Clapp
John Clark and Elizabeth
Barringer
Frances Colburn
Christine Cole
Peter Coley and Sandrine
Deschaux
Earl Collier and Maren
Anderson
Verena and Tom Conley
John and Sylvia Constable
Lawrence and Nancy Coolidge
Lindsay Leard- and Charles
Coolidge, III
Daniel and Judy Coquillette
Christine Costello
Robert and Martha Cowden
Linda Cox
Joseph Coyle and Genevieve
Sansoucy
Ruth and Robert Crocker
Philip Crutchfield
Gilbert Curtis and Sonia Turek
Elizabeth and Ismael
Dambolena
Chris Danis
Ann Dannenberg and Glenn
Rosen
Claudia Davidoff and Joseph
Kahan
Susan Davies and Richard
Talkov
Fred Davis and Jane
Hilburt-Davis
Henrietta Davis and Richard
Bock
Anna and Peter Davol
Richard De Neufville and
Virginia Lyons
Elizabeth and Nicholas Deane
DeLaite and Kuo Charitable
Trust
Christiane Delessert and John
Shields
Debbie DeWitt and Ron
Joseph
Anita Diamant and James Ball
Sally and John Dias
Denise and Robert DiCenso
Carl Dierker
Nancy Dignan
Corinne and Kenneth DiPietro
Astrid and Douglas Dodds
Mary Dolan
Catherine Donaher and Robert
Hollister
Ursula Drager
Susan Dreier
Michael and Katherine
Dukakis
Annie Dunbar
Sally and George Edmonds
Harron Ellenson
Marion and David Ellis
Jane and David Epstein
Luise Erdmann
Susan Erickson and Bruce
Phillips
Verla Pat Eston
Susan Falkoff
Meade Fasciano
Shirl E. Fay
Lenore Feigenbaum and
Simon Klein
Jan and Joe Ferrara
Judith Ann Ferry
Elisabeth Fine
Olivia and Preston Fiske
Joan FitzGerald
Marylee Fleischmann
Siena Fleming
Roberta and Edward T. Foote, II
Dale Ford
Fort Point Associates
Marjorie and Donald Forte, Jr.
Julie Fouhy
Chesca Fox and Daniel Duval
Fred Franklin
Jonathan Freedman
Sarah Freeman and Sam
Sherwood
Friedman Charitable Fund
Amanda Gabai
Caroline and Ralph
Gakenheimer
Elizabeth Gallagher
Garden Club of the Back Bay
L. Gardiner
Frederic Gardner and Sherley
Smith
Janet Garfield
Andrew Garfinkle and Irena
Danys
Glenda Garrelts Mattes
Karen Garrison
Erika Geetter and David
Siegel
Margaret and Bruce Gelin
Lisa Geoghegan
Robert and Sam Gibson
Gilmore Giving Fund
Gino Salon, Inc.
Glass Family Foundation
Nan Glass
Gluck Family Fund
David Golan and Laura Green
Nancy Gold
Linnea Goldstein
Dorothy and Donald Gonson
Elizabeth Goodfellow Zagoroff
Allan Gordon and Christine
Cowan
Laurie Gould and Steve
Ansolabehere
Paul and Priscilla Gray Gift
Fund
Allan and Janet Green
Joe and Carol Green
Ron and Rhonda Green
Steven Greenberg and Avra
Goldman
David Greenwold
Donelle Gregory
Rona Gregory
Wendy Gulley
Reina Guzman
Bethe Hagopian
Peter Haines and Sekyo Nam
Halvorson Design Partnership,
Inc.
Sylvia and Roy Hammer
Michele and Robert Hanss
Jane and Stephen Hardy
Anne and Neil Harper
Charlie Haydock and Kyra
Leroy
Ruth and Jan Heespelink
Winifred Hentschel
Richard Hermon-Taylor and
Southie Bundy
Geraldine Herold and Jim
McSherry
Anthony Herrey and Maria
Sagris
Gerald Hershkowitz
Dorothy and John Herzog
Ulla Hester
Monica and Tom Hexner
Philip and Ann Heymann
Richard and Erica Hiersteiner
Werner Hofmann
Marie and George Hoguet
Jean Holmblad
Houghton Chemical
Corporation
Stephanie and Robert Howard
Catherine and Keith Hughes
Carol and Robert Hulsizer
Nina and Ogden Hunnewell
Gale and Terry Hunt
Robert and Nancy Hurlbut
Arif Hussain and Sarah Figge
Beth and Vernon Ingram
Consuelo and John Isaacson
Keith Ito
J.P. Licks
Howell E. Jackson/Elizabeth
V. Foote Fund
Margaretha Jacobson
David Jay
Anna Jeffrey
Elizabeth and Adolf Jochnick
Johnson Fund
Alex Jones
Caroline Jones and Peter
Galison
Dominick Jones and Rosalind
Michahelles
Frederick Jones
Edward Joyce
Howard Kaplan
Andrea Karls
Ann Karnovsky
Lilian Kemp and David Marks
Sam Kendall and Cathie Zusy
Sandra Kendall and Ken
Green
Stephen Kendall
Sharon Kimball
Carolyn and John King
Judith King
Mary King and Robert Hoyt
Sheila and William King
Gesa Kirsch
Constance and Ernest Kirwan
Walter Kittredge
Jennifer and Sebastien Klein
Robert Kleinberg
Joan and Arthur Kleinman
Robert and Naomi Kline
Gail and Marcel Korn
Joyce and Bernard Kosowsky
Sandra and Mark Kryder
Rosanne Kumins
Nancy Kummer
Nancy and Richard Lamb
Annette LaMond and Joseph
Moore, III
Wendy Landman and Joel
Weissman
Timothy Largy
Bruce Lederer
Catherine Lehar
Thomas Lehrer
Winifred Lenihan
Lesley University
Georger and Anne Levin
Jeff Levin-Scherz
Jillian Levine
Benjamin Levy
Pam and Edward Lingel
Natasha and John Lisman
Lyn and Boardman Lloyd
Brooks and Martin Lobkowicz
Irena and Cesare Lombroso
Audra Longert
Michelle and Hambleton Lord
James Loughlin
Chris and Wilson Lowry
Henry and Carol Lukas
Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Horner
Roseanne MacDonald and
Arthur Berge
Linsey MacDougall
Macy and Allison Fund
John Maher and Ellen
Sarkisian
Mary Mahoney
Marian Marill
Irene and William Marsh
Jocelyn Marshall
Craig and Krista Martin
Paul and Nancy Martini
Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy and Health
Sciences
Massik Family Fund
Hugh and Arlene Mattison
Gail B. Mazur 1983 Trust
Charles McCabe
Brian McCormick
Gerald McCue
Judith McDonough
Peter and Hilary McGhee
Donald and Jeanette McInnes
Anne McKinnon
Eric McNulty
Peter and Laurie McTeague
Lynn McWhood
Franklin Mead, III and Penny
Bragonier
Meek Foundation
Anmol Mehra Gift Fund
Bonnie Menes Kahn
Fred and Wendy Merrill
Stan Mescon and Val Treloar
Marlene Meyer
Praxedis Meyr von Baldegg
and Andrzej Cieplak
Helaine Miller
Margo Miller
Jessica Mink
Ruby and Allen Mintz
Samuel Mintz
Marjorie Moerschner
Frances Lee Montgomery
Alan Moore
Faith Moore
Amey Moot and Kem Stewart
Margaret Moran and Simon
Shapiro
Jennifer Morrison and Richard
Marks
Kristin Mortimer
Bonnie and Neil Moynihan
Marissa Mullane
Jeff Munger and Robert
Whitman
Adelaide R. Munkenbeck
Helen Munzer
David and Jean Nathan
Barbara Scott Nelson
Giselle and Casey Nelson
Julie Nelson
Micah Nemiroff
Carol Nesson
New Balance
Eli and Carolyn Newberger
John and Ellen Newell
Virginia Newes
Newton Yacht Club
Scott and Muriel Nichols
Bill Nigreen/Kathleen
McDermott Fund
Patricia Nolan and David
Rabkin
Alexander Notopoulos, Jr. and
Alexis Anderson
Geoffrey and Clare Nunes
Patrick O’Grady
Carol O’Hare
Frances O’Leary
Raymond and Anna O’Neil
Stephen O’Reilly and Julie
White
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Jacqueline Olds and Richard
Schwartz
Elinor and Neil Olken
Jean and Silvio Onesti
Pell Osborn and Louise
Ambler-Osborn
Richard and Linda Osterberg
David and Jane Otte
Alexander Ozonoff
Shippen Page and Anne
St. Goar
Nathan Pallo
Laurence Roy Palmeri
Christina Pantaleo
Seth Parker and Marsha
Rheubottom
Byron and Kathleen Parrish
James Pazzanese and Kate
Grimes
Richard and Beverly Peiser
Jane and Edward Perry
Petersen Family Fund
John Petrowsky and Tom Vise
Arthur Pfaelzer
Vincent Piccirilli, Jr. and Anita
Meiklejohn
Stephanie and Randy Pierce
Theodore W. Pietras
William Pisano
William and Lia Poorvu
Christopher Porter
Susan and Frederick Putnam
Justin Pytka
Rebecca Ramsay
William Rawn
David Read
Recyclebank
Carice Reddien
Tom and Jessica Reece
Jennifer Regan
Kathleen and Marion Reine
Hanson Reynolds
Ann and Harland Riker
Barbara Rimbach
Howard and Margaret Ris
Elizabeth Robertson
Robert Hansel and Lisa
Robinson
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Maxine and Stanley
Rosenberg
Jay Rosengard
Nicholas Ross and Heather
Kelly
Susan and Geoffrey Rowley
Kristen Rupert and John Foote
Margery and Jim Sabin
Jenny Sadler
Frederick Salvucci
John Sanger
Rev. H. Paul Santmire
Judith Schaefer
Doris and Simon Scheff
Ann Schlesinger and David
Beavers
Rebecca Schrumm
Skye Schulte
Herbert Schulze
John Sears
Amy Segal and Andy Blum
Sam Seidel
Wendy Shattuck and Sam
Plimpton
John Shetterly
Joel Shield
Bennett and Roberta Simon
Susan Siris Wexler
Lucretia Slaughter
Gilda Slifka
Dale Smith and Steve
Jacobson
Melissa Smith
Lanier Smythe
Diane Sokal and Randolph
Meiklejohn
Jo and Maxwell Solet
Rina Spence and Gary
Countryman
Carol Spitzer and Robert
Williamson
Lee and George Sprague
Lois Stanley
Jeane Steig
David Stern
Stevenson Family Charitable
Trust
Mark and Carl Stewart
Stone/Teplow Families
Charitable Fund
Meryl Stowbridge
Ruta Straumanis
John Straus and Liza Ketchum
Susaan Straus and Ricardo
Ceriani
Harborne Stuart, Jr.
Charles Sullivan and Susan
Maycock
Liz Sweeney
Gerry Swislow
Swiss Society of Boston
Taggart-Turner Giving Trust
Lois and Jason M. Tanzer
Ben and Kate Taylor
Foundation
Danielle C. Thomas
J. Andrew Thomas and
J. Robin Lepore
Pat Tietbohl and Doug
Romich Gift Fund
Arthur Tischler
Gillien Todd and Kingsley
Taft
Michael and Nancy Tooke
Timothy Toomey, Jr.
Liem Tran and Tom Holman
Elizabeth and Stephen Trehu
Grace Tsuei Tkach
Louis Tucker and Carolyn
Woollen-Tucker
Tzedakah Fund
Reed and Peggy Ueda
David Uhrenholdt
Henry Vandermark
Peter and Florence
Vanderwarker
John Vitagliano
Eric and Jessie von Hippel
Charles Wagner
Lilla Waltch
Lyle Warner
Jay and Judy Wasserman
Frances Webb
Norman Weeks
Susan Weir
Polly Welch
Josefine Wendel
Janet and Dean Wetherbee
Robert Wettach
Nannie and Frank Wezniak
White Family Fund
Carolyn White
Peter and Susan Smith White
George and Barbara
Whitesides
James Wieder
Alexander and Sarah Wiener
Mary Allen Wilkes
Kate and Carroll Williamson
Richard H. Willis Charitable
Gift Fund
Pace Willison
Thomas Winner and Irene
Portis-Winner
Wirth-Myers Family Fund
Anthony Woeltz
John Wofford
Wolfe and Rita Fund
Fred and Nancy Woods
Barbara Worcester
Gerald Wright
Robert and Sheri Wright
Elizabeth Wylde and Lance
Drane
John and Judith Wyman
Mead and Ann Wyman
Stanley and Evelyn Wyman
Suzanne Wymelenberg
Gary Zanercik
Robert and Judith Zeitlin
Monthly Donors
Peter Burger
Geraldine Herold
Robert and Naomi Kline
Andrew Torchia
Eaton Vance Matching Gift
Program
Entertainment Industry
Foundation/Warner Bros.
IBM
Tribute Gifts
In-Kind Gifts or Services
Grendel’s Den
Home Depot (Watertown)
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Karma Yoga Studio
(Cambridge)
Mahoney’s Garden Center
New England GiveCamp 2013
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Tigers and Bears
WilmerHale, LLP
Special thanks to individuals
who provided in-kind services:
Colin Cass
Dave Davis
Robert F. Fitzpatrick, Jr.
Shawn Sippel
Jeffrey Sylvan
Judy Warren
Diana Ye
Transportation for your partnership as we work together to steward,
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Accenture, LLP
Boston University
Converse
Harvard Business School
Harvard University
InterSystems Corporation
Mahoney’s Garden Center
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Novartis Institutes for
BioMedical Research
REI
WilmerHale, LLP
The following employers
matched employee
contributions to the CRC:
Matching Gifts
Conservation and Recreation and the Massachusetts Department of
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The following companies and
institutions participated in
the Conservancy’s Business
Partnership Program in FY13,
providing leadership support
of $5,000 or more.
Thank you to the following
companies that participated
in the 2013 Earth Day
5% Campaign, benefitting
the CRC as well as other
parks organizations in the
Boston Area:
Thank you to our colleagues at the Massachusetts Department of
enhance, and renew the Charles River parklands.
Business Partners
Fire + Ice, Henrietta’s Table,
JP Licks, Veggie Galaxy,
and Veggie Planet
Gifts have been made in
honor of the following:
Joanna Antebi
Susan Coney
Barbara Kirchheimer
Renata von Tscharner
Will and Ben… as they grow
If we have listed your
name incorrectly,
please let us know.
Contact Hilary Burgin
at 617-608-1410 or at
hnb@thecharles.org,
so that we can amend
our records.
Thank you very much
for your support.
In Memoriam
I
n 2013, the Conservancy lost a dedicated friend of the
Charles River parklands, James J. Storrow. James was a
resident of Stormville, NY, where he retired and became
a landscape historian with a special interest in the works of
Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmsted. Until
recently, he was working on a book about the sculptor George
Edwin Bissell.
James was also a generous and involved philanthropist. He served on the Conservancy’s
Board of Advisors since 2008, always bringing good humor and insight to our meetings.
We are most grateful for his generosity, board service, and friendship; he will be missed.
The Charles River Conservancy is dedicated to
the stewardship, renewal, and enhancement of the
urban parklands along the Charles River.
The Conservancy promotes the active use and
vitality of the parklands, increases recreational
and cultural opportunities, and works to ensure
the beauty and integrity of this extraordinary
public resource.
Staff
Board of Directors
Renata von Tscharner
President
Ron Axelrod, Clerk
Nicole Manseau
Virginia Foote
Harry Mattison
Jennifer Gilbert
Robert O’Brien
Mitch Glass
Joan Pickett, Treasurer
Catherine Henn
F. Thompson Reece
Debra Iles, Chair
Richard Saltzberg
Janet Curtis
Director of Development &
Communications
Jessica Parsons
Director of Projects
Danielle Stehlik
Volunteer & Outreach
Coordinator
Hilary Burgin
Program & Administrative
Assistant
Brent Whalen
Advocacy Associate
Theresa Doherty
Projects Assistant
Sam Wotipka
Conservancy Volunteers
Intern
Photos by Topher Baldwin, Danielle Stehlik, Renata von Tscharner, and Sam Wotipka.
Renata von Tscharner,
Ex-Officio
Ania Wieckowski
Advisory Board
Jay Baldwin
Jarrett Barrios
Jeffrey Bilezikian
Dan Calano
Dennis Carlone
Philip Crutchfield
John DeVillars
Catherine Donaher
Michael Dukakis
Michael Epstein
Paul Fremont-Smith, Jr.
Nicholas Godfrey
John Isaacson
Mark Kraczkiewicz
Steven Kropper
Frans Lawaetz
Henry Lee
Linda Lerner
Geraldine Pangaro
Matthew Petrie
Patricia Pratt
Candace Roosevelt
Nancy Schön
Bruce Schwoegler
Amy Segal
Raul Solano
Lisa Stone
Mary Tambiah
Paul Walker
Judy Warren
John T. Williams
Michelle Wu
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Charles River Conservancy: working to make the urban parklands along the
Charles more active, attractive, and accessible for all—from Boston Harbor to
4 Brattle Street, #309, Cambridge, MA 02138 | tel: 617.608.1410 | www.thecharles.org
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