Annual Report

Delta
Annual Report
FY 2013
A Message from the CEO
“Delta works in partnership
with business, government,
and communities in the
Great Lakes region to create
and implement innovative,
market-driven solutions
that build environmental
resilience, economic
vitality, and healthy
communities.”
FY2013 PROJECTS
Horween Leather
Urban Wood
Delta Institute explored the feasibility of various strategies to utilize
urban wood for economic development. Delta worked with
industrial wood users to understand buying behavior, learned about
the urban wood process from collection to market entry, and
advanced Tree Care Industry standards for wood harvesting. Delta
continues to look at the demand side of urban wood utilization.
Delta completed a waste audit for prominent leather
manufacturer Horween Leather Company and helped evaluate a
energy and water use.
harmless
gases
Muskegon Phytoremediation
As a part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Delta began
x 3,076
trees
in Muskegon, Michigan in late 2012. To date, over 3,000 poplar
trees have been planted on contaminated sites to remediate heavy
metals and oils from soil and groundwater, as well as reduce
Challenge, which engages Chicago buildings, businesses,
and employees to improve sustainability in the workplace.
Delta provides technical assistance to participating
buildings and tenants, hosts sustainability trainings and
events, and has engaged over 250 businesses, 60 buildings,
and 900 individuals in Chicago. This program is now being
replicated in other cities across the country.
creating local economic development activity.
metals
oils
Watch Elise’s
TEDx Talk at
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Fisk and Crawford
stakeholder engagement process to determine the guiding
principles for redevelopment of the now closed Fisk and Crawford
Coal Plants. Delta brokered a consensus agreement among the
community groups, the plant owner, the Aldermen, the trade union
representative, and the local electric utility, and Delta advised
Midwest Generation on marketing the sites in line with the
consensus agreement.
Rebuilding Exchange
It’s been a year of change and growth for the Rebuilding Exchange
(RX). The RX moved a half block west on Webster to expand their
order to carry the RX Made reclaimed wood bottle opener. Building
the deconstruction and reuse industry in the Chicagoland region,
the RX worked with Cook County to develop and launch the
Deconstruction, Demolition and Debris ordinance requiring 70%
recycling in demolition and 5% for reuse. Finally, Executive Director,
Elise Zelechowski, gave a TEDx Talk on Reimagining Waste and the
Rebuilding Exchange.
LOOKING FORWARD
Merchandise Mart LEED Gold
Delta’s vision is a Great Lakes region that is economically strong and
environmentally resilient. Making this vision a reality will require creativity,
broad participation in developing solutions, and new approaches to old
problems. Delta is committed to continue serving as a thought leader, a
convener, a partner, and a solutions provider for the Great Lakes region, as we
work at a systems level to: disrupt the energy status quo, catalyze ecosystem
stewardship, and transform waste from a liability to an asset.
The Chicago Merchandise Mart, long known as the world’s largest
commercial building, can now tout itself as the world’s largest LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard, an
Thank you for your support and partnership in the last year, and we look
forward to continuing our partnership in the years ahead.
several innovative practices to “go green”, such as real-time energy
Nutrient Management
Delta received the Conservation Innovation Grant from USDA
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and participated in
the rollout of $10 million in special funding for mitigation of
greenhouse gas emissions through conservation practices. Delta
Illinois, Michigan, and Oklahoma to develop screening criteria.
This initiative helped NRCS adopt a broader performance-based
approach to conservation and continues to build Delta’s capacity
to inform Federal conservation practices.
FINANCIALS
Contributions & Other (12%)
Foundation income (10%)
Earned income
(41%)
Fundraising expenses (0.35%)
Administrative expenses (32%)
Government income (36%)
As we move forward,
Project expenses (67%)
Revenue
Expenditures
expand our reach and
our impactt
impact throughout
hroughout
the Great Lakes Region.
Thank you!
to our generous funders and donors
Delta Board
Don Bartell
Chair Venture Committee
Timothy H. Brown
Vice Chair and Treasurer
Cathleen Costello
Byron Crawford
Eileen Figel
Mike Higbee, Jr.
Richard J. Larson
Jon Levey, LEED AP GREEN
Chair Development Committee
Funders, Clients, and Sponsors
Melissa Mayer
Chair Nominating and Governance Committee
Maxine Mitchell
3Degrees
Abbott Laboratories
Applied Real Estate Analysis Inc.
BMO Harris Bank
Chart House Energy
Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency
City of Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Cook County
Crown Family Philanthropies
Comer Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Grand Victoria Foundation
Torrence D. Moore
Secretary
Julia Parzen
g
Jean Pogge
President
Individuals
Jon Grosshans
Carrie Hall
Janet and Michael Hanley
Kristi Hanson
Sarah Haque
Mike Higbee, Jr.
Anna Higgs
Kenta Jesus Bacas Hosaka
Yuri Bacas Hosaka
Elizabeth Kalin
Erin Kelley
Richard Larson
Jon and Caryn Levey
Rebecca Mandell
Elizabeth Maratea
Melissa Mayer
Torrence Moore
Lindsey Moyer
Peter Nicholson
John Notz
Keith Olsen
Todd Parker
Julia Parzen
Angela Peckham
Eve Pytel
Vanessa Roanhorse
Arlene Rubin
Sarah Rubin
Sam Schiller
William Schleizer
Martin Seaman
Martin Serena
Adam Sorkin
Elinor Sorkin
Lauren Start
Dan Swick
Kathleen Tarkowksi
Jennifer Wang
Brad White
Robert Whittier
Katie Yocum Musisi
Bana Zayyad
y
David Reynolds
Board Chair
Sarah Rubin
Martin Seaman
Martin Serena
William A. Stough
Brad White
Robert Whittier
Delta Emerging Leaders
Sam Schiller, Co-chair
Michael Harrington, Co-chair
Brian Bonanno
Mat Elmore
Diane Gerrish
Adam Panza
Dave Rosenblatt
Ania Ruszaj
Nishaat Yunus
Ryan Anderson
Ecological Economist
Thomas Cushing
Senior Advisor
Kevin Dick, LEED AP O+M
Project Manager
Donna Ducharme
Senior Advisor
Kelly Farley
Director of Finance & Operations
Lucy Geglio
Grants & Financial Reporting Administrator
Technical Associate
Anthena Gore
Administrative Assistant
Matt Harrison
Technical Associate
Melissa Lott
Technical Associate
Maggie Marquis
Project Manager
Colleen McGinnis
Project Assistant
Katie Yocum Musisi
Communications & Development Manager
Todd Parker
Jean Pogge
Chief Executive O cer
Eve Pytel
Director
Margaret Renas, LEED AP O+M
Project Manager
Vanessa Roanhorse
Project Manager
William Schleizer
Managing Director
Daniel Swick
Senior Technical Associate
Sean Terry
Technical Associate
Elise Zelechowski, LEED AP
Executive Director, Rebuilding Exchange
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