Acknowledgment of Our Supporters in 2021-2022
We deeply appreciate the generosity of our community of donors who sustained our work during our sesquicentennial year. Every gift has made a difference as we continue to serve as an urban oasis and public health resource for the Boston community, and a resource for botanical science and conservation for the world. Nearly 20% of our budget relies on current donations at every level. In this list we honor those donors of $1,000 and above.
The following list reflects fiscal year donations from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
$100,000+
Robert A. Bartlett, Jr.
Blum Family Foundation Inc.
Boyu Capital
R. Martin Chavez
Alexi & Steven Conine and the Conine Family Foundation
Janine Evnin Luke
Estate of Henry H. Meyer, Jr.
Morgan Palmer Foundation
Nancy Foss Heath and Richard B. Heath Educational, Cultural, and Environmental Foundation
Powder Mill Foundation
Barbara & Edward Scolnick
Claire B. & Meir Jonathan Stampfer
Gwill E. York & Paul A. Maeder
$50,000-$99,999
Leslie A. & Peter L. Ciampi
DaRin Butz Foundation
F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company
Harvard China Fund
Bayard Henry
$25,000-$49,999
Arnold Arboretum Committee Inc.
Carrie Minot Bell & George deB. Bell, Jr.
Bromley Charitable Trust
Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Devonshire Foundation Inc.
Dorothy Z. & Thomas C. Hu
Ellen & Duncan McFarland
Renee Ring & Paul Zofnass
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous
Alchemy Foundation
Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation
Jie Ge
Hannelore & Jeremy Grantham
Jewish Vocational Services Boston
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Maxine Myers Foundation
Kyra Montagu
Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP
Matt O’Malley & Kathryn Niforos
Daniel Souza
James Wilson
Judith & Jack Wittenberg
Candace Young & Glenn V. Batchelder
Haiyan Wang & Yiming Zhao
$5,000-$9,999
Chandra & Louis J. Appell III
Frances Pollitt & Frank Briber
Richard M. Burnes, Jr.
Clinton H. & Wilma T. Shattuck Charitable Trust
Julianna Connolly & Brian McDonnell
Katie Connolly & Sander Cohan
Arabella S. & Edward N. Dane
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Stephanie & John Fan
Pamela Diggle & William (Ned) Friedman
Pamela C. Grossman
Michele & Robert Hanss
Helen Clay Frick Foundation
Georgene Botyos Herschbach & Dudley Robert Herschbach
Joan Morthland Hutchins
Beth Johnson
Maryanne King
Lois & Butler Lampson
Adam J. Margolin
Linda Mills & William Butz
Mary V. Porter & Douglas E. Koshland
Karl D. Riemer
Louise C. Riemer
Susan K. Ruf & Michael F. Walsh
Schrafft Foundation
David Taylor
Natalie & Hugo Williams
Anne Zahner & Charles Target
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous
Nancy Budge
Abby & Peter Coffin
Anne D. Cowie & Amy Graves
Jessie Davidson
Joan & William Dunfey
Mary Foti & Lawrence Spiegel
Sarah E. Freeman
Willard P. Hunnewell
Marie-Hélène Jouvin
Emily S. Lewis & George I. Lewis†
David Edmond Lounsbury, MD
John H. Lyons & John W. Griffin
Dorothy Mohr
David Moir
Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Palmer
Robert Hall Roggeveen
Snider Family Foundation
Shailah Stewart & Christopher Souris
Renata Von Tscharner
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
Susan S.T. & David L. Amory
Adele & Lawrence Bacow
Karen & Grant Bogle
Pauline Ho Bynum
Dorothy M. Ross & Blake Cady
Carol Caro
Louise Elving & Stephen Carr
Cathleen & Tim Claflin
Maureen Danahy & Richard Moore
Nelson J. Darling, Jr.
Nina & Mitchell Dickerman
Jessie & Eric Eisendrath
Estate of Sandra Shepard Rodgers
Aaron Fisher
Marthe & Robert T. Forrester
Felice Frankel
Laura Gang & Steven Gag
Jacobo Gelman
Grayson Family Foundation
Linda Hammett Ory & Andrew Ory
Elizabeth M. Hunnewell
Clarissa & Walter Hunnewell, Jr.
Sarah Jackson
Juliette & Michael Kowalchik
Tage Lilja & Kevin McAteer
Robin & Steven Lydenberg
Susan Schiro & Peter Manus
Sydell & Edward Masterman
Susan & Robert Mayer
Stephen McCarthy
Abigail P. Johnson & Christopher J. McKown
Laetitia & Stephen Mead
Jodi & Timothy B. Meyer
Charlotte Munch
Noanett Garden Club
Mariette & Jim O’Donnell
Linda & C.W. Eliot Paine
Charlotte Thompson & Ronald Paulus
Wendy Shattuck & Samuel Plimpton
Katherine K. Domoto & Donald T. Reilly
Lucy Leinbach Robb & Richard M. Robb
Nancy Sableski & Anne Rousseau
Susan Sargent
Sandra Goodenough & Richard Schulhof
Stephanie & Jeffrey Schwartz
C. Eric Schwartz
Catherine Schwenk
Pamela J. & Marc S. Seigle
Martha G.W. & John A. Shaw
Cynthia L. Strauss & Harry A. Sherr
Judith Steul
Susan P. Thel
Mary & Richard Tompkins
Pamela L. & Alan Trefler
Ellen & Hadley Weinberg
Keris Salmon & Francis H. Williams
Jane & James Wilson
Thank you to all our financial supporters for your confidence and generosity. To make a gift that will benefit the Arnold Arboretum in this current fiscal year, please visit our giving page.
The Arnold Arboretum’s sesquicentennial in 2022 marks 150 years of connecting plants and people. Our Sesquicentennial Campaign aims to marshal support in meeting the essential challenges of our time: renewing the founding public promise of equity in the landscape and combating climate change and extinction. We plan to raise $35M over five years to advance these imperatives through specific capital and programmatic initiatives. As of October 31, 2022, we have raised $8.5M toward this goal. Image: The Sesquicentennial Campaign includes aspirations for comprehensive drought mitigation systems in the Arboretum landscape, renovation and enhancement of Arboretum entrances for improved visitor experience and orientation, and new fellowships for the study of climate science.
While our staff stewards a beloved Olmstedian landscape and eminent collection of the world’s temperate trees, our members and donors steward the Arnold Arboretum and its future. Nearly 20% of our operating budget in 2022 came from memberships and gifts, critical revenue for an institution that is free and open to all. In the face of accelerating climate challenges and the impacts of increasing visitation, the Arboretum refreshed its membership pricing and benefits for the first time in a quarter century in 2022, promising greater sustainability of the program and the Arboretum. Image: Director of Institutional Advancement Tanya Holton and Development Assistant Libby Koger offer lilacs to new members joining on Lilac Sunday 2022, photo by Jon Hetman.