Read about the current state of the Arnold Arboretum in the 2025 Impact Report from Director William (Ned) Friedman. View the Voices of the Arboretum video to hear inspiring words from individuals in our community about what the Arboretum means in their lives.
We deeply appreciate the donations to the Arnold Arboretum that have sustained our work this year. Every donation has made a difference as we continue to serve as an urban oasis and public health resource to the Boston community, as well as an institution involved in horticultural sustainability and global change research. In this list we honor donors of $1,500 and above.
The following list reflects fiscal year donations from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
*Director’s Circle Member
$100,000+
- Anonymous
- Arnold Arboretum Committee Inc.
- Boyu Capital
- Richard M. Burnes, Jr.*
- Paulo Carvão, João Pedro Carvão & Luis Felipe Carvão
- Patricia Gray Chubb & Stephen Chubb*
- Alexi & Steven Conine and the Conine Family Foundation*
- RoAnn Costin*
- Nancy Foss Heath and Richard B. Heath Educational, Cultural, and Environmental Foundation
- Barbara & Amos Hostetter*
- Elizabeth B. Johnson
- Janine Evnin Luke
- Powder Mill Foundation
- Barbara & Edward Scolnick
- Gwill E. York & Paul A. Maeder*
$50,000-$99,999
- Anonymous
- Arisa & David Boit
- Catherine Hannon Auchincloss Fund
- DaRin Butz Foundation
- Linda Mills & William Butz
- Lia & William Poorvu
- David Scudder & Betsy Ridge
$25,000-$49,999
- Mickey & Bob Atchinson
- F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company
- Robert A. Bartlett, Jr.*
- Carrie Minot Bell & George deB. Bell Jr.*
- Heather Bello Thornhill & Matthew Thornhill
- Cedar Street Foundation
- Cedar Tree Foundation
- Katherine Chapman Stemberg & William Schnoor*
- R. Martin Chavez*
- Leslie A. & Peter L. Ciampi*
- Dozier & Sandy Gardner
- Morgan Palmer Foundation*
- Candace Young & Glenn V. Batchelder, in memory of Robin Young Postill
$10,000-$24,999
- Anonymous
- Arboretum Park Conservancy, Inc.
- Robert & Susanne Birdwell
- Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
- Kwan Cheung
- Clinton H. & Wilma T. Shattuck Charitable Trust
- Abby & Peter Coffin
- Karen & Brian Conway
- Catherine Donaher & Rob Hollister
- Elisabeth Dudley
- Stephanie & John Fan
- Karen & David Firestone*
- Paul Henry & Susan Hackley
- Tizzy & Whitney Hatch
- Georgene Botyos Herschbach & Dudley Robert Herschbach
- Cile & William Hicks
- Highland Street Foundation
- Dorothy Z. & Thomas C. Hu
- Luisa Hunnewell & Larry Newman
- Walter Hunnewell, Jr.*
- Beth Johnson
- Joan & Steve Kelly
- Maryanne King
- Liberty Mutual Foundation
- Maxine Myers Foundation
- Kyra Montagu*
- Madelyn & Henry Morris
- Matt O’Malley & Kathryn Niforos
- Alyson Pitts & Anna Garbier
- David Taylor
- Marina Van Dongen
- Edward & Amy Wertheim
$5,000-$9,999
- Anonymous
- Alison R. Coolidge & Tom Boreiko
- Larry & Patricia Burdick
- Devin & Erin Condron
- Charles & Lindsay Coolidge
- Arabella S. & Edward N. Dane
- Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation
- Pamela Diggle & William (Ned) Friedman
- Bruns & Penny Grayson
- Karen & Rob Hale
- Helen Clay Frick Foundation
- Bayard Henry
- Mary V. Porter & Douglas E. Koshland
- Lois & Butler Lampson
- Emily S. Lewis
- David Edmond Lounsbury, MD
- John H. Lyons & John W. Griffin
- Adam Margolin & Meghan Jasani
- Bob & Alison Murchison
- Mia Platt & Family
- Plimpton Shattuck Fund
- R. P. Marzilli & Company Inc.
- Susan K. Ruf & Michael F. Walsh
- Barbara & Gordon Russell
- Susan P. Thel
- Anne Zahner & Charles Target
$2,500-$4,999
- Anonymous
- Haley & Bill Barrar
- Yahn Bernier & Nell McCaw
- Scott & Isabelle Black
- Matthew Bruno & Joseph Grim
- Nancy Budge
- Jessie Davidson
- Channing Dawson & Whitney Ray-Dawson
- Leigh W. Denny
- Deborah & David Douglas
- Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
- Sarah E. Freeman
- Carol & Stephen Garfield
- Michael Glass
- Elizabeth M. Hunnewell
- Marie-Hélène Jouvin
- Rachel Kemp
- John & Mary Koger
- Katie Lapp
- Georgia & Richard Lee
- David McGrath & Beth Picardi
- Ruth Mead
- Dorothy Mohr
- David Moir
- Nicole & Terry Murray
- The Parry Family, in loving memory of Rusty
- Charlotte Thompson & Ronald Paulus
- Katie Porter
- Robert Hall Roggeveen
- Susan Sargent
- Shailah Stewart & Christopher Souris
- Ben & Kate Taylor
- Joyce Walker
$1,500-$2,499
- Anonymous
- Chandra & Louis J. Appell III
- Elizabeth Avery & Walker Christie
- Joan Stroud & James Blaine
- Francis & Sandi Blake
- Charles & Dorothy Gullickson Fund for Social Change
- Pamela Gerardi
- Pauline Ho Bynum
- Sarah Jackson
- Abigail P. Johnson & Christopher J. McKown
- Marty Klein & Sharon Magnuson
- Stephen McCarthy
- Amy Quatromoni McClennen & Douglas McClennen
- Mezitt Horticultural Foundation
- Susan Munch
- Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Palmer
- Wendy & Peter Pearson
- Fran Sabshon
- Susan Schiro & Peter Manus
- Pamela J. & Marc S. Seigle
- Sage Sohier
- Claire B. & Meir Jonathan Stampfer*
- Lindsey & Brian Swett
- Pamela L. & Alan Trefler
- Jeff Wagner
- Keris Salmon & Francis H. Williams
2025 Magical Meanderings Sponsors
The Arnold Arboretum created an annual fundraising event for leadership donors as part of its sesquicentennial celebrations in 2022. We are delighted to thank the following sponsors of the 2025 Autumn Dinner, which was held in September 2025 after the close of FY25, including our Director’s Circle (*) members.
- Anonymous
- Bartlett Tree Experts
- Robert Bartlett, Jr.*
- Carrie Minot Bell & George deB. Bell Jr.*
- Arisa & David Boit
- Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
- Lauren Budding
- Richard M. Burnes, Jr.*
- Jim Canales & Jim McCann
- R. Martin Chavez*
- Jane & Roger Cheever*
- Silvina & Nicolas Choumenkovitch
- Patricia Gray Chubb & Stephen Chubb*
- Leslie & Peter Ciampi*
- Erin & Devin Condron
- Alexi & Steve Conine*
- Karen & Brian Conway
- Alison Coolidge & Tom Boreiko
- RoAnn Costin*
- Tom & Cynthia Costin
- Leigh Denny
- Lisa and Rob DiAdamo
- Stephanie & John Fan
- Karen & David Firestone*
- Sarah Freeman
- Sandy & Dozier Gardner
- Patrick Good
- Bruns & Perrin Grayson
- Wendy S. Holding
- Barbara & Amos Hostetter*
- Jen & Tom Hunnewell*
- Lila & Walter Hunnewell*
- Bill & Yuko Hunt
- Marie-Hélène Jouvin
- Joan & Stephen Kelly
- Nushin Kormi & Daniel Karlen
- Mary M.B. Wakefield Arboretum
- R.P. Marzilli Co.
- Ellen & Duncan McFarland*
- Barbara Millen
- Kyra Montagu*
- Bob & Alison Murchison
- Plimpton Shattuck Fund
- Lia & William Poorvu
- Betsy Ridge & David Scudder
- Renee Ring & Paul Zofnass*
- Celia & Kathryn Segel
- Anne-Marie Soulliere & Lindsey C.Y. Kiang
- Claire & Meir Stampfer*
- Katherine Chapman Stemberg & William Schnoor*
- Jim & Cathy Stone
- Dennis & Simran Su
- Lindsey Swett
- David Taylor
- Heather Bello Thornhill & Matt Thornhill
- Susan Whitehead
- Gwill York & Paul Maeder*