Desert Botanical Garden Annual Report 2016

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Thank you!

This report is created for you—our generous donors and members.

Desert Botanical Garden flourished in 2016 with an unparalleled year of exploration and illumination.

During this 77th year of hardy stewardship, the Garden’s mission was brightly reflected in our attention to education, research, conservation and exhibition.

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The mutually reinforcing paths of education and research grew this year, planting seeds of curiosity along the way. Greehouse West and the Marley Horticulture Learning Lab, both in the Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science, are sparkling examples.

In addition, investigations of nocturnal Garden wonders by flashlight fascinated thousands of guests.

In the conservation realm, we became the host institute for an international group that will focus on protection of the world’s most vulnerable cacti.

The Garden also actively supported many regional initiatives, by which conservation efforts helped ensure community preservation and sustainability.

Finally, exhibitions shined like never before. We examined both the nature of art and the art of nature.

Performance and visual art melded with our curated landscape—by way of Margarita Cabrera’s soft sculptures, through Ballet Arizona’s dance stagings, and embedded in the magnificent, shimmering Bruce Munro installations—to the delight of many thousands.

Your gifts to the Garden, like rays of sunshine, fueled the important work we do. Daily, our volunteers and donors have cultivated and harvested the resultant abundance.

675,452 total attendance

36,195 membership households

4,235 species in the Garden’s living collection

365

rare and endangered species the Garden cares for

140

acres at the Garden, 55 under cultivation

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new species added

Such deeply rooted exploration provides continued illumination of the future before us.

Know that with our collective passion, Desert Botanical Garden will keep digging deeper to go, glow and grow.

scientific publications written by Garden staff

BY TH E N U M B E R S

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TRANSCENDANT adventures Bruce Munro Sonoran Light

The Garden was aglow with the work of visual artist Bruce Munro’s Sonoran Light. Featuring eight large-scale installations, the exhibit used an array of materials, including hundreds of miles of glowing fiber optics. The British artist’s recurrent motif uses light on an environmental scale to evoke an emotional response for the viewer.

Munro’s installations are based on his direct response to a location, its history and geography, and to the temporal experience of passing across a landscape. Woven through cacti, aloes and agaves, the exhibit laced all those threads together as the artist created a progression through time and place that is exclusive to our location.

It was like stardust had fallen to light pathways on our own little garden corner of the desert.

GARDEN PATRON

Bruce Munro: Sonoran Light at Desert Botanical Garden was sponsored by APS with additional support provided

by Sunstate Equipment Co., LLC. Media Partners were ClearChannel Outdoor, Cox Cable, KNXV-15, KPNX-12, KTVK-3 and Lamar Outdoor.

Photo by Adam Rodriguez

30,000

spheres of light were nestled in the hillside of the Garden Butte and down into the Sonoran Desert Nature Loop Trail

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Margarita Cabrera Space in Between

The exhibition Space in Between was a continued exploration of a project started by artist Margarita Cabrera in Houston.

It showcased artwork created by many different members of the Latino community.

Guided by Cabrera, they told their individual stories of immigration in the art. The purpose of the artistic collaboration between Cabrera and local residents was to explore a dialogue, revolving around themes of community, craft, immigration, cultural identity, labor practices and sustainability.

Cabrera led workshops with communities from Arizona to create soft sculptures of desert plants made from recycled Border Patrol uniforms.

From the beginning, it made sense to collaborate with the Garden as the sculptures derive from cacti, and I am interested in understanding the plants through working with specialists in horticulture, botany and the plant sciences.

MARGARITA CABRERA

This exhibition was a collaboration between the artist, ASU Art Museum and the Garden. Additional project supporters include CALA Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts, The Institute of Museum and Library Services, Mexican Consulate, Southwest Key and Latino youth from the Phoenix community.

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RADIANT glow Las Noches de las Luminarias Luminarias have lighted the trails at Desert Botanical Garden for 38 years. This festive evening of lights is a favorite each holiday season, as well as an important fundraiser for the Garden. All proceeds from Luminarias support the Garden’s operating budget and mission.

170,000 twinkle lights

Las Noches de las Luminarias 2016 was presented by azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic. Entertainment was powered by SRP EarthWise Energy. Sponsored in part by American Airlines with support from the Twiford Foundation.

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staff, volunteers and partners working together each night

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8,000

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luminaria bags

nights

number of attendees

Ballet Arizona Round

7,892 number of attendees

The event is all the more spectacular because it is staged in the Desert Botanical Garden here, with cacti-like monuments, lush trees, bright flowers and isolated peaks on the horizon.

An illuminated desert landscape served as backdrop to Ballet Arizona’s “Round.” In keeping with the title, the piece was staged in-the-round. The dancers were surrounded by audience members and the Sonoran Desert. “Round” featured Ib Andersen’s “modern ballet choreography” set to classical composers that included Thomas Ades, J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

The spring performance was the company’s third installment of ballet at the Garden with another production scheduled for May 2017 and additional productions scheduled through 2020.

ALASTAIR MACAULAY, NEW YORK TIMES

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nights

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dancers

Ballet Arizona dancer Nayon Iovino.

Photo by Alexander Iziliaev

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DARKNESS visible Flashlight Tours

5,867

Flashlight tours were sensory adventures to see, hear and feel how our desert nights shimmer. Guests beamed their own flashlights along a self-paced tour to experience the shadowy plants and animals that chirp, whirr and whisper in the desert after dark.

guests experienced flashlight tours

Our nocturnal Garden explorers also encountered desert discovery stations to experience firsthand a great horned owl, scorpions aglow under a black light and views of the constellations.

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volunteers participated each night nights from 6-10 p.m.

1,600

watermelons, generously donated by Sprouts, enhanced the multi-sensory experience

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Sonoran Desert Adventures Designed and taught by Desert Botanical Garden educators, these field trips for grades pre-K through eighth blend the Garden’s unique resources with a hands-on, inquiry-based learning experience—and a dose of fun—to get students excited about nature.

Garden field trips are specifically designed to complement your school district’s educational objectives and correlate with Arizona Academic Standards and Arizona’s College & Career Ready Standards (Common Core). We are renowned for advancing excellence in science education by: • Stimulating an interest in scientific concepts, and nurturing a stewardship of the desert • Encouraging a natural curiosity about the world

18,829 attended a school tour

We loved all of the guides.

They were really friendly and so sweet with the children.

They were also great at keeping the children’s attention.

Nice job!

FIRST-GRADE TEACHER

The Garden appreciates generous investments from the following Sonoran Desert Adventures sponsors: The Arizona Republic, Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Arizona, Cox Charities, The Dorrance Family Foundation, The Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation, The Ferry Family Foundation in memory of Ernest S. and Virginia D. Ferry, Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, The Fred Maytag Family Foundation, Season for Sharing and the U.S. Bank Foundation.

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CONSERVATION beacon International Union for Conservation of Nature Since reporting the cactus family as one of the five most threatened groups of living organisms in the world, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) needed a partner to help protect the vulnerable cactus family. A partnership was born in October 2015 when the Garden was invited to serve as the host institute for the IUCN Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group, elevating our work as leaders in the world’s cactus conservation efforts.

cactus species in our National Collection of Cactaceae

1,300

The Garden has been lighting the way for these efforts locally and nationally, and this new designation will strengthen efforts to a global scale.

A key priority of the Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group is to develop a strategy for conserving cactus globally.

BY THE NUMBERS

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experts from around the world are formal members of the Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group

31%

the cactus family is the fifth most threatened group of living organisms on earth

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the IUCN’s in-depth global cactus assessment found 31 percent of the 1,478 evaluated species of cacti are at risk of extinction

Illuminating Philanthropy The Saguaro Initiative

The Garden expresses deep gratitude to everyone who has contributed generous gifts to The Saguaro Initiative (TSI).

As of April 26, 2017, trustees, volunteers, staff, members and friends in the community have invested $18 million to fulfill the bold vision outlined in the TSI plan.

Highlighted on the following pages are three of the 10 TSI initiatives made possible by so many caring friends: • Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science, including the Marley Horticulture Learning Lab • Central Arizona Conservation Alliance • Spaces of Opportunity THE SAGUARO INITIATIVE CABINET Ardie and Steve Evans | Chairs Oonagh Boppart Lee Baumann Cohn Bennett Dorrance Harriet Ivey Jan Lewis Tom Lewis

Photo by Aaron Barcus

Bruce Macdonough Carolyn O’Malley Harry Papp Rosellen C. Papp Ken Schutz Marilyn Wolfe

Please visit the Garden often, enjoying all the new spaces and programming you helped to create. See you in the Garden!

18 million

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ARDIE AND STEVE EVANS

raised and invested to fulfill The Saguaro Initiative goals

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PLANTING enlightenment Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science Funded by The Saguaro Initiative.

The new 85,000-square-foot horticulture campus is now the heart of Desert Botanical Garden. This multi-phased project broke ground in February 2016. Phase 1 of the project opened March 2017.

potted plants were temporarily relocated for construction of Greenhouse West

The Hare Center is where Garden staff, researchers and volunteers are at work growing, studying and taking care of a world-class collection of desert plants, many of which are rare or endangered. The new Center exemplifies Desert Botanical Garden’s long-standing spirit of innovation by incorporating smart design with the concept of multiuse spaces. The Center also offers behind-the-scenes tours.

The tours show visitors unique horticultural practices used

by Garden staff and volunteers to care for our desert plants in a sustainable way.

The new facility honors community philanthropist and Garden Trustee Emerita, Hazel Hare, who passed away in 2016.

Photos by Bill Timmerman

Significant support for construction of the Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science came from the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, the Virginia G. Ullman Foundation, Barbara and Donald Ottosen, Lee and Mike Cohn, The Flinn Foundation, SRP and many other donors to The Saguaro Initiative campaign.

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staff, volunteers, architects and engineers worked together to design the Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science

I know Hazel is looking down and smiling.

TRACY KANE HAZEL HARE’S NIECE

2,800

gallons of rainfall can be harvested and stored in cisterns from the roof of Greenhouse West

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7,472

Marley Horticulture Learning Lab Funded by the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation and The Saguaro Initiative.

As part of the new Center for Plant Science, the Marley Horticulture Learning Lab provides experiential learning environments for adults, children, families, volunteers and horticulture professionals. It also serves as the new home of the Desert Landscape School certification program.

MultiTable generously donated customized tables for students’ use in the lab to maximize the learning experience.

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Outdoor classrooms are designed to increase the Garden’s visibility and reputation within the community as a premiere resource for desert gardening and landscaping.

certificates now offered through the Desert Landscape School

The education center, an integral part of the campus, allows the Garden to significantly grow its efforts in the dissemination of knowledge and through that the conservation of desert environments.

BART FABER TRUSTEE

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expected registrations for the new Desert Landscape School

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BRIGHTENING community Central Arizona Conservation Alliance Launched by The Saguaro Initiative.

The Central Arizona Conservation Alliance (CAZCA) aligns and unites the efforts of more than 60 partner and collaborating organizations toward a shared regional vision: a sustainable preserve system that supports healthy ecosystems and healthy communities.

Here are just a few of CAZCA’s many important accomplishments: • Established a strong regional culture of collaboration • Built an open space “Community of Practice” through knowledge-sharing, trainings and workshops, and networking opportunities • Lead the development of a Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS) for Maricopa County • Celebrated more than 30 conservation service days • Completed numerous priority professional research studies to inform sustainable land management decision-making

CAZCA presented an opportunity to be a part of something that demonstrates community collaboration, improves protection of valuable open space, and encourages awareness and engagement.

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BOB BERGER NINA MASON PULLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST

Legacy program support for CAZCA has been provided by the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.

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volunteer “citizen scientists” working on scientific research projects in seven mountain preserves

60+

organizations collaborating to create a healthy and sustainable mountain park preserve system

Spaces of Opportunity Funded by The Saguaro Initiative.

The Spaces of Opportunity project aligns with the Steele Foundation’s priorities of community building and helping with basic needs and job development. We are impressed with how this project can galvanize neighborhoods and our partner organizations.

Spaces of Opportunity shines a light on the food inequality of south Phoenix. This community initiative is converting an 18-acre parcel of land into a community-based farm to provide fresh, affordable produce to the community and transition this region of Phoenix from a food desert to a food oasis.

Spaces of Opportunity includes a partnership between Desert Botanical Garden, Roosevelt School District, Cultivate South Phoenix and Vitalyst Health Foundation.

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MARIANNE CRACCHIOLO MAGO THE STEELE FOUNDATION

acres designated as a communitybased farm and incubator farm

Photo courtesy of The Arizona Republic

Spaces of Opportunity is supported by: ArtPlace America, Cigna, Newman’s Own Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, Starbucks, The Steele Foundation, USDA Local Food Promotion Program and Vitalyst Health Foundation.

1.5

10 year lease on the land

acres designated for family gardens and a farmers market

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GRATITUDE spotlight Volunteer Support Desert Botanical Garden could not do what we do without our volunteers. They truly light the way every day for staff, visitors and the public. Their roles vary from planting to research to educating the public and much more.

The skills, talents and dedication of our volunteers have made Desert Botanical Garden one of the premier botanical gardens in the world.

65,771 annual hours of volunteer time

706

volunteers

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volunteer support equals the work of 31 paid employees

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types of volunteer roles

Volunteers Name an Agave Garden volunteers received an invitation to name a recently discovered plant. After much deliberation, there was a threeway tie for Agave saladoense, submitted by Clif Sawyer, Helen Bootsma and John Soper. This name was selected because the Salado people long ago lived in the area where the agave grows and more than likely farmed the plant as a crop. The name for the Agave was officially announced on April 17, 2016.

Agave saladoense facts: • The plant was discovered and described by Wendy Hodgson, senior research botanist and herbarium curator, and Andrew Salywon, associate research botanist and herbarium curator • This agave species was found in the Sierra Ancha Mountains foothills and was determined to be a plant apparently domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples

706

volunteers were given the opportunity to name a recently discovered plant

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Photo by Eirini Pajak

name suggestions submitted

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Thank you to our 2016-2017 board of trustees

Photos identified left to right ROW 1 | 2016-2017 OFFICERS Bruce Macdonough, President Shelley Cohn, President Elect Amy Flood, Vice President Kathy Munson, Secretary Mark Landy, Treasurer

ROW 2 | TRUSTEES Rebecca Ailes-Fine Patricia Auch Kate Baker Oonagh Boppart Teniqua Broughton John Burnside ROW 3 | TRUSTEES Doug Carter Harold C. Dorenbecher Dirk Ellsworth Ardie Evans Bart Faber Carrie Hulburd ROW 4 | TRUSTEES Harriet Ivey Bill Jacoby Jane Jozoff Carole Kraemer Ted Lagreid Kimber L. Lanning ROW 5 | TRUSTEES Jan R. Lewis Michael Lowe Tahnia McKeever Marta Morando Adriana Murrieta Scott Osteen ROW 6 | TRUSTEES Robert Page, Ph.D. Rosellen C. Papp Darra L. Rayndon Steve Roman Scott T. Schaefer Brian Schwallie ROW 7 | TRUSTEES Ann Stanton John Sullivan Bruce Weber Maja Wessels William F. Wilder Marilyn Wolfe ROW 8 | TRUSTEES EMERITI Lee Baumann Cohn H. Clifton Douglas Martha Henderson Donald R. Ottosen Nancy Swanson Robert S. Tancer

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FINANCIAL report Desert Botanical Garden’s fiscal year is from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

We are pleased to share with members, donors and friends the Garden’s financial statements for the year ended Sept. 30, 2016.

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities shows total revenues for the year exceeded total expenses by more than $9 million.

This very strong performance is the result of three, non-repeating factors. First, the successful run of Bruce Munro’s Sonoran Light exhibit nearly doubled annual admissions revenue. Second, The Saguaro Initiative (TSI) with a total campaign goal of $18 million raised nearly $3.1 million in fiscal year 2016. And third, the Garden received a bequest of more than $3.5 million from the estate of Trustee Emerita Hazel Hare.

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Position shows the Garden’s fiscal position remains healthy. Unrestricted cash and Board-designated cash are sufficient for normal operations without use of external credit, and provides funds for repair and maintenance of major building systems as facilities age. The Garden Foundation manages endowment assets conservatively with an annual target of a 4.5 percent distribution from the Foundation to the Garden’s operating budget. The Garden’s total debt of $705,000 represents just 1.6 percent of total combined assets of the Garden and Foundation.

The Garden’s financial health and its success in achieving its mission would not be possible without your commitment, dedication and generosity. On behalf of the Board, staff and volunteers, we extend our gratitude for all that you do for the Garden.

With best wishes,

Ken Schutz

The Dr. William Huizingh Executive Director

Bruce Macdonough President Board of Trustees

Mark Landy

Treasurer Board of Trustees

Desert Botanical Garden is committed to full transparency in financial stewardship.

Our complete audited financial statements are posted on the website. There you will find annual filings with the IRS. Please visit dbg.org to review these documents.

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities reports the results of Garden Operations excluding the effect of depreciation expense. Depreciation refers to the systematic allocation of the cost of long-lived assets, including buildings, furniture, fixtures, and equipment to the periods that benefit from their use.

Recording depreciation has no effect on the liquidity or cash flow of the Garden. It reflects an estimate of the using up of the economic value of tangible assets. In the financial statements it reduces the Change in Net Assets (and, therefore, Total Net Assets) and the carrying basis of Property and Equipment.

Unlike for-profit firms, not-for-profit organizations do not provide for the addition or replacement of major long-lived assets out of operations. Historically such entities look to capital contributions for those improvements. Hence, the financial performance for not-for-profits is best evaluated by analyzing operating results excluding the effects of depreciation. Depreciation expense recognized in the Garden’s records for 2016 was $1,346,000.

Auditor’s Opinion

Desert Botanical Garden has received an unqualified opinion from its auditors, Schmidt Westergard & Company, PLLC, on the audit of its financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2016.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPT. 30, 2016 (Before Depreciation)

REVENUE Gross Profit on Retail & Beverage Sales $1,939,956 Admissions 6,122,574 Contributions, Grants & Special Events 12,092,429 Investment Income (net) 740,467 Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments 279,345 Memberships 3,085,100 Other Revenue 928,533 Total Revenue

Total Expenditures

16,053,334

Change in Net Assets

$9,135,070

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF SEPT. 30, 2016

Total Current Assets Cash & Investments (noncurrent) Pledge Receivables (noncurrent) Property & Equipment (net) Other Assets Total Assets LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Portion of Long-Term Debt Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Deferred Revenue Annuity Payment Liability Total Current Liabilities Deferred Revenue, Less Current Portion Annuity Payment Liability, Less Current Portion Long-Term Debt, Less Current Portion Other Liabilities Total Liabilities Total Net Assets Total Liabilities & Net Assets

48% Contributions,

Grants & Special Events

25,188,404

EXPENDITURES Programs 8,387,226 Retail, Marketing & Visitor Services 3,871,178 Administration 1,895,303 Membership Services & Fundraising 1,899,627

ASSETS Cash & Investments Pledges & Other Receivables Inventories & Other Current Assets

REVENUE

2016 $5,095,069 922,549 218,946

24% Admissions

12% Memberships 8%

4% 3% 1%

Gross Profit on Retail & Beverage Sales Other Revenue Investment Income (net) Net Unrealized Gain on Investments

EXPENDITURES

6,236,564 10,923,459 5,655,334 21,763,462 95,900

52% Programs

$44,674,719 $95,000 1,650,417 1,944,864 6,750 3,697,031 99,178 54,850 610,000 99,184

24% Retail, Marketing

& Visitor Services

12% Administration 12% Membership Services

& Fundraising

4,560,243 40,114,476 $44,674,719 Desert Botanical Garden ANNUAL REPORT 2016

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IN appreciation THE SAGUARO INITIATIVE (TSI) HONOR ROLL OF SUPPORTERS

Recognizing donors who have made gifts and confirmed pledges as of February 28, 2017, of $1,250 or more.

As of April 2017, TSI commitments total $18 million.

$1,000,000+

Jacquie & Bennett Dorrance Ardie & Steve Evans Sam & Betty Kitchell Family Jan & Tom Lewis The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

$500,000 - $749,999

Irene H. Vasquez In Memory of Mildred B. Williams

$250,000 - $499,999

Anonymous Anonymous Trustee APS Foundation Arizona Community Foundation ArtPlace America Beth Byrnes & Barton Faber Lee & Mike Cohn Peter S. Fine & Rebecca Ailes-Fine Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Garden Friend The Ottosen Family Foundation Barbara & Don Ottosen Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Carol & Randy Schilling The Virginia M. Ullman Foundation Janet E. & Rev. Dr. Walter F. Wieder

$100,000 - $249,999

Anonymous Trustee Stephen Bartlett & John Ness Carol & Larry Clemmensen Donna & Bill Dehn Cliff & Marilyn Douglas Nita & Phil Francis In Honor of Ardie & Steve Evans Dawn & Donald Goldman Dr. William Huizingh Institute of Museum and Library Services Carole & Rich Kraemer Melissa & Ted Lagreid The Estate of Paul Lorah Tahnia & Jeffrey D. McKeever National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust, N.A. Diane Roush Diana & Paul Smith SRP Ann Stanton & Robert Haddock The Steele Foundation Nancy O. Swanson Willard E. White

$75,000 - $99,999

Jeff & Lexine Hebets Marta Morando & Bill Moio Rose & Harry Papp

$50,000 - $74,999

Anonymous (2) Diane Abe & Linda Heppe In Memory of Bing & Mary Heppe Kate Baker Howard & Joy Berlin

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Connie & Jim Binns Oonagh & John Boppart Bert & Betty Feingold Barbara & Tom Hoffnagle Carrie & Jon Hulburd Jane & Mal Jozoff JPMorgan Chase J. W. Kieckhefer Foundation Margot & Dennis Knight Sally & Rich Lehmann Clayton & Jeanette Leister Dana & Bruce Macdonough Margaret T. Morris Foundation Mike & Katie Mueller Family Charles F., Jennifer E. & John U. Sands In Memory of Dr. Edward F. (Ted) Anderson Scott T. Schaefer In Honor of Sara, Taylor, Braeden and Abby Schaefer Ken Schutz & Craig Thatcher Robert & Shoshana Tancer Chip & Daryl Weil

$25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous (2) American Airlines Community Foundation Patricia H. Auch Donald Capoccia In Honor of Karen Contant Kitty Collins Kevin D. Cullens & James M. Laughlin Davison Benefits Group, Inc. Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation Charles H. & Teny R. Fisher The Flinn Foundation Hensley Beverage Company Robert & Denise Delgado Harriet Ivey & Dr. Richard Brashear Jan Laufer Kathy Mendelson Sara & J. L. Pete Morgan Mary Dell Pritzlaff Ken Schutz & Craig Thatcher Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Don & Marty Squire Anne C. Stupp Pat & John Sullivan Barbara B. Weisz Diana & Allan Winston

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous All Staff Services, Inc. Tyler & Nancy Anderson Gerald Appell Arid Zone Trees Susan & Stephen Bansak Barbara & Craig Barrett Patricia & Owen Baynham Thomas & Shirley Bekey Jean & Barry Bingham Laurie & Drew Brown Barbara & Ron Bunnell Karen & Bill Clements In Memory of Dorothy & Eric Johnson Craig & Joy Clifford Shelley M. Cohn & Mollie C. Trivers Pam Collie & Laurie McWeeney Kim Connor & William Way JoEllen & Phil Doornbos Beverly & Paul Duzik Dirk Ellsworth & William Schmidt Amy Flood & Larry West Gannett Foundation Barbara Gant

Drs. Debbie & Mike Gilman Laura Grafman Mary Heiss & Harold Dorenbecher Peggy Herz & Philip Smith Martha Hogan-Koehn Ken & Nancy Husband Arlyn Imberman In Honor of Ken Schutz Shelley & Bill Jacoby Larry & Marti Koehn Mari & Frank Koerner Sue & Mark Landy David & Lori Larcher Barbara & Ron Lieberson MaryLynn Mack Kimberlie McCue & Michael Olson Kathleen McCullough Tammy McLeod In Honor of Wilma McLeod Paul & Adrienne Morell Susan & Mark Mulzet Kathy & Chuck Munson Newman's Own Foundation Carolyn & Mark O'Malley Mary Kay & Bill Post Terry & Steve Roman The Ruddock Family Barbara & Ted Ryan John Sallot & Randy Lovely Barbara Jane & Archer Shelton Jon A. & Marilyn G. Shomer Susan & Ron Telesko Jennifer Theobald In Memory of John O. Theobald II Edgar Turcotte U.S. Bank Robbi & Jim Urban Bruce & Kathy Weber Maja Wessels & Charles Covington Liisa & William Wilder Sandi & Bob Williams Helen B. Wooden & Family

$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous (3) 7033 First Avenue, LLC APS David Barnett Judy & Larrie Bates Betty & Herb Bool Cohn Financial Group, LLC Geri & Mike DeMuro Discount Tire Co., Inc. Barbara & Charles Dunlap First Solar, LLC Globe Corporation Kathleen & John Graham Greenberg Traurig, LLP Amy Hillman & Gerry Keim Hirtle Callaghan-Chief Investment Officers Martha E. Hunter In Honor of Raymond R. Hunter Intel Corporation KTVK 3TV Kutak Rock LLP Margie Lebold Meridian Bank, N. A. Peggy Mullan & Kathy Berzins In Memory of Denny Phillips Northern Trust Charitable Trust ON Media Michele & Robert Page Craig Pearson Prudential Financial Darra Rayndon & David Arrow Suzanne Richards Ryan Companies US, Inc. Jennifer E. & Charles F. Sands Meilee Smythe Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Steve & Kathleen Taddie Susan Thornton Judith Tuck Steve & Missy Tufts UMB Bank Versant Capital Management, Inc. The Melani & Rob Walton Fund of the Walton Family

Wells Fargo Private Bank Tina Wilson In Honor of Kathy Hill Jack Windle

$1,250 - $4,999

Anonymous (2) Diane & Paul Abe Kathy & Steven Ashby Jane & Jason Barlow Regina & G. Peter Bidstrup BMO Harris Bank Gena & Harry Bonsall Gail Bradley Vivian & Marlon Buchholtz Bob Bulla Choice Hotels International Foundation Dorothy Cholnoky Anne & Fred Christensen Carol & John Clemency Leslie Dashew & Jack Salisbury Deloitte & Touche LLP Susan & Robert S. Diamond Dorrance Family Foundation In Honor of Carolyn O'Malley Dianne & Charles Dunn Phyllis & John R. Earle Barbara & Terry Fenzl Danuta Glowczewski Mary Ellen & Terry Gould Elaine & Dan Gruber Barbara & Ken Hand Marjorie Holman & Meredith Ingle Lorelei Kaczmarski Joan & Lenny Kalmenson Brian Kissinger & Todd McCandless Diane & Michael Kulow Mark & Sue Landy In Honor of Dr. William Huizingh Joyce & Randall Lert Les Longino, Jr. Janis & Dennis Lyon Susan & Philip Matos Janet Maurer & Marty Davis Cesar Mazier Cathy & Steve McConnell Dr. and Mrs. John K. Meinert Betty & Dennis Mitchem Christine & F. J. Mollring Monarch Council: Eve Bilotas, Veronica Brana, Teniqua Broughton, Cyndi Coon, Marion Donaldson, John Fisher, Sandra Keely, Jessica Lagreid, Adirana Lane, Kim Larkin, Jayson Matthews, Emily Mead, Kate Perrin, Jennifer Purcell, Scott Osteen, Shawnte Rothschild, Laine Seaton MultiTable Dedrie Polakof & Matt Cohen Suzanne Richards Jan Scheid Dena Sehr Susan E. Shattuck Mary Ann & Bill Sheely Patricia Simmons Susannah & Leslie Small Wendy Spratt In Honor of Lesa Thomas Heidi Teets Bruce Thoeny Ken Udenze Sharon & Donald J. Ulrich Penny & Neil Warner Cindy & Michael Watts Nancy & Ed White Robin & Stephen Woodworth

Supporting Partner

Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Arizona This is a preliminary recognition list based on gifts and oral pledges received to date. If you note an error or omission, please accept our apology and contact Darcy McGill at 480-481-8160.

DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN DONORS

The Desert Botanical Garden is grateful to all 35,962 members and donors for your generosity. On these pages, we recognize annual support from individuals, companies, and foundation donors who made single or multiple contributions and pledges totaling $1,250 and more between March 1, 2016 and February 28, 2017. + Patrons Circle members, including Saguaro, Curator’s, Director’s, President’s, and Founder’s Circle contributors are identified with a +. * Monarch Council Leadership Members for 2016-17 are identified with a *.

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES $100,000+

Anonymous Rojon & Jay Hasker + William Huizingh Honoring Mildred B. Williams +

$25,000 - $49,999

Lee & Mike Cohn + Jacquie & Bennett Dorrance + Marilyn & H. Clifton Douglas + Barbara Gant & Susan Wingfield + Barbara & Donald Ottosen +

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous Rebecca Ailes-Fine & Peter Fine + Patricia Auch + Kate Baker + Uta Monique Behrens + Oonagh & John Boppart + Beth Byrnes & Barton Faber + Shelley Cohn & Mollie Trivers + Donna & William Dehn + Ardie & Stephen Evans + Amy Flood & Larry West + Mary Heiss & Harold Dorenbecher + Martha & Charles Henderson + Shelley & Bill Jacoby + Carole & Richard Kraemer + Sue & Mark Landy + Jan & Tom Lewis + Vicki & Kent Logan + Julie Louis + Marta Morando & William Moio + Susan & Mark Mulzet + Kathy & Chuck Munson + Kathleen Oswald Lois & John Rogers + Carol & Randy Schilling + Diana E. & Paul B. Smith + Louise Solheim + Ann Stanton & Robert Haddock + Nancy Swanson + Kathleen & Stephen Taddie + JR & Jeffrey Trevas +

$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous Jane & Jason Barlow + Lydia & Philip Bell + Cindy & Ron Bernstein + Connie & Jim Binns + Robert Bulla + Ursula & Stephan Gebert Sue & Michael Gregg + Cathy & Ronn Hart Lexine & Jeff Hebets + Peggy D. Herz & Philip E. Smith +

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Tom & Ruth Ann Hornaday + Carrie & Jon Hulburd + Harriet Ivey & Richard Brashear + Jane & Malcolm Jozoff + Dorothy Lincoln-Smith + Tom Lucas Tahnia & Jeffrey McKeever + Adrienne & Paul Morell + Sara & J. L. Peter Morgan + James Nafziger Michele & Robert Page + Mary & Matthew Palenica + Rosellen & Harry Papp + Joan & J. B. Payne Christie & Todd Peters + Teresa & James Pipe + Darra Rayndon & David Arrow + John D. Richardson Joyce Rolfes & Nancy Broerman + Jennifer & Charles Sands + Scott Schaefer + Anita & Steven Schultz Marilyn & Jon Shomer + Anne Stupp + Shoshana & Robert Tancer + Susan & Ronald Telesko + Craig Thatcher & Kenneth Schutz + Jennifer Theobald + Mary & William Way + George Evan Weisz & Leesa Weisz Maja Wessels & Charles Covington +

$2,500 - $4,999

Anonymous (4) Diane & Paul Abe + Bryan Albue & Martha Albue + Gene Almendinger + Jeff & Debbie Andrews + Kathy & Steven Ashby + Shirley & Thomas Bekey + Marlene & Ralph Bennett + Howard & Joy Berlin + Jean & Barry Bingham + Tennille & Troy Blair + Gena & Harry Bonsall + Betty & Herbert Bool + Gail Bradley + Nancy & Charles Brickman + Charla Bucklin + Joy Bunt & Linda Turley + Laura & Richard Burgis Dorothy Cholnoky + Anne & Fred Christensen + Karen & William Clements + Pamela & Dale Collie + Kitty Collins + Kenneth Compton Family William Cope + Barbara Crisp & Mark Nemschoff + Leslie Dashew & Jack Salisbury + Jo & Ron Davis + Alice Dickey + Jeanne & Brian Donatello + Dianne & Charles Dunn + Phyllis & John Earle + LeRoy & Kate Ellison + Dirk Ellsworth & William Schmidt + Betty & Bertram Feingold + Barbara & Terry Fenzl + Teny & Charles Fisher + Jo & John Flittie + Ursula & Ram Gangadean + Deborah & Michael Gilman + Amy Gittler & Michael Sillyman + Dawn & Don Goldman + Susan & Richard Goldsmith + Leslie Gordon + Nancy Hanley + Renee Hanson & Peter Weber + Susan & Richard Helzer + Barbara & Tom Hoffnagle + Heather & Eric Holst + Nancy Husband + Amy Hillman & Gerry Keim + Nancy Kinney + Leatrice & Jon Kitchell + Margot & Dennis Knight + Kathy Kolbe & William Rapp +

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Diane & Michael Kulow + Melissa & Ted Lagreid + Mary Lu & Ron Larson + Karen LeDonne & David Berk + Sally & Richard Lehmann + Cheryl & John Lewis + Barbara & Ron Lieberson + Dana & Bruce Macdonough + Robert MacNeil + Susan & Philip Matos + Kathleen McCullough + Patricia & Gerald McKenna + Kathy Mendelson + Amy & Paul Mescher + Carmine & Joseph Miller + Kim Nikolaev & Tom Bollinger Barbara & Lawrence Nilsen + Carolyn & Mark O'Malley + Carlos Oldham & Joan Goforth + Janet Orr & Jackie Sakren + Julie Pace & David Selden & Glenda Pace + Jody Pelusi + Gail & James Radley Pamela & K. Deane Reade Suzanne & Peter Richards + Nancy Riegel + Diane Roush + Elana & Mike Russell + Ronald Sassano + Sophann & Thomas Schleifer + Christina & Kenneth Schopen + Susan Shattuck + Janie & Archer Shelton + Maren Showkeir Ann Siner + Lynne Smith + Martha & Donald Squire + Phyllis & Dick Stern + Betsy & Bruce Stodola + Carolyn & John Stuart + Pat & John Sullivan + Betty Lou Summers + Nancy Tengler + William Torrey + Ken Udenze + Roberta & James Urban + Renee Walter + Kathleen & Bruce Weber + Sandy Werner & Lea Werner + Sarah & Ethan Wessel + Jenniffer Whittingham & M. Stanley Whittingham + Robert & Sandra Williams + Margaret Wilson & Pamela Cooper + Sonja Winter & Amanda Winter & Alex Winter + Robin & Stephen Woodworth + Barbara & Charlie Young +

$1,250 - $2,499

Anonymous (6) Judy Ackerman & Richard Epstein + Carol & Rick Adams + Kendall & James Ameduri + Doris & Laurence Ashkin + Judy & Larrie Bates + Kristy & Timothy Bidwill + Linda Breuer + Kimberly & Lonnie Brist + Teniqua Broughton + Karen & Bradley Buckhout Rebecca Burnham & Robert James + Kendra & John Burnside + David & Michelle Cano + Philip Carll + Virginia Cave + Pat Wentworth Comus & Louis F. Comus, Jr. + Melinda & Matt Connell + Elva & Lattie Coor + Janet & John Cotton + Robyn & Michael DeBell + Barbara & Mark DeMichele + Geri & Mike DeMuro + Catherine Dickey + Herman Dirks Marion Donaldson +

JoEllen & Philip Doornbos + Julie & John Douglas + Beverly & Paul Duzik + Deborah Elvidge + Dean Fairchild & John Knight + Terry Flood + Juanita & Philip Francis Christopher Gately + Sheila & F. Michael Geddes + Susan & Ronald Giger + Angela & Jeffrey Glosser + Elizabeth & Frank Goodyear + Kathleen & John Graham + Maggie & Mark Graham + Barbara Gullickson + Barbara & Ken Hand & Kimberly Hand Dee & Jean Harris + Patricia & David Hill + Kara & Keith Hjelmstad Elizabeth & Fred Hoffert + Carol & Jeff Holden + Roz & Mary Johnson + Maurine Kahn + Kristen Kindl Elizabeth & John Kirkpatrick + Debra & Jim Larson + Patti & Frederick Lau + Tracy & Andy Lenartz Bob & Shari Levitan + Shari Lewinski & Donald Dixon + Ann & Kenneth Lindner + Laney & Keith Lindor + Judy & Sam Linhart + Les Longino, Jr. + Sandy & Michael Lowe + Janis & Dennis Lyon Andy, Heidi, Claire & Robby MacFarlane + Dana Martin + Sandra & Michael Martindale + Carol McCrady + Tammy McLeod & John Hamilton + Joseph Meyer IV + Linda & Andrew Miller + John & Cindy Millikin + Eleanor Mink & George Mink Amy & Jake Murdock Joan & John Murphy Jr. + Adriana & Nikos Murrietta + Jenny Norton & Bob Ramsey + Doris & Hong Ong Sarah & Scott Osteen +* Kimberlee Reimann Padilla & Amador Padilla Karen & David Paldan + Valerie & Gregory Patten + Carol & Richard Peairs + Craig Pearson + Debra Peevey & Candy Cox + Maritom Pyron + Kimberly & Anthony Rao + Linda & Leon Reivitz + Nancy Rierson + Edgardo Rivera & Donald Rumer-Rivera + Isabelle & Stephen Roman Marcia & Hugh Ruddock + Nancy Russell & David Rentfro + Jeannie & Fabrizio Saraceni + Lois & Stephen Savage + Lorraine & Gregory Scaven Adrienne & Charles Schiffner Megan & Brian Schwallie + Carol & William Smallwood + Alexandra Smith & Alex Marr Joyce & James Smith + Cattryn Somers & Michael Cafiso + Pamela Steele & Robert Loeb + Janet & Jeri Stiles Merle & Michael Tarnow + Carolyn & Ben Thomas + Richard Tollefson & Marc Kellenberger + Candace & Michael Tooke + Fred & Mary Tucker + Tamsinn & Jon Underwood

Marsha & Charles Van Dam & Bonnie Christofferson + Linda Vaughan + Debra & Karukurichi Venkatesh & Shayla Venkatesh + Lynn & Edward Villanueva + Melissa Ward & Bill Muster & Natalie Nelson Penny & Neil Warner + Daryl & Louis Weil Kathleen Welker + Ann & Steve Wheeler + Willard White & Stephen Hartman + Janet & Walter Wieder + Margi & Tom Wilkinson Levitt + Karen & Glenn Williamson + Carol & Lewis Wilson + Jack Windle + Diana & Allan Winston + Roma & Raymond Wittcoff Dana & John Wyss + Sheila & David Young + Robert Zinn

SONORAN CIRCLE

The Desert Botanical Garden is honored to acknowledge the following individuals as members of the Sonoran Circle as of February 28, 2017. These donors have thoughtfully included the Garden in their estate plans. * T hose whose gifts have been realized.

Anonymous (67) Diane Abe Susan E. Ahearn Rebecca Ailes-Fine & Peter S. Fine Gail & John Allan Mary Jo & Gene Almendinger Donna G. & Mason E. Anderson Lou Ella Archer* Rev. Talitha J. Arnold Patricia Auch Billie Jane Baguley* Judy & Web Baker Kate Baker Kate & Greg Bakkum Valerie Banks Diane Barker Lewis Barnard, Jr.* David Barnett Steve Bartlett & John Ness Judy & Larrie Bates Robert A. Beane Patricia Beauvais Trust* Uta Monique Behrens Shirley & Thomas Bekey Sandra & Ralph Benell Myrna & Charles Berger Jean M. Besich Gail Bliss Marty Blood Oonagh & John Boppart Cindy & Greg Bowers Nancy Broerman & Joyce Rolfes Virginia L. Buchanan* Dr. Joy C. Bunt Rebecca Lynne Burnham Jane Burtnett Barbara Busse* Spiro Cakos Trust* Vera A. Carpenter Trust* Virginia G. Cave Joy & Craig Clifford Lee Baumann Cohn Shelley Cohn & Mollie C. Trivers Patricia Wentworth Comus & Louis F. Comus, Jr. Pamela Cooper & Margaret Wilson Harry R. Courtright Carol & Richard Crane Kevin D. Cullens & James M. Laughlin Jerome W. Daub* Bernadette & Dean DeAngelis Diana Decker

Bill & Donna Dehn Patricia Dickerman* Rachel K. Dirkse Trust Liscum Diven* Heather & Richard Dohrwardt Capt. Irene L. Doto (Ret.) Marilyn & H. Clifton Douglas John L. & M. Kathryn Duffy Marion & Jim Durham Ruth & Merlin DuVal Beverly & Paul Duzik Lucille B. Earle* Ardie & Steve Evans Barton Faber & Elizabeth Byrnes Alice Feffer* Dr. Bertram E. & Betty A. Feingold Diana & Mark Feldman Mary Ferro Virginia & Ernest Ferry* Corleah S. Fiery* Sylvia E. Forte* Kelcey Fry Marty Furbee* Donald Gelfand & Katharine Messenger Judith R. & Stanley J. Getch Drs. Deborah & Michael Gilman Rose & Harvey Goertz* Dawn & Donald Goldman Susan & Richard Goldsmith Doris & Mark Greene Elaine & Dan Gruber Michael & Christine Hachey Delbert J. Harr* Jay & Rojon Hasker Lexine & Jeff Hebets Mary Heiss & Harold Dorenbecher Frank Hennessey* Florence L. Hinshaw* Barbara & Tom Hoffnagle DeAnne & Mike Holt Charles A. Huckins William Huizingh* Nancy & Ken Husband Dorothy D. & James L. Jones* Wilson Jones, Jr. & Richard Sourant Jane Jozoff Cheryl E. Kantor* Melissa A. Kemp Raymond W. Kemp Margaret Kirkpatrick* Larry & Marti Koehn Mari & Frank Koerner Debra Korobkin* Virginia Korte Arthur N. Krein* Florence Arlene Kriz Trust* The Kulow Family Trust Madge Kunkel Dr. Marta Labus Jan Laufer Carolyn M. Lazar Margie Lebold Clayton M. & Jeanette H. Leister, Jr. Victor S. Leon Kent D. Levine Dorothy Lincoln-Smith & Harvey Smith Ann & Michael Linnett Fran & Dale Linowski Beth Lockridge Annelise Loeser* Beth Meyer Lohse & Rolf Lohse Estelle & Paul Lorah* Shirley & Douglas Lowe Jonathan Marshall* Mildred F. May* Sallie L. McCutcheon Kathleen McKenzie Scott B. McMahon Patricia A. & John K. Meinert Kathy Mendelson Betty & Denny Mitchem Marta L. Morando Sara & J.L. Peter Morgan Lorene D. Mullineaux* Kathy & Chuck Munson Tish & Barry Stuecker

Patricia Anne Murphy* Arthur R. Murray* Marcia D. & Richard W. Nadolny Sherry New Susan D. Noack Carolyn & Mark O'Malley Sandra Ochterbeck Debbie & Benedict Ornburn Opal Oyaas* Karen & David Paldan Mary & Matthew Palenica Rosellen & Harry Papp Mathilda M. Parker Kathleen Passey* Craig Pearson Joel Prescott* Darra Rayndon Doris Redlin Nancy & Robert H. Rheinlander* David J. Ritchie James K. Roche Delia Guadalupe Rodriguez Mary Romero & Eric Margolis Jo Rose & Cynthia A. Rose Diane G. Roush Wallis Rae Rozga C. Bryan Ruth & Susan K. De Simone Charles F., Jennifer E., & John U. Sands In Memory of Dr. Edward F. (Ted) Anderson Leontine Sassell* The Gregory J. Scaven Family Scott T. Schaefer Carol Schilling Ruth K. Schonthal* Ken Schutz Geri Ann Sefton Susan E. Shattuck Don Shaw Barbara Jane & Archer Shelton Jon A. & Marilyn G. Shomer Gene Skutack Favour H. Slater Glenda Springer Ann Stanton Janet & Jeri Stiles Carolyn Stout Anne C. Stupp Dan Suhr Nancy Swanson Marilyn Swoboda Nikolaus Tendler Jennifer Theobald Bruce C. Thoeny Shari & Ben Thompson Michael J. Tucker Carol & Bob Tulk Ethel Twitchell* H. W. VanLoo* Irene H. Vasquez John H. Weber* Kathleen & Bruce Weber Gertrude Webster* Betty B. Weinert* Virginia A. Weise Kathryn R. Welch Maja Wessels & Charles Covington Willard E. White Janet E. & Rev. Dr. Walter F. Wieder Douglas D. & Carol L. Wilkey Jack Windle Marilyn Wolfe Gary R. Wolkovits Helen B. Wooden* Eugenia I. Wright* Karen Wyndelts Sylvia D. Yoder

ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

The Garden is proud to acknowledge the following businesses, foundations, and government agencies for making annual gifts to support the Garden’s research, education, conservation, and exhibition programs.

$100,000+

Institute of Museum and Library Services The Ottosen Family Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999

Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture

$20,000 - $49,999

APS - Arizona Public Service The Arizona Republic Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Arizona The Dorrance Family Foundation Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation Experience Matters Fabulous Food Fine Catering & Events Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Flinn Foundation Green Street Communities, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Louis Foundation, Inc. The Fred Maytag Family Foundation ON Media SRP SRP EarthWise Energy Twiford Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999

American Airlines Arizona Community Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation Bartlett Tree Experts Chase Private Client Chipotle Mexican Grill The Ferry Family Foundation First Solar, LLC Gertrude's Greenberg Traurig, LLP Intel Corporation T. W. Lewis Foundation Northern Trust, N.A. Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine Pour Masters Bar Service ps:studios Santa Barbara Catering Company Schwab Charitable Fund Sprouts Farmers Market Susich Design Company U.S. Bank U.S. Bank Foundation Walton Family Foundation Wells Fargo

$5,000 - $9,999

Arizona Taste Catering, Inc. Avnet BDG Landscape Maintenance Shirley C. Caris Family Foundation Creative Hands Cuisine Discount Tire Co., Inc. DMB Associates, Inc. Event Network Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, Inc. L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP M Catering by Michael's MicroAge, LLC My Sister's Closet Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, P.C. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Stellar Capital Management LLC STORE Capital Venue Builders: Kitchell Perez Genova Detwiler Wiseman and Gale Interiors

$2,500 - $4,999

American Endowment Foundation Arid Zone Trees Atlasta Catering Service, Inc. Aventura Catering Bentley Gallery Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society Classic Party Rentals Costello Childs Contemporary Gallery Cox Charities Creations in Cuisine Catering Deloitte & Touche LLP Fresh from the Kitchen Glamour & Woods Hensley Beverage Company Hyatt Regency Phoenix at Civic Plaza Kutak Rock LLP Meant2Be Events Merrill Lynch David Nathan Meyers Foundation Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Multitable mybody llc Mark S Nemschoff Family Foundation Sound Lighting FX, Inc. Valley of the Sun United Way

$1,250 - $2,499

AVEDA Bank of America CopperPoint Insurance Companies Creative Plants Culinary Canvas Catering, LLC Google for Nonprofits IKEA Il Tocco Food Integrity Commercial Cleaning, LLC Jocelyn Casey Design Kathy Weber Creative Metal Media LLC Miseno Jewels The Bill Muster Foundation Paletas Betty Pearson & Co. Quench Fine Wines Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. RSP Architects Ruse Cake House Steven Kretchmer Fine Jewelry V & P Nurseries, Inc.

TRIBUTES

Honor gifts made December 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017 will be recognized in the September issue of the Sonoran Quarterly.

IN-KIND DONORS

In-kind donations made December 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017 will be recognized in the September issue of the Sonoran Quarterly.

We attempt to ensure the accuracy of our donor’s names. If you note an error or omission, please contact Angelica McNamara at 480-421-9977.

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MISSION The Garden’s commitment to the community is to advance excellence in education, research, exhibition and conservation of desert plants of the world with emphasis on the Southwestern United States. We will ensure that the Garden is always a compelling attraction that brings to life the many wonders of the desert.

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