NATURE FOR ALL Annual Report 2023
Letter from Our Director
For 48 years, Irvine has been a leader in environmental education, both locally and nationally, as we teach and inspire others to explore, respect, and protect nature. Approaching our 50th anniversary, a strategic priority for Irvine is to increase access and provide a community resource around education and conservation where ALL are welcome.
We strive to make each visitor, volunteer, or program participant comfortable engaging with nature regardless of experience, background, or interest — helping all community members thrive outside — and it is both a privilege and responsibility to share the joy and importance of our environment and its connection to each of us.
This year, we have made enhancements to our property, introduced new programs, and increased access to nature in a variety of ways, including the start of Free Fridays generously funded by The Orokawa Foundation. Throughout the pages of this year’s annual report, we are pleased to share highlights of these efforts.
We set out to deliver Nature For All for our community, and I am pleased to report that we’ve been successful in making new nature connections for many — largely due to you, our loyal members, and supporters.
Executive Director
We are thrilled to sponsor access to the Irvine Nature Center for families throughout the Baltimore region. We believe firmly in supporting the wellness of all individuals, an integral component of which is time spent outdoors. We are deeply grateful to Irvine and its staff for their tireless efforts in creating an oasis so unique and so special right here in Baltimore County.
It is a great honor to partner with Irvine as we work to improve the lives of all members of our community.
– Samantha Cleland Manekin Executive Director, The Orokawa Foundation
5,687 AREA STUDENTS PARTICIPATED in Irvine’s Field Trips, Nature in the Classroom, and Eco-Explorers, including 81 grant-funded programs for Title 1 schools.
632 CHILDREN experienced the benefits of learning in nature, in our Nature Preschool, Little Birds, and Earth Friends Outdoors Homeschool programs.
711 VOLUNTEERS contributed to projects on our property and our programs.
7,458 PARTICIPANTS of all ages engaged in one of Irvine’s nature programs.
OVER 35,000 UNIQUE VISITORS from around the state spent time in nature at Irvine.
1,731 TODDLERS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS enjoyed stories, music, movement, and an animal encounter during Irvine’s FREE Tales & Tails story time.
1,830 POUNDS OF TRASH WERE REMOVED from nearby roadways as part of Project Clean Stream.
Through Our Programs
Irvine’s robust environmental education programs propel our mission of inspiring people of all ages and backgrounds to explore, respect, and protect nature. Our talented team of educators work diligently to plan, prepare, and deliver lessons that resonate with all learners. Their passion and devotion provide students and program participants with the knowledge to develop a genuine appreciation and love of nature that inspires nurturing of our planet.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Irvine’s free weekly Tales and Tails environmental literacy program has been a signature community builder. Each week we welcome little ones along with their parents, grandparents, and caregivers to our Outdoor Classroom for music, stories, and animal encounters.
Irvine’s early childhood educators create rich relationships with their students in Little Birds, Earth Friends Outdoors Homeschool, and The Nature Preschool. In these semester-long classes, children engage in hikes, investigations, crafts, and nature-inspired lessons. Each age group continues to fill to capacity as families value learning at Irvine.
Our award-winning Nature Preschool served 56 students, a fifth of whom received financial aid through our Woodpecker Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), thanks to the generosity of the Medicine Bow Fund.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Thanks to the support of the Thomas Wilson Foundation, T. Rowe Price Foundation, Merritt Properties, and State of Maryland State-Aided Institutions Program, Irvine delivered nature to more students through grant-funded field trips for Title I schools in our region. Over the past year, our educators served 2,958 students for nature field trips; half of these field trips were grant-funded. For school-aged children these immersive academic experiences can be life changing; for many, a first introduction to the natural world and to animals. Students from community organizations and academic institutions such as Bridging the Gap, Holistic Life Foundation, Next One Up, and St. Vincent de Paul Head Start were among the many from underresourced neighborhoods in Baltimore City who spent time outdoors on our campus.
You have improved my child’s life so much!
And we are so happy that she had access to this life-changing experience!
– Preschool Woodpecker Tuition Assistance Program parent “
SUMMER NATURE CAMP
Under the direction of our new Director of Nature Camps, Colby Warner, over 650 campers soaked up the summer at Irvine enjoying fun-filled, nature-based adventures on our property. We are grateful to our Summer Camp sponsors: Ortho Maryland, David Ross Orthodontics, Davey Mitigation, and Northwest Hospital. Thanks to several generous individual donors in addition to the Shawe Family Foundation and The Dillon Fund, we were able to offer 18 camp scholarships to students in nearby Reisterstown and Glyndon.
Irvine’s programming is the best children’s programming we have ever seen, and we continue to have this opinion after three years spent at summer camp.
– Summer Nature Camp 2023 Parent
Adult Programs
This past year, we continued our popular adult programs including the monthly Eat, Drink, and Learn speaker series sponsored by Lumina Solar, seasonal Lunch and Learns, and many weekend learning programs such as Pine Needle Basket and Natural Wreath Making.
Irvine continues its Health and Wellness through Nature program and is grateful to Qigong and Tai Chi leader Mary Pinkard for conducting classes to inspire others through holistic wellness. Mary and her team are grounded in their passion for helping adults deepen their connections with nature through meditative motions of body, mind, and spirit.
Eat, Drink and Learn combines the best of so many worlds – socializing with other Irvine supporters and meeting new friends, sharing a top-notch meal, enjoying clever (and tasty!) drinks, and being introduced to experts in a variety of fields. Each speaker is working on a project that has meaningful and lasting impacts on the natural world around us. I have invited many to EDL over the years. Everyone always has a wonderful time – many of them have become repeat subscribers themselves!
– Frank Dudek
Eat, Drink, and Learn Participant
At Our Events
Just as Irvine offers a wide array of programs and activities for all ages on our property, we also host a multitude of events throughout the year. Like our nature programs, our events serve as community builders for people to come together.
NATIVE PLANT SALE AND WORKSHOP
Hundreds of plant lovers made their way to Irvine on a beautiful Saturday in May to shop the wide variety of native plants from several different expert growers and attend informative workshops. Attendees could even build their own planter to attract pollinators throughout the season. Irvine is grateful to Biohabitats for underwriting this event.
PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN
Last October, our signature annual fundraiser, Pumpkins on the Green welcomed over 50 corporate sponsors, headlined by M&T Bank, Constellation and Arbor Valley. Sponsors, VIP Underwriters, and guests gathered on a cool autumn evening for drinks, dinner, live music from the Jody West Band, and a fabulous silent auction. We are grateful to all of our event sponsors, as well as our chairs, Embry and Harris Peace, Hanna and Jeff Fountain, and Kiley and Will Mellor, and an enthusiastic host committee.
FAMILY EVENTS
Irvine hosted many weekend events this past year including our annual Maple Magic, Holidays with Hoot, and Springfest to create easy access for families to enjoy seasonal festivities while spending time in nature. These events welcomed children and adults from around the community, many for the first time.
NEW PROGRAMS
In October, we introduced our first Indigenous People’s Day community event to honor the many contributions of Maryland’s First People. This year, we also introduced PRIDE Outside for teens and are preparing to become a local chapter of LGBT Outdoors, a national organization that is connecting the LGBTQ+ community to the outdoors and its members to one another.
On Our Property
Irvine provides an extraordinary resource and destination for outdoor nature exploration and education. First time visitors are often surprised to find our special gem of 211-acres of preserved land in Baltimore County. With eight miles of trails through wetlands, forests, and meadows, there is constant upkeep and preservation required to welcome visitors of all ages.
WEDDING POINT
On Earth Day, a group of over 150 local real estate professionals from 40 different organizations, NAIOP Maryland, spent many hours at Irvine on an unusually hot spring day building a new pergola and arbor at Wedding Point, mulching 325 linear yards of the Understory Loop Trail, reseeding our Pollinator Meadow with over 100 pounds of native plant seed, and removing 33 trash bags of garlic mustard weed from our trails. In addition to their volunteer day of service, NAIOP made a substantial contribution to Irvine for the purchase of solar panels for our barn which will provide much-needed electricity for the campsite area.
Partnering with Irvine Nature Center was the perfect opportunity for our over 150 volunteers to connect with nature and to provide a meaningful day of service. We appreciate the staff and their efforts to create a program day that enabled our volunteers to have significant and positive impact on our watershed.
– Nicole Smith NAIOP Maryland Community Service Committee Co-Chair
NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SITE
Irvine’s unique and authentic Native American Educational Site was originally constructed in 2016 with the cooperation of the Baltimore American Indian Center, Stevenson University, and primitive naturalist and educator, Jeff Gottlieb. Recognizing the original stewards of our land, the Site offers visitors and students a glimpse at the dwellings, structures, and tools used by the First Americans. A primary structure at the site, our longhouse, was in desperate need of repair. In late May, Jeff Gottlieb dismantled and rebuilt it reusing natural materials and harvested tulip poplar bark. Numerous individual volunteers and groups rolled up their sleeves to be a part of this effort and learned a lot of new skills in the process.
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
Another principal feature on our property is our Outdoor Classroom. This unique space is used by our early childhood programs including The Nature Preschool during the week, and for weekend birthday parties and families who visit year-round. The centerpiece of the Outdoor Classroom is the stage, which is used for play and for performances, including Tales and Tails. Due to constant weather exposure, the stage needed major renovations. In memory of their colleague Michael B. Klein, WPM Real Estate Management employees and volunteers rebuilt the stage to make it bigger, better, and sturdier.
TRAILS
Kyle Gillen, our Natural Resources Manager, works yearround to ensure that our trails are safe and accessible for our visitors and program participants. With the help of volunteers and the summer trail crew, the group labored through this year’s unprecedented heat and humidity monitoring trail conditions, clearing debris, removing invasive species, and planting natives throughout our property.
In Our Community
Two of Irvine’s main outreach programs that take nature into schools and classrooms are Eco-Explorers After-School Nature Club and Nature in the Classroom.
Both are engaging, immersive, and fun learning opportunities that connect young learners, many from under-resourced areas in our region, to the benefits of our natural world. An integral part of both programs is showcasing our animal ambassadors to teach students about their purpose, habitats, and living environments.
In the past year, Irvine’s educators delivered Nature in the Classroom to 2,134 students and our Eco-Explorers afterschool club to 595 students in Baltimore County, Baltimore City and Carroll County. Irvine is most grateful to the Galanthus Foundation, Venable Foundation, the Fancy Hill Foundation, and Thomas Wilson Foundation for supporting these enriching and impactful academic programs.
Many of our families do not have consistent transportation, or the financial means, to expose their children to opportunities outside of school and home. Irvine’s EcoExplorers program gives students hands-on experiences and opportunities to learn about their local environment.
- Joyce M. Powell Green School Chairperson,
Reisterstown Elementary School
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Just as we take our nature programming to classrooms, we do the same in the community to build connections and invite neighbors to Irvine’s property and programs. With animals in tow, Irvine makes frequent appearances at area farmers markets and festivals.
Through a partnership with Greenberg Gibbons, a new corporate underwriter, Irvine took part in Tuesday Tots at Kenilworth Mall and a family concert at Hunt Valley Towne Center, two of their retail properties.
Irvine’s environmental educators also present nature and animal programs at local libraries, senior centers, retirement communities, and garden club meetings.
PROJECT CLEAN STREAM
1,830 pounds of trash – 60 trash bags, 21 tires, 6 road signs, various scraps of metal, an old swing set, and about a dozen cinderblocks – that is what 23 volunteers from the local wealth management company The StepStone Group, along with Irvine staff, collected on Garrison Forest Road and Crondall Lane in Owings Mills on Irvine’s Project Clean Stream Day in April. This annual watershedwide cleanup initiative was started by Irvine in 1977 and has continued every year since that time.
Donors
Thank you to our loyal and generous donors for your support in helping Irvine provide Nature for All on our property and in the community over the past year. A special thank you to our Trailblazers, Irvine’s Leadership Giving Society, for supporting our mission at the highest level.
CONSERVATIONIST
$25,000 +
Mr. Gregg Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Terral Jordan
Mr. Truman T. Semans
SUSTAINER $15,000 +
Mrs. Charlton G. Friedberg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Dyke
AMBASSADOR $10,000 +
Mrs. Richard Allchin
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Preston G. Athey
Mrs. Nelson Bond
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Piper III*
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Riepe
GUARDIAN $5,000 +
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Aarsand
Anonymous
Ms. Mary Catherine Bunting
Mr. and Mrs. David O. Dardis
Ms. Marion P. DeGroff
Mrs. Jennifer Glose
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Guinee
Ms. Mary Howard
Ms. Lila Boyce Lohr
Mrs. Cassandra S. Naylor
Mr. W. Brooks and Dr. Elizabeth V. Paternotte
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Pinkard
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Reynolds III
Christina Riepe
Mrs. Frances Rockwell
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mark Schapiro
Mr. and Mrs. James Shea
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Stradtner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Travers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Wilbanks
PROTECTOR $2,500 +
Ms. Amy J. Boebel
Mr. and Mrs. Angus M. Burton
Ms. Virginia T. Campbell
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. DeCosta
Mr. Jack Finney
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Flanigan III
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Glick
Mrs. Charlotte Goodwin
Dr. and Mrs. Francis C. Grumbine
Mr. and Mrs. R. Dixon Harvey Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Heidebrecht
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McCord
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Mills
Owings Mills Green Action
Mr. and Mrs. Clement J. Palevich
Mr. George S. Rich
Dr. Barbara B. Shelton and Dr. Gordon Shelton
Anna and Beetle Smith
Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Washburn
Ms. Susan G. Waxter
STEWARD $1,000 +
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Adams
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Allan
Amazon Smile
Miss Mary Elizabeth Baetjer
Mrs. Daniel Baker
Mr. Jason Bisciotti
Mrs. William F. Blue
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Blue Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Bolton
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III
Mr. J. Keith Bowers and Ms. Christel K. Cothran
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brennen
Mr. James D. Brown IV
Mrs. Debbie Cameron and Mr. Ron Solomon
Dr. Suzanne E. Chapelle Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. August Chiasera
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Coe
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Collins
Capt. Tom I. Dodge and Mrs. Kimberly Dodge
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Dunbar
Ms. Donna Eden
Mr. Charles C. Fenwick Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Garrett
Ms. Sandra L. Gerstung
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. D. Gibbs Jr.
Green Spring Valley Garden Club
Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenman
Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Griswold IV
Mrs. Brigitte Harper
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harris
Mr. F. B. Harvey and Mrs. Janet Marie Smith
Mrs. E. Phillips Hathaway *
Mrs. Molly Hathaway
Dr. Robert and Dr. Zoh Hieronimus
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hirsch
Ms. Jean Hoblitzell and Mr. Tucker Glotzbach
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Hogan III
Mr. Stephen S. Howard and Mr. Monty Howard
Mrs. Susan Iglehart
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Killebrew Jr.
Mrs. Diana Krevor-Levine and Mr. Robert Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Krongard
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Levering IV
Margie MacNeille and Julian Mason
Madeline Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Maddox
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander T. Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Seth McDonnell
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall III
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nigro
Mr. Carl Osterman and Ms. Sandra Liotta
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Paternotte
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Paternotte
Alan Penczek
Mr. Philip Perkins and Ms. Margaret Allen
Mr. George Roche
Ms. Nancy Savage
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Singer
Mr. and Mrs. Jared Spahn
Mrs. Clare H. Stewart
Mr. William G. and Rev. Caroline R. Stewart
Ms. Anne L. Stone
Petra Karen Tischer
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Washburne Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Waters
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Watt
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Williams
Mr. and Mrs. David Wilmerding
Mr. Edward Winstead and Ms. Ann-Barron Carneal
Zwagil Foundation
ADVENTURER $500 +
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen
America’s Charities
Mrs. Mary Hannah Arnot
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Billig
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Blue
Mr. John L. Bowman Jr.
David W. Buck Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Burdette
Rabbis Nina Beth Cardin and Avram Reisner
Mary and Cato Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Beverley C. Compton
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Crawford
Mrs. Hartley C. Etheridge
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Farber
Mrs. Patricia Finney
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Fleury IV
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fruchtman
Dr. and Mrs. Earl P. Galleher Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherlock S. Gillet Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Halle
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hedden
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Hubbard Jr.
J. McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jenkins II
Ms. Cheryl Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Kearney
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lapham
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen LeGendre
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua H. Levinson
Ms. Amy Macht and Mr. George Grose
Mr. Theodore McKeldin III
Ms. Louise Meledin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Meredith
Mr. Randolph Metcalfe
Mrs. Amy Metzger
Mr. and Mrs. David Y. Norris
Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Orthwein
Ms. Katherine Pisano
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rosenberg Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Martin S. Schugam
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Shawe
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stifel II
Rachell Stump
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Teffeau
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Vieth
EXPLORER $250 +
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Adkinson
Anonymous (4)
Mrs. Anne D. Bailliere
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Balfour
Sanaa Balghiti-Myers and Andrew Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Baum
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Konrad Berk
Mr. Bert Berney
Ms. Ethel W. Berney
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Breitenother
The Honorable Gerry L. Brewster
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Brocato
Gina Brown
Ms. Andrea Burch and Mr. Daniel Gallik
Mrs. Carol Burdette
Ms. Lynne Cannon and Mr. Anthony Olsen
Mr. Calvin Chue and Ms. Julia Romano
Mr. Phillip Closius and Ms. Merritt J. Pridgeon
Dr. Holly Cymet and Dr. Tyler Cymet
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Dett
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Dettmann
Mrs. Theresa Dieveney
Ms. Linda Durey
Cliff Essman and Susan Feigelman
Dr. Ben M. Fertig and Dr. Elana Fertig
Ms. Judith Fulton
Garden Club of Twenty
Erin and David Gatz
Ms. Lauren A. Goodsmith
Jenepher B. Hall
Mrs. Lindsay D. Hardesty
Ms. Mariesa Hawkins
The Honorable Shelly Hettleman and Mr. Jeff Hettleman
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Hubbard
Allison Ingalls and Fabien Cinus
Ms. Tamera Jett-Parmer
Mr. and Mrs. Baker Koppelman
Hannah Krocheski
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Label
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Mace
Mr. and Mrs. Clark F. MacKenzie
Ms. Karen Makino
Dr. and Mrs. William McConnell
Mr. Pete Munsey and Ms. Jan Anderson
Mr. James C. Murray
Dr. and Mrs. David Nasrallah
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Naylor
Ms. Rebecca J. Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Norris Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Osborne
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Owsley
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pappas
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pauliny
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Powell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reaven
Mr. Preston Reeves and Ms. Lauren Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Richardson
Mr. Dieter Rollfinke and Ms. Sonia Flegeal
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rutigliano
Ms. Courtney Sagal
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Schiminger
Dr. and Mrs. Carlton C. Sexton
Katie and Jody Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. David Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sklar
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Slater
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Slater
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Slatkin
Mr. and Mrs. Beetle Smith
Mr. P. David Sowell
St. Thomas’ Church
Mr. and Mrs. John Tiralla
Ms. Emily Tucker and Mr. John Justice
Lori Ulloa
Mrs. Umberto VillaSanta
Mr. and Mrs. John Voneiff
Tracy and Ben Waller
Mr. and Mrs. John H. West III
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Woloson
Mr. Dan Zaccagnini
PACESETTER $100 +
Ms. Katherine Albertson
Mr. and Mrs. Judd P. Anderson
Ms. Ann Russell Ashton
Robert Dean Avery
Mr. and Mrs. Gilad Cohen Aviram
Mr. William C. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Balfour
Mr. and Mrs. Lev Bar-av
Brian Baublitz and Pam May
Nicole and Kevin Beal
Mrs. Melissa Becker
Lisa Belcastro
Tina and George Beneman
Ms. Christine Bird
Simon Birenbaum
Scott and Jennifer Blalock
Renee and Ryan Bourke
Robin and William Boyd
Ms. Patricia Boyle
Ms. Virginia K. Brace
Dr. and Mrs. Joel Brenner
Mrs. Robert S. Bricken
Mr. Bob Brown and Ms. Sindee Ernst
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Bunting
Courtney Campbell
Jessica Campbell
Ms. Lydia Cardwell and Mr. Andrew Lund
Ms. Geraldine Carey
Ms. Katie Cashman
Kelly Castano and Matthew Barrett
Youngjee Choi
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Clark
Ms. Leigh Cochrane and Mr. Ron Caplan
Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Colantuoni
Mr. and Mrs. Grafflin Cook III
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Copeland
Mr. and Mrs. S. Christopher Costa
Mr. and Mrs. James Cox
Ms. Lyn Cox and Ms. Rebecca Brooks
Ms. Anna Curren
Mr. Gislin Dagnelie
Ms. Ellen Danielson
Mr. Keith Danielson
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Davis
Devin and Rachel Demers
Ms. Lauren Desilva
Sarah Dhillon
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dittmar
Mr. and Mrs. David Donahoo
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Doory
Erin Dore
Joseph Downs
Mr. Thomas Dugas and Mrs. Amy Fine Dugas
Kayleigh and Bill Early
Mr. and Mrs. William Elder
Ms. Stephanie Etienne
Ms. Rachel Fabian
Jean and Sarah Fedder
Linda Felker
Ms. Catherine Fields
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Finkelstein
Gunnar Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fishman
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Forbes
Franklin Garden Club
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Gaeger
Ms. Marisa Galitz
Dr. Joseph Gall and Dr. Diane Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Galuardi
Ms. Wendy Gamble
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gartner
Ms. Karen Gibbs
Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian Gill
Ms. Miriam Glaser and Mr. Daniel Isenberg
David Glasgow
Heidi Goldberg
Rachel Goonan and Michael Robbins
Ann Gordon and Jackie MacMillan
Dr. and Mrs. Jim Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Grant
Ms. Sharon Green
Mr. Zack Green
Ms. Beth Gregory
Melissa Guttman
Sabina Haberlen and Brady Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Claflin Hall
Ms. Britt Harlow and Mr. Michael Ryan
Mr. Curran W. Harvey and Ms. Joanne M. Larson
Mr. Al J. Herron
Ms. Priscilla Hoblitzell
Lele Horich
Ms. Adreon Hubbard and Ms. Dorothy Stoltz
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Hubbard
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Hurwitz
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Isaacs
Ms. Cornelia M. Ives
Andrea and Steve Jarosinski
Darlene R. Johnson and Marc Butt
Ms. Danielle Kane
Kathryn Kawecki and Cael Mulcahy
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Keir
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelleher
Mrs. Ellen Harvey Kelly
Mrs. Anna Kharlamova
Mr. and Mrs. James S. King
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Klein
Karen Kolowski and Aiman Shammas
Mr. and Mrs. Mikhail Kozlov
Mrs. Jo-Anne Kreiner
Mr. Lawrence Krevor and Ms. Marjorie Norris
Ms. Elisa Lane and Mr. Doron Kutnick
David Layne
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Legg
Mr. Jeffrey Lieman
Tracy Lingo
Mr. Marc I. Lipnick
Ms. Louisa Lopez
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Lott
Rachel Lucke
Ms. Emily Macenko and Mr. Andrew Reamer
Ms. Margaret MacLeod
Cindy Jeanne Madden
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Mahoney Jr.
Marian Maihan
Mr. Richard D. Malsbary
Mrs. Vivian Manekin
Mr. Scott E. Martin
Ms. CJ McAuliffe
Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCaslin
Ms. Margaret McKinley
Ms. Claire McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Meyer
Ms. Mary Page Michel
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Miner
Mr. Michael Mininsohn and Ms. Pamela Marks
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Monaghan
Ms. Joan Moore
Dr. Amaya Moro Martin and Mr. Alberto Noriega-Crespo
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muhlhauser
Linda Myers and Jay Magaziner
Mr. and Mrs. G. Peter O’Neill
Mr. Philip D. Orwig
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pachino
James Palma and Jeri Stolk
Mrs. Gayle Parnell
Mrs. Mary Charlotte Parr
Cheryl Pavlovsky
Dr. Robert W. Peters and Ms. Nancy Mastellone
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Pinkard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. A. MacDonough Plant Sr.
Dr. and Dr. William Prevas
Mr. Zachary Price
Dr. Eugene P. Pryor Jr.
Mr. John P. Railey and Ms. Christine J. Kuduk
Mr. Walter D. Ramberg
Sujata Rana and Jonathan Murray
Jered Rasmussen and Claire Pierson
Dr. Anna Razynska and Mr. Jan Razynski
Ms. Alison Rees and Mr. John Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Resau
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Reynolds
The Honorable Barry D. Richmond
Mrs. Kathleen Rickle
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Riehl IV
Ms. Emily Ries and Mr. Benjamin Leigh
Marlene and David Riley
Mrs. Ava B. Roberts
Miranda and Joey Rocha
Mrs. Karen Ropka
Heather Rosenthal
Mr. Richard Rubin
Ms. Caroline Rummel and Mr. Jonathan Greer
Ann Saar
Beulah Sabundayo
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sawyer
Ms. Kelly Schmal and Mr. Ryan Murray
Weston Schreiber
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Scimonelli
Ms. Eileen Scully and Mr. Sebastian Seiguer
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Seville
Mr. Patrick Shea
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Shea
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Shriver IV
Erin Shucosky
Mr. Cleon Shutt Jr.
Ms. Jane Silver
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Siperko
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Smith Jr.
Ms. Lorna Sotoloff
Mr. David Soud and Ms. Rohini Ralby
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel South
Ms. Stephanie Sparks and Mr. David Bolling
Maria Spiegel and Joseph Hsu
Adam Spira
Arushi Srivastava and Ninad B. Kothari
Dr. and Mrs. Harold C. Standiford
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Steele
Leslie and Mark Steele
Ewa and Robert Stevens
Ms. Andrea Stronski and Mr. Doug Conyers
Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Sullivan
Ms. Eva Sunell
Kim Szager-Hemler and Rebecca Hemler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Telewicz
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Toohey
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Tucker
Ms. Victoria Vestrich and Mr. Neil Shade
Visionary Eye Care, LLC
Mrs. Ilene Vogelstein
Rachael and Timothy Wallace
Mrs. Katharine M. Washburne
Ms. Melissa Weinberg and Mr. Brian Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Weingram
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Weltchek
Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Shaw Wilgis
Ms. Ann Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Wood Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wright
Lauren and Charles Ziegler
CULTIVATING COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN
$250,000 +
Charles T. Bauer Charitable Foundation
$100,000 +
Gail and Jim Riepe
$50,000 + Middendorf Foundation, Inc.
$25,000 + Constellation
$15,000 + Amy Jean Boebel
$10,000 +
David and Jen Dardis
Nettie and Tom Washburn
$5,000 + Kari-Ann and Mark Lynne
$2,500 +
Leah and Jeff Maddox
Brian and Joy Singer
Bob and Arden Travers
$1,000 +
Green Spring Valley Garden Club
Cara and Mark Norris
Charm City Run
GRANTS AND FOUNDATIONS
$50,000 +
The Citizens of Baltimore County
The Orokawa Foundation
$25,000 +
The John J. Leidy Foundation
Medicine Bow Fund
$15,000 + Anonymous
Arbor Dog Foundation
Bunting Family Foundation
E. C. Wareheim Foundation
Galanthus Foundation
John Ben Snow Memorial Trust
The Kahlert Foundation
Maryland State Department of Education
AID/State Aided
Maryland State Department of Education
Office of Child Care
$10,000 +
Clayton Baker Trust
NAIOP Maryland
The Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City
$5,000 + Biohabitats
The Dillon Fund
Lois and Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund
T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.
Venable Foundation
$2,500 +
J.C. Crothers Foundation
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Assurance
Merritt Properties
$1,000 +
Howard C. Muller & Marguerite E. Muller
Charitable Foundation
Koinonia Foundation
L’Aiglon Foundation
PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN 2022 SPONSORS
TITLE $20,000
M&T Bank
SUPPORTING $10,000 +
Arbor Valley Tree Service
Constellation
ADVOCATE $6,000
Bolton Caves Farm
The Cordish Companies
The Eisenbrandt Companies
Greenberg Gibbons Commercial MarketWise Solutions
Obrecht Properties
ProMD Health
PURE Insurance
The Whit Harvey Group
PATRON $3,000
AR Marani
Baltimore Ravens
Brown Advisory
Green Spring Wellness
Forbes Design Center
GWWO, Inc. / Architects
Knott Mechanical
Maury Donnelly & Parr, Inc
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP
Pinehurst Nursery
William Blair
FRIEND $2,000
A.J. Billig & Company, Auctioneers
Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc.
Beechbrook Landscape Architecture
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Charm City Run
Cigna Healthcare
Everside Health
MetLife
Miles & Stockbridge
Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law
Resource Environmental Solutions
Stevenson University
Ten Oaks Homes
The Standard
VEL
PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN 2022 VIP UNDERWRITERS
$3,000
Jeanne and Kurt Aarsand
Arielle Goldman and Stephen Krichbaum
Harry William Holt, Jr.
The Lynn and Terral Jordan Fund
Ms. Diana Krevor-Levine and Dr. Robert Levine
The Dr. Allan and Charlene Macht Gail Macht
Brook Family Philanthropic Fund
Jennifer and Christopher Paternotte
George S. Rich Family Foundation
William and Lynn Roohan
Dave and Kristin Schiminger
The Paul and Emily Singer Family Foundation
The Yapsuga Family
$1,500
Elizabeth and Lee Gaines
Geo-Technology Associates, Inc.
Lexie and John Greene
T. Rowe Price
George and Jennifer Reynolds
Kimberly and John Wolff
$750
Bonnie and David Allan
Laura and Sander Campbell
Ecotone
Leila and Ridge Hardy
Mike and Gerry Harris
Farida and Chris Hughes
Leah and Jeff Maddox
Randolph Metcalfe
James C. Murray
Wells and Mary Obrecht
Merle and Tom Peace
People’s Water Service
Thomas and Barbara Schweizer
Robin and Will Tress
Scott Vandiver and Stacy-Seward Vandiver
Nettie and Tom Washburn
GIFTS IN HONOR
in Honor of Nancy B. Allchin
Mr. Douglas Allchin for the Birthday of Ariel Allen
Ms. Alana Snyder in Honor of All Volunteers at Irvine Nature Center
Dr. Elana Fertig and Dr. Ben M. Fertig in Honor of Irvine’s Animal Care Team
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Whitehurst III in Honor of Elizabeth Cook
Anonymous for the Birthday of Mario Cuocci
Amanda Cuocci
in Honor of Susan and Timothy Davis
Rosie and Simon Aronin
a Holiday Gift for Lucas Dett
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Dett
in Honor of Isaac Easton
Ms. Sara Skotzko in Honor of Kitanna Easton
Ms. Sara Skotzko in Honor of W.T. Dixon Gibbs
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lapham in Honor of Janet Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. DeCosta for the Birthday of Ava Hilderbrand
Lauren Copper
Eunjoo Ellis
Don and Cheryl
Anna Powell
Leia Wilson a Holiday Gift for Harry Holt, Sr.
Nancy Brown-Holt
Karen Proudford in Honor of Jensen Hufnagel
Mr. J. Keith Bowers and Ms. Christel K. Cothran in Honor of the Native Plant Sale
Mr. J. Keith Bowers and Ms. Christel K. Cothran in Honor of Earth Friends teaching teams
Ms. Lyn Cox and Ms. Rebecca Brooks in Honor of Lynn Jordan
Mr. Philip Perkins and Ms. Margaret Allen in Honor of Samuel Kelemen
Lisa Kelemen for the Birthday of Aviva Khan
Ms. Rebecca Leaf in Honor of Margaret Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Preston G. Athey a Holiday Gift for Audrey and Dylan Levenson
Ms. Linda Durey in Honor of Annie Lewis’s 1/2 Marathon Fundraiser
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis in Honor of Karen Madigan
Mr. and Mrs. Sameer Joshi in Honor of Mark & Cara Norris, Mae & Sofia
Mr. and Mrs. David Y. Norris in Honor of Gayle Parnell
Robert Dean Avery in Honor of Chris and Jen Paternotte
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Baum
Melissa Guttman in Honor of Katharine Pinkard
Mr. Zack Green in Honor of Adam Powell
Heather Tracey for the Birthday of Dane Rianhard Courtenay Chavez in Honor of Katie Rooney
Mr. and Mrs. Sameer Joshi in Honor of Sandra Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kelbaugh in Honor of Anna Smith
Mary and Cato Carpenter
Jennifer Meyerhoff in Honor of Max and Daddy
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Teffeau in Honor of Anna Lincoln Whitehurst
Heather Rosenthal
Mr. and Mrs. Jared Spahn
GIFTS IN MEMORY
in Memory of Luke Miller Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen in Memory of Avery Berman
Sarah Calhoun in Memory of Ray Bietsch
Ms. Lauren Kallins in Memory of Sarah Bloomer
Mr. Frederick H. Frey in Memory of William F. Blue
Mrs. William F. Blue in Memory of Betsy Brock
Mr. Jason Beauregard in Memory of Eugenia Fisher Elder
Mrs. Susan Iglehart
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Levering
Ann MacNeille and Macy Nelson
Margie MacNeille and Julian Mason
Ms. Rachel Vere Nicoll in Memory of Joan Hoblitzell
Mrs. Mary Hannah Arnot
Ms. Marjorie M. Bride and Dr. M. Terry McEnany in Memory of Barbara Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hirsch in Memory of Michael B. Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lewis in Memory of Joan Kolker
Mr. Peter Lucas in Memory of Cornelia Levering
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Levering IV in Memory of Mushroom
Cindy Jeanne Madden in Memory of Jeannine Michel
Ms. Patricia Alt
Susan Ashtianie
Ms. Amy Bartholomee
Mr. Jeff Brookes
Ms. Ann Burton
Carmen Diaz-Vergara
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass G. Doak
Mr. William Gallion
Ms. Kathryn Grossman
Ms. Marilyn Handwerger
Ms. Amy Herr
Ms. Allison Joyce
Mr. Robert Kavetsky
Ms. Erika Loder
Ms. Nicole Marsh
Mr. John Meise
Joan Michel
Mr. Jon Michel
Ms. Eugenia Sander
Ms. Lauren Schwiebert
Mr. and Mrs. Manny Shalowitz
Ms. Eunice W. Shands
Ms. Lydia Thomas
Ms. Patricia Vandrey
Dana Weckesser
Ms. Mary Bea Wright-Daly in Memory of Emily Myers
Sarah Calhoun in Memory of Charlie Nelson
Sarah Calhoun in Memory of James Piper III
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Baratta
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Berndt
Mrs. William Fownes Blue
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Blue
Mrs. Anne F. Dorsey
Mrs. Molly Hathaway
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Himmelrich Jr.
Ms. Mary Page Michel
Ms. Sally M. Prince
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sears
Mr. and Mrs. John Snead
Ms. Allison B. Spadone
Mr. William G. and Rev. Caroline R. Stewart in Memory of Judy Sowell
Mr. P. David Sowell in Memory of C. Van Leuvan Stewart
Mrs. Clare H. Stewart in Memory of Frank Trotta
Ms. Elise M. Burns in Memory of John Wagener
Carolyn Sellman in Memory of William E. Wilcox
Ms. Cheryl Goldsmith in Memory of Jean Worthley
Mr. Colin A. MacLachlan
IN MEMORIAM
James Piper III | 1934-2023
Jimmy Piper, Emeritus Trustee, was one of the original founders of Irvine Nature Center 48 years ago. He was instrumental in the organization’s growth and a loyal supporter for over four decades. We miss his visionary leadership and generous soul.
IRVINE LEGACY SOCIETY
Anonymous
Mrs. Richard Allchin
Mrs. Jeanne H. Baetjer*
Ms. Joan S. Barton*
Estate of Lane Berk*
Ms. J. Catherine Bishop*
Ms. E.J. Coffin*
Mrs. Olivia I. Dodge*
Ms. Ruth Fegley*
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Dixon Gibbs Jr.
Mr. Louis Hillman
Mrs. Townsend Hoen
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel I. Kemper
Mrs. Cynthia Murray
Mr. and Mrs. G. Peter O’Neill
Mr. W. Brooks Paternotte
Mr. James Piper III*
Mrs. Ann L. B. Yellott*
*Deceased
GARDEN CLUB DONORS
Annapolis Horticulture Society
Franklin Garden Club
Garden Club of Twenty
Gibson Island Garden Club
Green Spring Valley Garden Club
Gunpowder Garden Club
Lutherville Garden Club
Monkton Garden Club
Mt. Washington Garden Club
Town and Country Garden Club
MONTHLY DONORS
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Becker
Mrs. Melissa Becker
Lisa Belcastro
Kristen Blosser
Mr. Ron Caplan and Ms. Leigh Cochrane
Dr. Holly Cymet and Dr. Tyler Cymet
Ms. Ellen Danielson
Dr. Ben M. Fertig and Dr. Elana Fertig
Ms. Marisa Galitz
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Galuardi
David Glasgow
Harry William Holt, Jr.
Ms. Elissa Hozore and Dr. Charles Locke
Ms. Adreon Hubbard and Ms. Dorothy Stoltz
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Kearney
Dr. Charles Locke and Ms. Elissa Hozore
Ms. CJ McAuliffe
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Powell
Ms. Alison Rees and Mr. John Morgan
Mrs. Karen Ropka
Ms. Courtney Sagal
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Steele
Mr. and Mrs. William Wright
IN-KIND GIFTS AND SERVICES
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Aarsand
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Adams
Arbor Valley Tree Service
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Arnold
Baltimore Ravens
Barrett’s Grill
Mrs. Susan Beare
BGE, an Exelon Company
Robin Bille
Butler Cabin
Caves Farm
Checkerspot Brewing Company
Chesapeake Beverage
Angie and Blake Cordish
Dr. Meghan F. Davis
Ms. Marion P. DeGroff
Sandra DeMillo
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Farber
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Flamholz
Tom and Lois Frank
Ms. Kathy Frazier
The French Paradox Wines
G and G Catering
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Guinee
Mr. and Mrs. G. Ridgely Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harris
Mrs. Molly Hathaway
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Holt Jr.
Humidour Cigar Shoppe
Smyth Jewelers
Mr. and Mrs. Terral Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Keelty
Sorrell King
Mr. and Mrs. David Knipp
Diana Krevor
Mr. Mark B. Letzer
Lauring Dermatology
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Maddox
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marsden
Kiley and Will Mellor
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Mills
Morgan Truesdell Gifts & Candy
Mrs. Cassandra S. Naylor
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ashton Newhall
North Furnishings
Oregon Grille
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Peace
Kate Perito
Pinehurst Nursery
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Pinkard
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Reynolds III
Sassanova
Mr. and Mrs. James Shea
Anna and Beetle Smith
Mrs. Clare H. Stewart
Ms. Lillie Stewart
Dr. Clare Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Washburn
Mr. and Mrs. John Worthington
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Dr. and Mrs. Dan Morhaim
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Reynolds III
Anna and Beetle Smith
We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you notice any errors, please accept our apologies and contact us at 443-738-9241.
FISCAL YEAR 2023
(July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023)
Full Financials can be found on Irvine’s website.
FISCAL 2023 SOURCES OF REVENUE (UNAUDITED)
IN-KIND
RENTALS
SPECIAL EVENTS (NET)
INVESTMENT (REALIZED NET EXP)
PROGRAM FEES CONTRIBUTIONS & GRANTS
PROGRAM FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATIVE