2020-2021 Annual Report

Rising Above

2020–2021 Annual Report

Thank You for Your Support

Dear Supporters,

IN MARCH 2020 , we were in the process of wrapping up a hugely successful fiscal year. Our fiscal year runs from April 1st through March 31st. And then, “Bam!” the pandemic hit. So within that first quarter of the new fiscal year that started on April 1, 2020, we were faced with a very bleak picture: a raging global pandemic; social and political unrest; soaring rates of unemployment and loads of businesses going out of business; growing rates of depression; etc. How in the world were we going to meet our programmatic and revenue goals in this newly started fiscal year and stay afloat let alone thrive?

We made some critical and strategic decisions early on that helped us not only stay afloat but thrive—decisions like the following: we immediately announced a team approach with a goal of maintaining all of our staff positions; we immediately emphasized the importance of maintaining our positive and grateful organizational culture; we looked for new ways to serve our communities like our weekly lighting of the Mount Diablo Beacon during the pandemic and our new Nature Heals and Inspires Zoom series—both of which started in April 2020; and we also did a lot of careful financial planning.

Our April 1, 2020–March 31, 2021 fiscal year was recently completed and the results, as outlined in this Annual Report, were incredibly bright despite a fiscal year with much darkness in a national crisis and pandemic period:

• We substantially delivered on our Strategic Plan and programmatic goals;

• We maintained all of our staff positions;

• We completed the fiscal year deep in the black;

• We raised substantial resources for our Forever Wild Campaign so we only have about $333,000 left to raise to complete this $15 million capital campaign; and

• We grew and stewarded our reserves well so that we entered the new fiscal year in April 2021 with a solid financial foundation.

You helped make this incredible success and momentum for our land conservation mission possible. We cannot thank you enough!

With Gratitude,

Edward Sortwell Clement, Jr.

Nature Heals and Inspires

UNDERSTANDING THAT NATURE is the ultimate foundation for our longterm health and well-being, in April 2020 we developed and launched a free public education Zoom series entitled Nature Heals and Inspires to help our communities understand that nature is a critical part of the solution to working through the historically challenging times we were faced with.

Beyond the documented health and psychological benefits of spending time in nature, going outside will also help address one of the most serious environmental problems facing our planet. The lack of meaningful connections between people and nature in this era of “nature deficit disorder” has resulted in us lacking the love and will required to fully address major environmental threats like the climate crisis. Thankfully, nature is a spiritual portal where, if we quietly and respectfully enter it with open hearts and minds, we will be transformed for the better, and in that lies our hope for salvation and survival.

To date, our Nature Heals and Inspires Zoom series has delivered over 20 presentations by an amazing and diverse group of experts (ecotherapists, conservationists, scholars, artists, etc.) exploring this topic of how nature helps heal and inspire us and through this exploration we have been getting important clues on how to align ourselves and our culture with the natural world we are part of. We will continue this popular series so stay tuned for details.

Light from the Mountaintop

ONE OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS provided to the San Francisco Bay Area during the pandemic and national crisis period was the Mount Diablo Beacon, which Save Mount Diablo staff and volunteers lit every Sunday night after sunset so that the Beacon could shine brightly through the darkness until it was rested after sunrise on Monday.

This dedicated effort ran from April 12, 2020 through April 12, 2021, when it was concluded because COVID-19 vaccines had become well distributed and there were tier-level improvements in the Bay Area.

Ted Clement, Save Mount Diablo’s Executive Director, stated, “We lit the Mount Diablo Beacon to thank our heroes, to honor those who had passed and were suffering, to bring our communities together, and to remind people to look up to the light and the healing power of nature.”

“I want to thank two special Save Mount Diablo volunteers,” he said, “John Gallagher and Dick Heron, who helped me with this year-long effort.”

Although Save Mount Diablo concluded its weekly Beacon lightings in response to the pandemic, the organization will continue its regular care and maintenance of the historic “Eye of Diablo” as it has done for years.

Further, Save Mount Diablo, California State Parks, the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors Chapter 5, and California State University—East Bay will continue to organize the annual lighting ceremony of the Beacon every December 7th in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

PHOTOS: SCOTT HEIN, TED CLEMENT, JOANNE MCCLUHAN

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Save Mount Diablo in the Media

Land Acquisition

Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association

AT THE END OF 2019 , Save Mount

Diablo and the Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association signed an option agreement for a project that was 15 years in the making.

The project will permanently protect 154 acres of critical open space on North Peak, part of Save Mount Diablo’s “Missing Mile.” Save Mount Diablo paid a $50,000 option payment, allowing for two years—until December 31, 2021—to raise $1.04 million to purchase a perpetual conservation easement on the land.

Recently, several generous and visionary individuals donated more than $725,000 toward the $1.04 million needed for the acquisition of the conservation easement. Save Mount Diablo is now much closer to reaching

our needed total by December 31. To date, we still need to raise $333,000 to preserve the land.

It is truly a unique and special opportunity when we have the chance to permanently protect a large, at-risk open space property in the high peaks area of Mount Diablo! Because of the property’s location high on North Peak, surrounded on three sides by Mount Diablo State Park, protecting this land is very strategic. The property is rich in biodiversity, in part because of the serpentine geology found on North Peak.

Smith Canyon

“How often do you have the ability to protect an entire canyon?” SETH ADAMS

ON APRIL 3, 2020 (at the beginning of the fiscal year), and in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Save Mount Diablo purchased the beautiful and strategic 28.73-acre Smith Canyon property. This incredible blue oak woodland and live oak–bay riparian corridor property could become the recreational gateway into Curry

Canyon from Morgan Territory Road.

The acquisition of Smith Canyon provides a second, legal point of access into Save Mount Diablo’s 1,080.53-acre Curry Canyon Ranch. Plus, its connection creates a potential future eastside entrance to Mount Diablo, a dream that has existed for 110 years.

The purchase of Smith Canyon is also important for the conservation of the Curry Canyon area. This incredible property is the quintessential

habitat for California red-legged frogs and Alameda whipsnakes, listed species that are likely to be present on the property, as well as American kestrels and golden eagles. In acquiring this property, Save Mount Diablo continues to build and strengthen wildlife corridors for rare native plants and animals in the greater Mount Diablo area.

Acquisitions like this help curtail the climate disaster we are faced with as well. Smith Canyon’s natural environment serves as a carbon sink. Forests and other undeveloped lands absorb greenhouse gases, keeping those gases out of the atmosphere and filtering the air we all breathe.

Stewardship staff and volunteers have been busy restoring the property: removing fences and trash heaps, removing invasive species, doing strategic fire abatement, and building trails. Staff have also been building and installing bird boxes in partnership with The Kestrel Campaign.

PHOTOS: SCOTT HEIN, FLOYD MCCLUHAN

Land Use Planning and Advocacy

Despite the challenges of COVID, we continue to defend Mount Diablo and its connections to the creeks, foothills, and wider mountain range that give us such amazing views and allow populations of native wildlife and plants to thrive. This past year, we’ve continued to monitor more than 50 agency agendas, work with diverse stakeholders and coalitions, and respond to more than a dozen project and policy proposals.

Concord

ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR we celebrated the transfer of more than 2,500 acres of land from the National Park Service to the East Bay Regional Park District as a new regional park, the City of Concord’s development of the other half of the Concord Naval Weapons Station reuse area has been delayed.

Now things are heating up on the City of Concord’s side again. There is a danger that the city may make an unwise decision about who it chooses as Master Developer of the project. We will work with our partners to avoid that and ensure the community can enjoy an additional 1,000 acres of city parks and open space, including two long linear parks, as well as other community benefits.

Antioch

A MASSIVE EFFORT in the summer and fall of 2020 to turn out the vote in Antioch granted us a landslide victory of 79 percent “Yes on Measure T” in November 2020! This win was years in the making, and all the more remarkable in that we and our supporters made it happen in especially chaotic times.

In 2018, Save Mount Diablo and our partners in the Antioch Community Coalition to Save Sand Creek drafted and qualified our “Let Antioch Voters Decide Initiative.” The initiative was crafted to protect three square miles of grassland, creek, and wildlife habitat in the Sand Creek area west of Deer Valley Road in south Antioch.

The Antioch City Council adopted our initiative, but we knew bad developers would try to stop us, and they tried. Two of them, Zeka and Richfield, made legal challenges, and the court told the city council to immediately put our initiative on the November 2020 ballot.

Although we won in a landslide, Richfield has sued again to try and overturn our victory on the basis of a new state law, SB 330, that wasn’t in place at the time we collected our signatures. Together with our partners, we will continue to defend as much open space protection as we can.

Pittsburg

THE BEAUTIFUL HILLS that lie between Pittsburg and central Contra Costa County face a huge threat. A Seeno company proposes to build 1,500 houses on top of this beautiful scenic ridgeline and next to the new Concord regional park.

The Pittsburg City Council unfortunately approved this project, dubbed “Faria,” in February. Save Mount Diablo filed a legal challenge to stop this hill-covering, park-impacting, view-destroying sprawl project, or at least do away with its most egregious aspects. With our supporters, we will continue to defend parks and fight bad projects, and strive for better environmental review of proposals throughout the Diablo region.

Stewardship

1,292 volunteer stewardship hours

4,400 stewardship staff hours focused on restoration projects

~ 26,736 pounds of waste and recycling

178 plantings 84 stewardship volunteers

This fiscal year, we paused all large workdays for the safety of our communities. And yet, despite the challenges of the pandemic, we accomplished some great things.

WITH VOLUNTEER HELP, we targeted noxious weeds on nine properties, produced GIS fire footprint maps, finished annual fire abatement, and completed eight summer watering outings to nourish restoration plantings at three properties. Stewards also continued monthly property monitoring outings, and organized small workdays to weed, mulch, and clean up on our properties.

We hosted a Coastal Cleanup workday at Thomas Kirker Creek with the help of a small group of volunteers to remove nine garbage bags of trash. Staff also helped organize and facilitate a collaborative cleanup of graffiti, trash removal, and retro bolting of classic rock-climbing routes at Pine Canyon in Mount Diablo State Park, with the Mount Diablo Interpretative Association, Mount Diablo State Park, East Bay Regional Park District, and Bay Area Climbers Coalition.

In partnership with Lindsay Wildlife Experience and The Kestrel Campaign, we helped release 13 rehabilitated juvenile and injured American kestrels and two western screech owls into the wild lands of Lime Ridge Open Space and Diablo Foothills Regional Park. We also assisted in releasing 16 adolescent ground squirrels in the Curry Canyon area. About 10 kestrels fledged from the nesting boxes at Mangini Ranch, and we installed an additional two nest boxes at our Curry Canyon Lower 200 and Smith Canyon properties. Monitoring cameras were also installed at Curry Canyon Ranch and Young Canyon to support additional wildlife monitoring efforts.

We completed second stage improvements at the Curry Canyon Ranch field station that included ADAcompliant bathroom renovations and

replacement of a section of rotted roof. We also installed about 2,000 feet of wildlife-friendly fencing as a creek protection measure and to protect all riparian regeneration from grazing.

As part of our efforts to help address climate change, we initiated a tree caging project to proactively protect volunteer sprouts on our properties. So far, about 50 oaks have been protected at our Curry Canyon Lower 200 and Big Bend properties.

We Look Forward to Seeing Our Volunteers Again

We missed our volunteers this past year! Despite the pandemic, some people were still able to help us out. A total of 278 volunteers donated 2,874 volunteer hours across all our programs.

Thank you so much to everyone who gave their time and skills. We look forward to providing more volunteer opportunities in the near future!

Recreation

2020 WAS A YEAR when people flocked to open spaces for respite, exercise, meditation, hiking, running, walking, dog walking, bike riding, bird watching, botanizing, and other forms of recreation. It was a year when many parks and trailheads saw an increase of up to 400 percent in visits. People were connecting themselves with the wonders of the outdoors, a fantastic way to live, which for many became a new passion as movie theaters, restaurants, etc. were closed because of the pandemic.

Luckily for the Mount Diablo community, Save Mount Diablo and its partners have been busy preserving land for 50 years, protecting large areas of open space, from Brentwood to Danville and in between, where people could easily find social distance, breathe, relax, and recuperate.

In 2020, Save Mount Diablo scheduled 24 hikes as part of our Discover Diablo program, a free, public, guided hike series. Because of COVID and county and state restrictions, we had to cancel many of our hikes.

But in the late summer and fall, staff and volunteer leaders were able to lead six hikes when restrictions allowed. To make our hikes fun and safe during these difficult times, we reduced the number of participants

who could attend, limiting groups to eight participants. We required everyone to wear masks to maintain social distance and provided hand sanitizer and gloves for extra protection.

Many of our hikes were led on Save Mount Diablo’s own properties, such as Mangini Ranch, Smith Canyon, Wright Canyon, and Curry Canyon, a testament to another benefit of land preservation.

In 2021, we have scheduled 36 hikes, bikes rides, and rock-climbing events. We look forward to leading these and connecting the public to open spaces, all while following applicable COVID regulations.

Save Mount Diablo also took the increase in open space use as an opportunity to help educate the public about the importance of Leave No Trace ethics, and stewardship of the places we love. We all play a huge role in the future of our environment; doing our part to take only pictures and leave only footprints is a great first step toward preserving the beauty around us.

Moonlight on the Mountain

IN 2020, Moonlight on the Mountain went virtual—it was our very first 100 percent online fundraiser. Over 500 people came together to attend our gala online, celebrate our successes, and support Save Mount Diablo’s important conservation and education work.

We exceeded our net revenue goal and raised more than $310,000—essential funds that will allow us to continue our work to protect the natural lands and wildlife still at risk.

PHOTOS: CHELSEA DAVIS, LAURA KINDSVATER, SCOTT HEIN, TED CLEMENT,

Education and Outreach

Save Mount Diablo educates and inspires people with nature in a myriad of ways. Here are some of our efforts and accomplishments in education and outreach between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021.

Education and

Save Mount Diablo educates in a myriad of ways. Here education and outreach between

Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program

OUR DR. MARY BOWERMAN Science and Research Program awarded a total of seven grants for a variety of research projects. These studies included conservation genetics and gut microbiomes of California ground squirrels, conservation genetics of threatened California endemic thistles, local wildlife corridors, Mount Diablo buckwheat habitat modeling, and conservation of golden eagles in the northern Diablo Range.

Diablo’s expanded area of interest, which now includes the northern Diablo Range south to the Santa Clara County line, and the importance of Mount Diablo’s connection with the rest of the Diablo Range.

Audible Mount Diablo Guides

Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program

OUR DR. MARY BOWERMAN and Research Program awarded total of seven grants for a variety of research projects. These included conservation genetics gut microbiomes of California squirrels, conservation genetics of threatened California endemic thistles, local wildlife corridors, Mount Diablo buckwheat habitat modeling, and conservation eagles in the northern Diablo

We had a very successful, virtual Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium in December attended by more than 200 people.

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

a sports team, a plein air painting course, etc.—and is completely free.

Mangini Ranch’s central location in Concord will provide the perfect spot for groups all over the Bay Area to connect to the outdoors in a unique and intimate way, where only they will have private access to the space.

SAVE MOUNT DIABLO Land Conservation Director Seth Adams was featured in a new Audible Mount Diablo guide—Return of the Pine Canyon Peregrines, about reintroduction of peregrine falcons to Mount Diablo, a program we created. We also worked with Joan Hamilton, the producer of Audible Mount Diablo, to create the first video episode for our Diablo Range Revealed series, Diablo Range Revealed: Insights from the Fire Zone.

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

WE WORKED WITH Doug McConnell and his team to create two separate segments on OpenRoad with Doug McConnell. The first focused on our land acquisition work on a key section of North Peak on Mount Diablo (especially our Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association project), also known as the Missing Mile. The second focused on Save Mount

New Educational Preserve Opening Soon

We had a very successful, Dr. Mary Bowerman Science Research Colloquium in December attended by more than 200

WE WORKED WITH Doug McConnell and his team to create two segments on OpenRoad with McConnell. The first focused our land acquisition work on section of North Peak on Mount Diablo (especially our Concord Diablo Trail Ride Association also known as the Missing The second focused on Save

SAVE MOUNT DIABLO is excited to announce that we are preparing to open our first educational preserve for public use at our Mangini Ranch property. This preserve will be reservable to groups for educational purposes—these could be a science class, a yoga group, a birding club,

We are currently in the planning stages of the project, building trails, educational signage, and other infrastructure such as a shade structure and a picnic site. Staff is also busy accomplishing restoration projects such as planting California native plants, removing dilapidated fencing, and pulling out invasive, non-native plants such as artichoke thistle in preparation for opening. The preserve will open no later than March 31,2022.

For more information or ways you can help, contact Margie Ryan at 925-765-8181 or mryan@savemountdiablo.org.

PHOTOS: AL JOHNSON, JOAN HAMILTON

The Campaign to Save Diablo’s Wild Lands —Closing the Gap

FOREVER WILD has been a transformational campaign for Save Mount Diablo that has already resulted in the protection of eight properties totaling 1,527 acres of Diablo wild lands. It’s also enabled us to establish an endowment to ensure long-term reserves for land stewardship, and double our Legal Defense Fund.

At the time of this writing * we have $333,000 remaining to reach our fundraising goal and protect the ninth Forever Wild property—154 acres on the northeastern slopes of Mount Diablo owned by the Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association.

We are within reach of this goal

because of you—our community of supporters who care deeply about Mount Diablo and its foothills, watersheds, wild lands, and wildlife. We’ve come so far because you believe that healthy, livable communities include ample, close-to-home natural lands and opportunities to access them.

This past year we received 100 gifts ranging from $15 to $400,000 totaling $1,805,000 for the Forever Wild Campaign, and each gift was key to our shared success.

These investments in Forever Wild and in our community help to keep our home a strong, healthy, and desirable place to live, work, recreate,

and connect with the natural world. We are grateful to each and every one of our Forever Wild supporters this past year and in previous years; we hope that as you look around, you feel proud about the impact that you’ve made.

Help close the $333,000 Forever Wild gap and keep the Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association property forever wild.

Contact Margie Ryan at:  mryan@savemountdiablo.org or call 925-765-8181.

*March 31, 2021

Planning for the Long Term

Hanna Alger is an inspiration. She is an avid walker, a generous philanthropist, and a woman with plans.

SHE FIRST STARTED WALKING long distances 10 years ago when her sister-in-law encouraged her to participate in Save Mount Diablo’s 31-mile “Four Days Diablo” hike from Walnut Creek to Brentwood. This introduction to the joys of longdistance hiking was also when Hanna became aware of Save Mount Diablo and the work our organization is doing to protect and steward land on and around Mount Diablo.

Now 86 years old, Hanna takes long walks from her home in Oakland through city streets, around Lake

Merritt, or in one of the East Bay regional parks in the Oakland and Berkeley hills, ever appreciative that others had the foresight to preserve that long stretch of natural lands.

She says, “I like that Save Mount Diablo is expanding its focus southward into the Diablo Range where there are far fewer acres of protected land. The role that this organization continues to play in monitoring and, when necessary, challenging development plans in the Diablo region is so important. As the population grows, we will need more housing, but in

developing it, we need to think carefully about what we want this region to look like in the long term.”

Although she cannot take daily advantage of the trails on and around Mount Diablo, Hanna wants others today and in the future to have the opportunities she has to walk in nature close to home. That’s why she supports our work each year and why she planned a future gift to Save Mount Diablo.

“I established a charitable gift annuity and named Save Mount Diablo as the beneficiary. A charitable gift annuity is a great way to generate guaranteed monthly income for me today, while promising future support of a cause that I care deeply about. My children understand that this is my gift. It will not be a part of any estate that they may be fortunate enough to inherit. They also know that in supporting the future of Save Mount Diablo, I will be helping to protect a place that has meant a lot to me.”

Learn about the many different ways you can plan a legacy gift. Contact Margie Ryan at mryan@savemountdiablo.org or 925-765-8181 or visit bit.ly/ plan-your-gift .

Conservation Collaboration Agreement Program

THIS YEAR, we’ve successfully held four Conservation Collaboration Agreements (CCAs) with four different schools: Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, Campolindo High School, De La Salle High School, and Pittsburg High School. Because of COVID-19, we’ve created a safe, modified version of the CCA program.

First, we hold a Zoom presentation during class time to introduce Save Mount Diablo, our mission, and local land conservation issues, and to discuss the solo in nature and environmental service project that all students are required to complete for the program.

We offered field days for small groups of students if county and state COVID-19 health guidelines allowed. This year, we were only able to take out a small group from De La Salle High School to our Big Bend property for the field portion of the program.

In place of field days, we provided

students with the option to do the environmental service project and nature solo at home. They received directions on how to do so during the first presentation and from a handout Save Mount Diablo put together with step-by-step instructions. We provided nature journals for all students and dropped them off at the schools for easy pickup.

The final component of the modified CCA program was presented virtually during class time a week or so after the first one as a debrief session on Zoom. This time was an opportunity for students to share what they did for their environmental service project and what they wrote or drew for their solo in nature.

We’re very excited to continue partnering with local schools for our CCA program and are looking forward to safely holding field trips on Save Mount Diablo properties in the near future.

Save Mount Diablo’s Climate Action Plan

THIS YEAR, our staff developed a Climate Action Plan, which was approved by our Board of Directors in March. The plan will help us contribute to addressing the devastating climate change facing our planet.

Staff established six chapters to focus our efforts. Each chapter features a strategy, potential outcomes, objectives, and action steps to achieve those objectives, and a timeline to follow for the next three years.

The plan’s chapters focus on advocacy and policy, education, financial (fundraising and finance), land acquisition, organizational carbon footprint, and stewardship. Our Climate Action Plan will be an important tool that’s utilized for many years to guide our organization.

Diablo Range Revealed

STRETCHING FROM the Carquinez Strait to Antelope Valley in Kern County is the rugged 150-mile-long Diablo Range. Although millions of people live just next door, the range remains largely unknown.

In August of 2020, fires swept through nearly 400,000 acres of this mountain range, resulting in the third largest fire in California history—the SCU Lightning Complex. Although the ground looked charred and bleak, we knew there would be an incredible story of regeneration unfolding in front of our eyes.

California’s history is forged in fire. During the Morgan fire of 2013, we’d seen plants return that were missing for 40, 80, or 125 years. Unusual amphibians were even thriving afterwards. We knew that the burnt darkened slopes of the Diablo Range would become vibrant with wildflowers.

In December, we released our first episode of our Diablo Range Revealed project. The project is a collection of blog posts, photo galleries, and videos focusing on the plants, animals, and ecology of the northern Diablo Range—from Mount Diablo to Pacheco Pass. It will observe the Diablo Range over the next three years, focusing on how plants and animals recover from the fire amid rising temperatures and prolonged droughts.

The fire burned a path straight into the heart of the Diablo Range. We hope to use this story of regeneration and growth to help make the mysterious Diablo Range better known.

Learn more about Diablo Range Revealed by visiting our web page at bit.ly/DiabRR

Financials

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jim Felton, President

Burt Bassler, Treasurer

Liz Harvey Roberts, VP & Secretary

Keith Alley

John Gallagher

Joseph Garaventa

Garrett Girvan

Claudia Hein

Scott Hein

Giselle Jurkanin

Margaret Kruse

Carol Lane

Frank Martens

Bob Marx

Phil O’Loane

Robert Phelps

Malcolm Sproul

Jeff Stone

Achilleus Tiu

STAFF

Ted Clement, Executive Director

Seth Adams, Land Conservation Director

Sean Burke, Land Programs Director

Karen Ferriere, Development Director

Monica Oei, Finance & Administration Director

Denise Castro, Education & Outreach Associate

Hidemi Crosse, Senior Accountant

Juan Pablo Galván Martínez, Senior Land Use Manager

Shannon Grover, Senior Development Associate & Event Manager

Dana Halpin, General Office Manager

Laura Kindsvater, Communications Manager

Katie Lopez, Accounting & Administration Associate

Roxana Lucero, Land Stewardship Manager

Joanne McCluhan, Executive Assistant

Margie Ryan, Major Gifts & Planned Giving Manager

Ian Smith, Development Associate & Database Manager

Haley Sutton , Land Stewardship Associate

Total Revenue Received

Approximately $3.62 million 4/1/2020–3/31/2021

Foundations & State

Grant for Land (10%)

Corporate Support (7%)

Interest, Fees, & Other (3%)

Individual Contributions (80%)

Total Expenditures

Approximately $3.48 million 4/1/2020–3/31/2021

THESE PIE CHARTS include financial information for Save Mount Diablo’s annual operating results (revenue and expenses), as well as land transaction capital items. Land acquisition includes escrow for the purchase of the Smith Canyon property for $664,000.

Save Mount Diablo’s total revenue for April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 was just over $3.6 million (including restricted and unrestricted funding). The pie chart shows the importance of individual contributions: 80 percent of our funding comes from donors like you!

Administration & Management (15%) Program (65%)

Fundraising (20%)

Expenditures for April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 totaled approximately $3.48 million. Program expenses other than land acquisition include stewardship projects on the 19 properties and easements we own, community education and outreach, and advocacy to counter land conservation threats for land conservation.

Numbers are based on unaudited April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 financials.

Please go to www.savemountdiablo.org to see our most recent 990 tax returns.

Thanks to Our Donors

Save Mount Diablo extends its gratitude to all donors. Your generous support makes it possible to balance open space with the demands of increasing population and development pressure in our area. Together, we can preserve, defend, restore, and enjoy Mount Diablo and its foothills, and connect Mount Diablo to its sustaining Diablo Range.

Individual Donors

$250,000 & ABOVE

Dana & Dave Dornsife

Carol Lane†

Dick & Laurie Morrison†

Nootbaar Family Fund†

$100,000–$249,999

Charla Gabert & David Frane†

Giselle Jurkanin†

Larry & Joan Porter

$50,000–$99,999

Tom DeJonghe†

Jim & Bette Felton†

Peter & Robin Frazier†

Torsten & Tineke

Jacobsen†

Shirley Langlois†

Gordon & Donna Monroe†

Sandor & Faye Straus†

$20,000–$49,999

Anonymous

Jill D. & Keith E. Alley†

Malcolm & Sylvia Boyce

Joseph & Lisa Downes

David & Janice Hammond

Mike & Ann Koch†

Frank & Regina Martens†

Bob & Joan Marx†

Jeanne Thomas

$10,000–$19,999

Bonnie Bassler

Burt Bassler

Mark & Silvia Belotz

Paul & Sandi Bonderson

Carolyn Butler

Coit Financial Group

Ronald de Golia & Diane Longshore de Golia

Ludell Deutscher Trust

Richard Falck†

Ginny Fereira†

Paul Gray

Ann & Greg Hummel

Pat McGrath & Kyra Kennedy

Carolyn Ockels & Steve King†

Jeanne Ryan

Michael & Janet Scarpelli

Jacob Van Akkeren & Leslie Bartholic†

John & Donna Warnken-Brill

$5,000–$9,999

Anonymous (3)

Michael Anciaux & Wendy Wolfe

Meg Beeler & Tom von Tersch

Bob Campbell & Lynn Barr

Courtney & Sean Carroll

Paul Cortese

Dave & Darlene DeRose

John & Tena Gallagher

Jason Gardner

Mel & Diana Haas

Tamra Hege

Dick Heron & Sue Pitsenbarger Heron

Nafis S. Jamal

Brandon Hunter Kersis

Matthew & Sarah

Langdon

Janet Noble & Brian Aldrich

Phil & Rachele O’Loane

Charles & Linda Rickenbacher

Allen Roberts

Bob Ryon

Bill & Nathalie

Schmicker

Susan & Harry “Chip”

Stewart

Curtis & Christine

Swanson

John & Linda

Van Heertum

John & Gale Vocke

John F. Waggoner

Betsy & Marshall Wells

Peggy & John Worthing

$1,000–$4,999

Anonymous (9)

Seth Adams

Judy Adler

Barbara J. Ageno

Hanna Alger

Joe & Charlotte Arton

Catharine Baker

Steve & Carolyn Balling

Matthew & Janice Barger

Parker Barnum

Stephen & Karen Beck

Geoffrey Bellenger

Steve & Pam Biggs

Guy & Denise Bjerke

Burt Bogardus

Boucher Family Foundation

Martha H. Breed

Bob & Cindy Brittain

Bette Brockman & Jim Richards

John & Julie Buckley

Maynard P. & Katherine Z.Buehler Foundation

Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation

Robert & Gail Burnett

Merrik Bush

Patrick & Shirley Campbell

Nathan Campi

Ron Canada

Robert & Kim Carroll

Kristin Chambers

John Corlett & Brooke Schwartz

Rob & Gail Crawford

Jacqueline Crist

Tom & Cindy Crosby

Lou Dagen

John E. Daniel

Jan de Vocht

John S. Deeming

Lori & Ray DePole

William & Janet Dinsmore

Terese & Doyle Dixon

George Doddington & Elizabeth Hudson

Phil Eager & Mimi Calter

Stephen Evans & Kathleen Correia

Mary Fairman

Ned & Betsy Fischer

David & Sandra Fisher

Daniel Fitzgerald & Chris Haslund

Bruce Fogel

David & Bonnie Fry

Nancy E. Gallagher

Diane Gandara

Joseph Garaventa

Garrett & Cathy Girvan

Clement & Nancy Glynn

Mark Gooch

Todd & Dana Green

Liede-Marie Haitsma

Jean Halford

Liz Harvey Roberts & Bill Roberts

Susan Heckly & Tom Howard

Scott & Claudia Hein

Kevin & Elaine Hennessy

Jerry & Kathy Hicks

Mary P. Hicks

Randall & Anastasia Hobbet

Carolyn R. Hunt

Sue & Mike James

Michael Jameson & Hillary Hayden

Frank & Judy Jesse

Darryl & Beverly Johnson

Anne & Steve Jones

John & Linda Judd

Dave & Lois Kail

Robin M. Keefe

Robert Kieckhefer

John H. Kiefer

Patricia E. Klahn

John & Joyce Klassen

Kathy Klein & Scott Fink

The Family of Lena Kolle'

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Margaret Kruse

Michael

James Vandersloot

Jim & Sharon

Edward &

Tom & Pam Lee

Duane Lindner

Paul Liu & Cheryl Young

Mark & Paula Lowery

Carol & Bob Lowitz

Kathryn Martin &

Carole Mason

Doug & Sylvia Matthew

Philip Matthews & Dian Heisey

William Maxwell

Robert & MaryAnn McCleary

Kevin McGahan & Naheed Attari

Josh McLean

John & Diane Meade

Al & Debbie Medvin

Rod Mickels

Barbara & Michael Monsler†

Susan Newcomb

Sue & Steve Ohanian

Charles & Anne Olsen

Christopher

Lawrence E. Peirano

Scott & Elizabeth Perkins

Brad & Trish Piatt

Ariadne Prater & Mitchell Allen

Jonathan C. & Jane Raymond

Steven Read

James & Gloria Redmond

Lois Riddle

Sharon & Don Ritchey

Gael Rodgers

Stan & Jennifer Roe

Bud & Jane Rotermund

Miquel Salmeron & Greta Vollmer

Ethan & Gretchen Salter

Dylan Savidge

Dan & Janet Schalk

Marvin & Carolyn Schick

James & Patricia Scofield

Adam & Nicki Scott

Donald Seaver

Michele

Cindy

Sharon Simpson

Jerry & Maren

Stephen &

Jeremy Tovar

Kim Trupiano

Michael Tuciarone & Nadine Peterson

Jean Vieth & Jan Diepersloot

John Waterbury

Deborah Wechsler & Bruce Bilodeau

Dana & Paul Weiler

Jerry Weintraub & Melody Howe Weintraub

William Welch

Judy Whelan & Robert M. Simmons

Kitty Whiteside

Martha Whittaker

Peter & Amelia Wilson

Patricia & John Winther

Ann T. Wondolowski

Thomas M. Wood

Stephanie Woods

Marlys & Seth Worden

Brett & Francesca

Wright

Zaitlin-Nienberg Family Fund

$500–$999

Anonymous (11)

Lucia Albers

Thomas & Annette Alborg

Ralph & Jane Anthony

Carol Baird & Alan Harper

May & Larry Ball

Thomas Bamberger

Don R. Barthol

Lynn & Jason Baskett

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Jeff & Barbara Bennett

Janet A. Berckefeldt

Sandra Berggren

Bennett Berke & Lorna Wallace

Alan Bjerke

Les & Lynn Bloch

Steve & Patty Bort

Tim & Sue Bottoms

Roland Brandel & Ellen Peterson

Jerry & Carolyn Britten

Diane C. Brown

David Burke

Beth Burnside

Robert & Janet Canning

A. Richard Carter

Kathy Catanho

Mike & Beth Chase

Christopher Cherney

Kirsten & Steve Cherry

Ed & Kathy Chiverton

Charles Clancy

Charles Clem

Ted & Boonsuay Clement

Steven J. Cloyes

Colin & Mila Coffey

Patricia E. Coffey

Jay & Cynthia Cohan

Richard Connett

Paula B. Deen

Leslie & Sydney Dent

Patricia Derickson

Patty Deutsche

Graham Deutscher

John & Evelyn Dilsaver

Elisa Dowd & Douglas Graver

Michael & Becky Egan

Tom Fannin & Ann Carson

Martha & Richard Fateman

Gennaro “Gus” & Joan “Sugar” Filice

Sid & Linda Fluhrer

Don J. Fong

Kevin Fong

Charlotte French & Bob Cooper

Shannon Gaffney

Gary Gardner

John Gingrich & Christine CurrieGingrich

Robert & Polly Gould

Drew Grasham

Pascal Gravier

Brett Gregory

Gary & Dawn Guglielmino

Joyce Hambrick & Loren Bauman

Sue & Tim Hamill

Ralph & Loella Haskew

Januth Hayashi

Ron & Ann Hendel

Harlan & Gayl Hirschfeld

William & Sally Holliday

Don & Ann Hughes

Richard Ingalls

Nambi & Vidya Iyengar

JL & Margaret Wiegert

Jacobs Family

Charitable Fund

Thomas & Karen

Jefferson

Dr. Robert Johnson &

Margaret Liu

Sandy Johnson

Sheldon Kahn & Sarah Liron

Elizabeth Kalpakjian

Pamela & Mark Kan

Joyce Kelly

Jim & Janet Kennedy

BJ & Veronika Kerekes

Therese Konz

Janet R. Koupal

Eric & Wendy Lacy

Amber Larsen

Joan & Gary Lawrence

Marc & Patti Lewis

Peter & Dawn Lezak

Lynn Lively & Nathan Roundy

Gerhard & Linda Locke

Tom Logue &

Kevin & Ellen Martin

Bryan & Susan McCaul

Geoffrey & Valerie E.

Paul & Nancy Meyerhofer

Steven & Sally Meyers

Bob & Carolyn Mills

Jane Minor

Melissa & Jack Moehle

Amara Morrison

Nicholas Noyes

Steve & Kim O’Brien

Charitable Fund

David Ogden & Sandy Biagi

Nigel Ogilvie & Louisa Woodville

Joanne Ottone & Randy Hogan

Kenny Owen

Donald & Georg

Yanowitz Family

Philanthropic Fund of The Jewish Community Foundation of the East

Bay

Gretchen Zantzinger

Sandra Zwemmer

$250–$499

Anonymous (11)

Judy Abrams

AnJenette & Jan Afridi

Jamerson & Virginia

Allen

Peter Alley & Carolyn Strange

Clyde & Lois Ambacher

Trudy & Bill Ausfahl

Jorge A. Balderrama

Alise & John Bamforth

Albert Banisch

James Bartlett & Mimi Foord

Barbara A. Baxter

Carol Baxter

Caedmon & Kathryn

Bear

David & Janette Beatty

Paola Benassi

Claude & Carol Benedix

Linda & Ed Best

Angela & Anthony Bilich

Laurie Black

Polly Boissevain & Leslie Townsend

Corwin & Margaret

Booth

Elizabeth Bowles

Lynn & Butch Brear

Daniel & Jeanne Brown

Ken & Janet Brown

Ron & Sharon Brown

Emma BruehlmanSenecal

Stephen Buffi & Anne Waters

Sean Burke & Frenchy Hendryx

Jo Alice & Wayne Canterbury

Tim & Carolyn Carlson

Catherine Cartier

Alison Cocotis

Richard & Sandy Conti

Robert Copeland

Bill Cosden

Peter W. Dahling & Caroline Davis

Ellen Daniell & David Gelfand

Marilyn Day

Imke De Pater & William Van Breugel

Anonymous (21)

Diablo Legacy Circle

Making a long-term gift is an act of generosity beyond measure. We give special thanks to our Diablo Legacy Circle members, those who have included Save Mount Diablo in their estate planning. Their generosity ensures Mount Diablo, its foothills, and its wildlife will be preserved for generations to come.

Tom Dowd

Tracy Achelis & Vincent Sciortino

Barbara J. Ageno

Carol Alderdice

Hanna Alger

Susan & Robert

Andrews

Alan & Helen Appleford

Kenneth & Linda Back

Steve & Carolyn Balling

Burt Bassler

Meg Beeler & Tom von Tersch

Janet A. Berckefeldt

Steve & Pam Biggs

Burt Bogardus

Jane Bonwell

Sandra Bozarth

Martha H. Breed

Bob & Cindy Brittain

Carolyn Butler

Kathy Catanho

Suzanne & Rick Cordes

Linda Domeier

Ann Dewart

Scott Dresser

Terri & Bradley Dyer

Herb & Margaret Eder

Linus & Stephanie Eukel

Diana Felton

Karen & Aurelien

Ferriere

Judith & Ross Fisher

Jeri & Tom Fraser

Lon Freeman & Justine Owen

Thomas & Gail Frost

Gwen M. Gallagher

Karl & Yessica Gallagher

Paul & Marilyn Gardner

Teresa & Michael Gerringer

David & Betty L. Gibson

John Ginochio

Paul Glassner

Jill & Bruce Dresser

Joan Duffield & Andy Cuellar, Jr.

Richard Falck

Jim & Bette Felton

Ginny Fereira

Peter & Robin Frazier

Charla Gabert & David

Frane

John & Tena Gallagher

William Grizzell

Chris Grossgart

Liede-Marie Haitsma

Scott & Claudia Hein

Stephanie Kleinjan

Carol Lane

Shirley Langlois

Randi & Herb Long

Richard Mason

Philip Matthews & Dian Heisey

Dick & Laurie Morrison

Janet Noble & Brian Aldrich

Steve & Kim O’Brien

Terry & Glenn Gonzalez

Yolanda Gonzalez

Jason & Alison Granskog

Katy Grant

Greg & Lois Grassi

William Grizzell

Richard G. Gustafson

Charlie & Ginger Guthrie

Thomas Hagler & Alice Stauffer

Marilyn Halberg

Frede Hammes

Dan & Carol Henry

Alison Hill

Robert & Barbara Hill

John & Joan Hines

Eric & Debbie Hinzel

Brian & Lyn Hirahara

Catherine Hofmann

Donald C. Hunt

Nigel Ogilvie & Louisa Woodville

Sue & Steve Ohanian

Betty Paul

Bob Penny

Nicola Place & Chris Beeson

Larry & Joan Porter

John Potocki

Jan Richardson

Gary & Pam Schroeder

Mady Schubarth

Robert Sieben, MD

Richard B. Silbert

Richard & Sandra Smith

Jeanne Thomas

Deborah Toll White

Laura Tow

Frank Valle-Riestra

Jacob Van Akkeren & Leslie Bartholic

Doug & Carolyn Walkling

Jerry Yanowitz & Suzanne D’Arcy

Adriene Iverson Clay & Janice Jackson

Michelle Brown & Chad Jenkins

Jay & Jane Jennings

Joey & Bill Judge

Holly Kindsvater

Gerald

& Nancy Bachmann

Mark & Helene McElyea

Alisdair & Jenny McGregor

Robert J. McLaughlin & Theresa Rumjahn

Steven & Linda Mehlman

Richard Mele & Susan Goddard

J.Douglas Merritt

John Michels

Carl Monismith

Tim & Roberta

Montgomery

James & Sharon Moore

Robert Moore

Darrell Mortensen

Joyce H. Munson

Pamela Ann Murray

Sharon & John Nasstrom

Mark & Ricio Neale

Robert Neumann

Andrew Newman

James & Leanne Noe

John & Ann Noll

Thomas Nootbaar

Richard & Carol Northing

Janet O’ConnellMangham

Greg Orr

Robert & Anne-Jette

Oxenburgh

Lou & Kim Palandrani

Drs. Aurelia & Victor Palciauskas

Ruth Ann &

Scott Pearsons

Bob Penny

Perl Perlmutter

Glenn Petersen

Sherry Piatt

Jordan & Noreen Pitta

John Potocki

James & Patricia Pray

Sue Reynolds

Steve & Sharon Richard

Shawn Richardson

Inge Robertson

Bill & Lana Rocha

Helen & Garrett Romain

Susan L. Rosenthal

Mary C. Russell

Kent L. Sack, MD

Mary Salas

Roger & Jeane

Samuelsen

Elaine & Lawrence Santone

John & Jacqui Schaefer

Anthony & Sandra D. Schilling

Amy Schioldager

Greg & Lois Schmidt

Dick Schneider

Jeff & Jacqueline Schubert

Michael & Ann Scott

Nancy Scott

Laura & Cliff Seaholm

Lawrence & Leona Seidell

Karen & Brad Shackleton

Judith Sherwood

Dave & Teri Shikany

Megan K. Shockro

Kathy Simons & Jeff Gustafik

Susan Smartt & Cal Podrid

David Smith & Theresa Blair

Marilyn & Daniel Smith

Ron & Judy Smith

Joni Smith-Rode & Lee Rode

Barney & Nancy Speckman

Nancy Spiecker

Richard Sproul

Corby & Heather Stead

Karen Stepper

Suciu Family Fund

Raymond Sullivan

Susanne & Philip

Ramsey

Lora & Guy Swanger

Margo Tarver

Stephanie Taylor

Laura Tow

Michael & Janice Traynor

Christian Truebridge

John & Susan Tullis

Chris Valle-Riestra

Frederika Villacarlos

David & Laura Waal

Michael & Joyce Wahlig

Sharon Walters

Monthly Donor Circle

This special circle of donors helps provide steady, reliable support by donating monthly. Their generosity ensures Save Mount Diablo can continue to preserve, defend, and restore Diablo’s wild lands.

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John Allen

Kenneth & Linda Back

Steve & Carolyn Balling

Marge W. Barry

Sandra Berggren

Corwin & Margaret

Booth

Loretta Boyce

Glen & Candace

Bradley

Marianne Callahan

Mark & Karel Detterman

Elisa Dowd & Douglas Graver

Janet Evans

Richard Faigle

Nancy E. Gallagher

Terry & Glenn Gonzalez

The Wednesday Walkers

Karen Weichert

Janet G. Welter

Mark D. Whatley & Danuta Zaroda

Geoff & Danette Wieczynski

Claude & Carol Wilson

Doug Wilson

Terry & Leslie Wyatt

John Wyro

James Yurchenco & Amy Lauterbach

Flavia Zaro

$100–$249

Anonymous (39)

Robert & Constance Adelson

Maria Ageev

Elise & Brett Agnew

Amy Alanes

Janine Alden

Quentin & Nancy Alexander

Tony & Lena Amor

Eric & Sally Anderson

Paul & Hanako Andrews

Anduri Family

Charitable Fund

Gordon Reese Design Build

Katy Grant

Liede-Marie Haitsma

Scott & Claudia Hein

Robert & Barbara Hill

Al Johnson

Steve Kaplan

Kerry Kilmer

Margaret Kruse

H.David Kwinter

Ray Lamanno

Kathryn Martin & David Kurtzman

Carole Mason

Charles & Lee McCaffree

Pamela Ann Murray

Babak Nikanjam

Sherry Piatt

John E. Antczak

Joan S. Armstrong

Newell & Janis Arnerich

Lyndon & Joan Arscott

Valentyna Ashley

Marianne & TC Aude

Marilyn Ayers

Kenneth & Linda Back

David M. Baer

Reed Baird

Anne Baker

Frank & Mary Baker

James & Mary Ballard

Christine Banducci

Mr. & Mrs. Charles

Banfield Fund

Larry Barclay & Christine Imrie-Barclay

Robert Bardell

Patricia Barker

Marge W. Barry

Robert Barton

Elissa Bassler

James Benney

Eric Berg

Joel Berger

Teresa & John Bergum

Edwin & Diane Bernbaum

Dan Berry

Suzan & Robert Best

Barbara

Sherri

Joe

John

Harmon

Michael Emery Purcell

Judith A. Robbins

Inge Robertson

Joe & Susan Ryan

Margie Ryan

Bill Schneider

Lawrence & Leona Seidell

David R. Sharp

Anne Sheldon

Richard B. Silbert

Anne Sutherland

Barbara C. Vaughn

Jean Vieth & Jan Diepersloot

John F. Waggoner

Julian & Elsa Waller

Jeff & Sally Welborn

Stephanie Woods

Chuck & Jeanne Bettencourt

Richard C. Biagi

Kristine Bidwell

Arthur Binder

Barbara G. Blalock

Brian B. Blatter

Richard R. Bliss

Gene & Sandy Block

Jacques, Jan, & Mary Lou Blumer

Bette Boatmun

Dennis & Mari-Ellen Bobel

Iain Boltin

Don Bonney

Marielle Boortz

Mary & John Boss

Adriane & Barry Bosworth

Chip Bouril

Bert Laurence & Barbara Bowden Jeanne Boyd Danielle Bragg

Marianne

Emily

Daniel Cawley

Darlene M. Ceremello & Jessea Greenman

Kathy Chamberlin

David & Kelly Chavez

Rosemary Clark

Jim & Fern Clay

Vivian Clayton

Robert Clear & Barbara Judd

Don & Diane Clements

Carol & Barrie Coate

Carolyn Cogan & Diana Herold

Joan Cole

Julia Coll

Doug Collins

Michael Colombo

James P. Comerford

Craig Conlon & Marcia Glick

Ken Smole & Jane Conway

Sherrill Cook

Frank & Linda Cookson

Glenn & Karen Coppe

Charles & Susan Couch

Elizabeth Crane

Margaret CrawfordRyan

Carolyn Critz

Randall & Jacqueline Curtis

Susan D’Alcamo

Cindy Darling

Dinah L. Darvas

Jodi Davenport

Darrell & Diane

Davidson

Albert & Natalie Davis

Brenda & David Davis

Richard Davis &

Sandra Jones

Vickie Dawes

Deborah Dawson

Mark & Elaine Day

Mildred Day

Diana Daymond

Maureen & Rex Daysh

Lauren de Vore & Paul Jackson

Pamela Deas & Ralph Rader

Denise Defreese

Stephanie Denman

Jim & Juanita Dickson

Jon Dickson

Connie M. Diernisse

Stephanie & Thomas

DiPalma

Rashmi Dixit

Gene & Denise Dolan

Francine Donner

Lorraine Donovan

Diana Doughtie

Philip Dowling & Erilda Satti

Robert Doyle & Tina Batt

Patricia Draper

Jill & Bruce Dresser

Jane Dubitzky

Duane & Linda

Duchscherer

Bill & Carol Dunkle

Thomas Dunphy

Tim & Dalia Durant

Ken Dyleski

Karin Eames

Donald & Jeanie Egan

Roger & Dianne Ehlers

Roger & Emily Ehm

Tony & Debbie Eistetter

Dana Ellingson

Margaret & Robert

Elliott

Maureen Ellis & Ted Tinson

Jill & Edward Endicott

David Epley

Gerald David Erickson

Janet Evans

Robin Evitts

Hugh & Anna

Fehrenbach

Dan Feiszli

Lawrence E. Ferri

David Fetherston-Haugh &

Suzanne & Conrad Figueroa

Josie Fike

Sylvia & David Finger

Michael Fischer & Cheryl Farr

Paul & Kathy Fitzpatrick

Marilyn Fong

Ken & Carol Fowler

Paul, Lisa, & Kelsey Francis

Allan Francke

Bruce & Ellen Fraser

Jack & Maribel Fraser

Tim Frasheski

Bill Freeborn

Joseph Freeman

Donald & Neysa de Fremery

Pamela Freund-Striplen

Paul Friedlander & Margaret Chavigny

Alex & Deborah Friedman

Joseph Friedman

David Fung

Manohar Furtado & Chitra F. Manohar

Leslie & Virginia Gallaugher

Adrienne Galvin

Gregory & Doris

Gamache

John Game

Celeste Garamendi

Carol Gegner

Karl & Kathleen Geier

Mark & Barbara Geiser

Aaron & Jennifer

George

Richard A. Gerber

Carol Gerich

Jennifer Giantvalley

Pam Giarrizzo

Sue Gibbons

David & Betsy Gifford

Patricia E. Gleason

Bonnie Goldsmith

Barry & Nikita Gordon

Norwel Gordon

Pam Gordon

Colin A. Gould

Patrick Graney

Barbara Grant

Joan Greaves

Jeff & Judy Greenhouse

Sandra J. Greenwood

Julie Grisham & Kenneth Winters

Richard Gross

Christopher Grossgart

Katharine Guptill

Craig & Christine

Hagelin

Marjorie Weldon Hahn

Robert Hahn

Mike & Mary Handel

Dick Hansen & Kristin

Yanker-Hansen

Phyllis Jean Harding

Carolyn K. Harley

Dan & Tracy Harrelson

Morissa Harris

Phillip & Helen Harvey

Hannelore Harwood

Jeff & Heidi Hastings

Stephen Hatchett

Karl & Billi Haug

Barbara Hauser

Mike & Marsha Haverty

Keith & Cynthia Haydon

Brad & Judy Heckman

Darlene Hecomovich

Julia Henshaw

Jacqueline Hershey

Roger & Elizabeth Hill

Donald & Judith Hirabayashi

Dennis Hoagland

Phyllis & Jerry Hobson

Jack & Judie Hockel

Lydia Holmes

Ann Holzhueter

Elizabeth Hoople

Lisa Hubbart

George D. Huertas

Randy Huey

Margaret & William Hughes

Michael Hughes

Frances & Gale Humes

Mike Hummel

Jeanette Hurwitz

Kent & Sheryl Imrie

Linda & Steven Jacobs

Shellie & Erik Jacobson

Alfred Janssen

Toril & James Jelter

Company Matching Gifts

Many generous employers will match their employees’ donations, thereby doubling the impact of the employees’ gifts. These companies matched donations to Save Mount Diablo, allowing their employees to help preserve, defend, and restore more land for all of us to enjoy. Ask if your company matches too!

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Apple, Inc.

Bank of the West

BlackRock

Chevron Clif Bar & Company

The CLOROX Company

The Doctors Company

Dolby Ford Foundation

Gap Inc.

Google

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Kaiser Permanente

Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory

LinkedIn Corporation

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Shell Matching Gift Program

NBC Universal Employee Volunteer Program

Al Johnson

Colleen Johnston

Douglas Jones

Jacqueline Jones

Tom & Margaret Jones

Mark & Cynthia Jordan

Akshay Joshi

Cliffton Kalibjian

Frederick Kamp

Dick & Tina Kauffman

Dayton Keane

William & Kathleen Kellar

William & Bonnie

Kemerer

Maya Kennedy

Brian & Gail Kerss

Kerry Kilmer

Matty Kilpatrick

Lauren Boido Kindorf

Marian King

Timothy Kingston

Christopher Kinsel

Carol Kizziah

Johan Klehs

Chris & Margaret Knaus

Kenneth Knowles

George & Edith Kohut

Nitin Kumar

H.David Kwinter

Maureen Lahiff

Marilyn Langlois

Carol P. LaPlant

Michele Lasagna

Kristine & Travis Law

Anne LeBlanc

Kevin Lee & Janet Drake

Rosemary Lee

Gombatista J. Leggio

Sandy & Doug Leich

Marston & Anne Leigh

Kathryn Leonard

Patricia Lester

Tony & Amy Leung

Kent Lewandowski

Scott Lewis

Sita & Bob Likuski

Alan & Marilyn Lindquist

Steven & Judy Lipson

Mary Lloret

News Corp Giving

The Omidyar Group

Oracle Corporation

PG&E

Salesforce Visa

VMware, Inc.

Wells Fargo

Wetherby Asset Management

Catherine Locke

Stephen & Carol Lombardi

Katie Lopez & Eric Riddle

Shirlee Loret

Annamarie Marsh Louie

Janet & Neville Luhmann

Vladan & Margita Lunacek

Alice Lynn

Rennett MacIntyre

Grace MacNeill

Scott & Beth Macy

Evelyn & Larry Magas

Dan & Dolores Mahoney

Jon Maienschein & Lisa Cline

Bob & Diane Malucelli

Jill Mancuso

Carl & Kathy Markham

James A. Martin

Laura J. Martin

John & Marti Masek

Matt Masters

James Mather

David Matson

Nelson & Mika Max

Gary & Ann McBride

Judith & Lindsay McCall

Suzy McCreary

Irene McKeever

Mark McLaren &

Nancy Norland

Mike McLively

Marta McNair

Robert Aquinas McNally

Julie Meissner

Robert Menzimer

Richard & Shannon

Merrill

Virginia Meserole

Melody Mestemacher

Dr. Linda M. Miller

Robert Miller & Janice Leimert

David Mills

Ray & Irene Milne

Michelle Mitchell

Pamela Mitchell

Louise Moises

Joseph & Jerilyn Moore

Joan C. Morris

Kara Mullane

Jay & Jasmin Mumford

John Munday

Gail & Jim Murray

Ricardo & Olivia Narvaez

Steve & Eileen Nelson

Barry A. Nesmith

Bill & Holly Newman

Janice Newsted & Barry Nauroth

Regina & Richard Ney

David & Xiuhua Nicholas

Steven Nicholson

Lisa Nicolini

Richard & Catherine Nicoll

Henry Nigro & Lucinda Henderson-Nigro

David Ninekirk

Ann Notarangelo

Robert & Mary-Jo Noth

Don & Debbie Noyes

Lindsey Noyes

Tim & Ali Nufire

Vickie & Matt Nyland

John & Kathleen Odne

Larry & Melinda Oliver

John & Dianne Ollila

Elizabeth & Stephen Oltmann

Lorraine Osborn

Camille Ossman

Carol Pachl

Vera Packard

Nancy & Clara Painter

Dan Pannell

Thomas Parham

Jag & Judy Patel

Thomas E. Patterson

Joseph Peachman

Birgit & Edward Pearson

Sandy Pearson

Daniel & Linda Pellegrini

Jeremy Pendrey

Robert A. Peoples

Dale & Jeanne Perkins

Julie Persse

Ben Peters

Barbara Petersen

Mary & Ron Petersen

Fred & Virginia Peterson

Scott Phillips

Marci Piccus

John Pidoli

Suzanne Beck & Jay Polshuk

Cathy Anne Posey

Mary Jo Potter

Allan & Kit Prager

Jack Moore & Erika Pringsheim-Moore

Nancy S. Raaum

Dr. Jorgen Randrup

Mike & Rhonda Raphel

Sally Rathbun

Dorothea & Robert Ray

Debra Reed

Gwen Regalia

Patricia Rezak

Jason & Amy Ribando

Teresa Riccobuono

Rick & Allyson Rickard

Claudia & Leon Rismiller

Barbara & Michael Robben

Daniel Robbins &

Marianna Eraklis

Judith A. Robbins

Judy Roberts

Nancy & Garry Rodrigue

Jim & Nita Roethe

Isaac Rose

Molly Rose

Al & Sue Rosenberg

Young Friends

Our young friends (students and people under the age of 21) are stepping up to become a part of the next generation of future conservationists and activists who will help preserve Diablo’s natural lands for years to come.

William Armstrong

Keller Bach

Brandon Bajada

Alex Bartlett

Andrew Cravens

Zachary Elian

Hans Gingrich

Benjamin Gronbach

Sean Hanley

William Hayr

Jack Jacobson

Jay & June Rosenthal

Stephen Rothwell

Denise Rowan

Jacqueline & Paul Royce

Howard Royer

Ray Rubin & Ana Almaraz

Eric Rudney

Antonio & Theresa Ruscitti

Margaret Rust

Joe & Susan Ryan

Judy Ryan

Barbara Sacks

Brad & Diana Sage

Paul Salemme

Marilyn Sampair

Don & Terry Sarver

Kent & Julie Sasaki

Diane & Walt Sasser

Frank Sauk

Kathy & Earl Sawyer

Jerry Saylor

Stacie Scammell

Bill & Mary Schaaf

Paul & Nancy Schorr

Thomas & Dorothy Schramm

Bernice Schremp

Earle & Judy Schremp

Marje & Stephan Schuetze-Coburn

Charles Kratus

James Lakin

John Mazzetti

Brian Mucha

Vince Pelosi

Rocky Rossi

Nico Roth

Benjamin Shimane

Owen Smith

Luke Trinkus

Carter Voerge

Jeanette & Peter Schulz

Stephen Schwarcz &

Wendy McPherson

Deborah & Jonathan

Scott

Fred & Christine Seely

Carlo & Margareta

Sequin

Leslie Servin

Richard Sexton

Anne Sharkey

Rachel D. Shelton

Susan Sherwood Yelena Shvets

Cheryl Sibthorp

Keith & Diana Silva

Scott Simmons Glenn Skidmore

Dana Slauson

David

Fred Smith

Nancy &

Jenifer

Cindy

Stephen Sutton

Noel Swanson

Cynthia & Matthew Swinnerton

Wesley & Nancy Tang

Chris Tarp

Kathy Tate

David Theis

Patricia Thibos

Eric & Naheed

Thompson

Samantha Thull

Martin & Maria Tice

Barbara Tillinghast

Eric & Chris Tjensvold

Tom & Jill Toffoli

Cyndi & Gary Toland

Deborah Toll White

Christine Tomacci & Eric Legare

Donna Tomlinson

Yanjie Xu & Zhanye Tong

Ronald R. Toombs

Marge Tovani

Rose & Ron Towery

Ted Trambley

Chanh-Duy Tran

Kristin Sulentic Vale

Clark Vandell

Dr. Peter Vandersloot

Subramanian

Venkiteswaran

Tracy Vogler

Milford & Linda

Waldroup

Rick Walker

Susannah & Stephen

Walker

John & Janine

Walkinshaw

Doug & Carolyn

Walkling

Harvey & Louise Wall

Julian & Elsa Waller

Bryan & Susanne Walley

Susan Walls

Dan Wanket

Cameron & Barbara Ward

Marcy & Jim Warner

Franz Wassermann

Charles R. Watson

David & Elaine Wegenka

Alma Weightman

Peter Weiler

Steve Weir

Pete Weisser

Randy Wenger

Peter & Ann Whitehead

Lorelei Whitfill

Lou Anne Whitley

Mildred Whittam-Nelson

Shirley Wiegand

Gail Wiemann

Gray Wiley

Sonja Wilkin

Clay Willis

Mary Louise & Bruce Wilson

Marilyn & Ed Wojcik

Sandra Woliver

Barry Wood

Dean Worden

Todd Worsfold

Nancy & Brian Wright

Gary & Jo Ann Yates

Kathleen & Robert Yates

Rick Young

Ameet & Jasmine Zaveri

Hans Zeller

Donald & Carolyn Zerby

David Zippin & Matthias Kowalsky

Bob & Carolynn Zuparko

$35–$99

Anonymous (22)

Laurie Abbey & Daniel Dietderich

Marney Ackerman

Alice Agogino & Dale Gieringer

Kenji Akiyama

Kimberly & Terick Albert

Mark & Melanie Albertin

Glenn Alex

Joan M. Allen

John Allen

Diane & Daniel Alspaugh

Leslie Anderson

Luz Argyriou

Stephen S. Arnon

Roger & Jan Artley

Dennis & Linda Ashlock

Wilma Austern

Jeri & John Aylward

Lynda & Joseph Azalde

John Thomas Bacon

Bruce Baer

Ernestine Bain

Kristin Baitx & Gannon Gallo

Terry & Carolyn Baranouskas

Terese Barich

Ellen Barth

Heidi J. Becker

Douglas & Maren Bell

Keith & Atsuko Bennett

Janet Benson

Jorge & Helen Bernett

Dale & Joanne Berven

Bill Bishop

Beth Bittle

Jeff Boers

Fred Booker

Sharon Borglin

Peter Bosma

Loretta Boyce

Sandra Bozarth

Glen & Candace Bradley

Beth Branthaver

Anne Bremer

Denise Bridges

Jim & Pam Britton

MJ Broadbent

Allynee Brown

Jessica Burg

Dennise Burgess

Buddy Burke

Gaylord Burke

Bruce & Alice Burns

Lydia Burstyn

John Buschiazzo

Helen Byrne

Marilyn Caires

Bruce Cameron

Patricia & John Campbell

Kristine Caratan

Lee & William Carter

Karen Case

Catherine Chambers

Stanley Chang

Elise & Calvin Ching

Linda & Mark Clar

Julie Clark

Edmund Clausen

Dick & Lisa Cohen

Ryan Colao

Carol Collins

Debi Cooper

Sean Cronin

Brian Croshal

John Crosson

Barbara Dahl

Dale & Mary Ellen

Dalgaard

Rebecca & Jeffry Davies

Brenda de la Ossa

Beryl Deas

Sanford & Leslie

DeLugach

Mark & Karel Detterman

Edward & Carol Dewey

Louise Dibble

Anthony & Lucy

DiBianca

Robert Dolinko

Bill & Wendy Dorband

Tedd J. Dowd

Nancy Dowell

Lisa & Christopher

Durand

Michael Dutton

Rita Marie Dykes

John Elmer & Sandra Curry

Ruth Epstein

Karen & Michael

Erickson

John Erskine

William Espey

Laura Faigle

Eike Falkenberg

Bruce & Madeline Feingold

Thomas & Toni Fessenden

Willard & Ann Fine

David G. Fink

Robert Finkelstein

Patty Fitzgibbons

Craig Fleming

Barbara Florin

Donna Fogel

Connie Forslind

Rochelle Fortier

Piedad Fracasso

Margaret & Alan Frank

Richard & Jean Frankel

Susan G. Freeman

Chihping Fu

Sam & Catherine

Gallinger

Barbara George

Sandy Gess

Kenneth & Elizabeth

Giannotti

Nancy Gilliland

Jeffrey Gilman & Carol Reif

Mae S. Go

Wendy Gollop & Alan Bade

Ann & Paul Gommel

Janet M. Grant

John S. Gravell

Lisa Greif

Shannon Grover

Richard & Faye

Guarienti

Virginia L. Guider

Joyce A. Gunn

Michelle Guzman

Kyle Halliday

Carol Handelman

James & Mary Ann Hannon

Beth M. Hansen

Donna Harper

Russ & Cyndie Harrison

Hugh & Rosita Harvey

Scott Hassler

Walter & Anne Hayden

Nancy Heinschel

Janice C. Heller

Diane Henry

Karen & John Hernikl

Elizabeth Hewson

Lind Higgins

Anne Hoff

Kenneth & Linda Hogue

Donita Hohenstein

Karla Holmberg

Frances & Walter Holmes

Spencer & Poppy Holmes

Catharina E. Holthuis

Robert M. Hopfner & Mike Helm

Andrea Hopkins

Kirk Hutchison & Lydia Tirado

Shawna Hyres

Ken Irish

Ayse Isik

Elaine & Phred Jackson

Annie Jacobsen

Mary Anna Jansen

Aimee Johnson

Joan Johnson

Peter Johnson & Susan Neyer

Michele Jones

Judith Jordan

Laury Joseph

Swati Joshi

Albert & Marsha Juelis

Susan E. Kaar

Jon & Debra Kalan

Anna Kaminska

James Daniel Karidis

Monica Kaseman

Janet Laston Katzer

Tren & Jessica Kauzer

Sharon Keeton

Alan Keller

Ann Marie Khadalia

Edward & Susan Killoran

Nola Kinaston

Laura Kindsvater

Carolyn Knoll

Robert Kosai

Paul & Martha Kozonasky

Steve & Amy Krochmal

J. & Kim Lackey

Jill Lambie-Ponce

Jane Lamph

Theodore & Janice

Lassagne

Steven & Novelle

Lathrop

Tom & Bonnie Lathrop

Eric & Sara Lautenbach

Catrin Lea & Steven Tang

Iris Lee

Naomi Lidicker

John Lindner

Candy Lindskog

Kirsten Liske

Larry Loomer

Robert & Beverly Loomis

Wenche Lubbock

Dustin Luger

Margaret Luna

Nathan & Suzanne Lutz

Derek Mackay

Richard & Gloria Marchick

Sharon Marocchi

Kathleen Martin

Nancy Mason

Ron & Carolyn Mathias

Michelle May

Shelley McAlister

Elaine B. McAndrews

Charles & Lee McCaffree

Kent McClure

Jack McCowan

Daniel W. McGinnis

Colleen McGrath

Karen McLucas

Jack & Cindy McMurry

Shirley McPheeters

Anthony & Diana Meadow

Don & Betty Medwedeff

Lucile Meinhardt & David Zumwalt

John & Jane Mele

Ludlow Miller

Leigh & Carol Mintz

Debbie Mitchell

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Doris Moberg

Elvira Monroe

Wayne & Silvia Montoya

Alex R. Moore

Christopher Morris

Deanne Morton

Ada Myers

Theresa Nelson & Barney Smits

Rolf Walter Neuweiler

Vicki Nuetzel

Patrick O’Callaghan

Yvonne O’Drain

Kendall & Monica Oei

Nora Okusu

Kristen & Aron Oliner

Richard & Sally Olsen

Carol Olson

Edwin Osada

Carly Clements Owens

Michael & Janice

Partansky

Scott Patterson

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Anne-Lise Peachee

Egon Pedersen

Joel Perlstein

DJ Petersen

Yadin Porter de Leon

Ann M. Poux

Jason & Kimberly Powell

Virginia Preston

Andrea E. Proctor

Joseph Queirolo

Joanne Quijano

Leslie Radin & Nic Leo

Richard & Rayna Ravitz

Kathy & Keith Rea

Hubert & Joan Reber

Michelle & Gordon

Reese

Paul & Kay Regan

Daniel Reich

David & Frances Reneau

Eileen Riach

Steve Ricks

Shari Rifas

Sandra & John Ritchie

Francie Roberts

Richard Romeis

William & Beverly Rose

Jim Rosenau

Steve Ross

Claire Roth

Frank & Marilyn Royer

Devin Rugaard

Amy Saenz

Stuart Sampson

Jeff & Paula Santi

Julie A. Satchel

Leslie & Kenneth Satin

Elizabeth Sauk

Heidi Schmidt

Alisa & Ian Schofield

Jane & Mark Sedley

Carolyn Seefer

Kristine Shaffer

Tina Sherwin

Robert & Carol Shuey

Nancy Siegel

John & Sue Simmonds

Sharon & Samuel Singer

Rebecca Smith

Stephen Smith

Joel Sokolsky & Michelle Gerson

Bob Solotar

David Sparkman

Ann Spaulding

Michael & Cynthia Speltz

Paul D. Spiegel

Gary & Sandra Spinella

James & Jennifer Spinello

Catherine Sproul

Pallavi Sringeshwara

Anne Stackhouse

Richard & Diane Stein

Judi Steindorf

Heather Stickney

Giovanna Stockman

Ricka Stoelting

Susan Stuart

Fred Sullivan

Sigrid Sundet

Paul Swatek

Genie Swyers

Deborah Tallyn

Kim Tarman

Kimberly L. Taugher

David & Judith Tedesco

Mary F. Terjeson

Davis Teselle

Joseph & Jane

Thibedeau

Dianne & David Thomas

Ronald Thompson

Carrie Tilley

Bill & Betty Todd

Ronald Topping

Larry Tracey

Marissa Trambley

Marie-Claire Trown

Clair Trujillo

Ralph & Veronica Vaca

Barbara C. Vaughn

Gregory Vervais

Carrie Veurink

Carlene & Gilbert Visperas

Edmundo Vitocruz

Beverley G. Walker

Catherine Walton

Margaret Warnke

Mashuri & Rahima

Warren

Daniel Waters

Jeff & Sally Welborn

Mike & Jean Wells

Mike Whelan

Jean Whipp

D.Wayne & Rosie White

Gaynel Wilhoyte

Kay & Scott Williams

Steve Williams

Donald & Alex

Willoughby

Jean Windell

Don Winslow

Fred & Marge Wood

Costantino Yannoni

Joy Zuber-Sumner

UP TO $34

Anonymous (11)

Bea Agronow

John & Fran Alcorn

Kevin Alexander

Kristin Anderson

Melanie Astin

Shelley Barry

Elizabeth Baxter

Laurel Beecher

Alexander Belotz

Susan Bennett

Georgina Beyer

Jane Binstead

Duan Bjerke

Mary Boettcher

Peter Boffey

Sue Bollinger

Stuart & Katharine Boren

Richard Boubelik

Roger Boyd

Stephenie (Jill) Clement

Boyd

Margaret Bradford

Doug & Kristine Brady

Alan & Kristi Branum

Sandy Bremner

Linda Brockway

Joanne & Richard Brown

Kitty Brown

Ellen Bulla

David Burch

David Calahan & Barbara KostalCalahan

Ariana Candell, LMFT, R-DMT, Ecotherapist

William & Deborah Carr

Ken & Ellen Castleman

Amanda Casto

David B. Ceponis

Beth Chasnoff

Rosemarie Chiavini

Zoher & Constance Chiba

Diddo Clark

Kim Clark

Thomas Coleman

Julie Contreras

Jan Rae Cook

David Herzstein Couch

Eric Cox

Katherine DanoLuttjohann & Gary Luttjohann

Jim & Gail Davis

Ryan Day

Heidi De Vries

Glen & Georgene Deardorff

Mary Del Monte

Karen DiDomenicis

Rick DiTullio

Scott & Marcy Dixon

Sharon Doherty

Margaret & Peter Doleman

Marc Dube

Betty Egbert

Ingrid Ellerbock

Susan Elya

Joan Ernst

Kimberly Espina

Nancy Evans

Marian Faber

Robert & Lucia Falcone

Mary B. Farhat

Robert & Judy Fenerty

Jay Ferguson

Vicki & Tom Flickinger

Tom M. Ford

Zoe Francesca

Ruthann Frank

Francis H. Frederick, Jr.

Michael Furlong

Julianne Gable

Brian Garcia

Desiree Gatto

Martin & Barbara Gerber

Tania Giger

Ron Golman & Victoria Burruel

Rosalina Gonzalez

Fred & Elaine Grab

Herbert & Mary Graw

Tose Grier

Edward Grondona

Thomas Grundig

Kathleen Hake

Jim Hanson

Anita Hiebert

Katheryn Hill

Elizabeth Hollandberry

Kimberly Horner

Helen Howard

Carol & Brad Hoy

Carol Rae Huestis

David Hutton

Devin Jackson

William & Rosemarie

Jackson

Donald & Carole

Johnson

Stephen & Carol Johnson

Bem Jones-Bey

Marie Kahn

Steven Kalogeras

Ian Keene

Kathleen Korpell

Patrick Kratus

Tony Kukulich

Vera-Ellen Lanaro

Virginia A. Leavitt

David J. Lenehan

Hilary Lerner & Yuriria Lobato

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AMANDA GORMAN, NATIONAL YOUTH POET LAUREATE, EXCERPT FROM HER INAUGURATION ADDRESS