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Chesapeake Bay Trust ANNUAL REPORT

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Chesapeake Bay Trust

20142015

PLANTS:

Helped 3,716 teachers learn new ways to educate students about their environment and the Chesapeake Bay.

STUDENTS:Engaged 97,746 students in outdoor learning experiences.

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In 2015, Chesapeake Bay Trust grantees:

Planted 198,126 native trees, plants and marsh grasses. VO

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RS: Engaged 19,301 Marylanders in efforts

to clean up local neighborhoods, the Bay and its rivers.

SHORELINE: Created 3,397 linear feet of living shoreline.

TRASH: Removed 72 tons of trash and debris and 46 acres of invasive species from area streams and rivers.

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Restored 36 acres of streamside buffers and precious wetlands.Restored 95 acres of streamside buffers and precious wetlands.HABITAT:

Created 3.4 acres of rain gardens, removed 1.6 acres of impervious surface, and distributed 480 rain barrels.

STORMWATER:

The Chesapeake Bay Trust celebrated2015 and our 30th birthday with another record grant-making year: $9.8 million in grants and projectsthroughout Maryland and the Chesa-peake watershed. With the support ofthe 400,000 Treasure the Chesapeake license plate owners, 35,000 tax check-off supporters, and thousands of donorsand partners, the Trust has concentratedresources to distribute close to 350

grants to our awardees and through our Chesapeake Conservation Corps program.

Trust grantees, in turn, have done ever more toward accom-plishing our mutual goals of expanded stewardship of the region’s natural resources. Our grantees have engaged over100,000 students and teachers in experiential outdoor environmental education, they have planted almost 200,000native trees and plants, and they have restored close to 100 acres of buffers and wetlands and treated or removed significant acreage of impervious surface.

Most importantly, the Trust and our grantee community haveengaged audiences that have never been engaged in natural resource issues before, to the mutual benefit of all parties.Public efforts cannot accomplish these goals alone: Approxi-mately 90% of our watershed is privately owned – by individuals,industry, faith-based institutions, corporations, landlords, and others. The environmental community has learned thatwithout engaging members from all of these sectors, our localresources cannot significantly improve. Those who seek to restore and protect healthy watersheds, therefore, benefit fromwidening the circle of engaged communities.

In turn, many populations and communities use our region’snatural resources – places to fish, walk in the woods, play in the park, plant an urban garden, sit by a tree, get a breath of fresh air – and would benefit from resource improvement even if they are not yet aware of opportunities to do so. For example, doctors are prescribing time outdoors to help

patients improve their health. Many individuals supplementtheir diets with fish caught in local waters. Local towns areworking to revitalize business districts and encourage (out-door) foot traffic. Parents are encouraging outdoor play to getkids to diversify from video games. Improved air quality, waterquality, urban greening, and nature play spaces would makethose uses better. These populations and communities, whenaware of connections between the resources they use andrestoration activities, can play a larger role in helping to restore and protect healthy watersheds. And we can help thesecommunities by improving the quality of the natural resourcesthey use and on which they rely.

The Trust intends to work harder toward identifying and supporting these types of “co-benefits.” One of our major accomplishments in 2015 was the completion of our next five-year strategic plan, and the concept of engagingunder-engaged audiences and identifying co-benefits is a keytheme. Also a key theme is identifying barriers standing in the way of stewardship and restoration, and deploying resources to help remove those barriers. In this way, the Trustintends to invest resources entrusted to us by donors and partners efficiently and strategically to attain the greatest outcomes.

This work and the work of our incredible family of granteeswould not be possible without Trust donors and partners, and we are proud to bring this annual report to celebrate ourcollective accomplishments for 2015. We look forward to continuing this work in 2016 and invite ideas and discussionabout direction for the future.

Sincerely,

Jana Davis, Ph.D. Executive Director Chesapeake Bay Trust

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Jana Davis, Ph.D.

Year in Review MessageAbout the Chesapeake Bay TrustWho We Are

The Chesapeake Bay Trust is a nonprofit,

grant-making organization dedicated

to improving the streams, rivers,

and other natural resources of the

Chesapeake region through environmental

education, community outreach, and

local watershed restoration. Since 1985,

the Trust has awarded more than

$70 million in grants and projects that

engage hundreds of thousands of

dedicated individuals in efforts that

are making a difference for all of

Maryland’s systems – Chesapeake,

Coastal Bays, and Youghiogheny - and

the broader Chesapeake watershed.

EXECUTIVE OFFICEJana Davis, Ph.D.Executive Director

Heather AdamsOffice Manager

Marthe HarrisDirector of Accounting & Finance

GRANT MANAGERS &TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETom LeighDirector of Programs & Partnerships

Jamie BaxterProgram Director

Kacey WetzelSenior Program Officer

Abbi HuntzingerSenior Program Officer

Sadie DrescherSenior Program Officer

Tara BakerProgram Officer

Hannah MartinProgram Coordinator

Emily StranskyProgram AdministrativeAssistant

COMMUNICATIONS &DEVELOPMENTMolly Alton MullinsDirector of Communications& Development

Jenny KleyCommunications & Development Associate

Abby HancockAlana HartmanAlexis LimAmber GhaemiAmy Gilder-BusattiAnn CarlsonAnnie BoyerAntoin CollinsAshley HibshmanAudrey SeizBecca FairclothBeth EnyeartBeth MillerBeth StrommenBethany EnyeartBethany Horstmann

Bhaskar Subramanian

Bill SeigerBill WolinskiBlake IveyBob BocharBonnie BarkerCandace ChanceCarl SimonCarol WongCaroline RodriguezCassandra BellamyCathie MurrayChase BergesonChris Espinosa

Chris GordonChris MooreChris TippettChristie WagnerChristine VarneyChuck MontrieCraig McNallyDan FrisbeeDan MillenderDaniel SaltzberDave WilsonDavid BaldwinDawn EllisonDeborah OgborneDebra WellerDenise Rigney Diane JonesDominique LueckenhoffDoreen DohertyElena TakakiElizabeth MartzEllen BuchananEmily HarrisErik MichelsenErin McLaughlin Eva KerchnerFaith McFarlaneFinley SteinGabby ArredondoGabe CoheeGina Clay

Ginny KearneyGreg GoldenHelen DierkerInez RobbJada Goodwin Jake ReillyJames PittmanJanis MarkusicJason LowryJeanna HenryJeff BlassJeff MatthewsJeff ReaganJen DindingerJen WijetungaJenny Guillaume Jerry MaldonadoJerry MclaurinJim BenderJim GeorgeJo WamweaJoan PliskoJoanne DrakeJohn QuinnJohn ShenJonathan EssokaJonathan FosdalJonathan McFarland

Joshua TirallaJuan TorresJulie Collins

Justin HaynesKaren MacFarlandKate CharbonneauKathryn CrothersKaty PhelpsKelly FlemingKelly NeffKelly SomersKen HendricksonKen ShanksKevin KohlerKevin SmithKim WigginsKimberly GroveKrissy HopkinsKristin ForingerKrystal Rose

VorsterKT ReedKyle HinsonLaurie GuildLeo HartmanLiana Vitali

PipitoneLina OliverosLisa Fraley-McNealLisa Wilcox DeyoLori LuceniusLuciana HedrickManasa DameraMaritza CortezMark Cameron

Mary ForingerMary Lynn QuinnMary Phipps-Dickerson

Mathew HubbardMatt RhoderickMatt RobinsonMatt RoweMatthew KeenanMegan Roberts-Satinsky

Mell MillerMichelle KokolisMichelle MarcarelliNatalie RebarNick CuccaresePaige HobaughPam GrassoPamela McNallyPaul EmmartPaul StreetPeter WinchPhil BohnePhillip StaffordRabacca LaughmanRaghu BadamiRalph SpagnoloRay LiReggie ParrishReid ChristiansonRiaan VosterRich Parker

Rich StarrRich TakacsSandi OlekSandy HertzSandy PruittSara BallisterSarah FolioSarah LaneScott LoweScott StrankoShanita BrownShannon FosdalShari OfferSharon PaulSheri LottStanley KempSteve AdamsSteve BeaversSudhanshu MishraSusan RuckleSuzanne EtgenSylvia BellamyTeresa ConnorTrevor BocharTrina BruceVictoria JordanWill Saffel

Each year exceptionally talented and knowledgeable individuals volunteer for the Trust and we are truly thankful for their support and assistance.

Trust Volunteers

W. Warren Hamel, Esq.Venable, LLP FY15 Chair of the Board of Trustees

The Honorable John AstleMaryland State Senate

Stuart A. Clarke Town Creek Foundation

Frank DawsonMaryland Department of Natural Resources

F. Carter Heim, CPAHeimLantz

Virginia KearneyMaryland Department of the Environment

Louise LawrenceMaryland Department of Agriculture

Steve LinhardChesapeake Medical Imaging

Thomas Miller, Ph.D.Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Adam OrtizPrince George’s County Department of the Environment

Tara PotterAnchoringPoint, LLC

Rev. Canon Angela ShepherdThe Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

John QuinnBGE

Honorable Shane RobinsonMaryland House of Delegates

Terence SmithJournalist, retiredFY16 Chair of the Board of Trustees

Scot SpencerThe Annie E. Casey Foundation

Benjamin S. Wechsler, Esq.Linowes and Blocher LLP

Trustees CouncilHonorable Harry R. HughesHonorable Virginia ClagettPaul AllenRuss BrinsfieldPeter ByrnesFran FlaniganJohn GriffinBob HoytMidgett ParkerMartin PoretskyMelanie Teems

Who We Are

Staff

2015 Chesapeake Bay Trust Board of Trustees

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Allegany: $100,645Anne Arundel: $1,648,061Baltimore City: $1,469,735Baltimore: $206,369Calvert: $161,543Caroline: $29,995


Harford: $11,211Howard: $286,779Kent: $41,645Montgomery: $396,716Prince George’s: $2,223,123Queen Anne’s: $78,268

Carroll: $52,066Cecil: $92,604Charles: $2,479Dorchester: $45,095Frederick: $16,378Garrett: $71,250

Somerset: $5,500St. Mary’s: $168,088Talbot: $173,757Washington: $3,030Wicomico: $344,577

Where We Work

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Washington, DC: $72,825Pennsylvania: $159,935Virginia: $282,012West Virginia: $62,504

Statewide in Maryland:$1,253,082Watershed-wide:$347,951

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Restoration: $5,667,589 for Projects that Reduce Pollution,Restore Habitat, and ImproveWater QualityRestoring the Chesapeake Bay and itslocal rivers and streams in ways that engage communities and individual residents remains one of the Trust’s greatest funding priorities. In 2015, the Trust administered 105 grants andprojects totaling over $5.5 millionthrough these efforts. These dollars advanced green infrastructure and created green jobs, allowed communitiesto restore valuable shoreline habitat forwildlife, led to the planting of thousandsof trees, and more. Examples of individualgrant programs that supported this on-the-ground restoration work includeour Green Streets, Green Jobs, GreenTowns Initiative; our Living ShorelinesInitiative; and our Watershed AssistanceGrant Program. These efforts were madepossible due to strong partnerships with the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, the Maryland Departments ofNatural Resources and Environment, the Anne Arundel County Forest Conser-vancy District Board, and new this year,partnerships with local governments. TheTrust is proud to announce partnershipswith Prince George’s County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Mont-gomery County, and Charles County inwhich these governments are workingwith the Trust to invest in not-for-profitorganizations in their communities, tapping their potential to reach thousands of residents to take actions to improve their local natural resources,improve stormwater quality, and improvetheir communities.

Education: $843,799 to Educate Students about their Natural Resources

In 2015, the Chesapeake Bay Trust continued work to advance environmentaleducation through experiential learning, outdoor experiences, and curriculum development. This year $843,799 was awarded through 123grants in three education grant programs and work through the Chesapeake

Conservation Corps. These grants expanded K-12 environmental educationcurricula and increased student access to programs that provide meaningful

outdoor learning experiences. Projects funded range from small grants to schools,“mini grants” intended to provide resources to get students learning outside, to systemic educational initiatives designed to advance environmental literacy at a regional scale. Special thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for their partnership with the Trust.

GRANT EXAMPLE: Outreach and Restoration Grant to Manage Stormwater Runoff

A $54,879 grant was awarded to the Western MarylandResource Conservation & Development Council through theTrust’s Outreach and Restoration Grant Program to constructa stormwater system that will store 40,000 gallons of watercaptured from a five-acre impervious area. This water willbe used for a sustainable agriculture project and includesan education display, pervious concrete, a green roof, andrain garden to educate area students, among other efforts.

GRANT EXAMPLE: Mini GrantsAdvance Education around the Region

The Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition forAcid Mine Drainage Reclamation receiveda $3,549 grant from the Trust’s MiniGrants Program to fund environmentaleducation efforts with local eight gradestudents. Due to this grant, students were able to observe abandoned minedrainage (an environmental issue impor-tant to their local watershed) and perform relevant scientific experiments and thendesign a treatment system to address aunique water quality concern by providinga real world solution.


Grant Programs

Engagement: $1,667,712 to Engage Individuals and Organizations to Improve the Health of Communities and Local WaterwaysIncreasing public awareness and involvement in activities that restore and protectMaryland’s natural resources is one of the tenets of the Chesapeake Bay Trust. This pastyear, the Trust invested over $1.6 million through 88 grants and projects made throughseveral of our grant programs. Awards ranged from small grants ($560), intended toallow new applicants to get their feet wet and learn how to apply for grants, to largerinitiatives led by experienced organizations. Examples of projects funded include a program to understand attitudes of and engage women agricultural landowners inwater quality best management practices, neighbor-to-neighbor education programsabout stormwater practices and rebate programs, engagement of faith-based institutionsand communities in watershed efforts, training programs for local governments ongreen infrastructure financing, and development of “behavior change” programs to benefit watershed health. The Trust has been proud to be a pioneer of the application ofsocial science and social marketing to changing behaviors that affect watershed healthand increase community engagement.

New in 2015 was a pilot Outdoor Health Grant Program to support the infusion of watershed education in existing human health programs. Two examples of this newprogram are the Chesapeake Center for Youth Development’s Docs in the Park program,to which a Healthy People Healthy Places component was added through a Trust grant,and Talisman Therapeutic Riding, which added a watershed curriculum to its ridingprograms and its Veteran’s Victory Garden. Community engagement awards were alsomade through the Trust’s Outreach and Restoration Grant Program, the Mini Grant Program for Community Engagement, Prince George’s County Stormwater Grant Program, Montgomery County Stormwater Grant Program, and the EPA partnership tosupport the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. For a full list of awardees, visit cbtrust.org.

Advancing Science: $825,000 to Answer Key Questions in theRestoration CommunityThe Trust works to advance science in many arenas in which we fund, such as bestpractices in environmental education and in social science to change behaviors. Newin 2015, the Trust developed a program focused on key aspects of advancing sciencein restoration. We worked with many partners including the Maryland Department ofNatural Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Maryland Departmentof the Environment, members from the MS4 community, members of several otherregulatory agencies, and members of the restoration practitioner community to developa program to address key questions that stand in the way of fluid implementation ofprojects. Watershed Implementation Plans in our area call for a ten-fold increase inthe number of restoration projects to be put in the ground: When questions remainabout practice efficacy or impact, delays in achieving water quality benefits occur. The Trust is working with the regulatory, practitioner, and manager communities toidentify questions and fund work to obtain the answers. We named this new grantprogram the Restoration Research Program, and funding partners Maryland DNR and EPA contributed to this pilot year. Four projects were funded for $825,000. In addition, the Trust entered into a new partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, supporting research into key natural resources to advance thenewly signed Chesapeake Bay Agreement. With EPA funding, the Trust awarded$219,493 for four research projects.

GRANT EXAMPLE: Student Grade CountyLeaders on Water Quality

The Trust awardedHoward CountyConservancy a $26,848environmental educationgrant to help tenthgrade students developthe Howard CountyWatershed Report Card.Through this pilot

program, students turned the tables and graded the county and its leaders on thehealth of their local watershed. Efforts included offsite stream surveys, teacher trainings and watershed analysis for all interested high schools in Howard County.

Grant Programs


The 32 participants of the fifth class ofthe Chesapeake Conservation Corps program were announced in August2014. This program, which was createdby the Maryland Legislature in 2010,matches youth ages 18-25 with a varietyof organizations, including watershedgroups, government agencies, localschools, and area nonprofits, for a one-year term of service. During the year,Conservation Corps participants gainvaluable on-the-job experience and careerskills while they work to advance environmental conservation and a host ofother environmentally-focused initiatives. Since the program began in 2010, ithas grown steadily in popularity withmore than 135 applications received forjust 32 coveted volunteer spots and morethan 75 groups vying to serve as host organizations. This year also marked anew opportunity for partner participa-tion, as the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,Arlington Echo, EnvironmentalConcern, and Eastern ShoreLand Conservancy all invested their owndollars to increase program participationlevels, expand opportunities for host organizations, and allow additional youngpeople to get the training they need toadvance their careers. Partner fundsthrough EPA also enabled the program to expand beyond Maryland for the veryfirst time to Washington, D.C. The program is funded by both thestate of Maryland and the ChesapeakeBay Trust, with a generous contributionprovided by Constellation Energy. Program participants are provided with a stipend for one year in addition to technical training provided by the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Corps participantsalso have an opportunity to apply forgrants from the Trust to learn grant writing skills and how to implement projects.


Chesapeake Conservation Corps Albert Leavell, Chester River Association

Amelia Marcus, Banner Neighborhoods Community Corps

Ashley McAvoy, Hood College Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies

Audrey Pleva, Anacostia Watershed Society

Audrey Seiz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Augusta Maguire, Morgan State University

Bethany Enyeart, Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center

Christine Burns, Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Daniel Foster, The Nature Conservancy

Daniel Saltzberg, Frederick County Office of Sustainability & Environmental Resources

Emily Forinash, William S. Schmidt Outdoor Education Center

James Rush, National Park Service

Joanne Maturana, Nanticoke Watershed Alliance

Julia Poust, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Kerry Maguire, Arlington Echo Outdoor School

Kyle Hinson, Watershed Stewards Academy

Marlo Atkinson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Maura Duffy, National Aquarium in Baltimore

Michael Weitekamp, Latin American Youth Center

Nguyen Le, Interstate Commission on the PotomacRiver Basin

Nicholas Ryugo, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center

Noelia Roman-Ramos, Montgomery Parks Meadowside Nature Center

Patrice Matthews, Baltimore County Department ofEnvironmental Protection and Sustainability

Patrick Ma, Maryland Forest Service

Payton Brown, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Rebecca Weisberg, Environmental Concern/EasternShore Land Conservancy

Ryan Gradel, Howard County Conservancy

Samantha Roth, Audubon Naturalist Society

Shanita Brown, Earth Conservation Corps

Shelby Erwin, Pearlstone Center

Skyla Steele, Irvine Nature Center

Zoe Rosenblum, Environmental Concern

The 2015 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Class

Special Initiatives


Federal, State and Local Partners The Trust collaborates with a host of federal, state and local agencies on its grant programs and specific initiatives to support restoration and outreach programs.• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) • National Park Service• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service• Comptroller Office of Maryland• Maryland Department of Agriculture• Maryland Department of Natural Resources

How We Are Funded

Chesapeake Bay Trust: A Community Foundation for Environmental ActionThe Trust has been working for ten years in an effort to offer our grantmaking expertise and infrastructure to others withresources to invest and who share our goalof community engagement in watershedrestoration and protection. Our 30th grant-making year, 2015, marked the ramping upof this effort in the form of several newpartnerships and continuation of many others. This model offers several key bene-fits: the leveraging of partner resources, allowing a funding partner to become partof a larger effort and to fund larger projects,reduced administrative costs of funders as many partners can use one set of

grantmaking systems, and perhaps moreimportantly, reduced administrative costs of applicants and grantees, as grant fundsare concentrated in a “one-stop shop.” TheTrust will continue to partner in this way tomaximize grantmaking efficiency and allowfaster achievement of strategic goals.

2015-2020 Strategic Plan Created In June 2015, the Chesapeake Bay Trustcompleted its 2015-2020 Strategic Plan tooutline an updated blueprint to move theorganization and its Bay restoration andoutreach effort forward. In this report, theorganization refined its mission, vision andcore values, as well as outlined its strategicdirection through four key priorities for thenext five years: grantmaking and programadministration; optimizing investment;technical assistance; and revenue protectionand generation. Under each priority, theTrust, with input from its board of trustees,staff and key stakeholders, outlined majorobjectives and deliverables that includebreaking through barriers that limit water-shed restoration and protection; engagingadditional audiences to reach beyondgroups already committed to environmentalwork; and increasing sustainability bystructuring the Trust’s grant programs to maximize the impact.

Foundation PartnersNumerous foundation partners offer their funding and expertise through jointly funded initiatives managed by the Trust to raise awareness and further our shared mission of enhancing Bay stewardship.• Agua Fund, Inc. • blue moon fund • Bunting Family Foundation • Chesapeake Bay Funders Network• MARPAT Foundation • Nabit Foundation/Great Chesapeake Bay Swim • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

• Prince Charitable Trusts • Rauch Foundation • The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment• The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation• Town Creek Foundation

Special Initiatives

• Maryland Department of the Environment• Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration• Anne Arundel County Forestry Board• Anne Arundel County Government• Baltimore City Government• Charles County Government• Montgomery County Government• Prince George’s County Government

TRUST CORE VALUES

Accountability and TransparencyGrantee FocusInclusivenessCollaborationInnovation


Tax Donations to Help the BayIn fiscal year 2014-2015,$992,032 was contributedthrough the ChesapeakeBay and EndangeredSpecies Fund on the Marylandstate income tax form. This fund, whichis split evenly between the ChesapeakeBay Trust and the Maryland Departmentof Natural Resources, allows Marylandersto make a tax deductible donation thathelps the local environment and protectsnative wildlife. This year’s total was almost $70,000 more than was donatedin 2014, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust is incredibly grateful for the support. In total, 33,700 returns had donations allocated for the Bay Fund, and donations averaged more than $32 per donor, upfrom $29 the year before.

CPAs for a Healthy BayWhile many Marylanders want to donateto help the Bay, only 1.5 percent choosesto do so through their Maryland state income tax form. That is why the Chesapeake Bay Trust launched CPAs for a Healthy Bay, a partnership withCPAs throughout Maryland to educatetheir clients about the work of the Trustand what these dollars fund in their owncommunities. Last year more than 50

CPA firms signed upto participate in the program, reachingmore than 20,000clients and the program continues to expand moving forward.

Marylanders Show their Pride with theirBay PlatesLast year more than 50,000 Marylanderspurchased a Treasure the Chesapeakelicense plate to show their love for theChesapeake Bay. These license plates notonly look great on vehicles, but proceedsare donated to the Chesapeake Bay Trustto fund restoration and education pro-grams throughout Maryland.The platesonly cost $20 and can be purchased atthe MVA or from your car dealershipwhen you buy a new or used automobile.Each year thousands of Bay lovers also

visit www.bayplate.org toorder a new Bay plate

conveniently online toreplace the standardplates on their car. In turn, the Trust

takes these dollars anddistributes them back out

to projects and programs thatbenefit local communities in Maryland.Didn’t get a Bay plate in 2015? Find out more and order yours today at bayplate.org.

More than 10,000 Marylanders join Plate PerksIn April 2014, the Chesapeake Bay Trust launched PlatePerks, a program designed to say thank you to the morethan 400,000 Marylanders who own a Treasure theChesapeake license plate. The program is simple: Bayplate owners receive perks or rewards including VIPparking at various locations as well as discounts on merchandise and services forhaving a Bay plate on their vehicles. To date more than 10,000 Marylanders havesigned up for the program that includes offerings from more than 50 businessesaround the state. If you are interested in receiving a Plate Perks card, visitwww.plateperks.org to sign up and see the great deals being offered to Marylanders simply for owning a Bay plate.

Donors and Partners The Trust continues to focus efforts on direct donor outreach and partnership development, surpassing $191,000 in donations in FY15. Last year more than2,000 individuals and organizations donated to support the Chesapeake Bay Trust’sgrant programs and special initiatives. Each year the Trust also partners with localbusinesses, Maryland-based companies, festivals and special events to generate

funding and donations for the organization, as well as raise awareness for the Trust, its grant

programs, and the Maryland Bay plate. For afull list of this year’s individual supporters,visit page 16.

How We Are Funded

Since the inception of the Treasure the Chesapeake license plate program, the MarylandMotor Vehicle Administration has been an exceptional partner of the Chesapeake BayTrust. Thank you MVA and we look forward to working with you for many years to come.

Special Thanks to all our 2015 Sponsors


The Chesapeake Bay Trust held its 17th

Annual Treasure the Chesapeake Celebra-tion on Friday, May 29 at the AnnapolisMarriott hotel. In total, more than 400guests registered for this year’s event,which raised $90,000 for Chesapeake Bayrestoration and education. Attendantsdined on exceptional cuisine while theydanced the night away, played casinogames and bid on fantastic silent auction items. Special thanks to our premier sponsors Constellation and Exelon Generation, as well as M&T Bank,The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim and Venable. More than 100 other businessesand organizations also sponsored thisevent and contributed to its silent auction,and we are deeply grateful for the support.

Events

Everyone enjoyed the festivities and great weather at this year’s Treasure the Chesapeake Celebration.

4th Annual 5K for the BayThe Trust held its 4th Annual 5K for the Bay on April 11, 2015 at Quiet Waters Park inAnnapolis.

In total, almost 700 racers registered for the eventwhich raised more than $20,000 for the Trust’srestoration and education grant programs. Specialthanks to title sponsor Chesapeake Bay RoastingCompany.

Treasure the Chesapeake Celebration

Annapolis CarsAPIBayBredBowie BaysoxBuffalo Wild WingsCapital SUPDogs and Cats Veterinary & EmergencyEnvironmental Quality ResourcesFleet Feet SportsGutter Helmet by Harry HelmetK&B True Value

Panera BreadPremier FitnessReliable ChurchillSila Heating & Air ConditioningSouth River FederationTails on TrailsWegmansWhole Foods Annapolis

Joe Gill joins Trust 2016 Chair Terry Smith.


2015 Dr. Torrey Brown Award The Honorable Harry R. HughesFormer Governor of Maryland

The Trust honoredformer governorHarry H. Hughes whoserved as governorfrom 1979 to 1987after 17 years in theGeneral Assemblywhere he champi-

oned the Critical Areas Act, among manyother accomplishments. The Dr. TorreyBrown Award recognizes an individualeach year who has shown extraordinaryleadership to improve the ChesapeakeBay and local communities.

2015 Ellen Fraites Wagner AwardLarry CoffmanPrince George’s County Department of the Environment

The Trust recognizedLarry Coffman whoretired after 40 yearsof service duringwhich he oversawPrince George’sCounty’s urbanstormwater manage-

ment programs and is nationally recog-nized on stormwater and bay-friendlyurban development. Coffman receivedthe 2015 Ellen Fraites Wagner Award,created to honor Ellen Fraites Wagner, a tireless advocate for the environment.

2015 Educator of the YearDeanna WheelerJ.C. Parks Elementary in Charles County

Deanna Wheeler leads environmentaleducation efforts at her school thatinclude converting turf to native plants,raising bay critters in the classroom, andimplementing outdoor experiences.Known as an educational leader through-out the region, Wheeler received thisyear’s Educator of the Year award whichis bestowed annually to someone whohas shown an outstanding commitmentto environmental education.

2015 Student of the Year Samuel ZabronskySandy Spring Friends School in Montgomery County

While in high school, Samuel Zabronskywas selected to manage Trout Unlimited’seducational programming at his school,as well as serve as a volunteer counselorfocused on inspiring youth to embraceconservation. Zabronsky, who is also anationally recognized teen conservation

leader, was chosen as this year’s Studentof the Year which is awarded annually toa Maryland student who participates inefforts to improve the local environment.

2015 Honorable Arthur DormanScholarshipDanielle HoltWestern School of Technology & EnvironmentalScience in Baltimore County

Danielle Holt is a member of her school’sGreen Team, is active in her student government association, and in her sparetime plants trees on campus, cleans uptrash, and joined the recycling teamstarting in middle school. She is therecipient of this year’s Honorable ArthurDorman Scholarship which is named inhonor of the late Senator Arthur Dormanwho played a large role in bringing Trustgrant programs to a greater diversity ofcommunities in Maryland.

Legislative Reception and Awards Program

In January, the Trust announced the recipients of its 2015 Annual Awards Program at a ceremony held in the Maryland General Assembly. During the event, more than150 Chesapeake Bay supporters joined Maryland legislators to honor six exceptionalteachers, students, and environmental leaders for their outstanding contributions toeducation, Bay restoration and volunteerism. Launched in 1998, the Chesapeake Bay Trust’s Annual Awards Program recognizes awardees each year for a variety of environmental leadership roles and achievements.


2015 Melanie Teems Award Camp Letts Watershed RestorationInitiativeThe YMCA and West/Rhode Riverkeeper in Anne Arundel County

This collaborative project was implementedto help reduce nutrient and sedimentpollution from entering the Rhode River at Camp Letts. This initiative has included many stages, includingstormwater projects, agricultural bestmanagement practices, shoreline stabilization, and tree plantings, amongother efforts. The Trust created itsMelanie Teems Award to honor an exceptional program or project that is improving local communities and protecting Maryland’s natural resources.

Vacant Lots Transformed Competition ProducedExceptional Projects

In September 2014, Baltimore City, the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust announcedthe winners from their collaborative Growing Green DesignCompetition: Vacant Lots Transformed. This program was created for community groups, design firms, non-profit, andprivate partners to showcase innovative ideas for reusing

vacant land while also reducing stormwater and providing community benefits such as urban agriculture, parks, and trees.In total seven projects wereawarded close to $300,000 to design and construct theirwinning ideas.

Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns MakesGreener Communities

In June 2015, the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency and the Trust, in part-nership with Maryland’s Department ofNatural Resources, awarded $727,500 for15 projects to green local communities.Through the collaborative Green Streets,Green Jobs, Green Towns Grant Program,the Trust and its partners are able advance watershed protection and economic improvement through the development of stormwater management techniques, green jobs creation, beautifi-cation of neighborhoods, and communityenhancement, among other efforts.

Applicants of the Vacant Lots Transformed Competition receivefunding to implement great projects to improve the city of Baltimore.

Baltimore City Mayor StephanieRawlings-Blake reviews this year’sgrant ideas.

The work of the Chesapeake Bay Trust to improve localwater quality and protect the natural resources of theChesapeake Bay watershed is often covered by the newsmedia. In 2015, the Trust was mentioned more than 300times in print and through online media channels, as

well as almost 100 times on television and radio. Most of the Trust’s coverage is attributed to its many grantprojects and programs, as well as its event partnershipsand overall outreach efforts.

Trust in the News

EPA Regional AdministratorShawn Garvin addresses themedia.

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Donors and Partners

CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15

Over $300,000Chesapeake Bay and Endangered SpeciesFund Tax Check-off ContributorsMaryland Treasure the Chesapeake LicensePlate Owners Anne Arundel County GovernmentMontgomery County GovernmentPrince George’s County GovernmentMaryland Department of Natural ResourcesMaryland Department of the Environment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

$100,000-$299,999 Baltimore City Government National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Town Creek Foundation

$30,000 - $99,999Charles County GovernmentConstellation Energy Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment MARPAT FoundationRauch Foundation The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

$10,000-$29,999Anne Arundel County Forestry BoardNational Park ServiceU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

$5,000-$9,999Doppelt Family Foundation of the JewishFederation of Palm Beach CountyElsie Van Buren Exelon GenerationGreat Chesapeake Bay Swim/Nabit Foundation

Kegs and Corks Festival M&T Bank Reliable ChurchillRobert RobbinsVenable Foundation, Inc.

$2,500-$4,999 ABC Events-Maryland Seafood Festival Carter and Doreen HeimCooper Thomas, LLC Rocksgiving/Chesapeake Harbour Marina Straughan Environmental, Inc.

$1,000-$2,499Annapolis Towne Centre Britestar Business Solutions Calvert Marina Chesapeake Bay Foundation Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company Christian CrowleyCommunity Foundation of Anne Arundel County Craig and Darla AlbertDonna BrownEdith KeeneyEnvironmental Quality Resources, LLC Full Tilt Brewing HeimLantzJames Swigert Jana DavisJMT EngineeringJudith and Edwin Cohen Foundation Kirlin Mid-Atlantic,LLC Lester Poretsky Family Foundation Linowes & Blocher, LLP Luke McCroneMichael and Jennifer WargoMullens, Sondberg, Wimbish & Stone, P.A. OpinionWorks Pauline Reznicek

Peter and Marianne ByrnesRobin BondShoreline Design, LLC Teresa CalzonettiThe Annie E. Casey Foundation The Hatcher Group The Lyn and Andrew McCormick Charitable Gift Fund The MHE Foundation, Inc Tri for the Chesapeake Warren and Anne HamelWilliam and Michele Nalls

$500 - $999American Society of Landscape Architects AnchoringPoint, LLC Andrew and Trudy Snope Angler Environmental Annapolis Cars Anne EricksonAstrum Solar Baltimore Community Foundation Barry SlevinBess KellerBlue Water Baltimore Buffalo Wild Wings, LLC Care2 Caroline PhillipsChaney Enterprises Charles and Teresa HeapsCharles P. Johnson & Associates. Inc. Civic Works Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan Daniel HexterDLA Piper Dogs and Cats Veterinary Referral andEmergency Earth Data, Incorporated Environmental Concern

Fredric PementGail GorlitzzGiant Food GreenVest LLC Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Holly FarlandJanell SchweickertJessica MacBrideKatharine BrownLondon Towne Property Owners’ Association, Inc. Lucas Cox-GalhotraMartina SiwekMary-Scott KaiserMcHale Landscape Design Meadville Land ServiceMidshore Riverkeeper Conservancy Nathan BetnunOceaneering International, Inc. Peggy SingletonPhillip and Marian GriffithsPremier Fitness Robin ToblinRoger RosenbaumRon and Birgit SharpSila Heating and Air Conditioning, LLC Suzanne Weber Terry HessThe Nature Conservancy Thomas JarrielVirginia ClagettWeitzman, Inc. William S. Schmidt Outdoor Education Program

$250 - $499Alice Ferguson Foundation Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Anne Arundel Community CollegeChemistry ClubAssociation of Maryland Pilots Barrett and Company LLC

Barry BeauchampBay Engineering Benchworks, Inc. Biohabitats Black River Systems Company, Inc. Brian TierneyBruce MackayCapital Gifts and Awards Carleton HarkinsCharity Partners Founda-tion - The Fashion Project Chesapeake EnvironmentalCommunications Chester River Association Christopher TippettCityScape Engineering Dahne MorganDarjush BoushehriDarlene BookoffDavid and Melanie MustoneDesign Tops, LLCDiane BoushehriEcoGardens LLC Ecological Restoration & Management Edwin RichardsonElizabeth JewettEllen EwartEmily SandysEric CohenEric RobertsEric SchmaleErnest ThomasEthan BrownEvergreen Heritage CenterFoundation Flanigan Consulting Graham DonaldsonGutter Helmet by Harry Helmet

Henry LordInterfaith Partners for the Chesapeake Jack Neil & Associates,LLC James WardJames Wetzel IIJanet DaleJB Jenkins Inc. John and Christeen SettleJohn and Kim QuinnJohn FerguonJohn GillettJohn RestallJoseph and JeanneMcLaughlinJoseph HowardJulie SteinhardtKaren Johnson-StojLaurel ShermanLindquist Insurance Lindsay BittingerLisa LoftonLiving Classrooms Foundation Louise LawrenceLow Impact DevelopmentCenter, Inc. Lower Shore Land Trust Lyn LansdaleMarine Trades Associationof Baltimore County Mario GrandeMaryland Charity Campaign Maryland EnvironmentalService Maryland Nonprofits Matthew MohrMichael ChronisterMichael HeffnerMichelle Nicoll

Michelle ZagerNanticoke Watershed Alliance Nassar JabourNational Wildlife Federation Nina HoughtonNovak Birch Inc.Parks and People Foundation Port Tobacco River ConservancyRob and Suzanne EtgenRonald FarrahRoy and Gillian MyersRuth HilliardS. William LivingstonSandy and Buffy JordanScott DennisSenator John AstleSouth River Federation Spa Creek Conservancy Steve LinhardStormwater Maintenance& Consulting Sustainable Science LLC Tails on Trails, LLC Terry and Susy SmithThe Ann & Frank CahouetFoundation The Zanvyl and IsabelleKrieger Fund Thomas JamesonTimothy BoehmTown of Forest Heights Tyler MahyUrban Ecosystem Restorations Virginia Kearney Water Words that WorkYMCA Camp Letts

$100-$249Adam OrtizAddison DavisAlexander Vollmer Alexandra EvansAlexandra TottenAmazon Smile Andrea LemattaAnita ParinsAnn CloughAnn DiersingAnn HricigaAnne ShewanAnonymousArmand VoltaBarbara BrissoBarbara BrownBarbara CookBarbara GoldingBarbara HankinsBarbara KornrichBarbara MillerBarbara ObrienBarbara Reilly KeteBarbara RybackiBarbro BaumannBarry GossettBarry KasinitzBarry ShenderBay Bred, LLC Ben GrumblesBernadette WagnerBetty DunlopBetty WareBeverly CollinsBob and Judy ShematekBradford Beake Alvarez & Marsal Brenda Kragh

Brenton Landscape Architecture Brian DillistinBridget HartmanBruce and Chris CanhamBruce OdesseyBryan ValentineCarol WelserCarole SmallCaroline Van MasonCharles ConklinCharles DoughertyCharles RobbinsCharlie StekChesapeake CovenantCommunity Christina SmithChristine McNerneyChristoffer and Mary KfouryChristopher MartinChristopher RyderClaire BarileCorinne PearceCraig JohnsonDahlia SokolovDaniel BilligDaniel HelyDaphne FuentevillaDarlene HaughtDavid and Elizabeth BinnsDavid CroninDavid HolmanDavid MorganDavid WeissDeborah HankaDenise RillDennis RogersDiane EvansDon BarberDon BaughDonald and Renate Powers

Donald BlumDonald McNellisDonna McmillenDorothea NeimanEdward MetcalfEdward PeeteEileen Witheford RuppelElisabeth ImmerElizabeth BeckerElizabeth BuckellElizabeth HartgeElizabeth JohnstonElizabeth TrainEllen Ficklen Fund Elmira VogtmannEmily DurkeeEnjoli ParsonErich BurgerEugene ZsirosFidelity Charitable GiftFund Foster HutchinsonFrancis MazanetFrancis TroendleFrank ErkFrank SanfordFranklyn DaileyFrantz WalkerFrederick and Ginger FlorianG. BunnGail AnzulovicGail HenryGary AntonidesGary AntonidesGary GrindlerGary SmithGene DowningGenevieve ClemensGeorge BentonGeorge Chopivsky

Donors and Partners


George CowperthwaiteGeorgia EackerGeorgianna PorterGerry ZinckGreg SingletonGregory DowdGregory HicksHarriet Jane SmithHarriet ThomasHarvey GalperHelen AtkinsonHenry LevineHiking Along Humberto OliveraInternational Society of Arboriculture, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Ione SalkoskiJ. Carol OsgoodJames BalanoJames HallJames McQueenJames StamJames TuckerJane PearceJanet BrownJanice KingJason KleinJean NordhausJeffery DresherJeffrey and Linda NorrisJeffrey ChaneyJeffrey HarrisJeroen GerritsenJerome AcksJerry AltvaterJesse AronsonJoanne ComstockJohn and Julia ThackrahJohn Clark

John CurryJohn FreemanJohn IaconisJohn IngramJohn KibbyJohn LambertonJohn PrughJohn RhoderickJohn RobertsonJohn RoweJohn WellsJohn YiJose and Margaret LatimerJoseph GillJoseph Plante and Jeannette Brust PlanteJoseph RogersJudith BookerJudith SmithJudy BagwellJudy DeloacheJulia Elizabeth GarrawayJustGive Kelly BeelandKenneth LauderdaleKincey PotterKurt FeldmannLarry FeatherLaura DaleLaura NoellLaurie JenkinsLawrence MaloneyLehigh Valley OrganicGrowers, Inc. Leo and Theresa BruetteLeslie DerrLewis and Frances MarshallLewis SchragerLinda DunnLinda SerwatkaLloyd Oliver

Lois HartmanLoreta WalkerLoretta CainLori LillyLouis KrausLowell OwensLucille StefanskiLutz PragerLynn BuhlM. KleinM.T. WalkerMarcia SandgroundMarcus TallantMargaret GrillsMargaret RabyMarian WeemsMarie MaddoxMarie Warner Marion MillerMark RiddleMarney BruceMartha ThomaeMary Ann HarrisMary BonomoMary CampbellMary Ellen OlceseMary Foringer Mary NoltMary RobertsonMary VasseMaryann BolcarMarzi ZangMaureen ZeissMax and Andrea GoldensohnMcGreivy Family Charitable Fund Megan RosenbergerMelissa YanowitzMichael and Anne

McCulleyMichael G MageMichael GalvinMichael OBrienMiguel GonzalezMildred PerlowNancy CatronNancy SebringNorma WoodburnOrrin BairdPamela RoemingPatricia PolentzPatricia TakkenPaul PompierPenelope GunnPeter SmithPeter WilhelmPhilip MetzlerPhillips Wharf Environmental Center Phyllis SiskPliny HaislipPriscilla CooperR. Robisnon BakerRaj GuptaRaymond LauRebecca RidgleyReinhart BilliarRichard BiggsRichard DeinRichard EckersleyRichard EhmanRichard HarderRichard OsbunRichard RacineRichard StoryRichard StromRobert and Dana JambouRobert BatchelorRobert Bole

Robert ButehornRobert DeasonRobert DoolingRobert GorrayRobert NaseRobert PriestRobin ArnoldRobin LyateRodney YoderRoger ReevesRoger UmstottRonald and Martha BrownRonald SilversteinRosa KoppelRosena RobbsRoss CropperRussell Reno, Jr.Sally MeyerSally MoravitzSamuel NorvellSamuel RogersSamuel TuckerSander ZabenSandra LinckSandra SchallerSandra WaxScott NajakaSeena LevySharon BiscoSharon SchultzSheldon KatzSigrid Hepp-DaxStacey EversStanley ChaneySteve and Debbie FalaSteve DeffinbaughSteve SharkeySteven and Deborah SikorskiSuellen Blackwood

Susan Chatfield-TaylorSusan GreenSuzanne AllmanSyng RheeTechnical Solutions, SR, LLC Ted YezekTheodore McConnellThomas and Bonnie LawsonThomas Christian IIIThomas EarleyThomas HeibelThomas ScaleaThomas StarkeThomas StraehleThomas SuydamTimothy BowdersTimothy KingTom GoodwinTreva BergeronUnited Way of Columbia-Willamette Uri YokelVerdelle SandsWalter HallWarren StringerWilliam ChesnuttWilliam HopkinsWilliam MichieWilliam MinarikWilliam NicholsWilliam RussellWilliam SchultzWilliam TrapnellWilliam WhitmanWilma YurcheYvonne CarignanYvonne Lewis

Donors and Partners

$100-$249 (continued)


Under $100Anonymous

A. Thomas Baumgartner

Aaron Temkin

Adam Ortiz

Adam Veracka

Adedoyin Adewodu

Adolph Schick

Adrienne Hieb

Adrienne Stefan

Alan Alfano

Alan Zatz

Albert Fleig

Albert Kemper

Albert Sadilek

Alberta Erhardt

Alexander Carran

Alexandra Wehling

Alexandra Ziska

Alfredo Hernandez

Alice Hirschfeld

Alice Rabin

Alina Grobicki

Allan Posner

Allen Bowers

Alli Broughton

Allie Toomey

Allison Durell

Allison Mueller

Allison Newcomb

Allison Wright

Alyson Hudson

Alyssa Hollander

Amanda Ciccone

Amanda Kegley

Amanda Rockler

Amber Ahmad

Amelia Vincent

Amenta Buckner

Amy Albright

Amy Bleich

Amy Kelly

Amy Luca

Amy Marcus

Andrea Berna

Andres Ovalle

Andrew Dobin

Andrew Knoll

Andrew Morton

Angela DenHerder

Angela Reel

Angie Voll

Anita Kurland

Ann Allen

Ann Gallahan

Ann Hess

Ann McGuirk

Ann Morton

Ann Stonesifer

Ann Ventre

Ann Weeks

Anna Catapano

Anne Brosnan

Anne Dooley

Anne Horn

Anne O’Connell

Anne Parten

Anne Rose

Annie Holley

Anthony Aversa

Anthony Salemi

April Gilpin

Arthur and Margaret Duggan

Aubrey Zinn

B.J. Rowlett, Jr.

Barbara Anderson

Barbara Cronin

Barbara De Louise

Barbara Muhlbacher

Barbara Ramey-Wallace

Barbara Schoeberl

Barbara Tapia

Barbara Taylor

Barbara Weiss

Barry Mowday

Barry Palmer

Beatrice Simpson

Becca Weisberg

Ben Strack

Benjamin Botsford

Benjamin Degenhard

Benjamin Greenspon

Bennett Frankel

Bertram Winchester

Beth Terhorst

Beth Weinman

Bethany Enyeart

Bethany Springer

Betsy Brown

Betty Ammons

Betty Borland

Betty Trosper

Betty Weller

Bettye Wilkinson

Beverly Boggs

Beverly Browne

Beverly Johnson

Beverly Rodowsky

Bharath Chandar

Bill and Patricia Duryee

Bill Bieubowe

Billy Nuckols

Bob Ferguson

Bob Marks

Bobbie Macdonald

Bonnie Allan

Bonnie Bottner

Bonnie Mccall

Brad Dubner

Brad Tucker

Bradford Bangel

Brandy Merson

Brenda Utz

Brent Bolin

Brenton Campbell

Brian Dunn

Brian Fong

Brian Forsythe

Brian J. Feldman

Brian Mazzella

Brian Richter

Bridget Pooley

Bridgett Stoddard

Brittany Faber

Brock Jenkins

Bruce Cornwall

Bryce Redington

Burnard Herndon

Burnell Bennings

Byron Jones

C. David Miller

Candice Murphy

Cari, Diana and StephenHenderson

Carol Goddard

Carol Jelich

Carol Mattheiss

Carol Taylor-Valentine

Carole Calhoun

Carole Carter

Caroline Franke

Caroline Kneip

Caroll Ann Ellett

Carolyn Pelosi

Carson Culp

Carter Brockman

Catherine Carouge

Catherine Goldman

Catherine Holloway

Catherine Nguyen

Catherine Soares

Cathie Lemay

Cathy Culver

Cecelia Blalock

Cemile Bingol

Chad Bickel

Charlene Bickford

Charles and D. Lee Peter-son

Charles Anderson

Charles Burns

Charles Hedetniemi

Charles McCoy

Charles Meyer

Charles Nemphos

Charles Thompson

Charlie Meier

Charmaine Woolard

Cheri Cannon

Cherie Martinez

Cheryl Bost

Cheryl Lee

Cheryl Parrish

Cheryl Wasmund

Chestertown Garden Club

Chris Alvarez

Chris Barnum

Chris Hilinski

Chris Sargent

Chris Schwartz

Christina Chan

Christina Fritz

Christina Nutting

Christina Piazza

Donors and Partners



Donors and Partners

Christine Bailey

Christine Blunt

Christine Burns

Christine Ulrich

Christine Werner

Christopher Crooks

Christopher Gayo

Christopher Mayer

Christopher Sarra

Christopher Spindler

Christopher Tompkins

Christy Beckhart

Chuck McCarty

Cindy Loveless

Claire and Rita Chambers

Claire Dillon

Claudia Jones

Clayton Miller

Cleanthe Cocoros

Colette Thayer

Colin Musselman

Colleen Migas

Conchita Tuers

Coolidge Eichelberger

Cora Baldwin

Corinne Brockel

Corinne English

Courtland Howard

Courtney Leigh

Craig Damon

Craig Hilliard

Craig Nickel

Curtis Hilliard

Cynthia English

Cynthia Kibby

Cynthia Lauster

Cynthia Sloan

D. Randolph Johnson

Dale Tagg

Dale Walker

Dan McHugh

Daniel Anderson

Daniel Dickey

Daniel McCormack

Daniel Saltzberg

Daniela Santos

Danny Patry

Daren Fisher

Dave Buemi

David and Patricia Clunies

David Brown

David Butler

David Caswell

David Donahue

David Haffner

David Hand

David Harmon Sr.

David Kayea

David Kosutic

David Musser

David Pearl

David Pettit

David Shapiro

David Smith

David Sudekum

David Tagliente

David Verchomin

David Wood

Dawn Jones

Dawn Konrady

Debbie Risko

Deborah Wagener

Deborah Ward

Deborah Ziska

Debra Ament

Debra Copeland

Debra Dillon

Debra Gdovin

Debra Ritchie

Denise Peel

Deniz Soyer

Derek Tidman

Derek Wallbank

Devrin Weiss

Diana Eddowes

Diana Kunkel

Diana Smith

Diana Weatherby

Diane Allison

Diane Aschenbrenner

Diane Cary-Thompson

Diane Jacobsohn

Diann Creager

Diann Creager

Dianna Harvey

Dianne Siegel

Diego Gutierrez

Dina Leaman

Dixie Dickinson

Dolores Niewenhous

Dolores Norton

Donald and Barbara Cox

Donald Angert

Donald Fleming

Donald Gantzer

Donald Miller

Donald Swaner

Donald Wasserman

Donna Covell

Dorothea Geppi

Dorothy Laude

Dorothy Stronsky

Doug Wolf

Douglas Dayhoff

Douglas Foxvog

Douglas Pfeiffer

Drew Faulkner

Duane Degler

Duane Lambeth

Dylan Moree

Edgar Raines

Edna Armstrong

Edna Tillette

Edward and Margaret Haser

Edward Banko

Edward Cornfield

Edward Dennis

Edward Mack

Edward Pouska

Edwin Crawford

Edwin Richardson

Ekaterina Vert-Wong

Elaina Burneston

Elaine Gaynes

Elaine Marcus

Elaine Wishnow

Eleanor Gerber

Eleanor Pages

Elisabeth Bendo

Elissa Hozore

Eliza Hazard

Elizabeth Burin

Elizabeth Caplan

Elizabeth Edmonds

Elizabeth Freedlander

Elizabeth Read

Elizabeth Reindollar

Elizabeth Reitz

Elizabeth Renwick

Elizabeth Skora

Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Wright

Ellen Burchill

Elliot Maxwell

Eloise Hendrixson

Emily Ferguson

Emma Byrnes

Emma Giese

Emma Jones

Eric Jodts

Eric Whisenhunt

Erica Becker

Erika Neidhardt

Erin Gately

Esther Inch

Eugene Edgett

Euna Edwards

Evan Chriss

Evelyn Nolan

Fae Daniels

Fernando Rodriguez

Francis Kelly III

Frank Digialleonardo

Frank Ecker

Frank Leone

Frank Marquez

Frank Willson

Frank Wright

Freddye Silverman

Frederick Neal

Under $100 (continued)


Donors and Partners

G. Frank Gathman

G.L. Sparlin

Gabe Decker

Gabriella Cantalupo

Gail Dutton

Gail McPherson Post

Garland Lockhart

Gary Allen

Gary and KathleenPritchard

Gary Nelson

Gayle Hopper

Gene Ashe

George Barstow

George Elliott

George Niederehe

George Steffens

George Stimak

George Strattner

Gerald Pech

Geraldine Petrik

Gerry Swarbrick

Gloria Barrett

Gloria Bryan

Goodshop

Gordon Palmer

Gordon Tubbs

Grace Cott

Grace Mengedoht

Graham Tompson

Gregory Ashe

Gregory Ball

H. Ames

H. Jay Penny

Harleigh Ewell

Harold Swisher

Harriet Newquist

Harrison Smith

Harry Finkenstaedt

Harry Johns

Hasso Ewing

Heather Fansler

Heather Green

Heather Haffner

Heather Nugent

Heidemarie Bibber

Heidi Bossley

Helen Brown

Frederick Neal

G Frank Gathman

G.L. Sparlin

Gabe Decker

Gabriella Cantalupo

Gail Dutton

Gail McPherson Post

Garland Lockhart

Gary Allen

Gary and KathleenPritchard

Gary Nelson

Gayle Hopper

Gene Ashe

George Barstow

George Elliott

George Niederehe

George Steffens

George Stimak

George Strattner

Gerald Pech

Geraldine Petrik

Gerry Swarbrick

Gloria Barrett

Gloria Bryan

Goodshop

Gordon Palmer

Gordon Tubbs

Grace Cott

Grace Mengedoht

Graham Tompson

Gregory Ashe

Gregory Ball

H. Ames

H. Jay Penny

Harleigh Ewell

Harold Swisher

Harriet Newquist

Harrison Smith

Harry Finkenstaedt

Harry Johns

Hasso Ewing

Heather Fansler

Heather Green

Heather Haffner

Heather Nugent

Heidemarie Bibber

Heidi Bossley

Helen Brown

Helen Chan

Helen Smith

Helen Vigness

Henry and Caroline Dugan Jr.

Henry Fitzer

Henry Halle

Henry Haller

Henry Hardart

Herbert Garten

Hilton Graham

Ian Davidson

Ingrid Von Streeruwitz

Irina Stavitsky

Irvin and Patricia Boyles

Irwin Pescov

J. Episcopo

J. Robert Bray

J.E. Stoney

J.F. Mushinski

Jack and Pauline Gilstrap

Jackie Lippy

Jacob Thompson

Jacqueline Curro

Jacques Hadler

James and Ann Riley

James and Ann Ruppel

James and Mary Ann Edwards

James and Patricia Case

James Behenna

James Brosnan

James Conner

James Decker

James Dominick

James Dougherty

James Egbert

James Garrett

James Heslin

James Jarvis

James Karlen

James Kline IV

James Mason

James McConnaughey

James Menke Vadl

James Mildenberger

James Morris

James Rosenberger

James Sanders

James Simmons

Jamese Hilliard

Jamie Sikorsky

Jana Moberly

Jane Cease

Jane Palmer

Jane Peak

Jane Pettit

Janet Connolly

Janet Fernandez

Janet McIntire

Janice Knepper

Jared Lucey

Jay Kossman

Jean Campbell

Jean Jones

Jean Schubert Depetris

Jean-Anne South

Jeanne Dussault

Jeanne Vacante

Jeffrey Brainard

Jeffrey Ehrlich

Jeffrey Jury

Jeffrey Swartz

Jeffrey Thompson

Jen Sterling

Jennifer Anderson

Jennifer Buckley

Jennifer Cramb

Jennifer Karampatsos

Jennifer Lonnquist

Jennifer Manson

Jennifer McGarvey

Jennifer Yauck

Jessa Paruch

Jessalyne Charles

Jessica Bernanke

Jessica Kirk

Jessica Lister

Jessica Wisner

Jill Ann Gaebl

Jim Hafner-Eaton

Jo Ann Hersh

Joan Bardach

Joan C. Welte

Joan Cooper

Joan Gugerty

Joan Repetto

Joan Waugh

Joanne Doneski

Joanne Johnson

Jodi Hillmar

Jodi Hope Anderson

Joe Mullineaux

Joe Wever

John and Cynthia Reilly

John and Mary Pugh

John and Nancy Farrell

John and Pat Taylor

John Bacon

John Behle

John Buckley

John Capone

John Dunkle

John Furrow

John Garrett

John Guenthner

John Marlow

John Overton

John Shipley Rice

John Sliger

John Taylor

John Wetzel

Johnny Ramsey

Jolynn Grindrod



Donors and Partners

Jonathan Schraft

Joseph and Joyce Lewis

Joseph Ballou

Joseph Kiester

Joseph Kirby

Joseph Mensch

Joseph Moss

Joseph Peters

Joseph Provenzano

Joseph Spurrier

Joseph Stein

Joseph Tutro

Josephine Gorrie

Joshua Dinerman

Josie Woodley-Jones, Inloving memory of BoChambers

Joyce Mayor

Juanita Sala

Judie Keithley

Judith DePauw

Judith Kahan

Judith Rowe

Judy Ellsworth

Judy Goldenberg

Judy Holt

Juli Berardelli

Julie Crudele

Julie Hester

Julie Pfanstiel

Julie Rando

Julie Roberts

Julienne Bautista

Justin Gorinson

Kacie Lawrence

Kaitlin Horvath

Kaitlin Porter

Karen Carp

Karen Ferrier

Karen Fogerson

Karen Grumbine

Karen Hardart

Karen Lau

Karen Olsen

Karen Oneill

Karen Owings

Karen Paradiso

Karen Penwell

Karen Robison

Karen Schneider

Karen Watt

Karen Zeiter

Karl Krieger

Kate Charbonneau

Kate Hoefert

Katelyn Williams

Katey Nelson

Katherine Hayes

Katherine Lehr

Katherine Morgan

Katherine Schell

Katherine Simpson

Katherine Wood

Kathleen Elston

Kathleen Goodman

Kathryn Anderson

Kathryn Bolles

Kathryn Moore

Kathryn Morisse

Kathryn Sullivan

Kathy Carpenter

Kathy Saunders

Kathy Shaffer

Katie Frey

Katrina Lohan

Kaylenna Blessing

Keith Kim

Kelley Solovieff

Kelsey Merrick

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy

Kenneth Ivanetich

Kenneth Keller

Kenneth Manning

Kenneth Paulsen

Kenneth Redd

Kenneth Schnepp

Kent Brown

Kent Smith

Kevin Holt

Kim Hinken

Kim Mitter

Kim Piasecki

Kim Spangler

Kimberly Campbell

Kimberly Hernandez

Kimberly Lawson

Kimberly Madigan

Kimberly Queen

Kimberly Scolaro

Kimberly Smith

Kira Gleeson

Kirsten Schrader

Krista Schejbal

Kristen Krall

Kristen Peterson

Kristi Neidhardt

Kristin DeVaul

Kyle Decker

Kyle Hinson

Kyle Runion

L. Edward Witt

Lane Berk

Lara Bennett

Latoshia Reeves

Laura Dinerman

Laura Souder

Lauren DeGeorge

Lauren Fava

Laurie Clark

Laurie Herberich

Laurie White

Lawrence Johnson

Lawrence Mulloy

Lawrence Wachtel

Lea Purvis

Lee and Carol Smith

Lee Derby

Lenneal Henderson

Lesley Riddle

Leslie Bechis

Leslie Berman

Leslie Hanrahan

Leslie Taylor

Lester Riegel

Lewis Killmer

Lin Foa

Linda Bageant

Linda Silversmith

Linda Thompson

Lindsey Labus

Lisa Childress

Lisa O’Briant

Lisa Shames

Lisa Simpson

Lisa Wolin

Lizette Bonini-Koch

Lizette Mackey

Loren O’Brien

Loretta Lamar

Lori Campbell-Howard

Lori Stokes

Lorraine Lockhart

Luke Kellett

Luna Blu

Luther Anderson

Lynn Baldwin

Lynn Reynolds

Lynn Rohrs

Lynne Fitzhugh

Madelyn Larkin

Madhu Dasika

Mainell Handshaw

Marc Charpentier

Marc Fischer

Marc Imlay

Marc Jorgensen

Marcia Ferguson

Marcia May

Marcus Chibucos

Margaret Chalkley

Margaret Davis

Margaret Dulaney

Margaret Feeney

Margaret Guenthner

Margaret McCaig

Margaret Murrill

Margaret Ryerson

Margaret Schelts

Margie Bleier

Margot Amelia

Margot Reeve

Mari Hornyak

Maria Garvey

Maria Ilona Wood

Maria Piazzola

Marian Holmes

Marilyn Goldfarb

Marilyn Goldfarb

Marilyn Leeseberg

Marilyn Mause

Marj and Jerry Sparer

Marjorie Bicking

Marjorie Simon

Mark Addleson

Mark Cole

Mark Davis

Mark Drury

Mark Faherty

Mark Gruszecki

Mark Johnson

Mark Roskin

Mark Schwartz

Mark Thomas

Mark Weygandt

Marlene Cohen

Martha Myers

Mary Beth Friedel

Mary Depenbrock

Mary Jane Evans

Mary Kay Ganning

Mary Louise Broadbeck

Mary Macdonald

Mary Mason

Mary O’Brien

Mary Parks

Mary Powell

Mary Rapczynski

Mary Winstead

Marybeth Milcetich

Marylou Starling

Matt Duff



Donors and Partners

Matt Fellowes

Matthew and CharleneCarr

Matthew Clewley

Matthew Price

Matthew Rowland

Mattito Watson

Maude DeGrasse

Maureen Aubrey

Maureen McCobb

Mavourneen Bzdil

Maxine Grosshans

Maya Budhulall

McShane Glover

Meagan Monfrida

Megan Milliken

Megan Williams

Meghan Rowland

Melanie Grim

Melinda Keenan

Melissa Barbagallo

Melissa Carpenter

Melissa Coenen

Melissa Luxner

Melissa Stellfox

Melissa Wallace

Melissa Wilkins

Melvin Axilbund

Melvin Cuaresma

Mercedes Westcott

Meredith Killian

Meredith Waible

Merlaine Carpenter

Mervi Heiskanen

Michael and Arlene Woods

Michael Bottner

Michael Burkot

Michael Craddock

Michael Cunningham

Michael David

Michael Kirchner

Michael Monnin

Michael Ogburn

Michael Sneed

Micheal Stricker

Michele Cooke

Michele Kempf

Michele Milberger

Michelle Kapa

Michelle Mitchell

Michelle Reid

Microsoft Matching GiftProgram

Mike Auldridge

Mike Coe

Mike Lapinski

Mike Lehr

Mike Rosloff

Mildred Colussy

Mimi Batman

Miranda Kubal

Miriam Klein

Mitchell Lantz

Molly Murnano

Mona Sagen

Mya Willard

Myla Wilson

Nan Miller

Nancy Denison

Nancy Eason

Nancy Leonard

Nancy McCollum

Nancy Nolan

Nancy Rathbone

Nancy Thomas

Nancy Winchester

Natalie Pien

Nathan and CherylSiekierka

Nathan Short

Nathan Villiger

Neil Blackmore

Nicole Frisch

Nicole Lynch

Nicole St Hilaire

Nicole Wolanski

Nika Queen

Nisakorn Praisaengpetch

Noreen Frenaye

Norman and GeorgineNeureiter

Norman Levine

Norman Northcott

Olga Owens

Pamela McNally

Pat Burke

Pat Jeffers

Patrice Matthews

Patricia Crane

Patricia Dischinger

Patricia Konschak

Patricia Lavato

Patricia Santos-Ciminera

Patricia Shryock

Patricia Spranger

Patricia Wright

Patrick Frame

Patrick Hammond

Patrick Layton

Patrick Ma

Patrick McCullough

Patsy Perkins

Patti Towle

Patty Moss

Paul and Janice Larson

Paul and Marjorie Richter

Paul Davis

Paul Hlavinka

Paul Starke

Paul Suchyta

Paul Weinstein, Jr.

Paul Wisniewski

Paul Wright

Paula Wortman

Payton Brown

Peggy Denning

Penelope Haviland

Peter and Christine Schiff

Peter Horgan

Peter Kahn

Peter Klein

Peter McKenna

Peter Penoyar

Peter Quinn

Peter Ritzel

Peyton Robertson

Phoebe Gilchrist

Phyllis Gehman

Phyllis Heffner

Phyllis Jennings

Phyllis Leins

Phyllis Stoner

Plato Moore

Quentin Fischer

R. Kenneth Heist

Rachel Bochner

Ralph Heimlich

Ramesh Mamillapalli

Rami Kishek

Randy Rowland

Raymond and Linda Smith

Raymond Garthoff

Reathia Emmerich

Rebecca Bickel

Rebecca Deysher

Rebecca Parkin

Rebecca Peterson

Rebecca Wojnar

Regina Reagan

Ren Serey

Richard Fairbanks

Richard Fornadel

Richard Hynson

Richard Maio

Richard Rumble

Richard Schwartz

Richard Valentich

Richard Veach

Ridgway Hall

Riley Kayea

Rita Reeves

Robb Lippy

Robert and ElizabethMcGuire

Robert and OliveTurnipseed, Sr.

Robert Barrows

Robert D’Agostino

Robert Elmendorf

Robert Geesaman

Robert Harding

Robert Hoekstra

Robert Hollerbach

Robert Kassoway

Robert Levey

Robert Ramos

Robert Wehland Jr.

Robert Westerdale

Robert Wilkinson

Roberta Ross

Robin Stewart

Robyn Davis

Rodrick Hobbs

Roger Burkhart

Roger Russell

Roger Williamson



Donors and Partners

Ronald and JoanneCreamer

Ronald Kraus

Ronald Luczak

Ronald Pytel

Ronald Reich

Rosalyn Hass

Rose Hoffman

Rose-Marie Gross

Rosemary McGowan

Route One Apparel

Russell Stephenson

Ruth Hammond

Ruth Maier

Ruth Przybyla

Ruth Rosenthal

Ryan Hare

Ryan Nolan

Ryan Terry

Ryland Chapman

Sae Lee

Sally Cooper

Sally Cureton

Sally Hopkins

Sally Vavrek

Salomon Ehinon

Salud Elim

Samuel Kaplan

Sandra Barstow

Sandra Creasy

Sandra Matia

Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Sborofsky

Sandra Sincavitz

Sandra Wallace Coleman

Sandra Wenger

Sara Bowen

Sara Johnston

Sara Willett

Sarah Burrucker

Sarah McColley

Sarah McLaughlin

Sarah Milholen

Sarah Mirarchi

Sarah Monge

Sasha Land

Scott Crooks

Scott Douglass

Scott McClure

Scott Stevens

Scott Stokes

Sean Johnson

Sean Samblanet

Sean Webb

Sesselja Hazzard

Seth Ackerman

Shana Ahmad

Shannon Fong

Shannon Fortenberry

Shannon van IJperen

Shari Yesnick

Sharon Dendy

Sharon Nettles

Shawn Fagan

Shawn Jacubec

Sherrie Guilfoyle

Sherry Tippett

Sheryl Jones

Sheryl Winkler

Shirley Heintz

Shirley Mersereau

Shirnavaz Morelli

Sidney Sclar

Sie Kignaman

Sigmund Gast

Stacey Galloway

Stacey Scofield

Stacy Swann

Stanley Dolensky

Steffanie Wasson

Stephanie Chang

Stephanie Hudson

Stephanie Weiss

Stephen Greenstreet

Stephen Herholtz

Stephen Krizan

Stephen Lantz

Stephen Luckman

Stephen Smith

Stephen Waechter

Sterling Solomon

Steve Cappello

Steve Petrik

Steven and Darya Miller

Steven Green

Steven Zemsky

Stewart Potter

Stewart Schroen

Storrie Kulynych-Irvin

Stuart Hall

Sue Hu

Sunny Hess

Susan Avjian

Susan Byrne

Susan Church

Susan Currie

Susan Duke

Susan Jackson-Stein

Susan Jane Noble

Susan Korytkowski

Susan Lesser

Susan Phelps

Susan Schooles

Susan Shyu

Susan Skelly

Susan Stevenson

Susan Stone

Susan Webb

Susanne Kramer

Suzanne Sanders

Swapana Gupta

Sylvia Haislet

Sylvia Lu

Tami Harnish

Tammie Bowman

Tanya Ankers

Tara McCarthy

Taylor Callicrate

Teresa Hyder

Teresa Murphy

Teresa Yelton

Terese Robinson

Teri Berman

Terri Hawkins

Terri Krabill

Terry Baughman

Theresa Craddock

Theresa Cymbal

Theresa Fink

Theresa McGinnis

Theresa Miles

Thomas and Judy Tuttle

Thomas Armstrong

Thomas Bottligieri

Thomas Bragg

Thomas Conger

Thomas Corcoran

Thomas Curtis

Thomas Dobyns

Thomas Schelstrate

Thomas Thomas

Thomas Woo

Tim Aley

Tim Chesnutt

Tim Kelly

Tim Kunert

Timi Ford

Timothy and Beth Appleby

Timothy Brennan

Timothy McGrath

Tina Kim

Toby Berman

Tori Pagano

Tracey Powell

Travis Hodges

Trina Lollis-Ball

Trish Butler

Tristan Adams

United Way of the NationalCapital Area

Valerie Choudhury

Valerie Klekot

Valerie Rigoglioso

Vanessa Orlando

Vicki Tuke

Victor Sutton

Victoria Schneider

Virginia Decker

Virginia Hennings

Virginia Marr

Vivian Koller

Wade Foy

Walter and Marie Rossiter, Jr.

Wanda Warren

Wayde Smith

Wayne Coakley

Wayne Dalton

Wendy Harris

Wendy Jane Van Horn

Wendy Kahn

Wesley Bodin

William and Sally Brierre

William Ariano

William Bishop

William De Lanoy

William Deysher

William George

William Jahn

William Kuchta

William Maas

William Mueller

William Novajosky

William Richmond

William Roche

William Ruby

William Schneider

William Sullivan

William Wegener

Woodrow Sanders

Woody Lee

Yee-Ning Soong

Yvonne Brahms Lovell

Yvonne McBee

Zach Calvitt

Zoe Rosenblum

Zoe Warner



Chesapeake Bay Trust FY 2015 Annual Financial Information1

EXPENSES

TOTAL PROGRAMSERVICES$8,256,582

Program Management$1,194,439

SUPPORT SERVICES

TOTAL SUPPORTSERVICES$690,143

Marketing,Communications,and Fundraising$362,523

TOTAL EXPENSES: $8,946,725 Change in Net Assets: $405,574

Program Grants andProjects

$7,062,143

PROGRAM SERVICES2

Management andGeneral$327,620

Program Services$8,256,582

Management and General$327,620

Marketing,Communications,and Fundraising$362,523

3.7%4.1%

92.2%

OVERALL EXPENSES

REVENUE

Net InvestmentIncome$98,398

Grants and Partnerships$4,329,253

Contributions$4,924,648

TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE$9,352,299

1Please see the Trust’s audited annual financial statements (available on the Trust’s website) and the accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.2Annual program expenses may be lower than annual awards because portions of grant awards are often paid out in future fiscal years.

TOTAL EXPENSES$8,946,725

Where the Money Comes From:

Maryland’s Treasure the Chesapeake license plate

Federal, state, local and corporate partnerships

Individual and privatedonations

Chesapeake Bay FundTax Check-off

Where the Money Goes:

EducationEnsuring that students are environmentally literate through K-12 curriculum development, field experiences, and green schooldevelopment.

RestorationAdvancing the science and implementation of restoration bestmanagement practices that reducepollution and improve habitat.

Community OutreachEngaging citizens and communitiesto improve the health of local waterways through community clean-ups, tree plantings, and otherstewardship practices and projects.

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