Home » More About BBG » Annual Report » 2006

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2006 Annual Report

BBG 2006 Annual Report:

Gifts to the Garden from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Individuals

We gratefully acknowledge the many friends whose generosity helped the Garden to grow and flourish this year. This listing primarily recognizes support for BBG's annual operating needs. These contributions have served as cornerstones for BBG's educational, scientific research, and horticultural programs.

Included are members of the Gager Society, named for our visionary founding director, Dr. Charles Stuart Gager, which is comprised of individuals who make significant annual gifts to support the ongoing work of the Garden. Gager Society Members are indicated by *.

$20,000+

$10,000–$19,999

Earl Weiner, Reade Ryan, Gina Ingoglia Weiner

$5,000–$9,999

Vivia Heron, Irving Burgie

$2,500–$4,999

Mary Vail, Robert Ohlerking, Christopher LiGreci

$1,500–$2,499

Christopher Varmus, Emily Farris

$1,000–$1,499

Kim Starr, Tom Shors, Brian Decker, Bettina Decker

$500–$999

Dwight and Ann Ellis, Kay and Rohit Desai

We have done our best to ensure that this list of donors is complete and accurate. Please excuse any omissions or errors. If you would like to bring any inaccuracies to our attention, please call our director of Individual Giving at 718-623-7207. Many thanks to the thousands of friends who made membership and annual fund contributions of less than $500.

FORSYTHIA SOCIETY

BBG salutes those who have made an especially meaningful contribution to the future of the Garden by including BBG in their estate plans. Named after the official flower of Brooklyn, the forsythia carries the symbolic meanings of brotherhood, unity, and understanding; it thus is an appropriate symbol of the great impact that planned gifts have.

Masato Mori, Mizue Sawano

Ernest Brooks, Cassandra Metz, Jennifer Turner, Kimberly Hayes, Reginald Harwell

Bequests

Tributes and Dedications

Memorial and honorary gifts are made year-round in tribute to friends and loved ones, and are used to ensure that the Garden remains a place of beauty and tranquillity for future generations. Our Tributes and Dedications Program provides opportunities for dedicating features such as display gardens, trees, benches, pergolas, and pillars for climbing roses. Gifts are also made to provide scholarships for children registered in our Children's Garden program.

Memorial Gifts

Donations were made in memory of these friends:

Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, BBG president emeritus Judith D. Zuk, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation commissioner Adrian Benepe, Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner Kate Levin

Kevin Sharkey, Martha Stewart, Scot Medbury

Honorary Gifts

Donations were made in honor of these friends:

Ruth Ann Stewart, Phoebe Macrae, Jack Macrae, David Levering Lewis

Dedications

Dedication funds were established for these friends:

Corporations and Foundations

We are grateful to the corporate and foundation donors whose support during our 2005–2006 fiscal year has made a real difference in the Garden's ability to strengthen and expand its programs.

David and Anna Steinhardt

$100,000 or more

$50,000 to $99,999

John Craig, Manabu Saito, Gina Ingoglia Weiner

$25,000 to $49,999

$10,000 to $24,999

Forsythia Award winners Frances Lucerna, Luis Garden Acosta, Ebony Thurman, and Charles Hamm

$5,000 to $9,999

John Scaturro, Emma Dawson

Marc Porter, Fred Bland, Esther Leeming Tuttle, James Hennessy

$1,000 to $4,999

$500 to $999

Up to $500

Matching Gifts

Academic Members

Public Support

Located on city-owned property, BBG is supported in part by public funds through the Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Natural Heritage Trust.

In-kind Contributions

We are grateful to the friends who gave special gifts and services that enriched the Garden this year.

Florilegium Society

Plant and Horticulture Services

Institutional Support

Special Events