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FROM THE PRESIDENT We live in a time when science underpins many of our
AND CHAIRMAN greatest challenges, from the environment to human
health. An informed understanding of the world around
us is essential to full participation in our society and
democracy, yet our children continue to fall behind their
peers worldwide in science achievement, and science is
increasingly questioned in public discourse. In this context,
the American Museum of Natural History’s work of
advancing scientific research, preparing the next generation
of scientists and science teachers, and improving the public
understanding of science is more important than ever.
2 A M E R I C A N M U S E U M O F N AT U R A L H I S T O R Y
This year, Museum scientists continued to that so needs them, and also paid tribute to
travel the globe to study species and habitats, pioneering Chinese paleontologist Mee-mann
S CI E N CE
including extensive, cross-disciplinary Chang with an honorary doctorate. 4
expeditions in biodiversity-rich Cuba in
Some 4,000 K-12 teachers participated in E D UCATI ON
collaboration with colleagues at Havana’s
professional development programs, and the
National Natural History Museum, while also 10
pioneering Urban Advantage consortium of
pursuing ground-breaking molecular, genomic,
New York’s science-based cultural institutions,
and phenomic research at home in our E X H I BI TI ON
which the Museum leads, continued to expand
laboratories and world-renowned collections. 12
its work to improve the teaching and learning
The Museum’s collection of specimens
of science in New York City’s middle schools.
and artifacts, one of the most scientifically RE P ORT OF TH E
This year, Urban Advantage reached more CH I E F F I N A N CI A L
significant in the world, passed the 34 million
than 77,000 students and 790 teachers in 281 OF F I CE R
mark, including growing collections of frozen
schools across the five boroughs. 14
tissue, DNA, and astrophysics and genomic data.
Finally, to more fully leverage the confluence
The Museum welcomed approximately five F I N A N CI A L
of the Museum’s strengths and society’s need
million visitors this year, many marveling STATE M E N TS
for pioneering science and effective science
at the new Titanosaur exhibit. At 122 feet 16
education, this year the Museum announced
long, this spectacular new icon highlights
plans to create a major new facility, the Gilder
the thrilling and significant discoveries in BOA RD OF
Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, TRUSTE E S
paleontology today. Special exhibitions
and named Jeanne Gang as its architect and
presented the frontiers of science such as the 18
Ralph Appelbaum as exhibit designer. The
human microbiome and the links between
new Richard Gilder Center will showcase the
dinosaurs and modern birds. Public programs COM M I TTE E S OF
Museum as an active, integrated place of TH E BOA RD OF
ensured that the Museum remained a popular
science and education, rooted in the collections, TRUSTE E S
destination for the curious of all ages—from
imbued with the power of technology, and 20
the youngest scientists discovering nature to
informed by the ways people learn, discover,
families learning together, from young adults
and interact today. COM M I TTE E S OF
gathering at SciCafe to discuss science and
TH E M US E UM ,
society, to film buffs enjoying the Margaret Founded in 1869 as an institution of scientific P ROJ E CT
Mead Film Festival. Of course, the Museum COM M I TTE E S ,
research and education, the Museum's work
reaches many millions more online through A N D A DV I S ORY
has never been more timely or important
COUN CI L S
its website, videos, apps, digital learning than it is now. We thank you for your interest
opportunities, and social media, and countless
21
and participation.
others through our touring exhibitions and
Space Shows.
GI F TS A N D GRA N TS
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The annual commencement ceremony of our
Lewis W. Bernard
Richard Gilder Graduate School conferred Ph.D.
Chairman P L A N N E D GI V I N G
and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees, in the
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only such museum-based degree-granting
programs in the Western hemisphere. It was
CRE D I TS
a deeply proud moment as we sent our new Ellen V. Futter
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scientists and science teachers into a world President
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 SCIENCE

EXPEDITIONS:
Adding to Scientific Knowledge and Collections 7
researchers working with
Alberta, Canada George Barrowclough
Cuban colleagues on the
Poland Neil H. Landman
Explore21 Expedition to Cuba

93
Alaska James M. Carpenter
Arizona Jerome G. Rozen Romania Mark A. Norell
Arizona George E. Harlow Mongolia Mark A. Norell, Mike J. Novacek
California John S. Sparks
Cuba+ George Amato, Natalia Rossi
California Rebecca Oppenheimer
Cuba+ Ana Luz Porzecanski
Nevada Melanie J. Hopkins
Cuba+ Christopher J. Raxworthy, Brian T. Smith, Paul Sweet, Angelo Soto-Centeno
New Mexico Jerome G. Rozen
South Dakota Neil H. Landman Bermuda Eunsoo Kim, Mark E. Siddall
St. Catherines Island (Georgia) David Hurst Thomas

expeditions Wyoming John J. Flynn

Egypt James D. Webster
India David A. Grimaldi

Cayman Islands John S. Sparks Vietnam Mary E. Blair

Mexico Charles Spencer Puerto Rico Eunsoo Kim

7
Belize Nancy B. Simmons
Netherlands Antilles Susan L. Perkins Sudan Alex de Voogt Cambodia* Mark E. Siddall
Panama Estefanía Rodríguez

Solomon Islands Christopher Filardi, Georgina Cullman

continents Vanuatu* Brian T. Smith

Fiji Eleanor Sterling

Peru Charles Spencer

Tahiti Jennifer E. Newell

SELECT EXPEDITIONS FROM FY2016 Madagascar Christopher J. Raxworthy
Botswana Alex de Voogt
Australia Christopher Filardi
ANTHROPOLOGY
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES South Africa Lorenzo Prendini
Uruguay Ross D.E. MacPhee
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
Argentina Ross D.E. MacPhee
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
SACKLER INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS
CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

+ Explore21 Expedition to Cuba

* Constantine S. Niarchos Expeditions

Antarctica Ross D.E. MacPhee

Antarctica Jin Meng

Antarctica Estefanía Rodríguez

Invertebrate Zoology
Collections per

34,036,183
Vertebrate Zoology 23,312,067
COLLECTIONS Division 4,409,178
Earth & Planetary Sciences
155,607
specimens and artifacts

55,718 22,728 1,476 Ambrose Monell Cryo

Collection (Frozen Tissue)
Anthropology
collection items added collection items loaned visiting scholars hosted 108,113
540,065 Paleontology
5,511,153

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 more than J ULY 201 5 AUGUST 2 015
RESEARCH
4 1
HIGHLIGHTS:
Select Publications
Across Five Divisions
430
scientific publications
doctoral dissertation
grants from the
National Science
Foundation
“Young Jupiter”
Exoplanet
Discovered
How the Smilodon
Got Its Teeth

Tseng
Vision for Future Space
Telescopes

Oppenheimer, Shara,
Mac Low
Flies in Amber Were
Ancient Pollinators

Grimaldi
Dogs Evolved with
Climate Change

Tseng

N OV EM BER 2015 O C TO B E R 2 01 5 SEPT EM B ER 201 5 AUGUST 2 015

Analysis of Oldest-known
Plant-visiting Bat Suggests
It Was Omnivorous
Simmons
Wasp Fossils Suggest Ice
Age California Similar to
Modern Environment
Holden
Ancient “Supershark” Human Relative’s Foot a Step New Species of Human Polar Bears May Survive Astronomers Deceptive Woodpecker
Fossils Discovered in Texas Towards Modern Walking Relative Discovered the Ice Melt Discover “Young Uses Mimicry to Avoid
Jupiter” Exoplanet Competition
Maisey Harcourt-Smith Harcourt-Smith Rockwell, Gormezano
Oppenheimer, Rice Benz

NOVEMBER 2 015 D EC EM BER 2015 JANUARY 201 6 FEB RUARY 201 6

Reptile Fossil Solves Surprising Path of Dinosaurs May Have Museum Researchers New Leech Species Researchers Sequence Researchers Find Malaria Fossils in Amber
Mystery of How Snakes Bird Evolution Breathed Like Birds Discover Glowing Named for Author First Bedbug Genome Parasite in East Coast’s Show Social
Lost Their Legs Sea Turtles Amy Tan White-tailed Deer Behavior in
Cracraft, Claramunt Watanabe, Gold, Tessler, DeSalle, Sorkin,
Ancient Insects
Yi, Norell Davidson, Norell Sparks Tessler, Siddall Siddall, Amato Perkins
Grimaldi, Barden

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Research Shows Vital Bigger Brains Drove Four New Lizard Researchers Discover Extinct Marine Mammal Why Some Supernovae Dodos Might Have Ancient Glyptodonts
Links Between Lemurs Evolution to Bigger Species from Second Native Hunted Clams with a Continue to Burn Bright Been Quite Intelligent Related to Modern
and Fruit Trees Human Bodies Eastern Paraguay Hawaiian Bat Big Bite Armadillos
Graur Gold, Norell
Herrera Grabowski Carvalho Simmons Tseng, Grohé, Flynn MacPhee

APRIL 2 016 M AY 201 6 J UNE 201 6

Paleontologists Gain New Flapping Before Flight Glowing Shark DNA Study Suggests Bioluminescence Evolved Scorpions Share Similar
Insight to “Telescoping” Patterns Get Brighter Scorpions Diversified as Frequently in Fishes Tastes in Burrow
Heers
Crocodile Eyes in Deep Water Andes Formed Architecture
Sparks
Flynn Sparks Prendini Prendini

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 Richard Gilder
Graduate School
C U R AT O R S A N D D I R E C T O R S Commencement
October 5, 2015
Michael J. Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science
Scott A. Schaefer, Dean of Science for Collections, Exhibition, and Public Understanding of Science Dr. Mee-mann Chang, one of China's
John J. Flynn, Dean of Richard Gilder Graduate School preeminent paleontologists, received
an honorary degree at the ceremony.
In her remarks, Dr. Chang told
DIVISION OF DIVISION OF PHYSICAL CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY graduates that globalization and
ANTHROPOLOGY SCIENCES AND CONSERVATION improved international collaboration
have raised expectations for today's
Laurel Kendall, Division Chair DEPARTMENT OF ASTROPHYSICS Ana Luz Porzecanski, Director
scientists and teachers.
Alex de Voogt Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Jennifer E. Newell Rebecca Oppenheimer
HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
Brian G. Richmond Michael M. Shara Neil deGrasse Tyson,
Charles S. Spencer Frederick P. Rose Director
David Hurst Thomas DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND
PLANETARY SCIENCES
Peter M. Whiteley SACKLER INSTITUTE FOR
Denton S. Ebel, Division Chair COMPARATIVE GENOMICS
George E. Harlow
DIVISION OF George Amato, Director 2 0 1 5 R I C H A R D G I L D E R G R A D U AT E S C H O O L G R A D U AT E S
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Edmond A. Mathez
James D. Webster
James M. Carpenter, SOUTHWESTERN
Peter J. Solomon Family Curator, Division RESEARCH STATION
Chair DIVISION OF VERTEBRATE PH.D. DEGREE IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN TEACHING
Geoffrey Bender, Director
Robert DeSalle ZOOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE)
David A. Grimaldi
DEPARTMENT OF HERPETOLOGY RESEARCH LIBRARY Phillip Barden Sara Drotzer Erin Richley
Eunsoo Kim
Christopher J. Raxworthy “Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Through Space,
Susan L. Perkins Thomas Baione, Time, and Sociality: A History from Amber.” Rebecca Eidelman Avanel Riley
Frank T. Burbrink Harold Boeschenstein Director
Lorenzo Prendini Advisors: David A. Grimaldi, James M. Carpenter Meredith Fichman Daniel Rosenstein
Estefanía Rodríguez DEPARTMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY Kevin Gostomski Rebecca Saunders
Jerome G. Rozen, Jr. Scott A. Schaefer Andre Luiz Gomez de Carvalho Kathleen Hanson Jessica Sharoff
Mark E. Siddall John S. Sparks “A Revision of the Lizards of the Subfamily
Tropidurinae (Tropiduridae) with Special Reference to William Hudacek Meg Stewart
Ward C. Wheeler Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Tropidurus Wied, 1825.”
Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research David Anthony Murray Richard Weiss
Advisor: Darrel R. Frost
Curator
DIVISION OF
PALEONTOLOGY

Mark A. Norell,
Macaulay Curator, Division Chair
DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY
Ross D.E. MacPhee
Nancy B. Simmons
Maria Eugenia Leone Gold
“New Insights on the Evolution of Flight in Dinosaurs
Using Novel CT and PET Technology.”
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John J. Flynn, graduates receiving
Advisor: Mark A. Norell M.A. Degree in Teaching
Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals Robert S. Voss
Melanie Hopkins
Neil H. Landman DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY Carly Melissa Tribull
John G. Maisey, George F. Barrowclough “Molecular and Morphometric Phylogenetics
of Dryinidae and Bethylidae (Hymenoptera:
100% 100% 6,600
Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research success rate for of graduates students in New York
Joel L. Cracraft, Chrysidoidea).” NYS certification receive employment State being taught by
Curator Lamont Curator, Division Chair among graduates offers program graduates
Advisors: James M. Carpenter, David A. Grimaldi
Jin Meng Brian T. Smith
Michael Novacek

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 EDUCATION
Museum Education 600+
and Employment college-aged students
Program (MEEP) employed since 1996

more than Turned 20

PROGRAM
500+
180,000 39 1
HIGHLIGHTS:

20
tours given to camp
Exploring Cutting- groups each summer
Edge Science, years of Margaret adult digital
attendees at public programs Mead Film Festival flight school
Celebrating Cultures
years of paid summer 11
internships in science
rolling carts staffed
communication
with touchable items

JULY 14, 2 015 O C TO B E R 2 2 – 2 5, 2 01 5 NOVEM B ER 22, 201 5 D ECEM B ER 9, 2 015

Pluto Flyby with NASA’s New Horizons
Hosted by Curator Denton Ebel, Director of
Astrovisualization Carter Emmart, and Frederick
P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium
Neil deGrasse Tyson, this special event featured
live links to New Horizons mission control and
real-time visualizations of the probe’s historic
mission as well as opportunities to speak with
mission personnel.
Margaret Mead Film Festival: “Thresholds” Hackathon: Hack the Dinos with BridgeUp: STEM New Science, New Solutions: Changing the
Future for At-Risk Youth
In the spirit of Margaret Mead, this 39th annual Data scientists from around New York and Brown
festival continued to push the boundaries of scholars from the Museum’s BridgeUp: STEM Hosted by Museum Trustee Anna Deavere Smith,
visual anthropology and documentary film. program participated in this 24-hour challenge to this event asked whether science, ethics, and law
For the first time in the festival’s history, the hack the Museum’s paleontology databases and can identify new paths out of poverty. Panelists
Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award was shared by then demonstrated the new tools they developed included Ana Bermudez, Frances Champagne,
two filmmakers: Kim Beamish for Tentmakers of for scientists. Fagan Harris, Bruce McEwen, and Dorothy Roberts.
Cairo and Iiris Härmä for Leaving Africa: A Story of
Friendship and Empowerment.

J U N E 1, 2016 M AY 1 4 , 201 6 APRI L 5 , 201 6 DE CE MBE R 27, 2 015

SciCafe: Explore21 Cuba
Expedition members Ana Luz Porzecanski
and Angelo Soto-Centeno discussed the 2015
expedition and new avenues for scientific
collaboration.
representing a wide range of ages and
What Are You Made Of? Annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Kwanzaa: Energize, Recognize!
Universe a Simulation?
This series of weekend events tied Doug E. Fresh headlined this
to the special exhibition The Secret Hosted by Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden year’s celebration, featuring
World Inside You gathered samples Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, the panel included Linda Humes, master drummers
of microbes from a group of people David Chalmers, professor of philosophy at NYU, Sanga of the Valley, LeeAnet
Zohreh Davoudi, theoretical physicist at MIT, James Noble, and Harlem School of the
hometowns—our visitors—for the Gates, theoretical physicist at the University of Arts Legacy Ensemble.
Healthy Microbiome Project. Maryland, Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist at
Harvard, and Max Tegmark, cosmologist from MIT.

JUN E 4, 2 015

12th Annual Urban Advantage Science Expo

Professional
Development for
2,000
teachers and administrators
The Museum hosted the annual expo for this science Teachers participated in onsite programs
enrichment program, a partnership with seven
other cultural institutions and the New York City
MORE THAN
Department of Education that in fiscal year 2016

4,000 110,000
reached 790 teachers and 77,600 students in 281
middle schools across all five boroughs.
students registered in Museum’s
Massive Open Online Courses for
k–12 teachers participated in professional science educators through 2016
development onsite and online

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 EXHIBITION
The Titanosaur

EXHIBITION
HIGHLIGHTS:
Scientific Storytelling
in Three Dimensions
7
exhibitions
opened onsite
14
traveling exhibitions

19 6
8
space shows

70 66
122
feet long

Based on weighed Lived About

venues countries venues cities worldwide

84 70 100 million
fossil bones tons in life years ago

O PEN ED OCTOB ER 13 , 2015 N OV E M B E R 7, 2 01 5 – AU G U ST 1 4 , 201 6 JANUARY 1 5 , 201 6 M ARCH 1 8 , 201 6 – JANUARY 2 , 2 017

Opulent Oceans The Titanosaur

Curated by Melanie L.J. Stiassny, Herbert
R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research Curator,
in collaboration with Tom Baione,
Harold Boeschenstein Director of the
Museum’s Research Library
Inspired by the book Opulent Oceans:
Extraordinary Rare Book Selections
from the American Museum of Natural
History, this exhibition included 46
exquisite reproductions from 33 rare
and beautifully illustrated scientific
works documenting the diversity of the
world’s ocean life.
The Secret World Inside You
Co-curated by Susan Perkins and Rob DeSalle, Curators in the
Division of Invertebrate Zoology
The Secret World Inside You explored the rapidly evolving
science surrounding the human microbiome and how it is
reshaping our ideas about human health.
Curated by Mark Norell, Macaulay Curator of Paleontology
In 2016, the Museum added another must-see exhibit to its world-
famous fossil halls: a cast of a 122-foot-long sauropod dinosaur
that was discovered in the Patagonian region of Argentina in
2014 and excavated by a team from Museo Paleontologico Egidio
Fergulio led by Jose Luis Carballido and Diego Pol, who received
his Ph.D. in a joint program between Columbia University and
the American Museum of Natural History. When the exhibit
opened, the cast was displayed with five of the 223 original fossils Dinosaurs Among Us
recovered in Patagonia, including a colossal 8-foot femur.
Curated by Mark Norell, Macaulay Curator of Paleontology
Dinosaurs Among Us explored the transition of dinosaurs that
dominated the planet for around 170 million years into a new,
small, airborne form: birds.

EXHIBITION CREDITS
SEASONAL J ULY 4 , 201 5 – NOVEM B ER 29, 201 5 M AY 28, 2 016 – JANUARY 2 , 2 017
EXHIBITS
THE SECRET WORLD INSIDE YOU DINOSAURS AMONG US CROCS: ANCIENT PREDATORS Spiders Alive!

Generous support for The Secret World Inside You and
its educational resources have been provided by the Paul
and Irma Milstein Foundation and the Milstein Family.
The Secret World Inside You is proudly supported
by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of
Johnson & Johnson.
The Secret World Inside You is supported by the Science
Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
THE TITANOSAUR
Generous support for The Titanosaur exhibit has
been provided by the Susan S. and Kenneth L.
Wallach Foundation.
The Museum gratefully acknowledges the
Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition and
Education Fund.
Dinosaurs Among Us was proudly supported by
Chase Private Client.
Additional support was generously provided by
Dana and Virginia Randt.
THE BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY
Generous support for The Butterfly Conservatory has
been provided by the Eileen P. Bernard Exhibition Fund.
Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern World was Visitors encountered more than 20 species of live
created by Peeling Productions at Clyde Peeling’s arachnids, fossils, and larger-than-life models in
REPTILAND. this returning exhibition.
OPULENT OCEANS
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The presentation of Opulent Oceans: Extraordinary
Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Crocs: Ancient Predators in the Modern World
Natural History at the American Museum of Natural The Butterfly Conservatory
History is made possible through the generosity of the Offering a close look at a group of reptiles that has
Arthur Ross Foundation. The annual live exhibit returned with hundreds flourished for more than 200 million years, this
of live, free-flying tropical butterflies from around exhibition featured life-sized dioramas, interactive
the world. exhibits, and more.

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REPORT OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Fiscal Year 2016 Marked Another Year of
Solid Financial Performance
Due to continued strength in visitor attendance and fundraising as
well as ongoing financial discipline, the Museum generated positive
net unrestricted operating revenues of $114,274 in fiscal year 2016.
This positive outcome was the net result after transfers of designated
contributions and other revenues to plant and long-term investments.
The Museum’s net assets decreased by $5.3 million, from $902.1
million to $896.8 million, largely due to the effect of global market
volatility on the Museum’s endowment during fiscal year 2016. Despite
this slight decrease in fiscal year 2016, over the last four fiscal years,
the Museum’s net assets increased by $214.4 million, or 31%, due to
consistently strong Museum operations, continued strength in fund-
raising, endowment growth of over $100.0 million, restructuring of
the Museum’s long-term debt as well as reductions in the Museum’s
liabilities for postretirement healthcare.
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING RESULTS
During fiscal year 2016, the Museum’s annual Unrestricted Operating
Revenues and Support increased by $3.1 million, from $183.2 million to
$186.3 million. Annual Unrestricted Operating Expenses, together with
transfers, also increased by $3.1 million, from $183.1 million to $186.2
million for the same period, resulting in net unrestricted operating
revenue and support of $114,274 during fiscal year 2016.
The Museum continued to enjoy elevated attendance levels during
fiscal year 2016. As a result, attendance-related revenues ($49.4
million) remained the largest source of unrestricted operating revenue.
The Museum continued to receive substantial operating and
programmatic support from Trustees, other individuals, foundations,
and corporations, as well as the City of New York, the State of
New York, and the federal government. During fiscal year 2016,
contributions and grants used to fund Museum operations, including a
portion of net assets released from restrictions, totaled $50.4 million.
Additionally, the Museum received unrestricted operating support
from the City of New York, including funding for certain energy
and pension costs, totaling $16.3 million. The City of New York also
provided capital support to the Museum (see “Capital Expenditures”).
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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES related to its debt, reflecting lower interest Committee. As of June 30, 2016, the Museum’s
rates used to value these liabilities. During endowment was invested as follows:
In fiscal year 2016, the Museum invested
fiscal year 2016, the Museum made principal
$25.1 million to fund priority capital
Marketable Equities 39%
payments of $3.0 million on its long-term
improvement projects to meet infrastructure
Absolute return/hedged equity funds 38%
debt and reduced borrowings on lines of
and security needs as well as permanent
Marketable fixed income 3%
credit to zero.
exhibition hall renovations and new
Marketable real assets 2%
Unrestricted Operating scientific facilities. As in the past, the
Private investment partnerships 14%
Revenues And Expenses Museum funded its capital improvements
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Cash equivalents 4%
from a variety of sources, including the City The return on the Museum’s endowment was
3% 4% of New York, State of New York, private -3.2% in fiscal year 2016, reflective of volatile Total 100%
donations, and the Museum’s endowment. worldwide equity markets. Net of planned
9% 26%
withdrawals from the endowment to provide THE IMPORTANCE OF
The Museum recognized non-cash depreciation CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS
funding for Museum operations and capital
15% Revenues expense of $31.3 million during fiscal year 2016, The Museum continued to benefit greatly
expenditures, as well as gifts and pledge
which exceeded the Museum’s $25.1 million from the extraordinary generosity of its
payments to the endowment, the market
16% 27% investment and resulted in a decrease of the private and public supporters. During fiscal
value of the endowment decreased by $40.2
value of the Museum’s physical plant of $6.1 year 2016, the Museum raised a total of $132.7
million in fiscal year 2016, from $648.0 million
million, from $414.4 million to $408.3 million. million in support of its operations, programs,
to $607.8 million owing to market volatility.
26% Visitor contributions and admissions
capital improvements, and endowment—a
27% Contributions and grants* DEBT AND OTHER LIABILITIES
The Museum’s endowment asset allocation major endorsement of the importance and
16% Endowment and related funds*
The Museum’s liabilities increased by $7.0 is intended both to drive investment return impact of the Museum’s work in science,
15% Auxiliary activities
9% The City of New York million during fiscal year 2016, from $401.4 and to provide protection in volatile markets. education, and exhibition. As a result, the
3% Membership million to $408.4 million. The increase in The Museum’s endowment funds are invested Museum continued to balance its operating
4% Miscellaneous revenue and other fees by independent investment managers in
liabilities was largely attributable to a $12.6 budget, enhance its programmatic offerings,
million increase in the valuation of the diversified equity and fixed income securities and make improvements to its infrastructure
5% 4% Museum’s interest rate exchange liabilities and are overseen by the Museum’s Investment and facilities.
5%
5%
37%
11% Expenses
8%
7% 18%
37% Scientific research, education, and exhibition
18% Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs
7% Cost of goods sold and other expenses of
auxiliary activities
8% General and administrative
11% Transfers to fund payment of debt service
5% Fundraising and membership
5% Communications
5% Visitor services
4% Information technology
* Indicates a portion of net assets released from restrictions
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F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T S
CONDENSED SUMMARY OF CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF FINANCIAL POSITION
These statements are summarized for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2015, and excerpted from the audited
financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available on amnh.org.
ASSETS FY 2016 FY 2015
Cash and other operating assets $ 139,978,902 $ 136,367,734
Contributions and grants receivable, net 140,755,918 95,669,995
Long-term investments, at fair value 616,135,884 657,011,130
Plant and equipment, net 408,317,384 414,430,344
Total assets $ 1,305,188,088 $ 1,303,479,203
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and other liabilities $ 128,795,865 $ 118,783,582
Bonds and loans payable 279,638,769 282,640,279
Total liabilities $ 408,434,634 $ 401,423,861
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted $ 274,516,865 $ 317,649,126
Temporarily restricted 419,914,942 402,065,800
Permanently restricted 202,321,647 182,340,416
Total net assets $ 896,753,454 $ 902,055,342
Total liabilities and net assets $ 1,305,188,088 $ 1,303,479,203
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES—UNRESTRICTED
These statements are summarized for the years ended June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2015, and excerpted from the audited
financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available at amnh.org.
OPERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORT FY 2016 FY 2015
Investment return designated for operations $ 19,844,004 $ 19,171,332
Contributions and grants 30,568,006 27,100,377
Operating support from the City of New York 16,296,675 18,303,807
Visitors’ contributions and admissions 49,423,737 49,665,228
Membership fees 6,617,511 6,488,515
Auxiliary activities 27,305,113 29,775,349
Miscellaneous fees and other revenue 6,654,225 6,104,779
Net assets released from restrictions 29,635,855 26,580,495
Total operating revenue and support $ 186,345,126 $ 183,189,882
OPERATING EXPENSES FY 2016 FY 2015
Scientific research $ 35,728,689 $ 34,494,631
Education 25,108,950 21,181,822
Exhibitions 7,470,584 8,923,607
Membership 2,324,771 2,206,623
Visitor services 8,709,788 8,193,262
Auxiliary activities 13,892,601 18,140,512
General and administrative 16,040,166 15,973,694
Fundraising 6,308,614 6,433,035
Communications 9,170,041 7,852,245
Information technology 7,180,344 6,513,906
Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs 32,962,798 32,240,144
Total Operating Expenses $ 164,897,346 $ 162,153,481
Designated contributions and transfers to plant and long-term investments 21,333,506 20,903,688
Operating revenue and support in excess of operating expenses,
designated contributions, and transfers $ 114,274 $ 132,713
NON-OPERATING REVENUE, SUPPORT AND EXPENSES FY 2016 FY 2015
REVENUE AND SUPPORT FOR PLANT
Contributions, grants, and miscellaneous revenue $ 249,047 $ 2,062,508
Capital support from the City of New York 5,360,346 3,701,732
Net assets released from restrictions 2,970,460 70,460
Transfer from long-term investments and operations to plant 18,788,597 18,820,738
PLANT EXPENSES
Interest and related expenses $ 9,745,314 $ 10,042,999
Change in value of interest rate exchange agreements 12,641,987 2,330,582
Depreciation and amortization 31,416,247 31,273,682
Plant expenses not capitalized 401,987 144,170
Write-off of deferred bond issuance costs - 314,816
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS AND OTHER
Contributions and bequests $ 2,161,930 $ 982,654
Investment return in excess of amounts designated for operations and plant (28,816,907) (13,023,750)
Net assets released from restrictions 10,771,513 12,314,341
Transfers from plant and operations to long-term investments and other, net 2,544,908 2,082,950
Other pension-related activities (3,070,894) 4,211,636
Change in unrestricted net assets $ (43,132,261) $ (12,750,267)
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 BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of June 30, 2016

OFFICERS TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO HONORARY

TRUSTEES TRUSTEES
Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard Richard E. Jaffe Theodore Roosevelt IV
Chairman Hon. Bill de Blasio Roger C. Altman Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Morris W. Offit
Jackie Bezos Helene L. Kaplan Frank V. Sica
Ellen V. Futter Mayor of the City of New York
Scott L. Bok Katheryn P. Kempner Anne Sidamon-Eristoff, Philip F. Anschutz Earl G. Graves Jeremiah P. Ostriker
President Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito
Chairwoman Emerita William S. Beinecke David A. Hamburg Richard D. Parsons
Tom Brokaw Richard S. LeFrak Speaker of The Council of the
Christopher C. Davis
Laura Baudo Sillerman City of New York Stephanie Bell-Rose Richard A. Jalkut Kathleen I. Powers
Vice Chairman Christopher C. Davis John Lykouretzos
Anna Deavere Smith Hon. Scott M. Stringer Melinda Blinken Harry P. Kamen Alan Rappaport
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Vivian H. Donnelley Linda R. Macaulay
Vice Chairman Peter J. Solomon Comptroller of the City of Daniel Brodsky Deborah C. Kessler Richard L. Revesz
Nancy B. Fessenden Victor Marrero
New York
David S. Gottesman Christine A. Varney Raymond G. Chambers Frederick A. Klingenstein Richard Robinson
Tina Fey Theodore A. Mathas
Vice Chairman Hon. Gale A. Brewer
Kenneth L. Wallach Donald K. Clifford, Jr. David H. Komansky Jonathan F. P. Rose
Ellen V. Futter Rebekah Mercer President of the Borough of
Richard S. LeFrak Tamsen Ann Ziff Manhattan Archibald Cox, Jr. Karen J. Lauder Janet Ross
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Lorne Michaels
Vice Chairman
Richard Gilder Roberto A. Mignone Hon. Mitchell Silver Steven A. Denning Shelly B. Lazarus Jack Rudin
Linda R. Macaulay Commissioner of the
Vice Chairman Joseph H. Gleberman Alexandra Mondre L.F. Boker Doyle Ilene Sackler Lefcourt Ralph L. Schlosstein
Department of Parks and
Roberto A. Mignone Robert G. Goelet, Edwin H. Morgens Recreation Fiona Druckenmiller William M. Lewis, Jr. Mary C. Solomon
Vice Chairman Chairman Emeritus Hon. Tom Finkelpearl John L. Eastman Thomas E. Lovejoy Constance Spahn
Charles H. Mott
Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Sibyl R. Golden Commissioner of the Hughlyn F. Fierce Shirley M. Malcom Carroll L. Wainwright, Jr.
Valerie S. Peltier
Vice Chairman Department of Cultural
David S. Gottesman Emily H. Fisher Norman S. Matthews Rosalind P. Walter
Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Affairs
Theodore A. Mathas Peggy Hamburg
Virginia Hearst Randt Tom Freston Eugene R. McGrath Judy H. Weston
Treasurer Hon. Carmen Fariña
Marlene Hess Chancellor of the New York Victor F. Ganzi Edward H. Meyer Edward O. Wilson
Christine A. Varney Shaiza Rizavi
City Department of Education Helene D. Gayle Irma Milstein
Secretary

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 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of June 30, 2016 COMMITTEES OF THE MUSEUM, PROJECT COMMITTEES,
A N D A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L S As of June 30, 2016

AUDIT COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE SCIENCE POLICY

TRUSTEES AND COMPENSATION
Christine A. Varney, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION POLICY INVESTMENT CENTER FOR
GOVERNANCE
Chairman Christopher C. Davis, Chairman (CAMPAIGN) BIODIVERSITY AND
Peter J. Solomon, Tom Brokaw, Roberto A. Mignone,
Lewis W. Bernard Chairman Lewis W. Bernard CONSERVATION
Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Chairman
Chairman Lewis W. Bernard ADVISORY COUNCIL
Nancy B. Fessenden Scott L. Bok Chairman Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard
Lewis W. Bernard Nancy B. Fessenden Joseph H. Gleberman,
Richard E. Jaffe Tom Brokaw Tom Brokaw Ellen V. Futter Scott L. Bok
Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter Chairman
John Lykouretzos Vivian H. Donnelley Christopher C. Davis Helene L. Kaplan Ellen V. Futter
Marlene Hess David S. Gottesman Vivian H. Donnelley, Vice Chair
Charles H. Mott Nancy B. Fessenden Ellen V. Futter Richard S. LeFrak Joseph H. Gleberman
Helene L. Kaplan Helene L. Kaplan Richard E. Jaffe, Vice Chair
Ellen V. Futter Linda R. Macaulay Lorne Michaels John Lykouretzos
Victor Marrero Charles H. Mott John Alexander
BUDGET AND FINANCE Joseph H. Gleberman Allison Mignone, Vice-Chair Virginia Hearst Randt Linda R. Macaulay
Shaiza Rizavi Theodore Roosevelt IV Lewis W. Bernard
Theodore A. Mathas, Robert G. Goelet Theodore Roosevelt IV Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Alan Rappaport
Christine A. Varney Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Peggy Bewkes
Chairman Sibyl R. Golden Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Mary C. Solomon
Kenneth L. Wallach Melinda Blinken
Lewis W. Bernard Peggy Hamburg Laura Baudo Sillerman Anna Deavere Smith LIBRARY
EXECUTIVE Scott L. Bok
Nancy B. Fessenden Richard E. Jaffe Peter J. Solomon Rosalind P. Walter
Lewis W. Bernard, Nancy B. Fessenden, Margaret Hess Chi
Ellen V. Futter OFFICERS Katheryn P. Kempner
Chairman Ann Ziff Chairwoman Roberta Denning
Marlene Hess Lewis W. Bernard, Linda R. Macaulay EDUCATION POLICY
Tom Brokaw Lewis W. Bernard Pamela S. Farkas
Richard E. Jaffe Chairman Roberto A. Mignone Laura Baudo Sillerman, RICHARD GILDER Ellen V. Futter
Christopher C. Davis Christopher C. Davis Nancy B. Fessenden
Linda R. Macaulay Edwin H. Morgens Chairman GRADUATE SCHOOL Sibyl R. Golden
Vivian H. Donnelley Ellen V. Futter Emily H. Fisher
Edwin H. Morgens Valerie S. Peltier Lewis W. Bernard Helene L. Kaplan and David S. Gottesman
Nancy B. Fessenden Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Ellen V. Futter
Charles H. Mott Frank V. Sica Jackie Bezos Vivian H. Donnelley, Alexandra Mondre
Ellen V. Futter David S. Gottesman Joshua Ginsberg
Theodore Roosevelt IV Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Christopher C. Davis Co-Chairmen
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Constance Roosevelt Sibyl R. Golden
Frank V. Sica Richard S. LeFrak Kenneth L. Wallach Vivian H. Donnelley Lewis W. Bernard
Sibyl R. Golden Theodore Roosevelt IV Paul E. Graf
Linda R. Macaulay Nancy B. Fessenden Nancy B. Fessenden
David S. Gottesman Theodore A. Mathas Kathryn Hearst
BUILDING AND Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter
Helene L. Kaplan ORAL HISTORY Karen J. Lauder
GROUNDS Roberto A. Mignone Sibyl R. Golden Sibyl R. Golden PROJECT COMMITTEE
Richard S. LeFrak Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
Valerie S. Peltier, Helene L. Kaplan Shaiza Rizavi
Nancy B. Fessenden,
Chairman Linda R. Macaulay Christine A. Varney Edwin H. Morgens
Rebekah Mercer Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard Theodore A. Mathas Valerie Ohrstrom
Alexandra Mondre Laura Baudo Sillerman Lewis W. Bernard
Ellen V. Futter Roberto A. Mignone PLANNING Valerie S. Peltier
Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Ellen V. Futter
Sibyl R. Golden Charles H. Mott Theodore Roosevelt IV
Christopher C. Davis, Virginia Hearst Randt Sibyl R. Golden
Richard S. LeFrak Valerie S. Peltier Chairman Ross Sandler
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Anne Sidamon-Eristoff
Victor Marrero Charles Phillips, Jr. Lewis W. Bernard Marion Schwartz

Peter J. Solomon Theodore Roosevelt IV Jackie Bezos Anne Sidamon-Eristoff

Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Nancy B. Fessenden Constance Spahn

COLLECTIONS Laura Baudo Sillerman Ellen V. Futter Judson B. Traphagen

Peter J. Solomon Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Edward O. Wilson
Linda R. Macaulay,
Chairman Christine A. Varney David S. Gottesman
Lewis W. Bernard Kenneth L. Wallach Helene L. Kaplan SCIENTIFIC STAFF
Nancy B. Fessenden Linda R. Macaulay George Amato
Ellen V. Futter Roberto A. Mignone Robert DeSalle
Sibyl R. Golden Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Michael J. Novacek
Peggy Hamburg Laura Baudo Sillerman Susan Perkins
Helene L. Kaplan Christine A. Varney Ana Porzecanski
Katheryn P. Kempner Eleanor J. Sterling
Rebekah Mercer
Roberto A. Mignone
Theodore Roosevelt IV

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GIFTS AND GRANTS
PUBLIC FUNDERS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.
Macaulay Family Foundation
FEDERAL Anne and Charles H. Mott
Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Red Crane Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Drs. Marilyn and James H. Simons
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Institutes of Health $250,000 TO $499,999
National Science Foundation Anonymous
United States Department of Defense Bloomberg Philanthropies
United States Department of Education Scott and Roxanne Bok, Bok Family Foundation
United States Department of Energy Carnegie Corporation of New York
United States Department of the Interior
Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson
United States Fish and Wildlife Service Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley Family
Charitable Lead Unitrust
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
STATE
Charles Hayden Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
Eugene M. Lang Foundation
New York State Education Department
Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Milstein, Paul and Irma
Milstein Foundation
CITY The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Mayor of the City of New York Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens, The Wildwood
Manhattan Borough President Foundation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York Life
Council of the City of New York The Pinkerton Foundation
The Simons Foundation
Anne and Bernard* Spitzer
TRUSTEES, INDIVIDUALS,
FOUNDATIONS,
$100,000 TO $249,999
CORPORATIONS AND
Anonymous (3)
ORGANIZATIONS
Accenture
Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE
Bezos Family Foundation
Anonymous
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
Christopher C. Davis, Shelby Cullom Davis
Chase Private Client
Charitable Fund
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Gerstner Family Foundation Con Edison
Sibyl R. Golden Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation
David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman, The Gottesman Dalio Ocean Initiative
Fund The Derfner Foundation
Mr. Richard S. LeFrak, The Richard S. and Karen The Dyson Foundation
LeFrak Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Herschell Emery
The Pussycat Foundation
Google Inc.
Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, The Howard
Robert F. Gossett, Jr.
Phipps Foundation
Dr. Margaret Hamburg and Dr. Peter Brown
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson
& Johnson
$500,000 TO $999,999 The Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen
Anonymous (3) Foundation
Dr. Kathryn W. Davis* Joella and John Lykouretzos
Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Linda R. and William E. Macaulay
* Deceased
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Connie and Ted Roosevelt, Whalesback
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Janet C. Ross, J and AR Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer D. A. Sackler
Ms. Elizabeth Schwarzman
Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw
MetLife Foundation
Frank V. Sica
Panthera Corporation
Peter and Susan Solomon, Peter & Susan Solomon
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of New York Inc.
Family Foundation
Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland
Stockman Family Foundation Trust
Julian Robertson
Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.
Robert Scully and Nancy Peretsman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tseng
Mary Solomon/GS Gives
The Vidda Foundation
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
Marshall M. Weinberg
Tony and Nanar Yoseloff
Judy and Josh Weston Fund
Ann Ziff
$50,000 TO $99,999
Anonymous (3) $25,000 TO $49,999
Acacia Conservation Fund
Anonymous (3)
Altman Foundation
Penelope Ayers
Philip F. Anschutz, The Anschutz Foundation
Mr. Andrew Baker and Ms. Anne Baker
Mr. William S. Beinecke, Prospect Hill Foundation
Ms. Peggy Brim Bewkes
Jill and Lewis Bernard, Mariposa Foundation
Tom and Meredith Brokaw, The Brokaw Family
Mike and Jackie Bezos
Foundation
Ray and Barbara Dalio Margaret Hess Chi and Michael Y. Chi
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage Dr. Charles J. Cole and Ms. Carol R. Townsend
Foundation
Joseph and Joan Cullman Conservation
Michael DiBrizzi Foundation, Inc.
Epstein Teicher Philanthropies Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. Family
Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
Richard Gilder, Gilder Foundation, Inc. The Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone
Anthony Gould Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander
Kathryn O. Greenberg Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Greenwall Alex Goor and Sharon Kim
The Marc Haas Foundation Susanne and Paul Graf
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Hess Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greenberg
Foundation, Inc. Peter C. Hein and Anne Farley
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Josefin and Paul Hilal
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Johnson
Hugoton Foundation
David H. Koch
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The Korein Foundation Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones
Marshall P. and Rachael C. Levine Annette Kade Charitable Trust
Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kaufman
Michael and Marjorie Loeb The Klein Family Foundation
Keryn and Ted Mathas The Leon Levy Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McInerney Mr. and Mrs. David Littman
Jennifer Mercer Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lober
Allison and Roberto Mignone Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Marron
Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Meister
Alexandra and Greg Mondre
The New York Community Trust
The William T. Morris Foundation Oceanic Heritage Foundation
Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier Valerie and Wright Ohrstrom
Henry Peterson Foundation The Prospect Hill Foundation
Jill and Alan Rappaport May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
The Rice Family Foundation Todd and Nobue Sandoz
Mr. Andrew Right Mr. and Mrs. Drew Saur
Mr. Peter W. Schweitzer
Dr. Michael Shara
Laura Baudo Sillerman, The Tomorrow
Foundation, Inc.
Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James Stern
Judson B. Traphagen
Wildlife Conservation Society
Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer and Eric Zinterhofer
$10,000 TO $24,999
Anonymous (7)
Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc.
Daniel D. Adams and Dr. Manon Cox
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Ader
The Annenberg Foundation
Arcus Foundation
The Barker Welfare Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Uzi Benabraham
Richard A. and Amelia Bernstein
Mr. Hans-Peter Biemann
Mr. John Bleckman and Ms. Katherine Bleckman
Mr. Charles Borrok
Mr. Christopher Bray
The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family
Foundation
Ralph M. Cestone Foundation, Inc.
Raymond G. Chambers, MCJ Amelior Foundation
Charina Foundation, Inc.
Chervenak-Nunnalle Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Civale
Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation
The Abby and David Cohen Family Foundation
Milary Olson and Steven B. Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram J. Cohn
Conservation International
Ms. Anne F. Cowett
Mr. Frederick Cowett
Michael and Marilyn Dee
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Douglas and Susanne Durst
Ms. Helena Durst and Mr. Mark James Domino
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Einhorn
Niko Elmaleh
Stephanie and Michael Ferdman Fund
Ellen V. Futter
The Gardner Grout Foundation
Nancy A. Garvey
Dr. Paul W. Glimcher and Dr. Barbara Knappmeyer
Herman Goldman Foundation
Perry and Donna Golkin
Andrew S. Goodwin, Plymouth Hill Foundation
Richard Gordon
Carolyn Gould
John and Amy Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Guffey
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Gural
Mr. and Ms. Gregory J. Hall
Ms. Anne Hathaway
Craig Hauser
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hearst III
The Margarita and John Hennessy Family
Foundation
Dr. Tiffany Herlands and Mr. Ronny Barnea
Mr. Dave Hitz
Mr. William O. Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Icahn
The Carl Jacobs Foundation
Amy and John Jacobsson
Helene and Mark Kaplan
Karen Katen
Anoush Khoshkish and Irene Miller
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Chester Kitchings Family Foundation
Elysabeth Kleinhans
Kristy and Jonathan Korngold
Richard P. Krasnow and Nancy Meyrich
Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kreeger
Damian Law
Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc.
Shelly B. Lazarus
The Lehoczky Escobar Family
Will and Mary Leland
Judy C. Lewent and Mark Shapiro
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Mary D. Lindsay
Yen Liow and Eeling Lim
Amanda and Thomas Lister
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Mai, The Mai Family
Foundation
Phyllis Mailman
Frank Markus
V. and L. Marx Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Massengill
Diane and Adam E. Max
Mr. and Mrs. Clement McGillicuddy
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mead
R. K. Mellon Family Foundation
C. Jay Moorhead Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath
Nancy and Morris W. Offit
Gerry Ohrstrom
Susan Packie
Mr. and Mrs. Chandresh Patel
Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney
Orr Pitts Family Charitable Trust
The Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation
The Reiss Family Foundation
Ruth Magness Rollins
Jonathan F. P. Rose, Lostand Foundation
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
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 Jack and Susan Rudin, The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Heather and Robert Gallivan
Patricia E. Saigo, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Gary
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Saphier Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelfand
Val and Min-Myn Schaffner David and Kathleen Glaymon
Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust John and Nandita Glazer
Rob Schlein and Emily Kroenlein Katja Goldman and Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goldring
Neal and Jacqueline Shear Eric S. Goldstein and Dr. Tamar Goldstein
Mr. Bert Gunter and Mrs. Roberta Gunter
Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon Foundation
Mr. Daniel S. Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Ravi Sinha
Mrs. Marjorie Smith Mary W. Harriman Foundation
Constance G. Spahn Huyler C. Held Memorial Fund
Mrs. Charline Spektor Ms. Malda Hibri and Mr. Robert Eisner
Dr. Neil Stahl and Dr. Jayne Raper Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Hite
Jane & Francis Stein Foundation David A. Hoffenberg/Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Dr. Ian M. Tattersall Jennifer Huntley
Grace, Sharon, and Alex Volckhausen Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe Family
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Max von Zuben
Mr. and Mrs. Ian G. John
Peter and Mary Beth Weinberger
The Kandell Fund
Mr.* and Mrs. Edward Weisselberg
Suzanne M. Kavetas
Laura B. Whitman and Thomas C. Danziger
Ms. Jo-Linda Keith
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Winokur
Ms. Amy Khoudari and Ms. Frances Greenstein
Yale University
Helen Kimmel
Martin Zaretsky
King’s College London
The Donald and Barbara Zucker Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kisling
Melissa Thomas and David Koepp
$5,000 TO $9,999
Ms. Jean M. Kouri
Anonymous (5) David and Amy Liebowitz
Ms. Alyson Archer and Mr. John Archer Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Henry H. Arnhold Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Linden
Jody and John Arnhold Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Lipman
Jonathan Babkow and Maia Rubin Barbara Page and John Liu
Mary E. Benner Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ludwig
Craig Bergstrom and Victoria Weld-Bergstrom Tamara and Kevin MacMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Biggar Mr. and Mrs. Evan Malik
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Braddock Honorable Victor Marrero
Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin Mr. and Mrs. William Marth
Reverend and Mrs. C. Frederick Buechner Norman S. and Joanne B. Matthews
Mr. Robert Carneiro Dolly and Charles Mayer, Jr.
Jessica and Bryan Cho Friedrike Merck
Bruce E. Cobern Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millard
Dr. Joel Cracraft Dr. Diana M. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Damon Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Morakis
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daneker Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Morcos
Mr. and Mrs. Dinyar Devitre Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moyers
Joe and Diana DiMenna Ellen J. Myers
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. National Film Preservation Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa Jeff and Jieun Nitka
Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David O’Brien
Mr. George Eberstadt and Ms. Cynthia Young Mr. and Mrs. Ned Offit
Elephant Rock Foundation Dr. David Orentreich
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bradford Evans Dr. Louis B. Pieper, Jr., DVM
Cece and Richard Fabbro Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Frankfort Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Ms. Jennifer Friend and Mr. John Szewczuk Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reiss
Mr. Charles Fritsch and Ms. Cynthia Walpole Judith and Burton Resnick
John R. Robinson and Barbara Robinson Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Davis
David Rockefeller Shelia M. Davis and Dr. Irv Kron
Dr. Robert F. Rockwell Elisabeth de Picciotto
Rolex Watch USA, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Paul del Balso
Isabel Rose Christine Denham and Robert W. Stein
Adrian Ross Christopher Denicolo
The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Dr. Naomi Donnelley and Joe Butler
Barbara Saltzman Mr. Peter Du and Ms. Victoria Li
Elaine L. Saul Edmund C. Duffy
Viktoria and Alan Schrager Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation
The Seinfeld Family Mr. and Mrs. John L. Eastman, Jr.
Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff Ms. Joan Egrie
Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff and Hunter Lewis Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Eick
Mr. and Mrs. Imran Siddiqui
Susan and Leonard Feinstein
Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation
Frank Finkel
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Small
Peter Hess Friedland
Mr. Carl R. Spadaro
Friedman Family Foundation
Jeff Spychala
Charles A. Fritz III
Mrs. Philip A. Straus
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Furtsch
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr
Peter Gartland
Mark and Leigh Teixeira
Scott Geller
Jeannie Tseng and Colin Rust
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gewirtz
Christine A. Varney
Alexandra Gardiner Goelet
Varnum De Rose Charitable Remainder Annuity
Trust Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Goldberg
Mrs. Anne Via McCollough and Mr. David The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust
McCollough
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett J. Goodman
Holly Wallace
Eugene and Emily Grant
Mr. Michael K. Wilson and Ms. Adeline Fong
Phyllis Green and Randy Cowen
Ann Eden Woodward Foundation
Ellen K. and Lawrence R. Gross
Migs Woodside
Mrs. Patricia Gruber
Agnes Gund
$2,500 TO $4,999
Mr. Anuj Gupta
Anonymous (5)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gutenstein
Eric Altmann Merrill G. and Emita E. Hastings Foundation
Joseph Alexander Foundation, Inc. Kathleen D. Hale
American Ornithologists’ Union Mses. Trish and Hannah Hamlin
Karl Anderson and Marissa Shorenstein Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hartley
Rita Antanir Posin and Hana Ohayon
Kyle Haug
Yoni Arbel and Leona Clague
Michael and Sandy Hecht
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron
Anya C. M. Herz and Dr. Andrew Shiva
Anne H. Bass
Carolyn Hickman and John R. Campbell III
Mr. and Mrs. Anson H. Beard
Mr. Douglas Hitchner and Ms. Larissa Martell
The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson
Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes
Dr. Alice O. Berkowitz and Mr. Norman R. Berkowitz
Aurelia Ion
William Kenneth Block
Max Kade Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Marshall Blonsky and Ms. Mariaelena Lopez
Mr. Jason Katz
Bloomberg LP
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
Jason Biegel and Susan Buchner
Henry Kibel
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Butler
Charles and Jane Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chait
Mr. Justin Korsant
Mrs. David A. Cofrin Mr. Bill G. Lambert and Ms. Daily Lambert
Joan and Harvey Cohen Sidney and Helaine Lerner
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation Betty and John Levin
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. William Milton Lewis, Jr.
Felipe A. Coronel Ethel Lipsitz
Mr. Rahul Culas and Ms. Jena Deng Arthur L. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Davis Mr. and Mrs. James I. Magid
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Ms. Pamela Manice
Jeffrey and Cynthia Manocherian
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Margolin
Tom Marshall and Kathy Keneally
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Constance and H. Roemer McPhee
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Foundation Inc.
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David Shaw Neill
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William S. Nye
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Charles V. Schaefer
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Tatiana Serafin and Mick Kalishman
Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation
Ms. Klara Silverstein and Ms. Lisa Silverstein
Melissa A. Slaybaugh
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Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som
The Janet Stone Jones Foundation
Stop & Stor Charitable Fund
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Mary J. Wallach
Evelene Wechsler
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Zeldin Family Foundation
Victoria Zoellner
$1,000 TO $2,499
Anonymous (9)
Mr. Arthur N. Abbey and Mrs. Diane Abbey
Mr. Adil Abdulali and Ms. Sohaila Abdulali
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Abelson
Carol and Robert Abrahams
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ackert
Acorn Hill Foundation
Mr. Soterios Aggelatos
Matt H. Ahrens and Erin Smith Ahrens
M. Bernard and Elsie V. Aidinoff
Mr. David D. Alger
Ms. Rene Alkoff
Mr. Jeffrey Altman and Dr. Sara Jordan
Jose and Mary Alvarado
Stephen and Madeline Anbinder
Ben Appen and Leslie Chang
Ms. Sara Arlin
Ms. Linda Aronoff
Mrs. Helen Jean Arthur
Vera Miller Aryeh
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky
Mrs. Justine E. Auchincloss
Kym Aughtry
Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.
Sheri Babbio
Ms. Elizabeth Gwaltney Baird
Ms. Carol Baker and Mr. Mark E. Stein
Elizabeth P. Ball
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bandler
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Barakett
Mr. and Mrs. Randall J. Barbato
Dora Barlaz and Noah Hanft
Sheila and David Barrett
Ms. Isabella Barrington
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Bartz
Ms. Patricia Bauman and Mr. John Landrum
Bryant, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Baumgardner
Martin and Maryann Baumrind
Reginald R. and Jameson A. Baxter
Mr. Richard Bayles and Ms. Gretchen Pusch
The Howard Bayne Fund
Dr. Kathryn and Mr. Bruce Beal
Mr. Joel S. Beam
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Beard
Mr. Victor Bearg
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Beattie
Mr. G. Gordon Behn and Mr. Christopher G. Behn
Ms. Margaret Beller and Ms. Elizabeth Beller
Ms. Heather Bellini and Ms. Marlene Nolasco
Sarah and Erik Belz
Dr. Georgette F. Bennett and Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky
Madeleine Bennett
Mr. Stephen C. Berger and Ms. Cynthia C. Wainwright
Mr. Craig Berkley and Ms. Judy Artime Berkley
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bernaz
Mr. Joshua Berne and Ms. Amy Berne
Mr. Charles Bernheim and Ms. Rachel Bernheim
Elaine S. Bernstein and Erika Bernstein Kelble
Judith L. Biggs

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 Mr. and Mrs. James Bigham Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Clemente Ms. Margaret F. Donovan and Ms. Nancy Broderick Tom and Marjorie Gilbert Mrs. Nancy S. Heymann and Ms. Erika Mr. Clarence H. Kay, Jr.
Ms. Danielle Billera Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Mr. Gordon Douglas Mr. Evan S. Giniger and Ms. Marisa da Silva Heymann Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kean
Birdlife International Ms. Mary Ann Cloyd Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Boker Doyle Mr. Thomas Giroux Brian and Tania Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Kassahun Kebede
Ms. Loren Blackford and Mr. Michael Dubno Myrna Coffino Mr. Marin Dragojevic and Ms. Monica Faria Ms. Peggy Gizzarelli Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keefe
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood C. Blake James Cohen and Barbara Carey Ms. Jane Dresner Sadaka Jordan Glaser and Hazel Weiser CAPT Deborah Ann Hinkley, MC, USN Laurie D. Kefalidis
Peter and Sofia Blanchard Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen Ms. Patricia E. Duffey and Mr. David Lambert Michael and Anne B. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hipkins Ms. Saundra Keinberger and Ms. Nina
Dr. and Mrs. M. Donald Blaufox Mr. Seth Cohen Mr. W. L. Duffy Mr. and Mrs. Scott Golden Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Hixon Keinberger

Ms. Leslie May Blauner and Mr. Andrew Blauner Marybeth Dunham and Charles Mayfield, Jr. Mrs. Frank W. Hoch Norman Keller
Ms. Sharon Cohen and Dr. Matthew A. Cohen Mr. Neil J. Goldmacher and Ms. Bari B.
Ms. Madeline Blinder and Mr. Alan Blinder Mr. Justin Durand Goldmacher Constance M. Hoguet Bicky and George Kellner
Mrs. Marie H. Cole
Lauren Blum and C. William Merten John F. Eagan Daniel and Libby Goldring Mr. and Mrs. Lofton Holder Mr. Robert E. Kempf
Ms. Patricia Collins and Ms. Elizabeth Raposo
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Blumenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Blair W. Effron Mrs. Arlene Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hollein Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Kendall
Mr. and Mrs. David Colton
Mr. and Mrs. John Bognacki Ms. J. Eggers Ronald Goldstock and Judith Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Holodak Mr. Robert M. Kern
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Conboy
Dr. Kevin Bohacs and Ms. Susan Mitterling Camille and Peter Ehrenberg Lawrence Golub Mrs. Theodora W. Hooton Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kerschner
Mr. William J. Constantine and Ms. Margaret
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Bonsignore Wellington Joseph Gordon Dr. Leslie Howard Dr. and Mrs. Hoshang J. Khambatta
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ehrenkranz
Ms. Eleanor Bookwalter Ms. Kelly Consuelos and Mr. Mark Consuelos Mr. Michael Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard Mrs. Linda Marie Khettry
Dr. Donald A. Ellis and Ms. Sherry S. Chang
Mr. Mike H. Boston and Ms. Jennifer Boston Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Conway Ann and Melissa Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. John Hsu Ms. Tracy Kimmel and Mr. James Florack
Mrs. Alexandra Ernst and Mr. Garret Siegel
Dr. Brian Bosworth and Mrs. Lauren Nancy C. and Bruce S. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Laurence L. Gottlieb Ms. Charissa Huan and Mr. Russel Chiming Huang Ms. Laura King
John and Deborah Evangelakos
Freeman-Bosworth Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Cordero Mr. David Gray and Mrs. Kathleen Jennings David J. Hubbard Andrew Kipnes
Mr. Scott Fain and Ms. Hillary Mattson
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bovenizer III Victoria Costa and Jacob Carl Zydney Ms. Susannah Gray and Mr. John Lyons The Hudson Bay Project Mr. Edward A. Kirtman and Mrs. Risa M. Schifter
Ms. Linda A. Fairstein
Mr. Jeff Bower and Ms. Laura Bower The Cowles Charitable Trust Ms. Cheryl W. Green Mrs. Sophia Hudson and Mr. Daniel Riley Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Klein
Michael A. Feder
Ms. Catherine Box and Mr. Jean-Baptiste Box Mr. Benjamin F. Crane William Green and Alyson Adler Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hughey Ms. Luisa Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg
Victoria R. Boyt Mr. Russell Crawford and Ms. Tieasha Crawford Kim and Jeff Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hull Ms. Joanne P. Kobel and Ms. Patricia Patterson
Mr. Yoseph Feit and Ms. Edith Gross
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brandman Ms. Austen Cruz David J. Greene Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hunt Ms. Judy Koch and Ms. Barbara J. Eler
Ms. Dina Felder and Mr. Eric Felder
Mr. and Mrs. John Britton Ms. Rebecca Culley and Mr. Peter Lee Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Greenfield Mr. Fraser L. Hunter and Ms. Nina Huffman Mr. Meyer Koplow and Mr. Michael Koplow
Janet and George Felleman
Catharine O. Broderick and Kevin Broderick Susan R. Cullman and John Kirby Gail Gregg Mr. Jeff Hunter Jeremy R. Kramer and Dorothy Rebecca Davies
Martha Feltenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Brooks Mr. Ravenel Boykin Curry IV and Mrs. Celerie Mr. John W. Gribble and Mr. Michael Gribble Peter Hutchings and Martha Wolfgang Andrea Krantz and Harvey Sawikin
Mr. Stanley Fenvessy and Ms. Doris Fenvessy
Mr. Nick Brophy and Ms. Sarah Marie Martin Kemble Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Griffin Ms. Melody Hyllen-Davey and Mr. Bruce Davey Mr. Eric Krasnoff
Dr. Evette Weil Ferguson and Mr. Scott Ferguson
Jennifer Brorsen and Richard DeMartini Dr. and Mrs. John Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Grinberg Ms. Mary Hynes Mr. George H. Krauss
Mr. Josean Fernandez
Mr. Frank Brosens Ms. Mary Curtis Loomis J. Grossman, Jr. Adele Ilberman Dorothy and David Kroenlein
Mr. Lincoln Field and Ms. Kate Field
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brownstone Drs. Lawrence and Eileen Cutler Aryn and Matt Grossman Mr. David Iles Ms. Paula Krosky and Dr. Daniel Krosky
Holley and Russell Flagg
Lori R. Buchbinder and Raymond McDaniel Ms. Nanci L. Czaja and Mr. Richard F. Czaja Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Mr. and Mrs. George B. Irish Mr. David Kuck
Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Mr. and Mrs. C. Austin Buck Genevieve Da Silva and L. Schellie Archbold Frank and Joanne Gumper Peter Anthony Irwin Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Kujawa
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Flynn
John H. Buckner Ms. Beverly Dale Mr. Pat Gunn John Mary and Bernard Jacobs Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Atul Kukar
Ellen L. Fogle
Mr. William N. Buffett and Mrs. Susan Kennedy Mr. Patrick Daly and Ms. Katherine Sinding Mr. and Mrs. John G. Haggerty Anita and Robert Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Tomislav Kundic
Pamela and David B. Ford
Marcia Bull and A. Bliss McCrum Dale S. Dancis Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Hagglund Fern Jaffe Neil M. Kurtz MD and Susan E. Kurtz
Mrs. Mildred B. Forrell
Judith and Robert Burger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Danziger Mr. Matthew Jagoda and Ms. Yang Lu Patrick LaMaster and Peggy Kennelly
B. Harrison Frankel Mr. Thomas G. Hamill and Honorable Bryanne A.
Mr. Frank Burzik Mr. Justin Davda Hamill Mr.* and Mrs. Michael Jaharis Peter and Deborah Lamm
Dr. and Mrs. David F. Frankel
Mr. Zachary Calamari Judy and Kim Davis Lynne and Harold Handler Richard A. Jalkut Joseph Laraia and Dr. Mary Motyl
Mrs. Barbara J. Fried
Matthew Cantor Mary G. Davis Ms. Jaime Harlock Mrs. Margaret Jan and Mr. Alex Chi The Larkin Family
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Fried
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carey Mrs. Andreina de Caraballo and Mrs. Agnes La Tour William F. and Ruth Ann Harnisch Mr. and Mrs. Morton Janklow Ms. Christine LaSala and Ms. Ellen J. Lipschitz
Mr. Paul Friedman
Robert B. Carey De Caraballo Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Harris Gloria F. Jarecki The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation
Mr. Robert A. Friedman and Mrs. Jane Grenadier
Walter W. and Barbara I. Carey Elizabeth De Cuevas Ms. Hedy Hartman and Mr. Andrew Chait Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio Jayanti Nora Lavori
Friedman
Mr. Robert Caro Ms. Siw De Gysser Kim and Alan Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Jelisavcic Mr. John Lawrence and Ms. Dee Adams
Ms. Susan Frye
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas de Neufville Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hartofilis Dr. Barbara Jessen and Ms. Ann Jessen Ms. Geraldine Laybourne
Suzanne Frye, M.D.
Mr. Eli Casdin Mr. and Mrs. Marc de Saint Phalle Mr. and Mrs. Emmett J. Harty Drs. Ramesh and Lajwanti Jhaveri Mary K. LeCroy
Mrs. Genny G. Fua-Del Fierro and Mr. Jonathan
Central College Mr. David H. De Weese and Ms. Anne C. Heller DelFierro Mr. John Hatzidakis Dr. Keith Johnson Mr. and Mrs. David Lederman
Stephen P. Chang Jeffrey S. Dean, Ph.D. Mr. George E. Fulcher and Dr. Danielle Warren Mr. Thomas Haubenstricker and Ms. Anne M. Elaine Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LeFebvre
Ms. Debrah Lee Charatan and Mr. Steve Holm Anna Deavere Smith Mr. Mortimer B. Fuller Haubenstricker Ms. Corrina Jones Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Leff
Beverly and Herbert Chase Ms. Jane Del Favero Mr. and Mrs. Kwok S. Fung Dr. Kathryn Hearst Thomas P. Jones Mr. Lawrence Leibowitz and Ms. Tara G. Leibowitz
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Check Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Demko Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Galesi Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Heinemann Mr. George Jovanoski Mr. and Mrs. Frederic I. Leif
Cathy Chernoff Ms. Victoria DePalma Mr. and Mrs. Eric Garland Dr. and Mrs. George F. Heinrich Joseph Kahn and Shannon Wu Dr. David Lennon and Ms. Antje Lennon
Mr. Rick Chesney Ms. Naomi Diamond Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gay Mr. Peter Heinrich and Ms. Cynthia Lilley Ms. Jackie Kaiko and Mr. Marshall Millsap Mr. and Mrs. Beau Lescott
Ms. Diane M. Chesnut Mr. and Mrs. David Dibble Mr. Paul Geller and Ms. Meghan Schalk Heins Family Ms. Elizabeth Kantor Mr. David Lester
Mr. Ajay Chheda and Ms. Jennifer Chheda Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. DiBrizzi Monica Gerard-Sharp Marian S. Heiskell Mr. Charlie Kaplan and Ms. Elaine Sun Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Levin
Mr. Lawrence T. Chien Ms. Rebecca Dickerson and Mr. Nicholas Murray Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Mr. John C. Henry and Ms. Amy Henry Pat and Paul D. Kaplan The Irene Levoy Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Juliette Cho and Mr. Peter Kim Dr. JoAnn Difede Mr. Ned Gerstman Ilene and Jerry Herz Mr. and Mrs. Ivar Kasaks Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Levy
Mr. Alexander Clague and Ms. Beth Gannon Dr. and Mrs. Peter DiFiore Ellen and Alex Gertsen Alexandra and Paul Herzan Suri Kasirer and Bruce Teitelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Lewinter
Mrs. Laura Clark and Ms. Marcia Clark Mr. John R. Donahue and Mr. Aaron Hobart Melissa M. Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hesse Ms. Kim Kaufman and Mr. James A. Goldsmith Mr. and Mrs. Elias Liatsis

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 Ms. Susan B. Lindenauer and Mr. Arthur Lindenauer Mr. and Mrs. Vikram Mody
Mr. John P. Linderman and Dr. Trudy M. Burke Eben Moglen
Fritz and Lee Link Mr. Connor Monaghan and Ms. Kate Monaghan
Mr. and Mrs. William Link Dr. Barbara W. Monsanto and Dr. Enrique
Ms. Loretta Linser Monsanto
Amy and Steve Lipin Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrill
Ms. Cynthia Lippe and Mr. Jacob Lippe Mr. Joseph C. Morris
Mr. Abraham C. Littenberg Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse
Mr. Chien C. Liu Mr. Jerome B. Moss and Ms. Olga Gottlieb
Joe and Clare LoCicero MPG Operations, LLC
Mrs. Amanda Loftin and Mr. Nate Barish Ms. Elaine Musselman
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lombard
Mr. and Mrs. Faris Naber
Ms. Ann M. Longmore
Mrs. Sherrie Nagin
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Loshak
Marylouise Napier and Daniel Zuzunaga
Mr. and Mrs. Sherif Lotfi
Drs. David and Rhoda Narins
Ms. Kate Loughran
Mr. Avi Nash and Ms. Sonia Nash Gupta
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lourie
Mr. Robert L. Navin and Ms. Thais Roda Noya
Mr. Paul Love and Ms. Anna Dover
Mr. James L. Nederlander and Ms. Margo
Mr. Terrence Lowenberg
Nederlander
The Albert G. Lowenthal Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Needham
Mr. Robert MacNeil
Mr. Tom Neff and Ms. Lyndon Haviland
Ms. Patricia Mahabir and Mr. Thameshwar
Mr. Jeffrey L. Neuman and Ms. Patricia Machado
Mahabir
Mr. John Frederick Neuman and Ms. Andrea
Ms. Anita M. Majetich
Neuman
Ms. Zlatija Majstorovic
Stephanie and Herbert Neuman
Ms. Esther A. Malamud and Mr. Eric R. Landau
Mrs. Norman D. Newell
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Bruce Nicholas
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Manwell
David Nolan
Ms. Isabelle Marino
Mr. Peter Norton
Lizzy and Bryce Markus
Mr. Richard Nottenburg and Ms. Katherine
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Martin Nottenburg
Mr. William Martini Mr. and Mrs. Jamal Nusseibeh
Dr. Joseph Masci
Mr. Nick Ogurtsov and Ms. Desi Eagan
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Mason
Ms. Joanne Omar
Drs. Patrick and Linda Mastroianni Mr. James Orphanides
Ms. Christine Matthews Jonathan Orser
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Mazur Dr. Lida Orzeck and Ms. Susan Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Philippe McAuliffe Ms. Pauleen B. Owen
Dr. Kevin McAuliffe and Dr. Katharine Frase Ms. Jessica Pacheco
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McCaffrey Nicole and Bruce Paisner
Ms. Louise H. McCagg Dr. Richard Palu and Ms. Teresa Zix
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. McCaw Mr. Mario Palumbo and Mr. Stefan Gargiulo
Ms. Kay McCrosky
Dr. Anjali Pant and Mr. Ashish Pant
H. B. McEver
Mr. John Pantazis
Mr. W. Jameson McFadden
Ms. Grace M. Parr
Ms. Jan McHugh-Smith
Parton/Bove Charitable Fund
Mr. John Meditz and Mr. Lukasz Jaremczak
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Pash
Eugene Mercy, Jr.
Ms. Maria M. Patterson
Ms. Betsy Michel and Ms. Katie Michel
Mr. Joseph G. Paul and Ms. Margot Bridger
Mrs. Jo Christine Miles and Ms. Gloria Colon
Dr. Charles Peck and Ms. Rani Peck
Countess Anastasia T. Milonas and Ms. Claire Ms. Taylor Pedicone
Milonas Creighton Peet and Dana Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mindich Mr. and Mrs. Richard Penney
Sandra C. and Lowell A. Mintz
Dr. Robert Petrarca
Ms. Susan Mintz Mrs. Maryann Pfeiffer and Mr. Richard
Elizabeth Miracky Ellenbogen
Mr. Evan Picoult
Mr. Jean-Francois Picron
Ronnie Planalp
Mr. James R. Platt and Mr. Jeffrey Platt
Ms. Marietta Poerio
Mr. and Mrs. Len Poliandro
Mr. Darren Pollack
Mr. Justin Pollack and Ms. Suzanne Reisman
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary O. Pomerantz
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Portnoy
Deborah and Earl Potter
Mr. William Preinitz and Ms. Nancy Wilt
Jamie and Phil Prince
Mr. Peter Pticar
Mr. Gary R. Purwin and Ms. Lauretta Kayleigh
Ms. Jane Pyenson and Mr. Bruce Pyenson
Daniel Quinn and Anna Rita Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Radke
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Raether
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Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ratner
Mr. Brian Redman
Ms. Angela M. Reed
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Richard L. Revesz
Jonathan and Jessica Right
Sheila J. Robbins
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Murphy
Mr. George Roche
Sascha M. Rockefeller
Mr. and Mrs. James Roddy
John A. Rodger
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Rodriguez
Ms. Cynthia Roeser
Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Julian Romano and Ms. Julia Popova
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Elizabeth E. Roosevelt
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Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation
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Mr. Steven A. Rosenblum and Ms. Monique
Witt
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff L. Rosenheim
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Gaelin Rosenwaks
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Gail Ann Rothman
Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Rubenacker
Rubin-Ladd Foundation
Ms. Mary Rufrano
Nina Rumbough
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Mr. and Mrs. Reade H. Ryan, Jr.
Ms. Patricia Ryan
Dr. and Mrs. Otto and Maria Sabando
Bonnie L. Sacerdote
Dr. Hans Sachse and Ms. Dolores
Cherrington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Safron
Ms. Courtney Sale Ross
Mrs. Faith Salie and Mr. John Semel
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Salvaterra
Mr. Joshua Sandbulte and Ms. Tracey Strauss
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Scariano
Mr. William Schaaf and Ms. Joy Chang
Mr. James M. Schell and Ms. Rose Mangat
Rita and Joseph B. Scheller
Mr. Antoine Schetritt and Ms. Amanda Brotman
Ms. Gleniss Schonholz
Mr. Rick Schulman and Ms. Debbie Schulman
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Mr. Donald P. Seibert
Paul and Mary Seid
Pamela and Mel Shaftel
Shake Shack
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John M. Shapiro and Shonni J. Silverberg
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Mr. James W. Shea
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Barry A. Shenkman
Rochelle and Jesse Shereff
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Ian Shrank and Alexandra W. Logue
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Mrs. Alexandra Shuman
Ms. Shirley A. Siegel
Mrs. Valerie Siener and Mr. G. Siener
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Sigal
Marlys Silver
Boon Sim and Shiuan Wu
Esther Simon Charitable Trust
Mr. Neil Simon
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Mr. Brett Singer and Ms. Randi Singer
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Singer
Michael Skarbinski and Ms. Laurel Sherwood
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Mr. Adam Smith
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Ms. Iris Smyles
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Ms. Elaine C. Snyder
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon
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Honorable Joyce L. Sparrow
Mr. Thomas Spoto and Ms. Angelique Dab
Ms. Mary St. Martin and Mr. Matthew Messinger
Linda and Bill Starzman
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William P. Stewart
Daniel L. Stoddard
Dr. James A. Strauchen and Ms. Vivienne Strauchen
The Leila & Mickey Straus Family Charitable Trust
Ms. Elizabeth Stribling-Kivlan and Ms. Rebecca
Cleary
Lee and Roger Strong
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Guy Miller Struve and Marcia Mayo Hill
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Mr. Senthil Sundaram
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann
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Michael Tuch Foundation
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University of Massachusetts
Uno Pizzeria & Grill
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Hicks-Voorham
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C. Wilson
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Fromboluti-Wirls
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Janet B. York
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zabar
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Ms. Francesca Zambello and Mr. Jackson
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ING TD Bank, N.A. Foundation, Inc. Judy and Josh Weston Fund
PROGRAM Bank of America
ITOCHU International Inc. Teneo Holdings Invesco Sarah and Nathaniel Zilkha
Barclays
Anonymous (1) J. Crew Group, Inc. Tiffany & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
Margaret Hess Chi and Michael Y. Chi
21st Century Fox John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Time Warner Linda R. and William E. Macaulay
Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Accenture Johnson & Johnson Toyota Mariposa Foundation
Dan Klores Communications $5,000 TO $9,999
AB JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Travelers Companies, Inc. Melissa Meister
Michael J. Del Giudice ABNY
American Express Company KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P. Trello, Inc. Alexandra and Greg Mondre
Delta Air Lines Henry H. Arnhold
AIG Kobre & Kim UBS Morgan Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Dimon Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron
ADP, LLC KPMG Ultradent Products, Inc. Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier
Discovery Communications Natasha Avanessians
AXA Foundation Lennox Industries Inc. United Therapeutics Corporation Mr. Andrew Right
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Aliza Avital-Caplan
Bank Hapoalim Loews Corporation Ms. Elizabeth Schwarzman
Uno Pizzeria & Grill Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley Family Candace C. Barasch
Bank of America M&T Securities, Inc. Peter and Susan Solomon, Peter & Susan Charitable Lead Unitrust
Viking Global Investors Ms. Sara Bareilles
BNY Mellon Solomon Family Foundation
Macy’s Vontobel Asset Management Douglas and Susanne Durst
Viacom Inc. Benjamin Black
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. W. P. Carey Foundation The Durst Organization
BNY Mellon
The Blackstone Group L.P. Marubeni America Corporation The Walt Disney Company Entergy
Janet and Peter Boris
Bloomberg LP Match MG $25,000 TO $49,999 Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond
Warburg Pincus LLC Boston Properties
Bloomingdale’s McGraw Hill Financial White & Case Aclara Mr. and Mrs. David Foley
BuroHappold Engineering
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. McKinsey & Company, Inc. Claire E. Bernard General Electric
H. W. Wilson Vincent and Linda Calarco
Canon U.S.A., Inc. Merck KGaA Bezos Family Foundation Global Strategy Group
Xerox Foundation Drs. George and Mary Campbell
Capital One Bank MetLife, Inc. Scott and Roxanne Bok, Bok Family Foundation Sibyl R. Golden
Ziff Brothers Investments Mr. David J. Castellani
Carl Zeiss Vision International Mission Media USA, Inc. Tom and Meredith Brokaw, The Brokaw Family The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Zubatkin Owner Representation Raymond G. Chambers, MCJ Amelior Foundation
Chanel Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation Kyle Haug
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Burke, Jr. Dierdre and Michael Doheny
Chase Private Client Mizuho Financial Group Mr. and Mrs. Carney Hawks
SUPPORTERS OF CityPASS–New York City Edison Electric Institute
Citi Foundation MongoDB HBO
SPECIAL EVENTS The Coca-Cola Company Niko Elmaleh
Clifford Chance The Moody’s Foundation Ickes Enright McCabe
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation Event Network
Colgate-Palmolive Company Jim Moran & Associates, Inc. Elysabeth Kleinhans
$250,000 TO $499,999 Stephanie Coleman Kira Fairman
Condé Nast Publications Morgan Stanley Amanda and Thomas Lister
Accenture Miriam and Peter Daneker Alison H. Feagin
Con Edison MSCI, Inc. Margaret Munzer Loeb and Daniel Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. George David Tom Freston
Cornerstone Research, Inc. Murphy Productions Keryn and Ted Mathas
Chris and Elizabeth Davis Mr. Brian Friedman
Credit Suisse New York Life $100,000 TO $249,999 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Deloitte Nancy A. Garvey
Charles A. Dana Foundation New York Private Bank & Trust Con Edison Mary and Garrett Moran
Jay W. Eisenhofer and Ms. Anne P. Jameson Richard Gilder, Gilder Foundation, Inc.
The Dannon Company The New York Times Company Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath
Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden Penny Gorman
Deutsche Bank NPANDCO Limited Christopher C. Davis, Shelby Cullom Davis National Grid
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Franklin Templeton Investments Newmark Grubb Knight Frank GreyHealth Group
DeVries Public Relations Charitable Fund
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi New York Stock Exchange Dr. Tiffany Herlands and Mr. Ronny Barnea
Elsevier Hearst
Pall Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Ken Giuriceo Mr. Adebayo Ogunlesi and Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi Josefin and Paul Hilal
Emigrant Savings Bank Joella and John Lykouretzos
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Thomas and Maarit Glocer Opower Hunton & Williams LLP
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Allison and Roberto Mignone
PepsiCo Inc. Sloan and David Greenspan Proskauer Rose LLP Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Events By Red Carpet, LLC New York Life
Pfizer Inc. John and Amy Griffin Related Companies Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe Family Foundation
Facebook, Inc. Mr. Ronald O. Perelman and Dr. Anna
PIMCO Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Guffey Restaurant Associates Suzanne and James Jesse
First Eagle Investment Management
Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin Amy Taylor and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr. Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones

First Manhattan Co. Prometheus Global Media Christopher R. Redlich, Jr. Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Claudia and Jim Joyce

Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC Random House Laura Baudo Sillerman, The Tomorrow Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Kasirer LLC
RayLign Advisory, LLC Foundation, Inc. Jack and Susan Rudin, The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Suzanne M. Kavetas
GAMCO Investors, Inc. Alice and Lorne Michaels
Restaurant Associates Drs. Marilyn and James H. Simons SAP America Inc. Alexandra and Gregory Kwiat
GCM Grosvenor Millennium Pipeline Company LLC
Roche Tishman Speyer Saturday Night Live Dorothy and Cliff Lanier
General Atlantic LLC Anne and Charles H. Mott
General Electric Industrial Systems The Rockefeller Group Michael W. Ranger Seyfarth Shaw LLP Hans Li and Jennifer Kouvant

GoldenTree Asset Management, LP Ropes & Gray $50,000 TO $99,999 Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Bob and Eva Shaye Mr. John McEnroe and Ms. Patty Smyth

Goldfarb & Fleece Shackman Associates International, Inc. 21st Century Fox Ralph Schlosstein, Schlosstein-Hartley Family Silver Spring Networks Michelle Bergeron McMaster

Goldman, Sachs & Co. Shake Shack Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas Foundation Silvercup Studios McVicker & Higginbotham

Google Inc. Shire Realty Corporation Citi Shearman & Sterling LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silverman Jennifer Mercer

Greenlight Capital, Inc. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Crestwood Equity Partners LP Smart Grid Solutions Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein Mrs. Henry W. Middleton

The Guardian Life Insurance Company Sony Corporation of America Andrew Davis, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Tiffany & Co. Spectra Energy Mr. and Mrs. David Millstone
of America Starcom Mediavest Group Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Venable LLP The Gate Ms. Alexandra Milstein
Gunderson Dettmer, LLC Starz Network Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation Time Warner Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mishaan
Hearst Corporation Stifel Foundation Tony and Nanar Yoseloff Diana and Roy Vagelos Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Morakis
HSBC Bank Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation Jodie and John Eastman Ann Ziff VERIZON Amanda Morcos

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 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens, The Ms. Carol Davies-Gross and Mr. Abie Gross Ms. Catherine King Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Rothstein Mr. Chester Widomski and Dr. Linda Widomski
$1,000 TO $2,499
Wildwood Foundation Mr. Anthony Delbove Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. King Mr. Ravi Rozdon Mr. Gabriel Wiesenthal
Coach
James L. and Margo MacNabb Nederlander Mr. David A. Dorfman Edward A. Kirtman and Risa M. Schifter Ms. Harriette Rubinstein Dr. Adam S. Wilkins
Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
New York Mets Mr. Christopher J. Durso Mr. Frederick A. Klingenstein Mr. Murray Sackson
Prudential Insurance Company of America Ms. Caroline Wilson
Nicholson & Galloway Mr. Howard Einbinder and Mrs. Jo Ellen Loth Stanley Kottock Patricia E. Saigo, M.D.
Ms. Betsy Yamazaki
Roy and Jenny Niederhoffer Marvin W. Ellin Janet Kozera Ellen Salem, Ph.D.
Ms. Irene Zelnick
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nolen PLANNED GIVING DONORS Dr. Wally B. Elvers and Ms. Lita Elvers Mr. Peihua Ku Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Eric T. Zinn
Julia and Jamal Nusseibeh (JESUP SOCIETY) Mr. and Mrs. Sandor Ezrovics Mr. Russell Lee Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sanford, Jr.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Mary Ellen Fahs, PhD. Ms. Diane Lefer Mr. William Savino
Anonymous (35)
Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Patricof Mrs. Arlene Abrams Mr. Dennis R. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Leland Mr. Patrick Schaar and Ms. Dorothy Gold ESTATES AND BEQUESTS
Nina and Mike Patterson Ms. Inge Fischer Ms. Jane A. Levenson Ms. Jane Scheiber
Ms. Roberta Adelman and Mr. Fred Adelman Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman Stuart Fischman, Esq. Sir Julian Edmond Paul Lewison and Ms. Wendy Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Schiavone
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Allen
Lewison Ms. Christine Schiavone-McKeon Estate of Melvin Belsky
Elizabeth and Michael Reiss Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Altman Mr. Alan Fleischer and Ms. Martha S. Fleischer
Mrs. George N. Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schiffmann Estate of Gene B. Abrams
Jonathan and Jessica Right Dr. and Mrs. Sydney Anderson Ms. Stephanie Fogel
Ms. Catherine Lomuscio and Mr. Frank Lomuscio Ms. Gloria Schindler Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke
Janet C. Ross, J and AR Foundation Ms. Marcelle Arak Mr. John French III
Mr. John Maguire Ms. Nancy Schloss Estate of Margaret D. Bishop
Jack and Anita Saltz Foundation Dr. Rudolf G. Arndt Eli A. Friedman, M.D.
Ronnie S. Maibaum Mr. Robert John Schneck and Ms. Cora Fung Estate of Marie Louise Campbell
Linda S. Sanford Ms. Robyn J. Asimov Miss Mignon Ganne
Dr. Michael Malagold Dr. Margaret Schottstaedt
Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Schulman Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gill Estate of Ruth Dickler
Ms. Gretchen Marks Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schraemli
Alexandra Steel Scott and James Michael Mr. Robert Atwater Mr. Roland Ginzel Estate of Richard Everett
Ms. Camille Mastri and Mr. John Plencner Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schwartz
Scott Ms. Patricia Azeltine Mr. William A. Glaser and Mrs. Gilberte Estate of Norman Fately
Vansintejan-Glaser Ms. Laura Bemben McCloskey and Mr. Ciaran Mrs. Lenore Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Segal Ms. Ashanda Balderas McCloskey Estate of Julius Frazier
Mr. Richard Gordon Mr. Richard Sheridan
Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio Mr. Frank M. Bamberger Mr. and Mrs. Robert McColaugh Estate of Edwin F. Gamble
Mr. Michael Goudket Mr. A. James Smith, Jr. and Ms. M. Kathryn
Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw Ms. Carolina Baron Mr. Michael J. McCormick Estate of Myron Habib
Eickhoff-Smith
Mrs. Anne Gouldsbury
Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff Ms. Linda Barrett Mr. Charles McCown Estate of Joseph Hammer
Mr. Ronny Soderstrom
Mr. Peter H. Gregson
Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation Ms. Helen Baumhofer Mr. and Mrs. Edward R H McDowell Dr. Peter M. Som and Ms. Judy S. Som Estate of Ralph E. Hansmann
Mr. Peter S. Grimes
Constance G. Spahn Mr. David Baxter Ms. Ann S. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sommer Estate of Albert Hartig
Ellen and Lawrence Gross
Dr. Neil Stahl and Dr. Jayne Raper Ms. Fern Beckman Mr. Charles W. Merrels Mr. Mark M. Spradley Estate of Georgina M. Hecker
Ms. Margaret L. Hagen
Structure Tone Ms. Joan L. Benson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Messinger Jeff Spychala
Ms. Jeannette Hanby and Mr. David Bygott Estate of Enid Kotschnig
Mrs. Laurence A. Tisch The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson Ann Breen Metcalfe Ms. Linda J. Starzman
Mrs. Doris Hansmann Estate of Ida R. Kreingold
Rosanna Troiano and John Troiano Mr. Robert Bethge Ms. Payne B. Middleton Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Steele
Ms. Ruth Ann Harnisch and Mr. Bill F. Harnisch Estate of Dolores Kreisman
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Blaufox Mr. Maceo W. Mitchell and Ms. Patricia J. Wynne
West Monroe Partners Ms. Jennifer Stevens
Mr. Lynn A. Bohlin Ms. Anneliese Harstick Estate of Ann M. Lacy
Laura B. Whitman and Thomas C. Danziger Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mones Mr. Mark L. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Braun Dr. and Mrs. Karl A. Hartman, Jr. The Robert J. Laskowski Foundation
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Stolbun
Ms. Beatrice Brewster Mr. Roderic Harvey
Ms. Mary Mugurdichian Mr. Karl J. Stone Evelyn H. Lauder Charitable Lead Trust
The Donald and Barbara Zucker
Mr. Peter Brizard Mr. Gregory F. Hauser
Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mull Mr. Joseph M. Sweeney Estate of Hulda G. Lawrence
Mr. Kenneth A. Bronston Ms. Susan Heath
Miss Ellen J. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann Estate of Elizabeth Z. Loos
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Buckner Mr. Walter G. Heid
Ms. Eileen Nemeroff Ms. Diann Terry Leonard C. Sanford Trust
CORPORATE AND Mr. Sherman B. Carll Ms. Esther L. Herbert
Dr. Stephanie Neuman and Mr. Herbert Neuman Mr. Robert F. Petrie and Ms. Valerie Thaler Estate of Raymond S. Schulley
FOUNDATION MATCHING Ms. Ann Chambers Ms. Judith F. Hernstadt
Mrs. Gillian W. Newell Mr. Christopher Theodor and Ms. Ronetta
GIFTS Mr. Kenneth Heuer Estate of Joseph Scott
Ms. Carolyn M. Chave and Ms. Chloe Hall Mr. Thomas K. O’Brien, Jr. Blackburn
Mrs. Jennifer Higgins Estate of John P. Strang
Ms. Anita Child Mrs. Theresa Ornstein Dr. William Thierfelder and Prof. Michael Aloi
$10,000 TO $24,999 Ms. Winifred C. Chin Mr. Matthew Higgins Mrs. Edwin Thorne
Mr. Jonathan Orser
ThermoFisher Scientific Mr. Leon Choate, Jr. Mrs. Susan Hochenberg Ms. Irene Toovey
Dr. Norman Osofsky and Mrs. Carol Falcetti
Mr. Michael J. Chusmir Mr. Michael Irwin Ms. Myrella Triana and Mr. Ken Gadow
Mr. Michael Pantuliano
$5,000 TO $9,999 Ms. Margaret Olstad Cleary Ms. Margot Jacobs Ms. Ellen M. Rosette and Mr. Salvatore Troiano
Mr. Michael R. Passarella
Mr. Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Dr. Irma B. Jaffe Mr. Craig S. Tunks and Mr. Tom Toynton
AB Ms. Maria M. Patterson
Ms. Myrna Coffino Ms. Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz and Mr. Victor R. Ruiz Dr. Gretchen Van Alstyne
Altria Group, Inc. Ms. Celia Paul and Mr. Stephen Rosen
Ms. Barbara Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Anthony James Mrs. Helen S. Vishniac
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Ms. Eileen Pentel and Mr. Don Wade
Mr. Theodore Cohn Ms. Dorothy Johnsen Ms. Marjory S. Walters
ExxonMobil Foundation Mrs. Frank Perdue
Dr. Charles J. Cole and Carol R. Townsend Mr. Mark W. Jordan and Ms. Cynthia Jordan Ms. Fanny E. Warburg
Mr. Stanley Perlman
Mrs. Marie H. Cole Patricia S. Joseph Mrs. Isobel Wayrick
Mrs. Gloria K. Rand
$2,500 TO $4,999 Ms. Helene L. Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. John Colgrove Ms. Gertrude Redmond Mr. Marshall M. Weinberg
Bank of America Ms. Danica Cordell-Reeh Marcia Kaplan-Mann Arne Werchick
Angela Reich, Ph.D.
The Chubb Corporation Victoria Costa and Jacob Carl Zydney Suzanne M. Kavetas Judy and Josh Weston
Ms. Pamela Reinertsen and Mr. Arthur
General Electric Industrial Systems Dr. Susan Cropper Ms. Belinda Kaye Reinertsen Mr. Ronald D. Weston
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Dr. Virginia L. Cunningham Dr. Joan A. Kedziora Ms. Madeleine Richard Mr. Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. and Ms. Anne S. McCook
Google Inc. Mr. Frank Davanzo Ms. Latimer Kells Ms. Gloria Roma Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Whipple
IBM International Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James E. Davies Mr. and Mrs. Johannes G. Kilian Ms. Joyce Rosen Mr. Thomas C. Danziger and Ms. Laura B. Whitman

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PLANNED GIVING
Promote broader understanding of the natural
world for generations to come!
By arranging a planned gift for the American
Museum of Natural History, your impact will
extend to future generations of children,
families, explorers, researchers, and science
learners who walk through our doors.
We are honored to recognize those who make
bequests and planned gifts to the Museum
with a membership in the Jesup Society. With
many giving options to choose from, you can
select the type of planned gift that best suits
your needs.
For more information, please contact the Planned Giving Office of the American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York, 10024-5192, by phone at 212-769-5119, or by email at
plannedgiving@amnh.org.
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WAYS TO GIVE:
• A Gift in Your Will—known as a Bequest—is the most common
way to plan a future gift.
• Beneficiary Designations on your IRA and 401k accounts keep assets
outside of probate and may reduce taxes for your estate.
• Careful Succession Planning with an existing donor advised fund or
trust is another way to create a future gift without changing your will.
• Life-Income Arrangements such as a gift annuity or charitable
remainder trust can support the Museum’s future while also securing
tax benefits and lifetime payments for you and your family.
• Charitable Lead Trusts can also be used to pass assets to children or
grandchildren in a tax-advantaged way.
• Real Estate or Business Interests, if properly planned, can make a
very tax-wise gift to support the Museum.
• Life Insurance Designations can make a great future gift for the
Museum and, depending on the structure, can be a tax-wise option
for your family.
FUNDING CREDITS
EXPLORE21 EXPEDITION TO CUBA
The Museum’s Explore21 Initiative is generously
supported by the leadership contributions of Katheryn
P. and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.; Linda R. and William E.
Macaulay; and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
AMNH-MONGOLIAN ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES EXPEDITIONS
The AMNH-Mongolian Academy of Sciences
expeditions are generously supported by the Margaret
and Will Hearst Paleontological Research Fund.
CONSTANTINE S. NIARCHOS
EXPEDITIONS
The 2016 Constantine S. Niarchos Expeditions were
generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
RGGS
The Museum expresses its utmost appreciation
to Richard Gilder, a steadfast and most generous
benefactor and friend whose visionary philanthropy
enabled the Museum to establish the Richard Gilder
Graduate School.
Additional support for the Richard Gilder Graduate
School has been generously provided by the Hess
Foundation, Inc.; an anonymous Museum Trustee; the
City of New York; Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Gerstner Family
Foundation; and the Annette Kade Charitable Trust.
P H OTO G R A P H Y A N D D E S I G N
PHOTOGRAPHY
Cover: D. Finnin
Page 2: R. Mickens
Pages 6–7: J. Tseng, K. Zimmer/R. Moller Jensen, SETI
Institute/D. Futselaar/F. Marchis, A. Watanabe, M. Tessler,
D. Grimaldi/P. Barden, J. Herrera, A. Carvalho, P. Schouten,
D. De Franceschi, J. Sparks/D. Gruber/V. Pieribone, J.
Sparks/R. Schelly/D. Roje, S. Summerfield
MAT PROGRAM
With deepest appreciation, the Museum acknowledges
Kathryn W. Davis for her generous founding support of
the Master of Arts in Science Teaching (MAT) Program.
Leadership support for the MAT program is provided by
The Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund.
The MAT program is supported in part by the National
Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DRL-1119444
and DUE-1340006, and the U.S. Department of
Education under Grant Number U336S140026.
URBAN ADVANTAGE
Public support for the Urban Advantage program is
provided by the Speaker and Council of the City of New
York, and the New York City Department of Education.
MUSEUM EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
The Museum’s Youth Initiatives are generously
supported by the leadership contribution of the New
York Life Foundation.
Additional support is provided by The Peter and
Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation.
HACKATHON
The 2016 HACKATHON: HACK THE DINOS is part of
BridgeUp: STEM, an initiative educating youth and
the public about cutting-edge computing in scientific
research and science communication.
BridgeUp: STEM is generously supported by a grant
from the Helen Gurley Brown Trust.
NEW SCIENCE, NEW SOLUTIONS
This lecture was generously supported by the Abel Shafer
Public Program Fund, a fund created by the Arlene B.
Coffey Trust to honor the memory of Abel Shafer.
Page 9: R. Mickens, C. Chesek
Pages 10–11: D. Finnin, C. Gleberman, R. Mickens,
M. Shanley
Pages 12–13: C. Chesek, D. Finnin, R. Mickens
Page 15: AMNH/S. Thurston
Pages 16–17: R. Mickens
Pages 18–19: NASA/JHUPL/SWRI
Page 34: C. Gleberman
SCICAFE
The SciCafe Series is proudly sponsored by Judy and
Josh Weston.
ASIMOV
The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and
influential authors of our time, was a dear friend and
supporter of the American Museum of Natural History.
In his memory, the Hayden Planetarium is honored
to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate—
generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admirers
of Isaac Asimov and his work—bringing the finest
minds in the world to the Museum each year to debate
pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery.
KWANZAA 2015
Support for Kwanzaa 2015: Energize, Recognize! was
provided, in part, by the May and Samuel Rudin Family
Foundation, Inc.; the Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon
Foundation; the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt; and
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Kwanzaa 2015: Energize, Recognize! was co-presented
by Community Works and New Heritage Theatre Group.
The Kwanzaa marketplace was organized by the
Harlem Arts Alliance.
Special Thanks: Jazz at Lincoln Center
With special thanks to Whole Foods Market.
MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL
The Margaret Mead Film Festival is made possible
by the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the
New York State Legislature.
Support for the Margaret Mead Film Festival is
provided, in part, by the May and Samuel Rudin Family
Foundation, Inc.; the Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon
Foundation; and the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt.
DESIGN
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