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2014 Annual Report California Academy of Sciences

2Welcome California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report

Welcome LetterAt the California Academy of Sciences, innovation is a part of our DNA. In fact, the Academy was the first natural history institution west of the Mississippi and the first public museum in San Francisco. Our history has been punctuated by many other impressive firsts—from hosting the nation’s first live-broadcast science television show to becoming the world’s greenest museum.

In 2014, a change in leadership marked the start of another chapter in this organization’s story. Jerome Vascellaro took on the role of Chairman of the Academy’s Board of Trustees and Jon Foley arrived in August as the Academy’s new Executive Director. With a background in environmental sustainability, Jon has partnered with the Board and the Academy’s Senior Leadership Team to shape the science and issues that will determine our collective future on a global scale.

In 2014 the Academy took on the challenge of our mission—to Explore, Explain, and Sustain life—with groundbreaking programs in science education and research. Here are some highlights from the year.

» As the first science content partner for online education hub Khan Academy, the Academy launched a seven-part course on biodiversity that has already helped 600,000 viewers appreciate the importance and fragility of life on our planet.

» The Academy acquired iNaturalist—a social network and mobile application that enables citizen scientists to share biodiversity observations—and dramatically

increased our ability to rapidly create species distribution datasets. Since its launch in 2008, more than 1.4 million users around the world have used the iNaturalist app, with a new observation recorded every 45 seconds.

» From advising the Philippine government on the creation of a new coastal development plan to working with local communities to protect the last stands of forest in Ethiopia, the Academy’s Institute on Biodiversity Science & Sustainability (IBSS) had an impact that went far beyond our building’s footprint.

» The groundbreaking Science Action Club program—an afterschool program for middle school youth with authentic, hands-on science experiences—expanded to 19 sites across the Bay Area, and laid groundwork for nation-wide expansion.

» Nearly 2,600 students who couldn’t visit the Academy in person took a virtual fieldtrip through our pioneering Connect to Classrooms program, which enables classrooms across the country to talk to our scientists about their research, learn about the role our African penguins play in a species survival plan, and much more.

» With nearly 46 million scientific specimens from around the world, the Academy’s research collections provide one of the best records of life on Earth. In 2014, this vast library of life was used by thousands of scientists around the world, both in person and online, to help track the spread of disease, predict the impact of climate change, and much more.

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» The Careers in Science internship program for high school students underrepresented in the sciences supported 38 interns and more than 200 alumni—many of whom are now practicing, teaching, or communicating about science professionally.

These programs would not be possible without a transformative gift from the Pisces Foundation, which allowed us to bring environmental education programs beyond the Academy’s walls to a global population in 2014. The Pisces Foundation is joined by generous support from The Kimball Foundation, Diana Nelson and John Atwater, Genentech, Inc., the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Wells Fargo Foundation, the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, and many others in our efforts to educate and inspire the world on critical science topics.

As we look to the future, it is clear that the Academy’s scientific foundation is more important now than ever before. Our research collections and scientists inform all Academy exhibits and education programs, bringing authenticity and distinctiveness to everything the Academy does. For example, the crown jewel of this year’s Skulls exhibit was 640 jaw-dropping sea lion specimens that lined the walls and filled the cases. NightLife, the Academy’s award-winning Thursday night program for adults 21+, welcomed over 115,000 young people to the museum in 2014, and every one of those guests got the chance to interact with an authentic scientist.

Academy scientists answer pressing questions about our planet and its future. In 2014, the Academy welcomed renowned canopy ecologist Meg Lowman as our inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability—the first step in a bold plan to dramatically accelerate the application of our research findings to solving the world’s most pressing conservation challenges.

As a part of this initiative, the Academy is planning to increase our investment in science in the coming year, supporting our scientific collections and staff with added resources. Donor-supported initiatives like the Patterson Scholars endowment campaign will make this commitment possible and firmly establish the Academy as one of the most trusted, capable champions of science-based sustainability solutions on the planet.

Thank you for making 2014 such a productive and exciting year here in San Francisco and around the globe. As donors, members, scientists, volunteers, and visitors, you ensure that our Academy ecosystem thrives—and enable us to Explore, Explain, and Sustain life on Earth.

Warm regards,

Jonathan Foley, PhD executive director, William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball Chair

Jerome C. Vascellarochairman, board of trustees

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4Donors California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report

DonorsEvery gift enables the Academy to open eyes and minds to the natural world and the role we all can play in sustaining it. Generous supporters make new perspectives possible and inspire our great gratitude.

City and County of San FranciscoSteinhart Aquarium

Institute of Museum and Library ServicesNational Leadership

GrantOne Truth, Many Lies:

A New View of Art and Natural Collections

National Institutes of HealthBiodefense and

Infectious Diseases

National Oceanicand AtmosphericAdministrationCuration of Chuckchi

Sea InvertebratesEnhancing Response

and Data Collection from Dead Stranded Marine Mammals in Northern California

Expanding Response to and Data Collection for Dead Stranded Marine

Mammals in Northern California, Specifically Sonoma County

Improving Staff and Volunteer Qualifications in order to Enhance Response and Data Collection from Dead Stranded Marine Mammals in Northern California

REPP Connectivity Pully Ridge

National ScienceFoundationAssessing Phylogeny

and Biogeography in a Mega-diverse Tropical Plant Family (Melastomataceae)

Collaborative Research: Biotic Surveys of Central Saharan Oases

Collaborative Research: Cal Bug, An Interactive Database Using Arthropods to Examine Impacts of Climate & Habitat Modification

Collaborative Research: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Geoconferencing US Fish Collections: A Community-Based Model to Geoconferencing Natural History Collections

Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Developing a Centralized Digital Archive of Vouchered Animal Communications Signals

CSBR: Natural History Collections: Liquid Nitrogen Facilities for Biological Specimen Curation

Documenting Diversity in the Apex of the Coral Triangle: Inventory of Philippine Marine Biodiversity

ELT Collaborative Research:

Restructuring of Terrestrial Environments Following the Permian Triassic Mass Extinction

GIRLS RISEnetGlobal Names

ArchitectureHarnessing the Power of

Herbaria to Understand the Changing Flora of CA

Improving Competency in Elementary Science Education

Integrating Multidisciplinary Tools to Study Plio-Pleistocene Paleoecology of Early Hominins from the Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Integrative Species Discovery & Comparison of Multilocus Species Delimitation Methods in Short Range Endemic Harvest

Ontology Enabled Reasoning

PBI: A Complete Web-based Monograph of the Tribe Miconieae

Phylogeography in Madagascar

REU Biodiversity Science in Summer Institute California Academy of Sciences

REU Summer Systematics Institute of California Academy of Sciences

Tri Trophic Associations

San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their FamiliesCareers in Science

US Fish and Wildlife ServiceBiological Surveys on

National Wildlife Refuges in the Pacific Southwest Region

Government Grants

Individual Donors$1,000,000+Leslie and Troy DanielsSusan and

William OberndorfWendy and Eric Schmidt

$500,000 to $999,999Jennifer Caldwell and

John H. N. FisherKaren and

Edward GilhulyElizabeth R. Patterson

$250,000 to $499,999Betsy and Peter ChungPenny and

James George Coulter

Margaret and William Hearst III

Linda C. LarsonRobert RofenHelen and

Charles Schwab

$100,000 to $249,999AnonymousBianca and

James AlexanderDiana Nelson and

John AtwaterJanice and

Matthew BargerWinifred and

W. Richard Bingham

Kate and William Duhamel

Laura and Peter FentonShirley and Harry Hagey,

HRH FoundationTerrie Campbell and

James HendersonJulia Wong and

Roger KuoElizabeth and

Edward McDermottEmilie Munger Ogden

and Douglas OgdenDiane Greene and

Mendel RosenblumRegina Kulik-Scully and

John Scully

Pearl Anne SeippMary and

Jerome C. VascellaroAnne WojcickiWendy and

Richard Yorke

$50,000 to $99,999AnonymousBarbara and

Gerson BakarStasia Obremskey and

Dan CarrollBuff and Gerald CorsiCynthia and John GunnTheresa McDonald and

Nelson Ishiyama

Ann and Charles JohnsonGretchen and

Howard LeachJanet and

Thomas McKinleySarah and J. Stuart RyanKatherine L. and

Kurt N. SimonHelen and

Richard SpaldingKathryn Taylor and

Thomas SteyerPatricia Wilson

This list represents donors who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014 including gifts to the building campaign.


$25,000 to $49,999Martha and Bruce

Atwater through the Prospect Creek Foundation

Joan AvenaliWilliam K. Bowes, Jr.

FoundationSusie Tompkins Buell and

Mark BuellShawn and Brook ByersCarol and Lyman CaseyDrusilla and Jim DavisAnn and L. John DoerrDana and Bob EmeryDoris FisherMichelle and

Robert FriendSabrina and

Marco HellmanLucille JewettHenrik JonesMary Austin and

Brewster KahleKathryn Hall and

Tom KnutsenSteve KrognesMarie and Barry LipmanPark LoughlinNancy and George

Montgomery, Jr.Jane and Chris PetrinEva and Bill PriceOnnolee and Orlin TrappPauline and Tom TusherVirginia and

Gregory TusherGrace and

Steven VoorhisMarcia and

Harold WagnerLeigha and Eli WeinbergMary and Harold Zlot

$10,000 to $24,999Anonymous (6)Marissa Mayer and

Zachary BogueEllen BrownBarbara and Roger BrownDonovan ChingCarolyn Klebanoff and

Fred CohenMartha Ehmann ConteCaroline H. DamskyBarbara DemereHelen and

Rajnikant DesaiDaphne and

Mike DicksonMary Ann and

Charles Dietrich

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund

Vicki and Jeff EdwardsSonia and Daniel ElkesJudith EstrinMarion EuphratLaura and John FisherAndrea and

Jonathan FoleyJanie and Donald FriendThe Gardner FamilyMark and

Louise GaumondAnn and Gordon GettySallie GriffithCarol and John HamiltonJanet M. HarrisFrances Hellman and

Warren BreslauHitz FoundationPaula and Dennis JaffeAmy Cunningham-Bussel

and Tyler JanovitzBeth and Oliver JenkynThe Dirk and

Charlene Kabcenell Foundation

David KennedyCliff KernohanJenny Yip and

Michael KimWilliam and Gretchen

Kimball FundMeridee Moore and

Kevin KingMimi and Dan KingsleyWendy W. KwokJean LaneLaura Kline and

Michael LazarusMarina and

Andrew LewinChris and Stan MattisonJulie and Ian McGuireLeslie and

John McQuownVera and Ken MeislinCarole and

Christopher MercaldiKana Muraki and

Lawrence MiaoJancy Rickman and

William MichaelyTamra and Kurt MobleyChristina and

Hamid MoghadamJessica and Jason

MomentBetty and Gordon MooreTimothy MullerPaula and John MurphyDaniel Norris

The Peter and Kristan Norvig Family Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Angela Nomellini and Kenneth Olivier

Julie and William ParishLaura and Mike PatnodeMarianne H. PetersonMary and Gary PinkusLisa and John PritzkerVictoire Reynal Brown

and Owsley BrownThe Rishel FamilyArthur and

Toni Rembe RockCamilla and

George SmithCarol and Ned SpiekerElizabeth and

Andrew SpokesJoan SteinbergPasha and

William ThorntonLois and Melvin TukmanSusan and David TunnellSummer Tompkins Walker

Charitable TrustBob and Judy WatermanLia and

James WhiteheadSara and Evan WilliamsDiane B. WilseyJill and

Nicholas WoodmanAnne Robinson Woods

and Montgomery Woods

$5,000 to $9,999Linda and Andrew AchMary Beth and

Frank AlmedaMariya and

Greg AndersonTerri AringtonJames R. Bancroft Richard C. BarkerOlive BavinsBeller Moses Family

FoundationJennifer BennettLance BercGretchen and

John BerggruenDaphne and

Richard Bertero

Sandra and Paul Bessieres

Gay-Lynn and Robert Blanding

Terry and Peter BoyerNancy Spero and

Norman BrandKelly and David BurkeLycia CarmodyNancy Kedzierski and

Gordon ChaffeeKatherine Harbin and

Adam ClammerFannie Allen and

George W. CoganMaria CranorEmily Johnson and

Bradley DeFoorManuel DonesaMary EscalleCourtney Benoist and

Jason FishNancy Mueller and

Robert FoxMonica Lopez and

Sameer GandhiShelby and

Frederick GansMarcia and

John GoldmanGoodall Family

Charitable FoundationRobert GreeleyJane and

Jonathan Wyatt Gruber

Johnnie and John Hafernik

Alicia and Philip Hammarskjold

Elizabeth and Jonathan Hamren

Helen and Robert HellerRoslyn and Donald KahnCarol James and

Michael KavanaughChristine and

Eugene Kim

Kathryn Kelly and Thomas Klein

Rebecca and Alfred LinCheryl Frank and

Michael LinnLois LippincottThomas LippmanEdmund W. Littlefield, Jr.Adrienne Zihlman and

Jerold LowensteinCharlotte and

John McConkieIan McNishAna Henderson and

Rand MorimotoEleanor NajjarJulie PackardPease Family FundPeterson FamilyAlison and Mark PincusThe Precourt FamilyDebbie and

Andrew RachleffJulie and Joseph RatnerMary and

MacGregor ReadSara and

Paul RecktenwaldWendy ReicherJeanne and

Sanford RobertsonB.T. and Katherine RoccaBarbara and

Richard RosenbergMrs. Edward W. RosstonElese and James RundelAndrea SchultzWerner SchumannElizabeth Blackburn and

John SedatJames ShevockAli and Brad SingerAmanda and Chris SmithSusan SwigCatherine and

Michael TophamJohn Weeden

Individual Donors continued


A juvenile Jackson’s chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii).


$2,500 to $4,999Anonymous (4)Joy and Jonathan AlfernessLeanne Bakkemo and

Ebbe AltbergBertha and Debasis BaralHeather and James BealNancy and

Joachim BechtleMichael BennettStuart BerkowitzSusan and

Robert BernheimAnnikka and

Erik BerridgeLoraine and Robert BerryBarbara BesseySusan and

Frederick BianucciJennifer Hamilton and

Seth BoroJosephine BrownbackMindy and Bill BushGay CallanAndrea LoPinto and

Robert CarrLinda and Marc CarrascoJulie ChaikenMei and Herald ChenRachael and

Geoffrey ClarkeJoanna and

Stanley CohenCarla and David CraneArville and Bert DamnerMichele DanaJulia and Jim DavidsonLlagas FoundationShandy Hauk and

Mark DavisIsabelle DokouzianJean Ann and

James DouglasPhyllis and

William DraperSarah and David EpsteinHelene EttelsonJoan and Evan Evans, IIISandra Donnell and

Justin FaggioliMary and Tom FooteAmy Windmueller and

Mark FrankRenata Gasperi and

Donald FredianiHelen and Kellie GanLisa and

Douglas GoldmanSusan Valeriote and

Ken GoldmanJoanne and Jon Goldstein

Catherine Kennedy and Daniel Grossman

Cynthia and GrubbRocio and Michael HaasAnthia L. and

Charles E. HalfmannKatherine and

James HansenAlex and Philip HaseltineKatherine Fines and

Henry HeinesEvan HirschKristin HiteGregory HydeDiane IchiyasuLiz Hume and Jay JacobsBetty K. JensenBrenda Jewett and

George Jewett IIILindsay and Peter JoostStanley H. JuddSusie Langdon Kass and

Sidney KassSarah and

Matthew KeeganNancy Thompson and

Andrew KerrLinda Griffith and

Paul KorntheuerMartha KropfJeanne and Bill LandrethRandall Laroche and

David LaudonLaura and Gary LauderAndrew LeeNatalie and

Matthew LeopoldJeanne and Henri LeseSandra and

Ronald LinderLeslie LuttgensMarshall MaccreadyLeslie MacDonaldKristin and

David MacknightMarnie and Karol MarcinGail Enfiajian and

William MayNancy and

Mark MaymarMargaret McCarthy and

Robert WorthThe McElwee FamilyPatricia McEveneyJanet McKinley and

George MillerCeleste and

Anthony MeierSteven MerrillDorothy and

David Messerschmitt

Anna and G. Mason Morfit

Katherine and Hans Morris

Peggy and Fred MunichMaria Gencheva and

Arun NarayananJohn R. NelsonVirginia and Alan PabstKatie Schwab Paige and

Matthew PaigeGary Demyen and

Leslie PartridgeUrsula and Richard RalphLaureen and

Robert SchillerCatarina and

Andy SchwabRaphael SchwartzPatricia Scott and

David TirrellOlivia Sears and

Craig BicknellEllyn and Alan

SeelenfreundRuth SeilerAlice Ann and

Wayne SettleHorton ShapiroJudith and

Kenneth SiebelColleen and John SilcoxSmita SinghJoyce and Jim SmithMargaret and

William SnapeTania and

Michael StepanianAmanda and

P. Bart StephensW. Bradford StephensAnne Fung and

Jeffrey SternbergLivia and Biz StoneJune and John SullivanRoselyne SwigLisa Tarter and

Sean CarrollSarah Chandler and

Matt TheobaldMarjorie and Barry TraubPatricia Vanderlaan Post

and Martin VanderlaanEdith and Geerat VermeijWendy Norris and

Stephanie VersinStephanie and

John WarrenPriscilla Hung Weber and

Geoffrey WeberLynn and Peter WendellJan and Herbert West

Geisha and Jay WilliamsCarlie WilmansDorothy Hyde and

Scott WongSheila and

Jerry WroblewskiRuth and Roger WuDavid YuMargaret and

Martin ZankelJean Phillips and

Edward Zuk

$1,000 to $2,499Anonymous (15)Marcus AaronMabel and

Daniel AbelleraJudy AckerhaltElizabeth and

James AdamsMichael AdlerMaureen AggelerHershow Al-BaraziBetty and Bruce AlbertsArish AliClaire and Eric AltJulie Lee and

Mark AmmanDean AndersonKelly and

Sigurd AndersonMelinda AndersonNadia and Carl AndersonDaphne and

James AraujoCheryl and

Richard ArmstrongBarbara and

Timothy ArnsteinMary Ann AronsonJulie and Tom AtwoodYat-Pang AuTeresa and Joel BackmanLeslie and Nathan BailiffVictoria and

Philippe BarretLeith and Stewart BarryLorraine BarryJeanne and

William BarulichMary Baumgartner and

Sarah ShriverJanny BealeKristina BeckerLily and Tom BeischerKim and Richard BelesonDavid BellshawLeslie Larson and

Michael BennettRiva and David BerelsonJuliet and Chip Bergh

Helen and Joseph Bernstein

Kamala and David BerryMeg and Craige BerteroJoAnn and Jack BertgesChristine Birch and

Anthony FerrelliDawn BlackMarge and

H. Terrence BlaineCarol BlockDyan Triffo and

Douglas BoakeCarol and Shelby BonnieCarol and Philip BooneMichael Booth and

Michael OlivaRenie Hippler and

Dominic BordacharRoberta BorgonovoCarrie and

Michael BostockCandis BourdetJunona Jonas and

Bruce BowenNicole-Anne Boyer and

Toby PatersonMarianne and

Donald BradleyStephen BradyKelyn BrannonVictoria BrasseurMarilyn BrennanArdis and

Alfred BreslauerJackie and

Kenneth BroadAlison and Owen BrownCabot BrownEmily and Eric BrownLaura Brugger and

Ross SappenfieldJody Buckley and

Mark HorowitzNancy Buening and

Melanie LooJoanna Merriss and

Peter BulkleySherri and Jed BullardKatherine and T.R. BurkeJulie and Ken BuschNancy Bush and

Emil ScoffoneJudy and Lawrence ByersFrances CampraEleanor Canova-DavisJim CarmackChristina CarrollSue and Richard CarsonJeanie and

Michael CaseyHeidi Castelein




Susan and Ed CatmullAmy and Frank CaufieldFrank CaufieldTodd ChaffeeJoanne Chan and

James KramerWilson ChanSusan Austin and

Michael CharlsonRichard ChengChristine and

Kevin ChessenSylvia and David ChickMayme ChinnGwen Hinze and

Ernest ChowMark ChowJennifer ChrismanKaren ChristensenPia Deleon-Chuang and

William ChuangVonceil Chun Yara and

Scott YaraJillian and Donald ClarkDorothy and

William ClemensKirsten and David CloverAnnelle CluteLinda and Thomas CoatesLisa Erburu and

Mark CocalisBob CohnDarren CokerSusan ColemanCara Colgate and

Chris ConleyKatie and Reed ColleyCarolyn and Chris ColpittsJoan Dea and

Lionel ConacherJean Conner

Tracy Kirkham and Josef Cooper

Bill CopeJoseph CostelloLaVaughn and

Theodore CraigMary Lou and

Hartley CravensDeborah Maxwell and

Charles CronceBarbara and

Michael CroninRosario and

Antonio CucalonHolly and

Michael CugginoJoan CummingsBarbara and James CurryEdith and William DagleyChristina Sinohui and

Michael DahlmanAshley and Paul DalzellKirby Walker and

Paul DanielsenSonja and Bill DavidowMaryon Davies LewisSheila Lee and Jonathan

DaviesPaul Davies, Jr.Shelia Davis and

Irvine KronNicole DawesJuliet de BaubignyBrenda Buonaiuto and

David De JesusCathy and Sandy DeanTina and Ronald DeClouxJoan and

Allen DekelboumZubin DesaiH. Louis Detjen, Jr.

Katherine August-DeWilde and David DeWilde

Joseph DiBattistaTimothy Dick and

Nicholas WilsonSarah and Jason DiLulloStephanie DiMarco and

Jim HarleenPatricia DinnerLinda Tan and

Dhananjay DixitRobert Dockendorff and

Byron NorrisThao and

Jerome DodsonThe Dollard FamilyCarol DonohoeDonohue Family

FoundationDebra Dout and

David BurnsKatherine Dowling and

Marc AxelbaumAnne and Gerald DownJennifer and

Matias DuarteJoyce DubayMikila and Connor DukeSherry DumkeMay Ling Wong and

John DuongMeg Burbin and

Clinton LewisDaralyn Durie and

Ragesh TangriFrancesca Eastman and

Edward GoodsteinLaura Edeen and

Michael PlitkinsJohn EdwardsTabitha EdwardsMartha Ehrenfeld and

Carla McKay

Jessica and Michael Eisler

Nancy Elenberger and Dennis Goldstein

Elizabeth and Howard Ellman

Vickie Desofi and Greg Endom

David and Charlotte Epstein

Jacqueline and Christian Erdman

David EstellStephanie EvansRichard FaggioliElizabeth and

Jeffrey FaradayConcepción and

Irwin FedermanJoyce and John FeeneyVilma Zarate and

Seth FeigenbaumStefanie and Josh FelserCarolyn and

Timothy FerrisKarin FetherstonJennifer Fetner-Booth

and Adrian BoothMarsha Cohen and

Robert FeyerCamilla and Matt FieldApril and Robert FilerJeanne and Frank FischerLinda Jo FitzFrancoise FleishhackerKatherine FordMarilyn and William ForniHeather and Kelly FowlerWendy and William FoxMyrna and

Thomas FrankelKeehae Park and

Kevin FranklinDeborah and

Todd FrederickPhyllis FriedmanCatherine and

Matthew FrymierAlison FullerMaria Luisa and

Matthew FullerSusan and

Robert GadomskiSteffany and

Steven GaffaganMary GalloBella and Eben GarnettJill and Derek GarvensPenelope GerbodeVanessa and

William GettyKayvaan Ghassemieh

Jeannie GiacchinoPatricia and

Richard GibbsIngrid GilletteMary and

Clinton GillilandShulamit GlaubachKay and Ken GobaletNancy G. GoebnerMarcia and Rick GoldEmily GoldbergJill Goldring and

Marc HaugenBarbara GoldsteinKenny GongHon Mai and

Joseph GoodmanEnid and

Ronald GoodmanOlga Perkovic and

David GoodsteinConstance Goodyear Baron

and Barry BaronKristin and Peter GordonMary Walsh-Gorski and

Steve GorskiTodd GottulaLes Silverman and

Irvin GovanPaul GrahamCaroline and

Anthony GrantMarjory GraueSusan GrayKirsten and

Michael GreenShand and

William GreenMarritje and

James GreeneDonald Gregory, Jr.Jennifer and

Bruce GregoryJanet and D. Wylie GreigGary GrethelMargaret GreyMegan Gridley Mina and

Michael GridleyElizabeth and

Brian GrossmanGruber Family

FoundationRhonda GruberMarsha and

Ralph GuggenheimPhyllis and John GurneyHolly Hagens and

Todd SisitskyRoss Gillfillan and

Jeremiah HallLauren Hall and

David Hearth



This waxy monkey frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) is one of over 38,000 live animals on exhibit in the aquarium.


Halper FamilyRobin and Kenneth

HammermanAline Avzaradel and

Niv HanigalKaren and Rick HargroveHelen and Gary HarmonKristen and Tyson HarperCynthia Loukides and

Paul HarrisonHeather Tarantino and

Thomas HarrisonC.O. HartmanJoanna and

Remy HathawayKate and Brian HealyRose Heide and

Gary SweetDiane and

Stephen HeimanNoreen and James HelvieJulie and

Michael HennesseyJenise HenriksonCarolen and

Douglas HerstRachel and Jeffrey HessKatherine HicksonAndrea Higuera-Ballard

and Andy BallardSharon and Dale HilpertGloria HingLinda and Kit HinrichsSarah Wigglesworth and

Asiff HirjiSara and Russell HirschDorian and Peter HirthJeanne HittellSibyl Ma and Alex HoMysi and Tuan HoangLinda and David HobbsDeirdre and

Christopher HockettJennifer and

Sam HockingSusan and David HodgesBeverly and

R. W. HoellwarthTeresa Holt and

William HoffmanDonald HolcombDonna Hubbard and

Glenn HolsclawMargery Hom-Brown

and Royal BrownJames Hormel and

Michael NguyenJenny Buchanan and

Daniel HoukLinda and Larry HowellClaire Hudson

Nora Gibson and William Hudson

Elizabeth and Zachary Hulsey

Carla and Arthur Humphrey

Doniece Sandoval and Sadik Huseny

Ann and John IannuccilloPrabha and

Mohamed IbrahimMargaret and

Robert IppolitoLeslie Andelin and

Barbara IunganoAditi IyerJacqueline and

Donald JacobbergerBarbara and

Carl JacobsonHeather and Sanjay JainKathleen and Ted JanusRebecca Wong and

Stuart JivapongseKatharine JohnsonE. Richard Jones Family

FoundationErin Jones and

Jasmine CarsonElisabeth and

Thomas JonesHelen KahnJessica and Kirk KaludisVirginia Smith and

Keith KappmeyerSylvia KarchmarLouise KarrAngie and

Joseph KastnerDeborah and Scott KayPhilip KeilDonna and Don KelleherKenneth KelsenTerry and Robert KeyesLetitia Todd and

Michael KimSusan KimJennifer KimbalElizabeth KingMaryann KirchnerAmanda KirkwoodNancy Kivelson and

Thomas AngstadtKristin Klein and

William DonahoeBrian KlimentDanielle and Dave KlingKathleen Bole and

Paul KlingensteinChristopher KollyLeonard-Louis KolowskiVirginia and Leo Koulos

Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis and Markos Kounalakis

Saori and Takashi Kousaka

Irina and Sasha KovrigaPeter KramlichBrian KurotsuchiKaren and Robert KustelSheila and

Michael LagiosClaire-Marie and

Wendell LaidleyKelsey and

David LamondRanee LanMonica LandryJoan and Owen LaneSue and Roger LangSonya Yu and

Zachary LaraKathryn and

Garland LasaterJack LasnerEileen and Jude LaspaJessamyn LauJocelyn Tom and

John LeeAlissa LeeLily Li and Cary LeeDoris and Theodore LeeJack LeibmanEdwin LennetteFred M. Levin and

Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation

Marilyn and Howard Levine

Kim LiBarbara and Paul LichtDr. and Mrs.

William Z. Lidicker, Jr.Susan LieblRobert LiebschDr. Lawrence S. LipkindJennifer Lively and Eric

EdmondsonSharon Long and

Gilbert ChuDominique Lahaussois

and David LowMargaret LowmanMimi and Charles LowreyPatricia and

James LudwigCarrie and

Ronald LudwigCharles Marston and

Rosa LuevanoCynthia Lund and

Richard Saffir

Karen Pell and Heather Lupa

Margaret and Kevin Lynch

Melissa MaHalina Marcinkowski and

Neil MacphailCandyce MartinJacqueline Martin and

Mark BiglieriIn Memory of

Betty J. Martin and Melvin E. Martin

Catherine Wormington and Daniel Marusich

Stephanie Marver and Mory Ejabat

Myron Marx, M.D.Leigh and Bill MatthesLucia MatzgerDalynn May and

Christopher FerroDiane MayBarb and

Richard McAuliffeBobbie McChristyKarin and

Gregory McCluneMary and

Walter McCulloughEllen and

Harold McElhinnyWilliam McIvorRenee and

Michael McKennaAmy and

Andrew McKnightKathryn McNeilAgnés and

Alan MendelsonLisa and David MerinDon MerrillWendy Anderson and

Jim MilliganNancy MillikenMyrna and

Hyman MitchnerKatya and Jake MizrahiJohn MonteverdiNoelle Montgomery and

Daniel JanneyMargaret and

William MoorhouseMaura and Robert MoreyAndrea and

Charles MorrisSharon and

Jeffrey MorrisMichael and

Christine MurrayKelli Nakamura and

Eric Lee

Naomi NakashimaJanet NapolitanoNancy and

William NewmeyerJennifer and Dan NilesSue and Warden NobleD. Warner North and

Cheryl Bonham NorthJanet O’Brien and

Craig HartmanAnne and

Standish O’GradyLeslie and Scott OlrichElizabeth and

Damien OrnaniSofia OsborneDoris OsendaStephanie and

Peter OshmanDiane OsoskeBarbara and

John OsterweisPatricia Costello and

Darryl OttJudy and

Michael OverfieldGabriela and

Mark ParcellaJohn and Arrie ParkWendy and

Frederick ParkinKalpana and Dipak PatelKrutika and Rajiv PatelMonica and David PauliChristen O’Brien and

Paul PaulssonMiya PeardChristina and

Adam PedersonAnne and Robert PedreroVirginia and Dave PellShirley PeppersMarnie Morales and

Benjamin PerraultAnnette PerryStacy and Matthew PerryRegina PhelpsPatrica Peper and

Roger PhillipsEve Niquette and

Charles PohlLaurie Poston and

Brian FerrallRegan Pritzker and

Christopher OlinVeronica and

Wojciech PulawskiLynn PulliamHarriet Meyer QuarreIsabel RaabKrista Ramonas and

Gordon Rubenstein




Corporations and Foundations

$1,000,000+Google Inc.The Bernard Osher

FoundationPisces Foundation

$500,000 to $999,999Lakeside FoundationGordon and Betty Moore

Foundation

$250,000 to $499,999JPMorgan Chase & Co.

$100,000 to $249,999AnonymousGenentech, Inc.The Horace W.

Goldsmith FoundationPacific Gas and Electric

CompanyRogers Family FoundationSakana Foundation

The Schlinger FoundationTargetWells Fargo Foundation

$50,000 to $99,999Asian Pacific Fund, via a

Donor Advised Fund of Loretta Huahn

Franklin Templeton Investments

Heising-Simons Foundation

JRS Biodiversity Foundation

The Kimball FoundationEdmund & Jeannik

Littlefield FoundationSafeway Inc.Wells Fargo


Robin and Arthur RangelKathy Fields-Rayant and

Garry RayantSandy and

Scott RechtschaffenJamie and Kyle RedfordStasia and

Derek ReisfieldJanie RempelElizabeth and

Robert ReniersRobina and

John RiccitielloDianna RiceJulie and Chris RidleyElizabeth and Kurt RiekeAnne and Richard RileyHelen RippleJenny and Gerald RiskJeanette and

Edward RoachSusan DaSilva and

Thomas RobertsBeth and Stephen RobieCharlah Robinson and

Scott PuzaEdis and

Martin RobinsonJean RobinsonStacy RobsonJulie and Donald RocapSuzanne and Paul RocheSuzi Berry and

Murray RodeLois and John RogersShelagh and

Thomas RohlenTrue Liberty BagsJoAnn and

Lawson RollinsFran RomingerTraci and Dezz RoppLois and Arthur RothMichael RothrockCynthia and James Rowe

Richard Royse and Rocky Blumhagen

Ladan and Namdar SalehJeanine SamuelGina Sanfilippo and

Frederick RoeberMichael ScharfensteinLa Verne and

Herbert SchmidtDorothy McMath and

Peter Lothar SchmidtStephen SchnollJoel Wells Schreck and

Albert SchreckErin Hoffmann and

Michael SchroepferErica and Bryan SchultzSuzanne and

William SchutteJudith and John SearsPamela and

John SebastianBeatie and

Mike SeidenbergNancy and Greg SerrurierDiane and Carl ShannonAndrea and David ShearnBarbara ShellStephen ShepardKathy and Bart ShepherdEden SherryRaymond ShoneYvonne Don and

Richard ShrieveLara Witter and

Curt SigfsteadCyrena Simons and

Marcus RyuCarl SjogreenDorothy and

Dean SkanderupCamelia and

Gregory SkikosDanna and

Alexander Slusky

Molly and Wesley SmithCatherine Allman and

Glenn SnyderDoris Lin-Song and

Dennis SongJudith and Gary SorgenClare SpringsJudith and

Jerry SteenhovenJenny and

William StegallVera and Harold Stein Jr.Jack StephensonMary Murphy and

Mark StevensPilar Stewart Rand and

Jo Ann StewartEric StinsonEarl StokesCarol and Michael StoneHeather Valine and

David StoneMarcia Kimes and

Tracy StorerPolly Tam and

Hsien-Chung WooPearl Tang Tanaka and

Kevin TanakaColleen and Geoff TateCatherine TauberTracy Taylor Grubbs and

Richard TaylorJennifer and D.B. TempleRichard TenazaDenise TheisRhona and

Richard ThompsonRobert ThompsonBrittmarie ThornerTerri TienkenHenry TimnickJeana Toney and

Boris PutanecCatherine and

Edward Topham

Tiffany TownsendSiobhan McFeeney and

Dennis TrevinoPriscilla and

W. Sloan UptonSuzanne and

Eugene VallaMargaret Sullivan and

William Van DykBill and Sally Van IngenJennifer and

Brian Van KlompenbergRaj and Soo VenkatesanAaron and

Adriana VermutBarbara Novak and

Ellis VerosubJanet and Christian von

DoeppLorraine VoskanianLeslie and

Harvey WagnerLisa and Michael WaisEmily and Greg WaldorfDanielle and

Brooks Walker, Jr.Lindsey WalkerAshley and

Edward WaltemathMr. and Mrs. WarehamDelcey and

Harlan WatkinsAnne Maria and

Paul Wattis, IIIJill and Mark WehrlyAmanda Weitman and

Christopher HeffelfingerSandra and Keith WellsVirginia and

Richard WelshNonie Greene and

Todd WerbyAshley and

J. Minott Wessinger

Valerie WheatJennifer and

R. Sanders WilliamsBobbie and

Michael WilseyIvy WintersBeth and

James WintersteenJane and Douglas WolfPolly and Ward WolffLinda and King WonJack K. WongKenneth WongLyra Ng and Paul WongHelen and Wil WongSharon and Russell WooSarah Woodberry Trauner

and Ken TraunerLaura and

Dennis WoodsideSusan and Bruce WorsterPatty and John WrenchNancy and Roy WuJo WunderlichKarl Schultz and

Ryan WyattAdrianne YamakiAnna and Robert ZaraAmelia Zimmermann Wolff

and Keith WolffAmy and Ted ZookJane and Mark Zuercher


Giant spined sea star (Pisaster giganteus).



In-Kind

Adaptive Insights Anchor Steam Brewing

CompanyBelden Wire Blue Angel Spirits LLCBorrowLenses, LLCBulleit BourbonMarjorie and Edward

CahnCaldwell Vineyard

Chase Family CellarsJudith ChurchhillClif Bar & CompanyCornerstone CellarsBuff and Gerald CorsiColin DillinghamNance and Melvin

DonaldsonDouble Rainbow

Gourmet Ice Creams

Drew Altizer Photography

Endorfin ChocolatFrancis Ford Coppola

PresentsGloria Ferrer Caves &

VineyardsGoogle Inc.Kettle BrandKids Only

Magnolia Photo BoothMeyer Sound MicrosoftOceanic USA & HollisPeekadoodle KidsclubJurgenne PrimaveraRodney Strong VineyardsRobert RofenSafeway Inc.Spellbound Wines

Trumer PilsTito’s Handmade VodkaTrader Joe’suBiomeVision Service Plan

$25,000 to $49,999AnonymousAble ServicesAera Energy LLCAmerican SecuritiesAutodesk, Inc.Carlson Family

FoundationCarmel PartnersChase Private ClientDeloitteDodge & CoxEastdil SecuredGGS FoundationGlobal Health and

Education FoundationMimi and Peter Haas FundClarence E. Heller

Charitable FoundationHellman FoundationHoefer Family

FoundationKirkland & Ellis LLPKoret FoundationNational Geographic

SocietyOraclePearson Charitable

FoundationPrime FinanceSageview Capital LP

Summit PartnersTPGUnion Bank FoundationUniversity of VigoVisa Inc.Wallis FoundationThe Walton Family

Foundation, Inc.Weil, Gotshal & Manges

LLP

$10,000 to $24,999AnonymousAquatic Research

InstituteAsset Management

CompanyBlackRockBloombergFrank A. Campini

FoundationCoblentz Patch Duffy

and Bass LLPFriends of the San

Francisco Public Library

King American Ambulance Company

McKinsey & Company, Inc.

The Joseph and Mercedes McMicking Foundation

Northern Trust of California

PrologisRHE Charitable

FoundationThe Sato FoundationSimpson Thacher &

Bartlett LLPWebcor BuildersWillis

$1,000 to $9,999Anonymous (2)Apple Foundation, Inc.Argo Insurance Brokers

an Integro Co.Association of Science-

Technology Centers Incorporated

Bartlett Tree ExpertsThe Batir FoundationCanon Solutions AmericaCapital GroupCCI Commercial

Construction & Improvements, Inc.

The Chicago Community Foundation

CityPASSCraves Family

FoundationDarden Restaurants

FoundationDark Horse WinesThelma Doelger

Charitable TrustFarese Family FoundationFrank and Grossman

Landscape ContractorsGaia FundGCI General ContractorsGinn Family FoundationEvelyn & Walter Haas,

Jr. FundHBD STP - Investimentos

Turísticos, Unipessoal, LdHunter Public RelationsJason Family FoundationThe JEC FoundationJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.Loomis, Sayles &

Company, L.P.The Markkula

FoundationMeyer SoundMirnahill Foundation

Museum of Science, Boston

Nasaw Family Foundation

Occidental of Elk Hills Non Unit

Oxy USA IncPADI FoundationParadigm WineryPartisan ArtsPIMCOPlant Construction

Company, L.P.PSN Family Charitable

TrustRosendin ElectricSabah InternationalSalesforce.comThe San Francisco

FoundationSodexo USASidney Stern Memorial

TrustTrue Liberty BagsUBSValley Anatomical

Preparations, Inc.Vector Laboratories, Inc.Windsor FoundationWSP

Corporations and Foundations continued

This colorful Brazilian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria) joins a green anaconda on exhibit in the Academy’s rainforest.


Anonymous (29)Michele and

Mark AldrichAnthony AlfidiMary AllenMary Beth and

Frank AlmedaBarbara D. AndrewsTerri J. Arington in

memory of Hector and Grayce Ceschi

Madeline and Paul Arnaud, Jr.

Mary Ann and Samuel Aronson

Jay AuslanderJoan and Peter AvenaliMalou BabiloniaNancy Abbott BakerPamela BaldwinCharna BallAlkmene and

Raymond BandarCharles Madsen BarksdaleMarie Schoppe BarteeJoan BeavinMildred and

Edward BennettMichael Bennett and

Leslie LarsonMichael J. Bennett and

Luke LoweryRiva and

David Berelson, Jr.Medea and Bruce BernHelen BernsteinLoraine and Robert BerryBarbara Bessey and

Kevin GilmartinSusan and

Frederick BianucciW. Richard BinghamPhyllis BlairRoberta and

Roy BorgonovoNorman BrandEllen and

Russell BreslauerMelinda M. and

James R. BrownJosephine H. Brownback

Joanne BruggemannDr. Margaret Gould BurkeEva BuxtonBrook and Shawn ByersCarla CarpentierAndrea LoPinto and

Robert CarrJeanie and

Michael CaseyClaudia and

David ChittendenRobert and

Mary Ann ChristensenDiane and William ClarkeDorothy and

William ClemensLewis ColemanMs. Susan ColemanBuff and Gerald CorsiRonald CramerMrs. Arline DayJoan and

Allen DekelboumGary Demyen and

Les PartridgeIsabelle Z. DokouzianPamela and

Clarence DonahoeTracy Donahoe and

Kenneth LimDr. and Mrs.

Melvin S. DonaldsonMary and Thomas DumSherry DumkeLynn and Robert DunneSusan McComb and

J. D. DurstMaria Lucila

Echeverria BustosCharlotte and

David EpsteinVeronica EspadaHelene EttelsonEdward T. Faber and

Phyllis M. Faber TrustNeil E. FahyMarie and

Lawrence FeldmanJacqueline

Benroubi-FeretzisElizabeth S. Fisher

Jean FisherSusan ForsytheRenata Gasperi and

Donald FredianiElazar FriedmanWilliam Fries II

FoundationLaura FujiiJennifer and Ellis GansEvelina Vecchiato GaraArlene GetzRobert GlavinRobert GoderskyJeannie Graham-GilliatPaul GuestCharles and

Ginger GuthrieJohnnie and

John HafernikFlorence HaimesAnthia L. and

Charles E. HalfmannJack HalpernJames HeagyDeborah and

Robert HectorHelen M. and

Robert D. HellerVirginia HelleskovMs. Terry HelmMichael A. Heymann Louise and

Donald HeynemanCynthia Hill and

Steven BeckendorfSue and Mike HoeyJoan HolmanRichard W. HolmesRoyal C. Brown and

Margie Hom Judith and

John HurabiellDiane IchiyasuVirginia M. InghamJulianna and

Alex IosilevskyBonnie and Michael IrwinBernice ItkinEve IversenDonald and

Jacqueline Jacobberger

Hazel JacobyPauline Kerber and

John JenningsStanley JuddAnne KahnBernice and Jerry KendallKate and Tom KleinSue and Roger LangEvelyn and

Robert LangstonDr. Della LauraJim LilienthalSandra and

Ronald LinderLois B. LippincottPari and

Putnam LivermorePark LoughlinEroeda LuckCynthia and John MajorBrent MalarkeyJosephine MarkovichSharon and

Michael MarronHermine and

Sumner MarshallGerald McCallumFaye and

Richard McCartneyPam and John McCoskerJanet and

Thomas McKinleyKathryn K. McNeilJancy Rickman and

William MichaelyGigi Babcock and

Ralph MillerCarol and Charles MinkHolly MitchellNancy and George

Montgomery, Jr.Scott Chan and

Vicki MooreSylvia P. and

Dr. David J. MorafkaNearn and

Romano FamiliesJohn R. NelsonKenneth NessNancy and

Bill Newmeyer

Drs. Charles and Lois O’Brien

Diane OsoskeEdmund W. OwAlan and Virginia PabstJanet ParkerWendy and Fred ParkinVicki and John PearseRegina PhelpsCarol and Bruce PollockLynette M. PorteousVeronica Ahrens-Pulawski

and Wojciech PulawskiJane RadcliffeSonia A. RaeslyLinda and John ReichelMary Renaker and

Eric BrazelPatricia and

Hugh ReynoldsAnne RiandaGary B. RiddleDr. Francis J. Rigney, Jr.Nancy RobisonDiane and

Peter RodriguezRobert RofenDiane and Lloyd RootSandra Miller Ross and

Edward S. RossLois and Arthur RothRenee RubinI.A. RufferJaclyn Jacobs RuschMichael ScharfensteinKatherine SchickDr. Evert I. Schlinger, Ph.D.Margery SchindlerPeter Lothar SchmidtElizabeth SchultzWerner SchumannHarold SegelstadTom ShampYvonne Don and

Richard ShrieveMrs. Eugene A. ShurtleffClare Wheeler SiasMarjorie SilverEdmund and

Suellynn SmithJoyce and Jim Smith


Estates

Eastwood Associates Legacy Giving

Estate of Frank W. and Margaret Adelstein

Estate of Robert C. Armstrong

Estate of Donald J. Burdick

Estate of Margo ElbergEstate of

Stuart M. Fullerton

Charles M. Goethe TrustEstate of

Vivienne A. HockEstate of

Susan Hedge Hossfeld

Estate of Silvia W. IselinEstate of Barbara J. LandEstate of Vera M. LongRolph-Nicol FundEstate of Edwin A. Seipp Jr.

Estate of Helen von Ammon

Estate of Sadie Grace Williams


Cornelia Clausen SpanierClare H. SpringsThoralee Crawford SquairSusan StaeblerBrett C. StearnsJudith and

Jerry SteenhovenJoan E. SteinbergAnn and Ellis StephensBarbara J. StevensJocelynn Herrick Stone

and Richard StoneJ. Garland StroupMary and David SuttonCatherine and

Maurice TauberRowena J. Taylor and

Doris C. TaylorNancy Thompson and

Andrew Kerr

Blake and Jillian TyrrellStefan UnnaschEsther M. van BeersBarbara and

Dirk Van MeursMary and

Jerome C. VascellaroJanet von DoeppDorothy and

Paul WachterSusan WagemanJake WalkerJulie WalkerKatherine WallinSusanne Prokscha and

Timothy WaltersDr. Shel Weissman and

Claire Hurni WeissmanLinda and

George Wertheim

Gloria WesenbergCherie and

Herbert WetzelJerry Ann WhiteEllen and

Edwin WhitmanDavid WhitridgeStanley WilliamsStefan WilliamsRon WilsonBetty and

George WinkelmanMelissa and

Brian WongHelen and Wil WongJoan F. YatesFlora Zagorites

Endowments

Frank W. & Margaret B. Adelstein Fund

Augsbury FundEliz. Bartholomew Mem.

FundBloomer/Bryant/Hohfeld

FundBotany Endowment FundOwen Bryant FundCorsi Digital LibraryArthur Court Minerals

Endowment FundDaniels: Cames

Memorial Minerology Fund

Leslie H & Troy E DanielsBenjamin Dean Memorial

FundDonald &

Loretta H. Denning Endowment

Education Endowment Fund

Entomology EndowmentFellows Research

Endowment FundW.I. Follett EndowmentWilma and

William Follette Internship in Botany

Dr. Harriet Frizzell FundMimi and Peter Haas

Fund for Early Childhood

Hanna Diatom ChairMargaret Hanna

EndowmentHearst Endowment for

Science EducationRollie & Mary Henley

FundHerpetology EndowmentJohn T. Howell Curatorial

Chair

Irvine Curatorial ChairRupert &

Maryellie Johnson Technology Fund

William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball Endowment

Lilienthal Lecture FundLindsay ChairDr. Lindsay Field

Research FundRobert Lorenz TrustKristina D Y Louie

Memorial FundMallick EndowmentMarshall SteelMcAllister Curatorial

ChairMcCosker Aquatic

Biology ChairWm. McDevitt Memorial

FundMyers Family Trust

Lois B & Charles W. O’Brien Fund

Osher Fellowship Endowment

Patterson ScholarsPepperwood Endowment

FundPepperwood OutreachResearch Endowment

FundRoberts Dean of

EducationArthur and

Toni Rembe Rock Fund for Enhanced Museum Visits

John J. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship in Botany Endowment Fund

L & E Rose Memorial Fund

Vincent Roth Memorial Fund

Schlinger Arachnology Chair

Schlinger Diptera ChairSchlinger Postdoctoral

FellowshipTracy & Ruth Storer FundEdwin Cooper Van Dyke

FundHelen Von Ammon

Endowment FundRobert T. Wallace

Endowment FundDr. R. Wallace InternshipPaul & Phyllis Wattis

FoundationWattis Foundation FundWesendunk Microfossil

Collection EndowmentWesendunk Mineral

Collection EndowmentZimmerman Trust

Eastwood Associates continued


This African four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) is one of several animals featured in daily programs on the museum floor.

13Financials California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report

FinancialsCareful stewardship of financial resources is key to growing the Academy’s impact at a time when science — advancing it, understanding it, sharing it — is essential to life on Earth.

operating revenue and expenses

RevenueEarned RevenueContributionsEndowment Transfers Government Grants

Total Revenue

ExpensesExhibits & Public EngagementBiodiversity ScienceEducation & OutreachAquariumManagement & GeneralDevelopment & Membership

Total Expenses

2014 29,624,217 19,069,666 12,374,536

6,444,838

$67,513,257

2013 31,654,409 15,749,348 9,925,499 6,706,685

$64,035,941

2014 439,234,517 380,427,626 31,194,970 3,966,280

$854,823,393

2013 422,473,193389,073,152 35,711,305 3,751,816

$851,009,466

20,175,068 11,952,665 11,786,749 8,826,076 7,770,907 7,001,792

$67,513,257

19,784,831 11,247,817 12,521,005 8,413,106 5,370,7806,698,402

$64,035,941

7,515,655 5,268,903

281,450,000 257,207

$294,491,765

426,962,504 69,472,491 63,896,633

$560,331,628

$854,823,393

6,985,185 4,537,125

281,450,000 253,320

$293,225,630

429,857,969 68,945,658 58,980,209

$557,783,836

$851,009,466

financial posit ion

AssetsInvestmentsProperty & equipment, less depr.ReceivablesOther

Total Assets

LiabilitiesAccounts PayableDeferred IncomeBonds PayableOther Long-term Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Unrestricted Net AssetsTemporarily RestrictedPermanently Restricted

Total Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

2014 Revenue

• 44% Earned Revenue

• 28% Contributions

• 18% Endowment Transfers

• 10% Government Grants

2014 Expenses

• 30% Exhibits & Public Engagement

• 18% Biodiversity Science

• 17% Education & Outreach

• 13% Aquarium

• 12% Management & General

• 10% Development & Membership

LeadershipForward-looking leaders keep the Academy on track in its mission to explore, explain, and sustain life. Their vision guides us. Their enthusiasm inspires us. Their commitment carries us into the future.

Board of Trustees, 2014

Senior Staff

Bruce Alberts, PhDJames N. AlexanderJohn C. AtwaterMatthew BargerElizabeth Blackburn, PhDRichard C. BlumTeresa BriggsDan CarrollPeter Y. ChungPenny CoulterTroy Daniels

Juliet de BaubignyWilliam F. DuhamelPeter FentonJohn H.N. FisherRandi FisherDiane B. GreeneRosemary Gillespie, PhDEdward A. GilhulyJohn Hafernik, PhD, PresidentGlenn W. HolsclawOliver Jenkyn

David M. Kennedy, PhDSalman KhanRoger KuoSharon Long, PhDSusan OberndorfEmilie Munger OgdenElizabeth R. PattersonGary PinkusWilliam S. Price IIIMarta Salas-PorrasKurt N. Simon

Jill Tarter, PhDVirginia Goss Tusher, PhDJerome C. Vascellaro, ChairGeerat Vermeij, PhDSummer Tompkins WalkerGeisha WilliamsRichard YorkeAdrienne L. Zihlman, PhDMary Zlot

Jonathan Foley, PhDExecutive Director, William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball Chair

Elizabeth C. Babcock, PhDChief Public Engagement Officer and Roberts Dean of Education

Alison BrownChief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff

Melissa FelderChief Marketing Officer

Margaret Lowman, PhDChief of Science and SustainabilityHarry and Diana Hind DeanLindsay Chair of Botany

Janet M. HarrisChief Development Officer

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