2019 ODC Network Annual Impact Report · 2019 ODC Network Annual Impact Report. y Continued development on 2 Greenway Projects covering over 180,000 acres y Over 100 conservation

2019 ODC Network Annual Impact Report

y Continued development on 2 Greenway Projects covering over 180,000 acres

y Over 100 conservation contracts to manage land y Established over 20 miles of trail and protected nearly 1,400 acres along the Macatawa Greenway

y Over 30,000 acres of farmland utilizing best management practices

y Substantially improved water quality (lowest phosphorus levels in 47 years)

CONSERVATION HIGHLIGHTS over 20 YEARS

2009 23,108 program

participants2019 Over 58,000

program participants

The increase in program participation ODC has seen over the past ten years

245%

Operating Revenue Sources

30%

Program Revenue

Events6%

Foundations

1

1%

26

% Individuals

Government16%

Busines

s

11%

46%

Earned Revenue

54%

Philanthropic Revenue

OUR CURRENT IMPACT

y Over 1,250,000 children and families have received an ODC experience

y Over 1,000 programs offered in 2019 y 176 three & four year olds learning in the outdoors at the Little Hawks Discovery Preschool

y 17 ODC Education Network partner schools impacting the lives of 3,500 students

y 10 parenting classes led by Little Hawks social worker with over 400 participants

EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS over 20 YEARS

7%

Fundraising

84%

Programming

9%

Administration

Operating Expenses

OUR SERVICE AREA

32 VOLUNTEER GROUPS

63 LIVE BIRD OF PREY SHOWS

NATURAL PLAY & LEARN SPACES in

AREA SCHOOLS

on the ODC NETWORK TEAM

PARTICIPATED in SUMMER LITERACY PROGRAMS

ATTENDED MAPLE SUGAR TIME at VAN RAALTE FARM750

8500+

Unique Natural Areas

Acres of Land

OUR FOOTPRINT 200

987 VOLUNTEERS

47

CHILDREN

5 CONSTRUCTED

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6 EXPLORER NETWORK

TRIPS OFFERED

FIRSTWOMEN IN

NATURE TRIP

GREENWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGNS

& KIOSKS INSTALLED

Holland

Wayland

Village ofDouglas

Fennville

Allegan

OtsegoPlainwell

South Haven

LeightonFillmore

Overisel DorrSalemLaketown

WaylandManlius Heath HopkinsMonterey

Saugatuck

MartinWatson

AlleganClyde ValleyGanges

GunplainOtsegoTrowbridgeLee CheshireCasco

Sources: Esri, Airbus DS, USGS, NGA, NASA, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS, NLS, OS, NMA, Geodatastyrelsen,Rijkswaterstaat, GSA, Geoland, FEMA, Intermap and the GIS user community, Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO,

NOAA, USGS, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

WATER QUALITY FILTERS INSTALLED at 3 LOCATIONS

GRAND OPENING: Eldean Family Nature Play Park

1,100 KIDS IMPACTED through OUTDOOR DISCOVERY WITHOUT LIMITS

3 MILES OF STREAMS & WATERWAYS RESTORED

5

COMMUNITY ENDORSEMENTS for the KALAMAZOO RIVER GREENWAY6

153

STUDENTS ATTENDED CULTURAL HISTORY PROGRAMS1,580