FRIENDS OF FAIRSTED 2023 ANNUAL REPORT

Dear Friends,
I am pleased to share the Friends of Fairsted 2023 Annual Report and Donor List and to acknowledge with deep gratitude the generous support that enables us to serve as the philanthropic partner of Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. Now more than ever, the National Park Service relies on public-private partnerships for basic education programs, historic preservation and public outreach. We are honored to collaborate with the talented and dedicated staff at Fairsted and are excited to share highlights of our recent accomplishments.

In the past year, your donations have funded:

  • Busses to bring children to Fairsted for Good Neighbors educational programs;
  • Art in the Park—a summer festival on the South Lawn where young and old celebrated art and music featuring Juvenatas New Music Ensemble and Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys;
  • A Holiday Open House that welcomed visitors to Fairsted for seasonal refreshments and tours of the historic Design Office;
  • The Beveridge Fellowship awarded to Loïc Massias for his dissertation “The Reception of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Park Systems in France: 1880-1945”;
  • On-line lectures including “Before Central Park: A Conversation on Seneca Village” with Sara Cedar Millar and Professor Carla L. Peterson;
  • Grants to National Park Service to enhance staff recognition and fund Stewards of the Future—a bridge between the National Park Service and the youth community in Boston;
  • Sundays at the Shattuck where Olmsted NHS staff, interns and volunteers reached hundreds of people to talk about Fairsted and the thoughtful design work of the Olmsteds on land they designed;
  • Grant to Library of American Landscape History for the publication of Boston’s Franklin Park by Ethan Carr with an Afterword by Gary Hilderbrand.

None of these activities would be possible without your help! Thank you for being part of our community and for your continued involvement and support.

Sincerely,
Thomas H Woodward sig 2023AR

Thomas H. Woodward
President, Friends of Fairsted

FY 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT

October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023

FY 2023 DONOR LIST

(gifts and gifts-in-kind received between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023)

Gifts of $1,000 or more
Robert and Evelyn Doran
Lauren Meier
Tom Woodward and David LePere

Gifts of $500 – $999
Kyle Zick

Gifts of $250 – $499
Rolf Diamant
Garden Club of America
Arleyn Levee
Keith Morgan
Ian Scherling
Michael Kerpan and Pat Suhrcke
Margaret A. Frank Fund, Chicago Community Foundation

Gifts of $100 – $249
Alison Bassett 1
Janet Burns 1
Lee Cook
Kristen Dahlmann
John Dempsey
Sheila Donahue 3
Ray Dunetz
Greer Hardwicke
High Street Hill Association
Mauney-Brodek Giving Fund
Marion Pressley 1
Deborah Rivers
Carlo Rotella
Catherine Schweitzer
Sandra Simonsen
Sam Valentine 2
Wendy Machmuller

Gifts of $1 – $99
Timothy Daly 4
Teresa and Antonio D’Urso
Julian Fisher
Sarah Freeman
David Holden
Nancy McGovern
Barbara Millen
Jessica Mink
Diane Montenegro
Maureen O’Brien
Frank Olney
Jonathan Putnam
Frances Shedd-Fisher 1
National Association of Olmsted Parks

Gifts are directed to the General Fund except where noted:
1 Lecture Series
2 Beveridge Fellowship
3 Good Neighbors
4 Olmsted 200

In-Kind Contributions
Phyllis Andersen
Alan Banks
Akea Cader
Florrie Everett, Everett Design
Stephen Pendery
James Olmsted
Emily Vance
Maddie Webster
Ann Whiteside

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Woodward
President
Lauren Meier
Treasurer

Phyllis Andersen
Akea Cader
Kristen Dahlmann
Arleyn A. Levee, Hon. ASLA
Wendy Machmuller
Steven R. Pendery
Ian Scherling
Sam E. Valentine, ASLA
Emily Vance
Ann Whiteside

Thanks to Directors retiring in 2023
Jay Olmsted
Alan Banks
Alison Bassett
Maddie Webster
Kyle Zick