Nine Mile Run Watershed Associat ion

2015 Annual Report

Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

BoardBob MaloneyPresidentJason J. McBride, PEVice PresidentDan CodyTreasurerJames J. StittSecretaryHeather DodsonJanel EverlyJoe FedorErin FriezPatrick LoughneyMark McNallyAnthony MologneKeith RoeperLeland ScalesBill SlivkaAmy Silbermann, LEED AP O+MBrenda Smith, ex officioMarie StapinskiJordan Lee Strassburger

StaffBrenda Lynn SmithExecutive Director

Kevin GiederChief Financial Officer

Mike HillerDirector of Policy & Outreach

Brittany Miller StormWorks Managing Director

Sara MaddenStormWorks Design Manager

Maureen Copeland Regional Stormwater Strategist

Jared Manzo Urban Forestry Manager

Theresa MuehlbauerCommunications Coordinator

Maranda NemethRestoration Stewardship Coordinator

Paul YanulavichStormWorks Horticulturalist & Arborist

Sean DavisStormWorks Field Technician

Nathan Resnick-DayStormWorks Field Crew / Urban Forestry Assistant

Lindsey-Rose AllenOffice Coordinator

Special thanks to:Gale McGloin Development Consultant

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1, 2, 3 - After a year of planning and fundraising, we started work on the Rosedale Runoff Reduction Project in 2015 in eastern Homewood, East Hills, and southern Penn Hills. The RRRP is designed to reduce the amount of sewage polluted stormwater entering Nine Mile Run from a combined sewer overflow every time it rains, with a variety of sustainable stormwater management interventions.

Our StormWorks crew, working in partnership with Operation Better Block’s Junior Green Corps, began installing rain barrels and rain gardens for homes whose runoff contributes to the problem. Planning continued for the stormwater management tree pits, and larger green infrastructure sites managing streetside runoff that will be installed in 2016 to complete Phase 1.

Learn more about the RRRP, including funders and partners, and stay up to date with its progress at the website, www.rosedalerain.com. If you have any questions about the project or would like to participate, contact Director of Policy and Outreach Mike Hiller (pictured right) at mike@ninemilerun.org or (412) 371-8779 ext. 121.

Board & Staff

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2015 Year in Review

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Photo: T. Muehlbauer

Photo: S. Powell

Photo: T. Muehlbauer

Photo: T. Muehlbauer

Photo: T. Muehlbauer

4 - Stewardship and continued enhancement of the Nine Mile Run Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration in Frick Park will always be central to our mission. In 2015, NMRWA conducted 7 Stream Sweeps with 380 volunteers removing 151 bags of trash from the stream! We also worked with partners to hold 4 litter clean up events in our upper watershed communities. At these events, over 250 volunteers gathered 96 bags of litter that would otherwise have washed into Nine Mile Run, along with 45 tires.

6 - NMRWA’s Urban EcoStewards continued their work in the Nine Mile Run restoration area, removing invasive plant species, picking up litter, and combating erosion. They also had the opportunity to attend various monthly workshops and trainings offered by the Urban EcoStewards program. Two of these were hosted by NMRWA: Stream Flow Monitoring, and Invasive Plant Identification & Removal Techniques.

7 - We continue to see urban forest improvements as central to restoring the ecosystem in our urban watershed. During 2015, we surpassed our proposed tree planting goal and doubled our tree care goal. Approximately 100 volunteers helped staff complete 8 tree plantings, resulting in 55 trees planted in the upper watershed communities of Wilkinsburg, Swissvale and Edgewood. During the same time window, 154 volunteers helped staff to complete 11 tree care events, resulting in 334 trees tended.

5 - NMRWA held 7 interpretive walks, engaging 154 people, and staff made 3 presentations to community groups and students. In addition, we reached more than 4,800 homes twice during the year with our printed newsletter, about 3,000 individuals with our monthly e-newsletter, and thousands more watershed supporters through our social media campaigns. 5

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8 - In 2015, we implemented an expanded protocol for monitoring of water quality and habitat in the restoration area, and made our first forays into monitoring of green stormwater infrastructure in the upper watershed.

Civil and Environmental Consultants donated a highly technical longitudinal survey that will help us track future structural changes in the stream.

Watch for the release of our first Report Card on the state of the stream in 2016, based on the data we have been collecting since 2006!7

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NMRWA Financial Review

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Income 2013Income 2014Income 2015

Expenditures 2013Expenditures 2014Expenditures 2015

Total Assets 2013Total Assets 2014Total Assets 2015

Income 2013Income 2014Income 2015

Expenditures 2013Expenditures 2014Expenditures 2015

Total Assets 2013Total Assets 2014Total Assets 2015

Income 2013Income 2014Income 2015

Expenditures 2013Expenditures 2014Expenditures 2015

Total Assets 2013Total Assets 2014Total Assets 2015

2015 2014 2013 Contributions & Memberships $62,681 5.9% $69,725 11.0% $37,795 5.0% Grants $764,482 71.9% $297,702 47.0% $611,139 81.1% StormWorks Sales $207,701 19.5% $193,348 30.5% $74,472 9.9% In-Kind Donations $0 0.5% $2,938 0.5% $2,257 0.3% Other Income $28,125 2.6% $70,087 11.0% $27,614 3.7%

TOTAL $1,062,989 100.0% $633,800 100.0% $753,277 100.0%

2015 2014 2013 Program Services $860,415 86.2% $727,860 87.1% $557,295 84.3% Management & General $111,024 11.1% $82,931 9.9% $85,131 12.9% Fundraising $27,279 2.7% $24,589 3.0% $18,755 2.8%

TOTAL $998,718 100.0% $835,380 100.0% $661,181 100.0%

2015 2014 2013 Cash $196,280 68.9% $59,707 22.7% $158,018 35.9% Receivables $23,985 8.4% $128,908 48.9% $261,377 59.4% Inventory & Other Assets $20,728 7.3% $34,438 13.1% $10,350 2.4% Net Fixed Assets $43,699 15.3% $40,356 15.3% $10,007 2.3%

TOTAL ASSETS $284,692 100.0% $263,409 100.0% $439,752 100.0%

Total Liabilities $33,800 11.9% $76,788 29.2% $51,551 11.7%Total Net Assets $250,892 88.1% $186,621 70.8% $388,201 88.3% TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $263,409 100.0% $263,409 100.0% $439,752 100.0%

INCOME

EXPENDITURES

BALANCE SHEET

$20,728 $43,699

$611,139

$74,472

$2,257

$27,614 $37,795

$557,295

$261,377$158,018

$10,007 $10,350

$85,131 $18,755

$297,702

$193,348

$2,938 $70,087 $69,725

$727,860

$82,931 $24,589

$196,280

$23,985

$111,024 $27,279

$860,415

$34,438

$40,356

$128,908$59,707

$764,482

$207,701

$28,125 $62,681

NMRWA’s financial goals are closely aligned with its strategic goals, as well as pursuing opportunities for on-going organizational sustainability. Income for the organization is generated in large part from the generous contributions of the local foundation community, as well as significant support from individual members, and from the Board of Directors. Additionally, NMRWA earns income from its StormWorks program as well as reimbursements and consulting fees from partners. These sources of income continue to grow on a total dollar basis from year to year.

From 2013 to 2015, between $0.84 to $0.87 of each dollar raised was spent directly on programming, including education, outreach, and advocacy activities, tree planting and maintenance, and monitoring and stewardship activities in the Nine Mile Run restoration area in Frick Park. 2015 saw the initiation of Phase 1 of the Rosedale Runoff Reduction Project, designed to reduce excess stormwater and bacterial pollution in the stream; this project includes some large capital investments in green stormwater infrastructure. Additionally, a sizable investment was made to design a new rain barrel, “The Hydra” in support of both the Rosedale Project and StormWork’s regional activities. Finally, the organization commits resources to on-going fundraising and administrative activities in support of its dedicated staff and volunteers.

Nancy Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Jack DiederichEleanor Emmons-AptJim FlemingErin Friez*Linda KauffmanPatrick & Candy LoughneyBob & Christy MaloneyMr.& Mrs. Mark K. McNally*Tony MologneEllen OrmondSusan Smith

Randal BryantJason HansenMark & Mary Ellen Meyer in honor of Robert Jilek

Stuart OlmstedCathy Raphael

Anonymous Lindsay & Daniel CodyJanel EverlyHarry HenningerSuzan Lami & Robert GrubbMichael KapplerElsa Limbach in honor of Sara Madden

Christopher MarkJason McBrideJan Myers-Newbury in memory of Sam Newbury

Pamela StimacJames StittJordan & Erika StrassburgerDustin TaylorMaryRose Walko & Laird CooperAlane & Matt WholeyLois Winslow

Anonymous (11)Karen BaillieDaniel BainAmy & Chris BartelsAllen BaumHarriet & Ray BaumAnne BentRabbi Aaron BisnoSally BogieKatherine (Kitty) & Bruce BrunkhorstTimothy BurkeAnne BurnhamDavid Carr & Anne Jane GrayJoe CrossettMarian Crossman in honor of Jack Solomon

Amy CrossonJon DanzakDino DeFlavio George Dimeling

Heather Dodson*Henry DohertyJeanne DrennanDavid A. Dzombak & Carolyn J. MenardSam & Marion EdelmannSteven F. FeinsteinTom Fisher in memory of Kay Chute

Jim FunderburghKevin GiederBurlton GriffithHenry GroffJohn Haer & Joni RabinowitzCarol Hochman & William Lafe*R. Donald HoffmanJeffrey A. Hritz & Anne D. KeltonRichard Kerchner in memory of Loved Ones

Ken LevinNancy LevinePeter LewisDave LimbacherBob LinnVirginia LinnLeonard LoydLouise & Michael MalakoffSara Malakoff in honor of Michael Malakoff

Ellen MarcusMelissa McDonoughGale McGloinBarbara MingesConstance MonaghanDr. & Mrs. James D. MooreJulie Ann MountainTheresa MuehlbauerDaniel MulhollandSusan MulhollandNancy MurphyJ. Lakin & D. RabuzziMr. & Mrs. James B. RichardMartha Riecks & Chris TraceyRachel RisdenMichael SchillerJohn SchombertMarty & Janet SeltmanAmy Silbermann*James SingerSheryl St. GermainMarie & Jeff Stapinski Fred SteinbergEdwin Strassburger in honor of Erika & Jordan

Tony VaccarelloClark WalterDavid WaltonJudy WernerRoger Westman & William StevensNaomi ZigmondAndrew Zucker

Anonymous (8)Howard AikensJean AlexanderMary Ruth Aull in honor of Mother Earth

Joan & William BaughJoshua BellinJane BernsteinConnie BlackMaureen E. BlairKristin BonassoAnne Bowes in memory of Pat Griffin

Kay BoyleDeborah BrooksJeffrey CampbellKrista Campbell*Patty CarrMaren CookeDan & Clare CornellJustin CummingsAimee CurtrightDaviea Davis*Raoul DavisSabina DeitrickLisa Dennis & Joan MaserClaudia DetwilerJane DirksMichael EannarinoMarian EdwardsBetsy EnsmingerMarian FinegoldSusan FinemanSusan FingerFischhoff FamilyElizabeth FleischerMarilyn GelzhiserPhyllis GenszlerHarold C. Golding in memory of Edna M. Golding

Dinnie GoldringBarbara J. Grabowski, Esq.Donna Hallen in honor of Caleb Griffith

Kim Harrigal*Gunther & Klara HeilbrunnSteve HirtleLaura HornerDavid KellerRoberta Konefal-ShaerMary KostalosLois & Irv LibermanRoseann LitzingerEleanor MayfieldHugh McGough & Kris RustThomas McGoughAlan MeiselGeorge MendisMary MeyersBetsy & Dick MonheimElla MoravecDeborah MossJohn Moyer Prof. John NagleSandy & Gene O’SullivanMark PetersonKathy & Leonard PlotnicovMargaret Reed

Cynthia ReppeNicholas & Dorothy Rescher in memory of Erwin & Meta Rescher

Abby ResnickJean RobinsonMichael & Linda RosenbaumNeil RosenblumRuth SattlerKirk Savage in memory of Tim Collins & Reiko Goto

Jean & Martin SchmidtKathleen D. Schneider, Atty.Bill & Pat SchuetzRick SebakChristine SeppiSusan SesackCosma ShaliziChris Siefert*Terry & Emily SillinsAnne & John SingletonAnn SinsheimerMarcia Smith & Barb GundyJack SolomonBecky StuderTerri SupowitzMichael & Gloria TakacsArthur UberStephanie UlmerDenise VeselickySusan WaggonerEd Walko

IndividualMembers$1-49Anonymous (9)Tamara AbellStewart AgreenAmy Andrews-HooksHarry BackSusan BailsThomas BatroneyCarolyn Bigbee*Lea BlackJan CarrMary Beth CathcartTerrence Collins*Mary Margaret CoyneVanessa German*Naomi GreengblottMaureen & Martin GreenwaldAnn HarrisMattie Harris in memory of Clemente & Angeline

Maeve Hendricks*Sam Hens-GrecoBrian Hess*Barbara HicksCharles & Marilyn HonigsbergJohn HuffmanAlan HunninenJoanie Isenberg*Michael JehnAndie KarshDawn LehmanErwin LevinIan Lipsky*Joyce MartinPatricia McElligott*Bill & Mary Anne Mistick

Louis Moore*Gary MulhollandPamela MurrayPatty MurthaKhrys MyrddinJan Neffke*Kemal Niksic*Howard OstfieldChristina PalmieriLinda PatchelMaeve Rafferty*Sylvia ReznickWilliam RogersAnn RosePeter RosenfeldMichelle Rossi*Gloria RudolfLeah Russell in honor of Pittsburgh Urban Christian School

Jennifer SchnakenbergRosalyn ShermanGreg ShortIan SmithBrooke Smokelin*Nina Sowiski*Linda StaffordPaul StreetIrene SurmikPenny ThomasAlbert Treger* in honor of Zelda Curtiss’ birthday

Mr. & Mrs. John C. UnkovicRyan Utz*Francine VandenBergConnie Weiss*R. Westerman & J. Robert MyersDelia WhiteDorothy Wriedt*Lisa ZelichJudith Zimmerman

* Indicates membership was new as of 2015. We greatly appreciate all new members who help amplify our voice as we speak for the watershed! For information on the benefits of membership, please see our website at www.ninemilerun.org/membership/

We are very grateful for the support of all our members and donors. Gifts made between January 1 – December 31, 2015 are acknowledged here.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you believe errors or omissions have occurred, please bring them to our attention by emailing brenda@ninemilerun.org.

Thank you to our 2015 Members....

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Visionaries$1,000 & up

Protectors$500-999

Restorers$250-499

Stewards$100-249

Family Membership/Supporters $50-99

... and our Funders & Supporters

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Anonymous SupportersAllegheny County Conservation DistrictAmazon SmileAmerican Eagle Outfitters FoundationArbor Day Foundation/Alliance for Community TreesAthena’s FireBayer USA FoundationBeyond Spots and DotsColcom FoundationCrivella WestEarthShareEQT FoundationGAI ConsultantsGarden Club of Allegheny CountyGarden Club of Forest HillsThe Heinz EndowmentsThe Hillman FoundationCaroline Fredericka Holdship Trust of PNC Charitable TrustsJ. M. Hopwood Charitable TrustLami-Grubb ArchitectsThe Laurel FoundationMcBroom DistributingMichael Baker InternationalPennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Growing Greener ProgramPeople’s Natural Gas Company

The Pittsburgh FoundationThe following Funds of The Pittsburgh Foundation: The Bessie F. Anathan Charitable Trust The Kenneth A. and Jennie H. Barker Wildlife Preservation Fund The Bright Future Fund The Emily Violet Kay Memorial Fund The Howard and Carol Lang Family Foundation Fund The Rita M. McGinley Fund The James B. and Nancy C. Richard Family FundPittsburgh United/Clean Rivers CampaignPittsburgh Water and Sewer AuthorityThe Richard King Mellon FoundationRoy A. Hunt FoundationSci-Tek ConsultantsSummerset at Frick ParkSweetWater Brewing CompanyUS Fish and Wildlife Service, 5 Star Urban Waters ProgramViridian EnergyWade TrimWestern Pennsylvania School for the DeafWonderful Giving

And our members and StormWorks clients!

BNY MellonDominion FoundationMicrosoftPNC FoundationUBS Foundation...for matching gifts of our members

AgRecycleALCOSANAllegro Hearth Bakery, Squirrel HillBruegger’s Bagels, Squirrel HillCoffee Tree Roasters, Bakery Square & Squirrel HillEast End Food Co-opGetGo, WilkinsburgJames Flower and Gift ShoppeJohn MoyerPennDOTSalvatore’s Pizza, WilkinsburgTest AmericaUrban Forestry Consultants, Inc.Wilkinsburg Penn Joint Water Authority

In 2015 our programs were made possible through generous support from:

Thanks also to:

In-Kind Donations:

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Connect with us! A rain barrel fit for PittsburghBuilding on Nine Mile Run’s many years of experience during the Rain Barrel Initiative, StormWorks has now been providing rain barrels for five years, field testing new designs and experimenting with accessories to create a product that homeowners want and will use. This process revealed the need for an affordable rain collection system designed to fit the flat surfaces and tight spaces of many Pittsburgh homes, versus a large cylindrical shape, leading to the introduction of the Hydra in 2015. With a slim, modern design that can fit in narrow spaces between houses, shared walkways, or behind shrubbery, it’s

ideal for a city setting. Currently made from 100% recycled plastic resin, the Hydra will soon be available in several colors, made from virgin resin.

We are currently installing 200 Hydras through the Rosedale Runoff Reduction Project (see page 2). Previously, 400 were provided in the East End as part of Project 15206. Outside of Pittsburgh, we have partnered with the District Department of the Environment in Washington, D.C. to provide the Hydra in support of their rain barrel/cistern program and will ship a total of 350 Hydras to the D.C. area this year. See page 4 for more information on Stormworks’ efforts.