2015 Fund for the Future

Thank you to our generous donors. This year you supported ESA’s Fund for the Future, the award-winning ESA SEEDS program, the Real/Brown Student Travel Fund for students to attend ESA’s annual meeting, and the Opportunity Fund. Additionally, your donations allow ESA to take advantage of new opportunities that forward ESA’s role as the advocate for ecological science. If you would like to support the science and ecological profession, consider making a donation.

1000+
Mary Barber
Stephen Carpenter
Norman Christensen
Scott Collins
Meghan Duffy
Alexander Flecker
Jonathan Frye
Candace Galen
Nancy Grimm
Laura Huenneke
David Inouye
Rob Jackson
Edward Johnson
James MacMahon
Judith Monte
Sonia Ortega
William Parton
Ivette Perfecto
Alison Power
F Russell
Monica Turner
John Vandermeer

500-999
Ann Bartuska
Jayne Belnap
F. Stuart Chapin
Carmen Cid
Christopher Field and Nona Chiariello
Lawrence Giles
Deborah Goldberg
Louis Gross
Bret Harvey
Matthew Hurteau
Stephen Jenkins
Dennis Knight
Pamela Matson
Katherine McCarter
Harold Mooney
Tim Nuttle
Duncan Patten
Julie Reynolds
Robert Ricklefs
William Robertson
Gaius Shaver

250-499
Kenneth Armitage
Alan Berkowitz
Carol Brewer
Mark Brunson
Clifford Duke

Katherine Gross
Jeffrey Herrick
Stephen Jackson
Christine Laney
Janet Lanza
Simon and Carole Levin
Richard Lindroth
Jason McLachlan
George Middendorf
Teresa Mourad
Louis Pitelka
Bob Pohlad
Michael Ryan
Timothy Schowalter
Carolyn Thomas

100-249
Barbara Abraham
Warren Abrahamson
Lynn Adler
Jim Alford
Edith Allen
Harold Balbach
Kyle Barbehenn
Bernd Blossey
Dorothy Boorse
Stephen Chaplin
Peter Chen
James Coleman
Mark Coleman
Sharon Collinge
Arthur Cooper
Kathryn Cottingham
Linda Deegan
Evan DeLucia
John Dennis
Julie Denslow
Deborah Dexter
Philip Dixon
Jeffrey Dukes
Valerie Eviner
Henry Gholz
Eville Gorham
Martha Groom
Yaffa Grossman
Carola Haas
Nelson Hairston
David Hart
Alan Hastings
Karen Holl
Carole Hom
Boyd Hutchison
Joanne Itami
Fredric Janzen

Linda Joyce
Robert Kinzie
Kenneth Klemow
Edward Kormondy
Nadine Lymn
Michelle Mack
Greayer Mansfield-Jones
Michael Marcus
Terrence McGlynn
Elvia Melendez-Ackerman
Lee Miller
Kiyoko Miyanishi
Chester Moore
Mary Mulcahy
Christopher Neill
Elizabeth Newell
Gordon Orians
R. Deborah Overath
Margaret Palmer
Robert Pearcy
Robert Peet
Debra Peters
Dayani Pieri
Richard Pouyat
Edward Rastetter
Carla Restrepo
Wayne Richter
Victor Riemenschneider
Osvaldo Sala
Joshua Schimel
Eric Schultz
Thomas Sisk
Richard Sparks
Emily Stanley
Amanda Stanley
Daniel Stanton
Joe Sullivan
Michael Swift
William Tietjen
Maggie Wagner
Dane Ward
Thompson Webb
Cynthia Wilber
Ruth Yanai
Wayne Zipperer
Donald Zobel

50-99
Steven Allison
Margery Anthony
David Armstrong
Jan Beyers
L. Brooks
Rebecca Burton

Julia Burton
Leonardo Calle
Gerardo Camilo
Christina Catricala
Brian Chabot
Adam Clark
Elsa Cleland
Boyd Collier
Jeffrey Corney
Diane Debinski
Naomi Detenbeck
Joshua Drew
Thomas Ebert
James Elser
Stephan Flint
Jeremy Fox
Monica Geber
David Glenn-Lewin
Bruce Grant
Douglas Gruenau
Jessica Gurevitch
Carol Haley
Aleah Henderson
Joan Hett
Thomas Hinckley
Martha Hoopes
Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald
Murray Littlejohn
Peter Lowther
Harry Lymn
Jose-Luis Machado
Andrea Maguire
David Mauriello
John McLaughlin
Michael Melampy
Raymond Newman
Richard Norby
Christopher Picone
Ellen Porter
Peter Price
Dudley Raynal
Courtney Richmond
George Robinson
Dave Rugg
Donald Shure
John Terborgh
Ronald Trosper
Nora Underwood
Kerri Vierling
David Voigts
Susan Williams
Jennifer Williams

Grants, Contributions and Sponsorships

ESA is grateful to the following organizations that provided funds to ESA activities and programs:

American Wind Wildlife Institute
Arizona State University
Bureau of Land Management
Colorado Habitat Exchange
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Edith and Curtis Munson Foundation
Inyo County Water Department
Journal of Urban Ecology

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
National Science Foundation
New Mexico State University
New Phytologist Trust
Public Library of Science
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Forest Service
US Geological Survey

Unrestricted Income and Expense

– Fiscal Year ending 6/30/2015

Revenues
Grants & Contributions $595,645
Membership Dues $729,108
Subscriptions $2,435,491
Manuscript Charges $742,994
Annual Meeting $1,166,048
Investment Income $92,168
Other Revenues $262,768
Contracts $28,238
Total Revenues $6,052,460
Expenses
Public Affairs $254,209
Science Program $493,552
Annual Meeting $934,859
Chapters & Sections $53,813
Journal Publications $2,763,745
Education $329,266
Member & Administrative Services $1,507,234
Total Expenses $6,336,678
Change in Net Assets ($284,218)
Unrestricted Net Assets as of June 30, 2014 $4,509,808
Unrestricted Net Assets as of June 30, 2014 $4,225,590

Statement of Financial Position for Fiscal Year ending 6/30/2015

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $1,666,529
Investments $4,506,500
Accounts receivable $809,281
Grants receivable $84,627
Furniture & Equipment (less depreciation) $14,930
Deposits $24,616
Total Assets $7,225,257
Liabilities & Net Assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $262,242
Deferred revenue $2,737,425
Unrestricted Net Assets $3,137,263
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets $1,038,327
Permanently Restricted Net Assets $50,000
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $7,225,257
Expenses Chart for 2015
2015 Revenue Chart for the Ecological Society

Audited by Gelman, Rosenberg, Freedman. For a complete audit report please contact ESA’s Washington DC office.

Financial Office Staff

Chief Financial Officer: Elizabeth Biggs
Finance & Accounting Associate: Aye Thaingi Kyaw