FOAP 2024-25
Annual Report

2024-25 Board of Directors (with terms and offices)
Allison Abney (2023-26, Communications)
Abra Barnes (2024-27, Liaison)
Shannon Carden (2022-25, Chair of Finance & Fundraising, Communications)
John Forney (2022-25, President, Finance and Fundraising)
Chris Hooks (2023-26, Chair of Park Utilization Committee)
Elizabeth Lasseter (2022-25, Chair of Communications Committee)
Patrick McGuire (2024-27, Treasurer, Finance and Fundraising Committee)
Brigette Scott (2024-27, Communications)
Fred Shepherd (2022-25, Secretary, Chair of Membership Committee)
Michael Sznajderman (2023-26, Vice President, Chair of Liaison Committee)
Annette Vazquez (2024-27, Park Utilization/Volunteers)

Funding Sources
Membership Dues: $8,750 (was $8,642.14 for 2023-24)
Donation for Native Plant Garden: $5,000.00

Major Expenditures
Native Plant Garden: $5,000
FoAP-branded trash cans (12): $1300
Birmingham Folk Festival: $750
Creating planting island at Library parking lot: $500

Resources
$9,199.53 in FOAP Savings Account as of 5/13/2024; current savings: $14,200.69
$8,355.81 in FOAP Checking Account as of 5/13/2024; current checking: $7,780.56

Major Volunteers and Contributors
Art Carden, Kimberly Hooks, Claire Parker, Julie Gilliom, Joann McDonald, Bernard Stern, Ira Mitchell, Ann Mitchell, Leslie Smukler, Robyn White, Axel Barron, Regions Bank, Alabama Power Service Organization, Birmingham Park and Rec, City of Birmingham Horticulture, City of Mountain Brook, McGuire Construction, Day Star Construction, Macknally Land Design, Alabama Environmental Council, The Nature Conservancy, BBG Rose Society, Parkside on Fifth, Hands On/United Way, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Friends of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Major Donors
The Alabama Power Foundation, The Schmidt and Barton Family Fund

172 active memberships as of April 30, 2025 (up from 147 on May 13, 2024)