Employ
people
(13 year-round FT + 64 seasonal and PT)
76% of employees are year-round or seasonal Shelter Island residents
operating budget
Nearly $650K of programming expenses went to East End vendors, including almost $200K to Shelter Island businesses
Hosted almost
school children throughout the year
including no-cost field trips for Shelter Island School groups
Provided
in scholarships
to Shelter Island resident children to attend our educational programming
Maintain nearly
of public walking trails
Steward
of farmland and open space for the community
Sold
of Sylvester Manor grown vegetables, flowers, fruit, meat and eggs
Donated over
of our produce, eggs and meat to local families in need
Diverted more than
of food and landscape waste
from the Town Recycling Center through our food scrap collection program
Received
in private foundation funding
to support the Farm’s Food Access Program and Soil Health and Nutrient Cycling Composting Program
Toured nearly
guests
in our Behind the Scenes Tours of the Manor House
Inventoried and cataloged over
items from our collections
including nearly 4,000 books
Welcomed over
visitors
to the Sculpture @ Sylvester Manor exhibition, featuring 23 local East End artists
Gathered with over
people
at our annual Juneteenth commemoration at the Afro-Indigenous Burial Ground
