9 
ENDOWMENTS AND GIFTS 
By the terms of the original agreement between the City of New 
York and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the former 
has made annual appropriations for the maintenance of the Botanic 
Garden, and from time to time special funds for permanent im- 
provements have been supplied. In its relation to the City, the 
Garden has been affiliated with the Park Department, and the Park 
Commissioners have given effective support. 
The Botanic Garden, however, would not have accomplished its 
purposes if it had not been aided by large gifts from private in- 
dividuals. In order to establish the Garden, an endowment fund 
of $50,000 was offered by friends of the Institute, through Mr. 
Alfred T. White, in December, 1906. As the years passed by, 
many contributions for specific endowments have been received, 
and special funds for particular features also have been given. 
At present, there are twenty-two distinct endowment funds, the 
principal of which amounts to a total of about $1,389,325. Among 
the larger endowments may be mentioned the Alfred T. White 
Fund (1921), the Robert B. Woodward Bequest (1921), the 
Brooklyn Institute Centennial Fund (1924), the Henry W. Healy 
Trust (1930), the F. E. W. Fund (1937), and the Ellen Eddy 
Shaw Fund (1939). In 1926, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 
offered $250,000, provided that an equal sum be obtained from 
other sources before December of that year. Under the chair- 
manship of Mr. Alexander M. White, the citizens of Brooklyn con- 
tributed a total of $256,000, thus fulfilling the terms. 
yroviding for additional permanent funds was the 
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proposal of Dr. Gager that twenty per cent of the annual income 
from funds restricted by terms of gifts and otherwise to the educa- 
tional and scientific work of the Botanic Garden be set aside each 
year, and the interest compounded. The result of this proposal, 
which was adopted as of January 1, 1921, has been the building 
up of the Endowment Increment Fund, which has added more than 
$150,000 to the permanent funds. 
Financial contributions have been secured from many different 
sources and utilized for specific purposes. Special mention should 
