City Parks Foundation

The City Parks Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that provides free arts, sports, education, and community-building programs in parks across New York City. Founded in 1989, the Foundation operates in more than 400 parks, recreation centers, and public schools, serving approximately 285,000 New Yorkers each year. Its major initiatives include SummerStage, a citywide performing arts festival, and CityParks Tennis, one of the largest municipal youth tennis programs in the country. Additional offerings include golf, track and field, senior fitness, and outdoor education programs such as Coastal Classroom, Green Girls, Learning Gardens, and Seeds to Trees.

The City Parks Foundation partners with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation through initiatives such as Partnerships for Parks, a joint program that works to start, strengthen, and support neighborhood park groups. The initiative provides workshops, small grants, organization development, and problem solving to aid local efforts to revitalize parks and the communities that surround them. According to NYC Parks, the Foundation offers free, park-based programs in arts, sports, and education, reaching over 600,000 children and adults throughout New York City each year.

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