Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$27,240,156

Total expenses

$23,745,284

Contributions and grants received

$19,410,160

Grants paid

$2,099,042

Program service revenue

$6,340,532

Investment income

$1,928,632

Other revenue

-$439,168

Total assets, end of year

$46,857,143

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,010,163

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$42,846,980

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$20,421,452

Management and general expenses

$2,144,213

Fundraising expenses

$1,179,619

Program service expenses (Part III)

$20,421,452

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ARTS & CULTURE:CITYPARKS SHOWS PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN ACTIVATING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO CREATE VIBRANT AND HEALTHY URBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING IN PARKS FOR ALL NEW YORKERS. CITYPARKS SHOWS BRINGS HUNDREDS OF LIVE MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATER PERFORMANCES TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY'S FIVE BOROUGHS. THE SUMMERSTAGE FESTIVAL TYPICALLY PRESENTS OVER 200 ARTISTS PRESENTING FREE PERFORMANCES AND BENEFIT CONCERTS EACH YEAR IN 15-18 PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RANGING FROM INDIE, REGGAE, AFROBEAT, SOUL, MODERN DANCE, LATIN AND MUCH MORE. SUMMERSTAGE ANYWHERE PROVIDES ACCESS TO THESE PERFORMANCES TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE SWEDISH COTTAGE MARIONETTE THEATRE, HOME TO ONE OF THE LAST PUBLIC MARIONETTE COMPANIES IN THE U.S., PRESENTS MODERN TAKES ON CLASSIC FAIRY TALES, AND THE TRAVELING PUPPETMOBILE PRESENTS FAMILY-FRIENDLY PUPPET SHOWS AND WORKSHOPS OUTDOORS AROUND THE CITY, FREE OF CHARGE.

  Expenses $8,755,240 · Revenue $5,619,285

• FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS: AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR A NUMBER OF NEW YORK CITY PARK GROUPS AND DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION (DPR) PROGRAMS, CPF HELPS IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE AND USE OF PARKS THROUGH DIRECT PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENTS, ENCOURAGEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS, AND INNOVATIONS IN DPR OPERATIONS.

  Expenses $3,455,333 · Grants $496 · Revenue $520,853

• NYC GREEN FUND:IN COLLABORATION WITH A CONSORTIUM OF LEADING PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS, CPF IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY GREEN FUND. THIS FUNDING IS DESIGNATED TO RESPOND TO THE MOST URGENT NEEDS FACING THE GRASSROOTS AND NON-PROFIT STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NEW YORK CITY OPEN SPACES.

  Expenses $3,001,811 · Grants $2,098,546

• PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS:PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS (PFP), A JOINT PROGRAM WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, PROMOTES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PARKS BY BUILDING, LINKING AND STRENGTHENING A CITYWIDE CONSTITUENCY OF PARKS SUPPORTERS. EACH YEAR, PFP SUPPORTS AND EMPOWERS A GROWING NETWORK OF 600 COMMUNITY GROUPS AND VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THEIR LOCAL PARKS AND IMPROVING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THROUGH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT, INTENSIVE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND PRACTICAL TOOLKITS, CPF ENABLES CITIZENS TO PLAY AN ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE ROLE IN DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR LOCAL GREEN SPACES.EDUCATION PROGRAMS:CITYPARKS LEARN PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN ACTIVATING CPFS MISSION TO CREATE VIBRANT AND HEALTHY URBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH DYNAMIC OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL NEW YORKERS. CPFS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS HELP STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF SCIENCE, WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. CPF PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY.SPORTS:CITYPARKS PLAY HAS A CENTRAL ROLE IN ACTIVATING CPFS MISSION TO CREATE VIBRANT AND HEALTHY URBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING IN PARKS FOR ALL NEW YORKERS. CPF SERVES KIDS AND SENIORS IN NEW YORK CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WITH FREE SPORTS PROGRAMS INCLUDING TENNIS,SOCCER, GOLF, TRACK AND FIELD, AND MULTI-SPORT INSTRUCTION, AND MORE. CPF HELPS RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK CITY STAY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY, DISCOVER NEW SPORTS, AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT PROJECTS:AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF MITIGATION FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, CPF FUNDS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS THE CREATION AND/OR IMPROVEMENT OF OPEN SPACE, WATERFRONT ACCESS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS ALONG NEWTON CREEK AND THE EAST RIVER.

  Expenses $5,209,068 · Revenue $200,394

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• GOWANUS CANAL CONSERVANCY

  $77,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS

  $75,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC

  $60,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• URBAN DESIGN FORUM

  $60,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• MOTT HAVEN - PORT MORRIS COMMUNITY LAND STEWARDS

  $60,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE

  $60,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• CENTER FOR AN URBAN FUTURE

  $50,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE FOR NORTH BROOKLYN INC

  $45,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• BROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE

  $40,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• CONCRETE SAFARIS INC

  $40,000

  MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

4 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533089349302348

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