CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

N32I

Classification

1000

Street

830 5TH AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $27,240,156

  Expenses

  $23,745,284

  Contributions

  $19,410,160

  Grants paid

  $2,099,042

• 2023

  Revenue

  $23,379,401

  Expenses

  $22,683,563

  Contributions

  $15,762,698

  Grants paid

  $1,910,367

• 2022

  Revenue

  $23,557,745

  Expenses

  $23,530,346

  Contributions

  $17,752,643

  Grants paid

  $2,370,363

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,146,324

  Expenses

  $17,777,998

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,351,327

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,847,845

  Expenses

  $14,476,962

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,025,082

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $24,265,997

  Expenses

  $24,486,424

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,968,048

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,780,000

  Expenses

  $18,514,697

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,782,758

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,819,913

  Expenses

  $20,273,100

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,871,158

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,119,373

  Expenses

  $20,398,654

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,552,490

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,381,946

  Expenses

  $17,232,727

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,694,558

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,086,990

  Expenses

  $16,298,657

  Assets (EOY)

  $45,290,823

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $13,163,378

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,431,344

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• GOWANUS CANAL CONSERVANCY

  $185,000

  2022 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• YOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

  $100,000

  2023 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE FOR NORTH BROOKLYN INC

  $96,900

  2022 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• BROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE

  $95,000

  2022 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS

  $85,000

  2023 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY

  $78,000

  2022 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• GOWANUS CANAL CONSERVANCY

  $77,000

  2024 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS

  $75,000

  2024 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS

  $75,000

  2022 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC

  $60,000

  2024 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC

  $1,159,791

  2023 · THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE HORTICULTURE, MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAM SERVICES FOR WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK (WSPC)PERFORMED BY NYC PARKS DEPARTMENTS AND ITS EMPLOYEES.

• WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC

  $1,128,981

  2024 · THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE HORTICULTURE, MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAM SERVICES FOR WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK PERFORMED BY NYC PARKS DEPARTMENTS AND ITS EMPLOYEES.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $617,860

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC

  $478,876

  2022 · THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE HORTICULTURE, MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAM SERVICES FOR WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK PERFORMED BY NYC PARKS DEPARTMENTS AND ITS EMPLOYEES.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $446,715

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $362,015

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $330,799

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION

  $327,300

  2024 · ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $272,500

  2023 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

• NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION

  $232,770

  2023 · ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.

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

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