CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC
830 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10065 www.cityparksfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CITY PARKS FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO INVIGORATING AND TRANSFORMING PARKS INTO DYNAMIC, VIBRANT CENTERS OF URBAN LIFE THROUGH SPORTS, ARTS, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ALL NEW YORKERS. CPF'S PROGRAMS LOCATED IN MORE THAN 400 PARKS, RECREATION CENTERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY REACH 300,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. CPF'S ETHOS IS SIMPLE: THRIVING PARKS MEAN THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE PROGRAMMING AND REVITALIZATION OF NEW YORK CITY'S PARKS AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ("DPR").

ARTS AND CULTURE: CITYPARKS SHOWS PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN ACTIVATING CPF'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 PRESENTS OVER 200 ARTISTS PERFORMING FREE PERFORMANCES AND BENEFIT CONCERTS EACH YEAR IN 18 PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RANGING FROM INDIE, REGGAE, AFROBEAT, SOUL, MODERN DANCE, LATIN AND MUCH MORE. 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.

FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS: AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR A NUMBER OF NEW YORK CITY PARKS GROUPS AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND 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.

PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS: PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS ("PFP"), A JOINT PROGRAM WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ("DPR"), 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. IN 2019 AND 2018, MORE THAN 1,100 CLEAN-UP EVENTS IN PARKS ENGAGED 26,000 AND 24,000 VOLUNTEERS, IMPROVING OVER 330 INDIVIDUAL PARKS FOR EACH YEAR. IN 2019 AND 2018, PFP PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 500 AND 600 VOLUNTEERS WITH LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTES GRANTS EACH YEAR TO LOCAL PARK GROUPS.

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