Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Dallas Parks Foundation is dedicated to preserving, protecting, promoting and enhancing existing Dallas Parks while making a lasting contribution to the Park System by securing funds to promote the use of our parks and support the development of new and exciting recreational amenities within the City of Dallas.
Friends of Garrett Park came together through direct donations from the community .Garrett Park provides a central location for one of Dallas's fastest growing neighborhoods hosting events like church services, movies, outdoor performances, and soccer and basketball leagues.
The Dallas Parks Foundation partnered with the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department to facilitate the Best Buy Teen Tech Center. An innovative, creative, out-of-school learning space where young people, ages 12-17, can work with adult mentors to develop new skills, explore their own ideas, and build confidence in themselves through the use of cutting-edge technology. The students have access to a full audio recording studio, and editing bay, film and television productions, 3D graphics, and an animation studio.
The Dallas Parks Foundation continues to support local friends groups and parks to assist in enhancing the beauty and beneficial use of public lands and right of ways in the city and parks. The foundation does this by promoting, securing, and administering funds to enhance and maintain parks throughout Dallas, increasing public funds for the parks systems, and raising community awareness of park stewardship. In addition, the Foundation promotes charitable, scientific, literary, educational, social, and public health and wellness activities and programs to benefit the park system, land conservation, and public health and wellness.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Samuel F Stiles | Executive Director | 40 | $52,248 |
| Christi Carter | Executive Director | 40 | $30,215 |
| John D Love | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Diane Jennings | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Cynthia Hinojosa | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Donald Graneto | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nicholas J Dicarlo | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Aaron Abelson | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Robbie Good | President | 6 | $0 |
| Brent Nicholson | Director | 1 | $0 |
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