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We provide seed funding and other types of grants for people who care for local parks and open spaces across our city.

NYC GREEN FUND CROWDFUNDING CHALLENGE

Looking for funding to support your local park, community garden, green street, or street trees? The NYC Green Fund Crowdfunding Challenge provides up to $2,500 in matching funds to approved community projects that are hosted through an ioby crowdfunding campaign. Projects benefiting an NYC green space are eligible to have their ioby crowdfunding campaign matched. If approved, the NYC Green Fund contributes one dollar for every dollar raised-up to $2,500 ($3,000 for organizations based in Environmental Justice Areas)!

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Questions? Contact us at greenfundgrassroots@cityparksfoundation.org.

NYC GREEN FUND GRASSROOTS GRANT PROGRAM

Looking for funding to activate a local park or open space? The NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant program will provide funding support from $1,000 to $40,000 per year along with the option of two-year funding for returning grantees to better sustain projects long-term. The NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant program is intended to advance the viability of grassroots initiatives across parks and open spaces in all five boroughs and to foster a resilient network of equitable, public green spaces.

Congratulations to our 2024 NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant recipients! To receive updates on the next NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant round check back regularly or sign up for our mailing list. Read our most recent press release here.

 

The Bronx

    • El Rincon Criollo Centro Cultural Inc.
    • Friends of Devoe Park
    • Friends of Echo Park
    • James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, Inc
    • Kelly Street Garden (KSG)
    • La Finca del Sur
    • Leave It Better Foundation Inc.
    • Mapes Avenue Garden
    • Morrisania Band Project
    • Stewards of Ewen Park
    • Tibbetts Brook Beautification Association
    • Uptown & Boogie Healthy Project

Queens

    • Friends of Arverne and Cardozo Parks, Inc.
    • Friends of Juniper Valley Park
    • Friends of Phil Rizzuto ‘Smokey’ Park, NY
    • Friends of Triboro G
    • Green Earth Urban Gardens Inc
    • Jackson Heights Beautification Groups
    • NYSOM Group
    • Seed Healing Network
    • The Garden by the Bay

Staten Island

    • Conference House Association
    • Friends of Olmsted-Beil House
    • Westerleigh Parks Coalition Corp
Brooklyn
    • 1100 Block Bergen Street Community Garden
    • Artichoke Dance Company, Inc.
    • ASNEAA, Inc.
    • Central x South East Brooklyn CDC
    • Cooper St. Garden
    • Empowering Youth Towards Excellence Inc
    • Friends of South Oxford Park Inc.
    • Friends of WNYC Transmitter Park
    • Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    • Liminal
    • Owl’s Head Park Volunteers
    • Rooney Triangle Fund Initiative
    • STooPS Art & Community, LLC
    • Sunset Park Waterfront Education Center Conservancy
    • Vernon Cases Community Garden

    Manhattan

    • 500 West 150th St Block Association
    • Art in the Park Inc
    • Diamante Garden
    • FLEX-N-POETTREE
    • Frederick Douglass Boulevard (FDB) Community Garden
    • Friends of Ralph Bunche
    • Friends of Tompkins Square Park
    • Latino Film Market Inc
    • Montefiore Park & Neighborhood Association
    • More Gardens Fund
    • Parijata Performance Projects
    • Pleasant Village Community Garden
    • Proyecto de Embellecimiento 137th Street Beautification Project
    • Sixth Street & Avenue B Community Garden (aka 6B Garden)
    • Stuyvesant Park Gardeners
    • Tea Arts & Culture
    • Uptown Soccer, Inc
    • Walking in the Spirit Productions/Arts and Jazzfest NYC
    • Washington Heights & Inwood (WHIN) Food Council

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