BUILD - PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS
APPLY FOR GRANTS
We provide seed funding and other types of grants for people who care for local parks and open spaces across our city.
Read our most recent press release here.
NYC GREEN FUND GRASSROOTS GRANT PROGRAM
Looking for funding to activate a local park or open space? The NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant program provides funding support from $1,000 to $40,000 per year for up to two years if eligible. 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.
Fall 2025 Grassroots Grantees
The Bronx
At the Root Garden and Gallery
Bronx Special Kids
Bronx Sunshine Garden
Dominican Vitilla League in the USA (LIVIDOUSA)
Eastchester Road Community Garden
Godmother Productions
Green Patch on Walton
La Tribu del Juey Sambuco (The Sambuco Tribe)
Sedgwick Park Friends and Neighborhood Group
Synergi Urban Garden 2.0
Brooklyn
Arts & Democracy, Inc.
Brooklyn FAM: Festival of Arts and Music Inc.
Casa Cultural
Flutura Effect
Friends of Fraser Square Park
Friends of Jackie Robinson Park Playground
Frog & Peach Theatre Company
HomeGrown Parks Volunteers
Parachute Literary Arts
Smith Street Stage Incorporated
South Midwood Pollinators, Inc.
STooPS Art & Community
The Circle Keepers
The Flossy Organization
United Cultural Association
Manhattan
200s West 109th Street Block Association
City Hall Park Conservancy
Earth Celebrations Inc
First Touch
Friends of Corlears Hook Park
Friends of Peck Slip Park
Garden of LOVE
Harlem Dance Club
Harlem Rose Garden
JumpShots Over GunShots
Life Frames Inc.: A Living Library Think Park & Gardens
Local Nature Lab
Manhattan Community Boathouse
Mi Salsa Dura Baile
Project Harmony, Inc
Sixth Street & Avenue B Community Garden
The Loisaida Foundry inc
West 123rd St. Community Garden
Queens
Friends of Alley Pond Park
Friends of MacDonald Park
Friends of Triboro G
Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Kissena Synergy Velodrome Friends Group
Queensboro Dance Festival
Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus
Staten Island
Friends of Corporal Thompson Park
Friends of Mahoney Playground
Maker Park Radio
Pirate Park Families
Staten Island Therapeutic Gardens
Multi-Borough
NYC Mushroom Network
Tea Arts & Culture
The application is closed. Please check back in January 2026 for information on the next opportunity.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SUPPORT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION
Because of you, NYC’s kids are learning how to protect our environment and being introduced to a new sport for life, community volunteers are transforming a green space in need of care, and free world-class performing arts are being brought to our parks all around the city—all for free. When you support City Parks Foundation's free programs, you are helping our parks, our communities, and our city thrive.