City Parks Foundation
City Parks Foundation
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About this organization
Mission
At City Parks Foundation, we are 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. Our programs -- located in more than 400 parks, recreation centers and public schools across New York City -- reach over 300,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: thriving parks mean thriving communities.
About
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.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing clearly states the mission of the non-profit as “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.”.
When outlining its functions, they were explained as: “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").”.
- In compliance with legal regulations, the non-profit has reported their state of operation as NY.
- The filing records the non-profit's address for 2019 as 830 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10065.
- As of 2019, the non-profit's form reports a total of 587 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $265,303.
- The organization has 30 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1989.
- The organization pays $9,259,470 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $953,660 in fundraising expenses.