NYC Green Fund

NYC Green Fund is sponsored by City Parks Foundation. The NYC Green Fund is a pooled grant program to support an equitable and resilient network of parks and open spaces to benefit the well-being of all New Yorkers.

NYC Green Fund - City Parks Foundation The NYC Green Fund is a pooled grant program intended to support an equitable and resilient network of parks and open spaces to benefit the well-being of all New Yorkers. Learn more about our programs here . Read our most recent press release here .

Read our 2020-2023 NYC Green Relief & Recovery Report here . Interested in contributing to the NYC Green Fund? Please contact nycgreenfund@cityparksfoundation.

org or donate online here . Are you a past grantee looking to submit reporting? Please visit our Grants Portal.

Grassroots Grants Program The NYC Green Fund Grassroots Grant Program supports community groups and organizations providing open space programming and stewardship across NYC with annual operating budgets under $175,000. This grant program is intended to advance grassroots initiatives across public spaces in all five boroughs. The 2026 Grassroots open call is live!

The application deadline is Friday, August 14 at 11:59 PM EST. The NYC Green Fund Treetops Grant Program provides funding for organizations with annual operating budgets between $175,000 and $2. 5 million that program, steward, and advocate for parks and open spaces across NYC’s five boroughs.

Treetops supports a range of projects, including open space stewardship, environmental action, organizational development, health and wellness, youth engagement, arts and culture, and urban tree care and planting . The 2026 Treetops open call is now live! The application deadline is Friday, August 14 at 11:59 PM EST.

View the information webinar recording here. The NYC Green Fund Pathways grant program supports efforts to build a more equitable and vibrant park and open space system in New York. Congratulations to the 2025 grantees !

In May 2020, a collective of national, family, and community foundations launched the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund to support stewardship organizations that care for New York City’s parks and open spaces. The Fund was created in response to the efforts of the Parks and Open Space Partners – NYC coalition to raise awareness of the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on open spaces.

Throughout its three-year term, the Fund was a lifeline of financial support for open spaces and stewardship groups during a time of unprecedented use and need, ultimately impacting millions of New Yorkers who benefit from access to local green spaces.

Contribute to the well-being of your fellow New Yorkers by donating to the NYC Green Fund – a fund created to support organizations that help keep our parks and open spaces clean, green, and vibrant centers of community. More than ever before, New Yorkers have come to rely on parks and open spaces, the most fundamentally democratic and accessible of public resources.

Parks and open spaces are critical to New Yorkers’ health and well-being – offering respite, recreation, and connection to nature – and a crucial part of our city’s infrastructure and environmental resiliency. Please contact Cameron Robello at crobello@cityparksfoundation. org to donate to the NYC Green Fund.

CITY PARKS FOUNDATION AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS PROVIDE $397,000 IN GRANTS City Parks Foundation and Partnerships for Parks announced the recipients of the spring 2026 NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant program. Sixty community groups across the city will receive a total of $397,000 through the Fund. Read the full announcement here.

City Parks Foundation Announces Treetops Grants City Parks Foundation announced recipients of the NYC Green Fund ’s Treetops program, to mid-sized organizations that program, steward, and advocate for parks and open spaces across NYC’s five boroughs. Read the full announcement here. City Parks Foundation awarded $220,000 in grant funding to four recipients through the 2025 NYC Green Fund Pathways Grants program.

Read the full announcement here. CITY PARKS FOUNDATION AWARDS $140,000 IN WILDFIRE RAPID RESPONSE GRANTS City Parks Foundation announced that they have awarded $140,000 in wildfire rapid response grants through the NYC Green Fund to parkland organizations that experienced significant fire damage in the fall of 2024. Read the full announcement here.

CITY PARKS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $975,000 IN NYC GREEN FUND TREETOPS GRANTS FOR MORE THAN 40 PROJECTS ACROSS NYC City Parks Foundation has announced 22 new grantees as well as 21 organizations receiving second year funding through the NYC Green Fund’s 2024 Treetops program, a grant program intended to support an equitable and resilient network of parks and open spaces to benefit the well-being of all New Yorkers.

Read the full announcement here. CITY PARKS FOUNDATION AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS ANNOUNCE $375,000 IN GRANTS FOR 69 COMMUNITY GROUPS City Parks Foundation and Partnerships for Parks announced the selection of 50 new grant recipients as well as 19 grantees receiving second year funding through the 2024 fall round of the NYC Green Fund Grassroots grants program. Read the full announcement here.

CITY PARKS FOUNDATION AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS ANNOUNCE $343,900 IN GRANTS City Parks Foundation and Partnerships for Parks announced the selection of 58 grant recipients through the NYC Green Fund’s Grassroots grants program.

These local groups will receive grants from $1,220 to $36,800 to support open space stewardship, live arts and culture, health and wellness, environmental action, organizational development, and youth development programs in parks and open spaces across New York City. Read the full announcement here.

City Parks Foundation awarded $500,000 in grant funding to 10 recipients through the 2024 NYC Green Fund Pathways Grants program, which supports systemic changes that will lead to a more equitable and resilient park and open space system, more and alternative funding sources, and improved operations between the city and its nonprofit and volunteer partners. Read the full announcement here.

City Parks Foundation Announced $913,000 In Grants Awarded City Parks Foundation announced the selection of 32 grantees through the NYC Green Fund ’s Treetops Grants program.

These 32 NYC-based nonprofits received either one- or two-year grants of up to $40,000 annually to support a wide range of projects in parks and open spaces in New York City, including stewardship, environmental action, organizational development, health and wellness, youth engagement, and live arts and culture. Overall, a total of $913,000 was distributed to organizations. Read the full announcement here.

NYC GREEN FUND GRANTS NEARLY $500,000 TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Today, City Parks Foundation and Partnerships for Parks announced the selection of 68 grant recipients through the NYC Green Fund ’s Grassroots grants program.

These 68 NYC-based community groups will receive grants of up to $30,000 to support open space stewardship, environmental action, organizational development, health and wellness, youth engagement, and live arts and culture programs in parks, gardens, and open spaces. Read the full announcement here. Generous private support for the NYC Green Fund is provided by The Leona M.

and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, The Thompson Family Foundation, Essex Avenue Foundation, Freedom Together Foundation, Con Edison, The Charles H. Revson Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, The Monarch Foundation, Altman Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Treebed LLC, Albert Giving Fund, and Klein Family Foundation The NYC Green Fund’s Urban Forest Grants are brought to you by Con Edison.

Additional support provided by Treebed LLC.