As an ADVOCATE: Support the cause…
New York Restoration Project believes that access to nature is a fundamental human right.
We work to ensure that all New Yorkers have equitable access to green space. For over 25 years, NYRP has invested in and stewarded parks and gardens throughout the city’s five boroughs to strengthen communities, promote food sovereignty, and counter environmental and social injustice.
Effectively carrying out our mission requires collaboration, synergy, and understanding of the communities we serve on many different levels. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are embedded into our core identity and we deeply value the unique perspectives, knowledge, and resources that each member of our team and extended community brings to NYRP.
Start supporting the New York Restoration Project (NYRP)… by simply getting acquainted here:
https://www.nyrp.org/en/about/
As a VENUE: Host your event…
New York Restoration Project’s community gardens are more than pretty green oases: they are community hubs. Each gardening season (April through October) community members and NYRP hold hundreds of events in our community gardens and you can too! Host public events, such as community celebrations, educational workshops, or other public programs. There is no cost to use the space, for community members and non-commercial entities. Garden events are driven by the community. Community members can celebrate milestones. Or they can work with us to organize events and activities. Through the Community Grant Program, New York Restoration Project and community gardeners, neighbors and partners can work together to bring programming into the gardens.
Support the New York Restoration Project (NYRP)… by simply booking your next special occasion here:
https://www.nyrp.org/en/get-involved/community-event-grants/
Be a DONOR: Show that you care…
Unlike traditional conservancies that care for a specific place, NYRP is the only New York City conservancy that works citywide, bringing private resources to spaces that lack the support they need. As the steward of Sherman Creek Park and Highbridge Park in Northern Manhattan, the owner of 52 community gardens across the five boroughs, and the lead private partner of the City of New York in MillionTreesNYC, we focus our efforts in communities where safe, beautiful green space is needed most.
Donations:
When you support New York Restoration Project (NYRP), your gift allows us to restore and revitalize city parks, maintain NYRP’s 52 community gardens and educate thousands of children about the benefits of nature. Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gift. Recurring gifts are encouraged. Memorial and Tribute gifts are welcomed.
- Monthly Giving: Become a member of The Perennials by supporting our work every month.
- Sponsor a Tree: Are you looking for a special way to pay tribute to a gardener or nature lover in your life? A gift to New York Restoration Project in honor or memory of a loved one is a unique way to celebrate or commemorate someone special while helping to increase the city’s urban forest canopy. Each contribution of $100 or more can support the planting of one tree in northern Manhattan’s Highbridge Park. Gifts may be made in honor or memory of a cherished friend or family member and the honoree will be notified of your gracious donation with a personalized e-card. Give a gift that keeps on growing!
- Planned Giving: All donors of planned gifts to New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are recognized and honored as members of New
York Restoration Project’s Rose SocietyTM – an important group that is helping to secure NYRP’s future. Such gifts help to sustain NYRP’s restoration projects and ensure that the eyesores we have transformed into oases remain clean and green community assets for future generations. And, while the satisfaction of giving back to the community is the primary intent, the value of a planned gift to the donor may also include enhanced tax benefits and possibly some return of income. Your lawyer or accountant may also provide further information on the benefits of planned giving. Planned gifts include:- Creating a bequest to NYRP in the donor’s will. Naming NYRP as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement plan.
- Creating a life income gift plan that pays the donor income for life and then provides a gift for NYRP.
- Establishing a trust that provides income for NYRP before passing assets to heirs.
- Corporate Partnerships: Help us keep New York City’s parks and community gardens clean, green, and accessible. New York Restoration Project is the only citywide nature conservancy specifically serving low-income communities. We steward 80 acres of public parkland in Northern Manhattan, care for over 50 community gardens in all five boroughs, and build green spaces for partners in underserved neighborhoods across the city. Since our founding in 1995, we’ve mobilized over 65,000 volunteers in community greening projects, transforming New York City’s landscape while supporting public health, urban biodiversity, food security, and climate resilience.
- Chairman’s Council: Contribute your expertise to the crucial work of greening our city. Help us keep New York City’s public spaces clean, green, and accessible. Members of NYRP’s Chairman’s Council provide valuable knowledge and resources to support our Board of Trustees and staff in advancing our work and mission. Chairman’s Council membership offers year-round opportunities to become more involved with our work, including invitations to events—such as intimate group tours of our parks and gardens—and the chance to engage with other champions of our work including Trustees and fellow Council members. Additionally, Council members have the option to join a Board committee related to their area of expertise. In addition to an annual financial commitment, Chairman’s Council members partner with us to help expand our network and engage other interested partners in our work. Most importantly, being a Chairman’s Council member means having a passionate commitment to advancing NYRP’s mission of ensuring clean, green open space for all New Yorkers.
- Donor Advised Funds: Help us steward and revitalize essential community gardens and parks across New York City. Your support enables our work with communities citywide to reclaim open space for the benefit of families, children, seniors, and neighbors. If you have set aside money in a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) account for charitable donations, you can easily and conveniently initiate a grant recommendation to NYRP from your DAF.
- Galas: Hulaween is New York Restoration Project’s premier fundraising gala and the hottest Halloween extravaganza in town. It’s been described as one of the “most fashionable, talked-about and dress-to-impress” parties in NYC by The New York Times. Spring Picnic provides vital support for NYRP’s work to ensure equitable access to clean, green space for all New Yorkers.
Volunteer:
- Individual: Volunteers are central to our work! Each season, thousands of volunteers help us keep NYC green by planting trees, maintaining public parkland, and caring for community gardens. Join us each week, during the late spring to early fall, to connect with fellow New Yorkers and keep this city beautiful and healthy for everyone!
- Corporate: Through NYRP’s corporate volunteering program, volunteers from New York’s leading companies clean and green community gardens, maintain parks, and plant trees, shrubs and flowers. Our dedicated volunteers also care for newly planted MillionTrees, restore forgotten shoreline, remove invasive vegetation, and bring life to city parks.
Support the New York Restoration Project (NYRP)… by simply giving and volunteering here:
https://www.nyrp.org/support/