Annual Report 2024

Everyone deserves access to high-quality public green space. NYRP works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees, promote urban agriculture, and build partnerships that transform the city’s landscape. We value the unique experiences, knowledge, and resources that each community member brings to our work. We are committed to creating a greener, more resilient city for all.

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Restoring Parkland

NYRP is the primary steward of over 80 acres of Northern Manhattan green space across Highbridge Park, Sherman Creek Park, and the Harlem River Greenway.

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Stewarding Gardens

More than 1.6 million New Yorkers live within a 10-minute walk of a NYRP green space. This includes more than 50 community gardens that we own and operate throughout all five boroughs.

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Building Green Spaces

Since NYRP’s Gardens for the City program began over a decade ago, we have built or completely renovated over 300 green spaces throughout New York City. This includes 15 new gardens in 2024 alone, with at least one in every borough.

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Financials

Despite incurring lower expenses in FY 2024 as compared to FY 2023, the absence of a significant amount of one-time revenue and slowdown in post-pandemic philanthropic funding resulted in a net deficit for the year. NYRP continues to take measures to decrease expenses and increase revenue. Our commitment to ensuring that all New Yorkers have access to nature is unwavering.

The below figures are based on audited financials.

2024 Total Revenues $6,758,126

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2024 Operating Expenses $7,654,112

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2024 Leadership

This list includes the Board of Trustees and Chairman’s Council as of the close of our FY24 on September 30, 2024.

* Joined in January 2025

Board of Trustees

Bette Midler, Founder
Samuel M. Ashner, Co-Chair
Darcy Stacom, Co-Chair
Vered Rabia, President
Erhard Marius, Treasurer
Sara Arno
Krystyna Blakeslee
Heather Butts
Bruce Bozzi
Betty Y. Chen
Todd DeGarmo
Rachel Mattes Greenberg
Harry Guinness*
Walter Hood
Michael Kors
Michael Lorber
James L. Nederlander
Kelebohile Nkhereanye
Janice Parker
David Rockwell
Joshua Sirefman
Shannon Szoke
Sophie von Haselberg
Sondra C. Wenger
Miriam Wheeler
Susan Donoghue, Ex Officio
Shelly Malkin, Emeritus
Ann Ziff, Emeritus

Chairman’s Council

Janice Parker, Chair
Charles Bendit
Adrian Benepe
Noble Black
Diane Brownstone
Alexandra Cohen
Frank DiLella*
Douglas Durst
Amy Goldman Fowler
Tim Gunn
Mychal Johnson
Sophie Coquillette Koven
Jakob Levison
Rob Light
Margo MacNabb Nederlander
Joshua Rider
Paul D. Selver
Andrea Woodner

 

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In early May, the Urban Agriculture team distributed nearly 10,000 seedlings to 65 different gardens. These included annual vegetable seedlings as well as culturally relevant plants our gardeners requestion like ají dulce peppers, lemongrass, callaloo, tomatillo, and three different kinds of hibiscus.

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Supporters

Equitable access to green space has never been more important. We are grateful for our many generous donors who hold this conviction as strongly as we do.

This alphabetical list includes donors who gave $1,000 or more between October 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024. This list has been prepared with care but if there is an error, please notify us at [email protected]

Activate Consulting
G. C. Adkins
Akerman LLP
Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble, Mallory & Natsis LLP
Andrew Alper
Nesa Amamoo
American Online Giving Foundation
Amtrust Title
Michele Anderson
Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc.
Anonymous (16)
Joseph Aphinyanaphongs
Apollo Global Management
Arbor Day Foundation
Cassie Arison and Niv Alexander
The Ted Arison Family Foundation
Sara Arno
Samuel M. Ashner
The Ashner Family Evergreen Foundation
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Avocado Green Mattress
Roy Bahat
Suzie Baker
Ruben Bakhash
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Bank of New York Mellon
Prachi Bansal
Bruce Baughman
Carole Bayer Sager
Charles Bendit
The Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation
Michael Benson
Berlanti Family Foundation
Berlin Rosen
Jenna Berman
Helen Bernstein
Big Hen Group LLC
Noah Bilenker
Mike Birajiclian
Elam Birnbaum
Noble Black and Marc Rozic
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation
Jean Blair
Krystyna M. Blakeslee
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Blue Owl Capital
Jason Blum
BNP Paribas
Erika Bonapace
Jason Bowman
Renee Boyd
Bruce Bozzi and Bryan Lourd
Bozzuto & Associates, Inc.
Nancy Bredhoff
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Brookfield Properties
Diane and Clyde Brownstone
Bryan O’Sullivan Studios Inc.
Stanley Buchtal
Thanh Bui-Sirefman
Paul Burkey
The Burpee Foundation, Inc.
Heather Butts
BXP
Alex Cabria
Calvin Klein Family Foundation
Capalino+Company
Graydon Carter
Jonathan Carter
Michael Casolo
CB Richard Ellis
CBRE Global Investment Management
William Chen
Betty Y. Chen and Peter Coombe
Diane M. Chesnut
Cisco
Citizens Philanthropic Foundation, Inc.
The City of New York
CityScape Engineering – Structural Engineers
Civic Entertainment Group, LLC
Cassandra Clark
Andy Cohen
Estate of Ruth L. Cohen
Andrew Cole
Jonathan Collard
Columbia Development TRS 13, LLC
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Constantinople & Vallone Consulting
Aimee Contreras- Camua
The Cornell Douglas Foundation
Susan Courtemanche
Kim Craig
Cushman & Wakefield
D.E. Shaw Group
Doug Davis
Council Member Carmen De La Rosa
David de Weese
Gary Dearborn
Debevoise & Plimpton
Nancy Deering Chinn
Todd DeGarmo // STUDIOS Architecture
Shirley Della Vecchia
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Anke Dening-Volcker
Carrie Denning
Barbaralee Diamonstein- Spielvogel
Robert Didiano
Frank DiLella
Diptyque
DirecTV
Daniel Doctoroff
Dean Dolan
Beatrice S. Domingo
Roxanne Donovan
Winifred Dooley
DraftKings
Jamie Drake
Dunkin’ Joy In Childhood Foundation
Mike Dunn
The Durst Organization
Eastdil Secured
Michael Eglit
John Elliott
Environmental Studies Corp.
Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi Foundation
Ernst & Young LLP
Domingo Estevez
Henry Euler
Evenson Best
The Katy and Simone Falco Charitable Fund
Council Member Amanda Farias
Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement
John Farr
The Farvue Foundation
Kevin Faxon
Council Member Oswald Feliz
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
Matthew Fisher
Howard Fluhr
David Fowler
Sara Frantz
Elliot Friman
Daniel Gabay
Michele Garcia
Garden Club of New Haven, Inc.
Loraine Gardner
Paul Gazzerro
The David Geffen Foundation
GEI Consultants, Inc. PC
Andra Georges
Chris Ghaffari
GIC
William Gillen
MaryAnne and John Gilmartin
Giorgio Armani Corporation
Douglas Golann
Howard Goldberg
Amy Goldman Fowler and Cary Fowler
John and Marcia Goldman Philanthropic Fund
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Tal Golomb
Green Family
Greenacre Foundation
Rachel Greenberg
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Deborah Griffin
Travis Grimm
Allen and Deborah Grubman
Linda Hackett
Stephen Ham
Robert Hammond
Alexander Hankin
HARD Development Group, Inc.
Wayde Harrison
Kitty Hawks and Lawrence Lederman
The Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation
John Heilman
Heinz Family Foundation
Carol Helms
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Patricia Henry
Thomas Henry
Hines East LLC
Clarke Hitch
The David Hochberg Foundation
Edmund D. Hollander, FASLA
The Deborah K. Holmes Family Foundation
Walter Hood
Jeremy Hopkins
Kimberly Hourihan
HPS Investment Partners
Jessica Hu and Jonathan Eddy
Rachel Hunter- Goldman
Ivan Hurwitz
Kevin Huvane
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
IAC Charitable Foundation
Seray Incoglu
Integral Charitable Foundation
Raphael G. Jacobs
Steve Jacobs
The Jenco Foundation, Inc.
JLL Capital Market
Elton John Charitable Fund
Sarah Johns
Doris Johnson
Timothy A. Johnson
Peter Kahng
David H. Kaufman
Catherine Kaufman Iger
Moira Kavanagh
Jerold Kayden
Katharine Keenan
Lynn Bodnar Kelly
Kensington Vanguard National Land Services
Tom Keyes
Dennis Kildea
Eunja Kim
Laura Kim
Kligerman Architecture & Design
The Kors Le Pere Foundation
The Kovner Foundation
Council Member Shekar Krishnan
William Kuhn
Robert Kunstadt
Leanne Lachman
Padma Lakshmi
Helen D. Lally
Eve Laroche
Micah Lasher
The Ralph & Ricky Lauren Family Foundation, Inc.
Margaret Lavender
Kevin Lee
Shannon Lee
Eve Leeman
The Samuel J. & Ethel LeFrak Charitable Trust
Charles Leitner
Marjorie Leventhal Fund
Sophie Levin
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
Jakob Levison
Shira Levy
Spencer Levy
Kayma Liburd
Temmy Lizarzabal
Ll17 Waves of Love
Lydia Loizides
Karen Lorang
Michael Lorber
Nora Lum
The Edith W. MacGuire Charitable Trust
Ejona Maci
Nadia Mahmoud
Thomas Majewski
Shelly and Tony Malkin
The Malkin Fund, Inc.
Charles Manna
Jeffrey Manzer
Erhard Marius
Douglas Marron
The Marshall Family Foundation, Inc.
Peter McCann
Hannah McCarty
Douglas McGrath and Jane Read Martin
Arlene McKay
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Medical Center Neighborhood Fund
Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone LLP
Patrick Metzger
Preston Meyer
Irene Michaels
Bette Midler and Martin von Haselberg
Jennifer Mieres
Concetta Miller
Steven Miller
Nathan Minch
MJS Foundation
Hanna and Jeffrey Moskin Family Fund
Christopher Moyer
MRB Foundation
Jeanne Mullgrav
Christine Murphy
Nadine Murray
Duane Mutti
Maria Muxfeldt
Dorothy Namdar
Michael Nash
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Grid
Natural Resources Conservation Service – USDA
The Nature Conservancy
Margo M. and James L. Nederlander
Kathy and Ben Needell
Robert Nelson
Harley Neuman
Craig Nevill-Manning
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
New York Islanders
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Newlab
Newmark & Company Real Estate Inc.
NineDot Energy
Kelebohile Nkhereanye
Council Member Sandy Nurse
Octoraro Native Plant Nursery, Inc.
The Office of the State Comptroller
Andrea Olshan
Council Member Chi Ossé
Oxford Properties
Jonathan Paetzel
Janice Parker Landscape Architects
Ryan Patino
Elizabeth Peabody
Harry Peress
Adria Petty
The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.
Nicholas Pileggi
PIMCO Prime Real Estate
Carole Pirozzi
The PNC Financial Service
Jonathan Pollack
Sarah Pontius
Nancy and Fred Poses
Posner-Wallace Foundation
Julia Powell
Jeffrey Price
Sally Pritchard
Chris Pritchard
Vered Rabia
Radson Development
Seth Raphaeli
Katharine J. Rayner
Jon Recor and Daniel Stewart
Robbie Regina
Related Affordable Foundation
Council Member Lincoln Restler
Jeanne Reynolds
The Rice Family Foundation
Denise Rich
Richman Housing Resources LLC
Josh and Kerri Rider
Council Member Kevin Riley
Kelly Ripa
The Ripple Foundation
Carol Roaman
Timothy A. Robert
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
Rockwell Group
David R. Rogol
Matthew Rooney
Bridget Rowan and Don Burley
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
Andrew Ruffo
The Richard W. Rupp Foundation
RXR Realty
Jennifer Salzberg
Samuels and Associates Management LLC
Council Member Pierina Ana Sanchez
Misty Sanford
Savanna Investment Management LLC
Carly Saviano
Ismar Schorsch
Susan Schuur
Marc Schwartz
Ken and Nikki Seiff
Paul D. Selver
Hector Serrano
Stephen Shapiro
David Evans Shaw
Kirsten Shaw
David M. Sherman
Shiseido Americas Corporation
The Shubert Organization
Evan Shumeyko
Wendy Silverstein Drobner and Family
Caitlin Simon
Joshua Sirefman and Sarah Kim
Christopher Skinner
SMF Foundation/ LRM Inc.
Henry T. Snee
Andy Snyder
Prerna Soni
Hamilton South
Darcy Stacom, Stacom CRE
Loretta Stadler
The State of New York
Peter Stern
Council Member Althea Stevens
Jennifer Stillman
Marquise Stillwell
Daniel Strickler
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Talcott Financial Group
TD Bank
TD Charitable Foundation
Tiger Baron Foundation
TisBest Philanthropy
Coralie S. Toevs
Robin B. Tost
Jonathan Tower
Deirdre Towers
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
TRITEC Building Company, Inc.
Geoffrey Troy
Kristen Truver
Robert L. Turner
Two Degrees UP ApS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
UBS Americas
Ultimate Abstract of New York, Inc.
United Airlines
USC Thornton School of Music
Margaret and Michael Valentine
Michael Valocchi
Lorie Van Dyke
Vanbarton Group
Viking Global Foundation Inc.
Alexander Volckhausen
Sophie von Haselberg and Harry Guinness
Vornado Realty Trust
Walker & Dunlop
Holly B. Wallace
Margaret Wallace
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Charles S. Warren
Pam Wasserstein
Charlene and Aaron Welsh
Sondra C. Wenger
Jann Wenner
Miriam and Garrett Wheeler
Whole Foods Community Giving
Council Member Nantasha Williams
Nyna Wilson
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks
David Winter
Kenneth Wisdom
Kristina Wisdom
Vicente Wolf
Andrea Woodner
WPM Realty Inc.
Jennifer L. Wray
Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation
XTX Markets
Mahmoud Youssef
The Zankel Fund
Fundacion Zaqueo
Ann Ziff
Mariano Zimmler