New York Restoration Project
New York Restoration Project
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About this organization
Mission
At New York Restoration Project (NYRP), we believe everyone deserves access to beautiful, high-quality public green space. Since our founding in 1995, we have partnered with underserved communities throughout New York City to take back public space by picking up trash, planting trees, and renovating parks and gardens. As the city’s only citywide nature conservancy dedicated to serving low-income communities, we bring private resources to spaces that need support; under our stewardship these parks and gardens thrive, providing opportunities for local residents to gather, recreate, learn, grow, and socialize.
About
In 2017, New York Restoration Project cleaned, maintained, and improved our 52 gardens throughout every borough in the city. We worked with garden group members to ensure that NYRP's 52 gardens were open at least 20 hours a week for community members to garden, relax, read, play, and socialize. We provided gardeners with space in garden beds to grow their own herbs, vegetables, and fruit resulting in gardeners growing approximately 89,000 pounds (44.5 tons) of fresh fruits and vegetables in 39 gardens. We utilized our gardens as outdoor classrooms, hosting free workshops led by NYRP staff and local experts throughout the spring, summer, and fall on topics from tree care to composting. We partnered with teachers to conduct 'Nature in My Neighborhood' field trips and deliver our 'Garden Growers' curriculum where students learned from NYRP staff about nature and urban ecosystems while reinforcing core math and science concepts, educating nearly 10,000 K-8th grade students citywide. We held a series of 68 free yoga, Zumba, and African dance classes in our gardens during the warmer months filling 648 spots. We also produced a variety of 59 free performing arts events and movie nights from June through September in 27 parks and community gardens, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Morris-Jumel Mansion, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, reaching 3,457 individuals citywide.
Interesting data from their 2018 990 filing
The filing reveals the mission of the non-profit as “New york restoration project (nyrp) transforms underserved communities by creating a greener, more sustainable new york city. by cleaning, greening, beautifying high-need neighborhoods, nyrp creates a context for community to happen.”.
When detailing its functions, they were listed as: “Transforms underserved communities by creating a greener, more sustainable new york city.”.
- According to the law, the state where the non-profit operates has been reported as NY.
- The filing specifies that the non-profit's address in 2018 was 254 WEST 31ST STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10001.
- As of 2018, the non-profit's form shows they have a total of 98 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$26,308.
- The organization has 20 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1997.
- The organization pays $3,897,191 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,086,478 in fundraising expenses.
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