Hudson River Park spans four+ miles over 550 acres of water and green space, providing unmatched opportunities for relaxation, recreation and reflection for millions of visitors each year and in every season. HRPK is a vital recreational, environmental, educational and cultural resource for New York City and the west side community.
Hudson River Park is NOT a City-run park and relies on supporters like you for its maintenance, operations and free programs. With your support of the HRPK 550 Fund, the nation’s preeminent waterfront park can remain a clean, green and beautiful destination for all — now and for generations to come. Hudson River Park Friends needs to raise $550,000 before March 31, 2027.
With the Park’s expansion, there is an increased need for operational and maintenance revenue. As you are aware, our model of self-sufficiency means that our friends and neighbors participate directly in making the Park the incredible community resource that it is today. Your gift to Hudson River Park Friends will help us to maintain and grow the Parks landscapes and gardens, education and estuary research, environmental sustainability, and free public programming.
Please make a gift today to our annual fund:
HRPK is financially self-sustaining and relies on private support for its annual operations, maintenance and public programs. The HRPK 550 Fund supports:
- Landscapes and gardens: the four+ miles of lawns, trees and gardens that make Hudson River Park an urban oasis and beloved backyard for millions, as well as expert horticulturists and HRPK Friends volunteers who keep our green space thriving and beautiful.
- Education and estuary research: You can make the environmental research, hands-on STEM education and marine science programs that HRPK’s River Project brings to the community possible, inspiring scientists of all ages across NYC and communicating the ecological importance of the Park’s 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary.
- Environmental sustainability: Our environmental sustainability efforts include a robust Community Composting Program serving neighborhoods all along the Park and a park-wide plastics reduction initiative – Park Over Plastic – that help build a greener NYC.
- Free public programming: Your support of the HRPK 550 Fund will bring free, fun, diverse culturally-rich programming to your riverfront backyard. You can enable Hudson River Park to transform into an open-air classroom, waterfront workout studio, outdoor concert venue, sunset dance floor and so much more. From supporting public health through fitness to providing inspiring resources in performing arts to the community your support will make a positive impact on New York City.
For additional information and to learn more about how you can support HRPK and your local environment, please contact [email protected].
Thank you to our HRPK 550 Fund Donors
| FY25/26 | HALF MOON $50,000 to $99,000 Larry Keigwin and Christian Keesee The Nickols Family Kim-Thu Posnett and Michael Pastor Megan and Ben Shaoul Zara and David Tisch Diana L. Taylor DISCOVERY $25,000 to $49,999 The Ainslie Foundation Anonymous Aditi Banga and Jonathan Schwartz Jonathan Barry Emma Bloomberg and Jeremiah Kittredge Bloomberg Philanthropies The Levin Family Sukey and Michael Novogratz Mary J. Penniman and Garrett Moran Poses Family Foundation Scott Rechler Joseph B. Rose The Rueven Family Chrissy Taylor and Lee Broughton Nat Turner Sue and David Viniar HOPEWELL $10,000 to $24,999 Sara and Ari Aufgang Christine and Turner Reece Batty Juliana Beckel and Jacob Carnow Natasha and Massimo Caronna Michael D. Colacino Valerie Doherty Emily Dougherty and Rami Turayhi Katherine Farley and Jerry Speyer Claudia and Robert Fauber Cary Hines and Keshav Rajagopalan Sonia Jaye and Edward Barsukov Foundation Lucia Kellar Peter R. Kellogg Sarah and Sean Lambert Lizzie & Jonathan M. Tisch Fund Jessica and Tim Ogilvie Paramount Group, Inc. RD Capital Inc. Claudia Saez-Fromm Gillian and Robert Steel TJX Foundation, Inc. Lenore Vassil David Weil Miriam Wheeler Emily Yoder and Morgan Johnson Mariano Zimmler | ADMIRAL $5,000 to $9,999 Leslie Abbey and Stephen Dietz Patricia Adell and Jeffrey D. Sussman Rob Balachandran Cathy Blaney Lindsay and Matt Blank Karie Davidson De Sole Family Foundation Jenny Miller Dutton and Steve Dutton Fisher Brothers Foundation JLL Capital Markets King & Spalding LLP Laura Krey Jessica Loghmanee The Marrus Family The McDonogh/Moroney Family Fund The Morrison & Foerster Foundation Maria and Gaetano Muzio George L Olsen Leigh Parrish Jesseman Pryor The Rudin Family Seyfarth Shaw LLP Holly and David Sherr Phyllis and Bernard Sussman Walker & Dunlop Kristen and Daniel Williams Trevena Yong and Carlos Fernandez-Aller David Zussman |
| FY24/25 | HALF MOON $50,000 to $99,000 Aditi Banga and Jonathan Schwartz The Baron Family Foundation The Nickols Family Kim-Thu Posnett and Michael Pastor Haley and David Schwartz Megan and Ben Shaoul Zara and David Tisch DISCOVERY $25,000 to $49,999 Emma Bloomberg and Jeremiah Kittredge Emily and Douglas B. Heitner Larry Keigwin and Christian Keesee The Levin Family Mary J. Penniman and Garrett Moran Sukey and Michael Novogratz Joseph B. Rose The Rueven Family Martha Stewart Chrissy Taylor and Lee Broughton Diana L. Taylor Allie and Nat Turner Sue and David Viniar Caroline and Jacob Werner HOPEWELL $10,000 to $24,999 The Angelo Family Foundation Ari Aufgang Juliana Beckel and Jacob Carnow Teresa and Nicholas Casal Cheng Chen Jay Cross Valerie Doherty Emily Dougherty and Rami Turayhi Gottesman DeBode Family Fund Lucy Green and Mark Flannery Jamie and Jeffrey Harris Erica and David Hess Justine and Craig Lee Aima Raza Landon Slane Leanne and Richard Tavoso Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch TJX Foundation, Inc. Lenore Vassil Melissa and Greg Wasserman David Weil Emily Yoder and Morgan Johnson Julia and John Zito | ADMIRAL $5,000 to $9,999 Cathy Blaney The Brodsky Organization Brown Harris Stevens Caitlin and Alex Cana De Sole Family Foundation Mary Glucksman Cate Halsey and George Olsen The Jachal Foundation Abe Jaroslawitz Richard Katzman Jenji Kohan Michael Kumar The Marrus Family The McDonogh/Moroney Family Fund Larissa and Richard Miele Jenny Miller Dutton and Steve Dutton Linda Mirels Rebecca and Tyler Morse Maria and Gaetano Muzio Stephanie Nelson and Tom Connolly Jessica and Tim Ogilvie Leigh Parrish Frida Polli Lizzie Reedy The Rudin Family Holly Sherr The Solomon Wilson Family Phyllis and Bernard Sussman Trevcon Construction Company, LLC Kristen and Daniel Williams Trevena Yong and Carlos Fernandez-Aller Mariano Zimmler |
HRPK's River Project helps increase appreciation and understanding of the Hudson River through hands-on environmental education. Programs inspire budding scientists of all ages to see the River and Park as a living laboratory for STEM exploration, serving thousands of students from all five NYC boroughs.