Corporate Partners

Central Park is essential to the health and well-being of all who live and work in New York City and is an asset in attracting and retaining staff. We invite corporations to invest in the quality of life of their employees by becoming Corporate Partners of the Central Park Conservancy.

How your company can give back to Central Park:

Operating Support

These crucial donations support the ongoing horticultural maintenance and preservation of Central Park's 843 acres, including the care of 26,000 trees, 58 miles of pathways, 9,000 Park benches, 26 ballfields, 21 playgrounds, 57 monuments and sculptures, and 7 bodies of water.

Help Fund our Education Programs
Designed to educate New York City's youth about nature and environmental science while enhancing leadership, academic, and career-building skills.

• Curriculum enhancement courses also offered to public schools and educators.
• Estimated to reach over 20,000 young people each year.

Help Fund our Recreation Programs
A variety of recreation offerings encourage healthy lifestyles, sportsmanship, and constructive after-school activities for at-risk urban youth.

• Estimated to reach over 85,000 young people each year.

Sponsor a Free Public Program or Event
The Conservancy engages the community in Central Park through programs such as Earth Day, Catch-and- Release Fishing at the Harlem Meer, Sandbox Stories & Music, and the Central Park Film Festival.

Sponsor one of the Conservancy's annual Benefit Events
The Conservancy's three major fundraising events — Taste of Summer, Halloween Ball, and the Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon — attract thousands of upscale New York philanthropists and young professionals each year, receive prominent recognition in the society press, and raise millions for Central Park.

Please contact us for a full list of programs and events in the Park and information regarding recognition and branding opportunities.

Click here for a list of Corporate Partner benefits (will open in new window), including our popular "Day in the Dirt" employee volunteer day and our Professional Development Teambuilding Program. With a gift of $25,000 or more, we will work with you in customizing a package of benefits to meet your corporation's marketing, public relations, and social responsibility goals. Please click here to download the pledge form (will open in new window) to make your corporate gift.

To learn more about the Corporate Partners Program, please call Claire McClafferty at
212-310-6692.