Support Our Nature Center Initiative
The Nature Center Will:
The Nature Center Will:
- Be a visible, drop-in information center for the Park’s four million annual visitors, many within a one-mile walking distance from East Harlem, Queens, and the South Bronx.
- Offer dedicated classroom space for RIPA’s youth education programs, engaging more than 15,000 local students each year, 91% from local underserved communities.
- Serve as base camp for college/career training and volunteer/student groups.
- Host existing free community programming and educational field trips, including Waterfront Stewardship, Urban Farm/Nutritional Education, Summer
Camp, and Park-as-Lab.
To learn more, please contact: [email protected]
Funding for the Nature Center
Funding Secured
- $1.5M Champlain Hudson Power Express
- $600K Grant Secured from NYS Parks
- $350K Charina Endowment Fund
- $250K Courtney Hall Classroom | Bloomberg Philanthropies and friends of Courtney Hall
- $239K Match funds from the Manhattan Borough President
- $100K Gray Foundation
Opportunities for Donor Recognition
- $3M Center Recognition
- $1.5M Entrance Hall Recognition
- $1M Outdoor Courtyard Recognition
- $500K Classroom Recognition
- $250K Solar Recognition
- $250K Windmill Recognition
