About Us

Founded in 2024, 4 The Parks is a non-profit organization focused on engaging more young people in cleanup, maintenance, and restoration efforts for public parks. While we all benefit from the plethora of public green spaces in our cities, we spend far less time helping to maintain and improve them than we do enjoying what they offer us.

Started in New York, where parks offer an escape from the ever present urban landscape, 4TP began as an attempt to mobilize friends and fellow park-enjoyers to help give back to the public spaces we all enjoy ever day - running, walking, gathering with friends.

In New York City, there are over 30,000 acres of land dedicated to public parks - 14% of the entire city - but Parks Department receives less than 1% of the city’s funding. Because of this, parks maintenance and improvement efforts are greatly understaffed, especially when compared to the great services they offer our community.

Our goal at 4TP is to help bridge this gap and encourage local engagement and community ownership across public parks.

We’d love for you to join us on this mission!