OUR DONORS

play:groundNYC’s work is supported by the generosity of many volunteers, donors, and grants. Your help is essential to our continued growth and ability to transform the city through play! Thank you for joining us. Our 2023-2024 supporters include:

If you would like to join the list, contact us today!

We are also very grateful for past supporters including:

Foundations: The Awesome Foundation, Burning Man Foundation, The Conestoga Road Foundation, Khedouri Family Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation, The Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation, and Laura B. Vogler Foundation.
Materials and Site Support: Arif Family, Big Reuse, DowBuilt, EarthMatter, Goldman Sachs, Material for the Arts, and Tarzian Hardware.
Legal Advice: Matthew Clark, Jeremy Coffey, and Proskauer.
Photography and Film: Sergio Arif, Tova Friedman, Maggie Fuller, Philipp Klaus, Marj Kleinmann, and Lucius Von Joo
Architecture and Design: PellOverton Architects.
Space Support: The Wing, and Harvest.
Accessibility and Engagement: Rebecca Kostyuchenko, and Children’s Environmental Research Group.
Web/Tech and Design support: Varidirect, Slack, and Dreamhost.
Friends of play:groundNYC: Joan Almon (1944-2019), Pamela Allen, Marlon Aranda, Delia Awusi, Mo Coffey, Christine Labeste, Penny Wilson, Kathryn O’Connor, and Lisa Kwon.
Backers of our 2016 Kickstarter campaign: Sara & Eliezer Kallai, Leo & Otis Makansi, Michael Longo, The Play Workshop, Matthew Harris,Eve and Max Koltuv, Vladimiras Lekecinskas, Tyll, Marisa Umsawasdi, Patrick Fsma, Eric Peterson,Amy Fusselman, Matthew Carver, Cory Eskenazi, Danielle Glickson, Vicki Woods, Peter Gray, Will Readhead, Haim N. Kallai, Tomoko Shiina, Casandra Dominguez, Barrett and Courtney, Michael Kaye, Boo, Mikkos Cerda-Roupas, Douglas Patz, Kristina Berger, Erin Davis, Robin's Mom & Dad, Carolyn Wilder, Daniel Dauchy, Zoe + AJ, PlayGroundology, Leila Vallet, Samara McNair, Ram Balija, Jessica Yeo, Scher, Alyssa Arroyo, Frank, Amy Katz, Janet Robertson, Arab Salem, Harold Sinclair, Andy Stone, Aarin Spiegelman, Maya Tal Liran, Violaine, June Can, and Russel Simmons.

Past Donors & Supporters: 596 Acres, Katelyn Alain, Bradley Allen, Emily Alli, Daniel Ambrosio, Marlon Aranda, Delia Awusi, Amy Basile, Susan Bergin, Kevin Bever, Alisha Bhagat, Jon Blake, Chandra Bocci, Talia Braude, Adam Brenneman, Mark Brinda, Alex Broenniman, Suzanne Brown & Chris Calabia, Seth Brown, Stacey Burt, Ryan Casupanan, Yuen Chan, Mei Ling Chua, Jason Cilo, Moschell Coffey, Kathleen Craw Quarfordt, Susan Daimler, Michelle Dennis, Scott DiSimon + Christine Eagan Anne Dohna, John Dumey, Emilie Filmer-Wilson, Eric Fish, Scott Fisher, Martha Flach, Kathleen Flandrick, Peter Frishauf, Ilaria Fusina, Polina and Joe Giralt, Thomas Godfrey, Ed Gormbley, Jonathan Grajeda, Selina Greene, Florian Gruen, Yen Ha, Mahmoud Haider, Robert Hammond, Ruth Harris, Jessica Hartman, Cassandra Henry, Karina House, Kacie Hultgren, Kirsten Jense, Eliezer Kallai, Karolina Karr, Scott Kelly, Julia Kempe, Abigail Kerlin, Alison Khalaf, Adam Khedouri, Sinead Kinnane, Eve Klein, Evie Klein, Alison Koss (The Town School) Justin and Alexandra Kosslyn, Martin C. Kraus, Ben Krieger, Dmitriy Krylov, Lisa Kwon, Chirstine Labeste, Marc Lambrechts, Alexandra Lange, Michelle Leder, Molly Lewis, Len Lubinsky, Marian Lubinsky, Demetrios Lyristis, Laura Ma, Katie Manger, Samantha Marrin, Jean Maxwell, Michele Mazelin, Chloe Metz, Nicholas Meyer, Steve Miller & Barbara Azcona, Bryan Molinet, David Montone, Tiffany Neal, Alison Novak, Kathryn O'Connor, Karen Oh, Isabel Orbon, Andrea Pizzo, Dagny Prieto, Anthony & Whitney Rallo, Alison and Jason Rappaport, Aleksey Ratushny, Pandora Redwin, Kristoffer Roggemann, Nina Rosenblatt, Vinay Sarathy, Donna Saunders, Beth Schacter, Jennie Sharf, Neil Shea, Russel Simmons, Katie Sinderson, Allison St Germain, Brittany Stenerson, Kathryn Sullivan, Kelly Sullivan, Matt Tait, Jen Tang, Thayer Thompson, Genievieve Thornton, Trust for Public Land TSC / Robertson Foundation, Mark & Donna Tuttle, Mark Tuttle, Vanguard Charitable, Elisa Vega, Maria Vicco, Carol Walport, Peter and Helen Warwick, Dave Weiner, Danny Wen, Mark Wilson, Reilly Wilson, Tierney Wilson, Peter Wohlsen, plus several Anonymous donors.