Named after | Roy H. Park |
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Formation | 1966 |
Founder | Roy H. Park |
Type | Nonprofit |
16-6071043 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) foundation |
Headquarters | Ithaca, New York |
Methods | Grant-making |
Board President | Adelaide P. Gomer |
Executive Director | Rachel Leon |
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Affiliations | Triad Foundation |
Disbursements | $27,834,926 (2013) [1] |
Endowment | $417,289,515 (2013) [1] |
Website |
www |
The Park Foundation is an American nonprofit foundation founded in 1966 by entrepreneur and media mogul Roy H. Park.
The foundation supports a variety of liberal and environmental causes, and has been a major supporter of the anti- fracking movement [2] [3] as well as education. From 2009 to 2012, the foundation gave over $3 million to dozens of advocacy groups and other institutions that oppose fracking, including $175,000 to produce the documentary Gasland. [4] In 2013, the foundation gave $50 million to endow the Park Scholarships program at North Carolina State University. [5]
It is based in Ithaca, New York and is chaired by Park's daughter, Adelaide Park Gomer. Rachel Leon is the Executive Director. [6]
In 2003, the Triad Foundation was spun off from the Park Foundation, as a result of political disputes between Park's children. [2] [7] [8]
Named after | Roy H. Park |
---|---|
Formation | 1966 |
Founder | Roy H. Park |
Type | Nonprofit |
16-6071043 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) foundation |
Headquarters | Ithaca, New York |
Methods | Grant-making |
Board President | Adelaide P. Gomer |
Executive Director | Rachel Leon |
| |
Affiliations | Triad Foundation |
Disbursements | $27,834,926 (2013) [1] |
Endowment | $417,289,515 (2013) [1] |
Website |
www |
The Park Foundation is an American nonprofit foundation founded in 1966 by entrepreneur and media mogul Roy H. Park.
The foundation supports a variety of liberal and environmental causes, and has been a major supporter of the anti- fracking movement [2] [3] as well as education. From 2009 to 2012, the foundation gave over $3 million to dozens of advocacy groups and other institutions that oppose fracking, including $175,000 to produce the documentary Gasland. [4] In 2013, the foundation gave $50 million to endow the Park Scholarships program at North Carolina State University. [5]
It is based in Ithaca, New York and is chaired by Park's daughter, Adelaide Park Gomer. Rachel Leon is the Executive Director. [6]
In 2003, the Triad Foundation was spun off from the Park Foundation, as a result of political disputes between Park's children. [2] [7] [8]