The Forest Park Trust, Inc. was created as a non-profit organization to enhance the city’s efforts and further maintain, develop and promote Forest Park.
Forest Park Trust, Inc. was founded on May 1, 1997 in an effort to support the Forest Park Administrator’s Office, and is committed to aiding the Park in its efforts to restore, manage, and enhance its natural and formally landscaped areas, as well as creating educational community based programs.
The Mission of the Forest Park Trust is to support the Forest Park Administrator's Office in its effort to develop, maintain and secure funding in order to advance the future of Forest Park as a major recreational, environmental, educational and cultural facility for the residents of the surrounding areas and all of New York City.