Austin Parks Foundation

“The 990 is reviewed by the financial staff and the finance committee and a summary is provided to all board members along with a copy of the 990 in advance of the filing.”

“The governance committee keeps up with new members and any changes in their employment. Payments are reviewed regularly for any board member participation.”

“The executive committee conducts an annual performance evaluation of the ceo and makes recommendations which are reviewed by the full board of directors.”

“Our current and prior form 990's and the apf annual report are available on our website, www.austinparks.org. Governing documents, policies and financial statements are available upon request.”

“More than 30 years ago, in 1992, the seed of austin parks foundation was planted. Apf started as a volunteer organization and we are continuing and expanding those volunteer opportunities while doing more than ever before to support the city's nearly 400 parks, trails and green spaces. Here are just a few of the highlights we've celebrated in the past year: we teamed up with the san antonio spurs to announce play atx, a $500,000 multi-year program dedicated to renovating parks and basketball courts throughout austin. Some of the projects are already complete, with more planned in the future. Specifically garrison park had a significant court renovation in 2023. We made a $2m commitment to match the city of austin's funds to provide manmade and natural shade structures at parks across austin. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of it's my park day (impd), our biannual, community-wide volunteer event that features more than 160 park projects and thousands of volunteers. Our 2023 events generated nearly $600,000 in labor value (equal to eight full-time pard maintenance staff), with nearly 19,000 hours logged and 96,170 pounds of trash collected. We celebrated the opening of the brand new earl j. Pomerleau pocket park, in northeast austin. We awarded $223,650 in acl music festival grants to fund improvements identified by community members at parks across the city. We started planning work on austin's first public all abilities playground, which will be apf's largest project to date. Apf hosted 83 civic and custom corporate volunteer workdays in 2023, totaling nearly 250 hours of volunteer labor put directly back into our parks. In addition to the maintenance provided by our volunteer workdays and impd, apf invests in special, short-term projects, as well as long-term, strategic improvements. By providing design assistance and funding park renovations all over the city, we are increasing access and improving the usability of some of our city's most well-loved parks, as well as those that need help to become the urban sanctuaries they are meant to be. Here are projects completed in 2023: - mcbeth recreation center playground completed sept. 2023 $106,421.00 total cost - pomerleau pocket park district completed july 2023 $574,120.14 total cost - t.a. Brown exercise equipment (construction, design & permits) completed may 2023 $38,389.00 total cost - govalle neighborhood park baseball field lighting completed march 2023 $308,210.00 total cost - dove springs district park basketball court refurbishment with the san antonio spurs completed april 2023 $149,098.00 total cost - garrison park basketball court refurbishment w/ the san antonio spurs completed oct. 2023 $129,658.10 total cost one of the biggest roadblocks to community involvement in the enhancement of their nearby park is access to design and planning. Apf works with the city of austin's parks and recreation department to address the design backlog. In 2023 community initiated design services were completed for: - grand meadow neighborhood park - overall park planning for 10 acres of undeveloped parkland. - mary dawson pocket park - detailed park design, creating park concept plan and cost estimate. Our spring and fall it's my park day included 193 events across the city with the participation of over 6,500 volunteers. These events primarily consist of mulching trees, removing invasive species and trash pickup. These activities all help with maintenance of our many parks.”

“Acl music festival grants awarded in 2023 (does not include grants itemized in schedule i) -peas/cunningham school park - garden improvements and repair $5,000 -st. David's foundation community garden - community garden fencing $2,000 -walnut creek metro park - ice storm maintenance $2,500 -dottie jordan neighborhood park - playground shade structure $50,000 -pastor craig neighborhood park - neighborhood information kiosk $29,000 -parque zaragoza - shade trees $6,000 -roy g. Guerrero colorado metro park - trail installation and maintenance $89,400 -gus garcia community garden - rainwater tank repair $8,850 -armadillo neighborhood park - poison ivy and invasive species removal $10,000 -haskell house and community garden - heritage garden establishment, interpretive plan and garden improvements $27,000 -elisabet ney museum - museum landscape plan $15,000 -festival beach community garden - garden site plan $4,800 acl music festival grants completed in 2023 -gus garcia community garden - rainwater tank repair -north oaks community garden - perimeter community garden fencing -sanchez school park - new water fountain -t.a. Brown neighborhood park - new exercise equipment -gullett school park - resurfacing of multi-use court -reed neighborhood park - new picnic tables and benches -deep eddy community garden - new tool shed and solar panels -school parks - various amenities and updates -st. David's foundation community garden - community garden fencing”