Mission and History
The mission of the Omaha Parks Foundation is to improve promote preserve protect support the Omaha Park and Recreation System.
The Omaha Parks Foundation enlists the help of individuals, corporate donors, and other charitable foundations in our efforts to conserve and enhance our city’s parks and green spaces. Through our work, the Omaha Parks Foundation helps facilitate donations to community centers and several local projects, create awareness of issues that our parks, trails, and green spaces face, and help fulfill items from the city’s “wish list” of needs they are unable to fund.
encompassing 11,000+ acres
Enhancing Omaha since 2010
The City of Omaha Parks Department has created a dynamic parks and recreation system over the past 150 years. As the city has grown, so has the continued need for parks, trails, and playgrounds. Recognizing that the parks system is vital to improving the lives of all Omaha residents, enhancing economic development, and encouraging healthy lifestyles, the Omaha Parks Foundation was created in 2010.
In a time of high demand for government resources, the Omaha Parks Foundation is an independent 501(c)3 fulfilling the need for a private-public collaboration to improve Omaha’s Parks.
Although we work closely with the Omaha Parks & Recreation Department on many projects, we are a private-fiduciary partner to multiple government and non-profit institutions. A non-political volunteer Board of Directors governs the Foundation.
