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who we serve
Green Guerillas provides important services to New York City’s grassroots community garden groups. These all-volunteer groups have undertaken the back breaking work of converting vacant, rubble-strewn city-owned land into community gardens. Each week these creative, determined neighborhood leaders provide important services to their neighbors. They connect city kids to the earth. They grow fresh food in neighborhoods with few supermarkets and long lines at soup kitchens. They cultivate green spaces and plant trees in neighborhoods with a dearth of parkland and high asthma rates. They give seniors a place to rest in the shade and people from all walks of life the opportunity to garden in the city. They manage living classrooms and outdoor community centers. And as they continue to turn to us for help, Green Guerillas will continue to work side by side with community garden groups to help them survive and thrive. They are the lifeblood of our City.
our team
Staff & Consultants
Steve Frillmann - Executive Director
Hannah Riseley-White - Community Organizer
Zack Schulman - Community Organizer
Summer Organizers & Interns - help us help garden leaders
Marco Kathuria – Graphic Design
W. Douglas Wingo, Inc. – Fundraising & Website Design
Board of Directors
Thom Ching
Patti Hagan
Beth D. Jacob
Bruce McInnes
Andrew Reicher
Christine Leas
David L. Sherman (Chairperson)
Leonora Wiener
Susan Wittenberg
our partners
Sister Organizations
Green Guerillas is part of a network of nonprofits who foster and support community gardening and urban greening. We communicate and coordinate with our sister groups wherever possible. Click here for links.
Garden Coalitions
Green Guerillas has helped organize and continues to support local and citywide coalitions of community gardeners. Click here for links.
Program Partners
We have the opportunity to partner with local and citywide nonprofits to make our Harvest for Neighborhoods Campaign an effective tool for changing the food secority equation in central Brooklyn, including the NYC Coalition Against Hunger, Brooklyn Rescue Mission, Neighbors Together, East NY Farms, and CENYC.
our supporters
As a private nonprofit organization, Green Guerillas receives support from a diverse group of people and organizations who share our commitment to grassroots action. 600 members from all walks of life support our work and 200 people attend our annual benefit party. Foundations and corporations provide critical grant funding to allow us to work side by side with community garden leaders in every corner of our city.
Our deepest gratitude goes out to Fred Rosenstiel whose legacy of commitment to Green Guerillas continues with the Trust he created upon his passing.
our members
Our members are people from all walks of life --gardeners, teachers, students, artists, lawyers, businesspeople, and activists -- who all care about New York City and want to support the work of Green Guerillas. Members receive discounts at a number of retailers, a subscription to our newsletter, Vitis Vine and invitations to garden events throughout the year. Join Today!
