Take Action
Take Action with Green Guerillas
Green Guerillas champions community gardens, food justice, and environmental equity across New York City. We work alongside gardeners, youth, and community partners to protect green spaces, grow local food systems, and build community power.
Taking action with Green Guerillas means supporting grassroots leadership, strengthening neighborhoods, and ensuring community gardens remain thriving, accessible spaces for generations to come.
Ways to Take Action
DONATE
Your support sustains community gardens, youth leadership, and advocacy efforts that advance food and environmental justice across the city.
VOLUNTEER
Get involved through garden workdays, community events, youth programs, and hands-on support for neighborhood green spaces.
ADVOCATE
Use your voice to help protect community gardens through campaigns, policy engagement, and collective action.
Why Your Action Matters
Community gardens are essential infrastructure for healthy, resilient neighborhoods — yet many remain under-resourced and at risk. Your action helps protect these spaces as sources of fresh food, environmental education, and community connection.
By donating, volunteering, or advocating, you help:
Sustain and protect community-led gardens across New York City
Expand access to fresh, culturally relevant food
Support youth leadership and environmental education
Strengthen climate resilience through neighborhood green spaces
Together, these actions create lasting impact—for gardens, people, and communities.
Our Lead Supporters
We honor the many individuals who played a vital role in Green Guerillas’ early years and whose vision and passion continue to inspire our work today—Liz Christy, Fred Rosenstiel, John English, Jeff Dullea, and Amos Taylor. We are especially grateful to Fred Rosenstiel for establishing a charitable remainder trust in support of Green Guerillas.
Our work is made possible through the generous support of our board of directors, individual donors, and partners from all walks of life. We are also deeply grateful to the foundations and corporations whose grants sustain our programs. Special thanks to the following supporters:
Merck Family Fund
Cedar Tree Foundation
Greenacre Foundation
Clif Family Foundation
Land Trust Alliance
The Keith Haring Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
Givsly
City Parks Foundation
The Howard Bayne Fund
Michael Tuch Foundation
Alvéole
City Gardens Club
Altman Foundation
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Levitt Foundation
Con Edison
Brooklyn Community
Foundation
Mellam Family Foundation
The American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
New York
Community Trust
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
John N. and Gillet
A. Gilbert Fund
Steven & Alexandra
Cohen Foundation
William Mead
Regan Foundation
Green Guerillas is grateful to the elected officials and community leaders who champion community gardens and advocate for the protection of green spaces across New York City. Their leadership plays a critical role in advancing environmental equity and ensuring neighborhood gardens remain supported and accessible.
We thank the following Council Members for their continued commitment to green spaces and community-led initiatives: