The Governors Island Foundation

The Gov­er­nors Island Foun­da­tion, for­mer­ly the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island, is an inde­pen­dent non­prof­it that works to ensure the Island’s con­tin­ued growth and acces­si­bil­i­ty as a vibrant pub­lic resource. As the ded­i­cat­ed fundrais­ing part­ner to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island, the Gov­er­nors Island Foun­da­tion sup­ports ongo­ing goals to enhance the Island’s park, expand arts and cul­ture pro­grams, estab­lish a pre­mier cen­ter for research and edu­ca­tion on cli­mate change, and advance projects that boost vis­i­tor ameni­ties and his­toric preser­va­tion by focus­ing on secur­ing phil­an­thropic sup­port to fur­ther strength­en the Island as a vibrant resource for all New Yorkers. 

Board of Directors

EB Kel­ly, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Tish­man Spey­er (Chair)
Daniel C. Reynolds, Part­ner, Cleary Got­tlieb Steen & Hamil­ton LLP (Vice Chair)
Justin Gins­burgh, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of Infra­struc­ture, Prop­er­ties and Devel­op­ment, Jet­Blue (Trea­sur­er)
Han­nah Blu­men­thal, Founder & Prin­ci­pal, Han­nah Blu­men­thal Design (Sec­re­tary)
Bet­ty Chen, Prin­ci­pal, BYC Projects
Jesse Damashek, SVP, Head of Inno­va­tion, Dia­geo
Car­rie Den­ning Jack­son, Direc­tor of Tech & Inno­va­tion, Jamestown
Lau­ra Fox, Co-Founder & Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Streetlife Ven­tures
Adam Freed, Prin­ci­pal, Bloomberg Asso­ciates
Alizeh Gangji, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er Cove and Facet, Thir­ty Madi­son
Tal Golomb, Part­ner, Fried, Frank, Har­ris, Shriv­er & Jacob­son
Chris Grosso, CEO, Inter­sec­tion Co.
Jamie Joyce, Founder + Chief Exec­u­tive, Liq­uid Rock Col­lec­tive LLC
Melanie Katz­man, Founder, Katz­man Con­sult­ing
Jus­tine Lee, Pres­i­dent & CEO, Cli­mate­Haven
Robert Levine, Chair­man & CEO, RAL Com­pa­nies and Affil­i­ates LLC
Xiao Lin­da Liu, Part­ner, McK­in­sey & Co.
Bri­an Miller, Chief Rev­enue Offi­cer, TuneCore
Char­lie Miller,VP Inno­va­tion & Dig­i­tal Expe­ri­ence, Brook­field Asset Man­age­ment
Jame­son Mon­es, Senior Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Black­stone
Rachel Mor­ri­son Mon­toya, Asso­ciate Direc­tor, Oxford Prop­er­ties Group
Tim­o­thy O’Brien, SVP, Fer­ries and Trans­porta­tion, NYC Fer­ry
Marc Ricks, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer, Shop­Core Prop­er­ties
Kon­stan­ti­nos Riza­kos, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Gold­man Sachs
Dar­ren Schluter, Prin­ci­pal, PJT Park Hill
Marc Tre­viño, Part­ner, Sul­li­van & Cromwell
Lau­ren Wolf, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent, NYC Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Corp.

Ex Offi­cio
Pat­ti Davis, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Gov­er­nors Island Foun­da­tion
Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent & CEO, the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island

Finan­cials

The Friends of Gov­er­nors Island’s audit­ed finan­cial state­ments are below. Note: the orga­ni­za­tion received its inde­pen­dent 501(c)(3) sta­tus at the end of 2014 and com­plet­ed its first inde­pen­dent fis­cal audit in 2015. For addi­tion­al finan­cial infor­ma­tion, please con­tact info@​friendsgi.​org.

2020 – 2021 Audit­ed Finan­cial Statements

2018 Audit­ed Finan­cial Statements

2017 Audit­ed Finan­cial Statements

2016 Audit­ed Finan­cial Statements

2015 Audit­ed Finan­cial Statements

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