Support Your Parks
Geauga Park District Foundation (GPDF) is a 501c3 supporting organization of Geauga Park District. Since 1991, GPDF has
worked with Geauga Park District to provide financial support for
special initiatives to supplement what is supported by tax revenues.
In the past 9 years alone, the Foundation has raised and transferred to Geauga Park District $1,237,176 for Park District projects and programs. Depending on the wishes of the donor, this funding has been used to:
1) create and implement exciting and educational programs such as Geauga Park District’s Nature Scopes.
2) provide bus transportation each year for thousands of Geauga school children to visit parks on educational field trips,
3) design and construct interactive educational exhibits like Wild Nights, BioCentennial and Engage the Ice Age exhibits, and
4) purchase land for preservation as parks and build shelters, trails, and other amenities.
From 1994 to 1996, Geauga Park District Foundation was the fundraising organization behind the preservation of the land which is now known as The West Woods, a 910-acre public park in Newbury and Russell townships. From 2000-2002, the Foundation organized a capital campaign raising $778,842 toward the construction of educational exhibits in The West Woods Nature Center.
Questions regarding gifts and/or the work of the Foundation can be directed to:
