The Gov-er-nors Island Foun-da-tion, for-mer-ly the Friends of Gov-er-nors Island, is an inde-pen-dent non-prof-it that works to ensure the Island’s con-tin-ued growth and acces-si-bil-i-ty as a vibrant pub-lic resource. As the ded-i-cat-ed fundrais-ing part-ner to the Trust for Gov-er-nors Island, the Gov-er-nors Island Foun-da-tion sup-ports ongo-ing goals to enhance the Island’s park, expand arts and cul-ture pro-grams, estab-lish a pre-mier cen-ter for research and edu-ca-tion on cli-mate change, and advance projects that boost vis-i-tor ameni-ties and his-toric preser-va-tion by focus-ing on secur-ing phil-an-thropic sup-port to fur-ther strength-en the Island as a vibrant resource for all New Yorkers.