Forest Park is for all of us — the crown jewel of our region that brings us pride, joy, culture and fun. The Park is a true mosaic, a place where 13 million annual visitors of every background and interest come to enjoy some of life’s best moments or to simply relax on a beautiful St. Louis day.

Our community has come together to support Forest Park in a remarkable way. Through Forever: The Campaign for Forest Park’s Future, we raised $130 million to complete urgently needed improvement projects in partnership with the City of St. Louis and expand the Park’s endowment to ensure that there are always maintenance dollars to keep the Park the community gem that it is. This has been the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Forest Park’s history — and its success has been possible only with the support of community members like you.

Forest Park Forever completed its active fundraising for the Forever campaign at the close of 2017. Thanks to extraordinary support from the community, on March 14, 2018, Forest Park Forever announced that we have reached and exceeded our goal, raising more than $139 million in gifts and pledges for the Park! As you can read about in the press release linked to above, we are hosting a free public celebration on April 11, 2018. We hope to see you there! 

Watch our short campaign film.

Why Forever

As part of the formal launch of Forever: The Campaign for Forest Park's Future, we have been collecting comments from people about what this civic treasure means to them. You can scroll through a handful of these testimonials below, or visit whyforever.org to read more.