The women’s committee of the Central Park Conservancy is an ever-expanding fund-raising empire.

This group of 200-plus women raises more than $3 million a year for Central Park. Most of that comes from the group’s signature event, the Frederick Law Olmsted Luncheon, which raised $2.3 million this year.

But the group now has 11 programs with their own fund-raising events, which not only raise money for the park but also recruit new friends who might otherwise feel intimidated by the high-powered movers and shakers on the women’s committee.

Playground Partners, for example, supports the 21 playgrounds in Central Park. The subgroup’s patrons are families with young children who live near the park and play there often.

More than 1,000 moms, dads, and their children came out for Playground Partners’ two fund-raising events last month: one on the East Side, one on the West Side. In total the group raised $140,000.

The chairwoman of the Playground Partners’ benefits was Gillian Miniter, who can often be found in the park’s playgrounds with her two children, Serena, 7, a student at Spence, and Quint, 4, a student at Christ Church.

Ms. Miniter likes the East 67th Street playground, which has a giant slide, and the Specter playground, near West 85th Street. “It’s enormous,” she said. “There are lots of climbing jungle gyms and bridges and sand. It’s a good playground for older kids.”

The jungle gyms were almost beside the point at the Playground Partners events. Children danced to the rock band Squeaky Clean, watched Magic Al make a rabbit disappear, and greeted Cinderella. Stilt walkers and face painters were on hand.

The events encouraged parents as well as children to be playground stewards. “The children are happy to be there supporting it. They get that on some level, taking care of the playgrounds,” Ms. Miniter said.

Supporting the playgrounds isn’t all about parties. Lots of children participated in the fall leaf cleanup and spring mulching that the Playground Partners organized for the first time this year.

Besides Playground Partners, the women’s committee operates programs that care for the benches and trees of the park through sponsorship and naming opportunities. One of the newest subgroups is the Central Barkers, a membership program for dogs that like the park (usually their owners pay the $100 annual fee). Members include Diamonds and Jewel LeFrak, Truffle Soros, Daisy Peanut Schifter, and Lola and Mabel Bloomberg.

While the number of events the committee holds seems to increase every year, the Olmsted luncheon is still the best attended and most talked about. And it’s certainly the most chic. Guests take very seriously the tradition of wearing fancy hats, couture suits, and even gloves. They also are serious about their duties as hostesses. This year, Kathryn Chenault gave each guest at her table a bouquet of flowers from Daily Blossom.

But the other events can be a lot of fun. One is the Taste of Summer, which took place Wednesday night at the Naumburg Bandshell. More than 800 guests tasted selections from such restaurants as Jean Georges, SushiSamba, Fred’s at Barneys, and the Central Park Boathouse. The event raised $600,000.