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America's State Parks Foundation
The organization's mission is to promote the value of america's state parks, for environmental stewardship, for health and well-being of americans and for economic development; to energize the state park movement, working in collaboration with state park agencies, their non- profit partners and other allies and supporters of parks,…
- $171k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $552k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations America's State Parks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $472k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $171k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $542k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $240k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alabama State Parks Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idaho Public Television | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| State of Tennessee | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PA Dept Conservation & Natural Resources | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia State Parks Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 32% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alabama State Parks Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idaho Public Television | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| State of Tennessee | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PA Dept Conservation & Natural Resources | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia State Parks Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 32% |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interstate State Park and William | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood Parks Conservancy | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wekiva Wilderness Trust Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Mississippi Department of Education | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Friends of Inks Lake State Park Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wyoming Game & Fish Department | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Department of Natural Resources | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Eisenhower State Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherry Creek State Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| State of Arizona | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($503k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Investor Protection Trust · Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc · Association of State and Territorial Health Officials · Governors Highway Safety Association · Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation · American Bar Association · Feed the Children Inc · NRA Foundation Inc · National Association of State Procurement Officals Inc
How this is measured
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About America's State Parks Foundation
- How much does America's State Parks Foundation give?
- America's State Parks Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $170,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does America's State Parks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (47%), Environment (13%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are America's State Parks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development ($55k), Commonwealth of Kentucky ($40k), Alabama State Parks Foundation ($35k).
- Does America's State Parks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does America's State Parks Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as America's State Parks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Investor Protection Trust, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc.
- Where is America's State Parks Foundation based?
- America's State Parks Foundation is based in KS.
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