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National Park Foundation

As the official philanthropic partner of the national park service, the NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance america's national parks for present and future generations.

$103M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
286
Itemized grants FY2025
272
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$82M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$79,189
Largest grant, FY2025
$21,100,370
Organizations funded a year
105 to 272
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
47
Total assets, FY2025
$579M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations National Park Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving220$82M13%
FY2024272$82M34%
FY2023209$66M33%
FY2022166$59M28%
FY2021138$36M40%
FY2020105$31M28%
FY2019165$23M38%
FY2018174$21M48%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$186MRecreation & Sports$72MArts & Culture$46MPublic Safety & Disaster$11MHealth$9.1MYouth Development$6.5MCrime & Legal$4.2MCommunity Improvement$4.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Mall and Memorial Parks$236,019,8399n/a
American Conservation Experience$11,510,43865%
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$8,079,949628%
Conservation Legacy$7,509,72893%
Yosemite Foundation$7,213,89699%
The Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc$6,550,00020%
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters$4,994,571853%
Santa Monica Mountains Fund$4,332,015953%
First American Title Ins Company$4,217,0502n/a
Zion Natural History Association$4,125,863914%
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All grantees of National Park Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Mall and Memorial Parks$236,019,8399n/a
American Conservation Experience$11,510,43865%
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$8,079,949628%
Conservation Legacy$7,509,72893%
Yosemite Foundation$7,213,89699%
The Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc$6,550,00020%
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters$4,994,571853%
Santa Monica Mountains Fund$4,332,015953%
First American Title Ins Company$4,217,0502n/a
Zion Natural History Association$4,125,863914%
The Trust for Public Land$4,049,32271%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$3,668,13792%
Friends of Acadia$3,455,372814%
Washington Dept Of Fish & Wildlife$3,406,2295n/a
Grand Canyon Conservancy$3,358,30987%
The Alliance for Florida's National Parks Inc$3,356,981968%
Rocky Mountain Conservancy$3,345,097917%
Sitnasuak Native Corporation$3,267,6774n/a
National Parks Friends Alliance$3,206,543390%
Friends of Flight 93 National Memor$3,111,743828%
AAA Complete Building Services Inc$2,496,2772n/a
Emmett Till Interpretive Center$2,216,000363%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park$2,121,53586%
Northwest Youth Corps$1,864,10283%
Voyageurs Conservancy$1,839,538734%
Ice Age Trail Alliance Inc$1,761,02089%
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park$1,628,187612%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$1,591,43781%
Gettysburg Foundation$1,575,00053%
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc$1,490,60956%
Independence Historical Trust$1,470,11767%
Mississippi Park Connection$1,453,672937%
Alaska Geographic Association$1,432,250322%
National Park Trust Inc$1,406,96398%
Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park$1,376,480961%
Denali Education Center$1,268,100835%
Trust for the National Mall$1,265,07443%
Sequoia Parks Conservancy$1,244,01597%
Groundwork USA Inc$1,191,58788%
The Corps Network$1,137,50034%
Haleakala Conservancy Inc$1,122,5003n/a
Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc$1,093,746820%
American Youthworks$1,062,39764%
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$1,030,37777%
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc$1,000,00031%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$997,86351%
Friends of Big Bend National Park$996,713552%
Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon$988,775828%
Greening Youth Foundation Inc$939,59153%
Shenandoah National Park Trust$885,799911%
Eastern National$884,85091%
River Raisin National Battlefield Park Foundation Inc$870,112750%
Glacier National Park Conservancy$818,98295%
Discover Your Northwest$807,20078%
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park$799,94496%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc$787,398710%
Friends of Saguaro National Park$775,477920%
Friends of Anacostia Park$770,827453%
Yellowstone Park Foundation$760,0813n/a
Outdoor Afro$727,500414%
Glen Canyon Conservancy$704,735910%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$677,24072%
Jefferson National Parks Association$654,35185%
Nrss Water Resources Division$650,0002n/a
Great Basin Institute$649,70251%
Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation$622,384844%
Boston Harbor Now Inc$613,56272%
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$583,00031%
National Park Foundation$574,25131%
Oregon State University$556,6004n/a
Friends of the Sleeping Bear Dunes$551,700657%
Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy Inc$541,000629%
Friends of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park$531,978440%
Pacific Historic Parks$531,90283%
Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Inc$513,9661n/a
Grand Teton Association$513,00048%
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Inc$507,00077%
Seeds$503,37764%
Cabrillo National Monument Foundation$501,000918%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$500,00011%
Amache Alliance$483,485258%
Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Inc$482,16449%
National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation$471,886562%
Environment for the Americas Inc$470,98946%
Great Basin National Park Foundation$469,522448%
National Chavez Center$463,22738%
The Friends of Valley Forge Valley Forge Park Alliance$460,000530%
Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Inc$456,350445%
Color-Ad Inc$455,0002n/a
Pride Live Inc$450,000112%
Poudre Heritage Alliance$446,092725%
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Inc$431,16153%
Friends of Arches&Canyonlands Parks Bates Wilson Legacy Fund$414,600333%
Clean Water Fund$407,65226%
Saint Gaudens Memorial$400,050628%
Zero Waste Washington$400,000215%
Keep America Beautiful Inc$400,00023%
Los Compadres de San Antonio$400,000414%
Upstream Policy Institute Inc$400,000126%
Expeditions in Education Inc$397,150422%
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund$396,320515%
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation$376,33684%
Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc$375,63377%
Lincoln Presidential Foundation$371,000411%
Friends of Mammoth Cave$353,7898n/a
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$352,28432%
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc$332,654611%
Musconetcong Watershed Association$331,54759%
Redwood Parks Conservancy$326,40038%
Riverbend Landscapes LLC$315,7552n/a
International Game Fish Association Inc$315,00044%
Wabanaki Youth in Science Inc$312,100319%
Mesa Verde Museum Association$311,597718%
Conservation Corps North Bay Inc$302,48223%
Friends Of San Juan National Historic Site Inc$296,900229%
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens$296,500313%
Western National Parks Association$292,45051%
African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation$290,522212%
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area$290,24945%
Friends of the Niobrara Inc$280,0004n/a
Old Dominion University Research Foundation$278,30040%
Florida International University$275,5142n/a
Pocono Environmental Education Center Inc$273,77376%
Franklin D Roosevelt Hyde Park Foundation Inc$263,000484%
Education Development Center Inc$260,15020%
C&O Canal Trust Inc$260,01568%
North Country Trail Association Incorporated$258,00065%
Point Reyes National Seashore Association$256,73253%
Historic Pullman Foundation Dba Friends of Pullman$255,000317%
Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps$254,690328%
Great Smoky Mountains Institute Inc$252,42266%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$252,34750%
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society$250,00018%
Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau$250,000252%
Stroud Water Research Center$244,40031%
Friends Charleston National Parks$240,542332%
Partnership for the National Trails System Inc$240,000334%
Rosie the Riveter Trust$237,20078%
Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc$236,47736%
Death Valley Natural History Association$235,73665%
Friends of Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park$234,605839%
Bryce Canyon Association$234,51292%
Friends of Big Bend National Park dba Big Bend Conservancy$233,5122n/a
Sand Creek Massacre Foundation$231,425256%
James River Association$231,07051%
The Channel Islands Park Foundation$229,500456%
Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy Inc$228,000251%
City of Detroit$223,7563n/a
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm Nat'l Heritage Corridor Communities Assoc$219,383317%
Friends of Homestead National Historic Park$216,327749%
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation$211,50051%
Cornell University$211,41320%
University of Oregon$210,0062n/a
Friends of the Klondike Corridor Inc$210,0003n/a
Washington's National Park Fund$209,30253%
Joshua Tree National Park Association$209,27562%
Appalachian Mountain Club$208,00030%
Community Initiatives$207,85650%
Colorado National Monument Association$205,01348%
Motorcities National Heritage Area Partnership Inc$204,000426%
Manassas Battlefield Trust$201,950351%
Overmountain Victory Trail Association$201,645843%
Mariana Islands Nature Alliance$200,0001n/a
Recycle Across America$200,000145%
Lower East Side Tenement Museum$200,00021%
University of California Davis$199,5862n/a
The University Corporation$199,58620%
East Carolina University$199,5862n/a
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation$196,85062%
All Access Equipment$191,3721n/a
Shenandoah National Park Assoc Inc$191,30044%
Living Classrooms Foundation$186,58540%
Timucuan Parks Foundation Inc$185,683723%
Minute Man National Park Assoc Inc$185,000334%
Historicorps$180,66917%
Ely Inc$179,7621n/a
Ebony Anglers Foundation$171,267396%
Friends of First State Inc$170,155431%
Youth Outdoor Experience$168,463452%
Outdoor Outreach$166,19763%
Friends of Canaveral Inc$163,7786n/a
Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation$162,453213%
Outside Las Vegas Foundation$162,38758%
Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership$161,000324%
Friends of Peirce Mill Inc$160,300529%
Ecologik Institute$159,490224%
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks Inc$159,23326%
Naturebridge$158,80040%
Four Corners School of Outdoor Educ$157,39947%
Maryland Economic Development Corporation$150,00010%
Uss Constitution Museum Inc$150,00022%
NYC Plover Project Inc$150,000225%
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson Inc$150,000243%
Mobilizegreen Inc$150,00012%
Hispanic Access Foundation$149,66511%
Regents of the University of Colorado$149,3022n/a
Partnership for Youth$148,40016%
Elliotsville Foundation Inc$146,41229%
Cumberland Gap Trail Alliance$146,000298%
University of Wisconsin Madison$145,8302n/a
White Clay Watershed Association$139,836343%
Spotted Bird Productions Inc$135,1302n/a
Gateway Arch Park Foundation$135,00030%
Elswick & Elswick Inc$130,0001n/a
Young Masterminds Initiative Inc$130,000341%
National First Ladies Library$130,000210%
Merced City School District$129,9508n/a
Natl Washington-Rochambeau Rev Rt A$128,245225%
National Links Trust$128,14911%
Explor Crater Lake LLC$127,9671n/a
Carroll Tree Service Inc$125,0001n/a
Crater Lake Natural History Assoc Inc$124,000110%
Friends of the Wekiva River Inc$124,000317%
The National Native American Boarding Sc$120,00034%
Newport Historical Society$120,00022%
Friends of New River Gorge National River$119,6895n/a
Anza Trail Foundation$118,0002n/a
Catoctin Forest Alliance Inc$117,8008n/a
Anchorage Park Foundation$116,48162%
Year One Inc$115,32021%
Willys Tree Service and Landscaping$115,0001n/a
The Sandy Hook Foundation Inc$115,000211%
Alliance for a Healthier Generation Inc$114,51321%
River Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief$114,22854%
J & R Sheds and Equipment Inc$113,7151n/a
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuge S$112,5001n/a
Excel Tree Expert Company Inc$110,3401n/a
Chaco Culture Conservancy$110,0002n/a
Ford's Theatre Society$110,00030%
Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics$109,63824%
Ocmulgee Mounds Association Inc$108,685443%
St Paul United Methodist Church$108,5002n/a
Utah State University$106,0001n/a
Science Museum of Minnesota$105,64630%
Washington Trust For Historic Preservation$103,30023%
Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore Inc$101,925221%
Save the Redwoods League$101,90020%
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc$100,05523%
The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut$100,0001n/a
Teachers College Columbia University$100,00020%
Frances Perkins Center$100,0001n/a
Assoc for the Study of African American Life & His$100,0001n/a
Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail$100,000144%
Densho$100,00014%
Bureau of Land Managment$100,0001n/a
National Experienced Workforce Solutions$100,00010%
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn$98,000133%
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore$97,6254n/a
Friends of the Missouri National Recreational River$97,5001n/a
Capitol Fleet Service LLC$97,4851n/a
Pipestone Indian Shrine Association$96,800520%
Urban Impact Inc$95,35038%
Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc$95,1261n/a
Camden County Schools$95,0386n/a
Beyond Boundaries$94,200310%
Cultural Heritage Center of Southwest Florida Inc$93,74319%
The California Desert Land Conservancy$93,62021%
Montana Environmental Education Ass$92,8006n/a
Urban Corps of San Diego County$92,75011%
Friends of the Thomas Edison National Historic Park Corporation$92,3452n/a
Gaithersburg Farmers Supply Inc$92,1751n/a
Accokeek Foundation Inc$90,68044%
Active Southern West Virginia Inc$90,39435%
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$90,00011%
Park Institute of America$89,8101n/a
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation$89,77532%
National Park Service Regional Office$89,1831n/a
American Battlefield Trust$88,45520%
Conservation Corps$86,79230%
Nature Forward$86,20021%
Emma Silverman$86,0481n/a
City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc$84,80142%
Pro-Tainer Inc$84,6792n/a
Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions$83,79522%
Savannah State University$83,3852n/a
Fort Larned Old Guard Inc$83,3007n/a
Northern Virginia Regional Commission$81,6302n/a
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park$80,5002n/a
Oars Inc$80,20027%
Islandwood$80,00011%
Neogen Corporation$80,0001n/a
Living Voices$79,6001n/a
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$79,29320%
Ocean Discovery Institute$79,00013%
Environmental Learning for Kids$77,00032%
Move United$75,00011%
The Last Green Valley Inc the Last Green Valley Inc$75,00025%
Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park & Camp$75,000227%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$73,19320%
Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority$72,7003n/a
Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association$72,5001n/a
Howell Gibson and Hughes PA$72,5001n/a
The West Virginia Land Trust Inc$69,80021%
Santa Fe Trail Association$68,200223%
Polydelta LLC$68,0512n/a
Lassen Park Foundation$68,000229%
Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation$66,90041%
Friends of Horseshoe Bend$66,3316n/a
Utah Heritage Highway 89 Alliance$66,0001n/a
Harriet Tubman Home$65,800225%
Friends of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site$65,00058%
George Washington Carver Birthplace District Assn Inc$65,000143%
Whiskeytown Environmental School (Wes) Community$65,00024%
Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative Inc$63,10025%
Calumet-Keweenaw Sportsman Club Inc$62,850358%
Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission$61,5002n/a
Guampedia Foundation$61,0002n/a
Ozark Riverways Foundation$60,7932n/a
Upstander Project Inc$60,72016%
The Wilderness Land Trust$60,00023%
Oakland Unified School District$60,0001n/a
Clean Valley Recycling$60,000115%
Columbia County Historical Society Inc$60,0001n/a
University of Washington$60,0001n/a
Premier Title of Island County$60,0001n/a
Soldiers2scientists$60,000181%
Bearsaver$58,9491n/a
Essex National Heritage Commission Inc$58,50045%
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation$57,93034%
Keramida Environmental Inc$57,8971n/a
Botello Consulting$57,8551n/a
Silver Lining Assistance Inc$57,7931n/a
Rome Historical Society Inc$57,030127%
Friends of Minidoka Inc$57,000213%
Southern Fulton School District$56,9813n/a
Ileri Inc$56,884514%
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association$56,75033%
Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds Inc$56,6902n/a
Live It Learn It$56,13024%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$56,00011%
Missisquoi River Basin Assn$55,000126%
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience$55,00021%
Empowerment Factory$54,80526%
Historic Hampton Incorporated$54,727132%
Historic Natchez Foundation$53,00016%
San Francisco Maritime National Park Association$52,84041%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$52,00020%
Northern Light Motion Pictures Inc$51,2151n/a
Historic Bethel Baptist Church Community Restoration Fund$51,05016%
Utah Ski and Snowboard Association Inc$50,00020%
Hoala Kealakekua Nui Inc$50,0001n/a
NPS Nat'l Trails & Wild & Scenic Rivers$50,0001n/a
Katmai Conservancy$50,00013%
The Aimee Copeland Foundation Inc$50,000125%
Friends of Haleakala National Park Inc$50,0001n/a
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Inc$50,00015%
Town of Stonington Ct$50,0001n/a
Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts Inc$50,000117%
Salinas Valley TVB Inc$50,000126%
Kupu$50,00020%
Wilsons Creek National Battlefield Foundation$50,000169%
Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition$50,00017%
Natural Resources Trust of Bridgewater$49,9891n/a
Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc$49,95014%
Sacred Rok$49,000323%
Delaware Riverkeeper Network$48,90031%
University of Wyoming$48,6522n/a
Hawaii Pacific Parks Association Ltd Fka Hi Natural History Association Ltd$47,54531%
Open Space Institute Inc$47,35012%
Wildlife Acoustics Inc$45,0801n/a
Ccc Foundation$45,00035%
Original Pony Express Home Station Inc$45,0001n/a
Community Development Corporation of Freedmens Town$45,000243%
Cincinnati City School District$43,4042n/a
Regents Univ of California$42,9851n/a
Trail of Tears Association Inc$42,918116%
Petrillo Iron Works LLC$42,8342n/a
Teaching Responsible Earth Education TREE$42,00044%
Town of Concord$42,0001n/a
Knife River Indian Heritage Foundation$41,9603n/a
Cristo Rey San Jose High School$41,0352n/a
Friends of Old Dover Inc$41,0003n/a
West Chester University$40,6201n/a
Santo Domingo Pueblo$40,0001n/a
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc$40,00010%
Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion$40,00015%
Smithsonian Institution$40,00010%
Whyhunger Inc$40,00011%
The Doug Coombs Foundation$40,00011%
Green America$40,00010%
Big City Mountaineers$40,00031%
US Geological Survey$40,0001n/a
Alabama Association For The Arts Inc$40,000159%
The Oxford American Literary Project Inc$40,00012%
Confluences Inc Confluence Project$40,00016%
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project$40,00011%
Mesa Verde Foundation$39,998215%
On Sacred Ground$39,899126%
The Blackwell School Alliance$39,7981n/a
Seafarers Foundation Inc$39,724238%
Keweenaw Nhp Advisory Commission$39,0003n/a
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area$38,50016%
Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions$38,39212%
American Fisheries Society$38,27911%
Shuster Consulting Inc$37,6501n/a
Altec Inc$37,0001n/a
Black Outside Inc$37,00018%
Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance$36,95024%
The Lost Hills Sheriffs Foundation$36,9001n/a
Defenders of Wildlife$36,00010%
Friends of the Casa Grande Ruins$35,1003n/a
Arizona Trail Association$35,04821%
Waves Project Inc$34,80024%
River Management Society$34,58025%
Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans$34,00030%
Nicodemus Historical Society$33,000355%
Borderlands Research Institute$32,8851n/a
Friends of the Preserve at Little River Canyon$32,7603n/a
Seattle Parks Foundation$32,56011%
Farmington River Watershed Association Inc$32,216116%
Buffalo Youth Nation Project$32,0001n/a
Continental Divide Trail Coalition$31,20022%
Custom Lawn Service Inc$30,7451n/a
Out There Adventures$30,7002n/a
NYC Soil & Water Conservation District$30,4802n/a
Wildlands Trust Inc$30,40021%
Joshua Tree RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE$30,080225%
Southern Utah University 01-65$30,0191n/a
Sos Outreach$30,00021%
Groundwork Bridgeport Inc$30,000112%
Adopt a Charger Inc$30,00011%
The Louisiana Museum Foundation$30,00012%
Nat'l Council Of Negro Women Inc$30,0002n/a
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe$30,0001n/a
Waco Mammoth Foundation Inc$29,6451n/a
Crater Lake National Park Trust$28,8063n/a
Highlands Footpath Inc$27,2001n/a
Petrified Forest Museum Association Inc$27,06532%
Moores Creek Battleground Association$27,0202n/a
Elevated Legacy Inc$27,0001n/a
Teton Science Schools Inc$26,46510%
Barksdale & Associates Inc$26,0381n/a
Brandywine Community Resource Council Inc$26,00011%
Kemotrail Corps Inc Dba Kennesaw Mountain Trail Club$25,200269%
The National Park Service Employee and Alumni Trust Fund$25,000114%
Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc$25,00012%
Old North Illuminated Inc$25,00011%
Montana State University$25,0001n/a
First American Title Ins Company$25,0001n/a
Resources Legacy Fund$25,00010%
Rios to Rivers$25,000211%
Old Sardis Revitalization Community Development Corporation$25,0001n/a
Cherokee Nation$25,0001n/a
Fort Mason Center$25,00010%
Flathead Rivers Alliance$25,0001n/a
3Gs for Gaia$25,00015%
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia$25,00012%
Connecticut Forest & Park Association$25,00012%
Bangor Young Men's Christian Association$25,00011%
Teens Inc$25,00020%
Families in Nature$25,00029%
Yadkin River Greenway Council$25,000118%
Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation$24,80012%
Denver Public Schools$24,6383n/a
Easter Seals Washington$24,50010%
Earthteam$24,50017%
Northern Bedrock Conservation Corps$24,00015%
National Council of Negro Women Inc$24,00021%
Delaware Tribe of Indians$23,7601n/a
Fishing Friends Inc$23,5001n/a
Friends of the Jimmy Carter Nat'L H$22,00026%
Craters of the Moon Natural History Asso$21,60027%
National Council for Preservation Education$21,52411%
Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society Inc$21,44524%
Ala Kahakai Trail Association$21,400123%
Trust Board of Ebeys Reserve$21,0003n/a
Soul Trak Outdoors$21,00015%
Corpsthat Inc$20,548113%
Fairfield Foundation of Virginia Inc$20,00015%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy$20,00010%
National Alliance of Faith and Justice$20,0001n/a
Para la Naturaleza Inc$20,00010%
American Association of State Colleges and Universities$20,00010%
City of Thibodaux$20,0001n/a
Illinois Department of Natural Resources$20,0001n/a
Cape Fear River Assembly Inc$20,000118%
North Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc$20,00011%
The Venture Out Project Inc$20,00013%
1n10 Inc$20,00021%
Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project$20,00012%
Big Bend Natural History Association Inc$20,00013%
Earth Island Institute Inc$20,00020%
Wayne State University$20,0001n/a
Crossroads of the American Revolution Association Inc$20,00013%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$19,93011%
Pipestone National Monument$19,5912n/a
Brownsville Independent School District$19,2302n/a
City of Flagstaff (N)$19,0001n/a
Niagara Falls National Heritage Are$18,80712%
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$18,80010%
Guilford Battleground Company$18,500234%
Lang Seafood Inc$18,1901n/a
Muscogee (Creek) Nation$18,0101n/a
Otero Soil and Water Conservation District$18,0002n/a
Harpers Ferry Park Association$18,00022%
Pinnacles National Park Foundation Pinnacles Partnership$17,6002n/a
Lowell Public Schools$17,1641n/a
Valley Forge Chapter of Trout Unlimited$16,604113%
Old Spanish Trail Association$16,6002n/a
Boys and Girls Club of American Samoa$16,40015%
Hyde Park Historical Association$16,00036%
New York City H2o Inc$16,00014%
Sultana Education Foundation Inc$15,30021%
Blackstone River Watershed Council Inc$15,100114%
Southeast Tn RC&D Council$15,00014%
Duke University$15,00010%
Foundation of District 304$15,0001n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$15,00010%
Environmental Traveling Companions$15,00011%
74films LLC$14,5001n/a
Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc$14,12511%
Palaie Gaoteote Tofau Dba Fuao Express$13,5632n/a
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc$13,42014%
Boys and Girls Club of East Central Alabama Inc$13,23712%
Groundwork Elizabeth Inc$13,13712%
The Service Board$13,00015%
Birds Georgia Corporation$13,00012%
Grand Canyon Youth Inc$13,00011%
Jesco Inc$12,9201n/a
Foundation for Springfield Public Schools$12,65021%
The Public Broadcasting Council of Cny Inc$12,50010%
New Mexico Humanities Council$12,38111%
Western Colorado Interpretive Association Inc$12,1201n/a
Sound Off LLC$12,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$12,00010%
Soul River Inc$12,0001n/a
Fort Frederica Association Inc$11,500123%
Loop It Up Savannah Inc$11,40022%
Grand Staircase - Escalante Partners Inc$11,25011%
Belle Grove Inc$11,20010%
Wyatt Houston Day Booksellers$10,8001n/a
Pacific County Title Co$10,6401n/a
Friends of Chaco$10,6001n/a
American Trails$10,37511%
Fire Island Lighthouse Pres Society$10,2221n/a
Loop Nola$10,00014%
Spring Initiative Inc$10,0001n/a
Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc$10,00011%
Austin Explore Inc$10,00011%
TFK Chicago Voyagers$10,00012%
Cal-Wood Education Center$10,00011%
Washington Trails Association$10,00010%
Touro Synagogue Foundation$10,00014%
The Forest Stewards Guild$10,00011%
New Mexico Wildlife Center Inc$10,00012%
Friends of Whiskeytown Inc$10,000139%
Shelburne Farms$10,0001n/a
The National Brotherhood of Snowsports$10,0001n/a
Friends of Lindenwald$10,0001n/a
Golden Eagle Audubon Society$10,0001n/a
Girlventures$10,00011%
Alcove Spring Historical Trust$10,0001n/a
Eagle Mount$10,00010%
Fort Monroe Foundation$10,00011%
Catawba Cultural Preservation Project$10,0001n/a
Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary$10,00015%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$10,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
Idaho Public Television$9,9501n/a
Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center$9,58311%
NYC Department of Education$9,5001n/a
Friends of Blackwater Inc$9,4001n/a
Living Classrooms Foundation$9,0001n/a
Boulder Climbing Community$9,00018%
Fort Defiance Inc$9,000117%
Operation Hope Inc$9,00010%
Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society$9,0001n/a
Friends of Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial Inc$9,000132%
Oregon Natural Desert Association$9,0001n/a
The Mountaineers$9,00010%
Atlantic Impact$9,00016%
Alpha Delta Sigma of Greater Kansas City$8,9901n/a
Whitefish School District #44$8,7991n/a
Designlab LLC$8,5221n/a
The Watermen's Museum$8,30516%
Washington County Public Schools$8,2501n/a
Georgia Coach Lines Inc$8,0081n/a
Michigan State University$8,0001n/a
Chicago Adventure Therapy Nfp$8,0001n/a
Roanoke Outside$8,00011%
Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum Inc$7,7501n/a
Stonewall Library and Archives Inc$7,70011%
A Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum$7,50013%
Lowell Community Health Center Inc$7,50010%
United Activities Unlimited Inc$7,50010%
Poplar Grove Foundation Inc$7,50013%
Applied Research Northwest$7,0101n/a
Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc$7,00010%
Buffalo National River Partners Inc$7,0001n/a
Tackett Real Estate LLC$7,0001n/a
Autism Climbs$7,0001n/a
Albuquerque Sign Language Academy$7,00010%
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful$7,00011%
Concept Sound & Light Inc$6,8151n/a
The Woods Project$6,50011%
Taiai Corporation$6,3381n/a
Friends of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site Inc$6,302166%
Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment$6,00016%
Smokies Life$6,00010%
Splash Delaware River Floating Classroom Inc$6,0001n/a
Mountains Restoration Trust$6,00011%
Southern Demolition LLC$5,9651n/a
Climbing for Life Inc$5,9001n/a
Friends of Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Inc$5,8001n/a
Bold Paths$5,7501n/a
Badlands Natural History Assoc$5,70011%
Friends of Fairsted$5,300125%
Iup Research Institute$5,28510%
Jackson Hole Public Art$5,24311%
Capitol Reef Natural History Association$5,11211%
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Inc$5,0001n/a
Institute for Human Centered Design Inc$5,00010%
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute$5,00010%
Cult Insight Research Grp LLC$5,0001n/a
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers$5,00010%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($13k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

National Park Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 77 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Conservation Experience: $11,510,438 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetGrand Teton National Park Foundation: $8,079,949 over 6y, 28% of budgetConservation Legacy: $7,509,728 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $7,213,896 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetThe Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc: $6,550,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: $4,994,571 over 8y, 53% of budgetSanta Monica Mountains Fund: $4,332,015 over 9y, 53% of budgetZion Natural History Association: $4,125,863 over 9y, 14% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $4,049,322 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $3,668,137 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $3,455,372 over 8y, 14% of budgetGrand Canyon Conservancy: $3,358,309 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetThe Alliance for Florida's National Parks Inc: $3,356,981 over 9y, 68% of budgetRocky Mountain Conservancy: $3,345,097 over 9y, 17% of budgetNational Parks Friends Alliance: $3,206,543 over 3y, 90% of budgetFriends of Flight 93 National Memor: $3,111,743 over 8y, 28% of budgetEmmett Till Interpretive Center: $2,216,000 over 3y, 63% of budgetConservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park: $2,121,535 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetNorthwest Youth Corps: $1,864,102 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetVoyageurs Conservancy: $1,839,538 over 7y, 34% of budgetIce Age Trail Alliance Inc: $1,761,020 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetSchoodic Institute at Acadia National Park: $1,628,187 over 6y, 12% of budgetGolden Gate National Parks Conservancy: $1,591,437 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetGettysburg Foundation: $1,575,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetChild & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc: $1,490,609 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetIndependence Historical Trust: $1,470,117 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetMississippi Park Connection: $1,453,672 over 9y, 37% of budgetAlaska Geographic Association: $1,432,250 over 3y, 22% of budgetNational Park Trust Inc: $1,406,963 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetFriends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: $1,376,480 over 9y, 61% of budgetDenali Education Center: $1,268,100 over 8y, 35% of budgetTrust for the National Mall: $1,265,074 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetSequoia Parks Conservancy: $1,244,015 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetGroundwork USA Inc: $1,191,587 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetThe Corps Network: $1,137,500 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetBaltimore Heritage Area Association Inc: $1,093,746 over 8y, 20% of budgetAmerican Youthworks: $1,062,397 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Corps: $1,030,377 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetStatue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $997,863 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of Big Bend National Park: $996,713 over 5y, 52% of budgetWild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon: $988,775 over 8y, 28% of budgetGreening Youth Foundation Inc: $939,591 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetShenandoah National Park Trust: $885,799 over 9y, 11% of budgetEastern National: $884,850 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetRiver Raisin National Battlefield Park Foundation Inc: $870,112 over 7y, 50% of budgetGlacier National Park Conservancy: $818,982 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetDiscover Your Northwest: $807,200 over 7y, 8.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation IncDC64.9× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc · The Outdoor Foundation · National Park Trust Inc · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · National Forest Foundation · Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Community Initiatives · The Wilderness Society · The Corps Network · Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About National Park Foundation

How much does National Park Foundation give?
National Park Foundation reported 286 itemized grants totaling $82,031,554, out of $102,969,129 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 105 and 272 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Park Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Recreation & Sports (20%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are National Park Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Mall and Memorial Parks ($236M), American Conservation Experience ($12M), Grand Teton National Park Foundation ($8.1M).
Does National Park Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Park Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc, The Outdoor Foundation, National Park Trust Inc.
Where is National Park Foundation based?
National Park Foundation is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 624 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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