How much does National Park Trust Inc give?

National Park Trust Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $206,000, out of $543,690 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does National Park Trust Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (57%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Public Benefit (12%).

Who are National Park Trust Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Mall and Memorial Parks ($626k), The Trust for Public Land ($533k), Blue Star Families Inc ($422k).

Does National Park Trust Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as National Park Trust Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Park Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Community Initiatives.

Where is National Park Trust Inc based?

National Park Trust Inc is based in MD.

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Maryland · Public charity

National Park Trust Inc

To preserve parks today and create park stewards for tomorrow.

$544k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 8
Itemized grants FY2025: 23
Organizations funded FY2024: 43%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $206k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $55,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 39; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $8.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations National Park Trust Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentPublic BenefitEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	8	$206k	13%
FY2024	23	$608k	43%
FY2023	39	$906k	90%
FY2022	6	$476k	67%
FY2021	4	$179k	75%
FY2020	5	$147k	60%
FY2019	4	$227k	50%
FY2018	2	$649k	50%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$2.1MRecreation & Sports$590kPublic Benefit$422kPhilanthropy$152kHuman Services$115kEducation$110kArts & Culture$82kYouth Development$49kOther$0

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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National Mall and Memorial Parks	$625,655	6	n/a
The Trust for Public Land	$533,050	2	0%
Blue Star Families Inc	$421,947	4	1%
Our Military Kids Inc	$170,000	4	2%
The Wilderness Land Trust	$150,000	1	12%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (Taps)	$133,000	2	n/a
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc	$117,500	3	0%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc	$97,500	3	4%
Recreate Responsibility Coalition Co Embracing the Bear LLC	$61,845	1	n/a
Mississippi Park Connection	$50,000	2	2%

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All grantees of National Park Trust Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National Mall and Memorial Parks	$625,655	6	n/a
The Trust for Public Land	$533,050	2	0%
Blue Star Families Inc	$421,947	4	1%
Our Military Kids Inc	$170,000	4	2%
The Wilderness Land Trust	$150,000	1	12%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (Taps)	$133,000	2	n/a
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc	$117,500	3	0%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc	$97,500	3	4%
Recreate Responsibility Coalition Co Embracing the Bear LLC	$61,845	1	n/a
Mississippi Park Connection	$50,000	2	2%
Point Reyes National Seashore Association	$50,000	2	1%
Appalachian Mountain Club	$47,000	2	0%
Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust	$45,600	1	3%
Zion Natural History Association	$45,000	2	0%
Naturebridge	$45,000	2	0%
Ice Age Trail Alliance Inc	$45,000	1	1%
The Bus for Outdoor Access and Teaching	$44,300	2	20%
Accokeek Foundation Inc	$42,500	3	1%
Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests	$40,000	3	2%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc	$39,100	2	1%
The Student Conservation Association Inc	$39,000	2	0%
Great Basin National Park Foundation	$33,500	2	7%
Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy	$26,912	1	1%
Haleakala Conservancy Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Appalachian Trail Conservancy	$25,000	1	0%
Timucuan Parks Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	11%
Community Initiatives	$25,000	1	0%
Stroud Water Research Center	$25,000	1	0%
Chattahoochee Nature Center Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Teaching Responsible Earth Education TREE	$25,000	1	6%
Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy Inc	$25,000	1	2%
Back Country Horsemen of Utah Southwest Chapter	$25,000	1	n/a
Redwood Parks Conservancy	$25,000	1	1%
Spark Sf Public Schools	$25,000	1	0%
Friends of the Eastern California Museum	$25,000	1	22%
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps	$25,000	1	1%
Rosie the Riveter Trust	$25,000	1	3%
Great Smoky Mountains Institute Inc	$24,500	2	0%
Santa Monica Mountains Fund	$24,500	1	1%
Living Classrooms Foundation	$24,000	1	0%
Knox County Cisma	$24,000	1	n/a
Conservation Trust for North Carolina	$23,000	1	1%
North Country Trail Association Incorporated	$23,000	1	1%
Pacoima Beautiful	$21,900	1	n/a
Trout Unlimited Inc	$21,000	1	0%
Jefferson National Parks Association	$20,000	1	0%
Armed Services Arts Partnership	$20,000	1	1%
American Hiking Society	$17,000	1	2%
Continental Divide Trail Coalition	$14,000	1	1%
Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park	$13,000	1	10%
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation	$12,500	1	0%
Arizona Trail Association	$12,000	1	1%
Hcst Explore Middle School	$12,000	2	n/a
Historic Whidbey	$11,500	1	15%
Wilderness Louisville Inc	$10,000	1	3%
National Military Family Association	$10,000	1	0%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Adams County School District 14	$7,305	1	n/a
Education for Change	$7,000	1	0%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall	$6,100	1	0%
Girl Scouts of Hawaii	$6,000	1	0%

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National Park Trust Inc supplied at peak.

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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 52.

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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.

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Open a dossier: National Park Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Community Initiatives · Patagoniaorg · Partnership for the National Trails System Inc · National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc · The Outdoor Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · American Trails · The San Francisco Foundation · Ibm International Foundation

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 Trust Inc

How much does National Park Trust Inc give?: National Park Trust Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $206,000, out of $543,690 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Park Trust Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (57%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Public Benefit (12%).
Who are National Park Trust Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Mall and Memorial Parks ($626k), The Trust for Public Land ($533k), Blue Star Families Inc ($422k).
Does National Park Trust Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Park Trust Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Park Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Community Initiatives.
Where is National Park Trust Inc based?: National Park Trust Inc is based in MD.