Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Parks Conservation Association
Protecting america's national parks for present and future generations.
- $375k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $365k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $355,423
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $355,423
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $74M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations National Parks Conservation Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 2 | $365k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $524k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $592k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $548k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $471k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $462k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $427k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $450k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 Wildlife Federation | $4,061,398 | 9 | 1% |
| Rainy Lake Sportfishing Club | $72,000 | 5 | 79% |
| Great Basin Water Network Inc | $66,500 | 2 | 11% |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $17,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Buckminster Fuller Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Native American Land Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Wisconsin | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Vet Voice Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Protectors of Tule Springs | $6,200 | 1 | 7% |
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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How this is measured
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About National Parks Conservation Association
- How much does National Parks Conservation Association give?
- National Parks Conservation Association reported 2 itemized grants totaling $365,423, out of $375,423 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Parks Conservation Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (98%), Recreation & Sports (2%), Civil Rights (0%).
- Who are National Parks Conservation Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Wildlife Federation ($4.1M), Rainy Lake Sportfishing Club ($72k), Great Basin Water Network Inc ($67k).
- Does National Parks Conservation Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Parks Conservation Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is National Parks Conservation Association based?
- National Parks Conservation Association is based in DC.
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