How much does National Recreation and Park Association give?

National Recreation and Park Association reported 81 itemized grants totaling $1,611,132, out of $1,789,925 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 115 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does National Recreation and Park Association fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (48%), Public Benefit (34%), Environment (6%).

Who are National Recreation and Park Association's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Park Pride Inc ($833k), Taos Land Trust ($575k), Farmington Parks Recreation & Cultural Affairs ($524k).

Does National Recreation and Park Association fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as National Recreation and Park Association?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc, National League of Cities Institute Inc, The Recycling Partnership Inc.

Where is National Recreation and Park Association based?

National Recreation and Park Association is based in VA.

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National Recreation and Park Association

The NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION (nrpa) is the leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation. Nrpa advances this vision by investing in and championing the work of park and recreation professionals as a catalyst for overall health…

$1.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 81
Itemized grants FY2025: 80
Organizations funded FY2024: 57%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.6M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $18,893
Largest grant, FY2025: $84,515
Organizations funded a year: 42 to 115; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 36
Total assets, FY2025: $28M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 57% of the organizations National Recreation and Park Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthHuman ServicesOther

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	81	$1.6M	52%
FY2024	80	$2.3M	57%
FY2023	42	$1.8M	31%
FY2022	47	$2.7M	45%
FY2021	77	$4.1M	36%
FY2020	64	$3.3M	42%
FY2019	96	$4.2M	54%
FY2018	115	$4.0M	67%

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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.

Recreation & Sports$14MPublic Benefit$9.7MEnvironment$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.1MEducation$658kHealth$559kArts & Culture$426kYouth Development$330kOther$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
Park Pride Inc	$832,500	3	8%
Taos Land Trust	$575,000	1	64%
Farmington Parks Recreation & Cultural Affairs	$523,800	6	n/a
New Orleans Recreation Development Foundation	$498,800	5	38%
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy	$462,500	2	6%
Environmental Learning for Kids	$462,500	2	30%
Parks and People Inc	$462,500	2	8%
City of Detroit	$448,800	3	n/a
Connect	$438,800	3	n/a
City of Lynnwood Parks Recreation and Cultural Ar	$345,000	4	n/a

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All grantees of National Recreation and Park Association by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Park Pride Inc	$832,500	3	8%
Taos Land Trust	$575,000	1	64%
Farmington Parks Recreation & Cultural Affairs	$523,800	6	n/a
New Orleans Recreation Development Foundation	$498,800	5	38%
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy	$462,500	2	6%
Environmental Learning for Kids	$462,500	2	30%
Parks and People Inc	$462,500	2	8%
City of Detroit	$448,800	3	n/a
Connect	$438,800	3	n/a
City of Lynnwood Parks Recreation and Cultural Ar	$345,000	4	n/a
City of Houston	$325,917	8	n/a
City of Mount Airy	$323,212	8	n/a
City of Memphis	$291,000	3	n/a
City of Imperial Beach Parks & Recreation Departme	$283,322	3	n/a
City of Orlando Fl	$282,000	6	n/a
Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District	$280,821	2	n/a
NYC Department of Education	$270,000	4	n/a
The Navajo Nation	$267,700	2	n/a
City of Chattanooga	$265,000	4	n/a
Chicago Park District	$258,500	7	n/a
Berea College	$255,000	6	0%
City of Lawson	$250,000	1	n/a
City of Franklin In	$250,000	1	n/a
City of Alton Parks and Recreation	$250,000	1	n/a
Louisville Zoological Gardens	$247,500	4	n/a
Heartland Conservation Alliance	$240,000	2	30%
City of Lake Charles	$240,000	3	n/a
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks	$239,000	5	n/a
New London Public Schools	$231,500	7	n/a
Civicwell	$230,000	2	2%
City of Temple	$222,000	1	n/a
Bernalillo County New Mexico	$220,000	2	n/a
City of Grand Rapids	$216,000	4	n/a
El Paso Museum of Art	$200,000	3	n/a
City of Ozark	$193,333	5	n/a
Town of Vivian	$189,333	5	n/a
Carter County Drug Prevention Coalition	$180,530	4	14%
City of Hopewell	$180,000	2	n/a
City of Kerman	$170,000	6	n/a
City of Tampa	$167,500	6	n/a
The Davenport Public Library	$164,700	2	n/a
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	$162,500	4	n/a
City of Asheville	$157,993	5	n/a
Parks Foundation of Miami-Dadeinc	$155,000	3	15%
City of Auburn	$152,556	4	n/a
Town of Bel Air	$150,000	1	n/a
City of Seaside	$150,000	1	n/a
City of Peoria	$150,000	1	n/a
The Alliance for Health Equity	$150,000	1	8%
Citywide Development Corporation of New Castle	$150,000	1	n/a
Columbus Public Health	$149,250	5	n/a
City of Bristol	$147,000	2	n/a
Chesterfield County Virginia	$136,956	2	n/a
West Valley City	$132,000	1	n/a
Broadview Park District	$132,000	1	n/a
Quincy Public Schools	$132,000	1	n/a
City of Allentown	$130,000	1	n/a
Dallas Parks Foundation	$120,499	2	22%
Central Arkansas Library	$120,000	4	n/a
City of Brownsville	$115,000	3	n/a
Montrose Recreation District	$115,000	3	n/a
Derby Recreation Commission	$114,619	4	n/a
Berwick Parks and Recreation Dept	$111,935	3	n/a
Indianapolis Parks Foundation Inc	$110,000	3	4%
City of Durham	$110,000	4	n/a
City of Middlesboro	$107,706	3	n/a
City of Gahanna Department of Parks & Recreation	$106,956	2	n/a
City of Puyallup	$105,000	2	n/a
City of Atlanta	$105,000	2	n/a
Phoenix Parks Foundation	$105,000	3	36%
City of Stockton	$100,143	3	n/a
City of Elizabethton	$99,534	4	n/a
City of San Jose	$99,500	5	n/a
City of Philadelphia	$98,500	4	n/a
City of Danville	$97,126	3	n/a
El Cajon Animal Control Shelter	$95,855	5	n/a
City of Steubenville	$95,472	3	n/a
Redevelopment Agency	$95,000	3	n/a
City of Arlington	$93,420	2	n/a
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recordercounty Clerk	$90,000	2	n/a
City of New Braunfels	$90,000	1	n/a
City of Clermont- Arts & Rec Ctr	$90,000	1	n/a
City Missouri City	$90,000	2	n/a
Town of Warren	$88,704	2	n/a
City of Raleigh	$87,000	2	n/a
Peoria Grown	$85,000	2	18%
Desert Recreation District	$85,000	2	n/a
City of Starkville Parks and Recreation Department	$85,000	3	n/a
Ledge Light Health District	$85,000	1	n/a
Sunset Empire Park & Recreation District Foundation	$85,000	2	23%
City of Mesa	$82,529	3	n/a
City of Austin	$80,000	3	n/a
City of Tukwila	$80,000	3	n/a
City Parks Foundation Inc	$77,340	1	0%
Rosenberg Animal Control and Shelter	$77,000	1	n/a
City of Douglasville Georgia	$77,000	1	n/a
City of Seguin	$77,000	1	n/a
City of Coconut Creek	$77,000	1	n/a
City of la Verne	$77,000	1	n/a
City of Bloomington	$75,000	2	n/a
The Woodlands Township	$75,000	1	n/a
Little Rock Zoological Garden	$75,000	2	n/a
City of Camden Department of Human Services	$75,000	3	n/a
Integral Youth Services	$75,000	2	4%
Metro Nashville Parks and Recreatio	$74,000	2	n/a
City of Aurora Parks Recreation and Open Space	$73,333	3	n/a
Riverside Park Conservancy Inc	$72,500	1	n/a
City of Franklin	$72,495	2	n/a
Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners	$70,000	2	n/a
City and County of San Francisco	$70,000	3	n/a
Calvert County Government - Museum Fund	$68,397	2	n/a
City of Perris	$66,400	3	n/a
City of Richmond Ca	$65,541	3	n/a
Genesee County Parks & Recreation Commission	$65,000	3	n/a
Mecklenburg County	$65,000	2	n/a
Brevard County Government (Brevard County Board of County Commissioners)	$65,000	2	n/a
City of Burlington	$62,000	2	n/a
Town of Garner	$61,000	2	n/a
City of Suisun City Recreation	$60,000	2	n/a
City of Pico Rivera	$60,000	2	n/a
Los Angeles Parks Foundation	$60,000	3	1%
New Bedford Public Schools	$60,000	2	n/a
City of New Britain	$60,000	1	n/a
Pasco Parks and Recreation Department	$60,000	2	n/a
Crawford Country Arkansas	$59,900	2	n/a
Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District (Thprd)	$59,868	2	n/a
Town of Plainfield	$58,328	2	n/a
Brec	$56,250	2	n/a
Arkansas City Recreation Commission	$55,000	4	n/a
City of Manchester NH-Department of Health	$55,000	3	n/a
City of Eureka	$55,000	2	n/a
City of Lewiston	$53,979	1	n/a
Mechanicsburg Area School District	$53,776	2	n/a
The City of Augusta	$52,691	2	n/a
Friends of Mill Ridge Park	$52,073	2	4%
City of Dallas	$52,000	2	n/a
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation	$52,000	1	n/a
City of Roanoke Va	$51,557	2	n/a
City of Burlington	$50,545	2	n/a
Iowa City Public Library	$50,000	1	n/a
City of Stonecrest	$50,000	1	n/a
Metro Parks District of Tacom	$50,000	2	n/a
Davidson County	$50,000	1	n/a
Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust Inc	$50,000	1	84%
City of Auburn	$50,000	1	n/a
Broward County Elderly & Veteran	$50,000	1	n/a
Shenandoah County Library System	$50,000	2	n/a
City of Hoxie (Hoxie Recreation)	$50,000	3	n/a
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board	$50,000	1	n/a
City of Newton	$50,000	1	n/a
San Antonio River Authority	$50,000	1	n/a
Tunica County	$50,000	2	n/a
City of Irvine	$49,306	2	n/a
City of Shawnee	$49,000	2	n/a
The Friends of the Wissahickon Inc	$47,000	1	2%
Northeast Opportunities for Wellness Inc	$46,507	2	4%
Western Wellness Foundation Inc	$46,010	2	5%
Arizona Youth Partnership	$45,834	2	1%
City of Missoula	$45,669	2	n/a
City of Monroe	$45,314	2	n/a
Town of Groton CT	$45,000	1	n/a
County of San Diego	$45,000	1	n/a
City of Selma	$45,000	1	n/a
East Orange Health Dept	$45,000	2	n/a
Jersey City Health Dept	$45,000	2	n/a
City of McAllen	$45,000	2	n/a
Marketumbrellaorg	$45,000	2	4%
Chanute Recreation Commission	$45,000	2	n/a
City of Pauls Valley Parks & Rec Dept	$44,000	3	n/a
Town of Long Lake	$43,893	2	n/a
Seattle Public Library	$43,500	2	n/a
Pueblo of Sandia	$43,333	3	n/a
City of North Little Rock	$42,342	2	n/a
Counselors in the Community Association Co	$42,131	2	n/a
City of Rochester	$41,249	2	n/a
City of Portland	$40,162	2	n/a
City of Paterson Health Dept	$40,000	1	n/a
Cacapon Resort State Park Foundation Inc	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Albuquerque	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Monte Vista Kids Connection	$40,000	2	n/a
City of Denver Colorado	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Redding	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Mexico	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Clarkston	$40,000	2	n/a
Anchorage Park Foundation	$40,000	2	1%
Parish of Ascension	$40,000	1	n/a
City of West Sacramento	$40,000	1	n/a
City Of Fresno	$40,000	2	n/a
City of New Rochelle	$40,000	2	n/a
Blue Zones Project - Healthy Klamath (Sky Lakes F)	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Winooski	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Norwalk	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Hartford	$40,000	2	n/a
Lewisville Fire Department	$40,000	2	n/a
City of Murfreesboro	$40,000	1	n/a
Evanston Parks and Recreation District	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Miami	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Bennettsville Dep of Tourism	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Santa Clara	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Pierre	$40,000	1	n/a
Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation	$40,000	1	n/a
Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission	$40,000	1	n/a
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Cleveland	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Scottsdale	$40,000	2	n/a
County of San Diego Dept of Parks and Recreation	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Flint	$40,000	1	n/a
City of Phoenix	$39,000	2	n/a
Regional Parks Foundation	$38,000	1	1%
City of Wheeling	$36,594	1	n/a
City of Port Huron	$35,000	2	n/a
City of Florence	$35,000	2	n/a
Baltimore Civic Fund Inc	$35,000	2	0%
City of Kent Parks Recreation and Community Serv	$35,000	1	n/a
City of Emeryville	$35,000	1	n/a
City of Yuma	$35,000	1	n/a
City of Lake Worth	$35,000	1	n/a
City of Toledo	$35,000	2	n/a
City of Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and C	$35,000	2	n/a
City of Racine	$35,000	1	n/a
Marshall Parks and Recreation	$35,000	1	n/a
Martin Luther King Jr Center Inc	$35,000	1	4%
Village of University Park	$35,000	1	n/a
City of Huntsville	$34,757	2	n/a
City of Las Vegas	$33,387	3	n/a
City of Socorro	$33,333	2	n/a
BeauCARE Inc	$33,333	2	n/a
City of Andalusia	$33,333	2	n/a
City of Franklin	$33,333	2	n/a
Raton Housing Authority	$33,333	2	n/a
Town of Bolton	$33,000	1	n/a
City of South Burlington	$33,000	1	n/a
City of Uniontown	$32,000	1	n/a
Clark County Nv Election Deptarment #84	$31,796	1	n/a
City of Corpus Christi	$30,500	3	n/a
City of Pittsburg	$30,000	1	n/a
Borough of Audubon	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Lincoln City Parks and Recreation	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Ocean Springs	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Pine Bluff	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Pittsburgh	$30,000	2	n/a
Hidalgo County	$30,000	1	n/a
Venues Parks & Arts Foundation	$30,000	1	6%
City of Berkeley	$30,000	1	n/a
Unified Government of Wyandotte Countykansas City Kansas Public Health D	$30,000	1	n/a
Wheeling Park District	$30,000	1	n/a
Vinton Parks and Recreation Department	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Sterling	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Youngstown	$30,000	1	n/a
Borough of Pottstown	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Central Falls	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Birmingham	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Morgan Hill	$30,000	1	n/a
Homestead Police Department 3921	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Greensboro	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Lewiston	$30,000	1	n/a
City of King Cove	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Indianola Parks & Recreation	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Bremerton	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Milwaukee	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Nolanville	$30,000	1	n/a
Scotland County	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Belmont	$30,000	1	n/a
Winnebago County Elderly Services	$30,000	1	n/a
City of Peoria Az	$29,000	2	n/a
Macon	$27,774	3	n/a
City of San Antonio	$27,500	1	n/a
County of Robeson	$25,925	2	n/a
Friends of Mount Vernon Arts Recreation and Youth Programs	$25,000	1	21%
City of Fayetteville	$25,000	1	n/a
Forest Preserve District of Cook County	$25,000	2	n/a
Lancaster Recreation Commission	$25,000	1	n/a
City of Eunice	$25,000	1	n/a
City of Cleveland	$25,000	1	n/a
City of Wilmington	$25,000	1	n/a
North Providence FOP Lodge #13	$25,000	1	n/a
Fairfax County Early Childhood Programs and Services	$25,000	1	n/a
City of Henderson	$25,000	2	n/a
City of Twentynine Palms (Public Art Advisory Committee)	$24,500	1	n/a
City of Tucson	$22,500	1	n/a
City of Menifee	$22,500	1	n/a
City of Saint Paul	$22,000	1	n/a
City of Kissimmee	$22,000	1	n/a
Flywheel Sports Based Youth Development	$22,000	1	n/a
City of Holland	$22,000	1	n/a
City of Eudora	$22,000	1	n/a
City of Suffolk	$20,547	1	n/a
Baltimore County Government	$20,281	1	n/a
Tuscaloosa Co Park & Recreation	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Youngstown Dept of Parks & Recreation	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Russeville	$20,000	1	n/a
Town of Willingboro	$20,000	1	n/a
Houston Parks Board	$20,000	1	0%
City of Battle Creek	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Lumberton	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Cincinnati	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Mobile	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Newport News Parks & Recreation	$20,000	1	n/a
Parish of Caddo	$20,000	2	n/a
City of Kenner Parks and Recreation	$20,000	1	n/a
Miami Dade Community Action & Human Services	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Weslaco	$20,000	1	n/a
Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc	$20,000	1	2%
City of Ithaca	$20,000	1	n/a
Can Play	$20,000	1	4%
Dekalb County Georgia	$20,000	1	n/a
City of South Salt Lake	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Aurora	$20,000	1	n/a
Manchester Parks and Recreation Department	$20,000	1	n/a
Meriden Public Schools	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Kent	$20,000	1	n/a
Bloomfield Health Dept	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Mt Vernon NY	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Costa Mesa	$20,000	1	n/a
Longmont Museum	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Anniston	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Wilmington Nc	$20,000	1	n/a
Milwaukee Public Schools	$20,000	1	n/a
City Of Rialto	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Manhattan	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Billings	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Santa Ana	$20,000	1	n/a
King County Play Equity Coalition	$20,000	1	2%
City of Westbrook	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Lakeland	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Rocky Mount	$20,000	1	n/a
City of Westminster	$20,000	1	n/a
Spalding County	$20,000	1	n/a
Positive Coaching Alliance	$19,000	1	0%
Middletown Recreation and Parks Department	$18,000	1	n/a
Town of Mooresville	$17,691	1	n/a
Riverdale Park District	$17,500	1	n/a
Cary Memorial Library	$17,500	1	n/a
The Lakewood Foundation	$17,500	1	n/a
Grand Prairie Fire Dept	$17,409	1	n/a
North Bay Village	$15,620	1	n/a
Texas Tech University	$15,000	1	n/a
Samaritan Health Services	$15,000	2	0%
Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition	$15,000	1	5%
Canton Park District	$15,000	1	n/a
Joliet Park District	$15,000	1	n/a
Reading Recreation Commission	$15,000	2	1%
City of Kuna	$15,000	1	n/a
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore	$15,000	1	n/a
Martin County Board of County Commissioners	$15,000	1	n/a
King County Department of Community & Human Services	$15,000	1	n/a
Lowell Public Schools	$15,000	1	n/a
City of Passaic	$15,000	1	n/a
city of san diego	$15,000	1	n/a
City of St Petersburg Florida	$15,000	1	n/a
City of Wisconsin Dells	$15,000	1	n/a
Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport	$12,500	1	n/a
Worthy Journey Communications LLC	$12,250	1	n/a
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc	$11,360	1	0%
Fivesixproductions LLC	$11,150	1	n/a
Kitsap County Sheriffs Office	$11,000	1	n/a
City of Wichita	$10,762	1	n/a
City of Covington	$10,000	1	n/a
Lexington Pal	$10,000	1	n/a
Providence School Department	$10,000	1	n/a
Keep Gastonia Beautiful Inc	$10,000	1	21%
Superior Rivers Watershed Association Inc	$10,000	1	8%
Missouri City Green	$10,000	1	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Erie	$10,000	1	0%
Flint River Watershed Coalition	$10,000	1	n/a
City of Marion Fire Departmen	$10,000	1	n/a
Teton County Sheriff's Department	$10,000	1	n/a
Waukegan Parks Foundation	$10,000	1	14%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Elm Fork Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$10,000	1	n/a
Alliance for the Great Lakes	$10,000	1	0%
Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Napa Parks and Recreation Foundation	$10,000	1	9%
Pheasants Forever Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Kent Youth and Family Services	$10,000	1	0%
City of Lincoln Nebraska	$10,000	1	n/a
Greenroots Inc	$10,000	1	1%
The Clifton Institute Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Founda	$10,000	1	n/a
City of North Las Vegas	$10,000	1	n/a
Resilience Authority of Charles County Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Friends of Belfast Parks	$10,000	1	n/a
Pinedale Mudd Volleyball	$10,000	1	n/a
Foothills Land Conservancy	$10,000	1	n/a
Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston	$10,000	1	0%
Sustainable Solano Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory	$10,000	1	5%
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy	$10,000	1	n/a
South Dakota State University	$10,000	1	n/a
Resilient Cities and Communities	$10,000	1	4%
Oklahoma Monarch Society	$10,000	1	n/a
The Greening of Detroit	$10,000	1	0%
Willamalane Park and Rec Dist	$10,000	1	n/a
City of Mustang	$9,000	1	n/a
City of Tiffin	$8,558	1	n/a
City of Bay City	$8,445	1	n/a
DC Public Schools	$8,130	1	n/a
New Castle County	$7,500	1	n/a
Keep Western New York Beautiful Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
City of Sioux Falls	$7,500	1	n/a
Parks Foundation of Highland Park	$7,500	1	n/a
Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center	$7,500	1	3%
Davidson Lands Conservancy Inc	$7,500	1	1%
City of Florence Ky	$7,500	1	n/a
Think Equity LLC	$7,500	1	n/a
Friends of Tampa Recreation Inc	$7,500	1	4%
WaterWays	$7,500	1	n/a
Community Power New Mexico	$7,500	1	n/a
San Antonio Parks Foundation	$7,500	1	1%
Rotary Club of Miami Pinecrest Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Friends of the Park Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Michigan State University	$7,500	1	n/a
Partners for Active Living	$7,500	1	0%
Efert	$7,500	1	n/a
Friends of Northampton County Parks and Recreation	$6,389	1	n/a
The City of Ontario Department of Museum Arts & Culture	$6,000	1	n/a
City of Doral	$5,000	1	n/a
Southgate Recreation & Park District	$5,000	1	n/a
City of Pompano	$5,000	1	n/a
Borough of Prospect Park	$5,000	1	n/a
City of Cape Canaveral	$5,000	1	n/a
City of Buckeye	$5,000	1	n/a
Quincy Park Dustrict	$5,000	1	n/a
Town of Buxton	$5,000	1	n/a
Bensenville Park District	$5,000	1	n/a
Town of Brookline	$5,000	1	n/a
City of Winchester Va	$5,000	1	n/a
Groundwork Elizabeth Inc	$5,000	1	1%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.

National Recreation and Park Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 64.

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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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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 Recreation and Park Association

How much does National Recreation and Park Association give?: National Recreation and Park Association reported 81 itemized grants totaling $1,611,132, out of $1,789,925 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 115 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Recreation and Park Association fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (48%), Public Benefit (34%), Environment (6%).
Who are National Recreation and Park Association's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Park Pride Inc ($833k), Taos Land Trust ($575k), Farmington Parks Recreation & Cultural Affairs ($524k).
Does National Recreation and Park Association fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Recreation and Park Association?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc, National League of Cities Institute Inc, The Recycling Partnership Inc.
Where is National Recreation and Park Association based?: National Recreation and Park Association is based in VA.