Virginia · Public charity
Shenandoah National Park Trust
The SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST provides strategic investments in programs and initiatives that help protect, enhance, and preserve the resources of shenandoah national park for all to enjoy, for this and future generations.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $527k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,096
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $304,926
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Shenandoah National Park Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 6 | $527k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $559k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $570k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $528k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $533k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $481k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $554k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $531k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 | $2,918,764 | 9 | n/a |
| Conservation Legacy | $1,158,640 | 8 | 1% |
| Shenandoah National Park Trust | $222,760 | 4 | 6% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $105,917 | 3 | 1% |
| Shenandoah National Park Assoc Inc | $65,683 | 4 | 6% |
| Blue Ridge Prism Inc | $61,070 | 1 | 23% |
| Cornell University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Potomac Appalachian Trail Club | $28,459 | 3 | 1% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $24,340 | 2 | n/a |
| Soul Trak Outdoors | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $2,918,764 | 9 | n/a |
| Conservation Legacy | $1,158,640 | 8 | 1% |
| Shenandoah National Park Trust | $222,760 | 4 | 6% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $105,917 | 3 | 1% |
| Shenandoah National Park Assoc Inc | $65,683 | 4 | 6% |
| Blue Ridge Prism Inc | $61,070 | 1 | 23% |
| Cornell University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Potomac Appalachian Trail Club | $28,459 | 3 | 1% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $24,340 | 2 | n/a |
| Soul Trak Outdoors | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Demolition Services Inc | $19,621 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $19,019 | 1 | 0% |
| Commonwealth of Va | $16,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Delaware North at Shenandoah Inc | $11,643 | 1 | n/a |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $11,129 | 1 | n/a |
| American Conservation Experience | $11,066 | 1 | n/a |
| Groundwork Rva Inc | $10,048 | 2 | 1% |
| Citizens' Conservation Corps of Wv | $9,123 | 1 | 0% |
| Archeological Society of Virginia | $8,923 | 1 | 7% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kid Pan Alley | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Groundwork USA Inc | $5,253 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shenandoah National Park Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Park Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · American Forests · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shenandoah National Park Trust
- How much does Shenandoah National Park Trust give?
- Shenandoah National Park Trust reported 6 itemized grants totaling $526,632, out of $1,453,655 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shenandoah National Park Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (52%), Youth Development (24%), Environment (22%).
- Who are Shenandoah National Park Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Mall and Memorial Parks ($2.9M), Conservation Legacy ($1.2M), Shenandoah National Park Trust ($223k).
- Does Shenandoah National Park Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shenandoah National Park Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Park Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, American Forests.
- Where is Shenandoah National Park Trust based?
- Shenandoah National Park Trust is based in VA.
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