Arizona · Public charity
Western National Parks Association
In partnership with the national park service since 1938, wnpa advances education, interpretation, research, and community engagement to ensure national parks are increasingly valued by all.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,124,808
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Western National Parks Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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 | 8 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $678k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $603k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $213k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $542k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $526k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 Park Service | $4,960,933 | 9 | n/a |
| Tucson Festival of Books | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Youth Outdoor Experience | $41,128 | 6 | 3% |
| Udall Foundation National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution | $37,500 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $35,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Telemetry Solutions Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana State University | $14,968 | 1 | n/a |
| Westland Resources | $14,933 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $13,065 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $11,237 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Park Service | $4,960,933 | 9 | n/a |
| Tucson Festival of Books | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Youth Outdoor Experience | $41,128 | 6 | 3% |
| Udall Foundation National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution | $37,500 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $35,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Telemetry Solutions Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana State University | $14,968 | 1 | n/a |
| Westland Resources | $14,933 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $13,065 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $11,237 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $9,891 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Archaelogy | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $7,232 | 1 | n/a |
| Erell Institute | $7,220 | 1 | n/a |
| US Geological Survey | $6,965 | 1 | n/a |
| Csu Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation | $5,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Humunya Tribal Foundation | $5,625 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maine System Inc | $5,550 | 1 | n/a |
| University of New Mexico | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Front Standard Photography | $5,468 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Technological University | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Western National Parks Association
- How much does Western National Parks Association give?
- Western National Parks Association reported 8 grants totaling $1,249,874 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Western National Parks Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (97%), Environment (1%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Western National Parks Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Park Service ($5.0M), Tucson Festival of Books ($60k), Youth Outdoor Experience ($41k).
- Does Western National Parks Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western National Parks Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Western National Parks Association based?
- Western National Parks Association is based in AZ.
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