Arizona · Nonprofit
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY (Arizona) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,083,378 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($3,358,309). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 114
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $40M
What Grand Canyon Conservancy does
Mission
As the official philanthropic and collaborative partner of the grand canyon national park, Grand Canyon Conservancy's mission is to inspire generations of park champions to cherish and support the natural and cultural wonder of the grand canyon.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Program service accomplishments for 2025 reflect gccs three program services: interpretive sales program, visitor and community services and aid to the national park service. In 2024, the program service accomplishments used nps park priorities as the reported program service accomplishments.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Aid to national park service program - in 2025, gcc donated 6% of annual retail sales revenue to provide direct aid to nps towards interpretive, educational, scientific, and historical projects. This funding supported 265 days of indigenous cultural demonstrations by 107 demonstrators. Additionally, 22 indigenous cultural performances were held by members from din (navajo), havasupai, hualapai, hopi, zuni, and white mountain apache tribes, and reached 4,757 visitors. Further, 42 ranger-led field trips for 1,008 students in gateway communities, particularly tribal and title I schools, were hosted at the south rim, connecting the youth to the canyon's cultural and natural wonders. Gcc direct aid funding was also utilized to collect 1,281 square miles of lidar data in grand canyon national park, which was used to identify possible groundwater flow paths, springs, and shallow groundwater across the landscape. Gcc also raised funds to support nps priority projects and emerging needs. Following the dragon bravo fire that left devastating impacts on the north rim, gcc collected donations and funded recovery efforts including resources and support for evacuees, the demolition and removal…
$5,851,665 spentof which $3,522,450 as grants$10,327,597 earned by the program61% of program spendingInterpretive sales program - interpretive sales revenue supports grand canyon's educational mission by enhancing visitors' experiences. Staff provide visitors with information about grand canyon 7 days a week, including facilitating over 25,000 new junior ranger certifications each year. Beyond in-park interpretive sales, gcc operates publishing, wholesale, and e-commerce businesses that extend its reach beyond grand canyon park boundaries. The gcc publications catalog includes over 50 publications and provides educational resources on a wide range of subjects related to the grand canyon and the colorado plateau. In 2025, interpretive sales operated 6 stores, including 5 south rim locations and one seasonal location at the north rim visitor center. Generating over 500,000 transactions. Products sold educate visitors on park priorities, including geology and biology, indigenous affairs, dark skies, and park history, deepening visitor connection to and understand of grand canyon's cultural and natural history. Across those 6 locations, 11,000 new gcc supporter-members were recruited. Their contributions help to fund gcc's priority initiatives focused on education and interpretive…
$2,773,198 spentof which $9,251 as grants29% of program spendingVisitor and community services program - residency: in 2025, the residency program delivered significant impacts through its two tracks; artists and astronomers in residency. New and alumni artists and astronomers in residence delivered over 80 programs to approximately 15,000 visitors and community members, doubling its visitor reach and impact from 2024. Astronomers transformed moments of awe and wonder into deeper understanding by pairing scientific research with public education through free programs that taught guests, grand canyon students, and community members more about the importance of dark skies. Artists created free participatory projects that represented visitors' experiences with the canyon while simultaneously teaching people about the canyon's incredible biodiversity, geology, and history with workshops in weaving and mapmaking, and artwork created from guest interviews, museum archives, and observation. The program also supported the return of alumni astronomer in residence stephen hummel to complete the most comprehensive night-sky quality study since 2015, providing nps with critical data to mitigate light pollution and protect its dark skies. Field institute:…
$908,122 spentof which $29,893 as grants$302,745 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,532,985.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $36M to $42M (+16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 0% · 2020 3% · 2021 13% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Randall Brown
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 40 funders, grant income fell $2.2M → $734k.
18 of 114 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 114 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
63% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 39% · 2019 25% · 2020 19% · 2021 44% · 2022 19% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
32% of GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 210 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY?
- GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY (Arizona) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,083,378 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($3,358,309). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 114 organizations giving $11,083,378 in grants to GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY, 60 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,358,309 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 114 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing