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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$1.8M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What National Association of State Park Directors Inc does

Mission

The organization's mission is to promote and advance the state park systems of america for their own significance, as well as for their important contributions to the nation's environment, heritage, health and economy; to provide a common forum for the exchange of information regarding state park programs and for other purposes.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Membership and information exchange for the benefit of america's state parks

    $38,254 spent
    4% of program spending

  2. Annual, regional, and associated conferences/leadership school

    $878,646 spent$1,082,456 earned by the program
    93% of program spending

  3. Other promotion of state parks through partnerships with government agencies and non-government organizations

    $29,737 spent
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $946,637.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($444k) Expenses 100 ($273k) Net assets 100 ($526k)2018 Revenue 121 ($537k) Expenses 132 ($362k) Net assets 134 ($704k)2019 Revenue 145 ($644k) Expenses 207 ($566k) Net assets 149 ($782k)2020 Revenue 55 ($242k) Expenses 85 ($233k) Net assets 151 ($793k)2021 Revenue 123 ($547k) Expenses 137 ($375k) Net assets 183 ($964k)2022 Revenue 179 ($793k) Expenses 267 ($729k) Net assets 197 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 223 ($991k) Expenses 288 ($787k) Net assets 237 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 338 ($1.5M) Expenses 467 ($1.3M) Net assets 280 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 323 ($1.4M) Expenses 389 ($1.1M) Net assets 351 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (323)Expenses (389)Net assets (351)

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 $1.7M to $2.0M (+20%).

$526k
$704k
$782k
$842k
$972k
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.7M
$2.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$171k
’17
$174k
’18
$79k
’19
$9k
’20
$173k
’21
$63k
’22
$204k
’23
$224k
’24
$372k
’25
19
months of
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

Rodney Franklin

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed161311111111111112
Joined·+1+4+3+5+1+2+1+5
No longer listed·46351214
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.

Where its funders are

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.

VA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $131k on record.

State$131k
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By state
  • VT$40k
  • OR$36k
  • CT$28k
  • MA$28k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC

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 South Carolina

National States Geographic Information Council78%American Shore & Beach Preservation Association78%South Carolina Recreation & Parks Association Inc77%Southeastern Assoc of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Inc76%Together Sc76%American Water Works Association South Carolina Section75%South Carolina National Heritage Corridor75%Upstate Sc Alliance Inc75%

Nationally

National Park Foundation82%National Association of Conservation Districts82%Florida National Parks Association Inc81%National Parks Arts Foundation81%Florida State Parks Foundation Inc81%National Assc of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification80%African Parks Foundation of America80%National Association of Secretaries of State80%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • National Association of State Park · disregarded
  • Naspd Reservation Adminitrators LLC · disregarded
  • America's State Park Foundation · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC?
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC?
RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 1 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