Maryland · Nonprofit
NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC
NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC (Maryland) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,200,287 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($1,406,963). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What National Park Trust Inc does
Mission
To preserve parks today and create park stewards for tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth and family programs - see schedule o for accomplishments
$2,685,944 spentof which $477,586 as grants$37,785 earned by the program90% of program spendingLand and parks preservation programs - see schedule o for accomplishments
$266,673 spentof which $66,104 as grants$66,433 earned by the program9% of program spendingGrant management - national park trust, through its grant management services, designs, implements, and evaluates original and partner public-facing giving programs that fully align with park trust and partner business goals and objectives. Through turn-key services that enable brands to realize the benefits of a robust giving program, national park trust helps partners minimize administrative expenses while maximizing program efficiency. The park trust currently manages five grant-making programs and, to date, has awarded more than $3.4 million to schools and nonprofits that connect people with outdoors.
$26,282 spent$28,600 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,978,899.
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 2021 to 2022, from $5.2M to $6.7M (+30%).
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: 2017 12% · 2018 3% · 2019 14% · 2020 20% · 2021 24% · 2022 23% · 2023 45% · 2024 41% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Grace Lee
Executive director
Board chair
Scott Stone
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $190k → $1.1M.
18 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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
NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
57% 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 NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 35% · 2019 32% · 2020 20% · 2021 27% · 2022 21% · 2023 20% — 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
57% of NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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
NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.5M on record.
- Department of the Interior$10.8M
- Department of Agriculture$652k
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 PARK TRUST 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Canonie Idnl Acquisition LLC · disregarded
- Npt Range Light Acquisition LLC · disregarded
- Npt Virginia Parks Projects LLC · disregarded
- Npt Kansas Park Projects LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL PARK TRUST 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 PARK TRUST INC?
- NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC (Maryland) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,200,287 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($1,406,963). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $7,200,287 in grants to NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,406,963 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 72 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