Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 895 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,998,673 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($12,325,400). 526 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $52M
- Funders on record
- 895
- Grants received
- $75M
- Net assets
- $60M
What National Parks Conservation Association does
Mission
Protecting america's national parks for present and future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National parks thrive: the organization protects parks from external threats that negatively effect, degrade, or destroy park resources or values, and serves to protect, restore, and maintain park, natural, and cultural resources unimpaired for future generations. The organization has offices across the country to ensure that threats to resources at our parks are detected early and solutions to these threats implemented quickly. The organization also identifies and cultivate park champions who can advance policies that protect parks and thwart emerging threats.
$20,374,886 spentof which $278,013 as grants53% of program spendingNational parks are for everyone: the long-term viability and vibrancy of the national parks depend on a broader, more diverse, committed, and engaged constituency that values the national park idea. To gain broader support for the parks, the organization seeks to create a larger national park community that is engaged, educated, and empowered to protect and enhance our national parks and monuments. This broader community includes non-traditional allies and a broader constituency that more closely represents the changing demographics of america.
$12,055,234 spentof which $13,147 as grants$1,984,798 earned by the program31% of program spendingParks tell stories of all americans: national parks protect our countrys most important history. The organization will ensure the national park service has the funding needed to improve the visitor experience and make parks more relevant to all. By enhancing park storytelling, expanding and creating new parks, and deeply engaging the public, we can ensure that national parks represent, welcome, and share a fuller american story with all visitors.
$5,972,974 spentof which $84,263 as grants16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,403,094.
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 2018 to 2019, from $53M to $65M (+23%).
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.
90% of NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% 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
Theresa Pierno
President and CEO
Board chair
Sandra J Washington
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 202 funders to 341 funders, grant income rose $5.8M → $11M.
81 of 895 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 895 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 PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
53% 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 PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 28% · 2019 17% · 2020 13% · 2021 12% · 2022 23% · 2023 10% — 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
40% of NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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 PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 49 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36M arriving through sponsors registered in 28 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 PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 202 funders to 341 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 1 related entity
- National Parks Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: 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 PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 895 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,998,673 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($12,325,400). 526 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 895 organizations giving $74,998,673 in grants to NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, 526 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $12,325,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 895 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