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Capitol Reef Natural History Association

“Support education and research at Capitol Reef National Park.”

63 years on the ground, 88 cents of every dollar to the work.

Home groundTorrey, UT
Founded1963
Tax status501(c)(3)
Led byLee Grundy

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The work

What they do

Cooperating association for Capitol Reef National Park. Operates bookstores, supports research and education.

Where the money went, FY2025

The work, and what it cost

Aid to the National Park Service

$688K, 62% of spending

Cash and in-kind grants and allocations to capital reef National Park supplementing Federal appropriations to the National Park Service.

Including $447,617 granted onward, all of it to National Park Service.

Read it as they filed it
AID TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. CASH AND IN-KIND GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS TO CAPITAL REEF NATIONAL PARK SUPPLEMENTING FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Support of the Historical

$288K, 26% of spending

Cultural, scientific, interpretive and educational activities at capitol reef National Park, crnha operates the book store in the visitor center, online catalog, and manages the gifford farmhouse, selling items that…

Read it as they filed it
IN SUPPORT OF THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, INTERPRETIVE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, CRNHA OPERATES THE BOOK STORE IN THE VISITOR CENTER, ONLINE CATALOG, AND MANAGES THE GIFFORD FARMHOUSE, SELLING ITEMS THAT RELATE TO THE HISTORIC SCENE OF FRUITA, UTAH IN THE 1930S.

IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Follow the dollar

88 cents of every dollar goes to the work

88¢
88¢ the work12¢ keeping the lights on0¢ raising the next dollar

A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.

$976,170 programs, $127,765 management, $0 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.

The people

Who does the work

21paid staff
6board members
Lee GrundyExecutive DirectorSigned the 2026 federal filing as Executive Director

Took the helm from Lee a Grundy, who drew $75,273 in the final year on file.

Monica BrianOperations ManagerComp $76,362, FY2025
Burke TorgersonBoard ChairVolunteer, 1 hrs a week, $0

Chairs the 6-member board.

Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at the Capitol Reef Natural History Association? Claim this page.

The filings

14 years of filings

Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.

$1M$1.3M FY2520112025
Total revenue by fiscal year
YearRevenue
2011$346,741
2012$384,629
2013$384,024
2014$484,928
2015$559,911
2016$730,457
2017$804,613
2018$770,611
2019$832,957
2020$638,231
2021$1,201,962
2022$1,094,712
2023$1,201,363
2025$1,302,310

From $347K in 2011 to $1.3M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024).

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Sources and methodFinancials, headcounts, and program text: IRS Form 990, FY2025 and 13 prior filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 87-6129427. Leadership and compensation: Form 990 Part VII and the return’s signature block, FY2025 filing. Grantees: Schedule I, same filing. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.