Death Valley Natural History Association
“Support education, research, and interpretation at Death Valley National Park.”
The work
What they do
Cooperating association for Death Valley National Park. Operates bookstores and funds educational and scientific programs.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Preserving & interpreting the natural & cultural resources of the region with government partners.”
Where the money went, FY2024
The work, and what it cost
Boots on the ground
$941KSupport for Death Valley National Park. Death Valley Natural History Association (DVNHA) continued to support a number of Death Valley Projects.
Read it as they filed it
Support for Death Valley National Park. Death Valley Natural History Association (DVNHA) continued to support a number of Death Valley Projects. At Scotty's Castle DVNHA funded programs to restored the historic theater organ and chimes tower. We continued our support of the Death Valley Education Program giving 20 transportation grants to local schools for science- ased education in the park. DVNHA sold 279,500 educational items and provided 9,824 visitor contacted hours.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping the wild alive
$47KSupport for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. At Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, we sold 10,580 educational items and provided 2,187 visitor contact hours.
Read it as they filed it
Support for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. At Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, we sold 10,580 educational items and provided 2,187 visitor contact hours. Due to FWS staffing issues we had to put a number of projects on hold.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Bringing people into the fight
$44KEducational Programing. Our Death Valley Institute was active even with areas of the park closed due to flooding. We completed 9 programs with 59 participants for 330 educational hours.
Read it as they filed it
Educational Programing. Our Death Valley Institute was active even with areas of the park closed due to flooding. We completed 9 programs with 59 participants for 330 educational hours. We also had 6 bus groups and a private group with 171 participants and 820 educational hours.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
78 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$1,032,096 programs, $215,023 management, $72,182 fundraising. Form 990, FY2024.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at DVNHA? Claim this page.
Those 17 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If DVNHA is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 18The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $462,035 |
| 2012 | $547,318 |
| 2013 | $661,142 |
| 2014 | $697,403 |
| 2015 | $879,745 |
| 2016 | $1,009,594 |
| 2017 | $1,250,875 |
| 2018 | $1,111,951 |
| 2019 | $1,133,819 |
| 2020 | $882,486 |
| 2021 | $863,791 |
| 2022 | $1,043,750 |
| 2023 | $1,392,689 |
| 2024 | $1,426,036 |
From $462K in 2011 to $1.4M in FY24, with no missed filing in 14 years.
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Ways in
How to help
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72 years on the ground, 17 volunteers, 78 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.