National Park Foundation
“The official charity of America’s national parks, enriching park experiences and building community.”
4 funders on the record, 74 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Congressionally chartered official philanthropic partner of the NPS. Raises funds for park projects, youth programs, conservation, and community engagement across the National Park System.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance America's national parks for present and future generations.” as filed.
Follow the dollar
74 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.
$122,157,633 programs, $16,542,938 management, $25,446,714 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed on the record by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, REI Cooperative Action Fund, Walton Family Foundation and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, latest filing FY24.
The people
Who does the work
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 If it’s out of date, tell us.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 National Park Foundation? Claim this page.
Those 26 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If the National Park Foundation is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
13 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2012 | $27,689,704 |
| 2013 | $24,730,864 |
| 2014 | $46,722,657 |
| 2015 | $74,853,413 |
| 2016 | $150,046,168 |
| 2017 | $79,921,412 |
| 2018 | $81,297,527 |
| 2019 | $70,913,760 |
| 2020 | $89,244,569 |
| 2021 | $99,935,213 |
| 2022 | $148,524,292 |
| 2023 | $151,584,507 |
| 2025 | $173,752,964 |
From $27.7M in 2012 to $173.8M in FY25, across 13 public filings (none on record for 2024). FY25 is the highest year on file.
On the Hill
The National Park Foundation files its own federal lobbying reports: 69 filings from 2019 to 2026. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on natural resources, the budget and education.
Under threat right now
The most urgent fights on the record
Open comment windows first, then live federal cases. Each opens the groups defending it.
- Comments close Oct 16 · 9 days leftCumberland Island National SeashoreGeorgia
- Comments close Oct 23White Mountain National ForestNew Hampshire
- Comments close Oct 26Gifford Pinchot National ForestWashington
- Comments close Nov 2Gates of the Arctic (Ambler Road)Alaska
Every place under threat, the fifty states and the wildlife, each with who’s on the record for it.
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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Find it on their site ↗FollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
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The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.