Yosemite Conservancy
“Provide for Yosemite’s future by inspiring people to support the park’s most important projects.”
103 years on the ground, 70 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Official philanthropic partner of Yosemite National Park. Funds habitat restoration, trail repair, wildlife management, art programs, and visitor services.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Park Enhancements-Every Year
$10.1M, 43% of spendingThe conservancy provides grants to Yosemite National Park based on the highest priority needs of the park.
Including $9,067,605 granted onward, all of it to Yosemite National Park.
Read it as they filed it
PARK ENHANCEMENTS-EVERY YEAR, THE CONSERVANCY PROVIDES GRANTS TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK BASED ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS OF THE PARK. THESE GRANTS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL FUNDING FOR TRAIL REPAIR, HABITAT RESTORATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, VISITOR SERVICES, AND MORE.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Park Programs
$4.5M, 19% of spendingThe conservancy supports the preservation and education related roles of the National Park Service mission through a varied portfolio of public educational programs.
Read it as they filed it
PARK PROGRAMS: THE CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS THE PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION RELATED ROLES OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MISSION THROUGH A VARIED PORTFOLIO OF PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE CONSERVANCY'S OUTDOOR ADVENTURES ENHANCE THE YOSEMITE EXPERIENCE FOR PARK VISITORS THROUGH DOZENS OF INTERPRETIVE AND EDUCATIONAL DAY HIKES, BACKPACKING TRIPS AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN GEOLOGY, BOTANY, NATURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE ARTS. THE CONSERVANCY ALSO CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL FIELD PROGRAMS ON A CUSTOM BASIS AND BY CONTRACT WITH TRAVEL PROVIDERS. IN ADDITION, THE CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS ART PROGRAMS AND THE PARSON'S MEMORIAL LODGE SUMMER SERIES. THE CONSERVANCY ALSO HELPS INSPIRE AND TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEWARDS BY SUPPORTING INTERNSHIPS, (CONT. ON SCH. O) JUNIOR RANGER ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE PARK, AND HELPS SUSTAIN YOSEMITE-FOCUSED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED.THE CONSERVANCY'S WILDERNESS OPERATIONS PROGRAM ASSISTS THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN ENSURING THAT YOSEMITE BACKCOUNTRY VISITORS ARE EDUCATED ABOUT AND PREPARED FOR WILDERNESS TRAVEL. CONSERVANCY WILDERNESS STAFF MANAGE THE WILDERNESS RESERVATION SYSTEM, ISSUE PERMITS, SPONSOR THE BEAR-PROOF FOOD CANISTER RENTAL PROGRAM, OPERATE THE OSTRANDER SKI HUT, SELL INTERPRETIVE AND ORIENTATION MATERIALS, AND PROVIDE VISITORS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ENJOYABLE AND RESPECTFUL WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE.THE CONSERVANCY'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM RECRUITS, TRAINS AND MANAGES VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT YOSEMITE THROUGH NUMEROUS WEEK-LONG NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION PROJECTS AND THROUGH A MONTH-LONG "VISITOR INFORMATION ASSISTANT" PROGRAM THAT IMPROVES THE EXPERIENCE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PARK VISITORS ANNUALLY.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Retail & Publishing
$2.1M, 9% of spendingThis program comprises sales conducted at visitor center bookstores, information centers and wilderness centers, through an online store, and to wholesale customers.
Read it as they filed it
RETAIL & PUBLISHING: THIS PROGRAM COMPRISES SALES CONDUCTED AT VISITOR CENTER BOOKSTORES, INFORMATION CENTERS AND WILDERNESS CENTERS, THROUGH AN ONLINE STORE, AND TO WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS. IN ADDITION TO SELLING MAPS, GUIDES, NATIVE AMERICAN HANDCRAFTS, APPAREL AND OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO YOSEMITE AND THE SIERRA NEVADA, THE CONSERVANCY PUBLISHES AND SELLS BOOKS THAT EDUCATE PEOPLE AND INSPIRE THEM TO CONNECT WITH AND CARE FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
70 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.
$16,714,920 programs, $1,955,964 management, $5,071,585 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. The FY2025 filing lists two people as president & ceo, Cassius M Cash and Frank Dean, usually a handover inside the year. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at the Yosemite Conservancy? Claim this page.
Those 362 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If the Yosemite Conservancy is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $12,880,983 |
| 2012 | $13,382,118 |
| 2013 | $12,656,106 |
| 2014 | $17,421,008 |
| 2015 | $14,687,338 |
| 2016 | $13,195,872 |
| 2017 | $16,602,534 |
| 2018 | $22,653,758 |
| 2019 | $18,954,027 |
| 2020 | $18,935,340 |
| 2021 | $19,130,679 |
| 2022 | $23,940,076 |
| 2023 | $23,607,653 |
| 2025 | $24,966,280 |
From $12.9M in 2011 to $25.0M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024).
Their ground
The Yosemite Conservancy is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The California congressional delegation averages 82 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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