Funding search · EIN 521086761 · Grantmaking charity · Washington, DC

National Park Foundation

$265.8M
in grants paid: 1,262
grants: 847
recipients: 2021–2023
filing years

Funding pattern

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Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$11.0M
Yellowstone Forever · Bozeman, MT · 2023
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$2.4M
American Conservation Experience · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
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$2.2M
Midwest Regional Office · Omaha, NE · 2023
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$2.0M
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
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$1.6M
Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2023
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$1.6M
Rocky Mountain Conservancy · East Park, CO · 2023
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$1.5M
Mount Rainier National Park · Ashford, WA · 2023
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$1.4M
Everglades National Park · Homestead, FL · 2023
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$1.3M
National Capital Regional Office · Washington, DC · 2023
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$1.2M
Prince William Forest Park · Triangle, VA · 2023
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$1.2M
Grand Canyon Association · Grand Canyon, AZ · 2023
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$1.1M
Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters · Portland, ME · 2023
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$1.0M
Independence National Historical Park · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
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$1.0M
Petrified Forest National Park · Petrified Forest, AZ · 2023
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$1.0M
Haleakala Conservancy · Pukalani, HI · 2023
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$1.0M
Nps-Nrss I&Mne Coastal and Barrier Network · Herndon, VA · 2023
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$975,630
Sitnasuak Native Corporation · Nome, AK · 2023
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$911,077
Valles Caldera National Preserve · Jemez Springs, NM · 2023
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$894,839
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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$821,206
Zion National Park Forever Project · Springdale, UT · 2023
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$810,588
George Washington Memorial Parkway · McLean, VA · 2023
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$800,500
Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail · White Hall, AL · 2023
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$781,192
Nps- Southeast Regional Office · Atlanta, GA · 2023
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$733,840
Nps Waso Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation & Education · Washington, DC · 2023
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$717,832
Student Conservation Assoc · Arlington, VA · 2023
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$675,237
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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$610,142
National Park Service Southeast Regional Office · Atlanta, GA · 2023
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$607,365
Haleakala National Park · Makawao, HI · 2023
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$602,568
Nps - Air Resources Division · Denver, CO · 2023
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$599,498
Glacier National Park · West Glacier, MT · 2023
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$583,036
The Alliance for Florida National Parks · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
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$582,000
Schoodic Institute · Winter Harbor, ME · 2023
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$573,690
National Mall and Memorial Parks · Washington, DC · 2023
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$512,775
Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon · St Croix Falls, WI · 2023
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$500,000
The Corps Network · Washington, DC · 2023
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$468,579
Ice Age Trail Alliance · Cross Plains, WI · 2023
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$459,550
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument · Jackson, MS · 2023
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$441,199
Groundwork USA · Yonkers, NY · 2023
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$430,000
Nps Learning and Development · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2023
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$423,976
American Youthworks · Austin, TX · 2023
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$418,152
Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Brecksville, OH · 2023
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$418,008
Santa Monica Mountains Fund · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2023
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$400,000
Upstream Policy Institute · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
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$388,054
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
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$384,600
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument · Crow Agency, MT · 2023
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$383,485
Amache Alliance · Encinitas, CA · 2023
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$382,816
Golden Gate Np Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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$382,052
Clean Water Fund · Mount Clemens, MI · 2023
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$371,483
National Park Trust · Rockville, MD · 2023
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$350,000
Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore · Bayfield, WI · 2023
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$346,364
Biscayne National Park · Homestead, FL · 2023
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$344,500
Redwood National Park · Crescent City, CA · 2023
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$326,885
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Peninsula, AL · 2023
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$325,000
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument · Tuskegee Institute, WA · 2023
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$311,000
Trust for the National Mall · Washington, WA · 2023
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$310,000
Cape Cod National Seashore · Wellfleet, MA · 2023
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$308,189
River Raisin National Battlefield Park Foundation · Monroe, MI · 2023
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$305,000
Bandelier National Monument · Los Alamos, NM · 2023
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$300,000
National Park Servicensnsd · Herndon, VA · 2023
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$300,000
Blue Ridge Parkway · Asheville, NC · 2023
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$300,000
San Juan National Historic Site · San Juan, PR · 2023
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$299,527
Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2023
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$293,500
Dry Tortugas National Park · Homestead, FL · 2023
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$285,000
National Park Friends Alliance · Jackson, WY · 2023
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$282,378
Friends of Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nmp · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
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$272,709
Golden Gate National Recreation Area · San Fransisco, CA · 2023
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$272,500
Nps Interior Regions 6 7 & 8 · Denver, CO · 2023
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$269,000
Cesar Chavez National Monument · Three Rivers, CA · 2023
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$259,700
Mississippi Park Connection · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
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$251,000
Canaveral National Seashore · New Smyrna, FL · 2023
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$251,000
Independence Historical Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
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$250,000
Chattahoochee Parks Conservancy · Roswell, GA · 2023
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$250,000
Nrss Water Resources Division · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
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$248,685
Rock Creek Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2023
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$244,810
Greening Youth Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
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$244,564
Friends of Saguaro Np · Tucson, AZ · 2023
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$243,275
Northwest Youth Corps · Eugene, OR · 2023
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$242,539
Shenandoah National Park Trust · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
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$241,440
Baltimore National Heritage Area Association · Baltimore, MD · 2023
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$241,000
Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes · Empire, MI · 2023
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$240,000
Nps Intermountain Regional Office · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
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$235,500
Sequoia Parks Conservancy · Three Rivers, CA · 2023
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$225,850
Friends of Hawaii Vnp · Volcano, HI · 2023
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$225,675
Camp Nelson National Monument · Nicholasville, KY · 2023
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$225,670
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2023
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$220,000
Outer Banks Forever · Kill Devil Hills, NC · 2023
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$212,000
National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science D · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
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$205,475
Lake Mead National Recreation Area · Boulder City, NV · 2023
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$202,000
Great Basin National Park Foundation · Baker, NV · 2023
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$201,000
The Friends of Valley Forge · King of Prussia, PA · 2023
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$200,000
Pacific West Regional Office · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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$200,000
Outdoor Afro · Oakland, CA · 2023
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$200,000
Recycle Across America · Edina, MN · 2023
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$200,000
Emmett Till Interpretive Center · Sumner, MS · 2023
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$200,000
Keep America Beautiful · Stamford, CT · 2023
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$200,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performingarts · Vienna, VA · 2023
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$200,000
Pacific West Regional Office - Cultural Resources and Science Division · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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$200,000
Mariana Islands Nature Alliance · 2023
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$200,000
Zero Waste Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
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$192,865
Friends of Virgin Islands National Park · St John, VI · 2023
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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.