The National Park Foundation is the official charity of the United States’ National Park Service and its 417 national park sites.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $560,557,991 $275,087,903 $136,658,850 View 2023 $414,754,993 $151,584,507 $120,455,846 View 2022 $353,171,948 $148,524,292 $101,249,301 View 2021 $340,217,064 $99,935,213 $70,717,845 View 2020 $288,766,343 $89,244,569 $71,559,084 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation William Shafroth Chief Executive Officer $792,645 Ruth Prescott Chief Of Staff $383,348 Lise Aangeenbrug Chief Program Officer $318,672 Dawn Rodney Chief External Affairs Officer $309,850 Dieter Fenkart-Froeschl Chief Operating Officer $308,745 Charles Feeney Chief Financial Officer $304,916 James Kelley Chief Philanthropy Officer $291,272 Chad Jones SVP, Corporate Partnerships $254,252 Jennifer Harris SVP, Philanthropy $240,499 Steven Grourke SVP, Leadership & Planned Giving $234,140 Valerie Kind SVP, Major Gifts & Foundation Relations $232,458 Lucille Clay SVP, HR & Admin Service $230,137 Lindsay Gsell VP, Content Strategey $229,065
More + Less – Grant Activity Grants Received Grants Given
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $292,541,910 Number of Grants: 6,005 Number of Funders: 1,691 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $13,431,000 2022 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue and expand support for humanities postdoctoral fellowships in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence $6,040,225 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION $3,666,666 2022 John L Nau III Foundation EDUCATION $3,150,000 2023 Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR CENTER $3,000,000 2022 James Foundation Inc $3,000,000 2021 Tupperware Brands Foundation TO SUPPORT, SAFEGUARD THE PARK'S HERITAGE AND INSPIRING GENERATIONS OF NATIONAL PARK ENTHUSIASTS. $3,000,000 2020 Ballmer Group 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. It focuses on promoting programs and projects that protect precious landscapes and wilderness, historical sites, and places of cultural significance $2,666,668 2024 John L Nau III Foundation EDUCATION $2,666,667 2023 John L Nau III Foundation EDUCATION $2,588,259 2022 Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc CASH TRANSFERS TO SUPPORT KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS VISITOR CONTACT STATION VIA EPI MONUMENT PROJECTS $2,449,328 2023 Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust BERING LAND BRIDGE VISITOR CENTER $2,371,520 2024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $2,000,000 2023 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support engagement with Emmett Till’s story and sites in Mississippi $2,000,000 2021 John L Nau III Foundation EDUCATION $1,850,000 2024 Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK CEDAR PASS VISITOR CENTER $1,804,802 2022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $1,678,171 2021 Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc CASH TRANSFERS TO SUPPORT KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS VISITOR CONTACT STATION VIA EPI MONUMENT PROJECTS $1,676,342 2022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $1,411,693 2023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $1,260,000 2024 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc To support tribal co-stewardship knowledge sharing across the National Park System and the co-stewardship of Voyageurs National Park as a promising model. $1,249,982 2021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $1,163,270 2024 Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust BERING LAND BRIDGE VISITOR CENTER $1,163,250 2024 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $1,160,000 2023 Malott Family Foundation COMMUNITY $1,150,000 2020 Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust Little bighorn battlefield national monument visitor center
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $274,491,566 Number of Grants: 1,766 Number of Recipients: 657 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $32,468,879 2022 National Capital Parks-East PROTECT $12,444,500 2023 National Capital Parks-East PROTECT $10,851,402 2020 National Park Service $8,870,210 2021 National Capital Parks-East Protect $2,489,468 2023 FRIENDS OF FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL INC PROTECT $2,375,985 2024 American Conservation Experience Connect $2,027,531 2023 Yosemite Conservancy CONNECT $2,010,196 2020 National Capital Parks-East $2,001,000 2024 Friends of Acadia Protect $1,643,001 2024 Conservation Legacy Protect $1,608,334 2024 Rocky Mountain Conservancy Protect $1,482,347 2023 Conservation Legacy PROTECT $1,402,250 2022 Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters PROTECT $1,275,000 2020 Yellowstone Nat Park $1,234,790 2021 Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters Protect $1,230,496 2024 Grand Canyon Conservancy Protect $1,171,733 2021 National Capital Parks-East Protect $1,136,240 2024 Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters Protect $1,101,786 2022 Conservation Legacy PROTECT $1,049,703 2023 American Conservation Experience CONNECT $1,022,500 2024 Haleakala Conservancy Inc Protect $1,014,003 2020 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife $894,839 2024 Yosemite Conservancy Protect $850,000 2023 Emmett Till Interpretive Center PROTECT $848,040 2023 Student Conservation Association, Inc. CONNECT
More + Less – 
