National Park Service
- Opportunities linked
- 47
- Recorded awards (total)
- $2,130,709,208
- Median recorded award
- $150,000
Records in this library attributed to this funder.
Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.
The midpoint of the awards we hold, not a cap and not a filing median.
- Data year
- Not stated
The most recent fiscal year among the awards we hold, as the source wrote it.
Why there is no giving history here
Award listings from USASpending are not connected yet. What is missing here is a feed on our side, not a document this funder has failed to publish - the listings are public and we have not connected them.
Derived from awards
Computed from the 699 recipients we hold an award to. This is where money we can see went, which is not the same as a statement of what this funder sets out to fund — and the gap between the two is widest where our coverage is thinnest.
Programmes, by money awarded
- 15.916$1,675,999,7653134 awards
- 15.945$363,540,3032132 awards
- 15.928$77,074,255138 awards
- 15.930$12,269,12394 awards
- 15.963$1,825,76242 awards
Where the recipients are
The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.
- CA $184,557,979
- TX $161,496,409
- VA $102,462,698
- CO $95,843,509
- FL $87,238,113
- NY $83,449,246
- OH $73,416,297
- PA $65,652,693
- NC $63,840,202
- AZ $58,044,358
- NJ $56,015,667
- MI $54,921,405
- MN $44,981,330
- GA $44,417,325
- WA $42,891,505
- MD $41,095,900
- IN $39,838,149
- MA $38,580,319
- TN $36,681,941
- WI $35,627,278
Award sizes
Fixed bands rather than this funder's own quantiles, so two funders can be compared. A per-funder split would make every distribution look the same shape.
- 100k-500k 2288
- 25k-100k 1538
- 500k-2m 910
- over-2m 189
- under-25k 615
By fiscal year
A trend across the years we import, which is a bounded window. A year with no bar is a year outside it, not a year with no funding.
- FY2012 $-506,993 (3)
- FY2013 $746,366 (5)
- FY2014 $9,285,171 (17)
- FY2015 $14,041,389 (63)
- FY2016 $53,446,105 (250)
- FY2017 $78,561,578 (396)
- FY2018 $139,343,010 (593)
- FY2019 $149,637,160 (606)
- FY2020 $86,134,173 (410)
- FY2021 $140,435,000 (510)
- FY2022 $180,330,626 (633)
- FY2023 $232,135,704 (548)
- FY2024 $340,018,612 (639)
- FY2025 $507,580,034 (673)
- FY2026 $198,477,597 (191)
Giving history, from the awards we hold
No dated awards on file for this funder
This table takes one row per fiscal year, built from the awards we hold. We have connected none for this funder that state a year, so there is nothing to group. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that the funder gave nothing.
Who has received money from this funder
5540 awards on file, largest first, ranging $-575,000 to $11,353,000.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $30,000 | 2018 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $30,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC | Not stated | $30,000 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM | Not stated | $30,000 | 2016 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTON | Not stated | $30,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM | Not stated | $30,000 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $30,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $30,000 | 2023 |
| RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,994 | 2021 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,984 | 2017 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,976 | 2021 |
| MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INC | Not stated | $29,973 | 2017 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,969 | 2021 |
| SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,925 | 2022 |
| NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,923 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | Not stated | $29,897 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $29,896 | 2020 |
| TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,873 | 2019 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $29,750 | 2019 |
| STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE FISHERIES & PARKS | Not stated | $29,748 | 2022 |
| ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $29,743 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $29,649 | 2021 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $29,620 | 2018 |
| THE GEORGE WRIGHT SOCIETY | Not stated | $29,600 | 2023 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $29,535 | 2016 |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $29,375 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $29,218 | 2024 |
| COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY | Not stated | $29,214 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $29,169 | 2023 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $29,142 | 2026 |
| FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN, INC. | Not stated | $29,064 | 2021 |
| STATE OF DELAWARE, DNREC | Not stated | $29,053 | 2017 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE | Not stated | $29,033 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $29,004 | 2018 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $29,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES | Not stated | $28,924 | 2022 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO | Not stated | $28,788 | 2019 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $28,731 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $28,610 | 2017 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $28,502 | 2019 |
| ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS | Not stated | $28,492 | 2017 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $28,491 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION IDAHO | Not stated | $28,415 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $28,158 | 2016 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $28,124 | 2023 |
| CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS | Not stated | $28,095 | 2024 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $28,030 | 2017 |
| ARIZONA STATE PARKS & TRAILS | Not stated | $28,000 | 2021 |
| PARKS & RECREATION, NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $27,950 | 2022 |
| ARCTIC INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA, THE | Not stated | $27,837 | 2016 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $27,712 | 2018 |
| AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $27,642 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $27,588 | 2018 |
| STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE FISHERIES & PARKS | Not stated | $27,551 | 2019 |
| POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY | Not stated | $27,540 | 2023 |
| UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $27,470 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON | Not stated | $27,430 | 2022 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $27,305 | 2022 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $27,275 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $27,200 | 2021 |
| ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $27,133 | 2023 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $27,088 | 2022 |
| VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION | Not stated | $27,034 | 2017 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $27,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $26,999 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $26,994 | 2017 |
| MS DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY | Not stated | $26,924 | 2018 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $26,825 | 2019 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $26,820 | 2018 |
| CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS | Not stated | $26,747 | 2021 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $26,679 | 2023 |
| SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | Not stated | $26,624 | 2023 |
| BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Not stated | $26,608 | 2017 |
| NEBRASKA GAME & PARKS COMMISSION | Not stated | $26,603 | 2022 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $26,500 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GUAM | Not stated | $26,477 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $26,413 | 2017 |
| DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS PARKS & RECREATION VERMONT | Not stated | $26,400 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $26,326 | 2021 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $26,321 | 2019 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $26,237 | 2016 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $26,000 | 2021 |
| SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $25,972 | 2020 |
| NATURESERVE | Not stated | $25,918 | 2021 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $25,863 | 2019 |
| STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $25,852 | 2019 |
| MS DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY | Not stated | $25,735 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $25,678 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $25,634 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $25,540 | 2023 |
| NORTHLAND COLLEGE | Not stated | $25,412 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA | Not stated | $25,291 | 2022 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO | Not stated | $25,250 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $25,229 | 2024 |
| NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $25,227 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $25,195 | 2021 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $25,134 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INC | Not stated | $25,070 | 2018 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $25,060 | 2024 |
| BALTIMORE HERITAGE, INC | Not stated | $25,000 | 2024 |
Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.
What this funder funds
Derived from how this funder's 47 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.
- Other34
- Environment & Water5
- Libraries & Arts3
- Housing, Community & Economic Development2
- Science, Technology, Research & Development2
- Education1
- Employment, Labor & Training1
Currently open opportunities
Verified against each record's own source. The date on every row is the day we last checked that record — not the day this page was built.
- Exploring and Enhancing Outdoor and Heritage Tourism in the Chesapeake Bay WatershedCloses Nov 4, 2026Awards $10,000 – $50,000Checked 2026-10-18
- National Parks Business Plan InternshipCloses Jan 4, 2027Awards up to $1,700,000Checked 2026-10-18
- NPS Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units (CESU) Master Cooperative AgreementsCloses Dec 31, 2027Checked 2026-10-18
- Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) Recurring Notice 5 YearCloses Nov 1, 2030Awards $300,000 – $15,000,000Checked 2026-10-18
- Readiness and Recreation Initiative (RARI) – Recurring 5 Year NoticeCloses Nov 30, 2030Awards $250,000 – $3,000,000Checked 2026-10-18
What this funder’s awards look like
Counted over the award rows we hold for this funder. These are statistics over published records, not a model’s reading of them, and not a prediction.
Included with Studio
The counts and the median above stay free, because they are the evidence for everything else. Studio adds the breakdowns: which states the awards went to, what kind of organisation received them, and how the amounts are distributed.
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