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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION | Not stated | $297,052 | 2016 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $297,046 | 2021 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $296,976 | 2024 |
| WV DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $296,847 | 2024 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $295,243 | 2019 |
| THE RECREATION & CONSERVATION OFFICE | Not stated | $295,180 | 2017 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $295,000 | 2022 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | Not stated | $295,000 | 2014 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES | Not stated | $294,997 | 2021 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $294,508 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $294,497 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $294,277 | 2020 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $293,900 | 2024 |
| ARIZONA STATE PARKS & TRAILS | Not stated | $293,792 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA | Not stated | $293,354 | 2019 |
| PARKS & RECREATION, NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $292,773 | 2022 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $292,275 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES PENNSYLVANIA | Not stated | $292,000 | 2017 |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION TENNESSEE | Not stated | $291,452 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $291,442 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $291,343 | 2024 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $291,147 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA | Not stated | $290,745 | 2015 |
| STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $290,629 | 2025 |
| CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION | Not stated | $290,375 | 2019 |
| CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION | Not stated | $289,350 | 2021 |
| STATE PARKS AND RECREATION, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $289,216 | 2018 |
| PARKS DIVISION | Not stated | $288,805 | 2024 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $288,000 | 2021 |
| STATE PARKS AND RECREATION, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $287,175 | 2024 |
| PARKS HERITAGE & TOUR DEPT | Not stated | $286,604 | 2025 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $286,568 | 2017 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $285,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $285,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $284,939 | 2017 |
| PARKS DIVISION | Not stated | $284,811 | 2023 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $284,802 | 2024 |
| STATE PARKS AND RECREATION, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $284,586 | 2023 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $283,846 | 2019 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $283,786 | 2015 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $283,499 | 2024 |
| NEBRASKA GAME & PARKS COMMISSION | Not stated | $283,388 | 2020 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $283,000 | 2024 |
| STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE FISHERIES & PARKS | Not stated | $282,990 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $282,871 | 2021 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $282,625 | 2020 |
| NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $282,488 | 2016 |
| STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $282,100 | 2019 |
| DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES PENNSYLVANIA | Not stated | $281,800 | 2019 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $281,519 | 2021 |
| OKLAHOMA TOURISM & RECREATION | Not stated | $281,402 | 2019 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $281,074 | 2024 |
| DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS PARKS & RECREATION VERMONT | Not stated | $281,060 | 2025 |
| WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $280,753 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $280,743 | 2023 |
| AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $280,505 | 2019 |
| WV DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $280,030 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | Not stated | $280,022 | 2017 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $280,000 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS PARKS & RECREATION VERMONT | Not stated | $280,000 | 2025 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS | Not stated | $280,000 | 2018 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, VERMONT AGENCY OF | Not stated | $280,000 | 2019 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | Not stated | $280,000 | 2019 |
| WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $280,000 | 2019 |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | Not stated | $279,849 | 2021 |
| NEBRASKA GAME & PARKS COMMISSION | Not stated | $279,784 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $279,491 | 2024 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE | Not stated | $279,119 | 2021 |
| NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE | Not stated | $278,997 | 2021 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $278,838 | 2021 |
| BOYLE COUNTY FISCAL COURT | Not stated | $278,747 | 2020 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $278,700 | 2025 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $278,456 | 2024 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $278,200 | 2023 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $278,117 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $278,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA | Not stated | $277,962 | 2018 |
| VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION | Not stated | $277,635 | 2022 |
| PARKS DIVISION | Not stated | $277,320 | 2018 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $277,254 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE | Not stated | $277,028 | 2017 |
| ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME | Not stated | $276,960 | 2021 |
| VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION | Not stated | $276,000 | 2025 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $275,706 | 2024 |
| NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $275,275 | 2022 |
| NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $275,158 | 2022 |
| CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY, INC. | Not stated | $275,000 | 2023 |
| IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $275,000 | 2025 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $274,960 | 2021 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $274,776 | 2018 |
| STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION & TOURISM | Not stated | $274,633 | 2023 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $274,620 | 2017 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $273,769 | 2019 |
| KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS | Not stated | $273,660 | 2021 |
| STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION & TOURISM | Not stated | $273,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Not stated | $272,279 | 2018 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $271,908 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $271,619 | 2019 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE | Not stated | $271,496 | 2021 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE | Not stated | $271,248 | 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 2026-10-17
- National Parks Business Plan InternshipCloses Jan 4, 2027Awards up to $1,700,000Checked 2026-10-17
- NPS Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units (CESU) Master Cooperative AgreementsCloses Dec 31, 2027Checked 2026-10-17
- Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) Recurring Notice 5 YearCloses Nov 1, 2030Awards $300,000 – $15,000,000Checked 2026-10-17
- Readiness and Recreation Initiative (RARI) – Recurring 5 Year NoticeCloses Nov 30, 2030Awards $250,000 – $3,000,000Checked 2026-10-17
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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