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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTAIN AVERY MUSEUM, INC. | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| DISCOVER LIFE IN AMERICA INC | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL ARBORETUM, INC. | Not stated | $25,000 | 2026 |
| HERITAGE TOURISM ALLIANCE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INC | Not stated | $25,000 | 2026 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2021 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2022 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2022 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2023 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2023 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2024 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2026 |
| LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| MENOKIN FOUNDATION | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $25,000 | 2019 |
| PARKS & RECREATION, NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $25,000 | 2021 |
| RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $25,000 | 2021 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $25,000 | 2018 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $25,000 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO | Not stated | $25,000 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $25,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $25,000 | 2020 |
| WV DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $25,000 | 2020 |
| AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVANCY (ARC), INC. | Not stated | $24,997 | 2021 |
| SHORERIVERS, INC | Not stated | $24,995 | 2025 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,994 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $24,993 | 2021 |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | Not stated | $24,950 | 2021 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,946 | 2015 |
| SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,943 | 2021 |
| CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY, INC. | Not stated | $24,936 | 2025 |
| EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,927 | 2020 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,922 | 2024 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $24,873 | 2021 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $24,849 | 2023 |
| ROCK CREEK CONSERVANCY, INC | Not stated | $24,845 | 2025 |
| CLEMSON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,822 | 2021 |
| STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE FISHERIES & PARKS | Not stated | $24,755 | 2019 |
| AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION & FORESTRY, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $24,740 | 2018 |
| GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,714 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $24,691 | 2020 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,645 | 2022 |
| FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS MONTANA DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $24,501 | 2016 |
| WV DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $24,487 | 2022 |
| ACCOKEEK FOUNDATION INC | Not stated | $24,437 | 2025 |
| UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | Not stated | $24,370 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION TENNESSEE | Not stated | $24,338 | 2018 |
| STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $24,314 | 2021 |
| WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY | Not stated | $24,311 | 2025 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $24,228 | 2024 |
| NEBRASKA GAME & PARKS COMMISSION | Not stated | $24,000 | 2018 |
| VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION | Not stated | $23,996 | 2021 |
| COLLEGE OF ATLANTIC | Not stated | $23,782 | 2025 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $23,523 | 2017 |
| SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $23,509 | 2021 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $23,500 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Not stated | $23,500 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS | Not stated | $23,436 | 2025 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $23,425 | 2016 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM | Not stated | $23,268 | 2020 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $23,261 | 2019 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $23,222 | 2017 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $23,162 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON | Not stated | $23,088 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $23,022 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $23,000 | 2024 |
| STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE- DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $22,925 | 2015 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | Not stated | $22,889 | 2019 |
| CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC. | Not stated | $22,813 | 2019 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $22,658 | 2025 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $22,650 | 2022 |
| ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $22,614 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $22,507 | 2022 |
| PARKS & RECREATION, NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $22,500 | 2019 |
| TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETY | Not stated | $22,387 | 2019 |
| WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY | Not stated | $22,332 | 2023 |
| KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS | Not stated | $22,200 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $22,112 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Not stated | $22,106 | 2025 |
| ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $22,090 | 2016 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $22,065 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $22,015 | 2019 |
| ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST | Not stated | $22,000 | 2020 |
| GAME FISH & PARKS SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $22,000 | 2019 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $21,961 | 2017 |
| MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INC | Not stated | $21,954 | 2018 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO | Not stated | $21,820 | 2020 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $21,803 | 2021 |
| ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $21,764 | 2016 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $21,764 | 2017 |
| STATE SOUTH DAKOTA GAME FISH & PK | Not stated | $21,764 | 2018 |
| VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION | Not stated | $21,763 | 2022 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $21,730 | 2018 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $21,707 | 2022 |
| BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $21,553 | 2022 |
| THE SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY | Not stated | $21,503 | 2019 |
| FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS MONTANA DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $21,440 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO | Not stated | $21,406 | 2021 |
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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