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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,149 | 2015 |
| TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $249,066 | 2025 |
| ARIZONA STATE PARKS & TRAILS | Not stated | $249,000 | 2021 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $248,600 | 2022 |
| THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC | Not stated | $248,500 | 2024 |
| TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $248,000 | 2025 |
| STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE FISHERIES & PARKS | Not stated | $247,955 | 2019 |
| LOUISIANA STATE PARKS & RECREATION COMMI | Not stated | $247,948 | 2018 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $247,600 | 2023 |
| LOUISIANA STATE PARKS & RECREATION COMMI | Not stated | $246,866 | 2019 |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | Not stated | $246,500 | 2022 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $246,291 | 2021 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $245,819 | 2024 |
| NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $245,534 | 2020 |
| IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $245,500 | 2025 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $245,445 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | Not stated | $245,046 | 2016 |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | Not stated | $245,026 | 2022 |
| ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF | Not stated | $245,000 | 2021 |
| KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS | Not stated | $245,000 | 2023 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $245,000 | 2026 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $245,000 | 2026 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $245,000 | 2026 |
| MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURA | Not stated | $245,000 | 2021 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $245,000 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | Not stated | $244,979 | 2022 |
| TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $244,600 | 2024 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $243,543 | 2018 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $243,229 | 2017 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $243,132 | 2016 |
| OKLAHOMA TOURISM & RECREATION | Not stated | $243,000 | 2026 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $242,900 | 2023 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $242,649 | 2017 |
| STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE | Not stated | $242,600 | 2025 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $242,500 | 2019 |
| DICKINSON COLLEGE | Not stated | $242,340 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON | Not stated | $242,318 | 2018 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $242,306 | 2023 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) | Not stated | $242,291 | 2015 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $242,274 | 2021 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $241,942 | 2015 |
| NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION | Not stated | $241,673 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | Not stated | $241,663 | 2014 |
| WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $241,612 | 2017 |
| ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $241,541 | 2018 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $240,995 | 2022 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $240,974 | 2022 |
| NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $240,866 | 2024 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $240,773 | 2022 |
| MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INC | Not stated | $240,728 | 2025 |
| STATE PARKS & CULTURAL RESOURCES WYOMING | Not stated | $240,369 | 2023 |
| STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE | Not stated | $240,004 | 2024 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS | Not stated | $240,000 | 2019 |
| MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURA | Not stated | $240,000 | 2019 |
| MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURA | Not stated | $240,000 | 2022 |
| PARKS DIVISION | Not stated | $240,000 | 2024 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $239,997 | 2016 |
| STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $239,625 | 2024 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $239,374 | 2022 |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | Not stated | $239,287 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | Not stated | $239,278 | 2023 |
| PARKS & RECREATION, NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $239,261 | 2018 |
| ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF | Not stated | $239,130 | 2021 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $238,795 | 2022 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $238,600 | 2023 |
| FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC | Not stated | $238,500 | 2024 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $237,907 | 2020 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $237,690 | 2017 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $237,619 | 2022 |
| KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $237,544 | 2026 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $237,500 | 2026 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS | Not stated | $237,500 | 2025 |
| NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY, INC. | Not stated | $237,418 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $236,601 | 2020 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $236,223 | 2018 |
| PARKS DIVISION | Not stated | $235,905 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE | Not stated | $235,328 | 2014 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | Not stated | $235,283 | 2020 |
| NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE | Not stated | $235,270 | 2020 |
| TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $235,000 | 2019 |
| LOUISIANA STATE PARKS & RECREATION COMMI | Not stated | $234,500 | 2018 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $233,663 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $233,587 | 2024 |
| ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $233,383 | 2025 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $233,100 | 2026 |
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INC | Not stated | $233,017 | 2016 |
| STATE OF DELAWARE, DNREC | Not stated | $233,000 | 2018 |
| SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $232,715 | 2017 |
| ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $232,418 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | Not stated | $232,400 | 2020 |
| MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL R | Not stated | $232,060 | 2018 |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $232,013 | 2021 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $231,982 | 2018 |
| TOWN OF ASHLAND | Not stated | $231,960 | 2025 |
| NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $231,481 | 2020 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $231,390 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA | Not stated | $231,204 | 2019 |
| GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $231,181 | 2025 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $231,179 | 2018 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $231,092 | 2020 |
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.
See what Studio includes