National Recreation and Park Association
Ashburn, VA · EIN 13-5563001. Reported 248 grants totalling $10.9M to 172 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For National Recreation and Park Association, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C300) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 172 distinct organizations, with 4% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 31% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,918 and $45,000; the smallest was $6,122 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Dept | Detroit, MI | $448,800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Farmington Parks and Recreation | Farmington, NM | $438,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connect | Pittsburgh, PA | $438,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Recreation Development Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $438,800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Lynnwood Parks Recreation and Cultural Ar | Lynnwood, WA | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Imperial Beach Parks & Recreation Departme | Imperial Beach, CA | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Navajo Nation | Window Rock, AZ | $267,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Franklin in | Franklin, IN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Lawson | Lawwson, MO | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Temple | Temple, TX | $222,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $185,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Depart of Parks and Recreation | Los Angeles, CA | $179,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Orlando | Orlando, FL | $172,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Citywide Development Corporation of New Castle | New Castle, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Airy Parks and Recreation | Mount Airy, NC | $146,697 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Carter County Drug Prevention Coalition | Elizabethton, TN | $137,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Broadview Park District | Broadview, IL | $132,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Bristol Department of Parksrecreation | Bristol, CT | $132,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Quincy | Quincy, MA | $132,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Valley City | West Valley City, UT | $132,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Allentown | Allentown, PA | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mesa Parks Recreation and Community | Mesa, AZ | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Ozark | Ozark, AL | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New London Recreation Department | New London, CT | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| West Allis-West Milwaukee School District | West Allis, WI | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Town of Vivian | Vivian, LA | $116,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Puyallup | Puyallup, WA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Auburn | Auburn, ME | $101,818 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Derby Recreation Commission | Derby, KS | $100,382 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Kerman | Kerman, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Central Arkansas Library System | Little Rock, AR | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chicago Park District | Chicago, IL | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Clermont- Arts & Rec Ctr | Clermont, FL | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of New Braunfels | New Braunfels, TX | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Tampa | Tampa, FL | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Desert Recreation District | Indio, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ledge Light Health District | New London, CT | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peoria Grown | Peoria, IL | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sunset Empire Park & Recreation District Foundation | Seaside, OR | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Berwick Parks and Recreation Department | Berwick, ME | $84,872 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Houston Parks and Recreation Department | Houston, TX | $79,292 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Coconut Creek | Coconut Creek, FL | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Douglasville Georgia | Douglasville, GA | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of La Verne | La Verne, CA | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Rosenburg | Rosenburg, TX | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Seguin | Seguin, TX | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Woodlands Township | The Woodlands, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Franklin | Franklin, NH | $72,495 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Garner | Garner, NC | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Columbus Recreation & Parks Department | Columbus, OH | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of New Bedford | New Bedford, MA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Pico Rivera | Pico Rivera, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Suisun City Recreation | Suisun City, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pasco Parks and Recreation Department | Pasco, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town of Plainfield | Plainfield, CT | $58,328 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asheville Parks and Recreation | Asheville, NC | $58,265 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Middlesboro | Middlesboro, KY | $57,706 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| City of Richmond Parks Recreation & Community Facilities | Richmond, VA | $57,036 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lewiston Recreation Department | Lewiston, ME | $53,979 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Broward County | Oakland Park, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust Inc | Buffalo, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Auburn Parks Arts & Recreation (washington) | Auburn, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Newton | Newton, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Stonecrest | Stonecrest, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Davidson | Lexington, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio River Authority | San Anthonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Elizabethton | Elizabethton, TN | $49,534 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Shawnee Parks and Recreation | Shawnee, OK | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Danville Parks and Recreation | Danville, VA | $47,126 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| City of Raleigh Parks Recreation and Cultural Re | Raleigh, NC | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Wissahickon Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Steubenville | Steubenville, OH | $45,472 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recre | San Diego, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Groton Parks and Recreation | Groton, CT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montrose Recreation District | Montrose, CO | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Town of Warren | Warren, RI | $41,342 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ascension Parish Government | Gonzales, LA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Aurora Parks Recreation and Open Space | Aurora, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Durham Parks and Recreation Department | Durham, NC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Flint | Flint, MI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Mexico | Mexico, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Pierre | Pierre, SD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Santa Clarita | Santa Clarita, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Tukwila | Tukwila, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of San Diego Dept of Parks and Recreation | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Evanston Parks and Recreation District | Evanston, WY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation | Murfreesboro, TN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Wheeling | Wheeling, WV | $36,594 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation | Bloomington, IN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Indianapolis Parks Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Integral Youth Services | Klamath Falls, OR | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salt Lake City Corporation | Salt Lake City, UT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of El Cajon Parks and Recreation Department | El Cajon, CA | $32,122 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi, TX | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Genesee Country Parks and Recreation | Flint, MI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Dept | Grand Rapids, MI | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Memphis Div of Parks and Neighborhoods | Memphis, TN | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Metro Parks & Recreation (louisville Ky) | Nashville, TN | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Counselors in the Community Association Co | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Mill Ridge Park | Antioch, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Long Lake | Long Lake, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burlington Recreation & Parks | Burlington, NC | $24,437 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mechanicsburg Area School District | Mechanicsburg, PA | $23,430 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calvert County Parks and Recreation | Prince Frederick, MD | $22,843 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Las Vegas Department of Parks and Recreati | Las Vegas, NV | $21,997 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Missoula Parks and Recreation | Missoula, MT | $21,892 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Aurora | Aurora, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Gahanna | Gahanna, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Rialto | Rialto, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recr | Alhambra, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parish of Caddo-Parish Parks and Recreation | Shreveport, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| City of Mesa Parks Recreation and Community Facilities | Mesa, AZ | $19,991 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Perris | Perris, CA | $19,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crawford Country Arkansas | Van Buren, AR | $19,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District | Beaverton, OR | $18,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Irvine | Irvine, CA | $17,835 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roanoke City Parks and Recreation | Roanoke, VA | $16,557 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of North Little Rock | North Little Rock, AR | $15,840 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Robeson | Lumberton, NC | $15,425 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Stockton | Stockton, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Missouri City | Missouri City, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritan Health Services Inc | Corvallis, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Huntsville | Huntsville, AL | $14,584 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Wellness Foundation Inc | Dickinson, ND | $13,942 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Youth Partnership | Tucson, AZ | $13,897 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Monroe | Monroe, MI | $12,918 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worthy Journey Communications LLC | Warrenton, VA | $12,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Mentoring Partnership Incorporated | Boston, MA | $11,360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Oportunities for Wellness Inc | Danielson, CT | $11,352 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fivesixproductions LLC | Las Vegas, NV | $11,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas City Recreation Commission | Arkansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Baltimore Civic Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Burlington Parks Recreation & Waterfront | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Hoxie (hoxie Recreation) | Hoxie, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Manchester Parks Recreation & Cemetery D | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Marion | Marion, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Monte Vista Kids Connection | Monte Vista, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Pauls Valley | Pauls Valley, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Pittsburgh Parks and Recreation | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Providence Parks & Recreation Dept | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Elm Fork Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists Inc | Denton, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfax Co Dept of Neighborhood and Commun Serv | Fairfax, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florida State University Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forest Preserve District of Cook County | River Forest, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jersey City Parks and Recreation | Jersey City, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keep Gastonia Beautiful Inc | Gastonia, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kent Youth and Family Services | Kent, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma | Tacoma, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Missouri City Green | Missouri City, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Napa Parks and Recreation Foundation | Napa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Parks Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pinedale Mudd Volleyball | Pinedale, WY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Founda | Greenbelt, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pueblo of Sandia | Bernalillo, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reading Recreation Commission | Reading, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Resilience Authority of Charles County Inc | La Plata, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sdsu Extension | Brookings, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Superior Rivers Watershed Association Inc | Ashland, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teton County Jackson Parks & Rec | Jackson, WY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Clifton Institute Inc | Warrenton, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waukegan Parks Foundation | Waukegan, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Willamalane Park and Recreation District | Springfield, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Erie Pa | Erie, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Macon-Bibb County | Macon, GA | $9,766 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Portland Parks Recreation and Facilities | Portland, ME | $8,795 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Think Equity | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
50 of 172 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 of 172 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 78 | $4,063,200 | $30,000 |
| 2021 | 48 | $2,671,708 | $42,500 |
| 2022 | 42 | $1,840,030 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 80 | $2,289,008 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
10% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from National Recreation and Park Association's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 80 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 3 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 22377 Belmont Ridge Rd, Ashburn, VA, 20148.
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