National Parks Action Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810773791
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024543380
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,550
Expenses
$218,037
Assets
$65,468
Liabilities
$21,123

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • THERESA PIERNO (CHAIR)
  • RICKY HEALY (TREASURER)
  • SARA TUCKER (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To protect, restore, and fund the national park system by informing the public about threats facing our parks, educating members of congress about proposals to help parks, and influencing their positions to forward those proposals.

What it reported doing in 2024

The national parks action fund continued to grow its online community, primarily sharing information on how the actions of congress were impacting national parks. For the 2024 election, we shared our scorecard of congressional votes on park issues with our supporters and park advocates across the country. We pursued new avenues of advertising the scorecard that ensured new audiences were learning about our materials. In the first half of 2025, we shared our views on park-related legislation with members of congress and our supporters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -85.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $218K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.