Funders › IL › National Recreation Foundation Incorporated › 2025
Grants paid by National Recreation Foundation Incorporated, tax year 2025
EIN 13-6172514 · Lake Forest, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE N120
In tax year 2025, National Recreation Foundation Incorporated (EIN 13-6172514) reported 75 grants paid totaling $2,422,500. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Aspen Instituteforum for Community Solutions Washington, DC | U | $160,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Catalina Island Conservancy Long Beach, CA | U | $101,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Muddy Sneakers Brevard, NC | C | $100,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Friends of Momentum Bike Clubs Greenville, SC | B | $100,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | YMCA of Greater Seattle Seattle, WA | U | $100,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Chicago Training Center Chicago, IL | B | $100,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Cheyenne River Youth Project Eagle Butte, SD | B | $100,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Ironwood Tree Experience Tucson, AZ | B | $97,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Excite All Stars New Orleans, LA | U | $80,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | The Center of Southwest Culture Albuquergue, NM | B | $80,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Las Cruces, NM | D | $75,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Cheyenne River Youth Project Eagle Butte, SD | B | $75,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Refugee Education & Adventure Challenge Oak Park, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Beyond the Ball Chicago, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Zuni, NM | B | $75,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Chicago Voyagers Palatine, IL | U | $75,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Chicago Training Center Chicago, IL | B | $70,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Grand Canyon Youth Flagstaff, AZ | B | $70,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Friends of Momentum Bike Clubs Greenville, SC | B | $70,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Ironwood Tree Experience Tucson, AZ | B | $68,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | La Semilla Food Center Anthony, NM | B | $65,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Gardeneers Chicago, IL | B | $60,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Chicago Voyagers Palatine, IL | U | $55,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods Riverwoods, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Families in Nature Austin, TX | C | $50,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Sailmaine Inc Portland, ME | C | $49,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Grand Canyon Youth Flagstaff, AZ | B | $40,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Working Bikes Chicago, IL | B | $37,500 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Wilderness Youth Project Santa Barbara, CA | B | $31,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Atlanta, GA | B | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Heritage Conservancy Doylestown, PA | B | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Adventure Crew Cincinnati, OH | B | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Gardeneers Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | West Point Association of Graduates West Point, NY | U | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | West Point Association of Graduates West Point, NY | U | $30,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Cultivate Collective Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute Washington, DC | U | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute Washington, DC | U | $30,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Community Movement Builders (fiscal Sponsor for Earthseed Farm) Atlanta, GA | U | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Common Good (fiscal Sponsor for Earthseed Farm) Ashfield, MA | U | $30,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Naples Botanical Garden Pike Road, AL | U | $30,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Naples Botanical Garden Pike Road, AL | U | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Friends of the Dps Hub Farm Durham, NC | C | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Girls Incorporated of St Louis St Louis, MT | U | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Adventure Crew Cincinnati, OH | B | $30,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Bronx Children's Museum Bronx, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc Interior, SD | U | $25,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Urban Adventure Squad Washington, DC | U | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Wilderness Inquiry St Paul, MN | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Common Groundnew Have Ecology Project New Haven, CT | U | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Dine' We Can Indian Wells, AZ | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Center for Research Education Arts Technology & Enterprise Milledgeville, GA | D | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Sitka Trail Works Sitka, AK | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Oaye Luta Okolakiciye Rapid City, SD | C | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Black Kids Adventures Huntsville, AL | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Loop Nola New Orleans, LA | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Wozu Inc Cannonball, ND | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Shejumps Salt Lake City, UT | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Wenatchee River Institute Leavenworth, WA | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Camp Phoenix Oakland, CA | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Urban Adventure Squad Washington, DC | U | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | A Warm Current Seattle, WA | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Arizona Trail Association Tucson, AZ | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Soul Trak Outdoors Washington, DC | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Museum of the Rockies Bozeman, MT | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Loop Nola New Orleans, LA | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Youth Seen Broomfield, CO | C | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Sacred Storm Buffalowambli Ska Community Development Society Rapid City, SD | U | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Lookout Mountain Conservancy Lookout Mountain, TN | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Brothers On the Rise Oakland, CA | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Streetwaves Corporation Delray Beach, FL | D | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | See You at the Top Cleveland, OH | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Laru Beya Collective Inc Arverne, NY | C | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Vamos Outdoor Project Bellingham, WA | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Powerplay NYC New York, NY | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Vibe Tribe Adventures Aurora, CO | B | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation Porcupine, SD | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | The Semilla Project Albuquerque, NM | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Outdoor Inclusion Coalition Pittsburgh, PA | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Dakota Wichohan Morton, MN | C | $20,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Brown Girls Climb Brooklyn, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Excite All Stars New Orleans, LA | U | $17,500 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Zuni, NM | B | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Bridger Ski Foundation Bozeman, MT | C | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Arizona Trail Association Tucson, AZ | B | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Field Institute of Taos Arroyo Seco, NM | C | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Wilderness Inquiry St Paul, MN | C | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Camp Phoenix Oakland, CA | B | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Purgatoire Watershed Partnership Trinidad, CO | B | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Lower Brule, SD | U | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Vibe Tribe Adventures Aurora, CO | B | $15,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Dakota Wichohan Morton, MN | C | $12,500 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Friends of Nature Parks Gainesville, FL | U | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | See You at the Top Cleveland, OH | B | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | A Warm Current Seattle, WA | C | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Localogy Questa, NM | B | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Powerplay NYC New York, NY | C | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | The Semilla Project Albuquerque, NM | C | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Wenatchee River Institute Leavenworth, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Sitka Trail Works Sitka, AK | B | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Lookout Mountain Conservancy Lookout Mountain, TN | C | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Streetwaves Corporation Delray Beach, FL | D | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Common Groundnew Have Ecology Project New Haven, CT | U | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Vamos Outdoor Project Bellingham, WA | C | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratories Panacea, FL | B | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Gallatin Gateway Youth Group Gallatin Gateway, MT | B | $10,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Forefront Chicago, IL | B | $6,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Environmental Grantmakers Associationblue Sky Funders Forum New York, NY | D | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Backyard Basecamp Inc Baltimore, MD | B | $5,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Environmental Grantmakers Associationblue Sky Funders Forum New York, NY | D | $5,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | Friends of Nature Parks Gainesville, FL | U | $5,000 | approved, future | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
| 2025 | The Watersmith Guild Cheswick, PA | B | $1,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS | 202601269349101815 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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