PENNSYLVANIA PARKS AND FORESTS FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C36

Classification

1000

Street

704 LISBURN ROAD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE THEME FOR 2025 WAS "TRAILS", WHICH CELEBRATED THE 11,000 MILES OF TRAILS WE HAVE IN THE STATE PARK AND FOREST SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, INFORM, AND CONSERVE THROUGH VARIOUS MODES AND PROJECTS. FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, WE PROVIDED ARTICLES AND INFORMATION ON NEW WAYS TO RECREATE IN STATE PARKS AND FORESTS. WE USED OUR PLATFORMS OF NEWSLETTERS, BLOGS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE INFORMATION ON NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKED AT WAYS TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS, BOTH AT PPFF AND THROUGH OUR CHAPTERS. THIS INCLUDED MULTIPLE CORPORATE VOLUNTEER DAYS. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: 1) LAUNCHING OR REVITALIZING FRIENDS GROUPS AT PROMISED LAND STATE PARKS AND BUCHANAN STATE FOREST. 2) EXPANDING CORPORATE VOLUNTEERISM THROUGH DELOITTE, NATIONAL FUEL, GORE, SIEMENS, AND OTHERS. 3) ADVANCING ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH ACTION TRACK CHAIRS, INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, ADA TRAIL PANELS, AND SPANISH-LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS. 4) COMPLETING MAJOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE START OF RESTORATION OF THE CARROLL CABIN, GROUSE HABITAT INTERPRETIVE PANELS (STARTED), AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE FORESTS. 5) PRODUCING STATEWIDE OUTREACH THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, ARTICLES, PODCASTS, INFLUENCER PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO PROGRAM. 6) DELIVERING TRAIL TRAINING, LEAVE NO TRACE INSTRUCTION, CHAINSAW CERTIFICATION, AND ONLINE LEARNING MODULES. 7) COMPLETING THE PA OUTDOOR CORPS WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT AND LAUNCH OF THE MARKETING PLAN. WE LAUNCHED A PODCAST, THINK OUTSIDE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA PARKS AND FORESTS FOUNDATION, WHICH, TO DATE, HAS OVER 7,000 UNIQUE DOWNLOADS ON LISTENING PLATFORMS (NOT INCLUDING YOUTUBE AND THE WEBSITE). WE EXPANDED THE CONSERVATION HERITAGE PROJECT WEBSITE TO EXPLORE MORE UNTOLD STORIES TO INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS. WE FOCUSED ON TRAIL FUNDS TO ASSIST PARKS/FORESTS IMPROVE TRAIL CONDITIONS. 3,700 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 39,000 HOURS OF SERVICE 275 SERVICE PROJECTS 147 SPECIAL EVENTS THINGS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PPFF AND FRIENDS' GROUPS: 4,700 STUDENTS REACHED THROUGH 119 PROGRAMS SUPPORTED THROUGH EITC DONATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED WORK ON THE CARROLL CABIN REHABILITATION, SECURING FUNDING FOR CHIMNEY STABILIZATION AND COORDINATING NEXT PHASE PLANNING WITH DCNR. PPFF ALSO SUPPORTED ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS SUCH AS ACTION TRACK CHAIRS AT LACKAWANNA STATE PARK AND ADA LAUNCH PLANNING AT CHAPMAN AND LOCUST LAKE. OTHER PROJECTS THAT SUPPORTED STATE PARKS AND FORESTS INCLUDED HISTORIC PAVILION RESTORATION AT MONT ALTO STATE PARK, CREATION OF A NEW AMPHITHEATER AT SINNEMAHONING STATE PARK , AND EXPANSION OF A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT MONT ALTO STATE PARK. OUR THREE-TIMES-A-YEAR NEWSLETTER INCLUDED INFORMATIVE INFOGRAPHICS AND STORIES, SOME OF WHICH WERE REPURPOSED AS A BLOG AND/OR SHARED WITH STATE PARK AND FOREST STAFF TO ASSIST WITH THEIR OUTREACH. THE INFOGRAPHICS THAT WE PRODUCED ARE TYPICALLY SUGGESTED BY PARK OR FOREST STAFF. INFOGRAPHICS INCLUDED: WILDLIFE WATCHING, CARING FOR STATE PARKS AND FORESTS, DROWNING PREVENTION, CANOE CAMPING, TRAILSIDE CAMPING, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF FISH, AND UNDERSTANDING THE OVERNIGHT OPTIONS IN STATE PARKS AND FORESTS. THE NEWSLETTER ALSO FEATURED UPDATES ON THE WORK OF FRIENDS AND PPFF AND LEAD STORIES SUCH AS PA STATE FOREST HIKING TRAILS AND TRAIL HISTORY. PPFF AND OUR FRIENDS REACHED OVER 60,000 PEOPLE IN 2025 THROUGH PROGRAMS, EVENTS, TABLING, AND EXHIBITS. THESE EFFORTS BROADENED PPFF'S REACH, ENGAGED NEW AUDIENCES, AND STRENGTHENED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF STEWARDSHIP AND THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION.

  Expenses $1,248,900 · Revenue $76,045

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,770,133

  Expenses

  $1,343,353

  Contributions

  $1,402,813

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,705,889

  Expenses

  $1,312,634

  Contributions

  $1,336,577

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,836,086

  Expenses

  $1,695,523

  Contributions

  $1,461,705

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,731,729

  Expenses

  $1,537,047

  Contributions

  $1,397,850

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,533,514

  Expenses

  $1,205,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,323,828

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,087,462

  Expenses

  $1,025,549

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,939,380

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,187,445

  Expenses

  $1,416,330

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,880,472

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,526,303

  Expenses

  $1,171,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,109,470

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,165,290

  Expenses

  $1,087,989

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,750,480

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,072,681

  Expenses

  $1,256,087

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,671,644

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,875,113

  Expenses

  $1,011,545

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,858,522

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $889,178

  Expenses

  $975,751

  Assets (EOY)

  $989,862

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $967,927

  Expenses

  $791,799

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,079,369

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $850,909

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,090,491

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $22,550

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $13,174

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $12,725

  2022 · DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• FOUNDATION FOR PENNSYLVANIAWATERSHEDS

  $12,000

  2023

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $11,350

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• EARTHSHARE

  $10,718

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,144

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• BASS PRO SHOPS & CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND

  $10,000

  2023 · CONSERVING WILDLIFE AND HABITAT

• EARTHSHARE

  $8,800

  2023 · WORPLACE GIVING

• EARTHSHARE CHAPTERS INC

  $8,737

  2022 · WORKPLACE GIVING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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