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NANE: National Park Foundation (NPF)
coRPoRATI0N PROFILE
NPE
PURPOSE: NPF*S purpose is to encourage private gifts of real and
personal property or any income therein for the benefit of, or in
connection with, tha National Park Service (NPS), its activities,
or Services. NPF is to foster a stewardship ethic to preserve
and utilize thg National Park Syaton'a resourcea, to strengthen/
improve the means by which NPS uses its financial resourceS to
manage National Parks, to initiata and support programS which
broaden/enhance NPS facilities, and acquire, manage and protect
land tractS pending their addition to the National Park eyatem.
NPF undertakSS Special projects and publisheS brochures and other
matarials on National Parka.
LEtGAL AUTNORITY: 16 U.S.C. 19e-n
DATE CREATED: December 18, 1967
LECISIATED TERIUNATI~N M+rD: NPP has perpetual succesSion.
LEGAL STATUS: Charitable non-profit corporation.
AGKNCY STATUS : Nona specified in enabling 1Sgialation.
BOARDO? DIRECTORS: Enabling logialation requires at loaat eight
members, one of which is a Presidential appointments, but IS
silent regarding the maximuS numbar of board l mbarm. NPP’.
Board shall consist of:
--Smratary of the Interior (Chairman of the Board),
--Director of the National Park S~~icm, ox officio
(Secretary of the Board), and
--no 1oSS than mix private U.S. citizens appofntod by the
Secretary of Interior whose teas arm six yaara and are
staggered. Thm Board is to moat at 1eaSt onm time l ach
year and at the Chairman's call.
ADVISORY BOARD -: Nono apacified in enabling lbgialation
PARENTAGENCY: None specified in SnSbling 1egiSlation.
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