# National Park Foundation The **National Park Foundation (NPF)** is the congressionally chartered official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service (see [[National Park Service]]), created to raise private philanthropic support for the national parks. It operates as a well-known, broadly trusted public charity. ## KB relevance The NPF is in this knowledge base primarily because of the [[Freedom 250]] story: according to the July 2026 House Natural Resources Democrats' report, Trump officials lodged the Trump-controlled Freedom 250 vehicle **inside** the National Park Foundation, using the charity's credibility and donor relationships as cover while operating outside the transparency rules Congress wrote for the nonpartisan [[United States Semiquincentennial Commission]]. The Foundation's role in that arrangement is the open question the report raises. > Status: stub — expand with the NPF's charter, governance, and the specifics of the Freedom 250 hosting arrangement. ## See also - [[Freedom 250]] — the vehicle allegedly hosted inside the NPF - [[America 250]] · [[United States Semiquincentennial Commission]] - [[National Park Service]] — the agency the NPF supports