US national parks to receive record-high gift of $100 million

PORTLAND, Maine: The National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, is about to receive a transformative US$100 million gift, the largest in its history.

This unprecedented donation comes from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc., marking the most extensive grant ever to benefit U.S. national parks.

The funds will support more than 400 national park sites ac