54 USC § 101120 - Promotion of local fundraising support

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identifier: "/us/usc/t54/s101120"
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title: "54 USC § 101120 - Promotion of local fundraising support"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "101120"
section_name: "Promotion of local fundraising support"
chapter_number: 1011
chapter_name: "DONATIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3122.)"
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# § 101120. Promotion of local fundraising support

**(a)** **Program.—** The National Park Foundation shall design and implement a comprehensive program to assist and promote philanthropic programs of support at the individual System unit level.

**(b)** **Implementation.—** The program under subsection (a) shall be implemented to—

**(1)** assist in the creation of local nonprofit support organizations; and

**(2)** provide support, national consistency, and management-improving suggestions for local nonprofit support organizations.

**(c)** **Program.—** The program under subsection (a)—

**(1)** shall include the greatest number of System units as is practicable; and

**(2)** at a minimum shall include—

**(A)** a standard adaptable organizational design format to establish and sustain responsible management of a local nonprofit support organization for support of a System unit;

**(B)** standard and legally tenable bylaws and recommended money-handling procedures that can easily be adapted as applied to individual System units; and

**(C)** a standard training curriculum to orient and expand the operating expertise of personnel employed by local nonprofit support organizations.

**(d)** **Annual Report.—** The National Park Foundation shall report the progress of the program under subsection (a) in the annual report of the Foundation.

**(e)** **Affiliations.—**

**(1)** **Charter or corporate bylaws.—** Nothing in this section requires—

**(A)** a nonprofit support organization or friends group to modify current practices or to affiliate with the National Park Foundation; or

**(B)** a local nonprofit support organization, established as a result of this section, to be bound through its charter or corporate bylaws to be permanently affiliated with the National Park Foundation.

**(2)** **Establishment.—** An affiliation with the National Park Foundation shall be established only at the discretion of the governing board of a nonprofit organization.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3122.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 101120 | 16 U.S.C. 19o. | Pub. L. 90–209, § 11, as added Pub. L. 105–391, title VII, § 701, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3520. |