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54 U.S.C. § 101120 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 54. National Park Service and Related Programs § 101120. Promotion of local fundraising support

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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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