Yellowstone Park Foundation: Corporate & Foundation Sponsors

The Yellowstone Park Foundation recognizes the following organizations for their generous support in helping to protect the wonders and wildlife of Yellowstone National Park.

Benefactors
(gifts or pledges of $250,000 and more in the past 18 months, or total gifts of one million dollars or more)

	ConocoPhillips Inc. donated $200,000 in 1996 as seed money to launch the Yellowstone Park Foundation. Since then, ConocoPhillips has contributed more than $4 million to fund the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center, the Yellowstone Trails Fund, and other Foundation projects.
	Canon U.S.A., Inc. is the largest corporate supporter of wildlife conservation in Yellowstone National Park. Projects are supported through an educational and research program -- Eyes on Yellowstone is made possible by Canon.
	National Science Foundation donated $2.75 million to fund the design, construction, and installation of interpretive exhibits for the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center and to produce several Electronic Field Trips to Yellowstone for www.windowsintowonderland.org.
	Toyota Motor Sales, USA contributed $1 million to environmentally sustainable elements in the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center, $882,000 to fund innovative, educational youth programs in Yellowstone National Park, and six hybrid vehicles for Park and Foundation use.
	Moose International and the million-plus men and women of the Moose fraternal organization have donated more than $1.7 million to the Yellowstone Park Foundation to fund Yellowstone's Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) -- an annual eight-week summer program in which 15- to 18-year-olds learn and grow while working on projects to maintain and preserve Yellowstone's natural and cultural resources. Watch a video about the Yellowstone YCC>>
	Unilever made the first major donation, $1.25 million, to build the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center in Yellowstone and has supported the Foundation by making additional, significant grants for trail restoration, hosting events, and providing important in-kind support.
	The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has donated more than $1.2 million to fund groundbreaking studies on the microorganisms in Yellowstone and how they affect the entire ecosystem. The findings may also have far-reaching benefits to the world of science.
	The Coca-Cola Company donated $500,000 to the Yellowstone Trails Fund and, through their Coca-Cola Foundation, donated $1 million to fund a classroom for educational programs for all ages in the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center.