Yellowstone forever ("yf") serves as the official non-profit partner for yellowstone national park ("park"). Yf's purpose is to provide grants and in-kind support to the park through philanthropic and educational initiatives.

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Support for yellowstone national park: cash grants support six initiatives: cultural treasurers, greenest park, ranger heritage, tomorrow's stewards, visitor experience, and wildlife. Grants were also spent on the yellowstone youth campus and canyon overlooks. In addition, grants supported staffing and administrative expenses for managing the coordination of the park grants and programs. visitor education programming: approximately 7,569 visitors to yellowstone national park attended over 133 yellowstone forever educational programs in natural history, geology, cultural history, wildlife, environmental conservation and preservation for a total of approximately 203,601 contact hours. visitor education product sales: approximately 280,846 customers and visitors to yellowstone national park purchased educational and interpretive books, maps, dvds, games, and other items that foster a deeper understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of yellowstone and its surrounding ecosystem at 8 park stores at yellowstone national park, 1 park store at bozeman yellowstone international airport, 1 forest store at hebgen lake gallatin national forest, and yellowstone. Org. Products are approved each year by the national park service in an annual scope of sales statement.