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National Park Service Centennial Challenge

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.406

Program objective

The National Park Centennial Initiative is an effort to prepare national parks for another century of conservation, preservation, and public enjoyment. Project efforts will improve parks and serve all Americans. Since 2015, the National Park Service has leveraged more than $88 million in funding from Congress through the Centennial Challenge program to attract more than $119 million from partner organizations to support hundreds of projects across the country. These projects reduce the maintenance backlog, improve visitor services, support outreach to new audiences, and strengthen partnerships to reinvigorate national parks and forge connections to new communities.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Information not available. In FY 2017, the program received over 200 applications and funded 65 projects.

  2. 2019

    The program supported approximately 60 projects.

  3. 2020

    One project for the Anchorage School District received funding.

  4. 2021

    Parks throughout the National Park Service partnered with local community organization to initiate programs that support park missions.

  5. 2022

    3 awards totaling $413,000.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR, Part 200, 43 CFR, OMB Circulars, standard forms, and program information.

  1. 54 USC §101701(b) Challenge Cost-share Agreement Authority; Public Law 110-161, Title I, Department of the Interior, Centennial Challenge; Public Law 114-289, Title I, Centennial Challenge Fund.