Glacier National Park Conservancy
The Glacier National Park Conservancy was established on January 1, 2013 from a merger of the Glacier National Park Fund and the Glacier Association. The Glacier National Park Fund previously operated as a non-profit fund raising organization whose main goal was to raise money to support various needs of Glacier National Park, headquartered in West Glacier, Montana. In its history, the Glacier National Park Fund raised 3.5 million dollars. The Glacier Association was founded in 1941 and incorporated in 1946 and provided funding from receipts received from book and merchandise sales at not only Glacier National park bookstores and visitor centers, but at other federal facilities including Flathead National Forest, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Big Hole National Battlefield and the National Bison Range, all of which are located in the state of Montana.
The Glacier National Park Conservancy has provided funding for educational programs, the construction of handicapped accessible trails, updating facilities and for restoration of historic structures such as when the Sperry Chalet was nearly destroyed by the Sprague Fire in 2017.
