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Eli Lilly is a company in Indiana, they donate heavily to Indiana colleges and have endowments at many schools. Never heard of them doing anything like this.
Eli Lilly is a company in Indiana, they donate heavily to Indiana colleges and have endowments at many schools. Never heard of them doing anything like this.
The U.S. national park system gets a $100 million grant, the largest in its history
Joe HernandezAugust 26, 202412:55 PM ET
A visitor xtakes photographs of bison in Yellowstone National Park on June 13.
Matthew Brown/APThe National Park Foundation announced Monday that it had received the largest grant in its nearly 60-year history, a $100 million gift from Lilly Endowment Inc.
The foundation, which is the fundraising arm of the National Park Service, said the money would help pay for programs to enhance the park system, which includes more than 400 sites nationwide.
“For over 50 years, private philanthropy has played a vital role in bridging the gap between park needs and available funding,” Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, said in a statement.
“This grant will allow us to supercharge our efforts to ensure our national parks are for everyone, for generations to come,” he added.
The $100 million gift is also the largest grant benefiting national parks in U.S. history, the NPF said.
The money will be used to fund four key priorities, including creating opportunities for young people to visit the parks and conserving threatened ecosystems and wildlife, national park officials said.
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Based in Indianapolis, the Lilly Endowment was created in 1937 by members of the family behind the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company — J.K. Lilly, Sr. and his sons, Eli and J.K. Jr. . .
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