§101120. Promotion of local fundraising support

(a) Program.-The National Park Foundation shall design and implement a comprehensive program to assist and promote philanthropic programs of support at the individual System unit level.

(b) Implementation.-The program under subsection (a) shall be implemented to-

(1) assist in the creation of local nonprofit support organizations; and

(2) provide support, national consistency, and management-improving suggestions for local nonprofit support organizations.

(c) Program.-The program under subsection (a)-

(1) shall include the greatest number of System units as is practicable; and

(2) at a minimum shall include-

(A) a standard adaptable organizational design format to establish and sustain responsible management of a local nonprofit support organization for support of a System unit;

(B) standard and legally tenable bylaws and recommended money-handling procedures that can easily be adapted as applied to individual System units; and

(C) a standard training curriculum to orient and expand the operating expertise of personnel employed by local nonprofit support organizations.

(d) Annual Report.-The National Park Foundation shall report the progress of the program under subsection (a) in the annual report of the Foundation.

(e) Affiliations.-

(1) Charter or corporate bylaws.-Nothing in this section requires-

(A) a nonprofit support organization or friends group to modify current practices or to affiliate with the National Park Foundation; or

(B) a local nonprofit support organization, established as a result of this section, to be bound through its charter or corporate bylaws to be permanently affiliated with the National Park Foundation.

(2) Establishment.-An affiliation with the National Park Foundation shall be established only at the discretion of the governing board of a nonprofit organization.

( Pub. L. 113–287, §3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3122 .)