YELLOWSTONE FOREVER

Yellowstone Forever connects people to Yellowstone today and works to preserve it for tomorrow. We partner with Yellowstone National Park to create opportunities for all people to experience, enhance, and preserve Yellowstone forever.

First and foremost, Yellowstone National Park is our number one priority and the park's needs are our needs. We fund projects that address the park's most pressing priorities and provide educational opportunities to connect visitors of all ages to Yellowstone.

As the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park approaches in 2022, Yellowstone Forever will continue to focus on providing opportunities for all people to make meaningful connections to the park. These include helping to fund the Yellowstone Youth Campus, engaging new and diverse audiences, and placing an emphasis on technology, so that we can take the Yellowstone experience out into the world and inspire the next generation of park stewards

The Strategic Initiatives, as outlined in the 2017 - 2022 Yellowstone Forever Strategic Plan are:
1) Engage in a bold and visionary partnership with Yellowstone National Park to fund critical needs through increased engagement by philanthropic campaign and innovative Park Store experiences.
2) Enhance and expand the effectiveness and breadth of the educational programming model within Yellowstone National Park.
3) Establish Yellowstone Forever as a national brand for philanthropy and education, and a national model for public-private partnerships to support national parks.
4) Attain and retain the unique and exceptional talent required to achieve the mission of Yellowstone Forever and become an "employer of choice."
5) Use technology to take Yellowstone National Park out into the world and inspire the next generation of diverse stewards of the park.

Yellowstone Forever builds upon the longstanding missions of the Yellowstone Association and the Yellowstone Park Foundation by connecting people to Yellowstone through exceptional visitor experiences and educational programs, and inviting them to translate those experiences into lifelong support and philanthropic investment to preserve and enhance the park of the future. With the infrastructure and relationships in place from the legacy organizations, Yellowstone Forever has an unprecedented level of untapped capacity that it will build out over the next five years to accomplish these goals and strategies.

Strategic Priority 1: Yellowstone Forever has a strong philanthropy department that is focused on raising funds for park priority projects. Yellowstone Forever and Yellowstone National Park leadership have developed collaborative processes that outline park priorities. Yellowstone Forever is embarking on a bold, comprehensive campaign to fund the much-needed priorities of the park, including trail upgrades to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a new state-of-the-art Youth Campus, educational programming, cultural treasures, and critical wildlife research

Strategic Priority 2: Yellowstone Forever and Yellowstone National Park leadership have launched what is being referred to as the "Yellowstone Model" for educational programming. Over the next few years, Yellowstone Forever and the National Park Service will co-lead in-depth educational programming in the park.

Strategic Priority 3: In November 2016, Yellowstone Forever launched its new website, social media platforms, and brand. Over the past year, we have witnessed significant growth our online community. Over the next five years, Yellowstone Forever will be a nationally recognized brand, with a growing group of ambassadors ready to share our philanthropic and educational mission.

Strategic Priority 4: Led by our President & CEO, Yellowstone Forever has launched programs that reinforce our brand values and team attributes, activating and engaging our volunteer leadership and employees. Going forward, we will focus on talent development and management programs that promote collaboration, teamwork, and high-performance.

Strategic Priority 5: Yellowstone Forever has begun a major investment in technology that will help take the Yellowstone experience out to the world. As we build out our online infrastructure, we will be able to engage more diverse audiences with informative and shareable content, offer online classes, and tailored visitor engagement opportunities.