About YNI
Partners and Supporters
Yosemite National Institutes thanks all of our partners and supporters, including:
A -C
- All of the schools and community groups who make it possible for students to experience the wonders of the National Parks
- Ansel Adams Gallery
- Amgen Foundation
- Balanced Rock Foundation
- Bank of America Foundation
- Burning Foundation
- Charlotte Martin Foundation
- Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership
- Cleo Foundation
- Clif Kid by Clif Bar
- Community Resources for Science
- Compton Foundation
D - K
- David B. Gold Foundation
- Delaware North Companies, Parks & Resorts at Yosemite
- Discuren Charitable Foundation
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
- Harrington- Schiff Foundation
- Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation
- Intel Corporation
- James Irvine Foundation
- Joseph Drown Foundation
- Katharine Audrey Webb Foundation
- The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment
- Kimball Foundation
- Knapsack Tours
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- Marin Community Foundation
- McEachern Charitable Foundation
- Medina Foundation
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Morningside Foundation
- National Geographic Education Foundation
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
- National Forest Service
- National Park Service
- National Science Foundation/ Western Carolina University
- Olympic National Park
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- Pendleton and Elisabeth Cary Miller Foundation
- Puget Sound Grant Writers Association (PSGA)
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- Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)
- The Russell Family Foundation
- The San Francisco Foundation
- The Seattle Foundation
- The Stocker Foundation
- Switzer Foundation
- The Marine Mammal Center
- Ueberroth Family Foundation
- Washington Mutual
- Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Wells Fargo
- The Wharton Foundation
- Wiancko Charitable Foundation
- Yosemite Association
- Yosemite Fund
- Yosemite Mountaineering School
- Yosemite National Park
- Yosemite Park Partners
WildLink Partnership
WildLink is an innovative partnership between Yosemite Institute,
Yosemite National Park, and other national parks and forests of the
Sierra. Each year, more than 100 culturally diverse high school
students from California experience the Sierra Nevada with WildLink.
Through WildLink programs, students participate in:
- Wilderness expeditions
- Leadership trainings
- Service projects
- Park internships
WildLink is a holistic program that empowers participants to build
connections between their local communities and the wilderness. Through
participant outreach, WildLink touches more than 1,100 underserved
Californians annually with:
- Classroom and community presentations
- Community service projects
- Park stewardship projects
- Family wilderness weekends
Since 2000, WildLink has opened the Sierra wilderness to the multi-cultural populations living at its doorstep
and demonstrated the relevance and benefits of wilderness and public lands for all
Americans. To learn more, visit WildLink online.