Yosemite National Park has formed partnerships with a variety of organizations in order to help the National Park Service fulfill its mission.

Yosemite's primary partners include:

• Yosemite Association
  Formed in 1923, the association was the first national park support organization in the United States. The nonprofit Yosemite Association continues its support today through a program of visitor services, publications sales, and membership activities.
  
  
• Yosemite Fund
  Created by the Yosemite Association, the Yosemite Fund became a separate organization in the 1980s and is the primary nonprofit fundraising organization for Yosemite.
  
  
• Yosemite Institute
  Yosemite Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides educational adventures in nature's classroom. For over 35 years, the institute and its parent organization (Yosemite National Institutes), have served over 40,000 youth and adults annually.
  
  
• Ansel Adams Gallery
  The Ansel Adams Gallery, an authorized park concessioner, is a registered California historic business, owned and operated in Yosemite by the family of Ansel Adams since 1902.
  
  
• DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite
  DNC, an authorized park concessioner, assumed the management of visitor services at Yosemite National Park in 1993, and quickly became known in the industry for its innovative environmental practices and management style.

You can learn more about Yosemite's primary partners at www.yosemitepartners.org.

Yosemite National Park has partnerships with numerous other organizations, as well, including the American Alpine Club (climbing history and current environmental concerns related to climbing), Sierra Club LeConte Lodge Committee (which operates the historic LeConte Memorial Lodge), University of California, Merced, and University of California, Berkeley, as well as a multitude of other local service and community organizations, and universities.

The park also has agreements with Huangshan and Jiuzhaigou national parks in China.