Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park assists the National Park Service in its mission to preserve and protect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by raising funds and public awareness, and providing volunteers for needed projects.
Click Here to watch an inspirational video about Friends of the Smokies.
Board of Directors - Click Here
Friends Staff:
President: Jim Hart
Director of Development: Sarah Weeks
Special Projects Director: Lauren Gass
Special Projects Coordinator: Kathryn Robertson
Chief Financial Officer: Nan Jones
Marketing Director: Holly Scott
North Carolina Director: Holly Demuth
AmeriCorps Outreach Associate: Keith Hoffman
Volunteer Communications Specialist: Ellie Burbank
Friends of the Smokies Guidestar Profile
2011 Audited Financial Statements
2010 Audited Financial Statements
2009 Audited Financial Statements
2009 Funding Report to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Friends Of The Smokies History
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park works closely with the National Park Service. Each year the Park staff develops an annual needs list of projects for which Friends provides funding.
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park was organized in 1993.
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park gained its incorporating charter from the State of North Carolina on June 30, 1995.
Friends of the Smokies has raised over $34 million through individual, corporate
and foundation contributions, special events, and sales of specialty license
plates in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Friends of the Smokies is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the Internal Revenue Service (Tax ID number 62-1564782).
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND MILESTONES
See this year's list of park needs and opportunities to help.
Wherever you go in the Smokies, you can see the results of our collective efforts, but we still have a lot more work to do. Please help us help the Smokies. Become a Friend Today! Click for more info.

Phone: 865.932.4794
Toll-free: 800.845.5665
Fax: 865.933.7607
E-mail: info@friendsofthesmokies.org
Friends of the Smokies
North Carolina Office
Phone: 828.452.0720
Fax: 828.452.0767
E-mail: info@friendsofthesmokies.org