Mission: Since 1930, the mount rushmore national memorial society (society) has been the official fund-raising partner, working toward the creation, the promotion and education of the sculpture and natural resources which surround mount rushmore national memorial. In collaboration with the national park service, the society shares a mission of protecting and preserving the memorial while providing inspirational experiences for people from around the world by providing publications, audio tours, trail opportunities, educational forums, special events and national celebrations like the independence day celebration.

Programs: Funding to preserve and conduct annual maintenance of the sculpture. Aid to the park funding support for education programs, special events, promotion of mount rushmore and publications. Through bookstore sales, a membership program and audio tour outlet, funds are raised for nps interpretive division to provide educational and interpretive programming to the public about mount rushmore. The following projects were funded in fy 2016: mount rushmore interpretive ranger intern program; school bus parking and transportation scholarships which allow children from area schools to attend educational opportunities in the park; cultural demonstrations at the lakota, dakota and nakota village; exhibit replacement for lincoln borglum museum; avenue of flags; funded junior ranger badges for over 24,000 youth participants; developed original publications to be sold at the memorial; provided interpretive program supplies and library acquisitions; hosted a presidential dinner featuring woodrow wilson as a fundraising event which also allowed president wilson to speak at area middle schools making history relevant to school children.

maintenance, operation, and financing of mount rushmore national memorial parking facilities. These parking facilities are exclusively for visitors to the memorial. After 20 years of successful operation and maintenance of the facility, the contract ended and the possessory interest expired.