Pacific Historic Parks

What Pacific Historic Parks does

Pacific Historic Parks (PHP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association founded in 1979 and headquartered at 1 Arizona Memorial Place in Honolulu, Hawaii. It operates as the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service at Pearl Harbor National Memorial and supports six historic sites across Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Pearl Harbor National Memorial (home of the USS Arizona Memorial), Diamond Head State Monument, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, War in the Pacific National Historical Park (Guam), American Memorial Park (Saipan), and Honouliuli National Historic Site. In 2025 PHP privately funded 44 days of Pearl Harbor operations during the federal government shutdown and took over NPS online posting duties during the lapse in appropriations.

PHP's core products are visitor experiences, educational programming, and donor/membership services. The organization operates the NPS-sanctioned self-guided audio tour of Pearl Harbor National Memorial narrated by actress Jamie Lee Curtis, tiered premium tours (Chief's, Commander's, Admiral VIP), and the Pearl Outdoor VR Theater. It also operates the only day-of, in-person Navy-operated shuttle boat standby queue for the USS Arizona Memorial (tickets otherwise reservable up to eight weeks in advance on recreation.gov for a $1 fee). Educational programs reach more than 40,000 students per year across Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan, supported by K-12 field trips, Adventure Lab geocaching curricula, and a National Park Foundation Open OutDoors for Kids grant at American Memorial Park. Sub-programs include the USS Arizona Operation 85 (a multi-year DPAA partnership that reached the 60% DNA Family Reference Samples threshold for disinterment of up to 141 USS Arizona unknowns in April 2026), the Harrison's Heroes youth-led VR fundraising campaign, the Randy Stratton Memorial Fund, and the quarterly Remembrance magazine archive dating to 2003.

PHP's business model is a hybrid nonprofit revenue stack: tiered individual and corporate memberships spanning $35 to $25,000 (Honouliuli, Brass, Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Legacy Donor, Corporate Legacy Donor), one-time and recurring charitable donations processed through Bloomerang CRM, on-site and online bookstore/retail sales, nominal-fee self-guided audio tours and premium VIP multimedia tours, American flag flights over the USS Arizona Memorial with custom certificates, and private guided donor experiences. The customer base spans 1.7 million annual Pearl Harbor visitors (general public, veterans, school groups, international tourists), tiered individual and corporate donors, K-12 students and educators, volunteers (including active-duty military), and partner museums on Ford Island (Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum). The technology stack is conventional nonprofit SaaS — Wix for web, Bloomerang for CRM/donations/volunteers, Qgiv for membership forms, Constant Contact for email, FlipHTML5 for the digital magazine, recreation.gov for ticketing — with no proprietary AI/ML components.

Name

Pacific Historic Parks

Legal name

Pacific Historic Parks

Website

https://pacifichistoricparks.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pacific Historic Parks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association founded in 1979 that supports six National Park Service and state historic sites across Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan, serving 1.7 million annual visitors, 40,000+ K-12 students, and a tiered donor/membership base through visitor services, audio tours, VR experiences, and educational programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Park & Historic Site Services

NAICS

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219), Historical Sites (712120)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

National Park & Protected Area Tours (THAJAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural Heritage & Historic District Tours (THAJAAAB), Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA), Conservation Parks & Private Nature Reserves (Visitor Operations) (THAAAFAB)

Keywords

• Nonprofit park services
• Historic site management
• Museum bookstore retail
• WWII education programs
• Donation membership programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Waipahu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Memberships (recurring and one-time): Tiered individual memberships from Honouliuli ($50) to Corporate Legacy Donor ($25,000), plus mid-tier Brass/Copper/Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum/Diamond/Legacy Donor. Available as one-time or ongoing/recurring via Qgiv membership forms. Members receive bookstore discounts, complimentary or VIP multimedia tours, recognition on websites and the Pearl Harbor Digits Donor Wall, and reserved seats at the December 7th Remembrance event.
2. Donations: One-time and recurring charitable donations processed via Bloomerang CRM/HostedDonation platform. Includes designated funds (Honouliuli National Historic Site, Randy Stratton Memorial Fund, Harrison's Heroes, Pearl Harbor Heroes) and general operating support. Donations are tax-deductible (501(c)(3), Tax ID 99-0194501).
3. Bookstore and retail merchandise sales: Sales of books, apparel, collectibles, flags flown over the USS Arizona Memorial, display cases, and commemorative items through the Pacific Historic Parks Bookstore (online at pacifichistoricparksbookstore.org) and on-site retail at the Pearl Harbor Museum Store. Membership provides 15% discount.
4. Self-guided audio tours and VIP multimedia tours: Nominal-fee self-guided audio tour of Pearl Harbor National Memorial (narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis), and premium Chiefs/Commanders/Admiral VIP multimedia tours with VR experiences. Military discounts offered with valid ID.
5. American flag flights and certificates: Premium U.S. flags flown over the USS Arizona Memorial and delivered with an official Certificate of Flag Presentation; available to members at Diamond, Legacy Donor, and Corporate Legacy tiers and to general supporters through the bookstore.
6. Donor experiences and reserved event access: Premium donor experiences including private guided donor tours of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial and the USS Arizona Memorial, guided tours of Ford Island's USS Oklahoma and USS Utah Memorials, and V.I.P. reserved seats at the December 7th Remembrance event for higher-tier members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Pacific Historic Parks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association that supports visitor services, educational programming, and fundraising for four national parks and one state park in the Pacific region, anchored by Pearl Harbor National Memorial. It operates the NPS-sanctioned self-guided audio tour narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, the Pearl Outdoor VR Theater, a tiered membership program, on-site museum bookstores, donor experiences including American flags flown over the USS Arizona Memorial, and a portfolio of educational programs reaching 40,000+ students per year.

Product overview

Pacific Historic Parks (PHP) is a single 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association that delivers a unified portfolio of visitor, education, and remembrance products anchored around six historic sites: Pearl Harbor National Memorial (including the USS Arizona Memorial Narrated Tour, Pearl Outdoor VR Theater Virtual Reality Experiences, and Chief's, Commander's, and Admiral VIP Tours narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis), Diamond Head State Monument, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, War In The Pacific National Historical Park (Guam), American Memorial Park (Saipan), and Honouliuli National Historic Site. On top of this park-support core, PHP operates supporting modules including the USS Arizona Operation 85 remembrance initiative, the Harrison's Heroes youth fundraising campaign (funding an in-development VR experience for children), the Randy Stratton Memorial Fund, WWII Oral Histories and History Talks programs (Rosies, VFW, Reflections from Pearl Harbor, Submarine Programs), K-12 Education Programs across Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan, the Remembrance Magazine published quarterly, and a tiered Membership Program spanning Honouliuli through Corporate Legacy Donor levels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pearl Harbor Heroes: A donor recognition and fundraising platform operated by Pacific Historic Parks tied to Pearl Harbor Heroes membership, with a dedicated site at pearlharborheroes.org

Products and services

• USS Arizona Memorial Narrated Tour
• Chief's Tour
• Commander's Multimedia Tour
• Admiral VIP Tour
• Pearl Outdoor VR Theater Virtual Reality Experience
• Pacific Historic Parks Membership Program
• Remembrance Magazine
• Pearl Harbor Museum Store Retail
• WWII Education K-12 Programs
• WWII Oral Histories and History Talks Program
• USS Arizona Operation 85
• Randy Stratton Memorial Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• Kept Pearl Harbor open for 44 days during 2025 federal government shutdown through private funding and community support while most national parks were closed.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / primary partner, core partner, core operational partner, strategic referral partner, flagship celebrity talent partner, core technology vendor, core / strategic partner, minor / event venue partner, core event platform partner, strategic / sister initiative, minor / planned-giving partner and minor.

• National Park Service (NPS)flagship / primary partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Historic Parks is the official 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association of the National Park Service at Pearl Harbor National Memorial. PHP partners with the NPS to operate the only complimentary day-of, in-person Navy-operated shuttle boat standby queue for the USS Arizona Memorial; NPS-sanctioned self-guided audio tour; educational programs reaching 40,000+ students per year; and online posting of notices/events at Pearl Harbor during federal government shutdowns.
• Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)core partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Historic Parks supports Diamond Head State Monument under a partnership with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). DLNR badge is displayed on the PHP website footer and PHP hosts National Kids to Parks Day at Diamond Head with DLNR support.
• US Navycore operational partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUS Navy operates the shuttle boats to the USS Arizona Memorial every 15 minutes from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM (with lunch break 12:00 PM–1:00 PM). PHP operates the standby queue and distributes complimentary day-of tickets at the Narrated Tour Desk. Joint Force Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam hosts the Pearl Harbor National Memorial grounds.
• recreation.govcore operational partnerTechnology or Integrationrecreation.gov hosts the $1 per ticket online reservation system for USS Arizona Memorial shuttle boat tickets, reservable up to 8 weeks in advance, and is also the booking platform for the Passport to Pearl Harbor (covering Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum).
• Pacific Fleet Submarine Museumstrategic referral partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdjacent non-NPS museum accessed via walkway from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Operates baggage storage for visitors subject to the no-bag policy at Pearl Harbor National Memorial. PHP provides reciprocal visitor referrals and the complimentary Ford Island shuttle bus makes a stop at this site.
• Battleship Missouri Memorialstrategic referral partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdjacent non-NPS museum on Ford Island; reachable via PHP-coordinated complimentary Ford Island shuttle bus. Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is the free entry point; Battleship Missouri charges its own admission.
• Pearl Harbor Aviation Museumstrategic referral partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdjacent non-NPS museum on Ford Island; reachable via PHP-coordinated complimentary Ford Island shuttle bus. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum charges its own admission.
• Jamie Lee Curtisflagship celebrity talent partnerOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerAcademy Award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis narrates Pacific Historic Parks' NPS-sanctioned self-guided audio tour of Pearl Harbor National Memorial, and hosts the Chiefs', Commanders', and Admiral VIP multimedia tours that are included with Copper/Bronze/Silver/Gold membership tiers and sold as VIP experiences.
• Bloomerangcore technology vendorTechnology or IntegrationCloud CRM and HostedDonation platform powering PHP's donation processing across Honouliuli, Randy Stratton Memorial Fund, Harrison's Heroes, and general funds. Also hosts PHP's volunteer management portal (volunteer.bloomerang.co) for Flag Flying/Folding events and NPS Day of Service.
• Qgivcore technology vendorTechnology or IntegrationOnline membership forms processor powering one-time and recurring Pacific Historic Parks memberships across all 10 tiers ($35–$25,000) at secure.qgiv.com/for/phpmembershipform.
• Constant Contactcore technology vendorTechnology or IntegrationEmail marketing platform powering PHP's monthly newsletters (December, November, October 2025 issues cited) and volunteer newsletter signup (lp.constantcontactpages.com).
• Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)core / strategic partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHP's Operation 85 team (led by USS Arizona family member Kevin Kline) collaborated with DPAA, the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Casualty Offices, and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System to reach the 60% DNA Family Reference Samples threshold, enabling DPAA to formally request disinterment of potentially 141 USS Arizona unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
• Hawaii Theatreminor / event venue partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue host for "Honouliuli: A History Awakened" event on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at the Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI 96813. Cross-promoted via honouliuliawakened.com.
• Pearl Harbor Events (pearlharborevents.com)core event platform partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerLivestream and recording platform for the 85th Anniversary USS Utah Ceremony (Dec 6, 2026), National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony (Dec 7, 2026), USS Oklahoma Ceremony (Dec 7, 2026), and The Blackened Canteen (Dec 8, 2026). Also hosts the December 7th Commemoration Ceremony information at pearlharborevents.com.
• Pearl Harbor Heroes (pearlharborheroes.org)strategic / sister initiativeStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-branded sister initiative website for Pacific Historic Parks' Heroes membership and Pearl Harbor Heroes donor recognition. PHP member recognition is listed on both pacifichistoricparks.org and pearlharborheroes.org.
• The US Will Registry (Free Wills)minor / planned-giving partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerFree Wills partnership via theuswillregistry.org/partnership/pacific-historic-parks enabling PHP supporters to create simple wills at no cost, supporting planned giving.
• Free Wills / The US Will RegistryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPHP offers a Free Wills partnership via theuswillregistry.org/partnership/pacific-historic-parks to enable planned giving and estate gifts.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gettysburg Foundation: 501(c)(3) nonprofit partner of the National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park, operating museum/bookstore, membership, and education programs at a flagship Civil War site. Closely mirrors PHP's NPS cooperating-association model at a different flagship historic site.
• Western National Parks Association: 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association of the National Park Service supporting parks across the western U.S. Closest structural peer to Pacific Historic Parks: identical NPS cooperating-association business model, retail and membership programs, and educational mission.
• American Battlefield Trust: 501(c)(3) nonprofit that preserves and interprets historic battlefield sites with membership tiers, donor recognition programs, K-12 education, and national reach. Highly comparable nonprofit operating model in the U.S. historic-preservation space.
• Eastern National (now ENCORE): 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperating association of the National Park Service serving parks in the eastern and central U.S. Direct peer with the same NPS cooperating-association model, bookstore/membership programs, and educational interpretation focus.

Broad incumbents

• The National WWII Museum: New Orleans-based WWII museum and education institution with similar mission of preserving and interpreting WWII history, large donor base, multi-tier memberships, and K-12 education programs. Broader incumbent in the same WWII remembrance/education space.
• National Park Foundation: Official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service at the national level, funding Open OutDoors for Kids grants that PHP itself receives. Comparable because it works with the same NPS network, donor base, and education mission, but operates at a much broader scale across all national parks.
• Smithsonian Institution: Federal museum, education, and research complex with multi-site visitor services, memberships, education programs, and donor recognition. Broad incumbent in the U.S. museum/historic-preservation ecosystem, operating at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum: Adjacent non-NPS museum on Ford Island providing baggage storage and visitor referrals. Operates in the same Pearl Harbor visitor ecosystem and partners with PHP on visitor logistics, including the no-bag policy.
• Battleship Missouri Memorial: Adjacent Ford Island memorial offering WWII shipboard tours and ticketed experiences via the Passport to Pearl Harbor on recreation.gov. Competes for a share of Pearl Harbor visitor spending and partners with PHP through reciprocal referrals.
• Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum: Adjacent non-NPS museum on Ford Island accessed via the same Ford Island shuttle that PHP coordinates. Operates in the same Pearl Harbor visitor market with comparable WWII historical content, education programs, and reciprocal visitor referrals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pacificparks
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCf0E2LPo1FngbUeQEWLn0NQ/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/PacificParks
• Instagraminstagram.com/pacifichistoricparks
• TikToktiktok.com/@pacifichistoricparks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pacific-historic-parks

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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