The Cave Preservation Fund:
The purpose of this fund is protect caves and help people learn more about the processes that make caves such unique underground places.
It supports the creation of new NSS Nature Preserves as well as the maintenance of existing NSS preserves; support of cave conservancies and conservation efforts; production and distribution of educational materials; fund additional cave-related research objectives; and to cover the operational costs of the NSS Cave Preservation Network (CPN) program.