Applications are now open for the Planning and Capacity Grant Program to help their partners with planning, capacity, research, education, and storytelling projects that address opportunities, explore issues, and examine trends in the outdoors.
Donor Name: Great Outdoors Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/04/2022
Details:
Their program accommodates a wide range of projects, including strategic plans and master plans. They also invest in capacity-building and education efforts that help their partners make better informed decisions and take the appropriate actions. Through this program, GOCO also invests in research projects to share and further knowledge and facilitate learning in conservation and recreation, as well as community engagement and educational efforts that develop and foster networks, partnerships, and collaborations. Finally, this program supports storytelling projects, helping the partners communicate the impacts, benefits, and challenges outdoor work brings.
Through this program, GOCO invites partners to apply for funding to develop local, regional, or statewide plans e.g. master plans, strategic plans, comprehensive site plans; to create organizational capacity in order to address a natural or recreational resource need; to research a conservation or recreation issue facing Coloradans; to provide educational opportunities to communities and partners for salient topics needing broad or targeted dissemination.
Eligibility Criteria
- Colorado municipality or county
- Title 32 special district eligible to receive distributions from the Conservation Trust Fund
- Political subdivision of the State of Colorado that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas
- 501(c)(3) non-profit land conservation organization that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas, e.g., land trusts
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
For more information, visit Great Outdoors Colorado.
