The Arizona Game and Fish Commission (Commission) is accepting applications for its Local Sportsmen’s Group (LSG) Grants Program to support local sportsmen’s groups dedicated to wildlife conservation.
Donor Name: Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD)
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/12/2022
Size of the Grant: $75,000
Details:
The LSG Grant program is an element of the Department’s strategy for addressing recruitment, retention, reactivation (R3) and preserving these traditions (hunting, angling, shooting, & trapping – HAST). Local sportsmen’s groups have played a meaningful role in wildlife conservation, including their role in eliminating market hunting (self-regulation) at the end of the 19th Century, and in the 1930s for dedicated funding from Congress for research and wildlife management programs for state wildlife agencies through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Act.
There is no cost to Arizona taxpayers for this grant program. The Arizona Game and Fish Department does not receive any of the state’s general funds, and operates on a user-pay, public-benefit model. The Local Sportsmen’s Group Grant Program is funded from the sale of licenses and is an investment in the continuance of wildlife conservation efforts and outdoor recreation participation in the state of Arizona.
Funding Information
The Arizona Legislature and the Arizona Game and Fish Commission determine how much money is available each year, typically, $75,000 is available each Fiscal Year (July 1 – June 30).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Local Sportsmen’s Group Grants applicants must meet the following requirements. Applications that do not meet these criteria will be rejected.
- Be a not-for-profit, non-commercial, local, Arizona-based, or Arizona-chapter of national sportsmen’s / outdoor development group / organizations
- The project must meet the current Funding Window
- The project must be related to hunter, angler, shooter, trapper, recruitment, retention, reactivation – with relation to the annual Funding Window
- The project must be conducted in Arizona and focus on Arizona’s public
- NEW! The project must register participants using the Department’s free online registration system
- The project must be completed before June 30, 2023
- The applicant must register with Arizona Procurement Portal (APP)
- The applicant must obtain, and submit a certificate of general liability insurance coverage including sexual abuse and molestation insurance (S.A.M.I.) to the Department prior to signing the grant agreement to receive funding
For more information, visit LSG.
