Great Outdoors Colorado’s Community Impact Grants to develop and revitalize parks, trails, school yards, fairgrounds, environmental education facilities, and other outdoor projects that enhance a community’s quality of life and access to the outdoors.
Donor Name: Great Outdoors Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000 and $1,000,000
Details:
GOCO funds community-driven projects of all sizes in communities big and small through this flexible program. They collaborate with grantees to support efforts through all phases, concept to completion. For example, funding might support local capacity for project management, land acquisition for development, community-centered planning and design, and project implementation—and all within a single grant. In the end, through this program, they celebrate the incredible and unique impacts the outdoors has across Colorado’s diverse communities.
Through this program, GOCO invites partners to apply for funding to develop and revitalize parks, trails, school yards, fairgrounds, environmental education facilities, and other outdoor projects as identified and prioritized by the communities they serve. To facilitate project outcomes, applicants may request funding, as needed, for the following components:
- Local capacity building through investments in existing staff, community members, and/or consultants
- Community planning, organizing and collaboration to identify existing barriers to outdoor experiences and solutions for overcoming them
- Land acquisitions
- Site-specific, community-centered design
- Storytelling, project communications, and celebrations
Funding Information
GOCO will consider grant requests between $100,000 and $1,000,000, with consideration for requests outside that range on a case-by-case basis.
Eligibility Criteria
This program is open to entities eligible to receive GOCO local government and open space funds as listed below. Ineligible entities can partner with an eligible entity to apply. As always, GOCO strongly encourages partnerships.
- Colorado municipality or county
- Title 32 special district eligible to receive distributions from the Conservation Trust Fun
- Political subdivision of the State of Colorado that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural area
- 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 trust
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
For more information, visit Community Impact Grants.
