The National Forest Foundation’s Collaborative Capacity Program financial awards provide resources to support collaborative activities that increase wildfire resilience, recreation opportunities, forest health, and rural economies.
Donor Name: National Forest Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | In-Kind
Deadline: 07/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Types of Grant
- Mini Grants
- Standard Grants.
Funding Information
- Mini Grants
- Awards up to $10,000.
- Standard Grants
- Awards of $10,001-$75,000.
- 20% Cash or in-kind match.
Grant period
Activities funded in this round will begin in late 2025 and may run for 12, 18, or 24 months.
Uses of Fund
Funding must support collaboration or collaboration-based activities that aim to benefit National Forest System lands.
Eligible Activities
Examples of eligible activities include but are not limited to:
- Stipends or honoraria for participation in collaborative and Tribal co-stewardship efforts
- Travel costs for participants to attend meetings and convenings
- Supplies and materials for outreach and communication deliverables
- Dedicated staff for coordination, facilitation, communications, writing support
- Costs for meetings and convenings (e.g., venue rental, supplies, food)
- Contractor services to:
- Write governance documents, monitoring plans, science-based strategy development
- Deliver community needs or situational assessments
- Create outreach and communication deliverables
- Develop shovel-ready projects list within context of landscape-scale strategy.
Geographic Restrictions
Proposals will be accepted from throughout the United States where there can be benefit to National Forest System lands.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications to the Mini Grant pathway will be considered from:
- Federally recognized Tribal governments and Tribal organizations
- Nonprofit organizations, local governmental entities, and colleges and universities
- State-recognized and non-recognized Tribal governments may apply if they are incorporated as one of the above types of organizations or use one as a fiscal sponsor
- Applications to the Standard Grants pathway will be considered from:
- Federally recognized Tribal governments1 and Tribal organizations2
- Nonprofit organizations, local governmental entities, and colleges and universities.
Deadlines
- Mini Grants: July 25, 2025
- Standard Grants:
- Community Partner Applicants: August 1, 2025
- Tribal Applicants: August 22, 2025.
For more information, visit NFF.
