The Collaborative Capacity Program (CCP) financial awards invest in collaborative activities that support wildfire resilience, recreation opportunities, land & watershed restoration, and rural economies
Donor Name: National Forest Foundation
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The CCP 2026 grant program aims to strengthen collaborative capacity for natural resource management by funding projects that prioritize shared decision-making to reduce wildfire risk, ensure sustainable recreation and public access, and build economically resilient forests and communities. This year’s Request for Proposals (RFP) funds projects that bring together multiple perspectives to co-create solutions for forest stewardship or increase Tribal co-stewardship of our National Forests and Grasslands. The 2026 CCP opportunity is not intended to provide sustaining funds for existing partnerships, but rather to catalyze new initiatives, to support the development of innovative approaches to National Forest System lands management, or to bring new, different interests to participate in public lands decision-making.
Program Focus
Every proposal for 2026 CCP funding must include the following components:
- Build capacity for collaborative planning and governance for shared decision-making around public lands management. These funds will not support on-the-ground implementation or coordination of imminent implementation.
- Support efforts that lead to landscape-scale forest stewardship outcomes, including wildfire resilience, forest health, sustainable recreation, and economic wellbeing.
- Encourage multi-stakeholder partnerships including with federal, state, and local entities, or costewardship agreements with Tribes.
Funding Information
$20,000 – $50,000
Project Period
12 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Tribal Applicants
- Tribes have been careful stewards of forests since time immemorial. The NFF acknowledges the sovereignty and unique and diverse perspectives of the 575 federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Villages, and the many other state- and non-recognized Tribes. There are several ways that federally recognized Tribes engage with the Forest Service, including government-to-government consultation, collaboration, or even formal agreements, such as co-stewardship agreements. In relation to public lands management and National Forests, tribal sovereignty entails the recognition of Tribal Nations and their rights to participate in decision-making processes regarding lands that hold cultural, historical, and spiritual significance to them.
- Applications from federally recognized Tribes and federally recognized Tribal organizations will be evaluated separately for CCP 2026 funding. Therefore, there is a separate application deadline.
Tribally-led or focused nonprofits that are not Tribal 7871 Organizations are not eligible for the Tribal Applicant Pathway. These entities may apply through the Community Partner Applicant Pathway if they are incorporated as a nonprofit, or use a nonprofit, college or university, or local government entity as a fiscal sponsor. State and non-recognized tribes may apply through the Community Partner Applicant Pathway if they are incorporated as a nonprofit, or use a nonprofit, college or university, or local government entity as a fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit NFF.
