Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) Community Impact Program seeks to enhance a community’s quality of life and access to the outdoors through investments in capital infrastructure projects and the community-driven processes that inform them.
Donor Name: Great Outdoors Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/24/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) invites partners to work collaboratively to pursue land conservation goals that represent shared priorities among a community. Partners should consider community impacts and elevate diverse perspectives as they develop land conservation projects. For FY25, GOCO plans to invest $10.3 million in local government funds and $8.6 million in open space funds to advance projects across all base programs.
Through this program, GOCO invites partners to apply for funding to develop and revitalize parks and other outdoor recreation amenities that enhance a community’s quality of life and access to the outdoors, 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 connectors and resident leadership, 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.
Eligible Costs
- Costs associated with project planning/coordination/implementation/communications/ celebration
- Staff expenses incurred by the applicant and any contracted service providers for professional services directly related to project outcomes and administration.
- Costs of surveys, engineering, design, GIS/mapping, land acquisition due diligence costs, etc.
- Costs associated with community engagement and related capacity.
- Costs associated with volunteer engagement and retention, e.g., prizes, awards, food, etc.
Who can apply?
- 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 GOCO.
