The Anchorage Trail Care Fund at the Alaska Community Foundation is accepting applications to establish a source for funding summer soft surface trail maintenance and construction projects in the Anchorage Bowl, from Girdwood to Eklutna.
Donor Name: The Alaska Community Foundation
State: Alaska
City: Anchorage
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Soft surface trails are meant to include non-paved trails on public land where maintenance is not generally funded through local, state, or federal budgets.
Funding Information
Grant requests may be up to $2,500 per organization for either one summer trail maintenance or one trail construction activity.
Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria
- Likelihood of success
- Organization is capable and has a viable plan to achieve success.
- Additional funding sources
- Organization has secured, or is in the process of securing, additional funds necessary for project completion.
- Public support for project
- Project has demonstrated public support.
- Impact on Anchorage trail networks
- Plan indicates a positive impact on trail usage through increased trail capacity, usability, and/or accessibility.
- Historical use of trail
- Evidence provided showing historic trail use by a variety of users.
- Sustainability
- Projects should be designed to require minimal maintenance to retain their designed purpose.
- Alignment with SCORP
- Projects should be aligned with the most current Alaska Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Geographic Location
Anchorage
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Your organization is eligible for funding through this grant opportunity if it is one of the following:
- 501(c)3 public charitable organizations with 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3) public charitable status as designated in your IRS Determination letter (including qualified faith-based organizations)
- The faith-based organization providing social services to the broader community
- Federally recognized Tribes or Tribal nonprofit organizations
- City governments or Boroughs
The following are not eligible for grant funding
- Individuals
- State or federal government agencies
- For-profit organizations or businesses
- Private nonprofit organizations (those not identified in their IRS determination letter as 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3)
- Activities that improperly discriminate as to race, gender, marital status, sexual preference, age, disability, creed or ethnicity, or grants for religious indoctrination or other religious activities.
For more information, visit ACF.
