GRANTS

Our goal is to fund outdoor inclusion initiatives that are “by the community, for the community." We use a trust-based approach to dismantle historical barriers to funding. In this initial pilot round of grants, Together Outdoors will make one-time awards of $5,000 to $10,000.

2024 Grantmaking Focus Areas

  • Research + Resources

    Monetary support for the development of research and resources concerning inclusion in the outdoors, such as toolkits, educational resources, audio and video resources, and linguistic translations.

  • Activating Change Outdoors

    Outdoor recreation-related programming, events, and leadership development initiatives that benefit communities of color, LGBTQIA+, underserved regions, people with disabilities, and/or other intersecting minority groups.

    • Proposal must align with grant’s focus areas.

    • This grant program is limited to applicants in the United States of America, including territories.

    • Grant funding may not be used to support political advocacy, fundraising, lobbying, litigation, terrorist activities, or Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

    • 501(c)(3) status is not required to apply, but individuals cannot apply for their sole benefit. Fiscal sponsorships are eligible.

    • The applicant’s organizational or project income level must currently be under $300,000.

    • The applicant must have received less than $100,000 in grants in the last two years.

    • Applicants must serve a majority constituency of communities of color, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and/or other intersecting minority groups.

  • Evaluation Process

    • Following submission, applications are subjected to an initial administrative screening to ensure each application matches the eligibility criteria.

    • The Together Outdoors Divisional Board will review grant applications and score for need, feasibility, sustainability, and relationship to Together Outdoors’ mission.

  • Deadline to submit grant application: March 18, 2024 by 11:59 pm EST

    Grant Review Period: March 19 – 26, 2024

    Both selected grantees and unselected grantees are contacted: March 27 - 28, 2024

    Awards are disbursed: March 29, 2024

    Inaugural 2024 Together Outdoors grantees publicly announced: March 29, 2024

    Midyear grant report due: September 27, 2024

    Year-end grant report due: March 7, 2025

  • The grant application consists of:

    • Applicant Information

      • Applicant name

      • City

      • State/Territory/Nation

    • Project Information

      • Organizational or project status (nonprofit, for profit, social enterprise, fiscally sponsored project, or other)

      • Geographic location of work (local vs. regional or national scale)

      • Focus area (research and resources or events and programming)

      • Project budget

      • Requested grant amount

      • Current operating budget if applicable

    • Project Proposal

      • Written project proposal (maximum length of 5,000 characters recommended)

      • Video submission (maximum length of three minutes recommended)

      • Letter of Recommendation (optional)

    There is no required format for your application. Please submit all applications to togetheroutdoors@recreationroundtable.org

 
For media inquiries and to learn more about future opportunities please contact us at togetheroutdoors@recreationroundtable.org

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