Grantee Community

Explore our comprehensive database of current and past grantees. The majority of grant partners receive unrestricted, multiyear grants. The REI Cooperative Action Fund has provided 460 grants totaling over $31M since launch in 2021. 

Explore our grantees in these initiatives

One hand grasps another's against the richly textured bark of a pine tree.

P Connecting People Outside

Connecting historically excluded communities to the outdoors - cultivating joy, healing, belonging, connection and well-being.

The treetop view of early autumn yellow and green leaves.

S Creating Space Outside

Ensuring people have equitable access to quality, close to home culturally-relevant outdoor spaces.

A youngster practices their handstand in a city park.

H Centering Health Outside

Strengthening and amplifying research that demonstrates nature is critical for individual and community health and well-being.

Grant Database

This database undergoes regular updates. We also encourage you to visit our Impact page for a list of grantees by our fiscal year. 

Grantees that do not have an icon support the broader field of outdoor equity. In the future, we will provide more information for national and regional organizations working in multiple locations. The list below only includes headquarters.

Organization City State Amount Approval Year Status

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Mission Statement Initiative Previous Grants
P 1N10 Inc.
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Onenten provides programs that promote self‐acceptance, leadership development, and healthy life choices among Arizona's LGBTQ+ youth ages 11 to 24.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S 3 Rivers Bicycle Coalition
LocationKennewick
StateWA
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We envision bicycling as an integral part of our multi-modal transportation network and as an appealing, viable, readily accessible form of recreation and transportation for all community members. We support and lead efforts to foster a culture where all road users are treated with courtesy and respect regardless of age, abilities, and other personal demographics.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S 4DWN Project, Inc
LocationDallas
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

A repurposed outdoor urban space turned community hub cultivating ecological resilience, community, and professional skate culture.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Abilities Movement
LocationLima
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Abilities Movement, is a NotforProfit organization that provides Individual Adapted Fitness, Adapted Outdoor Programming, and Consulting
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Access Ability Wisconsin
LocationVerona
StateWI
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to provide opportunities for people with temporary and permanent mobility challenges to access nature & the great outdoors with their social connections. We provide, for free, an outdoor wheelchair & an enclosed trailer for use to explore and participate in outdoor adventures.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Access Fund
LocationBoulder
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Access Fund is the national advocacy organization focused on protecting and conserving climbing areas to ensure a sustainable future for the sport.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Adaptive Adventures
LocationWestminster
StateCO
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We provide and establish sustainable outdoor recreation programs to serve individuals with physical disabilities and their families free of charge.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($173,940),
P Adaptive Climbing Group
LocationBrooklyn
StateNY
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a disabled, BIPOC, and woman led organization that fosters an equitable access community for people with disabilities to experience, excel, and lead in the sport of climbing.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Adaptive Sports Connection
LocationPowell
StateOH
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to break through limitations with adaptive innovation, ensuring people of all abilities the health benefits, freedom, and sense of belonging from recreation and outdoor experiences. Our vision is for people of all abilities to feel independent, strong, and a true sense of belonging while enjoying sports and outdoor recreation with friends, family, and community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Adventure Crew
LocationCincinnati
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Adventure Crew connects city teens to nature and each other through empowering outdoor adventures that spark wellbeing and environmental stewardship.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Alachua Conservation Trust
LocationGainesville
StateFL
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) works to protect the natural, historic, scenic, and recreational resources in and around North Central Florida.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P All Bodies on Bikes
LocationBentonville
StateAR
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

All Bodies on Bikes is working to change the cycling industry to make it inclusive for people of all body sizes and experience joy on a bicycle.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P All Out Adventures
LocationNorthampton
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We provide yearround inclusive outdoor recreation activities to promote wellbeing and connection with nature for people of all ages and abilities.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
H Amber Pearson at Michigan State University
LocationFlint
StateMI
Amount$196,985
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature Dose Equity: A Randomized Trial to Improve Mental Health and Lower Inequities for Students Space at The Health And Community (SHAC) Lab
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S American Hiking Society
LocationSilver Spring
StateMD
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to empower all to enjoy, share, and preserve the hiking experience.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S American Whitewater
LocationSpringfield
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

American Whitewater's mission is to protect and restore America's whitewater rivers and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Amy McDonnell at University of Utah
LocationSalt Lake City
StateUT
Amount$47,752
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Utilizing deep brain recordings to uncover nature’s health potential for nature-deprived individuals at The Applied Cognition Laboratory and Neurosmiths Laboratory
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps
LocationDurango
StateCO
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps reconnects Indigenous youth to their land, culture, and heritage through critical conservation projects.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000),
S Anchorage Park Foundation
LocationAnchorage
StateAK
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Anchorage Park Foundation is a community-based nonprofit that mobilizes public support for improving access to our parks and trails system.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Anytown Leadership Program
LocationPhonix
StateAZ
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are dedicated to embracing, educating and empowering leaders to cultivate inclusive communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Appalachian Mountain Club
LocationBoston
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Appalachian Mountain Club is a conservation and recreation nonprofit that fosters the protection, enjoyment and understanding of the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance
LocationStonecrest
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The AMHAA protects, connects, and shares the powerful history, culture, and engaging landscapes of this NHA for the benefit and enjoyment of all.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Arboretum San Antonio
LocationSan Antonio
StateTX
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Arboretum San Antonio is creating a 200acre arboretum on the city's Southside, a historically underserved area with limited access to natural areas.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Arizona Women's Climbing Coalition
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We aim to develop and inspire women and genderqueer leaders in our rock-climbing communities to achieve their rock climbing goals through community, education, outdoor recreation, and fitness, while seeking to protect and care for our public climbing lands in order to secure access now and for future generations of climbers.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Arkansas Latinas Cycling, DBA/Latinas en Bici
LocationRogers
StateAR
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Latinas en Bici exists to improve the mental and physical well-being of Latinas in NW Arkansas through cycling education and multicultural events.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Armand Bayou Nature Center, Inc.
LocationPasadena
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Armand Bayou Nature Center is a 4,000acre nonprofit nature preserve. Through preservation and education, we reconnect people with nature.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education
LocationAnn Arbor
StateMI
Amount$12,500
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education empowers leaders to connect people to the outdoors through recreation and education experiences.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Atabey Outdoors
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We provide safe & fun outdoor adventures for BIPOC girls ages 8 to 12, combining outdoor adventure with enrichment activities that encourage social, emotional, physical and mental growth.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
H Austen Anderson at University of Southern Mississippi
LocationHattiesburg
StateMS
Amount$76,438
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature engagement as a path to improving the health of Black individuals in the Southern U.S. at The Lifestyle, Environment, and Flourishing (LEAF) Lab
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Austin Youth River Watch
LocationAustin
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to transform and inspire youth through environmental education, community engagement, and adventure. Our programs serve primarily BIPOC teens and young adults, who have been historically denied high quality access to nature, and communities that are underserved due to systemic inequities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Azimuth Quest Foundation
LocationPrescott
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Azimuth Quest Foundation helps young people discover and develop their potential through outdoor adventure education.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Back Alley Bikes
LocationDetroit
StateMI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We are a community bike workshop where we teach volunteers to repair and recycle bikes for donation throughout Detroit to people in need

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000),
P Back on My Feet
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Back on My Feet empowers people experiencing homelessness by building community through running and connecting them to jobs, housing, and stability.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Backyard Basecamp
LocationBaltimore
StateMD
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We (re)connects Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to land and nature in Baltimore City by consistently offering programs and events that highlight the natural world right outside our doors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
LocationBerkeley
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Bay Area Ridge Trail is a 400+ mile trail for for hikers, runners, mountain bikers, and equestrians, along the ridge lines around the Bay Area.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Bay Area Wilderness Training
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We seek to create equitable access to the outdoors for low-income youth and youth of color. BAWT envisions a future led by social and environmental leaders inspired by meaningful experiences in nature and reflects the diversity of our Bay Area community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Bayou Land Conservancy
LocationSpring
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We preserve land along streams for flood control, clean water, and wildlife. We envision a network of green spaces that connect people to nature.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Baztec Fishing & Outdoors
LocationMinneapolis
StateMN
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We envision a more inclusive future where access to outdoors recreation is not limited by a participant's background. We provide the best possible fishing and outdoors experiential education opportunities to underserved communities, with a focus on bilingual and BIPOC youth.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Bear Yuba Land Trust
LocationGrass Valley
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

BYLT conserves and protects land in the Bear and Yuba River watersheds and empowers healthy communities through nature access and education.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Bearings Bike Works
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We seek to put the right tools in the hands of youth, enabling them to advance their skills to build productive lives. Our vision is to see those we serve take ownership of their lives with character and purpose and experience the freedom of economic mobility.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Beyond Boundaries
LocationRichmond
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Beyond Boundaries specializes in providing outdoor adventure opportunities for individuals with disabilities and members of underserved communities.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000),
P Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
LocationMinnesota
StateMN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota's educates, advocates, and empowers to make streets and trails safe and accessible for walking, biking and rolling.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bicycle Cooperative of Fort Collins, Inc.
LocationFort Collins
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Each year, the Fort Collins Bike Coop recycles thousands of bikes and helps hundreds of people learn to maintain and repair their own bikes.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Big City Mountaineers
LocationAurora
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide transformative experiences through connections to nature that strengthen life skills and build community for youth from disinvested communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Big Sur Land Trust
LocationMonterey
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to inspire love of land across generations, conservation of our unique Monterey County landscapes, and access to outdoor experiences for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Bike Durham
LocationDurham
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Through advocacy, education, and events, Bike Durham supports everyone to walk, bike, or ride transit more often.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bike Fun
LocationNashville
StateTN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bike Fun creates strong minds, bodies, and communities through the joy of bicycle riding via classes, rides, workshops and events.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bike Norfolk
LocationNorfolk
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bike Norfolk promotes a bicycle friendly city through awareness and education, improved infrastructure, and a strong cycling community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bike Saviours Cooperative, Inc
LocationTempe
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Equip the public with self sustaining skills and knowledge to enjoy the benefits of owning, using and repairing bicycles for sustainable transportation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Bike Tri-Cities
LocationKennewick
StateWA
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Bike Tri-Cities envisions bicycling as an integral part of our multi-modal transportation network and as an appealing, viable, readily accessible form of recreation and transportation for all community members. We support and lead efforts to foster a culture where all road users are treated with courtesy and respect regardless of age, abilities, and other personal demographics. BTC partners with numerous organizations to promote our goals through, education, advocacy and events.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Bike Walk Tompkins
LocationIthaca
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bike Walk Tompkins works to build a community where walking, biking, and rolling are safe, convenient, and accessible for all in Tompkins County.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bike Walk Wichita
LocationWichita
StateKS
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to make Wichita, KS a more livable, accessible, connected city by making biking and walking safe, equitable, and appealing.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bike Works
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to promote the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000),
P BikePGH
LocationPittsburgh
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

BikePGH is transforming our streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all Pittsburghers in order to improve our quality of life.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bikes del Pueblo
LocationSan Diego
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We promote and educate bicycle maintenance and safety, centering marginalized and under-supported communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Bikes Not Bombs
LocationJamaica Plain
StateMA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

BNB uses the bicycle as a vehicle for social change to achieve economic mobility and racial equity for Black and other marginalized people in Boston.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000),
P Bikes Together
LocationDenver
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bikes Together is a nonprofit bike shop and community hub for equitable bike access and education.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000),
S BikeWalkKC
LocationKansas City
StateMO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our vision is for a Greater Kansas City where everyone moves through the city and its public spaces equitably, safely, comfortably, and sustainably. Walking and biking are simple solutions to complex problems of environment, health, transportation, disparity, opportunity, economy, and more.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Birdability
LocationDallas
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Birdability is a nonprofit working to make birding and nature accessible and inclusive for everyone, especially those with disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Black Boarders CT
LocationStratford
StateCT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Black Boarders CT provides underrepresented populations with access to the slopes to learn how to snowboard.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($10,000),
P Black Farmer's Collective
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to build a Black-led food system by developing a cooperative network of food system actors, acquiring and stewarding land, facilitating food system education, and creating space for Black liberation in healing and joy. We envision Black liberation through food sovereignty in spaces built on cooperation and interconnectedness with the environment and the community, where our knowledge and creativity are boundless.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Black Girls Do Bike
LocationVerona
StatePA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Black Girls Do Bike uplifts and empowers women of color through cycling, fostering community, advocacy, and access to biking for all skill levels.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($148,940),
P Black Girls RUN! Foundation
LocationRichmond
StateVA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Through the power of running, community and empowerment, we bring awareness to the health disparities in the Black community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($148,940),
P Black Kids Adventures
LocationHuntsville
StateAL
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to expose, educate and empower black and brown families through nature-based and outdoor recreational activities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Black Men Hike
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are dedicated to promoting mental and physical health amongst Black Men by creating a safe space to enjoy the serenity of nature and the physical benefits of hiking in the great outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Black Outside
LocationSan Antonio
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Reconnecting Black/AfricanAmerican youth and families to the healing power of the outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000), 2022 ($100,000),
P Black Thumb Farm
LocationPorter Ranch
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Black Thumb Farm is an urban farm empowering BIPOC youth through land-based programming and access to green space in the San Fernando Valley.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Black to the Land Coalition
LocationDetroit
StateMI
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to enhance holistic relationships with nature through outdoor recreational activities and nature-based educational programs, and build equity in outdoor leadership for Black, Brown, and Indigenous people.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Black Women Who
LocationManor
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Black Women Who empowers, educates, and inspires Black and Brown women and children to explore and thrive in outdoor spaces.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P BlacklistLA Run Organization
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We use the sport of running to promote community, art discovery, and inspire healthy living in the city of Los Angeles and beyond since 2013.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Blackpackers
LocationColorado Springs
StateCO
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We work with communities at the intersection of economic vulnerability and underrepresentation to create a pipeline from outdoor recreation to outdoor industry careers while providing free or subsidized gear, outdoor education, and excursions.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Blue Sky Funders Forum
LocationNew York
StateNY
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We inspire philanthropy to support thriving communities by advancing equitable opportunities for meaningful outdoor experiences & nature connections.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Blue Star Families
LocationEncinitas
StateCA
Amount$25,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Blue Star Families helps military families succeed by raising awareness of their challenges and promoting community connection and policy solutions.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Boardslide Mission Inc.
LocationMadison
StateWI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our aim is to make snow sports more accessible to marginalized communities who may face cultural and financial barriers to enjoying them.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
LocationHungry Horse
StateMT
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

BMWF connects people to wild places through active wilderness stewardship of the 1.6 million acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in NW Montana.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Boise Bicycle Project
LocationBoise
StateID
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Through inclusive access to refurbished bicycles, repair, and empowering educational experiences, we strive to build a stronger bicycling community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Bower Climbing Coalition
LocationSpokane
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

BCC preserves and expands access to climbing through trail maintenance/erosion control, route development, education, and hardware replacement.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Boyz N The Wood
LocationTeaneck
StateNJ
Amount$75,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our purpose is to give Black men tools and support to grow as examples of positive masculinity and positive mental health in their communities. Through facilitated outdoor experiences, teaching new skills, developing accountability models, and connecting them to resources for mental health, we will build a network and brotherhood that will lead in creating healthier men and healthier communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
P Braided Seeds
LocationTukwila
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide opportunities for rest, restoration, and reconnection to the land, especially for Black families, by increasing access, knowledge, and opportunities for outdoor recreation, education and food sovereignty.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Brave Trails
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Brave Trails transforms LGBTQ+ youth into leaders through queer affirming youth camp, family camp, backpacking, meetups, and mental health support.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
LocationBreckenridge
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Expanding the potential of people with disabilities and special needs through meaningful, educational and inspiring outdoor experiences.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Bronx River Alliance
LocationBronx
StateNY
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bronx River Alliance engages communities along the Bronx River Corridor to restore the river ecosystem and improve and activate public green spaces.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Brown Faces Green Spaces Inc
LocationIndiana
StateIN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bringing culture to nature and history to the outdoors through healing centered outdoor experiences that cultivate a sense of belonging in nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Brown Folks Fishing
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a community-based organization that is by and for anglers of color. We cultivate an angling community for BIPOC by reimagining fishing as a gateway to environmental justice.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
P Brown Girls Climb
LocationBrooklyn
StateNY
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a national non-profit that strives to facilitate mentorship, provide access, uplift leadership, and celebrate representation in the outdoors and climbing for People of the Global Majority*.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Buffalo Bayou Partnership
LocationHouston
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s mission is to create and steward parks, trails, and spaces that connect people to Houston’s most significant waterway.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
LocationBuffalo
StateNY
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Through beautification and maintenance, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy stewards Buffalo's historic Olmsted park system to benefit and welcome all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S C&O Canal Trust
LocationWilliamsport
StateMD
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We work in partnership with the National Park Service and canal community to preserve the C&O Canal, engaging visitors and expanding access.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P C5LA
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to change the odds for high-potential teens from under-resourced communities by inspiring them to pursue personal success, while preparing them for leadership roles in school, college, work and their communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P CactusToCloud Institute
LocationLa Quinta
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

CactusToCloud is building a more inclusive and resilient future in the Coachella Valley by restoring our connections to the California Desert.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Cahaba River Society
LocationBirmingham
StateAL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Cahaba River Society protects Alabama’s most biodiverse river, uniting partners for clean water, habitat restoration, and stewardship.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Camp Blodgett
LocationWest Olive
StateMI
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Camp Blodgett is a century old nonprofit that creates access for low-income children to thrive through recreational and educational experiences.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Camp Sunflower, Inc.
LocationWichita
StateKS
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Camp Sunflower empowers queer youth across the region through joyful, community outdoor experiences that foster belonging, connection and empowerment.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Campus Nature Rx
LocationWilliamsburg
StateVA
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

A coalition of colleges and universities supporting campus health through inclusive and equitable nature engagement, learning, outreach, and research.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000),
S Capital Trails Coalition
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Capital Trails Coalition works to create and activate a network of trails for people of all ages and abilities across the DC metropolitan region.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000), 2021 ($160,000),
S Carolina Thread Trail
LocationCharlotte
StateNC
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Carolina Thread Trail is a 435-mile and growing regional network of trails, greenways and blueways spanning 15 counties in Greater Charlotte.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Catalyst Sports
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We empower people with disabilities to explore the outdoors, offering adaptive programs and equipment for adventure and freedom.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
H Center for Health & Nature, Texas
LocationCollege Station
StateTX
Amount$153,600
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Research the impact of nature on health with evidence-based programs across the full continuum of health: prevention, treatment, and recovery.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000),
H Center for Nature and Health, University of California San Francisco
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Center for Nature and Health is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the world's most vulnerable children through access to nature.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($160,000),
P Central California Adaptive Sports Center
LocationShaver Lake
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide excellent, year-round outdoor adventures for persons with disabilities in order to enhance the quality of their lives. Using the latest therapeutic recreation practices, our programs promote wellness and healthy lifestyle changes by offering a wide array of outdoor activities that will spark and maintain each participant’s interest.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Central Coast Ag Network (dba City Farm SLO)
LocationSan Luis Obispo
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

City Farm SLO is empowering the next generation to live healthier, more prosperous lives through sustainable agriculture and farm-based education.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Ch8sing Waterfalls
LocationCovington
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to encourage healing in nature while forging diversity outdoors. We are intentionally increasing the Black and Brown faces in green spaces, one healing hike and adventure at a time.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Challenge Alaska
LocationAnchorage
StateAK
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We improve the lives of people living with disabilities, their families, and the community through adaptive sports, therapeutic recreation, and education. We accomplish this by building confidence, creating an infrastructure for support, increasing mobility, and improving health.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Challenge Aspen
LocationSnowmass Village
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Challenge Aspen facilitates adaptive outdoor recreation for people with disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Changed By Nature Outdoors
LocationFLAGSTAFF
StateAZ
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We provide FREE outdoor adventures to our past and present military, first responders and youth with terminal illnesses and permanent disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Channel Islands Restoration
LocationSanta Barbara
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Channel Islands Restoration protects plants and animals on the Channel Islands and adjacent mainland through ecological restoration and education.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Charleston Moves
LocationCharleston
StateSC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We advocate for safe, connected and equitable mobility in Charleston County, SC. We also work for infrastructure and policies that encourage biking, walking and public transit, because the streets belong to everyone.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
LocationSmyrna
StateGA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Founded in 1994, CRK is an advocacy and education organization with 10,000 members dedicated to protecting and restoring the Chattahoochee River.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Cheyenne River Youth Project
LocationEagle Butte
StateSD
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a Native, woman-led non-profit serving Lakota youth ages 4-18 on the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux reservation in South Dakota. Our programming builds leadership and strong life skills; strengthens the connection between Lakota youth and their culture, art, and traditions; increases the number of kids committed to wellness, exercise and healthy eating; and teaches youth to garden to improve food security.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
P Chicago Adventure Therapy
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

CAT expands access to the outdoors for BIPOC/marginalized youth, using outdoor adventure as a tool for social-emotional growth and community building.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Chicago Eco House
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We’re a movement by and for majority-Black neighborhoods to control what happens on our open land for the economic empowerment of our community. We realize our mission through a K-5 environmental education flower farming program and via our in-house flower shop, Southside Blooms, which employs young people in our long-term workforce development program.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Chico Velo
LocationChico
StateCA
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to promote bicyling for transportation, recreation, and health through public education, advocacy, and community stewardship.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Children & Nature Network
LocationRoseville
StateMN
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Connecting children to nature through equity-driven research, advocacy, and community action for health, learning, and resilience.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000), 2021 ($100,000),
P Chill Foundation
LocationBurlington
StateVT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Chill provides free and accessible positive youth development boardsports programs for youth ages 11-19 who encounter barriers to participation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S CicLAvia
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to catalyze vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free open street events. CicLAvia engages with people throughout Southern California to transform relationships with our communities and with each other.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Circuit Trail Conservancy
LocationDallas
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Loop Dallas is a public-private partnership uniting civic leaders, the City of Dallas, and community partners to build a 50-mile, city wide trail.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P City Kids Wilderness Project
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

City Kids provides year-round programming to DC youth. Our mission is to build resiliency, broaden horizons, and develop life skills for youth.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($50,000), 2022 ($100,000),
P City of Oaks Foundation
LocationRaleigh
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The City of Oaks Foundation invests in, advocates for, and seeks to create the broadest access to Raleigh’s parks, nature preserves, and greenways.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P City Surf Project
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We use surfing—a physically and mentally challenging sport—to improve the health and well-being of Bay area youth and to engage them with our four core pillars: healthy living, personal growth, appreciation for nature, and equity in surfing.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Climbers of Color
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to develop leaders and mentors of color in the climbing and mountaineering community by providing technical training in safe spaces, community building, leadership education, and accessible resources.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Coalition of Community Gardens, Inc.
LocationTampa
StateFL
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Coalition of Community Gardens (COCG) works to grow thriving community gardens and healthy environments, with equal access for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Coalitions & Collaboratives
LocationDenver
StateCO
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We focus on underserved populations, including rural communities, tribes, and communities of color to advance wildfire mitigation, enhance watershed and community resilience, adapt to extreme climate change, and strengthen relationships and resource delivery between communities and federal agencies.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Coastal Watershed Council
LocationSanta Cruz
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We engage riverside residents in Santa Cruz, CA, to realize their vision of a healthy, welcoming, and fun San Lorenzo River that connects our diverse community to nature — a river that’s an attractive and desirable location for outdoor recreation and reflection.We protect and preserve this watershed by engaging the riverside community in stewardship, monitoring, and education.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Cola Town Bike Collective
LocationColumbia
StateSC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Cola Town Bike Collective provides free and low-cost bicycles, while advocating for safer outdoor spaces to walk, bike, and move in Columbia, SC.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Collective for Nature Immersion Science and Practice, Colorado State University
LocationFort Collins
StateCO
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

cNISP works to increase the capacity of nature-based programming to support happier, healthier and more sustainable communities.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000),
S Colorado Canyons Association
LocationGrand Junction
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Colorado Canyons Association fosters community stewardship, education, and awareness of our Colorado's three National Conservation Areas.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Colorado Discover Ability
LocationGrand Junction
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to increase the independence, self-worth, self confidence and education for people with disabilites through outdoor recreation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Community Bike Shop at Barber Park
LocationGreensboro
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Community Bike Shop at Barber Park in Greensboro, NC exists to improve quality of life by providing access to transportation, fun, and community.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Community Cycling Center
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Community Cycling Center expands access to cycling for Portland youth and families, prioritizing those most impacted by systemic barriers.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Community Nature Connection
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to increase access to the outdoors for communities impacted by racial, socio-economic, and disability injustices by eliminating existing barriers through advocacy, community centered programming, and workforce development. We facilitate transformative outdoor experiences and leadership development with youth and families to grow their sense of wonder and interest in nature with the hopes that they will become the next generation of dreamers, storytellers, and agents of change.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Conestee Nature Preserve
LocationGreenville
StateSC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Conestee Nature Preserve provides inclusive opportunities for connection, discovery and education in nature.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Connecticut Forest and Park Association
LocationRockfall
StateCT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We connect ALL people to CT's forests, parks, and trails, to ensure these places are protected for future generations.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
LocationOsprey
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast protects land and water in Southwest Florida for the benefit of people and nature. Through strategic collaborations, we ensure all people have access to clean water, fresh air, nutritious food, abundant wildlife, beautiful natural areas, and all the other physical and mental benefits nature provides. Our work strengthens Southwest Florida’s resiliency to storms and floods, enriches lives, and safeguards communities for generations to come.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Continental Divide Trail Coalition
LocationGolden
StateCO
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

More than a line on a map or a thin stripe of tread, we are a living connector of communities along the spine of North America, a thriving landscape of unique and precious ecosystems, and a meeting ground where people of all walks of life may unite to live, work, play, worship, and learn.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
P Cool Learning Experience
LocationWaukegan
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a community that builds model programs to serve children and families. At CLE, we believe in the power of connections and the right to equitable and quality care for all. Our mission is to nurture the well-being of the whole child and their healthy connections to family, community and nature through dynamic, hands-on programming that combines place-based, environmentally focused, and socially relevant experiences.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Coombs Outdoors
LocationJackson
StateWY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Coombs Outdoors empowers local youth to grow and thrive by reducing barriers to outdoor recreation through programs, mentorship, and community building.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Corliss Outley at Clemson University
LocationClemson
StateSC
Amount$166,595
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Rooted in Solidarity: Visibilizing Youth-Led Resistance & Nature-based Healing in Appalachia at The REYSE Collaboratory
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S CorpsTHAT
LocationBaltimore
StateMD
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We connect the Deaf Community and the outdoors through education, recreation and career development.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Cosumnes Culture and Waterways
LocationPlacerville
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

CCAWW promotes, preserves, and stewards the Indigenous Culture and waterways of this land and the surrounding areas.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Courtney Schultz at OutGrown
LocationBeaverton
StateOR
Amount$194,900
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Turn the Blues Green: A Culturally Responsive Community Approach To Parent & Infant Health Outside

InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Crossroads
LocationDuxbury
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Through overnight summer camp and year-round programs, we provide youth engaging experiences and nurturing communities to learn, grow, and thrive.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Dakota Wicohan
LocationMorton
StateMN
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to preserve Dakota as a living language, and through is, transmit Dakota lifeways to future generations.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Dare2tri
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are an Illinois-based non-for-profit organization with the mission to enhance the lives of individuals with physical disabilities and visual impairments by building confidence, community, health and wellness through swimming, biking, and running.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P DC Bike Academy
LocationWASHINGTON
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to help young people discover the power to transform themselves and their communities through the magic of bikes. We do this by providing equitable access to bicycling and bicycle industry through educational, recreational, leadership, and career exploration.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Disabled Hikers
LocationCarlsborg
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Disabled Hikers builds disability community and justice in the outdoors through information sharing, events, advocacy, and leadership development.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Discovery Pathways
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Discovery Pathways empowers underserved youth and families through free, multilingual, nature-based programs. All outdoor programs are youth-led.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Diversify Whitewater
LocationFort Collins
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in paddlesports by removing the barriers that may exist for BIPOC and Allies in kayaking, canoeing, rafting, and stand-up paddleboarding.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P DREAM Adaptive Recreation
LocationWhitefish
StateMT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities by providing year-round outdoor adaptive recreational opportunities. We serve individuals ages 5 to adults, including military veterans with physical, cognitive, and sensory disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Eagle Mount Billings
LocationBillings
StateMT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Eagle Mount Billings enhances the lives of people with disabilities through adaptive recreation, fostering independence, belonging, and adventures.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Eagle Mount Bozeman
LocationBozeman
StateMT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are committed to provide quality adaptive recreation and sport opportunities for people with disabilities and young people impacted by cancer, and to provide support for families of participants, so that “they shall mount up with wings as eagles.”
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P EarthCorps
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice. Our approach is rooted in environmental justice and combines community engagement and education, leadership development, and technical environmental restoration.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S East Coast Greenway Alliance
LocationDurham
StateNC
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We lead development of the 3,000-mile East Coast Greenway from Maine to Florida, connecting 450 communities and hosting 50 million annual visits.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($160,000),
S Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps
LocationMammoth Lakes
StateCA
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a developmental leadership organization committed to building a stronger and more inclusive outdoor community.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Eastrail Partners
LocationWoodinville
StateWA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Eastrail Partners unifies and catalyzes the 42-mile Eastrail rail-to-trail project by building community, advocacy, and private sector support.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Ebony Ice
LocationMilwaukee
StateWI
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Ebony Ice’s mission is to eliminate barriers to snow sports by creating inclusive experiences that welcome and support diverse communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P EDGE Outdoors
LocationBothell
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Empowering Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (cis, trans, queer) to lead and explore in snow and adventure sports.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Elevate Youth
LocationBoston
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Elevate Youth is on a mission to empower youth to explore the outdoors alongside adult mentors, sharing awe in the richness of our natural world.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Elizabeth River Trail
LocationNorfolk
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide the planning, fundraising, and marketing to generate public support for a healthy and dynamic regional trail. Our mission is to create an inclusive and resilient urban riverfront trail that connects and inspires people and businesses in the region and has something for everyone.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Elliot Floyd at Clemson University
LocationClemson
StateSC
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Influence of park prescriptions on low-income parental leisure constraints and stress
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Emerald Necklace Conservancy
LocationBoston
StateMA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are nonprofit founded in 1997 to steward and champion the Emerald Necklace, Boston’s largest park system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted to connect 12+ neighborhoods with 1,100 acres of meadows, woodlands, waterways, paths and parkways. Our mission is to restore and improve the Emerald Necklace for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Emily Mailey at Kansas State University
LocationManhattan
StateKS
Amount$49,976
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Can nature-based physical activity improve symptoms of clinical depression and anxiety? at The Physical Activity Intervention Research (PAIR) Lab
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Environmental Learning for Kids
LocationDenver
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

ELK cultivates a passion for science, leadership, and service by developing diverse youth into leaders in science education and outdoor experiences.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
P Environmental Traveling Companions
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) opens the world of outdoor adventure to people with disabilities and youth from under-resourced backgrounds.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Equiticity
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a racial equity movement, operationalizing racial equity by harnessing our collective power through research, advocacy, programs, Community Mobility Rituals, and social enterprises, to improve the lives of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people in our society.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
H Esther Walker at Outride
LocationMorgan Hill
StateCA
Amount$97,500
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

The influence of access to nature on student mental well-being during a school cycling program
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Eugene Parks Foundation
LocationEugene
StateOR
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We enhance and transform Eugene’s parks, recreation, open spaces, and trail system into healthy, vibrant, and accessible ecosystems offering exceptional experiences for its communities and visitors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
LocationNorth Bend
StateWA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Washington’s largest MTB nonprofit, Evergreen builds trails, leads education, and advances equitable access to the outdoors statewide.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling
LocationFairfax
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Founded in 2005, FABB is a volunteer-led organization working to make bicycling fun, safe, and accessible for people of all ages in Fairfax County.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Feminist Bird Club
LocationElka Park
StateNY
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are dedicated to promoting inclusivity in birding while fundraising and providing a safe opportunity for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, BIPOC, and women to connect with the natural world.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P FIND Outdoors
LocationPisgah Forest
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Club de Exploradores is a free, bilingual adventure program for Hispanic students in Transylvania and Surrounding areas.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Five Rivers MetroParks Foundation
LocationDayton
StateOH
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Foundation works to build strong community relationships and secure philanthropic funding to support the mission of Five Rivers MetroParks.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Flagstaff Youth Riders, INC (FLYRS)
LocationFlagstaff
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

At Flagstaff Youth Riders, we strive to create resilient, caring, and growth oriented youth through mountain biking.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Florida Trail Association
LocationGainesville
StateFL
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

FTA maintains, protects, and promotes trails throughout the state, including the Florida National Scenic Trail, commonly known as the Florida Trail.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Forest Park Conservancy
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a community-supported organization whose mission is to protect and restore the ecological health of Forest Park, maintain and enhance the park’s extensive trails network, promote equitable access, and engage with diverse groups to inspire appreciation and stewardship of this iconic urban forest for generations to come.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Forever Parks Foundation of Pearland
LocationPearland
StateTX
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We partner with the City to establish premier parks, facilities and recreational programs in Pearland. We provide volunteer and financial support for these critical programs that provide more equitable access to all members of our community and to build inclusivity into our parks programs and facilities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S ForeverGreen Trails
LocationTacoma
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We support a system of trails throughout Pierce County, WA, via education, advocacy, promotion, collaboration, and stewardship.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Foundation for America's Public Lands
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Foundation for America’s Public Lands generates awareness, access, and stewardship of BLM-managed acres for the benefit of American communities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Fresh Tracks at The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions
LocationWashington D.C.
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Open Pathways Project builds wellbeing by expanding access to the outdoors through community-led policy, philanthropy, and cultural leadership
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($200,000),
S Freshwater Land Trust
LocationBirmingham
StateAL
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Freshwater Land Trust (FLT) is a nonprofit organization that conserves environmentally significant land and builds trails in Central Alabama.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
LocationClovis
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Fresno County Bicycle Coalition builds healthy, safe, and equitable communities by connecting people through cycling, education, and advocacy.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Friends of Anacostia Park
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$190,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Engaging surrounding communities in activities that support physical, mental, and social wellness.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
S Friends of Avi Kwa Ame
LocationSearchlight
StateNV
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of Avi Kwa Ame protects and celebrates the monument’s natural, cultural, and historic resources through education and advocacy.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Badger Mountain
LocationRichland
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Supports preservation and stewardship of the ridges in the Lower Columbia Basin for the benefit of the community and the environment.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Big Marsh
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide unique bicycle and outdoor experiences at and around Big Marsh Park so all communities receive the physical and mental health benefits that come with time in nature.

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2021 ($100,000),
S Friends of Grand Rapids Parks
LocationGrand Rapids
StateMI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We engage our community in enhancing our city’s parks, trees, and green spaces through volunteerism, park activation, philanthropy, and urban forestry
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park, INC
LocationCatonsville
StateMD
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We preserve and promote Gwynns Falls Leakin Park as a green space crucial to the public health and economic development of West Baltimore.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of MacArthur Beach State Park
LocationNorth Palm Beach
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We generate supplemental resources to preserve, restore, and interpret the natural and cultural assets of the Park for present and future generations.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Metro Parks
LocationWesterville
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Friends of Metro Parks help support the Columbus and Franklin county Metro Parks through advocacy, outreach and fundraising.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Missoula Parks
LocationMissoula
StateMT
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We promote parks, trails, conservation lands, and forestry in Missoula, Montana, and the surrounding area by raising funds and awareness of recreation's social, mental, and physical health benefits.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Patapsco Valley State Park
LocationEllicott City
StateMD
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

FPVSP supports the park by promoting stewardship through programming, recreation, and the preservation and restoration of its natural resources.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
LocationSanta Cruz
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is a partner with California State Parks, working to ensure our parks and beaches are thriving and available to all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc.
LocationAnsonia
StateCT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Foster an ethic of environmental stewardship that connects our communities to the natural world of the Lower Naugatuck River Valley.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Desert Mountains
LocationPalm Desert
StateCA
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Friends of the Desert Mountains connects people to the land through conservation, education and research.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Fells
LocationMelrose
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of the Fells promotes the conservation, appreciation, and sustainable enjoyment of the Middlesex Fells Reservation (the Fells).
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Forest Preserves
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of the Forest Preserves (Friends) unites people to protect, promote, and care for the forest preserves in Cook County, Illinois.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Los Angeles River
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We build capacity for students, communities, and future leaders to advocate on behalf of nature, climate, and equity on the LA River.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2021 ($100,000), 2023 ($50,000),
S Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
LocationRaleigh
StateNC
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail works with communities and volunteers to build, maintain and promote North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Rail Park
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to build a bold, transformative, and inclusive public space connecting Philadelphia’s residents and visitors to the city and each other

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Riverfront
LocationPittsburgh
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We build and maintain safe, clean, and accessible riverfront trails as part of the Three Rivers Heritage & Water Trail systems to create and maintain an outstanding experience for trail users while providing economic, environmental, and health benefits to the Pittsburgh region.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of the Urban Forest
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) connects people with nature and each other by planting and caring for San Francisco’s trees and gardens.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Trees
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Since 1989, we've planted 945,000+ trees and native shrubs in neighborhoods & natural areas in six counties across two states by engaging tens of thousands of community volunteers.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Friends of Tryon Creek
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission in partnership with Oregon State Parks is to inspire every community to identify, cultivate or reclaim their relationship with nature in this cherished urban forest. Our vision is an inclusive community connected to this place, now and for future generations.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Friends of Weedon Island
LocationSt. Petersburg
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to promote the public’s understanding of maintaining the Weedon Island Preserve as an important ecological and cultural resource.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Friends of Wildwood Lake Nature Center, Inc.
LocationHarrisburg
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Friends of Wildwood is a nonprofit organization that supports Wildwood Park and the Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S FunkyTown Food Project
LocationCrowley
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We utilize sustainable food as a powerful tool to build a stronger, more integrated, and healthier community who through the FunkyTown Food Project cultivates leadership skills in high school youth through food and farming by transforming the lives of young people to inspire, engage, and nourish the community.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Galveston Bay Foundation
LocationKemah
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Galveston Bay Foundation is a conservation nonprofit that works to facilitate forward-thinking solutions to the challenges confronting Galveston Bay.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S GardenRaised Bounty (GRuB)
LocationOlympia
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

GRuB supports community food, education, and health through farm programming where participants increase food security and build resiliency.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Gateway to the Great Outdoors
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Gateway to the Great Outdoors connects Title I students in St. Louis City to nature through exploration, mentorship, and hands-on outdoor learning.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Gather New Haven
LocationNew Have
StateCT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Addressing threats to our community’s water, land, and wellbeing, Gather New Haven’s mission is to promote health, equity, and justice for people and the environment by cultivating connections with each other and our local lands and waters, and by inspiring us to care for ourselves, our community, and the natural world.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Generation Indigenous Ways
LocationInterior
StateSD
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are dedicated to empowering American Indian youth with the knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education enhanced by Oglala Lakota values and way of life using Indigenous Sciences.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, Inc.
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club manages, maintains and protects the Appalachian Trail in Georgia and promotes appreciation of the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Georgia HiLo Trail
LocationSandersville
StateGA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Georgia HiLo Trail is building America’s longest paved trail and expanding youth bike programs to empower rural Georgia communities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Georgia River Network
LocationAthens
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Georgia Rivers works to protect and connect people with Georgia’s rivers.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Get Outdoors Nevada
LocationLas Vegas
StateNV
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We provide Nevadans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to experience, learn about, and care for our natural and urban outdoor spaces.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Girl & Her Backpack
LocationAlpine
StateUT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Girl & Her Backpack is a nonprofit that helps girls and non-binary teens build community, confidence, and leadership skills through the outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Girls Who Hike SC
LocationGreenville
StateSC
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The mission of Girls Who Hike SC is to create a community of like-minded women who can connect, network, and discover together through our trails.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Go Beyond Nebraska
LocationOmaha
StateNE
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Dedicated to serving trauma impacted youth across NE and IA through year-round, outdoor experiences and life changing Mountain West adventures.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Great Peninsula Conservancy
LocationBremerton
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a nonprofit land trust dedicated to protecting the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the Great Peninsula region of West Puget Sound, Washington.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Great Plains Restoration Council
LocationFort Worth
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Great Plains Restoration Council helps people take care of their own health through restoring and protecting native ecosystems like damaged prairies.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Great Rivers Greenway Foundation
LocationSt. Louis
StateMO
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are committed to enhancing and enriching the mission of Great Rivers Greenway (to make the St. Louis region a more vibrant place to live, work and play by developing a regional network of greenways).
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
LocationTownsend
StateTN
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Deliver experiential learning for all learners through programs that promote self-discovery, critical thinking, and effective teaching and leadership.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Great Springs Project
LocationAustin
StateTX
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We seek to conserve an additional 50,000 acres of land between Austin and San Antonio over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge and Contributing Zones and provide access to those protected lands through the development of a 100+ mile network of spring-to-spring trails, linking four iconic springs in Central Texas.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Greening Youth Foundation
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to engage and nurture underrepresented youth and young adults while connecting them to the outdoors and careers in conservation. Our cultural-based environmental education programming engages children from local communities and exposes them to healthy lifestyle choices in order to create an overall healthy community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
S Greenspace Dallas
LocationIrving
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Greenspace Dallas works to restore and develop national park quality green spaces within the Trinity River Corridor.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Ground Education
LocationSignal Hill
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Ground Education creates vibrant campus nature spaces where urban students witness classroom concepts come to life via its ecoSTEAM curriculum.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Groundwork Indy
LocationIndianapolis
StateIN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Groundwork Indy empowers youth through green workforce training, environmental projects, and community engagement to build healthier neighborhoods.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Groundwork Jacksonville
LocationJacksonville
StateFL
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Groundwork Jacksonville is the City of Jacksonville's nonprofit partner in building the 30-mile Emerald Trail to reconnect Jacksonville's urban core.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Groundwork Ohio River Valley
LocationCincinnati
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the environment by empowering communities to promote environmental, economic, and social wellness.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek
LocationSan Diego
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We work with a broad coalition of partners and stakeholders to address environmental health, climate change resiliency, and food justice through the development of creek trails and parks; the restoration of creeks and canyons; neighborhood-scale investments in climate mitigation; and the education of youth and families in environmental stewardship and healthy living.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Growing Healthy People NFP
LocationWauconda
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Growing Healthy People impacts lives through creating community partnerships, developing unique spaces to grow healthy food, and teaching students.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Harpeth Conservancy
LocationBrentwood
StateTN
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in Tennessee through policy, science, and community engagement.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P HBCUs Outside
LocationElizabeth City
StateNC
Amount$75,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to connect HBCU students to the natural world and become the leaders we need for a healthy planet and a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive outdoor industry.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
S Heart of the Gila
LocationMimbres
StateNM
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We seek to conserve our watersheds and protect wild places by educating children, adults, and decision makers about the ecological, economic and cultural values of rivers in New Mexico and the bioregions of the greater Southwest.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Heartland Conservation Alliance
LocationKansas City
StateMO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We envision a sustainable environment that supports the health of all human and natural communities in the Kansas City region.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Here Montana, Inc.
LocationMissoula
StateMT
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Expanding outdoor access for BIPOC and intersecting communities in Montana through joy, education, and community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P High Country Adaptive Sports
LocationFlagstaff
StateAZ
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

High Country Adaptive Sports empowers people with disabilities to experience outdoor recreation, building confidence, freedom, and community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Hike Clerb
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$5,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We are an intersectional women's outdoors club and 501c3 equipping Black, Indigenous, women of color with the tools, education, resources and experiences they need to collectively heal in nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000),
P Hispanic Access Foundation
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Hispanic Access equips leaders to advocate for environmental issues impacting their communities, focusing on, climate, water, and public lands.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Hoods to Woods Foundation
LocationBrooklyn
StateNY
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We introduce youth in underserved communities to the outdoors through snowboarding by providing free programming, equipment and mentorship to help create more diversity in winter sports.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Hsuan Hsieh at Clemson University
LocationClemson
StateSC
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Green Safety Net of Nature Rx: Enhancing Health in College Students through Forest Therapy at The Park Solutions Lab
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Humble Sons Bike Company (aka Bike Club Tulsa)
LocationBroken Arrow
StateOK
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Bike Club is an after school youth cycling program offered at 38 Tulsa Public Schools with 650 members. Students receive a bicycle upon completion.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2024 ($10,000),
P Hunters of Color
LocationCorvallis
StateOR
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Hunters of Color is a BIPOC-led nonprofit working to advance equity and representation in the outdoors through education, mentorship, and advocacy.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Inclusive Outdoors Project
LocationBozeman
StateMT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

This space is created with you in mind, for and by the Adapative, LGBTQIA2S+ , and BIPOC communities in the mountains.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Indian Youth Service Corps at National Park Foundation
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a program of the Department of Interior (DOI) that provides opportunities for Native American youth to engage in public service, perform meaningful conservation projects on federal and tribal lands, and stimulate interest in conservation-related careers
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Inquiring Systems Inc
LocationSanta Rosa
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to empower underserved youth through transformative experiences in nature, dynamic outdoor learning, and long-term mentorship.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska
LocationFairbanks
StateAK
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska empowers youth through tuition-free expeditions that combine science, art, and outdoor exploration.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S International Mountain Bicycling Association
LocationBoulder
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

IMBA creates, protects and enhances great places to ride mountain bikes. Through 2025, we’re supporting and developing trails in 250 communities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
LocationDes Moines
StateIA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

INHF protects and restores Iowa’s land, water, and wildlife, envisioning all Iowans connected to and valuing a healthy, diverse landscape.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Issaquah Alps Trails Club
LocationIssaquah
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is conservation, education, and advocacy for the land, wildlife, and trails of the Issaquah Alps for present and future generations.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Jack the Bike Man, Inc.
LocationWest Palm Beach
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Jack the Bike Man provides refurbished bicycles, gear, and education to help underserved communities access outdoor mobility and opportunity.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H James Petrick at Texas A&M AgriLife Research
LocationCollege Station
StateTX
Amount$148,940
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

The Psychophysiological Benefits of Being Outdoors for Marginalized Populations

InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S James River Outdoor Coalition
Locationrichmond
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We lead efforts to protect, expand, and improve James River Park System access while fostering community stewardship, education, and advocacy.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Jessica Stroope at Louisiana State University AgCenter
LocationBaton Rouge
StateLA
Amount$114,072
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Reducing Inequities in Youth Access to Natural Spaces: Swimming, Fishing, & Birding in NE Louisiana
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Justice Outside
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$1,340,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We advance racial justice and equity in the outdoor and environmental movement. We shift resources to, build power with, and center the voices and leadership of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color because the health of current and future generations demands it.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2024 ($100,000), 2022 ($100,000),
H Kaiya Tamlyn at Colorado State University
LocationFort Collins
StateCO
Amount$9,895
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature’s Passport: How a Mobile Phone App Could Help Families Explore Nature To Increase Well-being
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Keep Austin Beautiful
LocationAustin
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Keep Austin Beautiful mobilizes 20,000 volunteers and 15,000 students annually to clean waterways, restore green spaces, and reduce waste.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Kindling Collective
LocationPortland
StateME
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a queer-centered gear library creating an accessible pathway to outdoor experiences in Maine (Wabanaki Confederacy Territory). We aim to build community and support people in the greater Portland area in building and sustaining relationships with the natural world.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Kismet Rock Foundation
LocationNorth Conway
StateNH
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We nourishe the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of rural and urban children from New England before they enter their formative teen years.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S KS Wild
LocationAshland
StateOR
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to protect and restore wild nature in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northwest California. We envision a Klamath-Siskiyou region where local communities enjoy healthy wildlands, where clean rivers are teeming with native salmon, and where connected pland and wildlife populations are prepared for climate change.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Laguna Canyon Foundation
LocationLaguna Beach
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Laguna Canyon Foundation preserves, protects, the 22,000-acre South Coast Wilderness through conservation, education, advocacy, and public engagement.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P LandPaths
LocationSanta Rosa
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to foster a love of the land. Our full name, Land Partners Through Stewardship emphasizes a long-term focus on engaging people to become better stewards of our local environment.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Laru Beya Collective Inc
LocationFar Rockaway
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Laru Beya empowers historically excluded youth through free surf therapy, water safety, and outdoor programs in Rockaway and NYC.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Latinas en Bici
LocationRogers
StateAR
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We exist to improve the social and physical well-being of Latinas through weekly bike rides and multicultural events.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Latino Outdoors
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$600,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Latino Outdoors advances outdoor equity & access through free outings, outdoor leadership development & narrative shifting storytelling.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($173,940),
P Latinos Aventureros
LocationAsheville
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Aventureros connects communities to nature through free bilingual adventures, education, and stewardship that build health, place, and access.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Lauren Hales at University of Southern Mississippi
LocationHattiesburg
StateMS
Amount$8,471
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Relationships between nature engagement, r/s struggles, and psychological distress for Latines
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
H Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance
LocationBurlington
StateVT
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Learning Network supporting collaboration and outreach for the Nature and Health Alliance
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Leave No Trace
LocationBoulder
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Using the power of science, education and stewardship, Leave No Trace is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for the outdoors and the planet.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Legacy Parks Foundation
LocationKnoxville
StateTN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Enrich and enhance community health and livability in East TN by acquiring, preserving, and developing natural assets for public use and recreation.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Leroy Springs & Company
LocationFort Mill
StateSC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Twice the size of Central Park, the Greenway offers recreational and educational activities amid a beautiful and well-preserved natural landscape.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P LGBT Outdoors
LocationFt Worth
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to connect the LGBTQIA+ community to the outdoors and to each other while creating a more diverse and inclusive outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Lifting Our Stories
LocationSan Bernardino
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We empower the youth of San Bernardino County to tackle any challenge in life by exposing them to the transformational power of the outdoors while providing key support systems for their success. Through adventure-based learning and mentorship programs, we strive to instill resilience, leadership skills, and a sense of community among participants.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Literacy for Environmental Justice
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

LEJ fosters ecological health, stewardship, and community development in SE San Francisco through urban greening, education, and workforce pathways.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Live In Peace
LocationEast Palo Alto
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Live in Peace empowers our youth to achieve brighter futures through educational pathways, professional job training, and access to the outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We expand opportunity for residents in historically under-resourced DC communities through educational initiatives and customized job-training/placement, with a strong focus on outdoor environmental education and green economy jobs.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Loco por la Aventura
LocationGresham
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We provide free, bilingual outdoor programs that improve the health and wellness of Latino and immigrant communities in Oregon.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, Inc.
LocationHauppauge
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

A nonprofit that has created more than 200 miles of hiking paths on LI; dedicated to protecting open space and our Greenbelt trails for ALL to enjoy.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Lookout Mountain Conservancy
LocationLookout Mountain
StateTN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We lead the way in community-centered conservation and environmental education by providing equitable and inclusive access to the Mountain's natural beauty, wildlife habitats, recreational opportunities, and places of historical significance.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S LOUISVILLE GROWS INC
LocationLouisville
StateKY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Louisville Grows cultivates greener, healthier neighborhoods through urban horticulture, expanding the tree canopy, and workforce development.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Loveland Youth Gardeners
LocationLoveland
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

LYG provides horticultural therapy, environmental education, and skillbuilding opportunities on our youth-led urban farm.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Luki Bike Adventures
LocationDetroit
StateMI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Luki Bikes introduces kids in foster care and Black, Latino and Indigenous youth to the joy and healing power of the outdoors through mountain biking.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation
LocationBethel
StateME
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation provides transformative recreational experiences to empower children, adults, and veterans with disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Maine GearShare
LocationBrunswick
StateME
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Maine GearShare is a nonprofit gear lending library with a mission to provide access to outdoor gear through a collaborative, equity-centered approach
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Major Taylor Trail Keepers Chicago
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We aim to improve the well-being of under-resourced neighborhoods in the South Side of Chicago by collaborating with its partners and engaging others in economically productive, healthy, and active ways of living.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Make The World Better
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We connect people and inspire stewardship through public space revitalization projects. We believe that communities prosper when all people have access to high-quality public spaces that provide safe outlets for recreation, sports, and arts-based activities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Marissa Schulke at Arizona State University
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$9,342
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature-Based Play for Children with Disabilities: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Mass Audubon
LocationLincoln
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Mass Audubon's mission is to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Matthew Browning at Clemson University
LocationClemson
StateSC
Amount$199,843
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature unbound: Charting visitation disparities to shape health research and policy at The Virtual Reality & Nature Lab
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Melanin Base Miles, INC
LocationAlexandria
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Melanin Base Miles (MBM) is a Washington, D.C. based effort to increase access and remove barriers to gravel cycling and racing for BIPOC riders.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Mighty Boots Wilderness Project
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Mighty Boots builds leadership and confidence for underserved youth through outdoor adventures like rock climbing, hiking, and backpacking.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Mile in My Shoes
LocationSaint Paul
StateMN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Partnering with recovery programs, homeless shelters, and re-entry centers, MiMS sees running as a tool for personal and collective transformation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Minority Veterans of America
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Minority Vets is a nonprofit organization that works to create community belonging and advance equity for minority and underrepresented veterans.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Mississippi Park Connection
LocationSaint Paul
StateMN
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

In partnership with the National Park Service, we strive to ignite discovery and a lifelong relationship with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Missoula Adaptive Recreation and Sports
LocationMissoula
StateMT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Missoula Adaptive Recreation & Sports works to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities through outdoor recreation and advocacy.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
LocationJefferson City
StateMO
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We are pioneering methods to increase access to nature, healthy local food, and tie the health benefits of the outdoors into the the healthcare sector.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Montezuma Land Conservancy
LocationCortez
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Montezuma Land Conservancy is an innovative land trust working to protect lands and connect community to our natural world in Southwest Colorado.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S MORE
LocationArlington
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

MORE builds, maintains, and advocates for public, sustainable, multi-use, natural surface trails in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Greenway Trust leads cross-sector collaborations to conserve and restore natural areas, while helping people access nature in sustainable ways.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Movement Education Outdoors
LocationProvidence
StateRI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Through land and water based learning experiences that center the knowledge, joy, and liberation of people of color in Rhode Island, we guide young people in developing the tools they need to become leaders in their communities for transformative change towards environmental and racial justice.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans
LocationVentura
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Protecting the ocean by empowering youth and their communities through transformative experiences that build stewardship for our Blue Planet.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000),
P myTeam Triumph Wisconsin
LocationGreen Bay
StateWI
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to enrich the wellbeing of individuals with diverse abilities and foster lifelong relationships through community athletics.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Nancy Wells at Cornell University
LocationIthaca
StateNY
Amount$33,176
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature, Autism, and Health Equity: Nature as a supportive context for youth with profound autism at The Wells Lab
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Nashville Black Wellness Collective
LocationGallatin
StateTN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We promote wellness in Nashville's Black community through movement, nature, and community with group hikes, outdoor yoga, fitness, and run/walks.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P National Brotherhood of Snowsports
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The National Brotherhood of Snowsports is committed to a more inclusive winter sports industry by promoting winter activities for people of color.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$225,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Created by and for state legislators, NCEL serves as a nonpartisan resource to lawmakers working to advance strong and equitable environmental policy.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
H National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project, Inc.
LocationAlbuquerque
StateNM
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Through a tribal/Indigenous environmental mindfulness practice participants will monitor the effectiveness of these practices using EEG monitors.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Native Conservancy
LocationCordova
StateAK
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Native Conservancy empowers Native communities through ocean farming, conservation, and restoring Indigenous co-management of ancestral ocean waters.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Native Land Conservancy
LocationMashpee
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a Native American-run land conservation group with a mission to preserve healthy landscapes for all living things and help restore land back to its original state wherever possible. We draw upon our collective traditional cultural knowledge with generations of direct experience in the woodlands, coastlines, and waterways of our ancestral homelands.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Native Like Water
LocationImperial Beach
StateCA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We curate re-creational experiences through an Indigenous lens for adults and teens, focusing on conservation, wellness, and inter-generational cultural self-explorations. With over 21 years of service, our programs focus on Indigenous sacred relationship to water.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
P Native Women Run
LocationRushford
StateMN
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

NWR aims to increase the visibility and positive representation of Indigenous women in running and fostering community and sisterhood.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Natural Lands
LocationMedia
StatePA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are guided by the heart of our mission, land for life, nature for all—a promise we pursue by focusing on three core areas: saving open space, caring for nature, and connecting people to the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Natural Restorations
LocationGilbert
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to remove trash and graffiti from outdoor recreation and wilderness areas across Arizona, replant burn scars, and enrich the lives of others.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Nature and Health Alliance
LocationAustin
StateTX
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

NHA is an international network advancing the understanding of the connection between nature and health to ensure equitable nature access for all.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2024 ($700,000), 2022 ($250,000),
H Nature and Health, University of Washington
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We conduct research on nature and health with the goal of improving programs and policies and encouraging equitable engagement with nature.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($200,000), 2021 ($250,000),
H Nature and Human Health Utah
LocationSalt Lake City
StateUT
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We seek to foster critical links between nature and human health by providing a collaborative arena in which representatives of diverse societal sectors can equitably engage, share ideas, formulate actions, and implement solutions. Our vision is that all Utahns understand the critical links between people and nature, and help to ensure those critical links are accessible to everyone in our community.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($160,000),
P Nature for All
LocationMonterey Park
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Nature for All builds a base of support to ensure that everyone in the Los Angeles region has equitable access to nature and its benefits.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S NatureQuant
LocationEugene
StateOR
Amount$25,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

NatureQuant deliver innovative technology to study and promote nature exposure for human health. These grants supports multiple projects including the open-sourcing of their NatureScore platform, ensuring a public resource that will provide increased awareness about the link between nature exposure and health.
InitiativeSector Support
Previous Grants 2024 ($100,000), 2023 ($200,000),
S Nearby Nature Milwaukee
LocationMilwaukee
StateWI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to support, promote and celebrate environmentalism in Milwaukee’s communities of color. We work to renew natural areas in those communities and provide access for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Neighborhood Bike Works
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We inspire youth and strengthen Philadelphia communities by providing equitable access to bicycling and bike repair through education, recreation, leadership, and career-building opportunities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P New England Disabled Sports
LocationLincoln
StateNH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

New England Disabled Sports empowers and enhances the independence of individuals living with disabilities through year-round outdoor adaptive sports.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S New Fire/ Yankuik Xihuitl
LocationFremont
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Indigenous-led volunteer nonprofit restoring land, culture, and outdoor access so future generations can thrive in harmony with the natural world.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S New Jersey Tree Foundation
LocationMedford
StateNJ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are dedicated to planting trees in NJ’s most urban neighborhoods, where the need is greatest. Through tree planting, volunteerism and partnerships, we assist numerous communities in improving their environment and quality of life.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
LocationMahwah
StateNJ
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Trail Conference is a volunteer-powered organization dedicated to building, maintaining, and protecting public trails for everyone to enjoy.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Next 100 Coalition
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to connect, amplify, and support the leadership of historically marginalized communities in the administration and stewardship of waterways, lands, oceans, and coasts to advance community prosperity and resilience.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P North Carolina Adapted Sports
LocationCary
StateNC
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

NC Adapted Sports creates adapted sport opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities, fostering an inclusive and equitable community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Northwest Youth Corps
LocationTacoma
StateWA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Northwest Youth Corps helps young people gain skills needed to reach career goals while completing high priority conservation projects.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Norwalk River Valley Trail
LocationGeorgetown
StateCT
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to facilitate the design, construction, and maintenance of a regionally significant, safe, universally accessible, multipurpose trail linking the historically underserved - and growing - cities of Norwalk and Danbury through the towns of Wilton, Redding, Ridgefield.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Norwalk River Watershed Association
LocationWilton
StateCT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

To protect and restore water quality and fish and wildlife habitats in the Norwalk River Watershed.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project
LocationLas Cruces
StateNM
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2022
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to ensure that historically and deliberately excluded communities have access to the outdoors and that our people, history, and values are authentically reflected in public land and conservation management decision making.

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Ogden Valley Adaptive Sports
LocationOgden
StateUT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

OVAS offers year-round adaptive outdoor recreation programs to empower people with disabilities through inclusive, life changing sports experiences.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Ohio River Way
LocationCincinnati
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Created by a team of volunteer paddlers, the Ohio River Way is a 308-mile National Water Trail bordering Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000),
P OKC Black Alumni Coalition
LocationSpencer
StateOK
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to increase the black community's social, political, economic, and educational capital in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P One Family Memphis
LocationMemphis
StateTN
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We create access to climbing, fitness, healthy food, education, and the outdoors to underserved communities on a pay-what-you-can model.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($50,000), 2022 ($100,000),
P Oregon Adaptive Sports
LocationBend
StateOR
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

OAS creates access to high quality adaptive skiing, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, and golf opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Organic Connects
LocationCleveland
StateOH
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Organic Connects reintroduces youth and families to nature through outdoor recreation, environmental education, and workforce development.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Outdoor Afro
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$600,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Outdoor Afro celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000), 2021 ($123,940),
P Outdoor Alliance for Kids at Sierra Club Foundation
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to advocate for equitable and readily available opportunities for children, youth, and families to connect with the outdoors.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Outdoor Asian
LocationRichmond
StateCA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to create a diverse and inclusive community of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the outdoors by engaging communities locally, providing a platform to amplify our community’s stories, and connecting AAPI individuals.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
P Outdoor Equity Alliance
LocationWest Windsor
StateNJ
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

OEA removes barriers so people of all backgrounds can access nature through education, careers, and community programs, fostering outdoor equity.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Outdoor Inclusion Coalition
LocationPittsburgh
StatePA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Outdoor Inclusion Coalition expands access to nature by uniting partners to connect underrepresented youth and families to the outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Outdoor Opportunity Coalition at Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project
LocationLas Cruces
StateNM
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Outdoor FUTURE is a coalition that seeks to pass a national outdoor equity fund that will ensure large-scale and long-term investments in programs that ensure all youth across the nation have an opportunity to explore the great outdoors and to enjoy its health, educational, and career-building benefits.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Outdoor Outreach
LocationSan Diego
StateCA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We connect youth to the transformative power of the outdoors. Since 1999, we have provided opportunities for more than 20,000 young people from communities that have been historically impacted by social inequities to explore their world, cultivate belonging, and discover what they’re capable of.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
P Outdoors for All Foundation
LocationBellevue
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to enrich the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities through outdoor recreation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($50,000), 2022 ($100,000),
S OutLoud Dallas
LocationDallas
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to amplify youth voice. Through the intersection of storytelling projects, outdoor discovery, activism and restorative practices, OutLoud creates spaces that value youth as the drivers of social change, promote wellbeing, and shift perspectives about the capabilities of young people.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Outward Bound Adventures
LocationPasadena
StateCA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

OBA will ensure youth from diverse communities have access to nature, environmental education, leadership development and careers in conservation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2024 ($50,000), 2022 ($125,000),
S Owens Valley Indian Water Commission
LocationBishop
StateCA
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We work with member tribes to advocate for Indigenous farming and agriculture that increase food security/food sovereignty, educate and engage youth in nature, and assist with securing additional land and water for our tribes.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Pacoima Beautiful
LocationPacoima
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a grassroots environmental justice organization that provides education, impacts local policy, and supports local arts and culture in order to promote a healthy and sustainable Northeast San Fernando Valley.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Paddle for Peace
Locationsan deigo
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Paddle for Peace is a nonprofit that provides free ocean access for BIPOC and underserved youth harnessing the healing power of the ocean.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Paddle4Tomorrow
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We create youth programs that celebrate diversity and stewardship in the outdoors for youth ages 8-17, all hosted in public spaces at no cost to them.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Paradox Sports
LocationBoulder
StateCO
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Paradox transforms lives and communities by providing adaptive climbing programs to people with disabilities through trips, education, and community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Park Pride
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our missions is to engage communities to activate the power of parks, Park Pride is working in Atlanta’s parks ecosystem at every level—by improving neighborhood parks, creating new community park advocates, and connecting grassroots leaders, funders, and government partners—so that all Atlantans can have access to a quality park.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Park Rx America
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$150,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

PRA is committed to nature and health research, and disseminates evidence-based tools to health providers to integrate Nature Rx into their practice.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000),
S Parks Alliance of Louisville
LocationLouisville
StateKY
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to drive equitable investment in our public parks to improve the health and wellbeing of the entire community.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation
LocationCamp Hill
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Inspiring stewardship of Pennsylvania's state parks and forests through education, recreation, and volunteerism.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S People for Palmer Park
LocationDetroit
StateMI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

People for Palmer Park was formed in 2011 for the preservation, revitalization, and viability of Palmer Park — a Detroit park for the good of all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P People of Color Wilderness Coalition
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

The People of Color Wilderness Coalition unites BIPOC-led groups building joyful, safe, and confident outdoor futures for their diverse communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Petaluma River Park Foundation
LocationPetaluma
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Petaluma River Park Foundation is meeting our vital need for shared space that connects people, art, and nature by building a park for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Phoenix Bikes
LocationArlington
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Phoenix Bikes provides hands-on education to improve youth futures and workforce readiness while distributing refurbished bikes to those in need.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Pigtown Climbs
LocationBaltimore
StateMD
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a community-driven organization that uses climbing and sustainable programming to foster black liberation, promote wellness, and connect the communities of Southwest Baltimore to the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Piikanii Lodge Health Institute
LocationBrowning
StateMT
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are an Indigenous-founded nonprofit focused on promoting the health and well-being of Blackfeet (properly known as ‘Amskapi Piikani’) people and lands.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P PikeRide, Inc
LocationColorado Springs
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

PikeRide is a nonprofit bike share that provides affordable ebikes to ensure all have access to the outdoors, regardless of income or background.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Portland Wheelers
LocationPortland
StateME
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide adapted bike rides for individuals unable to ride a bike due to physical or cognitive limitations. We use custom electric tricycles with a front wheelchair-type seat for the passenger, or wheeler, and a rear bike seat for the volunteer pilot.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Positive Ride JAMS, Inc
LocationSAN LUIS OBISPO
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We create memorable and adaptive outdoor recreational experiences for individuals with limited mobility.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Pride Outside
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We connect the LGBTQ community around the outdoors and advance LGBTQ inclusion initiatives with federal land management agencies, conservation nonprofits, and the outdoor industry.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Primitive Puirsuits
LocationIthaca
StateNY
Amount$5,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County offering experiences that foster a life-long relationship with nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S PrincetonBlairstown Center
LocationPrinceton
StateNJ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Providing opportunity for all young people to nurture their social and emotional skills through experiential and adventure-based outdoor programming.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Project Mobility: Cycles for Life
LocationSt. Charles
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Project Mobility provides adaptive bike adventures and bike giveaways for children with disabilities, autism, cancer and wounded veterans.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Prospect Park Alliance
LocationBrooklyn
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Prospect Park Alliance sustains, restores and advances Prospect Park to benefit the diverse communities that call Brooklyn home.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Queen City Bicycle Collective
LocationManchester
StateNH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

QC Bike provides affordable bike access, hands-on skillbuilding, and community outreach to foster a more connected, bike friendly Manchester.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Queer Climbing Columbus
LocationColumbus
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We existsto connect Central Ohio climbers, increase access and affordability to climbing and the outdoors, and create safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community. By combating discrimination and prejudice, as well as fostering diversity, QCC makes the outdoors safer and more inclusive for all.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Queer Crush
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a volunteer-run nonprofit centered around creating safe and inclusive spaces for those who are diverse in their gender, romantic, and sexual orientations. Our mission is to empower LGBTQIA+ folks to find community, health, and healing through climbing and the outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Rails to Trails Conservancy
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$225,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

At Rails to Trails Conservancy, we are building a nation connected by trails so everyone can safely walk, bike and be active outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($100,000),
P RAMP
LocationSunset Beach
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

RAMP provides inclusive recreational opportunities for persons wishing to participate in various competitive and noncompetitive accessible activities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Rec2Connect
LocationCleveland
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Rec2Connect is dedicated to providing fully inclusive and accessible community recreation for individuals with disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Recreate Responsibly Coalition
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$25,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Recreate Responsibly unites partners to promote clear, inclusive guidance for safe, responsible, and sustainable outdoor recreation.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Reflection Riding
LocationChattanooga
StateTN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We restore the vital connection between people and nature in Chattanooga. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to experience nature, regardless of where they live or their economic status. W
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Refugee Education and Adventure Challenge (REACH)
LocationOak Park
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

REACH connects refugee youth and families to nature through STEAM-based outdoor learning adventures that build leadership, belonging, and equity
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Refugee Women's Network
LocationDecatur
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

RWN's Outdoor Wellness Program connects diverse women to outdoor spaces promoting physical and mental health and community connection.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Regional Parks Foundation
LocationCastro Valley
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Regional Parks Foundation provides universal access to East Bay parklands, promoting environmental stewardship, outdoor education and recreation.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Reno Bike Project
LocationReno
StateNV
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Reno Bike Project is a nonprofit community bike shop that promotes access to cycling through education, advocacy, and affordable resources .
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Rich City Rides
LocationRichmond
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are a non-profit organization focused on improving the health and economics of our community by promoting cycling as a social, sustainable, and green mode of transportation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Richmond Cycling Corps
LocationRichmond
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We use cycling as a tool to create engagement with youth living in Richmond’s East End. While cycling is one of our main programs, at its heart, our organization is serving disadvantaged youth who live in public housing.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Rising Hearts
LocationHarrisonburg
StateVA
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We are an Indigenous led organization creating intersectional programming through targeted advocacy and knowledge sharing to promote kinship building across communities and wellness spaces.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Rising Routes
LocationDenver
StateCO
Amount$500,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to strengthen the outdoor access ecosystem by supporting the people and organizations driving it forward.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P River City Foundation
LocationSt. Louis
StateMO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

River City Outdoors' mission is to support, promote, and advocate for outdoor recreation for all in the St. Louis region.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S River Source
LocationSanta Fe
StateNM
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We support people living as good stewards of their watersheds by providing science and policy education, planning, monitoring, and ecological restoration services throughout New Mexico.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Rivers & Lands Conservancy
LocationRiverside
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We connect our community to natural, wild, and open spaces of Southern California through land conservation, stewardship, and education.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Riverside Education Centers
LocationGrand Junction
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide Mesa County students with high-quality academic and extracurricular experiences during out-of-school time to foster individual growth and to create community within a safe, diverse, equitable, inclusive environment.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S RIVERSPORT Foundation
LocationOklahoma City
StateOK
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Thrive Outside OKC is a collective impact initiative creating access to outdoor recreation for children who would not normally have the opportunity.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
LocationCarbondale
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We promote stewardship of our public lands by engaging our community in education, restoration and conservation projects.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Rochester Accessible Adventures
LocationRochester
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

RAA guides recreation, sports and tourism spaces to be fully accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to people with and without disabilities, always.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Rogue River Institute
LocationMerlin
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide free of charge rafting and camping trips for people with disabilities. We strive to place an emphasis on natural studies and environmental awareness as we all learn the magic of overcoming physical barriers.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Route of the Badger
LocationMilwaukee
StateWI
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We healthy, thriving communities in Southeast Wisconsin centered around a world-class, 700-miles-plus regional trail system that connects people across towns and counties, providing endless transformational opportunities for physical activity, tourism, connections to nature, recreation and stronger businesses along the route.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Runners for Public Lands
LocationVentura
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We empower runners to protect public lands and expand access to nature for all through community service, education, and civic engagement.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Runnin' for Rhett
LocationElk Grove
StateCA
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Runnin’ for Rhett inspires people to “Move Into Life” with free youth fitness programs, community races, and events honoring Rhett Seevers.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Running Industry Diversity Coalition
LocationMarysville
StateWA
Amount$25,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The RIDC is for the people—advancing inclusion, visibility, and access for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the running and outdoor spaces.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
LocationSacramento
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SABA's mission is to make Sacramento's streets safe and convenient for all users, which enables more people to choose a bike for everyday travel.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Sacramento Tree Foundation
LocationSacramento
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to grow thriving communities through stewardship of our urban forest. From seed to slab, we work with communities to create livable and lovable communities for everyone.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Salem Area Trail Alliance
LocationSalem
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Getting more people on more trails in the general Salem area.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Salt Lake Area Queer Climbers
LocationSouth Salt Lake
StateUT
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SLAQC helps queer people access their limitless potential through providing inclusive, supportive, and accessible experiences in rock climbing
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Salted Roots (formerly Brown Girl Surf)
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We work to build a more diverse, environmentally reverent, and joyful women’s, girl’s, and gender expansive surf culture by increasing access to surfing, cultivating community, amplifying the voices of surfers of color, and taking care of the earth.

InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
S San Diego Canyonlands
LocationSan Diego
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to promote, protect, and restore the natural habitats in San Diego County's canyons and creeks through education and ongoing community involvement in stewardship and advocacy.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S San Francisco Parks Alliance in support of Blue Greenway project
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

In collaboration with local organizations and public agencies, we are revamping efforts around the Blue Greenway: an initiative that will elevate and connect 13 miles worth of waterfront parks and public spaces along San Francisco’s southeast waterfront, from Oracle Park south to Candlestick Point

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2021 ($100,000),
S San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation
LocationSan Mateo
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We inspire people to care for, learn about and enjoy San Mateo County Parks by creating connections to the outdoors through outings and events.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Santa Fe Conservation Trust
LocationSanta Fe
StateNM
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We protect culturally and environmentally significant landscapes, spark passion for nature, and enable the continual regeneration of our healthy place.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Santa Fe Mountain Center Inc.
LocationTesuque
StateNM
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Mountain Center provides therapeutic adventure and wellness programming for youth and adults.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Sara Collins at Colorado State University
LocationFort Collins
StateCO
Amount$9,515
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Understanding Stress Recovery and Barriers to Access of Outdoor Immersion within LGBTQ+ Populations
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
LocationBoston
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are the region’s leading voice for clean water & public investment in Boston Harbor, the region’s public beaches and the Boston Harbor Islands. Our mission is to restore & protect Boston Harbor, MA Bay & the marine environment & share them with the public for everyone to enjoy.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Saved By Nature
LocationCampbell
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SBN connects underserved communities to the healing power of nature through inclusive outdoor programs, environmental education, and stewardship.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is Philadelphia’s largest nature center offering innovative educational programs for all ages.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Seattle Parks Foundation
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We partner with community to champion thriving and equitable parks and public spaces. We envision a Seattle where all people feel welcome and invested in our parks and public spaces, leading to healthy, sustainable, and equitable communities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Second Cycle Community Bicycle Shop
LocationTacoma
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to demystify and normalize bike riding as a part of daily life and realize the bicycle as a tool for personal and community empowerment.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Sempervirens Fund
LocationLos Altos
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to protect and permanently preserve redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, wildlife habitat, watersheds, and other important natural and scenic features of California’s Santa Cruz mountains, and to encourage public appreciation and enjoyment of this environment.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Sharing Wheels
LocationEverett
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We help people ride, fix and recycle bikes by offering repair help, classes, refurbished bikes and used parts, and a community of bike friendly folks.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P SheJumps
LocationSalt Lake City
StateUT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SheJumps increases the participation of girls and women in outdoor activities and creates educational outdoor experiences that nurture transformation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
LocationQuincy
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to build sustainable recreation-based communities through stewardship, job creation and world-class events. We provide quality outdoor experiences through trail construction and maintenance in the Lost Sierra.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Sierra Foothill Conservancy
LocationPrather
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SFC honors our natural and cultural heritage by protecting and enhancing our region's natural lands for future generations.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Sierra Nevada Journeys
LocationReno
StateNV
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to deliver innovative outdoor, science-based education programs for youth to develop critical thinking skills and to inspire natural resource stewardship.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Siskiyou Mountain Club
LocationAshland
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We connect communities to their public lands through active stewardship of 400+ miles of trails we maintain throughout southwest Oregon and northwest California.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Skate Like a Girl
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Skate Like a Girl builds inclusive communities by promoting confidence, leadership, and social justice through skateboarding.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Sogorea Te' Land Trust
LocationOakland
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are an urban, Indigenous, women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people through the practices of Rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation
LocationSANTA ROSA
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Sonoma County Parks Foundation raises funds to strengthen Sonoma County Regional Parks' 60+ parks and programs serving youth and the community.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Soul Trak Outdoors
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Soul Trak connects communities of color in Washington, D.C. to nature through outdoor recreation, environmental education, and leadership development.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Sourland Conservancy
LocationSkillman
StateNJ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We work to protect, promote, and preserve the unique character of the Sourland Mountain Region – a refuge for natural and cultural diversity.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S South River Watershed Alliance
LocationDecatur
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Restore and protect South River water quality, support recreation, and preserve aquatic life and wildlife habitat.

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
S South Texas Off Road Mountain-Bikers (STORM)
LocationSan Antonio
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are committed to environmentally conscious mountain biking and trail building, facilitating recreational trail cycling, educating about the sport of mountain biking, maintaining local trails, and advocating for increased trail access.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Southeastern Climbers Coalition Inc
LocationChattanooga
StateTN
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SCC preserves climbing areas for all current and future generations in the Southeast, through acquisition, stewardship, and community engagement.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
LocationAsheville
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to conserve the unique plant and animal habitat, clean water, farmland, scenic beauty, and places for all people to enjoy outdoor recreation in the mountains of North Carolina, enduring for future generations.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
LocationTucson
StateAZ
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports provides fitness, recreation, and competitive sports opportunities for people with disabilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (dba Roswell Alpharetta Mountain Bike Org, Inc.)
LocationRoswell
StateGA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Building, maintaining, and advocating for our local mountain bike trails in Roswell, Alpharetta, and Forsyth County in North GA.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Spokes Fighting Strokes
LocationArizona City
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to reach every stroke survivor and show them that recovery is possible! Through Adaptive Cycling clinics we help stroke survivors to get their life back, by regaining strength and ability, hope and freedom. The goal is to increase awareness about stroke and HHT (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia), and to make Adaptive Cycling available to the stroke community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P SportsAbility Alliance
LocationTallahassee
StateFL
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

SportsAbility Alliance enriches lives through accessible, inclusive recreation and active leisure for individuals of all ages and all abilities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H Ssu-Su Yeh Texas at Texas A&M University
LocationCollege Station
StateTX
Amount$8,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Exploring the Psychophysiological Benefits of a Virtual Nature Walk at the Center for Health and Nature
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P St. Louis Bicycle Works
LocationSt. Louis
StateMO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We inspire youth to pursue their dreams, care for the world around them, and explore new possibilities through experiential learning.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Stonewall Climbing
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We are an intersectional LGBTQIA2S+ climbing community, founded & curated by neurodivergent, queer, non-binary, people of color, committed to creating space within the broader climbing community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P StreetWaves
LocationDelray Beach
StateFL
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to expose the ocean to children whose socio-economic backgrounds may have excluded them from the ocean and shoreline. We know that the majesty of the sea and the wisdom of the wave builds confidence, courage, and self esteem.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P STRIDE Adaptive Sports
LocationWest Sand Lake
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

To educate and empower individuals with disabilities in life changing sport and recreation programs to sustain healthy, active and fun lifestyles.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Surfrider Foundation
LocationSan Clemente
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Surfrider is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves, and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Sustainability Matters Inc
LocationWoodstock
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Sustainability Matters cultivates community through conservation, making sustainability fun, practical, and accessible for everyone.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Team River Runner
LocationRockville
StateMD
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Team River Runner empowers veterans and families to heal, find purpose, and build community through adventure and adaptive paddle sports in nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Teaneck Creek Conservancy
LocationTeaneck
StateNJ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Teaneck Creek Conservancy stewards a 46-acre urban park that combines restoration, education, and art to connect all of Bergen County with nature.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Ten Strands
LocationSan Rafael
StateCA
Amount$25,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Ten Strands builds and strengthens partnerships and strategies to bring environmental literacy to all of California’s TK–12 public school students.
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Tennessee RiverLine
LocationKnoxville
StateTN
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We envision for a 652-mile system of paddling, hiking, and biking trails along the length of the Tennessee River, as well as a place-based strategy for economic development, public health, resource stewardship, and equitable access benefits for 2.4 million people in Tennessee River communities.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
P Teton Adaptive
LocationTeton Village
StateWY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to develop recreation opportunities for people with disabilities living in and visiting the Greater Teton Area.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Texas Children in Nature Network
LocationManchaca
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Texas Children in Nature Network (TCiNN) advances access to nature, connecting over 900 partner organizations to resources and to one another.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S The Bay Park Conservancy
LocationSarasota
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

To transform 53 acres of precious city owned land on Sarasota Bay into a signature community park (bluegreen oasis) that is One Park for All.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P The Bike Gangs of Fort Worth
LocationFort Worth
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We build bike shops in a 20' shipping container format, keep them supplied indefinitely, and teach neighborhoods to operate them all for FREE!
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S The Colorado Trail Foundation
LocationPoncha Springs
StateCO
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We are responsible for building, conserving, and maintaining the Colorado Trail. We do this by partnering with volunteers from across the state.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P The Common Wheel
LocationLancaster
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We see the bike as a tool for empowerment, education, and community building and we increase access to this means of essential transportation for all.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S The Conservation Alliance
LocationWindsor
StateCO
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We harness the power of businesses from a variety of industries to protect outdoor spaces and wild places through strategic advocacy and grantmaking.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P The Cycle Effect
LocationEagle
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to empower young women through mountain biking to create brighter futures and build stronger communities. We aim to serve 70% of participants who identify as Latina and/or Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and work to remove financial barriers while supporting the social-emotional well-being of our participants.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S The Finger Lakes Land Trust, Inc.
LocationIthaca
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We work to conserve forever the lands and waters of the Finger Lakes region, ensuring scenic vistas, clean water, and wild places for everyone.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S The Friends Of Joshua Tree
LocationJoshua Tree
StateCA
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Friends of Joshua Tree is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preserving access to natural, cultural and recreational resources.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S The Great Basin Institute
LocationReno
StateNV
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

To provide outdoor education, to help children connect with nature, improve their physical health, and support their mental wellbeing.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S The Greening of Detroit
LocationDetroit
StateMI
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Greening of Detroit leads tree planting, job training, education and wellness programs to support a vibrant, healthy and revitalized city.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S The Greenway Foundation
LocationDenver
StateCO
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Greenway Foundation enhances and protects Denver’s waterways through equitable community engagement, education, and stewardship.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P The Hummingbird Project
LocationMarina Del Rey
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We take kids from underserved communities in Los Angeles on nature outings (hiking, kayaking), then we have sit down lunch at a local restaurant.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S The Land Trust of North Alabama
LocationHuntsville
StateAL
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Land Trust is north Alabama’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and education of the natural environment in our region.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P The Loppet Foundation
LocationMinneapolis
StateMN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We connect people to the outdoors through trail running, cross country skiing, mountain biking and paddling experiences that grow community in the Minneaopolis area.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P The Mountaineers
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We enrich the community by helping people explore, conserve, learn about, and enjoy the lands and waters of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P The Out Our Front Door Organization
LocationChicago
StateIL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We lead adult, family, and adaptive bike camping trips, as well as educational day rides and day rides to complete environmental service.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis
LocationIndianapolis
StateIN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We work with Indy Parks and Recreation to steward and leverage funding to ensure Indianapolis parks are accessible, clean, and thriving public spaces. In addition, we support an urban farm on Indy's east side, Indy Urban Acres, that uses park land to provide equitable access to free, high-quality produce.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S The Redford Center
LocationSan Francisco
StateCA
Amount$500,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Advancing environmental solutions through the power of stories that move.
InitiativeSector Support
Previous Grants 2023 ($200,000),
P The Semilla Project
LocationAlbuquerque
StateNM
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Semila Project, a center of transformation for rising BIPOC leaders, ensures change is possible when impacted communities and youth lead.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P The Venture Out Project
LocationFlorence
StateMA
Amount$100,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Venture Out Project (TVOP) leads outdoor adventure expeditions where LGBTQ+ people learn skills, develop confidence, and build community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($173,940),
P The Women's Wilderness Institute
LocationBoulder
StateCO
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Women's Wilderness creates space for girls, women, and nonbinary people of all ages and backgrounds to find their voice, place, and power outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P The Woods Project
LocationHouston
StateTX
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Woods Project creates transformative wilderness immersion and outdoor education experiences for Houston youth from low-income communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Three Rivers Park District Foundation, Inc.
LocationPlymouth
StateMN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Three Rivers Park District Foundation connects people of all backgrounds and abilities to the health, joy, and inspiration of the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S TigerMountain Foundation
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

TigerMountain Foundation is a unique organization whose mission is to empower people by building sustainable community gardens, providing life skills support and workforce development through neighborhood revitalization and beautification
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Timucuan Parks Foundation
LocationJacksonville
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Timucuan Parks Foundation preserves, promotes, and enhances Jacksonville’s parks and preserves through community engagement, education, and inclusion.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Tiny WPA
LocationPhiladelphia
StatePA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to grow and support a diverse intergenerational community of civic change agents (Building Heroes) who want to learn how to design and build great things, make a difference in their community(s), and lead others in making Philadelphia a better, safer, healthier, more equitable, and prosperous place to live, work and play.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Together We Can
LocationNorth Las Vegas
StateNV
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We believe that nature belongs to everybody. The mission is to inspire and connect members to the benefits of recreating and stewarding outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy
LocationClaremont
StateCA
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We have received land back and are working to create a community center for Indigenous people that maintains cultural practices, practices traditional ceremony, brings back native plants, facilitates TEK education, bring home our cultural items, and archive community documents.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P TOTAL NM
LocationBosque Farms
StateNM
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We ensure every PreK–12 student in NM has access to equitable outdoor learning by empowering educators, fostering collaboration, and advocating.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Trail Access Project
LocationLas Vegas
StateNV
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Trail Access Project helps people with disabilities have meaningful experiences in the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Trail Bros Corp.
LocationWoodland Hills
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

TrailFolx is a Los Angeles nonprofit creating opportunities for underprivileged and underserved youth to participate in mountain sports and activities
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Trail Mixed Collective
LocationBellevue
StateWA
Amount$25,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Trail Mixed is a volunteer-run non-profit that builds community and access to outdoor sports and recreation for women of color in WA, OR, and CA.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Trails and Open Space Coalition
LocationColorado Springs
StateCO
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We advocate for the creation and conservation of an interconnected network of trails, parks and open spaces across the Pikes Peak region.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Trails Have Our Respect (THOR)
LocationOmaha
StateNE
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

THOR develops and stewards accessible, sustainable natural surface trails in Nebraska and Iowa through advocacy, education, and partnerships.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Transportation Alternatives
LocationNew York City
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Through a combination of neighborhood-level grassroots organizing and city-wide advocacy, we push for changes in public policy, street design, enforcement, and resource allocation that transform our city’s streets for better walking, biking, and public transit for all New Yorkers.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S TreePeople
LocationBeverly Hills
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to inspire, engage, and support people to take personal responsibility for the environment, making it safe, healthy, fun, and sustainable.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Trees Matter
LocationPhoenix
StateAZ
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Trees Matter’s mission is to foster and inspire an increased, more balanced tree canopy throughout the Valley of the Sun.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Triangle Land Conservancy
LocationDurham
StateNC
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

As a Land Trust in North Carolina, TLC safeguards clean water, protects natural habitats, supports local farms, and connects people with nature.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Trips For Kids Charlotte
LocationCharlotte
StateNC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to transform lives, communities, and landscapes through cycling. We work with youth from historically marginalized communities in Charlotte to provide access to bikes, safety education, and transformative cycling experiences that encourage self-confidence, independence, healthy living and self-transformation on two wheels.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Trips for Kids Metro New York
LocationNew York
StateNY
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

TFKMNY's mission is to provide transformative cycling experiences for young people of all communities, especially those most in need.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Triumph Foundation
LocationValencia
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We provide adaptive sports and outdoor recreation that empower people with disabilities to stay active and enjoy the outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Trust for Public Land in support of Park Performance Framework
LocationLos Angeles
StateCA
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Trust for Public Land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
Previous Grants 2024 ($200,000),
S Tuleyome
LocationWoodland
StateCA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Tuleyome engages in advocacy and active stewardship with diverse communities to conserve, enhance, restore, and enjoy the lands in the region.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Two Bikes
LocationKnoxville
StateTN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We work to create opportunity, sustainability, and community through bicycles. We achieve this through youth workforce development, diverting bikes from local landfills, providing free and affordable bikes to the community, and by hosting fun, inclusive group bike rides.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
H UC Davis Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
LocationDavis
StateCA
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Establishing a Nationwide Repository of Spatial Metrics of Nature
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Un Mar De Colores
LocationEncinitas
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We connect underserved youth to the ocean through surf therapy, education, and mentorship, inspiring belonging and cultivating future ocean leaders.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P United Rocks Unity with Community
LocationPlano
StateTX
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We are an organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through the sport of rock climbing.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Unlikely Riders INC
LocationBurlington
StateVT
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We create joyful and inclusive spaces in mountain sports by breaking down barriers and empowering our BIPOC LGBTQ+ community to lead and thrive outdoors.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Up ENDing Parkinson's
LocationMarshall
StateVA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Up ENDing Parkinson’s partners with rock climbing centers US-wide to provide facilitated rockclimbing experiences for People with Parkinson’s.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance
LocationGreenville
StateSC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to rapidly expand and improve the greenways and trails network of Upstate South Carolina through an alliance of partners and by using public-private partnerships.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Urban Bike Project
LocationWilmington
StateDE
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Urban Bike Project provides residents in Wilmington, Delaware with access to bicycling for transportation, fitness, and fun.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Urban Bird Collective
LocationSt. Paul
StateMN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Urban Bird Collective is an environmental organization that promotes outdoor recreation and healing, with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Urban Ecology Center
LocationMilwaukee
StateWI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Urban Ecology Center is connecting people to nature and each other through restoring local parks, environmental education, and community programs.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Urban Nature Partners PDX
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We empower 3rd-9th grade youth from historically marginalized Portland neighborhoods by building connections to nature and community through long-term one-on-one mentoring relationships.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Utah Deaf Campers
LocationNorth Ogden
StateUT
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

UDC provides the marginalized members of the deaf communities, regardless of race, status, sex, or religion, opportunities to connect w/ nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Valley Forge Park Alliance
LocationKing of Prussia
StatePA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Valley Forge Park Alliance inspires appreciation and stewardship of the park’s history, nature, and outdoor spaces.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Vamos Outdoors Project
LocationBellingham
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Vamos Outdoors Project provides outdoor, recreational, and environmental programming to Latine youth to foster healthy youth development and joy.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Ventana Wildlife Society
LocationMonterey
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Ventana Wildlife Society restores native wildlife through science-based conservation, species recovery, and youth education in California.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports
LocationKillington
StateVT
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports empowers individuals with disabilities through access and instruction to sports and recreational activities.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($50,000), 2022 ($100,000),
S Vermont Parks Forever
LocationMontpelier
StateVT
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Vermont Parks Forever, the foundation for VT's state parks, is committed to innovative nature education, access to parks, and equity in the outdoors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Vesper Meadow Education Program
LocationMedford
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

The Vesper Meadow Education Program (VM) mission is to inspire a culture of land stewardship and nature connection.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Vibe Tribe Adventures
LocationAurora
StateCO
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to connect, reconnect, and deepen the right to nature of Coloradan communities underrepresented in natural spaces. We accomplish this through outdoor recreation, extreme sports participation, backcountry and water safety, stewardship and conservation, outdoor industry employment training, and outdoor industry entrepreneurship training and mentoring.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Vida Verde
LocationSan Gregorio
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Vida Verde promotes educational equity by providing free overnight outdoor education experiences for students who don’t otherwise get the opportunity.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
LocationSaint Paul
StateMN
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

WTA is a Native-led environmental organization, engaging people to honor and care for natural places and the sacred sites/cultural value within them.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Warrior Surf Foundation
LocationFolly Beach
StateSC
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Warrior Surf Foundation provides free adaptive surf therapy, wellness, and yoga for Veterans and their families suffering from PTSD.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Warriors To Wilderness
LocationRoseville
StateOH
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

W2W empowers veterans through transformative outdoor experiences that foster healing, resilience, and personal growth through nature-based programs.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Washington Trails Association
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Washington Trails Association mobilizes hikers and everyone who loves the outdoors to explore, protect and champion trails and public lands.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Washington's National Park Fund
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

WNPF raises funds to preserve and enhance the natural beauty, cultural heritage, and recreational opportunities of Washington’s three parks.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P We Explore Earth
LocationSan Gabriel
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We empower individuals through outdoor exploration and education, fostering environmental and cultural advocacy. We aim to continue making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve, and to leave a positive impact on the planet.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P We Hike to Heal
LocationMableton
StateGA
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

We build inclusive spaces where women prioritize self-care, find healing in nature, and nurture their mental and emotional wellbeing.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2023 ($20,000),
H Wekesa Earth Center at University of Maryland
LocationCollege Park
StateMD
Amount$160,000
Year Approved2022
StatusActive

About

We represent a collaborative effort of scholarship and recognition across multiple disciplines to promote, equity, reconciliation, and healing in nature and to build a world where every human being is granted their right to enjoy and experience the privileges of these ancestral lands. Wekesa (meaning: harvestborn) will generate nature-based research, honor transgressed communities of nature disenfranchisement, and use programs to advocate the restorative benefits of nature.

InitiativeCentering Health Outside
S Wekiva Wilderness Trust
LocationApopka
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

WWT supports the work of the Wekiva River Basin State Parks by creating innovating programs to increase visitation and diversity across all sectors.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
LocationAtlanta
StateGA
Amount$80,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We believe that a healthy environment equals a health community, our overall efforts are focused on growing a cleaner, greener, healthier, and more sustainable West Atlanta.

InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S West Michigan Environmental Action Council
LocationGrand Rapids
StateMI
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

West Michigan Environmental Action Council's mission is to work collaboratively alongside our diverse community to educate, engage, and advocate for environmental values, environmental and climate justice, and a healthy and resilient community for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Whiteswan Environmental
LocationBellingham
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We support community healing through the natural, cultural and historical restoration to the Salish Sea for 7th generations sustainability as a measure of ecological health protection for all.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Wild Hearts Idaho
LocationBoise
StateID
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wild Hearts Idaho empowers young women by providing outdoor adventures that build confidence, leadership, and inspire a love for the natural world.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Wilderness Adventures for Kids Everywhere
LocationWasilla
StateAK
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We provide mentoring, scholarships, and outdoor experience programs for youth in grades K-12 from low-income and marginalized communities, particularly youth in grades 5 - 8.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Wilderness Inquiry
LocationSt. Paul
StateMN
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

Our mission is to connect people of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities through shared outdoor adventures so that all people can equitably experience the benefits of time spent in nature.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Wilderness Integration Project
LocationKingston
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wild Society is a Puget Sound-based outdoor education nonprofit that fosters connections between nature and people through guided backpacking trips.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Wilderness Kids Alexandria
LocationAlexandria
StateVA
Amount$10,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We provide life enriching experiences in nature to teens from under-resourced families and under-served communities in Alexandria, VA.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Wilderness Louisville, Inc.
LocationFairdale
StateKY
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wilderness Louisville stewards city owned natural areas and champions nature education and outdoor recreation for local youth and their families.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Wilderness Youth Project
LocationSanta Barbara
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wilderness Youth Project connects kids to nature in small groups guided by inspired, skilled, and committed mentors and volunteers.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Wildwood Outdoor Education Center, Inc.
LocationLa Cygne
StateKS
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wildwood brings kids outside to learn and grow together inspiring learning, adventure and positive youth development for low-income KC area youth.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Willamette Partnership
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We help people and nature thrive together.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Windward Fund
LocationWashington
StateDC
Amount$200,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Windward Fund’s Conservation Capacity Project equips US conservation nonprofits with tools, training and support to withstand operational challenges.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Winona Outdoor Collaborative
LocationWinona
StateMN
Amount$30,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We seek to promote inclusion and accessibility through community partnerships, environmental stewardship, and educational programming directed at reducing barriers to outdoor recreation.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Winter Wildlands Alliance
LocationBoise
StateID
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Winter Wildlands Alliance is a national nonprofit organization working to inspire and empower people to protect America’s wild snowscapes.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P Wisconsin Adaptive Climbing
LocationMadison
StateWI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wisconsin Adaptive Climbing helps disabled climbers break barriers by organizing monthly indoor climbing clinics and an annual outdoor climbing trip.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.
LocationPortland
StateOR
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Wisdom records and shares oral history, cultural arts, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous elders, storytellers, artists, and scientists.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve, Inc
LocationTwo Rivers
StateWI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Woodland Dunes seeks to preserve natural ecosystems through responsible stewardship, education, and community engagement.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
LocationProvidence
StateRI
Amount$40,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

WRWC works to "restore and connect," engaging the public in our watershed, fostering local stewards, and connecting people to nature where they live.
InitiativeCreating Space Outside
H Yan Yan Chen at Texas A&M University
LocationCollege Station
StateTX
Amount$8,600
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

Nature and Dietary Behavior at The Center for Health & Nature
InitiativeCentering Health Outside
P Yellow Bird Life Ways
LocationLame Deer
StateMT
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We nurture the breath of life. By reminding, reconnecting, and reclaiming our land, language, culture, and identity, we address intergenerational impacts of trauma and ways to heal, and strengthen generational hope, resilience, & wisdom through our Food Sovereignty, Healing with Horses, Storytelling, and Outdoor Youth Leadership programs.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
Previous Grants 2022 ($125,000),
P YES Nature to Neighborhoods
LocationRichmond
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

In partnership with nature, YES nurtures leaders who champion the wellbeing of our community.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P YMCA Bold Gold
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$50,000
Year Approved2024
StatusActive

About

We bring youth from different backgrounds together for self-discovery, friendship and connection with the outdoors through one-week backcountry trips
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P YOLO BASIN FOUNDATION
LocationDAVIS
StateCA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Yolo Basin Foundation (YBF) expands public appreciation and stewardship of wetlands and wildlife in the Yolo Basin through education and partnerships.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Young Women Empowered (YWE)
LocationSeattle
StateWA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

YWE cultivates the power and creativity of diverse young women* through transformative programs within a collaborative community of belonging.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Youth Enrichment Services
LocationBoston
StateMA
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2023
StatusActive

About

We inspire youth through outdoor experiences and leadership opportunities that build confidence and prepare them to summit life’s challenges since 1968.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Youth Environmental Alliance
LocationDavie
StateFL
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

YEA, a 501c3, educates the young and young at heart and engages them outdoors through environmental restorations, fishing and citizen science.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P Youth In Action, Inc.
LocationProvidence
StateRI
Amount$20,000
Year Approved2025
StatusActive

About

Youth In Action (YIA), a youth-led leadership program, uses outdoor experiences to facilitate growth and vulnerability to build leadership and life skills.
InitiativeConnecting People Outside