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.

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	Organization	City	State	Amount	Approval Year	Status	Mission Statement	Initiative	Previous Grants
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
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
S	Alachua Conservation Trust	LocationGainesville	StateFL	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to protect the natural, historic, scenic and recreational resources in and around North Central Florida. ACT protects land in primarily 16 counties through acquisition, donation, and conservation easements.	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
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),
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
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
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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We help young people discover and develop their potential through outdoor adventure education in fun, challenging environments with the goals of: promoting personal growth, insight and achievement, building positive relationships within diverse groups of participants, encouraging leadership development and creating an ethic of stewardship of the natural world.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Back Alley Bikes	LocationDetroit	StateMI	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a community bike workspace that hosts open public workshop times during which community members can use our tools, parts, and knowledge to repair and maintain their bikes for little to no cost. We teach bike repair classes for children and adults, and we organize and teach volunteers to repair and redistribute donated bikes to children and adults in need.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a multi-use trail along the ridge lines encircling the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 410 miles open today and ready to explore. When complete, the full 550-mile trail will connect over 75 parks and open spaces.	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
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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We providesoutdoor recreation and environmental education opportunities to kids and adults with disabilities, underserved youth, and veterans.	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
S	Bike Norfolk	LocationNorfolk	StateVA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We promote a bicycle-friendly city through awareness and education, improved infrastructure, and a strong cycling community that embraces every person who cycles for fun, fitness, well-being, and as a mode of transportation without discrimination due to race, color, background, or ethnicity.	InitiativeCreating Space 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$5,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We work to make Ithaca and Tompkins County a community where walking, biking, and rolling are safe, convenient, & accessible for all people.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to promote the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities. We were founded in 1996 by community leaders committed to increasing access to transportation, investing in young people, and pushing for environmental justice in Southeast Seattle, a region historically underserved by public investment.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S	BikePGH	LocationPittsburgh	StatePA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are transforming our streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all Pittsburghers in order to improve our quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence in our communities.	InitiativeCreating Space 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 Together	LocationDenver	StateCO	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About A nonprofit bike shop and community hub for equitable bike access and education. We are an inclusive space to ask questions, a resource to get or maintain a bike - no matter what your budget - and a place to build skills, knowledge, and community centered around bicycles.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
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	Black Boarders CT	LocationGlastonbury	StateCT	Amount$10,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to promote diversity and inclusion in winter sports, specifically snowboarding, by providing Black and Brown youth with access to the slopes to learn how to snowboard.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
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$100,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About With the knowledge that only 1% of Texas state park participants identify as Black/African-American, we were founded with the mission of expanding outdoor programming to more Black/African-American youth in central Texas. Our programming builds on the rich cultural history of Black people in the outdoors by reimagining outdoor spaces and programming for youth.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
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	LocationAustin	StateTX	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to educate, inspire, empower, and create opportunities for black and brown women and children. We organize transformative events that provide them with the chance to hold space in areas where they are underrepresented.	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
S	Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation	LocationHungry Horse	StateMT	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We connect people with America’s wilderness heritage by providing access to and stewardship of one of the world’s most spectacular places – Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.	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
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
S	Bronx River Alliance	LocationBronx	StateNY	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a public/private partnership with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation that engages communities, organizations and government along the Bronx River Corridor to restore the river ecosystem and improve and activate public green spaces.	InitiativeCreating Space 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 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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We work in partnership with local communities and the National Park Service to provide opportunities for education, stewardship, and volunteerism that are safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all.	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
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$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a growing regional network of greenways, trails and blueways spanning 15 counties and more than 400 miles in North and South Carolina. Our mission is to create a legacy of conservation and connectivity through a regional trail system.	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
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
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
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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About Using outdoor adventure sports, we work with young Chicagoans to have a lasting positive impact on their communities and become healthy adults by teaching effective social skills and strong leadership skills, increasing participants’ sense of possibility, and fostering a sense of empowerment and personal responsibility.	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),
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
P	City Kids Wilderness Project	LocationWashington	StateDC	Amount$50,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to build resiliency, broaden horizons, cultivate community, and develop skills for success in youth through a long-term, cohort-based model that utilizes both the wilderness and urban environment to encourage growth.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
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
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
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),
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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We collaborate to recycle, restore and re-home donated bicycles for marginalized members of the community. We provide a fun and collaborative environment for those who are interested in learning how to ride or work on bikes and we provide access to a weekly Bicycle Library that allows people to experience the park by bicycle.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P	Community Cycling Center	LocationPortland	StateOR	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to broaden access to cycling and its benefits, our vision is to help build a vibrant community where people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected. We believe all Portlanders, regardless of income or background, should have the opportunity to experience the joy, liberation, and health benefits of bicycling.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About Through responsible stewardship of our unique ecological resource, we provide inclusive opportunities for meaningful connection, discovery, and education in nature.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S	Connecticut Forest and Park Association	LocationRockfall	StateCT	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Established in 1895, we connect people to Connecticut’s forests, parks, and trails, to ensure these special places are protected and well managed for future generations. CFPA inspires active, lifelong engagement with Connecticut’s abundant and well-managed forests, parks, and trails by building a vibrant and diverse conservation community.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We empower 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$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a Native based non-profit focused on taking care of the land, waters, and the indigenous species. We promote, preserve, and steward 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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We inspire young people in Boston to unlock their potential and positively impact the world. We are a recognized leader in the youth development field and believe that natural environments advance experiential learning, social-emotional growth, and leadership skill development in young people, particularly those from low-income, urban communities with limited access to meaningful outdoor experiences.	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	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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We create meaningful experiences for children and adults with disabilities through adaptive recreation like skiing, climbing, cycling and outdoor activities.	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
P	Edge Outdoors	LocationBothell	StateWA	Amount$80,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We attract and retain Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (cis, trans, queer) in snow sports while encouraging leadership/exploration in snow and adventure sports.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Elevate Youth	LocationBoston	StateMA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to empower youth to explore the outdoors alongside mentors, sharing awe and 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	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	LocationSeattle	StateWA	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We create, maintain, and protect sustainable mountain biking opportunities in WA. Our vision is to make WA the best place to ride.	InitiativeCreating Space 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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are an intiative that invites Latinx youth to make meaningful connections with the outdoors aiming to change the landscape of those who are enjoying our public lands.	InitiativeConnecting People 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	StateDC	Amount$100,000	Year Approved2025	StatusActive	About Fresh Tracks centers healing for Indigenous youth and underserved communities through outdoor and cultural revitalization.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 2023 ($150,000), 2021 ($200,000),
S	Freshwater Land Trust	LocationBirmingham	StateAL	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We conserve environmentally significant land throughout Central Alabama, provides public recreational access to select properties, and builds trails to protect the health of our environment and connect our communities, while sustaining our founding mission of improving the water quality of our rivers and streams.	InitiativeCreating Space 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 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 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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We help support the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks through outreach, advocacy, and fundraising. We strive to introduce non-traditional park users and first time park users to a positive experience in the parks, and showcase the free resources that the Metro Parks offer Central Ohio residents.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We support the park by promoting stewardship through programming, sustainable recreation, and the preservation and restoration of its natural resources.	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 Los Angeles River	LocationLos Angeles	StateCA	Amount$50,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We build capacity for communities, students, and future leaders to advocate for nature, climate, and equity on the Los Angeles River.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside	Previous Grants 2021 ($100,000),
S	Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail	LocationRaleigh	StateNC	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to bring together communities and volunteers to build, maintain, and advocate for an enduring footpath connecting North Carolina’s natural, historic, and cultural treasures and to ensure that all people feel welcome on the trail.	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 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	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a conservation nonprofit that has served as guardian of Galveston Bay since 1987. Our mission is to preserve and enhance Galveston Bay as a healthy and productive place for generations to come.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P	Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB)	LocationOlympia	StateWA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to grow healthy food, people, and community.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Gateway to the Great Outdoors	LocationChicago	StateIL	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to empower students from low-income households by igniting curiosity through outdoor experiences, building environmental science literacy, and promoting healthy lifestyles.	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 Hi-Lo Trail	LocationSandersville	StateGA	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About The Georgia Hi-Lo Trail is building America's longest paved trail to empower rural Georgia.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
P	Get Outdoors Nevada	LocationLas Vegas	StateNV	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We connect people of all ages and backgrounds to the outdoors by providing opportunities to experience, learn about, and care for our natural and urban outdoor spaces.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Girl & Her Backpack	LocationSalt Lake City	StateUT	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We work with girls and non-binary teens ages 12-17 in building community, confidence, and leadership skills through the outdoors. G&HBP aims to teach backpacking and wilderness first-aid skills, while creating an environment where participants can challenge themselves and form meaningful connections.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Girls Who Hike SC	LocationGreenville	StateSC	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We exist to create a community of like-minded women who can connect, network, and discover together through our trails.	InitiativeConnecting People 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$80,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We are an award-winning 501(c)3 non-profit Ecological Health organization that helps people take care of their own health through restoring and protecting native ecosystems, particularly prairies, plains, and waters. .	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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About From our home in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, our mission is to deliver experiential learning for youth, educators, and adults 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	LocationDallas	StateTX	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We restore and develop national park-quality green spaces within the Trinity River Corridor.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S	Groundwork Jacksonville	LocationJacksonville	StateFL	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships which empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being. We are the City of Jacksonville’s nonprofit partner in building the 30-mile Emerald Trail and converting contaminated land into parks, playgrounds, and other public spaces.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S	Groundwork Ohio River Valley	LocationCincinnati	StateOH	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About To bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being.	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	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
P	Here Montana	LocationMissoula	StateMT	Amount$80,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We increase outdoor access in the state of Montana for BIPOC and intersecting communities by centering joy and through the lens of education, community, and engagement.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	High Country Adaptive Sports	LocationFlagstaff	StateAZ	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Enriching lives through adaptive recreation. We provide adaptive ski, snowboard, kayak, mountain bike, and indoor rock climbing opportunities for people with disabilities ages 4 and up.	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 (Bike Club)	LocationBroken Arrow	StateOK	Amount$10,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About An after-school youth cycling program offered at 38 Tulsa Public Schools with 650 members, committed to strengthening schools and communities.	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	Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska	LocationFairbanks	StateAK	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We empower youth to lead and succeed through 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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to protect and restore Iowa's land, water, and wildlife. We envision Iowans connected to our diverse landscape and committed to the value of healthy land, water and wildlife.	InitiativeCreating Space 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
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
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 Hills	StateCA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are dedicated to preserving, protecting, enhancing and promoting the 22,000-acre South Coast Wilderness.	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
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),
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$50,000	Year Approved2024	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
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
P	Live In Peace	LocationEast Palo Alto	StateCA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to empower our youth and young adults to reclaim the vision for their future. We accomplish this through a highly relational model that connects young people to their talents, educational pathways, jobs, and a bright future. Our programs combine our intuitive nature and systemic understanding to create powerful and effective programs with long-term impact.	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
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	Loveland Youth Gardeners	LocationLoveland	StateCO	Amount$10,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We empower youth facing challenges to cultivate life/work skills, environmental stewardship, & a spirit of community service.	InitiativeCreating Space 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$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our 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	Memphis Rox	LocationMemphis	StateTN	Amount$50,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our nonprofit is home to the largest nonprofit rock-climbing gym in the world. Inspired by the cooperative philosophies of climbing, our 5-acre campus provides recreational, creative, and nutritional programs to mentor, train, and empower under-resourced youths in our community. We exclude no one based on an inability to pay.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
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
S	Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust	LocationSeattle	StateWA	Amount$50,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We lead 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
S	Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans (MERITO)	LocationVentura	StateCA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to protect the ocean by engaging multicultural youth and their communities in transformative experiences in environmental education, scientific research, marine conservation, recreation & blue-green entrepreneurship.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
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	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
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
H	Nature and Health Alliance	LocationSalt Lake City	StateUT	Amount$700,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We seek to create knowledge, resources, and exchange so that everyone is aware of the critical relationships between nature and human health. Grants are focused on movement building strategies including backbone support, state chapter expansion, inaugural national surveillance survey, database, and more.	InitiativeCentering Health Outside	Previous Grants 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),
S	Nature for All	LocationMonterey Park	StateCA	Amount$80,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We are an environmental and social justice organization, our mission is to build a diverse base of support to ensure that everyone in the Los Angeles region has equitable access to the wide range of benefits which nature provides.	InitiativeCreating Space 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
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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a volunteer-powered organization that builds, maintains and protects public trails. Together with our partners we strive to ensure that the trails and natural areas we share are sustainable and accessible for all to enjoy for generations to come.	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$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are an inclusive and equitable community for individuals with physical disabilities. We create recreational and competitive sporting opportunities that cultivate an individual’s potential.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S	Northwest Youth Corps	LocationEugene	StateOR	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Since 1984, we've improved the natural environment and provided conservation education and job-training experiences that help youth from diverse backgrounds develop the skills they need to lead full and productive lives.	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	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$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to remove barriers for people with disabilities through life-changing outdoor sports and recreational opportunities.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
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·n·ten	LocationPhoenix	StateAZ	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to serve LGBTQ youth and young adults ages 11-24. We enhance their lives by providing empowering social and supportive programs that promote self‐expression, self‐acceptance, leadership development, and healthy life choices.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Oregon Adaptive Sports	LocationBend	StateOR	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About With 27 years’ expertise, OAS offers skiing at Hoodoo, Mt. Bachelor, and Mt. Ashland, plus summer programs in Central Oregon including golf, cycling, mountain biking and hiking. We are dedicated to creating access to high quality outdoor experiences for individuals with disabilities.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Organic Connects	LocationCleveland Hts	StateOH	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to address barriers of engaging urban communities with nature, promote healthy environments by increasing social awareness, and prepare the future green leaders of the world for the environmental workforce.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We remove barriers and inspire people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, and income levels to enjoy the outdoors and become more involved in the natural world.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Outdoor Inclusion Coalition	LocationPittsburgh	StatePA	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We attract, engage, and retain underserved populations in 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	LocationSeattle	StateWA	Amount$50,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Founded in 1979, we are a national leader in delivering adaptive and therapeutic recreation for children and adults with disabilities.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 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 Approved2024	StatusActive	About We are the oldest non-profit in the nation dedicated to outdoor education for BIPOC youth. We seek to ensure that youth from diverse communities have access to nature, environmental education, leadership development, and preparation for careers in conservation.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 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	Paddle4Tomorrow	LocationAtlanta	StateGA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We connect children of all backgrounds and abilities to each other and the outdoors.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Paradox Sports	LocationBoulder	StateCO	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We transformslives and communities through adaptive climbing opportunities that defy convention. Through our Adaptive Climbing Initiative course, local climbing clubs, and national climbing trips, our goal is to make climbing accessible to all.	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
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
P	Petaluma River Park	LocationPetaluma	StateCA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to meet our vital need for shared space that connects people, art, and nature. When we succeed, Petaluma River Park will be a vibrant, welcoming place that fosters a love of nature, sparks creativity, and unifies our community for generations to come.	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	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	LocationSan Luis Obispo	StateCA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About The mission of Positive Ride is to offer adaptive adventures to people with disabilities. Getting them access to beaches, trails, and other venues on the Central Coast and San Luis Obispo County.	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	Prospect Park Alliance	LocationBrooklyn	StateNY	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We revitalize and strengthen the park’s natural areas, restore park landmarks and landscapes, and engage our communities with special events, recreational and rental facilities, volunteer projects, youth employment opportunities, and free education programming.	InitiativeCreating Space 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),
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 Women's Network	LocationDecatur	StateGA	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We inspire and equip refugee and immigrant women to become leaders in their homes, businesses, and communities.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S	Regional Parks Foundation	LocationCastro Valley	StateCA	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We were founded in 1969 to support the East Bay Regional Park District to provide universal access, environmental stewardship, educational and recreational programs and the acquisition of parklands. We provide resources to ensure underserved populations have equal access to nature through our parks, trails, and programs.	InitiativeCreating Space 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$100,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We accelerate equitable policies & programs that increase access to the ecological, educational, health, and career-building benefits of the outdoors.	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
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
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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to improve the health and wellness of people with disabilities by guiding communities to create a culture of physical accessibility, social inclusion, and equitable access in recreation, sports, and tourism.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We build inclusive running communities dedicated to protecting the environment. We protect the people and places we love by organizing runners for climate action, sustainability practices, the protection of public lands, and equitable access to nature.	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 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
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	Santa Fe Conservation Trust	LocationSanta Fe	StateNM	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We partner with our community to keep northern New Mexico’s living lands and people flourishing together. We protect culturally and environmentally significant landscapes, ignite people’s passion for nature and enable the continual regeneration of our healthy place.	InitiativeCreating Space 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$80,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We expose and connect people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and abilities to the natural wonders & recreational opportunities of the outdoors.	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
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
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 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
P	Skate Like a Girl	LocationSeattle	StateWA	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to create an inclusive community 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
P	Soul Trak Outdoors	LocationWashington	StateDC	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to build diverse cohorts of outdoor leaders, forge inclusive outdoor spaces, facilitate stronger outdoor communities for underrepresented groups and use outdoor adventure as a catalyst for creating new stewards of public lands.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
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	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	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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Formerly the Florida Disabled Outdoors Association, we enrich lives through accessible, inclusive recreation and active leisure.	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$10,000	Year Approved2024	StatusActive	About We 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
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
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 Greening of Detroit	LocationDetroit	StateMI	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Serving residents in under-resourced communities who experience environmental stressors, we lead tree planting, job training, and wellness programs designed to transform landscapes and lives, and nurture a vibrant and revitalized city.	InitiativeCreating Space Outside
S	The Greenway Foundation	LocationDenver	StateCO	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are a group of passionate stewards who care for the South Platte River, its tributaries, and the people who live, work, and play along its banks. We provide access, expert education, and numerous opportunities for people of all ages to experience the wonders of our riverfront habitat.	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
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$135,000	Year Approved2025	StatusActive	About The Redford Center is one of the only US-based nonprofits solely dedicated to environmental impact filmmaking. This is a grant to collaborate on 4 films focused on creating a more equitable outdoors.	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 Woods Project	LocationHouston	StateTX	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We provide Houston high school students from low-income communities with wilderness immersion and exploration of public lands and other natural areas where people of color have been significantly underrepresented.	InitiativeConnecting People 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	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
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
S	Trail Access Project	LocationLas Vegas	StateNV	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to help individuals with physical disabilities (and, therefore, their families, friends, and caregivers) have meaningful experiences in nature. We do this through advocacy and offering adaptive hiking events in the public lands surrounding the Las Vegas valley.	InitiativeCreating Space 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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to create and share the natural surface trail experience in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa through advocacy, education, and the building of sustainable and accessible trails.	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	Triangle Land Conservancy	LocationDurham	StateNC	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We seek to transform Southeast Wisconsin’s trails into a 700-miles-plus premier trail network, sparking new waves of outdoor tourism, spurring economic development, promoting healthier lifestyles and bridging gaps in communities for a more socially equitable and vibrant region.	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
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),
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$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to cultivate inclusivity and ocean stewardship for children of color and underserved youth in the surfing community.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About We support Wilmington communities by providing access to bicycling as a healthy, affordable, and practical means of transportation and recreation.	InitiativeConnecting People 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	Vamos Outdoors Project	LocationBellingham	StateWA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is “Building Community Through Connection to the Land and Access to the Outdoors.” We serve Latine, Migrant, Multilingual and Newcomer youth and families in Whatcom and Skagit counties.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports	LocationKillington	StateVT	Amount$50,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are committed to empowering individuals with disabilities. We promote independence and further equality through access and instruction to sports and recreational activities.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside	Previous Grants 2022 ($100,000),
S	Vermont Parks Forever	LocationMontpelier	StateVT	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are committed to fostering environmental stewardship in Vermont parks through innovative education, access to parks, and equity in the outdoors.	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to promote educational equity by providing free overnight environmental learning experiences for students who don’t otherwise get the opportunity. Since 2001, we have served over 13,500 youth from historically marginalized communities with our core program—a three-day, two-night camping trip, taken as a class during the school year.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S	Washington Trails Association	LocationSeattle	StateWA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We mobilize hikers and everyone who loves the outdoors to be explorers, stewards and champions for Washington's trails and public lands.	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	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$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We provide engaging and supportive experiences for girls aged 12-18 to explore, grow, and lead in Idaho’s great outdoors.	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 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
P	Wilderness Youth Project	LocationSanta Barbara	StateCA	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Our mission is to foster confidence, health, and a life-long love of learning for young people and families through active outdoor experiences and mentoring.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S	Willamette Partnership	LocationPortland	StateOR	Amount$20,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We help people and nature thrive together.	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	Wisdom of the Elders	LocationPortland	StateOR	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About Wisdom of the Elders Mission: Records, preserves, and shares oral history, cultural arts, language concepts, and traditional ecological knowledge of Native American elders, storytellers, and scientists in collaboration with diverse institutions, agencies and organizations.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
P	Women's Wilderness	LocationBoulder	StateCO	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We are committed to creating space for girls, women, and non-binary people of all ages and backgrounds to find their place, their voice, and their power in the outdoors.	InitiativeConnecting People Outside
S	Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council	LocationProvidence	StateRI	Amount$40,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We invest in resident and youth leaders; install, maintain, and activate urban parkland, a greenway and nature-based stormwater systems; restore and monitor urban river waters and habitats; and provide environmental education, recreation and community engagement for the watershed	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 Approved2023	StatusActive	About In partnership with nature, we nurture leaders who champion the wellbeing of our community by removing barriers that keep underrepresented Richmond youth and their families from accessing the outdoors.	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	Young Women Empowered	LocationSeattle	StateWA	Amount$30,000	Year Approved2023	StatusActive	About We cultivate the power of diverse young women* to be creative leaders and courageous changemakers through transformative programs within a collaborative community of belonging. We center BIPOC youth and offer radical welcome to those who identify as women, girls, trans, non-binary, or gender expansive.	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