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
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
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
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
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
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),
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),
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),
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
H	National Caucus of Environmental Legislators	LocationWashington	StateDC	Amount$225,000	Year Approved2025	StatusActive	About Created by and for state legislators, NCEL serves as a nonpartisan resource to lawmakers working to advance strong and equitable environmental policy.	InitiativeCentering Health Outside
H	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),
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),
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
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
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
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
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
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