Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) Community Impact Program seeks to enhance a community’s quality of life and access to the outdoors through investments in capital infrastructure projects and the community-driven processes that inform them.
Donor Name: Great Outdoors Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000 – $1,000,000
Details:
Believe when partners work together with community members in project visioning and design and unheard voices are elevated, outdoor connections are more impactful and communities become more cohesive and inclusive.
Through this program, GOCO invites partners to apply for funding to develop and revitalize parks, trails, schoolyards, fairgrounds, environmental education facilities, and other outdoor projects as identified and prioritized by the communities they serve. To facilitate project outcomes, applicants may request funding, as needed, for the following components:
- Local capacity building through investments in existing staff, community members, and/or consultants
- Community planning, organizing, and collaboration to identify existing barriers to outdoor experiences and solutions for overcoming them
- Land acquisitions
- Site-specific, community-centered design
- Storytelling, project communications, and celebrations
Funding Information
GOCO will consider grant requests between $100,000 and $1,000,000.
Eligibility Criteria
This program is open to entities eligible to receive GOCO local government and open space funds as listed below. Ineligible entities can partner with an eligible entity to apply. As always, GOCO strongly encourages partnerships.
- Colorado municipality or county
- Title 32 special district eligible to receive distributions from the Conservation Trust Fund
- A political subdivision of the State of Colorado that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas
- 501(c)(3) non-profit land conservation organization that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas, e.g., land trusts
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
For more information, visit Community Impact Program.