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About the Grants
Partners in the Outdoors Grant Program
The Partners in the Outdoors Program is a platform for networking and collaboration to advance and balance outdoor recreation and conservation in Colorado. To support these efforts, Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides grant funds to assist our partners across the state who are helping us achieve this goal.
Eligible partner organizations must: be a non-profit organization or a government entity, and have matching funds (suggested).
Eligible grant projects include: where all visitors benefit from outdoor recreation and conservation, all visitors care for natural and cultural resources longterm, conserve private and public lands, and where visitors contribute to diverse funding sources dedicated to support outdoor recreation and conservation.
If your organization has been awarded a grant for the past 3 consecutive years you are not eligible to apply this year.
20
grants awarded in 2023
$161,410
awarded in 2023
171
recipients since 2014
$1,011,511
awarded since 2014
10
years of improvements
Partners Grants
Grant Submissions
Previous grant applications are listed here.
2023
- Ascendigo Autism Services, Inc.
- Blackpackers
- Bluff Lake Nature CenterColorado Alliance for Environmental Education
- Colorado High Country Educational Treks Inc
- Colorado Mountain Club
- Colorado Outward Bound School
- Cottonwood Institute
- EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum
- Field Academy
- Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park
- Friends of the Dillon Ranger District
- Friends of the Front Range
- Wildlife Refuges
- Greater Arkansas River Nature Organization
- Keystone Policy Center on behalf of Next 100 Colorado Coalition
- La Plata Open Space Conservancy
- Lucky to Ride
- Mancos Conservation District
- Mancos Gear Share/Mancos Creative District
- National Sports Center for the Disabled
- New Treks
- Outdoor Lab Foundation
- Outdoor Wilderness Lab (OWL)
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
- Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the
Rockies - Running Rivers
- Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals and Together Outdoors
- Southern Colorado Community Action Agency - Ignacio Youth Services
- Summit School District/Silverthorne Elementary
- TEENS, Inc.
- The Buddy Program (TBP)
- The Lockwood Foundation
- The Matthews House
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Village Exchange Center
- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
- Western Slope Conservation Center
- Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
2022
- Ascendigo Autism Services, Inc.
- Catamount Institute
- Colorado High Country Educational Treks
- Colorado Mountain Bike Association
- Colorado Wildlife Federation
- Continental Divide Trail Coalition
- Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK)
- EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum
- High Desert DEVO
- Keystone Policy Center/ Routt Recreation & Conservation
Roundtable - Lincoln Hills Cares
- Lucky to Ride
- New Treks
- Next 100 Colorado (facilitated by Keystone Policy Center)
- Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory DBA Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
- San Luis Valley Great Outdoors (SLV GO!)
- The Kaleidoscope Project (TKP)
- The Nature Connection
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Trailhead Institute dba ARISE Beyond Barriers
- Vibe Tribe Adventures
- Vida Foundation
- Wild Bear Nature Center
- Wilderness Workshop
- Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
- Youth Seen
2020
The Partners in the Outdoors Grant Program was not conducted this year due to the global pandemic.
2021
- Blackpackers
- Cal-Wood Education Center
- Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust
- Colorado FourteenersInitiative
- Colorado High Country Educational Treks Inc.
- Colorado Tree Coalition
- Colorado Trout Unlimited
- Colorado West Land Trust
- EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum
- Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
- Groundwork Denver
- Hispanic Access Foundation
- Keep it Colorado
- Lincoln Hills Cares
- Lucky to Ride and ELK
- Montezuma Land Conservancy
- National Forest Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Town of Pagosa Springs
- Vibe Tribe Adventures
- Vida Foundation
- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
- Wilderness Workshop
- Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
2014
- Ducks Unlimited
- Larimer County
- Trout Unlimited
2015
- Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County
- Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo
- Friends of Lory State Park
- Cal-Wood Education Center
- Yampatika- Environmental Literacy Program
- Montrose Recreation District
- Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
2016
- Americas For Conservation + The Arts
- Big City Mountaineers
- Environmental Learning for Kids
- Cal-Wood Education Center
- City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
- Colorado Outward Bound School
- Denver Police Activity League
- Friends of Mueller State Park
- Friends of Staunton State Park
- Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
- Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway Association
- The Nature Connection Coalition- Western Slope Conservation Center
- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
- Yampatika
2017
- Big City Mountaineers
- Cal-Wood Education Center
- Colorado Outward Bound School
- Colorado Wildlife Federation
- Environmental Learning for Kids
- Friends of the Dillon Ranger District
- Friends of Staunton State Park
- Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
- Rocky Mountain Wild
- South Metro Pheasants Forever
- Teens, Inc.
- Trails 2000
- Town of Oak Creek
- Western Slope Conservation Center
- Yampatika
2018
- Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
- CO Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust
- CO Outward Bound School
- Crested Butte Land Trust
- Friends of Mueller State Park
- Outdoor Buddies
- Palmer Land Trust
- Pheasants Forever
- Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance
- Rocky Mountain Wild
- Trips for Kids
- Yampa Valley Sustainability Council
2019
- Cal-Wood Education Center
- Climbers for Bat Conservation, Colorado Natural Heritage Program
- Colorado Cattleman’s Agricultural Land Trust
- Colorado Mountain Club
- Colorado Outdoor and Health Collaborative
- Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association
- Crested Butte Land Trust
- Friends of Roxborough State Park
- Groundwork Denver
- Jefferson County Open Space
- Lincoln Hills Cares
- Metro Denver Nature Alliance
- The Trust for Public Land
Contact
Please email any questions about partners in the outdoors grants to:
Partners in the Outdoors Grants
[email protected]