Grant and Fundraising Resources - updated

The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) periodically posts information about grant and fundraising opportunities that are available for park and recreation agencies, affiliated friends group, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits. Please be aware that any opportunities listed under “Current NRPA Grant Opportunities” are sponsored through NRPA, all  resources other opportunities are through outside agencies. Be sure to review theprovided to support your funding journey!

Find the funding opportunities you are looking for by using the “filter by” function on the right side of the page. Click the arrows next to “Categories”, “Projects”, and "Deadlines" to see the keywords you can use to filter by.  Please note the project categories will change as new funding is made available. Be sure to check back often.

If you are interested in learning more about NRPA's fundraising resources, please contact Miriam Lamoreaux at mlamoreaux@nrpa.org.

If you are interested in learning more about federal funding opportunities and resources, please contact Elyse Gentile at egentile@nrpa.org

Current NRPA Opportunities

 

These are current grant opportunities through NRPA.

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Commission for Environmental Cooperation(2)

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Opportunity Categories, Health and Wellness

The CEC recently launched the third edition of the EJ4Climate Grant Program. The Program provides funding of up to C$200,000 directly to community-based organizations and seeks to support environmental justice by facilitating the involvement and empowerment of communities searching for solutions and the development of partnerships to address their environmental and human health vulnerabilities, including those due to climate change impacts. Applications are due by November 9, 2023

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Other Grant Opportunities

These grant opportunities are not sponsored by NRPA. More information can be found in the links below. 

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Test NRPA Opportunity

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Opportunity Categories, Health and Wellness

The CEC recently launched the third edition of the EJ4Climate Grant Program. The Program provides funding of up to C$200,000 directly to community-based organizations and seeks to support environmental justice by facilitating the involvement and empowerment of communities searching for solutions and the development of partnerships to address their environmental and human health vulnerabilities, including those due to climate change impacts. Applications are due by November 9, 2023

Supporting Healthy Aging through Parks and Recreation(2)

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Rolling Basis

With the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NRPA is offering instructor training grants for five arthritis-appropriate, evidence-based interventions (AAEBIs). Essentially, these are physical activity classes that are proven to help people with arthritis symptoms but can actually benefit anyone! Applications close October 31, 2023.

USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program

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Grant and Fundraising Resources, Programming

The Community Wildfire Defense Program (CWDG) is intended to help at-risk local communities and Tribes plan for and reduce the risk of wildfire. The program provides funding to develop and revise Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) and to implement projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on October 31, 2023

Commission for Environmental Cooperation(2)

Author Name

Opportunity Categories, Health and Wellness

The CEC recently launched the third edition of the EJ4Climate Grant Program. The Program provides funding of up to C$200,000 directly to community-based organizations and seeks to support environmental justice by facilitating the involvement and empowerment of communities searching for solutions and the development of partnerships to address their environmental and human health vulnerabilities, including those due to climate change impacts. Applications are due by November 9, 2023

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Fundraising and Marketing Resources

When looking for funding and grants, there are many resources available on the internet. Below are just a few suggestions on where to start your research.

  1. Candid (Formerly Foundation Center and Guidestar): Provides training and research information on corporate and foundation grant programs as well as access to IRS 990 forms for foundations and other nonprofit organizations. The grants database is a collection of thousands of grants.

  2. Yearly offers a free tool to create engaging, digital annual reports, donor reports and event recaps to impress your stakeholders. Yearly is a fun and easy way to design unlimited reports and integrate your stories, videos, social media posts, polls and more. Yearly is currently offering their basic level of service to agencies for free.

  3. Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Chronicle is a newspaper for nonprofit news publishing, fundraising trends, resources, and recent grants.

  4. Fund Matching 101

  5. NRPA Crowdfunding Toolkit

  6. Nonprofit Times: Nonprofit management newspaper.

  7. Hoovers: Profiles millions of U.S. companies. It is a great source for employee contact information.

  8. Fortune Magazine: A resource for identifying companies by state and industry.

  9. Leadership Directories

  10. National League of Cities Federal Funding Sources for Municipal Sustainability and Climate Action

  11. FEMA Recovery and Resilience Resource Library

  12. Google, Yahoo Finance and other general search engines.

  13. Newspapers and magazines like the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, New York Times.

For information on fundraising and grant writing best practices, take a look at NRPA's Park and Recreation Professionals' Guide to Fundraising