The State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund is pleased to announce its spring 2013 competitive grant cycle with 7 funding opportunities. All spring 2013 grant awards will be decided and announced on June 11, 2013.
| Local Park and Outdoor Recreation (LPOR) Grants |
| GOCO Contact: Jake Houston at 303.226.4517 or jhouston@goco.org |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 6, 2013 |
| Mini Grants |
| GOCO Contact: Luke Bolinger at 303.226.4525 or lbolinger@goco.org |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 6, 2013 |
| Planning Grants |
| GOCO Contact: Jake Houston at 303.226.4517 or jhouston@goco.org |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 6, 2013 |
| Open Space Grants |
| GOCO Contact: Josh Tenneson at 303.226.4522 or jtenneson@goco.org |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 12, 2013 |
| Local government Land Acquisition Grants |
| GOCO Contact: Jake Houston at 303.226.4517 or jhouston@goco.org |
| Applications available by request only |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 6, 2013 |
| School Play Yard Initiative |
| GOCO Contact: Jackie Miller at 303.226.4524 or jmiller@goco.org |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 15, 2013 |
| As part of its ongoing commitment to improving health and wellness for Colorado’s youth and families, the GOCO Board has allocated $750,000 for this initiative, designed to fund construction of new school play yards and improvements to existing school play yards. |
| Youth, Families & the Outdoors Study |
| GOCO Contact: Jackie Miller at 303.226.4524 or jmiller@goco.org |
| Applications available by request only |
| Applications due at GOCO: March 27, 2013 |
| As part of its commitment to improving the connection between youth, families and the outdoors, the GOCO Board has allocated up to $100,000 to fund gap and opportunity analyses in two Colorado communities. The analyses are designed to determine how connected youth and families are to the outdoors; reveal gaps and barriers to these connections; and identify opportunities for improved connections. In June 2012 Larimer County completed the Plug Into Nature project, the first GOCO-funded study of this kind. Applicants must use Plug Into Nature’s Replication Guide and resources to conduct their own studies. To review these documents and for more information, visit www.larimer.org/plugintonature. |