The Initiative Fund is designed to support ventures that eliminate frequently-cited barriers to connecting young people with the outdoors. Grantees will create initiatives that demonstrate their ability to reduce local and/or regional barriers and that will have a ripple effect in their community and region. Grantees in the Initiative Fund will be expected to document their project, approach, successes and challenges and to widely share their work and findings. As a result of the Initiative Fund, organizations, agencies, youth providers and others working to get youth connected to the outdoors will be able to reduce the barriers and increase access to the outdoors and open space for the youth in their region.
The Initiative Fund is aimed at (but not limited to) improving access of underserved youth to the outdoors by eliminating frequently-cited barriers such as:
Application Due
July 16, 2010
Awards Announced
December 2, 2010
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