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Ideas and sources of funding from across America; tips on grant writing; opportunities with volunteers and Youth Corps; and a variety of examples of trails and greenways funding programs.

 

For more on current grants and funding opportunities see the What's Hot area

• Greater Outdoors Project provides grants for environmental projects thru March 2009
• Distribution of "Safe Routes to School" funds to states for 2008
• Breyer Animal Creations provides equestrian trail preservation grant
• Nature Valley launches Save the Trails Grant Program, in support of American Hiking Society's National Trails Fund
• Polaris announces 2008 T.R.A.I.L.S. ATV grants program
• Polaris announces T.R.A.I.L.S. grants program for ATV projects
• Funding For Wisconsin Trails (pdf 596 kb): typical State trails, OHV, and snowmobile grant program
• New York Trail Funding Guide (pdf 52 kb)
• National Scenic Byways Grants list for 2006
• The social and economic benefits of Transportation Enhancements (pdf 680 kb)
• Funding Trails Training with State Resources
• Funding sources for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs from Baltimore Regional Transportation Board
• 25 community projects given grants to promote Active Living
• Tread Lightly! distributes grants to member clubs
• Kodak American Greenways Awards program from the Conservation Fund
• PowerBar's D.I.R.T. grants program funds outdoor recreation projects nationwide
• Conservation Alliance Grants
• Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council provides planning grants for the Hudson River Valley

• Checklist for grant writers
• Top Ten hints for ISTEA trail projects
• Eight Do's and One Don't for Enhancement Applications
• CA Recreational Trails Program: how to develop a competitive proposal (pdf 3.3 mb)
• Solving the Proposal Dilemma: grant writing for federal proposals

• Mountain Bikers Creating Trail Systems with National Forest Foundation Grants
• Arkansas faces a trails funding crisis: the benefits of working collaboratively
• Acadia Trails Forever is a $13-million fundraising campaign to benefit trails of Acadia National Park
• Businesses and community help Bear Creek Greenway
• Poudre River Trail Benefits from "Memorial Miles" Donations
• Community Provides Creative Support for Salida's Trail System

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For more on Recreational Trails and other transportation funding see the Federal Funding Programs area

• Funding trails: a primer of techniques
• Ninety-five Creative funding ideas for trails and greenways
• Fundraising Ideas from RaisingFunding in the U.K.
• Searchable catalogue of potential funders
• Fundraising 101 by Kandee Haertel
• Gift catalogue from Rails to Trails of Northwest MT
• Mark Twain National Forest Adventure Race raises funds
• Hatfield-McCoy Trail Receives $157,115 Tourism Marketing Grant
• River's Edge Trail Blues & Brews fundraising party celebrates 14 years
• Cycling Organization First in the Country to Buy Land for Trails and Open Space
• Iowa "Share The Road" license plates fund bike safety
• Arkansas Trails for Life Grant Program uses state Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act funds
• Arkansas campaign to establish a statewide trail grant program (pdf 380 kb)
• Fee Legislation Promises Improved Visitor Experience
• Private fundraising solves trail maintenance problem
• User Fees: Golden Arches National Park?
• Continental Divide Trail Defends Creative Funding
• Park users survey gauges willingness to pay
• Marketing Partnerships: You Don't Have to Sell Your Soul
• Keys to Corporate Giving by Bruce Ward
• Two articles about corporate giving
• Download a 218-page guide to Federal, State, and Philanthropic Assistance for State and Community Projects, many of which are relevant to recreation and environmental projects
  

• Building Trails With Youth Corps
• Youth Corps Holds a Key to Trails
• Hybrid Contracting: Extending resources with trail contractors
• Enlisting youth for public lands projects from Toolbox for the Great Outdoors

 

 

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