CO-OP GRANTS: Does your nonprofit have plan for getting 
more folks engaged in the outdoors [06 " ... incredibly novel."] 
Learn how to fund the dream ... on Passport to Texas ... 

This is Passport to Texas

The community outdoor outreach grants program from 
TPW funds projects that remove barriers to outdoor 
recreation for residents living in underserved areas.

17 -- What we do is we support outdoor recreation. Things like: 
camping, hiking, backpacking, bird-watching, canoeing, 
kayaking, geocaching ... And getting these underserved 
audiences involved and engaged.

Cappy Smith coordinates this statewide program.

22 -- The groups that are able to apply for this grant have to be 
tax exempt organizations, so that's nonprofits. But it also can 
be schools and municipalities. Some of them are focused on 
traditional camping and getting families and adults involved in 
the outdoors. People that wouldn't have been there before.

The program has $1.5 million dollars to award in 2016, 
with grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 dollars. 

19 -- We're looking for groups that do a variety of different 
things. And, what always is sad is that we run out of funds 
before we run out of good projects. And, just about the time 
that you think that you've seen it all, somebody comes out with 
something that is incredibly novel -- something, perhaps, we've 
never seen before.

Find the grant submission deadline, grant workshops and 
other information about the community outdoor outreach 
grants program ... on the TPW website. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.










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