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Grant Information

The Public Lands Fund is dedicated to protecting public lands, enhancing access, and promoting equity in outdoor spaces. We proactively reach out to organizations to invite proposals and are not accepting unsolicited grant requests at this time.

Funding Criteria and Grant Details

To receive a grant from the Public Lands Fund, organizations must meet the following criteria:

Be a 501c3 organization or be fiscally sponsored by a 501c3 organization
Be based and operate in the United States
Have a primary or programmatic focus on conserving or improving land that is open to the public and/or improving access & equity in the outdoors.
We seek to support organizations who are working directly with underserved communities, and organizations who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led, LGBTQ+-led, or Veteran-led.

The following initiatives are currently not eligible for a grant from the Public Lands Fund:

Green building projects
Political campaigns
Endowment funds
Organizations without 501c3 status or a fiscal sponsor
Organizations that discriminate based on ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, citizenship or veteran or disability status.

We are not accepting grant requests at this time.