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No Child Left Inside grants | Minnesota DNR No Child Left Inside grants The submission period for 2026 grants is closed. We are no longer accepting applications. Information on future grants will be posted in October 2026.
Apply today ---> Apply before Dec. 17, 2024 ---> The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is excited to announce the continuation of the No Child Left Inside Grant Program. Recent and emerging research indicates that students are increasingly disconnected from nature.
Getting more youth outdoors is crucial for the future stewardship of Minnesota's natural resources. The program aims to support and increase efforts to expand programming that connects youth to the outdoors.
Originally funded by the 2019 Minnesota Legislature with continued funding from the 2021, 2023 and 2025 legislative sessions, these grants are provided for: “outdoor environmental, ecological, and other natural-resource-based education and recreation programs serving youth. ” (See 2019 Special Session 1, Chapter 4, Article 1, Section 3, Subd. 6 ) The NCLI grant program has awarded its grants in multiple phases .
Phase 1 (P1): Grants totaling $233,707. 13 awarded to 59 projects. Phase 2 (P2): Grants totaling $639,289.
17 awarded to 34 projects. Phase 3 (P3): Grants totaling $190,234. 47 awarded to 44 projects.
Phase 4 (P4): Grants totaling $261,867. 99 awarded to 16 projects. Phase 2023 (P2023): Grants totaling $615,751.
75 awarded to 62 projects. Phase 2024 (P2024): Grants totaling $942,479. 54 awarded to 93 projects.
Phase 2025 (P2025): Grants totaling $1,008,332. 02 awarded to 84 projects. Use the table below to search for projects by phase, date, organization or location.
Phase Years Organization Project Location Grant P1 2019-2021 Albany Area Fishing Team No Child Left Inside Grant Program Avon $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Anoka/Ramsey Athletic Association - ARAA Outdoors Anoka/Ramsey Athletic Association Outdoors Program Ramsey $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Anoka-Hennepin School District ISD 11 Andover HS Outdoors Adventures BWCAW field trip Andover $5,000.
00 P1 2019-2021 Bertha-Hewitt Elementary School ISD 786 Outdoor Learning Classroom Bertha $4,600. 00 P1 2019-2021 Bryn Mawr/Anwatin School Forest MPS 1 Bryn Mawr/ Anwatin Elementary and Middle School Forest Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota Prairie's Edge Exploration Backpacks Mankato $2,175.
00 P1 2019-2021 Chisago County Rivers are Alive, Aquatic Invasive Species Education for Students in Chisago County Center City $3,500. 00 P1 2019-2021 City of Duluth Parks & Recreation Connecting Youth to Nature by Snowshoeing Duluth $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Community Education ISD 108 Exploring the Great Outdoors Norwood Young America $3,250.
00 P1 2019-2021 Community Education Recreation Center Jordan Public Schools ISD 717 Nordic Ski Equipment Packages Jordan $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Compassionate Rochester MN and Diversity Council Bird Sleuth Explorer's Guide Class Rochester $770. 00 P1 2019-2021 Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa Youth Outdoors St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Crosslake Community School CHARTER 4059 No Child Left Inside Grant Crosslake $2,280. 00 P1 2019-2021 Dawson Boyd ISD 378 Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center Dawson $2,500.
00 P1 2019-2021 Dodge Nature Center Environmental Education Scholarships West St. Paul $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center Scholarships for Outdoor Education Lanesboro $5,000.
00 P1 2019-2021 Farmington Area Public Schools ISD 192 Outdoor Learning Farmington Elementary Farmington $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Farmington Area Public Schools ISD 192 Snowshoes Farmington Farmington $4,105. 00 P1 2019-2021 Goodhue County Education District Student Educational Adventures Program Red Wing $4,245.
00 P1 2019-2021 Great River School CHARTER 4105 Fruit Trees for Water Quality St. Paul $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Higher Ground Academy K-12 CHARTER 4027 Ice Fishing at Como Lake St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Hopkins Preschools ISD 270 Hopkins Preschool Nature Play Hopkins $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Kingsland Public Schools ISD 2137 Kingsland Elementary School Outdoor Education Program Spring Valley $1,850.
00 P1 2019-2021 Kinship of Morrison County No Child Left Inside Grant Little Falls $4,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Lakeville South Clay Target Team ISD 194 2020 Spring Clay Target Season/ Trap and Skeet Shooting Lakeville $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Marshall County Central Schools ISD 441 Nature Based Teacher Workshop Newfolden $5,000.
00 P1 2019-2021 Milaca High School ISD 912 Maple Syrup Production Milaca $4,600. 00 P1 2019-2021 Minneapolis Nature Preschool Minneapolis Nature Preschool Outreach Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Minnesota State University Mankato Camp Maverick: Exploring the Great Outdoors Mankato $2,040.
00 P1 2019-2021 Minnesota Youth Ski League No Child Left Inside Minneapolis $4,500. 00 P1 2019-2021 Morris Area Schools ISD 2769 5th Grade ELC Trip Morris $1,002. 00 P1 2019-2021 National Wildlife Turkey Federation - Buffalo Ridge Gobblers Hoverball and StickIt Archery Set Marshall $3,000.
00 P1 2019-2021 North Lakes Academy CHARTER 4053 Outdoor Learning at Our New School Forest Lake $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 North Shore Community School CHARTER 4084 2019 No Child Left Inside Mini Grants Duluth $3,527. 50 P1 2019-2021 Northwest Community Action - Baudette Head Start No Child Left Inside Badger $3,200.
00 P1 2019-2021 Owatonna Public Schools ISD 761 McKinley STEAM Elementary School/ WCNA Owatonna $4,560. 00 P1 2019-2021 Park Rapids Area Schools ISD 309 No Child Left Inside Grant Park Rapids $3,200. 00 P1 2019-2021 Pedal Power MN Webster School Biking Minneapolis $5,000.
00 P1 2019-2021 Pillager Public School ISD 116 40 acre School Forest and School Ground Cross Country Skiing Pillager $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Pine Island Public School ISD 255 Environmental and Outdoor Education Pine Island $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Youth Snowshoe and XC Ski Purchase Maplewood $4,920.
00 P1 2019-2021 Recreational Experiences Achieving Community Harmony REACH's Youth Winter and Spring Survivor Programs Cloquet $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Redwood Area Community Education ISD 2897 Redwood Area Community Education Instructional and Safety Grant Redwood Falls $2,500. 00 P1 2019-2021 Regents of the University of Minnesota Expanding Winter Programming at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Minneapolis $4,990.
00 P1 2019-2021 Riverway Learning Community CHARTER 4064 Outdoor Learning Space Winona $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Robbinsdale Area Schools ISD 281 School of Engineering and Arts Kindergarten Golden Valley $3,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Robbinsdale Area Schools ISD 281 Robbinsdale Area School Early Childhood Programs New Hope $555.
70 P1 2019-2021 Rockford Area Schools ISD 883 Rockford School Forest Explorers Rockford $1,400. 00 P1 2019-2021 Ruffed Grouse Society - Rum River Chapter Upland Bird Camp Cambridge $850. 00 P1 2019-2021 Saint Paul School of Northern Lights CHARTER 4275 No Child Left Inside Grant St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 South High School MPS 1 South High School Trout in the Classroom Minneapolis $2,538. 93 P1 2019-2021 South Washington County Schools ISD 833 Park High School to MN Landscape Arboretum Cottage Grove $5,000.
00 P1 2019-2021 St. Charles Public Schools ISD 858 St. Charles Trap Team St.
Charles $2,500. 00 P1 2019-2021 St. Raphael Catholic School Environmental Field Trips Springfield $2,548.
00 P1 2019-2021 Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District Augmented Reality Sand Table Waite Park $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 The Friends of South High Foundation (for MPS 1) All Nations South High Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Thomas E.
& Edna D. Carpenter Foundation Youth Snowshoe Purchase Hastings $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 University of Wisconsin-River Falls TRIO Upward Bound at Washington Technology Magnet School St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P1 2019-2021 Upper Mississippi Academy CHARTER 4210 UMA Hiking Co. No Child Left Inside Mini Grant St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P2 2020-2022 Albert Lea Schools ISD 241 Targeting Outdoor Engagement Albert Lea $23,686. 50 P2 2020-2022 Anoka-Hennepin School District ISD 11 Winter Ecology and Fish Survey Anoka $11,550.
00 P2 2020-2022 Ardent Outdoor Group Big Fish and Fry High School Ice Fishing League West St. Paul $45,440. 64 P2 2020-2022 Bertha-Hewitt Public Schools ISD 786 Sporting Clays Bertha $10,000.
00 P2 2020-2022 Cannon Falls Public Schools ISD 252 Cannon Falls Outdoor Education Block Cannon Falls $5,800. 00 P2 2020-2022 City of Anoka Youth Waterfowl Hunting Collaboration Anoka $10,500. 00 P2 2020-2022 Deer River Schools ISD 317 Gikinawaabi (He or she learns by observation) Deer River $49,938.
00 P2 2020-2022 Friends of the Mill District Four Seasons of Inclusion Minneapolis $48,120. 00 P2 2020-2022 Great River School CHARTER 4105 Back into Nature: A series of natural experiences St. Paul $7,750.
00 P2 2020-2022 Hancock Public Schools ISD 768 """Owls Outdoors""" Hancock $17,820. 00 P2 2020-2022 Headwaters Science Center Science Centered Outdoors Bemidji $9,186. 78 P2 2020-2022 Hmong College Prep Academy CHARTER 4103 Bass Fishing Club St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P2 2020-2022 Humboldt High School ISD 625 Humboldt Hawk Eyes Archery Hunting Club St. Paul $8,280.
00 P2 2020-2022 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Public Schools ISD 775 Dry Fire Trap Simulator/ Garmin Trap Shooting Trainer Kerkhoven $7,079. 99 P2 2020-2022 Lower Sioux Indian Community Year-Round Dakota Youth Outdoors Program Morton $30,520. 00 P2 2020-2022 McGregor Public Schools ISD 4 All 4 Outdoors McGregor $5,000.
00 P2 2020-2022 Minneapolis Nature Preschool Pre-K as Incubator and Stimulator of Collaborative, Comprehensive Environmental Ed Minneapolis $44,785. 00 P2 2020-2022 Murray Middle School ISD 625 Getting Hooked on the Outdoors St. Paul $32,890.
00 P2 2020-2022 Nashwauk-Keewatin Public Schools ISD 319 Spartan Angling Nashwauk $11,500. 00 P2 2020-2022 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Public Schools ISD 622 Inclusion on North's Fishing Team North St.
Paul $6,900. 00 P2 2020-2022 Owatonna Public Schools ISD 761 OMS Outdoor Classroom Improvement Project Owatonna $9,472. 00 P2 2020-2022 Pelican Rapids Area Schools ISD 548 Minnesota Climate Safety: enjoying the outdoors in rural Minnesota Pelican Rapids $6,204.
26 P2 2020-2022 Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center Establishing 4-Season Mountain Bike Programs at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center Spicer $12,000. 00 P2 2020-2022 Redwood Area Schools ISD 2897 Medicine Wheel Garden Redwood Falls $7,528. 00 P2 2020-2022 Rochester Alternative Learning Center ISD 535 Nature Connection Rochester $10,829.
00 P2 2020-2022 Rochester Public Schools ISD 535 Pilot for Archery in Public School Physical Education Curriculum for Rochester Public Schools Rochester $13,525. 00 P2 2020-2022 South High School All Nations MPS 1 Learning Through the Seasons Minneapolis $35,250. 00 P2 2020-2022 South Koochiching-Rainy River Public Schools ISD 363 Outdoors Arts and Crafts Class Northome $5,370.
00 P2 2020-2022 St. Charles Public Schools ISD 858 Explore More Outdoors St. Charles $5,000.
00 P2 2020-2022 St. Croix River Association A River for All Youth: Outdoor Education and Recreation at the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway St.
Croix Falls $49,999. 00 P2 2020-2022 Stowe Elementary Duluth Public Schools ISD 709 Outdoor Learning and Recreation at Recess and After School Duluth $25,000. 00 P2 2020-2022 Student Angler Organization Student Angler Organization Safety and Angler Participation Growth Ham Lake $49,000.
00 P2 2020-2022 Watertown-Mayer Public Schools ISD 111 Outdoor Adventures Watertown $12,365. 00 P2 2020-2022 While Bear Lake Area Public Schools ISD 624 Ice Fishing Club Field Day White Bear Lake $6,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Ashby Schools ISD 261 Wading Into New Opportunities Ashby $4,830.
00 P3 2022-2023 Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department Nature Play and Outdoor Education in North Country Park Bemidji $3,630. 00 P3 2022-2023 Brooklyn Center Middle and High School ISD 286 Growing BCCS Brooklyn Center $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 City of Eagan Outdoor Exploration Eagan $4,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 City of Saint Paul Police Department Cops and Bobbers St. Paul $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Cloquet Public Schools ISD 94 Cloquet High School PE and Adapted PE Archery Program Cloquet $4,325.
97 P3 2022-2023 Duluth Area Family YMCA Harbor Highlands Winter Ready Duluth $4,993. 00 P3 2022-2023 Empowering Kids Perham Autism Outdoors Perham $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Frazee-Vergas Schools ISD 23 ECFE/School Readiness Outdoor Classroom Frazee $2,200.
52 P3 2022-2023 Fridley Public Schools ISD 14 Disc Golf Fridley $3,874. 00 P3 2022-2023 Friends of Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Crane Meadows Bird Walk Little Falls $3,520. 00 P3 2022-2023 Garlough Environmental Magnet School ISD 197 Students Ski for Wellness and Science Learning at GEMS West St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Grass & Roots Outdoors - New Foundations St. Peter Project Let's G.
O.! Get Outside! St.
Peter $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Great River Greening Future Stewards Youth Program St. Paul $5,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 Heritage E-STEM Magnet School ISD 197 Ice Fishing West St. Paul $1,400. 00 P3 2022-2023 Hinckley–Finlayson Public Schools ISD 2165 K-5 Environmental Education Initiative Hinckley $5,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 InSciEd Out Foundation Environmental Science InSciEd Out Rochester $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Loring Elementary MPS 1 Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Experience Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Lower Phalen Creek Project Stewarding Unci Maka: Connecting Indigenous Youth to the Tradition and Science of Protecting Grandmother Earth St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Metro Blooms Sustainable Landcare Training for Youths in North Minneapolis Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Minnesota Trout Unlimited Fostering Environmental Stewardship Through Youth and Family Fishing Programs Chanhassen $5,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 Mother's Tutoring Academy Mississippi River Day Canoe Trip St. Paul $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Muslim American Society of Minnesota Exploration of Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve Blaine $5,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 North Hennepin Community College Global and Cultural Studies 1970, Environmental Justice and Nature Immersion Brooklyn Park $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 North St. Louis Soil & Water Conservation District Water Education Outreach Virginia $4,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 North Star Community Rowing North Star Community Rowing, Youth Rowing Program Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Operation No Limits Finding Fun and Food through Fishing Lino Lakes $3,900. 00 P3 2022-2023 Prairie Seeds Academy CHARTER 4126 Outdoor Recreation Brooklyn Park $3,800.
00 P3 2022-2023 Project Get Outdoors Inc Legend Hunters Wabasha $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District Using Binoculars to Explore the Habitat/Ecosystems Within Restoration Projects and Native Plantings Little Canada $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 River Bend Nature Center Inc Intro to Archery Faribault $2,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 Riverview Intermediate School ISD 748 RIS Archery Sartell $3,500. 00 P3 2022-2023 Rochester Public Schools - Sports Biology/Environmental Awareness ISD 535 JM OutdoorED Rochester $3,500. 00 P3 2022-2023 Roosevelt Elementary - Detroit Lakes Schools ISD 22 Exploring Through the Seasons Detroit Lakes $3,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 Shetek Lutheran Ministries Winter Adventure Day at Lake Shetek State Park Slayton $4,760. 98 P3 2022-2023 Southside Family Nurturing Center Green Schoolyard / Outdoor Equipment and Materials Minneapolis $2,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Star Lake Wilderness Camp Star Lake Wilderness Camping St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 STEAM Academy CHARTER 4270 Bicycle Program for East African Students in St. Paul St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Success Academy Bloomington CHARTER 4232 Archery for Bloomington Students Bloomington $3,500. 00 P3 2022-2023 Success Academy St.
Cloud CHARTER 4232 Archery for St. Cloud Students St. Cloud $3,500.
00 P3 2022-2023 Three Rivers Park District Striding through Nature Plymouth $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Winona Outdoor Collaborative Riverway School Forest Environmental Education Winona $5,000. 00 P3 2022-2023 Wood Lake Nature Center Replace and Update Classroom Set of Cross Country Skis Richfield $5,000.
00 P3 2022-2023 Yellow Medicine East ISD 2190 Prairie Smoke Environmental Learning Granite Falls $5,000. 00 P4 2022-2023 Advancement of Hmong Americans SEA Youth Ua Si Outside Maplewood $13,700. 00 P4 2022-2023 Agassiz Environmental Learning Center Outdoor Discovery at the Fertile Sand Hills Fertile $10,728.
00 P4 2022-2023 Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Department of Natural Resources Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Youth Nature Program Nett Lake $9,840. 00 P4 2022-2023 Bryn Mawr Elementary School MPS 1 Snowshoes & Science In The Forest Minneapolis $24,980. 00 P4 2022-2023 Friends of Pool 2 Kids Reach the River Newport $7,490.
00 P4 2022-2023 Hinckley-Finlayson Public Schools ISD 2165 New Fishing Class and Advanced Physical Education Hinckley $19,866. 00 P4 2022-2023 Les Voyageurs Inc Explore The Outdoors St. Cloud $10,000.
00 P4 2022-2023 Mankato Area Public Schools ISD 77 Nature-based Programming for the MAPS Center of Early Learning Mankato $25,000. 00 P4 2022-2023 Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society Building Fishing Families Bemidji $7,070. 00 P4 2022-2023 New City Charter School CHARTER 4809 Learning Expedition Gear Library and Field Work Minneapolis $6,401.
95 P4 2022-2023 Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center Accessible Outdoor Recreation Sandstone $24,467. 00 P4 2022-2023 Reach for Resources Inc Teen Explorers Minnetonka $14,884. 00 P4 2022-2023 Red Wing Environmental Learning Center Outdoor Adventure Club Red Wing $22,430.
00 P4 2022-2023 Star of the North Academy CHARTER 4224 Introducing Children to Life Long Outdoor Activities East Bethel $15,011. 04 P4 2022-2023 Three Rivers Park District Fishing Immersion, Mentorship, and Outreach Plymouth $25,000. 00 P4 2022-2023 Urban Roots East Side Outside: Youth Outdoor Education, Conservation, and Recreation St.
Paul $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart High School ISD 2159 Outdoor Education Hector $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose ECFE ISD 877 Ready Set Grow (RSG) Nature-Based Preschool Buffalo $25,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Camp Fire Minnesota Out Of School Time (OST) Program Excelsior $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Career Pathways CHARTER 4237 State and Regional Park Experiential Learning St. Paul $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Catholic Youth Camp City Connects Partnership Roseville $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 City of Chisholm - Parks, Trails, & Recreation Department Snowshoe Redhead Program Chisholm $4,200. 00 P2023 2023-2024 City of Duluth Police Department Get Hooked on Fishing Duluth $20,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 City of Owatonna Adaptive Archery Owatonna $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Clearbrook-Gonvick School District ISD 2311 All Kids Deserve The Opportunity to Experience MN Winters: Ice Fishing and Snowshoeing Adventures! Clearbrook $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Cornerstones at MAWSECO ISD 938 Lake Pulaski Water Environment Exploration Buffalo $2,100. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Division of Indian Work Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP) No Child Left Inside Project Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Eagle Ridge Green Team ISD 191 Wild About the Wilderness and Survival Celebration of the Seasons Savage $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Eagle View Elementary School ISD 186 Eagle View Archery Program Pequot Lakes $3,570. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Family Service Rochester 360 Degrees of Fishing Rochester $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Faribault Public Schools ISD 656 Outdoor Diversity Initiative Faribault $25,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Fergus Falls Public Schools ISD 544 Prairie Science Class Fergus Falls $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Fishing for Life Ice Fishing - Fishing For Life - Youth Ice Fishing and Dark House Spearing programs Minneapolis $4,899. 90 P2023 2023-2024 Friends of Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Blazing a Path for Environmental Literacy Rochert $17,200.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Boundary Waters Workshops St. Paul $16,800. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Friends of the Mississippi River Youth Environmental Stewards St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Gatewood Elementary School ISD 270 Outdoor Environmental Science Program Minnetonka $15,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Henning Public Schools ISD 545 Fishing/Trap Shooting/Early Education Outdoor Play Henning $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Lac qui Parle - Yellow Bank Watershed District Stonehill Park & Del Clark Lake Scavenger Hunt Education Series Madison $9,970. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Lake Benton Elementary ISD 404 Fishing experiences at Lake Benton/Snowshoe at Hole In The Mountain Park Lake Benton $5,200. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Lake Park Audubon ISD 2889 Exploring Our Ecosystems Lake Park $22,848.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Long Lake Conservation Foundation Ojibwe Winter Village Classroom Palisade $20,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Marshall Area YMCA Y Archery Marshall $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Masjed Abubakr Al-Seddiq Rochester Immigrant/Refugee Student Camping, Fishing, & Outdoor Exploration Rochester $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe MLBO DNR No Child Left Inside Onamia $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Minneapolis Bilingual Education Collective Green Team Outdoors: Fishing, Snowshoeing, and Environmental Justice Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Mpls.
Park & Rec. Board: Kroening Nature Center Minneapolis $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends Minnesota Valley Refuge Field Trips - Creating and Educated, Passionate Population of Conservationists Bloomington $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 National Loon Center Junior Loon Biologist Program Crosslake $7,830. 00 P2023 2023-2024 North Park School for Innovation ISD 13 Sustainable Pollinators, Sustainable World Fridley $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Osakis Public Schools ISD 213 Osakis Multidisciplinary Outdoor Education Initiative Osakis $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Otter Tail Youth Ski League Otter Tail Youth Ski League Equipment Drive Fergus Falls $4,500. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Park Rapids School District ISD 309 Outdoor Recreation Education Park Rapids $3,781. 85 P2023 2023-2024 Patrick Henry High School MPS 1 Wilderness Inquiry Field Trip - Henry High School Minneapolis $3,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Positive Energy Outdoors Adventure Club Duluth $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Project Success Outdoor Adventure Days Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Propel Nonprofits - Frogtown Green Frogs in the Snow Minneapolis $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 R. O. Y.
O. Returning Our Youth Outdoors Getting youth excited about ice fishing Tracy $4,200. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Ramsey County Sheriff's Office - Youth Plus Program Youth Plus Program - Fishing & Water Safety St.
Paul $4,500. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Recreation Alliance of Winona Prairie Island Adventure Club Winona $18,900. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Renville County Sheriff's Office Youth Firearms Safety Field and Hunting Experience Olivia $4,120.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Richard Green Central Elementary MPS 1 Green Central Nordic Ski Instruction Field Trip Minneapolis $4,959. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Richfield Central Education Center ISD 280 Richfield ECFE ECO Course Curriculum and Materials Richfield $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Rollingstone Community School CHARTER 4293 Rollingstone “ROCKS” into Nature!
Rollingstone $4,720. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan ISD 196 AV Eagle Convocation Wilderness Experience Program Rosemount $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Rum River Art Center Inc Nature Art Sketching and Journaling Anoka $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Outdoor Adventures Saint Paul St. Paul $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 South Education Center - Intermediate District 287 Creating Memories and Future Anglers Richfield $4,850.
00 P2023 2023-2024 The Loppet Foundation Year-Round Expansion of Minne Loppet Elementary Program Minneapolis $25,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 The Urban Village K'Nyaw Camp St. Paul $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Urban Boatbuilders Inc On the Water Supplies Purchases for Underserved Youth St. Paul $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Valley View Elementary ISD 13 Step Outside to a Valley View Adventure Columbia Heights $5,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 White Earth Outdoor Unity Team Four Seasons of Outdoor Activity Naytahwaush $22,818. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Wilderness Inquiry Inc Pyramid of Engagement: Connecting Diverse Minnesota Youth to a Progression of Outdoor Education and Recreation St. Paul $22,355.
00 P2023 2023-2024 Wilmar Public Schools ISD 347 Explore the Outdoors - Summer Learning Enrichment Program Willmar $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center SEAK Summer Field Experience Finland $5,000. 00 P2023 2023-2024 Wright County Parks and Recreation Archery Skills Buffalo $4,000.
00 P2023 2023-2024 YMCA of the North YMCA Adventure in the Neighborhood Day Camps Minneapolis $24,430. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Apple Valley High School ISD 196 AV Eagle Convocation Wilderness Experience Program Apple Valley $12,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Ardent Outdoor Group - Ardent Archers Ardent Archers Minneapolis $25,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Avon Hills Folk School Introducing BIPOC youth of central MN to the MN Great Outdoors Avon $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Belwin Outdoor Science ISD 625 Nature Photography for Food Webs St. Paul $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities Big Brothers Big Sisters Outdoor Recreation and Learning Summer Events Minneapolis $4,998. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Breck School Early Childhood Outdoors Golden Valley $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Caponi Art Park Connecting Youth to Nature through Traditional Native American Knowledge Eagan $3,500.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Career Pathways CHARTER 4237 State and Regional Park Experiential Learning and Wellness St. Paul $7,850. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Central Early Learning Center ISD 283 St.
Louis Park Latino ECFE Outreach Class at the Westwood Hills Nature Center St. Louis Park $1,780. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Cherokee Heights Elementary ISD 625 Naturethon St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 City of Bemidji Parks & Recreation Angling in Bemidji Bemidji $12,065. 78 P2024 2024-2025 City of Chaska Parks and Recreation C.
O. R. E.
- Chaska Outdoor Recreation Experience! Chaska $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 City of Chisholm Free Wheelers Learn to Ride Program Chisholm $15,670.
00 P2024 2024-2025 City of Farmington Parks and Recreation Department Farmington Park and Rec: Archery, Snowshoeing and Environmental Education Farmington $13,372. 75 P2024 2024-2025 City of Hastings Parks and Recreation Snowshoeing Hastings Parks Hastings $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 City of Robbinsdale Casting Dreams Robbinsdale $6,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 City of South St. Paul Youth Snowshoe and Cross Country Ski Program South St. Paul $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 City of St. Cloud - COP House Women of Worth Program Cop House Women of Worth Outdoor Skill Building St. Cloud $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Clean River Partners QUEERY (Queer Unity, Environmental Education, and Recreation for Youth) Northfield $10,330. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Cloquet Community Education ISD 94 Snowshoeing Education and Loan Program Cloquet $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Colectiva Bilingüe - Bilingual Education Collective Camp Colectiva Minneapolis $24,450.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Columbia Heights Public Schools Columbia Academy ISD 13 Columbia Academy Explores the Outdoors; Outdoor Club Columbia Heights $4,875. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Community of Peace Academy CHARTER 4015 Community of Peace BWCA Expedition 2024 St. Paul $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye [Bdokétú / Ptaŋyétu / Wétu] Dakhód’iapi Oéthi or Minnesota Dakota Language Seasonal Institutes Osseo $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Discovery Middle School Alexandria Public Schools ISD 206 Unified Kayaking in the Discovery Middle School DNR School Forest Alexandria $9,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Dodge Nature Center and Preschool Environmental Education for All West St.
Paul $15,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Dover Eyota Parents and Teachers Together (for ISD 533) Dover Eyota Outdoor Classroom Eyota $1,500. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Duluth Area Family YMCA Day Camp Day Camp: Archery Duluth $4,997.
51 P2024 2024-2025 Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center Accessible Outdoor Recreation Lanesboro $24,997. 97 P2024 2024-2025 Early Childhood Family Education ISD 625 Outerwear Library for Wheelock Outdoor Classroom St. Paul $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Edgerton Public Library Nature Exploration Adventure Kits Edgerton $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Edgewood School Nature Preschool Program ISD 719 Nature Pop Up Class Materials Prior Lake $555. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Elpis Enterprises 10,000 Urban Ice Anglers Project St.
Paul $12,400. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Esko School District ISD 99 Growing Outdoor Learning for Teachers and Students using the Esko School Forest Esko $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Fergus Falls Fish and Game Club Woodie Camp Fergus Falls $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Fishing For Life Hunter/Firearm Safety Training and Programs Minneapolis $14,495. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Friends of Lake Elmo's Sunfish Lake Park Outdoor Experience Lake Elmo $4,700. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Friends of Prairie Wetland Learning Center Outdoor Environmental Education through Student Lenses 2024-25 Fergus Falls $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Frontenac State Park Association Nature Explorers Frontenac $4,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Gene Dillon Elementary ISD 31 Trout in the Classroom Bemidji $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Get Kids Outdoors - Adam Parnow Memorial Inc Get Kids Outdoors; Exploring Nature through Birding and Fishing Crookston $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Glacial Hills Elementary CHARTER 4168 Nurturing a Love for Nature and Human Wellbeing Starbuck $19,801. 27 P2024 2024-2025 Glenville-Emmons ISD 2886 Environmental Learning Camp Glenville $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Izhaadaa Agwajiing (Let's Get Outside): Revitalizing Traditional Harvests Among Tribal Youth Grand Portage $24,887.
96 P2024 2024-2025 Greater St. Cloud Public Safety Foundation Cop House Fishing Crew St. Cloud $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Holdingford Fishing Team Holdingford Fishing Team Equipment Buildup Holdingford $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Hope Lutheran High School Nordic Skiing for Student Health and Outdoor Education Winona $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Hopkins Eisenhower PTO (for ISD 270) Eisenhower Elementary Courtyard Naturalist Program Hopkins $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Hopkins Kids & Company Glen Lake Elementary ISD 270 Take Me Fishing, Kids & Company Style Hopkins $1,500. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Little Crow Archers LCA Youth Program Improvements Willmar $3,540. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Lynd Public School ISD 415 Middle School Outdoor Conservation and Fishing Program Lynd $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Marcy School for the Arts MPS 1 Marcy Goes Outside Minneapolis $3,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Marine Village School CHARTER 4297 Growing Roots in Our River Home Marine on St. Croix $4,945.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Metro Blooms Connecting Youth Stewards with Regional Parks Minneapolis $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Minnesota New Country School CHARTER 4007 Minnesota New Country School Outdoor Health and Wellness Henderson $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Minnesota State University Mankato Camp Maverick Outdoors!
Mankato $12,500. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Minnesota Transitions Charter School CHARTER 4017 City to Snow Minneapolis $4,835. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends Minnesota Valley Refuge Outdoor Education and Experiences Bloomington $22,500.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Minnewaska Area Schools ISD 2149 Minnewaska Nordic Sport Expansion Glenwood $16,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 New Prague Area Schools Early Learning ISD 721 New Prague Area Early Learning Nature-Based Learning New Prague $4,750. 00 P2024 2024-2025 North Branch Disc Golf Association Kids Disc Golf Course Lindstrom $4,950.
00 P2024 2024-2025 North St. Louis Soil & Water Conservation District Resource Rangers Program in Virginia, MN Virginia $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Northeast Range School ISD 2142 Iron Mosquito STEM and Cultural Learning Camps Virginia $4,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Northfield Healthy Community Initiative OUTDOORtime Northfield $24,999. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Northfield Public Schools ISD 659 Everyone Can Fish! Northfield $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Northside Residents Redevelopment Council NRRC Loppet Partnership Youth Expansion Minneapolis $24,995. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Northwest Passage High School CHARTER 4049 May Term Outdoor Adventures Coon Rapids $3,365. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Oak Ridge Elementary School of Leadership Environmental and Health Sciences ISD 196 Breaking Down the Nature Gap Through Experience and Gear Rosemount $24,050.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Park Brook Elementary School ISD 279 A Wirthwhile Experience Maple Grove $3,020. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Paul Bunyan Northland Arboretum Nature Camp - Summer and Winter Brainerd $13,859. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Camp Katharine Parsons Mississippi Summer Minneapolis $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Pillsbury United Communities Outside Inclusive Minneapolis $21,400. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Prairie Elementary STEM Program ISD 518 Prairie Outdoor Learning Worthington $4,200. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Rockford Area Schools ISD 883 RMS-CES Outdoor Club Rockford $4,235.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Roots and Wings Forest School Outdoor Education and Adventure in Otter Tail County New York Mills $18,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Saint Paul School of Northern Lights CHARTER 4275 SPSNL Environmental Outdoor Education and Camping Skills St. Paul $12,265.
30 P2024 2024-2025 SeaYa Charter SeaYa Charter Volunteers for the Development of youth stewardship Ponsford $4,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Seward Montessori PTA (for MPS 1) Seward 5th/6th Years Trip to Widjiwagan Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Spring Lake Park Parks and Recreation Snowshoes for Children Spring Lake Park $1,500.
00 P2024 2024-2025 St. Anthony Park School Association ISD 625 Fifth Grade Trip to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center St. Paul $10,800.
00 P2024 2024-2025 St. Francis Area Schools ISD 15 Saint's Academy Outdoor Adventures and Natural Resources Exploration St. Francis $25,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 St. Michael-Albertville Schools ISD 885 - Knights Academy ALP Fish and Wildlife Archery Unit Albertville $4,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Summer Scholars MPS 1 Getting Out There: Expanding Summer Learning to School Yards and Neighborhood Parks for Urban Youth Minneapolis $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Tod Pod Playgroup Weekly Outdoor Play for Kids and Caregivers Bloomington $4,500. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Troops of Saint George - Troop #2113 Canoes for Troops of Saint George, Troop #2113 Coon Rapids $5,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Unified PE Program ISD 625 Expanding Biking in SPPS with High School Unified PE St.
Paul $24,570. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Urban Ventures Urban Ventures Outdoors High School Program Minneapolis $4,725. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Warren Alvarado Oslo Elementary School ISD 2176 WAO 5th Grade Class Fishing Trip to LOW Warren $4,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians - Natural Resources No Child Left Inside Water Instruction White Earth $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Whittier Community Education MPS 1 Whittier Natural Leaders Minneapolis $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 Woodcrest Spanish Immersion PTO (for ISD 16) Snowshoeing in the Outdoors Fridley $5,000.
00 P2024 2024-2025 Youth and Family Circle Outdoor Opportunities for Underserved Youth and Families St. Paul $25,000. 00 P2024 2024-2025 YWCA St.
Paul YWCA St. Paul Youth Go Fishing St. Paul $4,250.
00 P2025 2025-2026 Adams Elementary School ISD 11 Outdoor Learning for All Coon Rapids $5,000. 00 P2025 2025-2026 Asian Economic Development Association Asian Youth Citizen Environmental Stewardship St. Paul $25,000.
00 P2025 2025-2026 Austin Public Schools Woodson School ISD 492 Woodson School for Community Education Outdoors Austin $2,642. 78 P2025 2025-2026 Bancroft Elementary MPS 1 5th Grade Environment Camp Minneapolis $5,000. 00 P2025 2025-2026 Battle Creek Elementary School ISD 625 Outdoor Learning at Battle Creek Elementary St.
Paul $5,000. 00 P2025 2025-2026 Big Lake Public School District
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA SBIR Phase I Solicitation invites small businesses to submit proposals for projects addressing critical environmental challenges. Awards are for six months to demonstrate proof of concept. Key focus areas include Clean and Safe Water, Air Quality and Climate, Homeland Security, Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials, and Safer Chemicals.
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CCGP) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Community Change Grants Program funds projects that provide meaningful improvements to the environmental, climate, and resilience conditions affecting disadvantaged communities. While broadly focused on environmental and climate justice, projects can include aspects that relate to community health and well-being through addressing environmental health risks. The program aims to fund community-driven pollution and climate resiliency solutions and strengthen communities' decision-making power. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.