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Funding Opportunity Announcement Apply by March 31st, 2025 The Outdoor Equity Fund improves safe, equitable access to outdoor spaces and increases opportunities for nature-based learning for Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color in Maine.
Maine Community Integration Kivulini Afro Yoga Project Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition Mawita'nej Epijej: Welcome to the Gathering Place Niweskok: From the Stars to the Seeds Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship Intercultural Community Center Maine Association of New Americans (MANA) Somali Bantu Community Association Wabanaki Youth in Science BIPOC communities experience systemic and institutional targeting that prevent safe access to these spaces.
The Outdoor Equity Fund seeks organizations focused on addressing and finding solutions to these issues, including: Land-based cultural continuation & preservation Land-back and land return projects Leadership development and mentoring Environmental justice, policy, and advocacy Farming and gardening programs Outdoor accessibility development Outdoor expeditions, such as hunting and fishing trips Outdoor learning or environmental education, including school-based experiences Therapeutic and trauma-informed nature programs Grant Amount & Funding Levels Outdoor Equity Fund grantees will each receive general operating grants of $30,000 over three years, in increments of $10,000 per year.
In addition to funding, grantees will be invited to participate in a series of peer learning, training, capacity-building, and community outreach activities over the course of the three-year grant period. To be eligible for the Outdoor Equity Fund, the applicant organization must: Be working exclusively or primarily in Maine, unceded Wabanaki Territory.
Be a Black-, Brown-, Indigenous-, Latine-, Asian-, or People of Color-led organization/group/coalition. All BIPOC-led and serving groups may apply. Be doing work that advances outdoor equity.
Please see the OEF’s goals and funding priorities in the Request for Proposals for more specificity. Be a Maine-based organization, group or a coalition/alliance of groups (we do not fund individuals). Have an organizational operating budget under $1,500,000.
(Not required for groups applying with sponsorship from a Wabanaki Tribal Government or other tribal entity or for groups with fiscal sponsors).
To establish BIPOC-led status, organizations need to meet two of the following criteria for the past two years: BIPOC directors or specific program leaders (leadership roles): 50% or more BIPOC board members (or governing decision-making roles): 50% or more BIPOC activists (on-the-ground community change makers): 50% or more Applications for the 2025 Outdoor Equity Fund closed March 31st, 2025.
See all of our OEF grantees site by: Polychrome Collective & SlickFish Studios
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Applicant organizations must be working exclusively or primarily in Maine (unceded Wabanaki Territory), be a Black-, Brown-, Indigenous-, Latine-, Asian-, or People of Color-led organization/group/coalition, and be doin…. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $30,000 over three years ($10,000 per year). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Outdoor Equity Fund is funded by Maine Initiatives. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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