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Find similar grantsOutdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program is sponsored by National Park Service (administered by Iowa DNR). ORLP is a nationally competitive program that provides grants to help urban communities with no, or almost no, access to publicly available, close-by, outdoor recreation.
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Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership | Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Build America, Buy America Act Supporting Materials and Resources The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) provides grants to states, and through states to local units of government and federally-recognized Indian tribes, for projects that will provide outdoor recreation opportunities to the public through the acquisition of lands and waters for parks and other outdoor recreation areas, as well as through the development of new, or the renovation of existing, outdoor recreation facilities.
It is operated by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with designated lead agencies. In 2014 NPS created the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program, a competitive grant program administered under the authority of the LWCF Act, as a complement to the formula grant program.
As designed, the purpose of the ORLP Program is to provide new or significantly improved recreation opportunities in urban communities, consistent with the purposes and requirements of the LWCF Act and LWCF Manual. To meet ORLP objectives and goals, the project must: meet the matching requirement. ORLP is dollar for dollar match, covering up to 50% of project costs.
meet recreation goals as identified in, and align with priorities of, the State’s Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) (3. 95 MB) .
pdf must be within a Qualifying Area, defined as: an urban area that has a population of 25,000 or more in the most recent census, or two or more adjacent urban areas with a combined population of 25,000 or more in the most recent census, or an area administered by a federally recognized Indian Tribe or Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian community organization.
Applicants can learn more about census-designated urban areas and access a list of all urban areas on the US Census’s TIGERWeb web page. Outdoor recreation areas and facilities assisted through this program must be open to the public, and may not be converted to uses other than public outdoor recreation.
The application process for ORLP is multi-step: The State solicits proposals from eligible local project sponsors, selects and submits abbreviated applications to NPS. Proposals will be accepted by NPS annually on November 1. *See DNR deadlines below.
* Each proposal is reviewed and scored by an independent merit panel assigned by NPS. Based on scoring and reviews of the independent merit panel, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) will announce project selections. It is expected that project selection will happen within six months, approximately May 1 annually.
States will work with the local project sponsors of the DOI-selected projects to prepare a full application and complete compliance. Funding is not guaranteed until a grant agreement is signed by NPS. Grants are awarded by NPS to the State Lead Agency, which is responsible for ensuring that allocated funds are used for the purposes of, and in a manner consistent with, the LWCF Act and Manual.
The State Lead Agency, in turn, makes a sub-award to the project sponsor, which must be the public entity that submitted the proposal. Because States must conduct a process to make the initial determination as to which projects to submit to the NPS for consideration in the national competition, State application deadlines will be earlier than NPS’s competition deadline.
The Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) has been announced for 2026. Applications for 2026 grant round will be due to the Iowa DNR by September 1, 2026. For application details and materials, please contact Jessica Flatt at 515-975-8569 or by email at [email protected] .
The complete Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and associated documents can be found on the Grants. gov website. The Iowa DNR, as the state lead agency, must apply on behalf of local governments.
Build America, Buy America Act With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Federal financial assistance programs for infrastructure must comply with domestic content procurement preference requirements established in the “Build America, Buy America Act” at Section 70911 et seq. (“Buy America”).
Buy America’s domestic content procurement preference applies to all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used for infrastructure projects under an award. These requirements took effect on May 14, 2022; however, parties may seek waivers under certain circumstances. For more information: “Buy America” Domestic Sourcing Guidance and Waiver Process for DOI Financial Assistance Agreements .
Supporting Materials and Resources The National Parks Service has an ORLP technical assistance webpage with links to upcoming webinars, virtual open office hours, and more. The Trust for Public Land offers free ORLP resources and webinars. You can find more information on the TPL website .
City Parks Alliance will be hosting a technical assistance webinar on ORLP July 22. You can find more information on the City Parks Alliance webpage .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Local governments and federally-recognized Indian Tribes within a Qualifying Area (an urban area with a population of 25,000 or more, or two or more adjacent urban areas with a combined population of 25,000 or more, or …. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows matching grants (1:1), up to 50% of project costs; awards from $300,000 to $15,000,000 (nationally). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was September 1, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program is funded by National Park Service (administered by Iowa DNR). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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IDNR's OSLAD program closes at 5:00 p.m. on August 31, 2026, with $37.5 million available, a $1,125,000 ceiling for land acquisition and $600,000 for development. The standard deal is 50/50. The deal that matters for small towns is the full-funding provision for economically distressed communities — and the thing that disqualifies applicants is not the project, it is GATA prequalification.
Read articleA new Interior Department policy routes every grant and cooperative agreement of $50,000 or more through two political appointees for manual review. The result is a backlog of roughly 1,400 grants and $362 million in delayed funding — up from fewer than 10 two years ago. Here is how the bottleneck works, why it matters even for recipients who already have an award letter, and what nonprofits, universities, states, and tribes should do to protect projects that depend on Interior dollars.
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