Grants for Nature Play Areas!

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I recently ran across two great grants for nature play areas. They are both specifically for nature play, so hopefully you don’t have to twist your to fit the guidelines. They are both due in a few weeks, (end of May 2014) so it is a pretty tight timeline. But, I wanted to let you all know anyway.

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The American Water Charitable Foundation and the National Parks and Recreation Association 

These two amazing organizations are teaming together to offer the Building Better Communities Grant. 

PURPOSE
Building Better Communities grants of $50,000-to-$150,000 will fund projects in public parks that:
1) Build and enhance nature-based playgrounds and natural play spaces for children
2) Educate people on environmental stewardship practices related to water

ELIGIBILITY

There are two main elements. Follow the link to find the rest.

1) You must be located in one of their target areas. They are an easy to search list on their website.

2) The site must be publicly owned.

 

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The Association of Zoos and Aquariums and Disney

These two great organizations are offering the Nature Play Begins at Your Zoo/Aquarium Grant. 

PURPOSE

Helping accredited zoos and aquariums to expand their nature play programming and to create exciting and innovative ways to connect families to nature.

ELIGIBILITY

1) You must be an AZA-accredited institution

 

I bet these funds will go to wonderful projects. Hopefully Yours!