Awarded Grants

2020

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Trails Grant – Fox Run Regional Trail Planning ($30,000)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Shooting Range Grant – Bear Creek Archery Range ($15,000)

Community Development Block Grant – Fairgrounds Pathways ($164,700)

2019

CPW State Trails Non-Motorized Trail Grant – Eastonville Regional Trail ($136,000)

CSFS Forest Restoration Capacity Building Grant – Forest Improvement Equipment ($4,400)

CDBG DR – Black Forest Regional Park – Disaster Recovery ($790,000)

CDBG – Widefield Community Park – Phase II Improvements ($165,000)

2018

Community Development Block Grant – Widefield Community Park Improvements ($150,000)

Great Outdoors Colorado Funded Youth Corps Crew – Pineries Open Space ($21,000 Value In Kind)

2017

Colorado Springs Health Foundation: Built Environment Grant – Widefield Community Park Improvements ($110,000)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Non-Motorized State Trails Grant – Ute Pass Regional Trail Construction ($150,000)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Non-Motorized State Trails Grant – Eastonville Regional Trail Construction ($136,000)

Colorado State Forest Service – Bear Creek Fuels Mitigation ($10,000)

Colorado State Forest Service – Fuels Reduction Capacity Building ($4,400)

Community Development Block Grant – Widefield Community Park Improvements ($150,000)

2016

Great Outdoors Colorado Habitat Restoration Grant – Jones Park: Bear Creek Habitat Restoration ($75,000)

Great Outdoors Colorado Mini Grant – Falcon Dog Park construction ($45,000)

Great Outdoors Colorado Planning Grant – Kane Ranch Master Plan ($30,000)

Department of Local Affairs Energy Impact Grant – El Paso County Fairgrounds Planning/Design ($25,000)

Great Outdoors Colorado Funded Youth Corps Crew Grant – Black Forest and Pineries Open Space ($45,000 value)

Western Native Trout Initiative – Jones Park Green Back Cutthroat Trout Signage ($3,000)

2015

Colorado Water Conservation Board – Jones Park: Infrastructure and Watershed Protection ($250,000)

Great Outdoors Colorado Local Government Grant – Ellicott School District Multi-Use Sports Field Expansion ($343,913)

Great Outdoors Colorado Local Government Grant – El Paso County Fairgrounds Improvements ($275,000)

Colorado Department of Natural Resources Fuels Mitigation Grant – Black Forest Regional Park ($41,750)

Colorado Water Conservation Board Funded Youth Corps Crew – Fountain Creek Invasive Species Removal ($7,500)

Colorado Tree Coalition – Arbor Day Tree Planting at Fountain Creek Regional Park ($2,000)

2014

Colorado Department of Natural Resources Fuels Mitigation Grant – Fox Run Regional Park ($20,000)

Great Outdoors Colorado Funded Youth Corps Crew Grant – Fountain Creek Region ($17,550)

Great Outdoors Colorado Funded Youth Corps Crew Grant – Fountain Creek Region ($17,550)

Keep American Beautiful/Lowes Grant – Fountain Creek Cleanup Project ($20,000)

Keep Colorado Springs Beautiful Grant – Native Plants ($1,300)

Great Outdoors Colorado Opens Space Acquisition – Wedgewood Farms ($512,250)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Shooting Range Grant – Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex Trap and Skeet ($110,000)

Colorado Department of Natural Resources Fuels Mitigation Grant – Fox Run Regional Park ($26,500)

Great Outdoors Colorado Flood Recovery Initiative – Various County Parks Regional Trails ($200,000)

Pikes Peak Community Foundation Fire Recovery Fund – Flash Flood Awareness Campaign ($19,250)

2013

Muchnic Foundation – FCNC Expansion ($5,000)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Non-Motorized State Trails Grant – Rock Island Regional Trail Improvements ($33,750)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Non-Motorized State Trails Grant – Ute Pass Trail Planning ($30,000)

National Rifle Association Foundation – Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex: Baffle System ($3,500)

Community Development Block Grant – El Paso County Fairgrounds Grandstands ($119,960)

GOCO-Funded Youth Corps Crews Grant -Black Forest Regional Park ($18,000)

Keep America Beautiful/Dr. Pepper Recycling Grant – 4 Steel Recycling Bins for Bear Creek Regional Park

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Shooting Range Grant – Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex Steel Target ($4,000)

Colorado Department of Natural Resources Fuels Mitigation Grant – Fox Run Regional Park ($30,000)

Community Development Block Grant – El Paso County Fairgrounds Restroom Retrofit ($32,000)

2012

FEMA Hazard Mitigation Program – Fire Mitigation ($67,500)

Gates Family Foundation – Fountain Creek Nature Center Expansion ($40,000)

National Rifle Association – Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex development ($25,000)

Denver Foundation Fire Relief Fund ($23,362)

Great Outdoors Colorado -Funded Youth Corps Crews Grant – Bear Creek Nature Center Trail connection ($22,280)

Pikes Peak Area Council / TIP Transportation Enhancements – Rainbow Falls ($340,000)

2011

Great Outdoors Colorado Planning Grant – Parks Master Plan Update ($35,000)

Volunteers of Outdoor Colorado – BFRP Volunteers

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Shooting Range Grant – Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex Development ($200,000)

Community Development Block Grant – El Paso County Fairgrounds Restroom Retrofit ($73,848)