2025 Deadlines:
Opens: March 10, 2025
Due: June 30, 2025
Great Strides Grants
Opens: May 1, 2025
Due: August 29, 2025
Matching Grants
FUN Park Grants
Mission
The mission of the Outdoor Recreation Grants Program is to improve the management, planning and overall quality of Arkansas’s outdoor recreation resources through advocacy, research, technical assistance and grant funding.
- Eligible applicants: All municipalities and counties in Arkansas
- Maximum award: No maximum limit*
*While there is no maximum limit for Matching Grant awards, applicants will have to provide an equal match. Projects will be evaluated based on multiple factors including but not limited to: quality of project, demonstrated need, and available funding.
- Eligible projects: Development of outdoor recreation facilities and land acquisition
- Funding: Reimbursement up to 50% of project costs
- Grant completion timeframe: Grant projects should be completed within two years of the award notice
- Eligible applicants: Municipalities in Arkansas with populations of 7,500 or less and unincorporated communities; sponsored by the county
- Maximum award: Up to $100,000 (no match required)
- Eligible projects: Development of most outdoor recreation facilities
- Funding: Grantee will be issued the entire grant amount prior to project development
- Grant completion timeframe: Grant project should be completed within two years of award notice
- Application guide: Projects should be completed within one year of contract date
Trails for Life
- Eligible applicants: All municipalities and counties in Arkansas
- Maximum award: Up to $250,000 (no match required)
- Eligible projects: Development of walking trails and associated facilities including accessible parking, signage and benches
- Funding: Grantee will be issued the entire grant amount prior to project development
- Grant completion timeframe: Grant projects should be completed within one year of award notice
Arkansas SCORP 2025-2030
