Get Grant Ready Workshop & Pitch Fest (FREE)
Do you have an outdoor project idea and don’t know where to start? Need to refine your project concept? Want to know the basic building blocks for a successful application?
Join Us
Learn more about how to “Get Grant Ready” in this free workshop, open to all — co-hosted by Outdoor Community Partners and the Heart of the Rockies Initiative.
This workshop is designed to provide you with a templated framework to help you secure funding and launch your project. We’ll help you develop the key elements of an effective proposal:
- Defined project concept
- Clear statement of need
- Outlined approach, activities, and timeline
- Defensible budget
- Tangible impacts
NEXT GET GRANT READY WORKSHOP
Go further with the Pitch Fest
Applications due by Monday, November 24, 2025.
If you’re already ready to get to work, apply for Project Pitch Fest 2025! Five qualified communities will be randomly selected to be part of this program at no cost!
If selected, you’ll:
- Be a part of a community of peers to share ideas
- Receive individualized one-on-one coaching with Outdoor Community Partners and Heart of the Rockies
- Practice your project pitch with our advising experts to get feedback and suggestions
Review the full timeline and learn more here. NOTE: Pitch Fest participants must also register and attend the FREE Get Great Ready workshop.
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$1,500 in project matching funds are available for participants of the 2025 Get Grant Ready workshop and the Pitch Fest who also go on to receive grant funding for their project.
"I'll definitely use this template for each project I work on that will need funding, whether I will be the grant applicant or not. Filling out the template as soon as I identify a project will help me keep on track for gathering partners, volunteers, matching funds, and applying for grants. Exactly the help I needed for better project management and grant writing.”
"The Get Grant Ready template is already providing benefits to our fundraising efforts in Clinton. We see this template being replicated for other trail and park projects — guiding how we define the importance of our capital/maintenance projects."
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