How much funding is available in total?

$85,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

Yes. This programme requires matching funds. ORLP is dollar for dollar match, meaning it covers up to 50% of all project costs

FederalOpenFixed dateNational Park Service

Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) Recurring Notice 5 Year

Award ceiling: $300,000 – $15,000,000
Closes: Nov 1, 2030
Last verified: 2026-09-07

Awards $300,000 – $15,000,000 per recipient for native american tribal governments (federally recognized), others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), state governments, closing Nov 1, 2030.

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Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)State governmentsAK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA GU HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MP MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VI VT WA WI WV WY Other

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Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) Recurring Notice 5 Year awards $300,000 – $15,000,000 per recipient, open to native american tribal governments (federally recognized), others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), state governments…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $85,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $15,000,000
Award floor: $300,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Nov 1, 2030
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Jun 8, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · State governments
Geography: AK · AL · AR · AS · AZ · CA · CO · CT · DC · DE · FL · GA · GU · HI · IA · ID · IL · IN · KS · KY · LA · MA · MD · ME · MI · MN · MO · MP · MS · MT · NC · ND · NE · NH · NJ · NM · NV · NY · OH · OK · OR · PA · PR · RI · SC · SD · TN · TX · UT · VA · VI · VT · WA · WI · WV · WY
Matching funds: Yes
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes · Develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$85,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$15,000,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), State governments

Source field: entity types

state

AK, AL, AR, AS, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE

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, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MP, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

Source field: states

industry

Other

Source field: industries

demographic

Alaska Native communities or organizations, Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian communities or organizations, Urban Indian organizations

Source field: demographics

use

Acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes, Develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

In accordance with the EXPLORE Act (16 U.S.C. § 8464), the following entities are eligible to apply directly for funding through the ORLP Program: State and Territorial Lead Agencies, in each of the 50 states as well as American…

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When does it close?

Nov 1, 20301516 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

2 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

Acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposesDevelop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: Yes
ORLP is dollar for dollar match, meaning it covers up to 50% of all project costs

What comparable notices state

70 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Other, 70 of 91 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$26,650
Median$150,000
75th percentile$4,983,125

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Who has won this programme before?

2000 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

2000 federal awards on file under assistance listing 15.916, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

$11,353,000TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENTTX · FY2026
$10,813,779DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESOH · FY2026
$10,000,000VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATIONVA · FY2024
$10,000,000TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENTTX · FY2025
$10,000,000KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTKY · FY2025

Every award under this programme

Common questions

7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $300,000 – $15,000,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $85,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Nov 1, 2030.
Who is eligible to apply?: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), State governments.
Which locations are eligible?: AK, AL, AR, AS, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MP, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.
What can the funding be used for?: Acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes, Develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: Yes. This programme requires matching funds. ORLP is dollar for dollar match, meaning it covers up to 50% of all project costs

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Provenance

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Retrieved2026-09-07

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-02

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