Outdoor Afro
For General Operating Support
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded8/3/2016
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Outdoor Afro’s mission is to reconnect African Americans with nature and to uplift their roles as leaders in the conservation movement, outdoor companies, and public agencies by educating and inspiring communities using social media and hosting outdoor activities. This general operating support grant will provide base support for the organization to continue expanding its reach to communities across the U.S., including the Bay Area, and to help grow its efforts to strengthen the African American voice for conservation at the national level.
About the Grantee
Address
3645 Grand Ave. Suite 400, Oakland, CA, 94610, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for legal technical assistance
Outdoor Afro is a national nonprofit that celebrates and inspires Black connections to nature, broadening and diversifying the conservation movement while specifically nurturing Black leadership. It is an important voice for bringing Black Americans together as leaders in support of healthy communities and our planet for generations to come. This grant is for legal technical assistance to help increase understanding of the current landscape as grantees engage in DEIJ-related charitable activities. (Substrategy: Build the Conditions for Enduring Conservation)
for general operating support
Outdoor Afro is a national nonprofit that celebrates and inspires Black connections to nature, broadening and diversifying the conservation movement while specifically nurturing Black leadership. It is an important voice for bringing Black Americans together as leaders in support of healthy communities and our planet for generations to come. (Substrategy: Build the Conditions for Enduring Conservation.)
for general operating support
Outdoor Afro is a national nonprofit that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature. The organization and its network of volunteer leaders are advancing an inclusive vision for conservation, connecting thousands of people to outdoor experiences —changing the face of the conservation movement and empowering new policy advocates. (Western Conservation Substrategies: Advance Conservation Protections and Building Conditions for Enduring Conservation.)
