Capacity and Innovation Grants
1) Capacity Grants: Up to $5,000 is available for organizational development needs for
collaborative efforts. Capacity grant funds can be used for a wide range of tools including but not
limited to: training, consultants, community outreach, group facilitation, program development,
nonprofit management skill building, and communications.
2) Innovation Grants: Up to $10,000 is available for expenses related to the implementation of
new ideas or strategies that will move the field of collaboration forward and have the potential to
be transferred to other collaborative efforts across the country. All expenses must clearly
support the organizations effort to implement the proposed idea or strategy. Examples of CSP
activities in this category may include, but are not limited to: the development of multi-party
monitoring plans, new organizational and governance strategies for making collaboration more
successful and effective, new outreach strategies to expand the representation of additional
stakeholders, and new strategies for effectively working with the U.S. Forest Service. Applicants
must be able to demonstrate how CSP funds will move the field of collaboration forward as well
as the new strategys transferability to other efforts and regions. Successful applicants will be
required to provide a short thought piece with the final report describing the impact of their
strategy, how the results differed from what was expected (if applicable), the idea or strategys
application to other collaborative efforts and how the results will be shared.
