KEEN Footwear Invites Nominations for Outdoor Recreation Grant Program
Portland-based outdoor retailer KEEN Footwear is accepting nominations for its KEEN Effect grant program, an annual program designed to support organizations that are getting people outside to responsibly enjoy the outdoors.
In 2014, the program's first year, KEEN awarded $100,000 in grants to twenty-five nonprofits in sixteen states and seven countries. For 2015, the program will award ten grants of $10,000 to organizations that inspire responsible outdoor participation as a way to build strong communities, promote creative and sustainable thinking, and introduce new audiences to the outdoors.
The KEEN Effect encourages KEEN customers and the general public to nominate nonprofit organizations that are aligned with the company's core, outdoor-focused values.
Nominations received by March 1, 2015, will be considered for the first round of grantee winners announced on Earth Day, April 22, 2015. Applications filed between March 1 and August 1, 2015, will be considered for the final round of winners, to be announced on National Public Lands Day, September 26, 2015. Applications are accepted year-round.
For complete program guidelines, an FAQ, and nomination instructions, see the KEEN Effect website
