Coalitions and Collaboratives works to foster on-the-ground conservation efforts that protect and restore natural resources and local communities by supporting collaborative conservation organizations, who produce collective impacts through stakeholder driven efforts.
Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc. (COCO) is pleased to announce the opening of Round 4 of the Action, Implementation and Mitigation (AIM) grant opportunity. This opportunity is designed to help organizations increase their capacity to accelerate fire adapted community concepts and reduce the risk from wildfire in the wildland-urban (WUI) interface across the U.S. The opportunity is open to non-profit organizations, collaborative groups, fire departments, conservation districts, tribes, counties and cities. Due to limited funding, homeowner or property owner associations, metro districts and road districts are not eligible to apply.
The AIM Team has changed the process in this round of funding to allow for a more interactive proposal process and to assure that the final proposals are well aligned with the program intent. For this round, we are requesting that interested organizations submit a Pre-Application Proposal (attached to this email). The Pre-Application Proposal is also available on the COCO website under ‘How to Apply’. The purpose of this proposal is for the AIM Team to learn about your capacity needs, mitigation project or program and provide feedback prior to selecting final applicants for full proposal submission. This process will allow the Team to work closely with the finalists to develop competitive proposals that align with the goals of the funding. Most responses should translate directly to the final application. Pre-Application Proposal Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2020, 5:00 p.m. MST. Email completed Pre-Proposal Applications to: aim@co-co.org
COCO is hosting an informational webinar on Thursday, January 9 @ 10:00AM MST. Please register for the webinar through this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2242706156644482571
If you are unable to attend the webinar, it will be recorded and available on COCO’s website https://co-co.org/get-involved/grants/aim-grant/
If have questions about the Pre-Proposal Application process please do not hesitate to contact Ali Lerch at ali@cusp.ws or Pam Wilson at paminhesp@gmail.com.