National Park Service · Parks & Recreation
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP)
Competitive matching grants for development or significant redevelopment of urban parks in economically disadvantaged areas. Cities with population ≥30K (or jurisdictions within urbanized areas) eligible directly.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $300K – $10M
- Non-federal match
- 100% (verify basis)
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFO.
- Typical prep time
- 10–16 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Great American Outdoors Act; LWCF Act §200305(e)
Who is eligible for Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP)?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
- Population threshold: at least 30,000.
1:1 match required; cash, in-kind, and donated land all qualify. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program (USDA Rural Development)$50K – $50M
- Land and Water Conservation Fund — State and Local Assistance (National Park Service)$25K – $5M
- Historic Preservation Fund — Certified Local Government (CLG) (National Park Service)$5K – $500K
- Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program (DOT)$500K – $25M
- Save America's Treasures (SAT) (National Park Service)$125K – $750K
- NEA Our Town (NEA)$25K – $200K
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.