Opportunity Information: Apply for L21AS00466
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Headquarters Recreation and Visitor Services grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L21AS00466) is a discretionary funding program offered through a cooperative agreement mechanism. It falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 15.225. In practical terms, this opportunity is meant to support work connected to recreation and visitor services on BLM-managed public lands, with BLM expecting to remain actively involved in the project through the cooperative agreement structure rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant.
Eligibility is limited to public and mission-driven entities rather than private individuals or businesses. Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible to apply under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Eligible applicants include state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized as tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category listing). This makes the program broadly accessible to governmental, educational, tribal, and nonprofit partners that can carry out public land recreation and visitor service-related activities in coordination with BLM.
A key restriction in this NOFO is that it does not support projects where the applicant proposes to hire interns or crews using these funds. The announcement points to a specific legal constraint: the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II) is identified as the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns. Because of that, organizations that operate youth or conservation corps programs cannot use this particular NOFO as a pathway to place or fund interns/crews on BLM projects. Instead, eligible Youth Conservation Corps organizations are directed to apply under a separate opportunity specifically intended for that purpose: NOFO 15.243, titled "BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands." In other words, even if an organization is otherwise eligible here, proposals built around staffing interns or field crews are not aligned with this program and would need to be routed through the youth-focused funding opportunity.
From a funding standpoint, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $75,000. The original closing date was May 21, 2021, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of April 21, 2021. While the number of expected awards is not specified in the provided source data, the ceiling indicates the typical maximum size of a single award under this posting. Overall, the program is best understood as a BLM Headquarters recreation and visitor services partnership opportunity geared toward eligible public and nonprofit institutions, with an emphasis on collaborative implementation and a clear boundary against using these funds to hire or support intern/crew-based staffing models.Apply for L21AS00466
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Recreation and Visitor Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.225.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-04-21.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-05-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $75,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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