Route to Parks Grant

We believe everyone deserves a world-class park experience in California and that all can benefit from a lifelong connection with nature. To ensure our state park system is more welcoming, accessible and relevant to all visitors, Parks California is proud to launch the Route to Parks Grants.
FOR THIS ROUND OF FUNDING, PARKS CALIFORNIA SOUGHT PROPOSALS THAT ADDRESSED THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
- Provide transportation to a California state park or beach, and offer a valuable recreational, environmental, cultural, or historical learning experience;
- Reach communities who may face challenges getting to or enjoying parks;
- Address those parts of the state with the greatest transportation needs;
- Preference will be given to programs that:
- Deliver memorable experiences in state parks through collaboration with other stakeholders by building expertise to deliver programs that they alone would not be able to provide
- Provide participants with multiple meaningful outdoor experiences in parks
- Have an innovative transportation approach and can be scaled statewide
MEET THE 2020 ROUTE TO PARKS GRANTEES
City Heights Community Development
Corporation (City Heights CDC)
BLVD to Beach
Ventana Wildlife Society
Ventana Wildlife Society
Sonoma Ecology Center
Increasing Access to SugarloafRidge State Park
Big City Mountaineers
Deepening Relationships Through the Outdoors – A Strengths-Based Partnership Approach
Pukúu Cultural Community Services
TUTCINT Nature Advocates
Regional Parks Foundation (East Bay Regional Parks District)
Parks Express
City Surf Project
City Surf Project Surfing 101
Oxnard Police Activities League, Inc.
Every Kid Needs a Park
Bay Area Wilderness Training
Increasing Equitable Access to State Parks for Bay Area Youth Through Training and Transportation
Earth Team
Asphalt Break!: Outdoor Explorers Program 20-21
City of Dreams
Youth to Parks
Angeles Sierra Club Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO)
Angeles/Orange County ICO Outings to State Parks
Latino Outdoors – San Diego
¡Vamos A Los Parques Estatales!
Los Angeles Audubon Society
Explore LA
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
Kids2Parks @ Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association
Mendocino Outdoor Science School (MOSS) – School Bus Acquisition Project
Crystal Cove Conservancy
Project Crystal Community Science at Crystal Cove State Park
Save the Redwoods
North Coast Redwood Education Program
Los Angeles River State Park Partners
Embedding State Parks in Public Transportation Networks for Disadvantaged Communities of Color
Youth Transportation Organization (YOOTS)
Yoots Route to Parks Program