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.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $300K – $10M
- Non-federal match
- 100% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFO.
- Typical prep time
- 10–16 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Great American Outdoors Act; LWCF Act §200305(e)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- 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
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.