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Heather Kuhlken Awarded NRF’s 2025 Crawford Prize

December 9, 2025 access to nature, Conservation Leadership, Environmental Education, Families in Nature, Heather Kuhlken, Intergenerational Programming, National Recreation Foundation, Nature Community, nearby nature, Place based learning, Sneaky Science

For the past 10 years, I have been planning how we [Families in Nature] can meaningfully scale our work, how we can replicate it, and how there can be thousands of me instead of just me. The Crawford Prize will allow us

young people practice surfing stances on the sand — Photo courtesy of Laru Beya Collective

NRF Welcomes New Cohort of Outdoor Grant Recipients

April 16, 2025 black kids adventures, brothers on the rise, brown girls climb, CREATE, diné we can, holistic philanthropy, laru beya collective, localogy, lower brule wildlife, museum of the rockies, national recreation foundation, outdoor grants, outdoor inclusion coalition, she jumps, soul track outdoors, tom's of maine, turner foundation, youth seen

NRF is excited to announce a new cohort of Outdoor Grant recipients. The grants will serve thirteen community organizations located in eleven different states plus Washington D.C. Each organization takes a unique

STW — Photo courtesy of Vamos Outdoors Project

NRF Announces 2025 Special Grant and Trustee Grant Recipients

February 7, 2025 access to nature, National Recreation Foundation, outdoor recreation, positive youth development, special grants, trustee grants

The National Recreation Foundation is pleased to announce its 2025 Special Grant and Trustee Grant recipients. More than $1.5K was distributed to 41 organizations across 23 states. NRF is proud to invest in these

A group of people sit around a Brown Girls Climb flag next to a cliff — Photo courtesy of Brown Girls Climb

Three Years of the Get Into Nature Initiative Yields Positive Results

January 21, 2025 access to nature, community organizations, equity outdoors, Get into nature, grantee support, national recreation foundation, philanthropic funding, toms of maine, youth development

The National Recreation Foundation has collaborated with Tom’s of Maine since 2020 to increase access to nature for youth across the United States. The Get Into Nature initiative has allowed NRF to reach small,