Partnerships

Matching Funds Program

PROGRAM STANDARDS

• Partners may be community groups, friends groups, park advocacy groups, corporations, institutions, and individuals.

• DCR welcomes applications from multiple partners working collaboratively to complete a project, as well as dedicated individuals who work collaboratively toward the improvement of the Commonwealth’s environmental, historic, and cultural resources.

• DCR will consider applications that will provide a match of non-state funds for capital projects at the agency’s parks, open spaces, and properties.

• While the program aims to support projects that are expected to be completed by the end of Fiscal Year 2009 (June 30, 2009), DCR will consider applications for projects that may require more than one fiscal year to plan and complete.  These applications are more likely to be successful if potential partners contact the Partnerships office to arrange discussion of project details with DCR’s Planning and Engineering staff in advance of final submission.

• Partnerships Matching Funds Program provides a dollar-for-dollar match for private, non-state funding partners for capital projects.

• DCR will consider a 2:1 match on contributions of up to and including $25,000.

• Only monetary contributions will be matched and deposited in a trust account of the agency.

• DCR will manage the implementation of the projects, in close consultation with the partner(s) making the contributions.