Partnerships

Matching Funds Program

PROGRAM STANDARDS

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

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

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

• 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.

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