The Collaboration Support Program (CSP) was developed with support from the Ford and Surdna Foundations to provide flexible funding to sustain existing place-based collaborative efforts as well as incentive to take the risks necessary to innovate and move the field of collaboration forward.

The Collaboration Support Program complements and adds to the NFF’s “continuum of assistance” spanning from the Community Assistance Program, which enables newly- forming collaborative groups to take the first steps towards becoming working organizations, to the Mid-Capacity Assistance Program, which provides capacity-building grants to support existing collaborative groups to build their capacity and implement successful stewardship projects, and the suite of grants is completed by the our matching grant programs: the Matching Awards Program, Wilderness Stewardship Challenge Program, and Ski Conservation Fund. These programs provide matching grants for on-the-ground projects focused on community forestry, watershed restoration, wildlife habitat, and recreation.

The Collaboration Support Program provides two types of small grants: Capacity Grants and Innovation Grants. Please see the full RFP for more information.

Please read the full RFP below for application process and guidelines.

The submission deadlines for the 2009 Collaboration Support Program are as follows:

• Round 1: March 6, 2009
• Round 2: August 7, 2009

• 2009 Collaboration Support Program RFP
• 2009 CSP Coversheet
• CSP Financial Plan