Protected: Technical Assistance
Partnership Fund
Trust for Public Land’s 10-Minute Walk® program (10MW) partners with mayors and city leaders nationwide to close the park equity gap. By reenvisioning how park systems are planned, funded, and activated, 10MW helps cities harness the transformative potential of parks to tackle pressing challenges such as public health, climate resilience, economic development, and community cohesion.
Community-based organizations play a vital role in closing the park equity divide. These groups not only provide programming, funding, and access to social services; they also are an important partner and intermediary between residents and city government. City leaders are increasingly working with community-based organizations to engage more authentically with community members and ensure that city decisions meet the needs of community members.
Trust for Public Land created the 10-Minute Walk® Partnership Fund in 2019 to better integrate community voice into the park decision-making process. Through the Partnership Fund, TPL supports projects designed to meet the shared goals and needs of both the city and local community.
The program aims to fund innovative and impactful partnerships and projects, with the goals of:
- Demonstrating on-the-ground successes to spark systems-level change in support of parks and green spaces in cities.
- Fostering a shared vision among all sectors around the integral role of parks and demonstrating how parks can be a catalyst for generating long-term, broad change for livable cities.
- Driving cities to advance park equity by increasing access to parks and connecting community to the benefits of parks.
- Building the 10MW movement by strengthening the role of community-based organizations in city building, increasing the capacity of local partners and community leaders, and enabling an exchange of information and expansion of networks in and among 10MW cities.
In 2025, the Fund will support innovative pilot projects in conjunction with the efforts of various cities and communities currently engaged in TPL’s Park Equity Accelerator technical assistance program.
10-Minute Walk Park Equity Accelerator "Pilot Projects" Grant Program
Trust for Public Land’s 10-Minute Walk® Park Equity Accelerator (PEA) works with cities to implement policy and systems change interventions that increase park equity. TPL’s technical assistance team works directly with city agencies to identify and locally address common challenges faced by park practitioners across the country. By equipping cities with knowledge, capacity, and relationships, the PEA helps cities address high impact, frequently experienced barriers to park equity. In doing so, cities are able to advance meaningful local change, test new ideas, and generate nationally applicable learnings.
The PEA program intentionally brings community organizations to the table to share assets, ideas, and work together with city agencies. This grant program funds community organizations to implement pilot projects that will strengthen partnerships and test ideas on the ground.
Eligibility
Funding sources and amounts vary for Park Equity Accelerator cities. Download city-specific guidelines below. Future funding opportunities will be added in the coming months.
For questions related to current funding opportunities, please contact us.