Outdoor Equity Fund

Nuestra Tierra spearheaded the creation of the New Mexico Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF), which first launched in 2020 and continues today. This state-level grant funding helps organizations that are serving underserved youth and their families access more educational and enrichment opportunities in public lands, state parks and other outdoor spaces near their homes.

This fund is an important investment in the next generation of environmental stewards in the state of New Mexico. In 2021, Governor Lujan Grisham signed a bill that designated $3 million to OEF. Other states, such as California, Colorado and Nevada, have adopted similar state level funds since. Nuestra Tierra’s  success with this state-level initiative is what has allowed us to scale-up and create the OUTDOOR F.U.T.U.R.E. Initiative.