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Alliance Launches New Advocacy Advance Grants

Posted: 03/19/2009

The Alliance for Biking & Walking, formerly the Thunderhead Alliance, announced a major new grant program today. Advocacy Advance Grants will fund start-up advocacy organizations and innovative campaigns to dramatically increase biking and walking. The Alliance will award $250,000 to organizations in 2009 thanks to new funding from SRAM, Cannondale, Bikes Belong, and Planet Bike.

Members of the Alliance and newly forming organizations are invited to apply.

“Grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations play the most important role in improving and increasing biking and walking in local communities, states, and provinces,” says Jeffrey Miller, Alliance President. “These grants will help launch and energize new advocacy organizations where they are badly needed and will support innovative campaigns of established organizations.”

Grants will be awarded in two cycles this year. The Alliance is now accepting inquiries for the first round of grants that will be awarded this spring. The deadline for the first round of inquiries is April 2nd. Selected organizations will be asked to submit a full proposal due in late April. The Alliance expects to announce the first round of grant awards in early June.

A major part of funding for the grants comes from Advocacy Advance, a new partnership with the League of American Bicyclists.  Advocacy Advance, funded by SRAM, is a multi-year effort to support grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy. For more information on the Advocacy Advance Grant Program, including the complete timeline and application instructions, please visit http://www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org. You can also download the Request for Inquiries online here.