June 8, 2020
NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, is pleased to announce that it has selected seven recipients to receive a portion of 2020’s $100,000 grant allotment provided by the NSSF Hunting Heritage Trust®. The recipients of and the projects to which the grants will be applied include:
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership[1] — $10,000 to work in partnership with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to conduct recruitment, retention reactivation (R3) events in Colorado to engage Hispanic families and individuals in hunting and shooting sports.
- Ladies Adventure Camp Experience (L.A.C.E.)[2] — $10,000 to expand the L.A.C.E.[3] mentoring program for women interested in hunting and using firearms within a safe and nurturing environment while developing their outdoor skills.
- Hoodneck, Inc. — $10,000 to host Camp Hoodneck events that provide firearm training and education to underserved communities and work to eliminate the stigma connected with legal firearm ownership.
- Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA)[4] — $15,000 to support hosting NSSF +ONESM Movement[5] and QDMA’s Field to Fork and Learn to Hunt seminars for firearm industry professionals and communicate the processes and results of each to be replicated throughout the industry.
- Delta Waterfowl[6] — $15,000 to support operation of 36 university-level hunting programs that introduce hunting to more than 900 future wildlife management professionals.
- Union Sportsmen’s Alliance[7] — $20,000 to formulate and implement a recruitment campaign, backed by NSSF’s +ONE Movement messaging, that motivates union members to introduce 1,000 youth and adults to hunting and the shooting sports.
- USA Clay Target League[8] — $20,000 to support programs to add 13,000 student athletes to school-sponsored clay target shooting sport teams.
