Mossback Grant

Program Description

The Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership (RFHP) and the Friends of Reservoirs Foundation (FOR) and King Enterprises (www.mossbackfishhabitat.com), makers of Mossback artificial fish habitat products are pleased to announce their small grants program available exclusively to Friends of Reservoirs member organizations. Mossback has been a corporate sponsor of Friends of Reservoirs for several years and wants to work with FOR members in restoring structural habitat in public waters. Mossback is offering 3-$1000 grants of Mossback products exclusively to FOR members. The retail value of the grants is approximately $1500 if purchased directly from Mossback. The grant is for Mossback Fish Habitat products only and recipients will be responsible for associated freight costs.

Deadline to submit an proposal is August 15, 2022. For more information on proposal guidelines and project criteria for proposals visit the Project Guidelines. Grants will be awarded at the Friends of Reservoirs Annual Meeting on October 1, 2022.

Application

  • Project Information

  • Reservoir must be open to public access to be eligible for this program.
  • Identify the location of the reservoir on Google Maps, then copy-paste the URL to the map here.
  • Friends of Reservoirs will publicize the project on its website and on its Facebook page. Grant recipients will be asked to provide pictures of putting the structures together and placement from boats or docks, along with a short completion report that Friends of Reservoirs and Mossback can use in press releases, newsletters, etc.
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    Max. file size: 50 MB.

    • Partnership and Budget

      Examples: 4-H, FFA, high school students, high school or college fishing teams, Boy Scouts of America Youth groups must occur in the budget table to be counted. Their contribution is typically in-kind labor associated with the project.
    • Partner NameType of PartnerCash Contribution ($)In-Kind ContributionIn-Kind Value ($) 
      Partners may be Federal, county, HOA, etc. To be considered a partner, the group/company/agency has to provide either direct monetary or in-kind value (supplies, equipment, labor) to the project.

      In-kind contribution type AND value must be specified. Volunteer labor should be calculated at $10/hr for youth 16 and under, $18/hr for adults, and $24/hr for agency staff.
    • Max. file size: 50 MB.
      Use this to upload your list of partners if the table above does not allow you to add rows using a (+) symbol on the right side. Please include the partner name, type of partner, whether they are giving a cash or in-kind contribution, and the value of that contribution.
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