Investing in Indiana’s Trails: $82,000 Awarded in 2025 Grants

In 2025, Greenways Foundation proudly awarded $82,000 in trail grants to communities across Indiana. This marks the largest total investment we have ever made in a single year through our grants program, made possible by strong support from specialty license plate holders and individual donors who believe in the power of trails.

This year also marked an important milestone for the program. We received our 80th grant application since launching the program in 2012, reflecting growing demand and momentum for trail development, maintenance, and capacity building statewide. From 19 applications received this cycle, we funded 14 projects that advance trail access, stewardship, and community connection.

Since the grants program began, Greenways Foundation has invested $347,000 in Indiana trails. These funds have supported everything from early planning and nonprofit formation to construction, maintenance, and innovative programming that brings people onto trails in new ways.

2025 Greenways Foundation Grantees

• Western Indiana Community Foundation
  $3,000 for trail counters for the Covington Circle Trail

• Friends of the White River
  $8,000 for river clean ups and a bicycle based river school program

• Healthy Communities of Henry County, Inc.
  $10,000 for the National Road Heritage Trail in East Dunreith

• Fort Wayne Trails
  $1,000 for a NextLevel Trails Round 4 matching grant

• Friends of Clark/Deam Horse Trails
  $1,000 for a nonprofit organization startup grant

• Indy Art Center
  $10,000 for the Building Community Through Art capital campaign

• City of Terre Haute
  $1,500 for Heritage Road Heritage Trail maintenance and repairs

• Midwest Equine Trail Foundation
  $2,500 for erosion control on the Versailles State Park House Trail B in Ripley County

• Conner Prairie
  $4,000 for ongoing maintenance of Conner Prairie Trails

• Posey County Trails
  $10,000 for the county’s first city county trail plan

• Randolph County Trails
  $1,000 for a nonprofit organization startup grant

• B&O Trail Association
  $10,000 for construction of a bridge over the West Fork of White Lick Creek in Hendricks County

• Parke Trails Alliance
  $10,000 for the Parke Community Rail Trail Phase 4

• Hamilton County
  $10,000 for trail development at Bur Oak Bend, including a 1.65 mile closed loop trail system

Throughout the year, we will be sharing updates from these projects as they move forward. We invite you to follow along on our social media channels to see the progress and impact of these investments:

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Applications for the 2026 grant cycle are now open. If your community has a project that advances trails in Indiana, we encourage you to learn more and apply at www.greenwaysfoundation.org/grants.

Grants are made possible thanks to the thousands of Hoosiers who support trails by displaying the “I Support Trails” specialty license plate, as well as the generosity of our donors and sponsors. To help sustain and grow this work, please consider making a gift today at www.greenwaysfoundation.org/donate.