Small Project Grant Program

With support from our sponsors, donations, memberships and funds received from community support programs (including Smiths Reward Program and Amazon Smile), Friends of Utah State Parks initiated our Small Project Grant Program in 2015. Since then FUSP has awarded several grants for park projects, educational resources or interpretative programs.

For more information about Small Project Grants for Utah state parks, please contact an FUSP board member.

FUSP grant application (pdf) (Application deadline March 31, 2021)

2019/2020 Grant Awards

• Antelope Island State Park $1,000
  Virtual Reality (VR) to enhance accessibility at the park

• Camp Floyd State Park & Museum $1,000
  Purchase 1854 Dragon Snake Uniform Jacket and Replica Tripod

• Deer Creek State Park $500
  Sailboat Beach irrigation and beach enhancements

• East Canyon State Park $500
  Star Park Academy

• Frontier Homestead State Park and Museum $500
  Frontier Folklife Festival

• Goblin Valley State Park $500
  Bike rack in parking lot

• Great Salt Lake State Park $500
  Swim buoys for special events

• Wasatch Mountain State Park $1,000
  Frisbee Golf Course adjacent to campground

• Steinaker State Park $1,000
  Information boards.

• Willard Bay State Park $500
  Willard Bay Day Use Area Outdoor Recreation Matching Grant for $150,000

2018 Grant Awards

• Willard Bay State Park ($500)
  Entrance signs and dam/reservoir interpretive signs.
• Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park Sand ($500)
  Update sand collection display in Visitor’s Center, two area maps, and information kiosks.
• Wasatch Mountain State Park ($500)
  Replace light fixtures and shields necessary to comply with Lightscape Management requirements to become a International Dark Sky Park.
• Dead Horse Point State Park ($500)
  Trail markers on to keep visitors on the trails and reduce resource damage from the creation of social trails.
• Frontier Homestead State Park Museum ($500)
  Marketing and promotion of the third annual Frontier Folklife Festival
• Great Salt Lake State Park ($500)
  Park entrance and visitor center maps and interpretive signage.
• Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation ($500)
  Planting of trees in campgrounds where there is limited shade
• Deer Creek State Park ($500)
  Redesign and restripe Sailboat Beach parking lot for easier access and more parking.