Yamahais announcing that its 2021 Outdoor Access Initiative’s (OAI) third and fourth quarter grants total more than $250,000. Those contributions bring Yamaha’s 2021 total to more than $600,000.
OAI contributes more than $5,000,000
Since 2008, the triple tuning fork company’s grants total more than $5,000,000 to support local and national organizations that work to preserve and improve access to public lands. The money helps foster productive partnerships between recreationists and land managers and helps deliver much-needed funding towards safe, responsible recreation.
Steve Nessl, Yamaha’s Motorsports Marketing Manager, said:
“The surge in outdoor recreation is both gratifying and daunting. While we love to see families enjoying time spent outside, it amplifies the need to work together to preserve and protect the land so we can appreciate it today and in the future. Considering the uptick in use and resulting attention and resources our nation’s public spaces require, we are proud to approve thirty new Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative grants in 2021 – the most we’ve awarded in one year since 2009.”
Yamaha says that its OAI program selects projects with the highest potential of providing recreationists with increased opportunities to enjoy the United States’ outdoor public spaces.
Their latest funding round includes “both national and local footprints with diverse communities and interests to create a comprehensive approach to advocacy for access to public land for outdoor recreation.”
Speaking about Yamaha’s OAI, Fred Wiley, the President, and CEO of the Off-Road Business Association (ORBA), whose organization received a Yamaha OAI grant, said:
“We’ve worked with Yamaha and their Outdoor Access Initiative for more than a decade. Together in that timeframe, we’ve launched our One Voice program and matched numerous riding groups with public land managers to establish formal partnerships mutually benefitting everyone’s interests in access to land. Yamaha has a tradition of stepping into leadership roles to support the off-road riding community and ensure opportunities to ride safely and responsibly exist for generations to come.”
Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative recipients
Recipients of Yamaha OAI funding in the third and fourth quarters of 2021 are:
2021 third-quarter Yamaha OAI grants were awarded to:
- Off-Road Business Association
- Future School of Fort Smith (Fort Smith, AR)
- Lakeland ATV Club (Minocqua, WI)
- Nevada Outdoor School (Winnemucca, NV)
- 户外基金(国家)
2021 fourth-quarter Yamaha OAI grants were awarded to:
- City of Caribou (Aroostook County, ME)
- University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas)
- Motorcycle Riders Association (Medford, OR)
- National Forest Foundation (Flagstaff, AZ)
- Pathfinders Motorcycle Club of Connecticut (Thompson, CT)
- San Diego Off-Road Coalition (Calif.)
- Three Rivers Land Trust (Salisbury, NC)
- Wild Rivers Coast Mountain Bicycling Association (Coos Bay, OR)
Future grants
If your organization would like to be considered for a Yamaha OAI grant, your time is limited. The application deadline for the first quarter of 2022 is March 31, 2022. You can find submission guidelines, an application form, and news about Yamaha’s OAI program atYamahaOAI.com.
You can also connect with Yamaha on social media via @YamahaOutdoors. Or you can search any of the following hashtags on all platforms: #Yamaha #YamahaOAI #REALizeYourAdventure #ProvenOffRoad #AssembledInUSA.
