What Makes Us Different

Every dollar you invest in Rise Outside creates change. When you hire our guides or support our mission, you're funding free and low-cost programming for groups and individuals who have historically faced barriers to accessing the outdoors. You're supporting authentic affinity spaces where people can show up as their full selves in nature. You're helping us recruit and train diverse guides who represent the communities we serve.

Your Impact

Your support helps us:

Provide opportunities underrepresented communities to access professional outdoor instruction.
Create welcoming spaces where people with intersectional identities can connect with nature without code-switching or compromising who they are.
Train the next generation of diverse outdoor leaders and certified guides.
Break down systemic barriers that have kept the outdoors exclusive for far too long.

Why Now

The outdoor industry talks about diversity. We're actively building it. But we can't do this work alone. We need partners who believe that quality mentorship, professional instruction, and transformative outdoor experiences should be accessible to everyone, not just those who've always had a seat at the table.

As our Executive Director Marian May Perez says: "We all deserve quality mentorship and to be seen and heard just the way we are, just the way nature accepts us."

Join Us

When you support Rise Outside, you're not just donating to a cause. You're investing in a vision of a different outdoors, one where we all rise together. Where the trails, crags, and wild places reflect the beautiful diversity of our communities. Where belonging isn't conditional.

Help us normalize diversity in the outdoors. Donate today.

Breaking Barriers, Building Access