SUPPORT INDIGENOUS + BIPOC + LBGTQ PARTICIPANTS ON FREEFLOW INSTITUTE'S 2026 GRAND CANYON FIELD EXPERIENCE

The Freeflow Grand Canyon field course is a transformative educational journey through one of Earth's most iconic landscapes. Participants spend between 8 and 17 days floating the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, in community and conversation, writing, witnessing, and learning in deep immersion and deep time.

We are currently raising funds to send several Indigenous + BIPOC + LBGTQ participants to the River with holistic scholarship support.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP US:

Foster Inclusion: Your donation helps bring critically important and underrepresented voices to the rapidly evolving conversation around the Colorado River and the Colorado Plateau.
Encourage Exploration: Freeflow courses are designed to challenge, inspire, and support the next generation of conservation leaders. We help humans connect to places, to one another, and to the truest forms of their work and art.
Comprehensive Support: To our scholarship recipients we offer our support with mental and physical preparation on the front end, creative mentorship, in-field support, and guidance with reintegration once the field experience comes to a close.

Your contribution helps dissolve financial and logistical barriers to the River and to outdoor education.

By donating, you are co-creating a vibrant community of innovative learners and leaders.

EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. HERE'S HOW YOUR DONATION CAN MAKE GRAND CANYON POSSIBLE FOR A SCHOLAR:

$500 helps offset the cost of travel to the Grand Canyon for one scholar

$1000 helps offset the cost of travel, gear, and time away from work for one scholar

$2500 provides a PARTIAL program fee waiver to support one scholar on either the Upper or Lower Canyon

$5000 provides FULL support for one scholar on either the Upper or Lower Canyon, including a travel stipend

$7000 provides FULL support for one scholar on the FULL CANYON (both Upper and Lower sections), including a travel stipend

DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, EVERY DONATION OF $20 YOU MAKE TO OUR COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND EARNS YOU AN ENTRY TO WIN.

For example, donate $100 and earn 5 entries; donate $500 and earn 25 entries. We'll announce our winners the first week of January 2026.

Contribute to the 2026 Freeflow Community Scholarship Fund and enter to win:

a Freeflow prize package | YETI mug, YETI water bottle, and 2 Freeflow t-shirts of your choice
a gift certificate for 50% off a 2026 Freeflow field course | some conditions may apply
a gift certificate for 50% off 5 hours of Freeflow creative services | editing, coaching, consulting, or tutoring

Thank you for your contributing and helping us make the Freeflow Grand Canyon experience more accessible to Indigenous + BIPOC + LBGTQ scholars!

All donations go to The Freeflow Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit registered in Montana.

The Freeflow Foundation was created in 2020 to help offset the cost of tuition and travel expenses on Freeflow Institute courses for participants from marginalized communities, as well as to provide extra guidance, gear, and resources for those students unfamiliar with wilderness or river travel.

2026 Freeflow Grand Canyon Scholarships

By The Freeflow Foundation

2026 Freeflow Grand Canyon Scholarships

Supporting a cohort of creative humans who bring depth and curiosity to the evolving narrative around the Colorado River and the Colorado Plateau