Helpful Grant Lists & Directories

• California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom 

• Green Education Foundation - Youth Gardening Grants

• Kidsgardening.org

• American Community Gardening Association 

 

Funding Opportunities

• American Honda Foundation--youth education; application deadlines 4 times/year

• Annie's Grants for Gardens--community or school gardens; rolling application cycle

• Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Program--free cabbage plants for 3rd graders to plant; rolling application cycle

• Box Tops for Education--youth education; rolling application cycle

• Captain Planet Foundation--environmentally-based education in schools; application deadlines 3 times/year

• Fiskar's Project Orange Thumb--garden installation and makeover grants 

• High Mowing Organic Seeds-- Organic seed donation program

• VOYA Unsung Heroes--class projects for educators

• KIDS Consortium Mini Grant Program--Green service learning projects in New England

• Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program--plant and maintain natural landscapes in schools and nature centers

• Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation--community improvement projects and public education; rolling application cycle

• Lowe's Toolbox for Education--indoor/outdoor facility enhancement; application deadlines 2 times/year

• National Education Association - Green Across America Grants--to educators for innovative educational programs, activities, lessons, or events designed to excite students about going green, caring for the earth, and creating a sustainable future

• National Gardening Association - Youth Garden Grants--schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs

• Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards--for community groups who are committed to improving their local environment by planting trees, bushes and shrubs to make their communities a better place to live

• New England Grassroots Environment Fund Seed money for project focused projects

• Project Learning Tree GreenWorks Pollinator Garden Grants--offering grants to teachers and students participating in PollinatorLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure. Participating teachers can apply for GreenWorks! funding to create pollinator gardens in their schoolyard or community; rolling application cycle

• PTA Healthy Lifestyles Awards--Any PTA in good standing is eligible to apply for the Healthy Lifestyles Grant

• Walmart Store and Sam's Club Giving Programs--through the Local Community Contribution program (LCC), facilities are able to support the needs of their local communities by providing funding to organizations working to improve the lives of associates, customers and neighbors

• Whole Kids Foundation school garden grant.