BUILDING AND FINDING SUPPORT FOR YOUR SCHOOL GARDEN

SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL GARDENS/ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

TIPS from Sustainable Schools Connection is a project of Generation Green, a 501(C)(3) Corporation

Resource Websites (great information/lists of current funding opportunities):

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (sfgreenschools.org)

California School Garden Network: http://www.csgn.org

Classroom Earth Environmental Education Grants: http://www.classroomearth.org

CREEC http://www.creec.org/region4/stories/storyReader$31

EPA http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants/index.html

The Foundation Center: http://www.foundationcenter.org

National Gardening Association: http://www.kidsgardening.org

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (sfgreenschools.org)

 

Businesses/Organizations you can apply to directly:

Burpee “I can Grow” Youth Garden Award: www.burpeehomegardens.com

California Fertilizer Foundation School Garden Grant: www.calfertilizer.org

California Native Garden Foundation: http://www.cngf.org Captain Planet Foundation: http://www.captainplanetfoundation.org

ClifBar: www.clifbarcommunityfamilyfoundation.org

Donor’s Choose: http://www.donorschoose.org Earth Day Network: www.earthday.net

Lowe’s Tool Box for Education Grant: www.toolboxforeducation.com

Fiskars Project Orange Thumb: www2.fiskars.com

Home Depot/NGA Youth Garden Grants: www.kidsgardening.org/grants-and-awards

Jamba Juice “It’s all about the Fruit” Grant: http://www.kidsgardening.org/grants-and-awards

Muhammad Ali Center Peace Garden Grant: http://www.kidsgardening.org/grants-and-awards Riester Foundation for Habitat Conservation: www.riesterfoundation.com

Roots to Health: www.rootstohealth.org

Subaru Healthy Sprouts Garden Award: www.kidsgardening.org/grants-and-awards

Syngenta IMP in School Gardens Grant: www.kidsgardening.org/grants-and-awards

Target Field Trip Grants: www.target.com

Toyota Tapestry Grant for Environmental Science Education: http://www.nsta.org

TheUrbanFarmers: http://www.theurbanfarmers.org

The Watershed Project: www.thewatershedproject.org

Welches Harvest Grants: www.scholastic.com

Western Growers Foundation School Garden Grant: http://www.wga.com

Whole Foods Market: www.wholefoodsmarket.com/wholekidsfoundation

Wild Ones Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant: http://www.for-wild.org