Is your school looking for funding for post-quarantine environmentally-focused projects? There are a variety of grants aimed specifically at environmental education. We’ve compiled a list of grants with applications due in the summer and fall 2021 to help your school become more green.
Summer 2021
Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Program (SFE)
This grant offers funds designated for acquiring native plants and seeds for outdoor learning areas that engage youth (preschool to high school) directly in planning, planting and caring for native plant gardens. Examples include: pollinator gardens, rain gardens to improve water quality, tallgrass prairies, native plant monarch waystations featuring citizen science activities and sensory and natural playgrounds.
$100 - $500 Grants Available
Due between July 15th - October 15th, 2021
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
The Farm to School Grant Program (F2S) provides funds to expand educational agriculture and gardening activities and increase local food procurement for school meal programs.
$200,000 - $500,000 Grants Available
Due on July 28, 2021
Photo Credit: Unsplash
The Little Seeds Pollinator Pals Grant supports youth garden programs interested in preserving and creating pollinator habitat to help rebuild declining pollinator populations.
$500 Grant Available
Due July 30, 2021
Fall 2021
Photo Credit: Philadelphia Orchard Project
The Samull Classroom Herb Garden Grants will provide funds and supplies to establish an herb garden in elementary classrooms for grades 3 - 6.
$300 Grant Available
Due October 1, 2021
Toshiba America Foundation provides grants for STEM projects for grades K-5.
$1000 Grant Available
Due October 1, 2021
Walmart provides grants for K-12 public or nonprofit private schools, charter schools, and other educational institutions whose projects are community-based.
Due Dec. 31, 2021
$250 - $5000 Grants Available
Any Time
The Youth Pollinator Gardens Grant supports projects in partnership with a local garden NGO that provides education materials on pollinators and pollinator gardens.
$200 Grant Available
Due Anytime
Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP)
POP provides school partners with assistance in designing and planting their orchards and training in ongoing orchard care, harvest, and use.
Free Orchard Trees
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF)
FTPF programs strategically donate orchards where the harvest will best serve communities for generations, at places such as community gardens and public schools.
Due Anytime
Free Orchard Trees
Article by Margaret Chen, Sustainability Intern, Boyer Sudduth Environmental Consultants, July 2021. Article published in PAISBOA’s Friday Flyer: Vol. X, No. 11 on July 23, 2021.
