Grants for School and Youth Gardens

NGA Grant and Award Reports: Garden Impacts and Benefits
NGA’s grant and award programs are funded by generous corporations and foundations that share NGA's vision of a greener future and belief in the powerful impact gardening programs can have on the mental, physical, and psychological health of individuals. Beginning with 50 Youth Garden Grants in 1982, NGA has delivered 9,310 grants and awards worth approximately $3.7 million, reaching an estimated 1.4 million young gardeners.

Educators and youth leaders have always provided NGA with meaningful and inspiring anecdotal accounts of how gardening boosts kids' interest in school and learning, improves their attitudes about eating healthful foods and caring for the environment, helps them develop social skills and self-esteem, and gives them a feeling of community spirit. NGA now captures quantitative data to back up these moving and powerful stories.
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Winning one grant does not disqualify you from winning another within the same year, so please apply to all that are appropriate for your program!

2010 Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards
Deadline: October 1, 2010.

2011 Mantis Awards
Deadline: March 1, 2011

2010 Syngenta IPM in School Gardens Grant
This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle

2010 Midwest School Garden Grant
This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle

2010 Welch's Harvest Grant
This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle

2010 Heinz Wholesome Memories Intergenerational Garden Award
This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle

2010 Youth Garden Grants
This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle

AeroGrow Growing Kids Awards
This grant is closed for the 2009 cycle

2009 Healthy Sprouts Awards
This grant is closed for the 2009 cycle.

2009 Hooked on Hydroponics Awards
This grant is closed for the 2009 cycle.

2009 Hansen's Natural and Native School Garden Grant
This grant is closed for the 2009 cycle.

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