Growing Gardens through Grants and Awards
Providing educational resources to support youth and community gardens has always been an important component of NGA's mission, but we quickly realized our audience also had a universal need for funding and gardening supplies in addition to helpful, inspiring content. When garden programs are conceived, ideas and volunteers are often plentiful, but finding money and materials to bring the programs to fruition can be challenging — for even well organized efforts. NGA's grants and awards programs can help to meet this need, and give garden programs a boost in becoming successful and sustainable.
NGA’s grants and awards 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. These partnerships have empowered youth gardening initiatives across the country for more than 25 years. Beginning with 50 Youth Garden Grants in 1982, NGA has managed 8,654 grant and award programs worth approximately $3.5 million, reaching an estimated 1.3 million young gardeners. Check out this article about our grants for the 2009-2010 school year:
Growing Gardens through Grants and Awards
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