Regional/State
1. Madison County
Soil and Water District Outdoor Classroom
Grant
These are awarded up to $500. Deadline
for application is around February 27 of the year. Contact
Madison
County at 656-5166. Awards up to $500 within Madison County
school
district. All applications will be considered. More
than one is funded.
2. Lake
Education
Assistance Program (LEAP grant ) for water, lake
and watershed
education.
educational field trips and activities. Also for seminars
and workshops.
3. Project
WET/Wild Schoolyard Habitat Grants Illinois
Department of Natural Resources, Educational Services Section, 524 S.
Second
Street, Room 530, Springfield, IL 62701-1787 Attention:
Project
WILD Action Grant Program, Phone 217 524 4126. These are
due
in September. Click for IDNR
website.
email: teachkids@dnrmail.state.il.us
4.
Illinois Habitat Fund
Illinois
Department of Natural Resources, Educational Services Section, 524 S.
Second
Street, Room 530, Springfield, IL 62701-1787 (Can be implemented in the
public
schools of Illinois as part of a Conservation
Education Program.) Click for IDNR website. email:
teachkids@dnrmail.state.il.us
5. Monsanto
Monsanto offers awards in four areas including environment and
science education. Grants are awarded twice a year by Monsanto
Fund, in June and December. Visit Monsanto fund
website to download application.
6.
Illinois Power - Equipment
Illinois Power is offering grants of $3,000 for ideas that make the
communities we serve better places to live, work, and play.
Visit Illinois
Power website to learn more and download application for Bright
Ideas Grant.
National
1. Youth Garden Grant Application
5. National Wildlife Federation
Schoolyard Habitats Wild Seed Fund
8925 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA 22184-001
(703)790-4582
email: stowell@nwf.org
National Wildlife Federation awards 50 mini-grants,
annually, to Schoolyard
Habitats projects in communities near NWF headquarters and field
offices.
Contact us about potential mini-grant opportunities in your region.
6. Sea World
Anheuser-Bush Theme Parks sponsor the "
Environmental
Excellence Awards" program, which awards prizes to schools that
have created programs
that demonstrate creativity, innovation, and positive environmental
impact
in the community.
Amount:: Three prizes (ranging from $2,500 - 12,500) are given
in each grade category (k-5, 6-8, 9-12, college), with one grand prize
($20,000) going to the project that best meets the award criteria.
Contact: 1800 N. Kent St., Suite 1120, Arlington, VA 22207,
(703)525-6300
7. Captain Planet Foundation Grant
Guidelines: The Captain Planet Foundation is dedicated to encouraging
"innovative programs that empower children
around the world to work individually and collectively to solve
environmental
problems in their neighborhoods and
communities." Foundation funds come from a percentage of the licensing
and merchandising of the Captain Planet character and television series
and other contributions. The grant is not exclusively limited to
schools,
but does require the involvement of children ages 6-18, making it ideal
for all schools. Projects that the Foundation will sponsor must promote
understanding of environmental issues and focus on hands-on involvement
of children. The organization will not make grants for the purchase of
real estate, general operation expenses or expensive equipment used by
only a small number of children.
Amount: Grants awarded by the Foundation range from $250 to $2,500.
Deadlines: Proposals can be submitted at any time. Processing of a
grant request may require up to three months before a final decision is
reached and relayed back to your school.
Contact: Captain Planet Foundation, (404) 827-4130.
8. Wal-Mart
Foundation Environmental Grant
Guidelines: This is a grant for general environmental purposes that
can range from recycling projects to planting trees to clearing nature
trails. It is issued by local Wal-Mart stores, but each store is only
allowed
to issue one grant per year. It is only available to schools.
Amount: $300.
Deadlines: None.
Contact: Visit website or contact your local Wal-Mart store for further
information.
9. Phillips
Environmental Partnership Awards
Guidelines: The PEP competition is open to members of the North
American
Association for Environmental Education and to Project WET, Project
WILD
and Project Learning Tree facilitators. Awards will be given for
projects
involving primary and secondary schools or adult, non-profit community
organizations and nature centers. Since 1993, the date the competition
began, Phillips has contributed approximately $650,000 to 190 projects
in nearly all 50 states.
Amount: grants range from $500 to $5,000
Contact: To be put on the mailing list to receive an application for
the next PEP competition, write: PEP, 16 Phillips
Building, Bartlesville, OK 74004.
10. Wild Ones - Natural
Landscapers
Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Funds
P.O. Box 23576, Milwaukee, WI 53223-0576
The Lorrie Otto Seeds
for Education Fund of the Milwaukee Foundation gives
small
monetary grants to schools, nature centers,or other educational
organizations whose efforts best reflect the message of creating
natural landscapes using
native
plants and appreciating humankind's proper place in the web of life.
11. Polaris Grants
Division
Since 1984, the Polaris Grants Division has provided services for
Educational
Institutions, Government Agencies, Hospitals, Non-profit Organizations,
Associations, United Ways, and other Community Based
Organizations.
Polaris assists these organizations in a number of ways by providing
instruction
and training, how-to books and other publications, technical assistance
and support services and on-line advice.
13. Chevron
Corporation
Grants Administrator
P.O. Box 7753
San Francisco, CA 94120-7753
(415)864-7700
Chevron is
awarding grants for environmental and educational programs in
an
effort to make a difference in local communities. Environmental
endeavor must emphasize conservation or habitat and wildlife
preservation. Educational
efforts must emphasize the promotion of excellence in math and science,
human resources development, equal access in access and quality in
schools.
14. Cottonwood
Foundation
10803 White
Bear Lake, MN 55110
The Cottonwood
Foundation offers small grants to local community organizations
(including school-based groups) that use volunteer energies to protect
the environment and promote cultural diversity. Cottonwood is
interested primarily
in funding that makes a differnece for local community empowerment.
15. Lilypons for Youth Matching
Dollars
Lilypons Water Gardens
P.O. Box 10
Buckeystown, MD 21717
(301)874-5503
Lilypons Water Gardens, a
retailer, awards matching dollars to youth and
their aquatic projects. Call or write for the two page Youth Matching
Dollars
application.
16. National
Tree Trust
Community Tree Planting Program
1120 G Street NW, Suite 770
Washington DC 20005
1-800-846-8733
The Community
Tree Planting program (CTP) of the National Tree Trust (NTT)
facilitates tree planting on public lands. CTP grants consist of
one-year-old,
regionally appropriate tree seedlings, two-gallon plastic containers,
and
a cash
subsidy to underwrite the cost of potting medium.
The
Schoolyard Habitat Movement: What It Is and Why Children Need It.
Last Updated 2/27/04 by Shelley Watts