All the benefits we receive from planting and caring for our trees is more than worth the effort to plant and care for them. The main purpose of the Community Improvement Grant is to foster stewardship of trees and the environment and partnerships by bringing together resource experts with volunteers and others who care about trees and their communities . The Community Improvement Grant will support education and training opportunities of both the general public and professionals, grassroots tree planting projects, and partnerships at the local level. If your organization's projects or programs bring these elements together, we urge you to apply. Organizations could join together to form a partnership.
Partners can be between groups from the same neighborhood, adjacent neighborhoods or elsewhere.
The amount of an individual grant award will be determined by the number of requests received and approved in a given funding period. In case of limited funds the Council may offer partial funding of approved grants. An original application and one copy must be submitted by either March 15 or October 15 . If an application is rejected because of incompleteness, the applicant will be notified of the reason in good time to correct deficiencies and reapply during the next funding round. If you need more room for project description, etc. please attach necessary pages using the format of the application.