Grants for Schools & Teachers
- Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Program | Deadline: March 21, 2025 | Award Amount: Seed packets
- 3rd Grade classrooms can sign up to receive cabbage plants from Bonnie Plants. $1,000 is awarded to the student who has grown the best cabbage in each state. The program is open twice a year – spring and fall. Southern growing zones can participate in the fall program and northern growing zones can participate in the spring program.
- Eligibility at a glance: 3rd grade classes in the US
- Milkweeds for Schools and Nonprofits | Deadline: Waiting list open | Award Amount: Flat of 32 milkweed plugs
- If your school or non-profit educational organization is interested in pollinator conservation, Monarch Watch can help you create a habitat for monarchs and pollinators. Qualifying organizations can receive a free flat of 32 milkweed plugs as well as guidance on how to create a new habitat or enhance an existing garden. Free milkweeds are awarded in the order that applications are received so submit early!
- Eligibility at a glance: School, nonprofit, and community orgs in the breeding range of the eastern and western monarch butterfly with the exception of the Rocky Mountains and the Desert Southwest
- ALDI Community Gift Card Program | Deadline: November 30, 2025 | Award Amount: $100-$1K gift cards
- The ALDI Community Gift Card program offers gifts valued between $100 and $1,000 to qualified nonprofits and schools committed to supporting after-school and out-of-school youth programs. This initiative also extends to food banks and pantries seeking to purchase essential products. Whether your mission focuses on youth development or addressing food insecurity in your community, we invite you to apply for support.
- Eligibility at a glance: Schools and nonprofits located in ALDI communities where we have stores, warehouses, offices and conduct business
- Fruit Tree Planting Foundation Orchard | Deadline: Rolling | Award Amount: Donation of fruit trees and shrubs, equipment, on-site orchard design expertise and oversight, horticultural workshops, and aftercare training and manuals
- Our orchard donations are available for recipients who pledge to care for their trees and utilize them for a charitable purpose. Orchards are donated where the harvest will best serve communities for generations, at places such as community gardens, public schools, city/state parks, low-income neighborhoods, Native American reservations, international hunger relief sites, and animal sanctuaries.
- Eligibility at a glance: Nonprofits, NGOs, public schools, or government entities serving a charitable purpose in the US
- Fundraiser: High Mowing Organic Seeds | Deadline: Rolling | Award Amount: 50%+ profit on every sale
- Are you planning a fundraiser for your school or non-profit? Selling seeds is a great way to integrate fundraising with lesson plans about sustainability, biology, economy and/or gardening and agriculture. In addition to a wide selection of individual seed packets, we also offer a variety of thoughtfully curated boxed collections
- Eligibility at a glance: Schools and nonprofits in the US
- Karma for Cara Microgrants | Deadline: Rolling | Award Amount: $250 to $1k
- K4C helps young citizen leaders execute and magnify their initiatives to help repair our world. Students 18 years of age and under may apply for funds between $250 and $1,000 to complete service projects in their communities throughout the United States. Applications can be submitted at any time but are reviewed quarterly following these deadlines: January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
- Eligibility at a glance: Students 18 years of age and under in the US
- Rise for Education Grant Program | Deadline: Rolling | Award Amount: Triple Garden or Mason Jar Classroom Kit for hydroponic gardening
- Inspire young minds with interactive, hydroponic gardening through a Rise for Education Grant. Each month, selected schools, homeschooling families, or educational organizations receive a Triple Garden or one of five Mason Jar Classroom Kits to enrich their curriculum with hydroponic gardening.
- Eligibility at a glance: Public and private schools, homeschooling families, and other educational organizations
- Walmart Local Community Grants | Deadline: Rolling | Award Amount: $250-$5K gift cards
Each year, Walmart U.S. stores, Sam’s Clubs and Distribution Centers award local cash grants ranging from $250 to $5000. These local grants are designed to address the unique needs of the communities where we operate.
Eligibility at a glance: Schools, nonprofits, government organizations in the US