Grant Opportunities

Restoration Groups & Stewards

High School Students

Restoration Groups & Stewards

Ben B Cheney Foundation Grants

This foundation funds projects in Washington, Oregon and California. The Foundation looks for projects that will develop new and innovative approaches to community problems, improve services and programs, or will have a lasting impact through investment in equipment and facilities.
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City of Tacoma Make a Splash Grant

This environmental grant program funds projects that strive to educate residents and work to protect or restore water resources.  Project inside Tacoma city limits can apply.

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Dimmer Family Foundation

This foundation funds projects in the Tacoma-Pierce County area that will focus on children, families, the elderly, community improvement, culture and the arts, education, animals and healthcare.
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NeighborWoods Month - Alliance for Community Trees

Register your October event by August 1st and receive free NeighborWoods promotional material.
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Safeco Insurance

This foundation focuses on giving grants to programs and projects that strengthen neighborhoods and the community. Grant money is given specifically to urban parks and housing and neighborhood rehabilitation.
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Tacoma Garden Club - APPLICATION DUE ASAP

This group is providing a handful of $110 - $336 small grants for projects that either 1) aim to stimulate a love of gardening; 2) protect the quality of the environment; 3) encourage civic beautification; or 4) support charitable, scientific and educational activities in each of said areas. This includes natural are restoration activities! 

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Contact Eileen Kelley with the Tacoma Garden Club with any questions at: tgcsmallgrants@tacomagardenclub.org or 253-582-6273.

Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund

Grants are available throughout Washington and Oregon, primarily where Weyerhaeuser has a significant presence in the community. The Giving Fund seeks programs that improve the quality of life in communities and increase the public’s understanding for the need of sustainable forests and the products they provide. 
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High School Students

WFFE Student Environmental Stewardship Grant Program

Are you a high school student with a great environmental stewardship idea for your senior project?

WFFE hopes to encourage student participation in local environmental stewardship projects and enhance student understanding of community service and philanthropy. It is our objective to award multiple $500 grants annually to support student-initiated or student-implemented environmental projects meeting local community needs.

For Washington State High school students

Up to $500 for a student project

WFFE accepts applications for stewardship grants between September and June

and download the application form, fill out the answers, and e-mail it (stewardship@wffe.org) as an attachment or mail a hard copy