Grants Guidelines & Application

Thank you for your interest in The City Gardens Club of New York City Grants Program. Applications for schools open October 15, 2024. Applications for nonprofits open November 15, 2024.

City Gardens Club grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 are offered on a yearly basis for worthwhile projects that conform to the mission of the Grants Committee, which is to bring the beauty of the natural world into the lives of children and adults in all five boroughs of New York City and to sponsor educational programs that help citizens:

  • develop appreciation and knowledge of nature
  • learn gardening skills
  • support the preservation and improvement of the city’s environment

Funds are distributed to a variety of nonprofit groups chosen by the committee from the year’s pool of grant applications.  The committee’s goals include:

  • preserving and/or upgrading community gardens and public spaces, both old and new
  • supporting viable startup projects that offer interactive learning opportunities
  • educating community members in developing gardening skills and supplying them with plants and garden-related materials.

2024 Grants Awarded:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
    Garden Apprentice Program (GAP)
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School Brooklyn
    BUGS Garden Expansion
Catholic Guardian Services, Bronx
    New Beginnings Garden for Unaccompanied Minor Housing
Children’s Rescue Fund, Bronx
    Raised beds for Community Gardens in 5 Family Shelters

City Growers Inc., Brooklyn
    Bee Ambassadors High School Internship Program
Community Roots Charter School, Brooklyn
    Revitalization of Outdoor Classroom

Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Community, Bronx
    Garden Greenhouse
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn
     Summer Intern
Friends of Cooper Park, Brooklyn
    Pollinator Garden Expansion 2024
Friends of Governors Island, Governors Island
    Year of Milkweed on Governors Island
Friends of McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
    McGolrick Bird Garden
Garden Kitchen Lab, Brooklyn
    Garden Kitchen Lab-Kwame Ture
Good Seed Growth Inc., Manhattan
    Intergenerational Garden Project
Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Brooklyn
    Gowanus Green Team Intern Program and Supplies
Green Guerillas, Brookklyn
    Summer Youth Tillers: Learning & Leading in Community Gardens

GrowNYC, Governor’s Island
    Summer Intern
Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island   
    Monarch Butterfly Garden
IS 254, Bronx
    IS 254 Garden Club Seed Kits and gloves
IN-Tech Academy MS/HS 368, Bronx
Flower Power Garden Club
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, Staten Island
    Garden of Serenity Renewal
Liberty Avenue Middle School, Brooklyn
    Liberty Educational Garden
Lower East Side Ecology Center, Manhattan
    Horticulture Youth Training Program Garden Tools & Plants
New York Restoration Project
    Plant and Seed Giveaway
Open Space Institute (for iDig2Learn)
    Revitalization of Youth Center on Roosevelt Island Planters and Potting Soil
PS 9, Brooklyn
    PS9 Educational Signage – Part 2

PS 11 Purvis J. Behan Elementary School, Brooklyn
    Garden Educational Program
PS 48, The Joseph Rodman Drake School, Bronx
    South Bronx Schoolyard Garden and Outdoor Classroom
PS 84, Lillian Weber School for the Arts, Manhattan
    Plantings and Infrastructure Rehabilitation
PS 94 Kings College School, Bronx
    Garden Equipment and Supplies
PS 133 PTA, Brooklyn
    Educational Signage for Native Plants
PS 154, Brooklyn
    Pollinator Pathways
PS 166 Q The Henry Gradstein School, Long Island City
    Hydroponics Lab Project Outdoor Container Garden
PS 184 Afterschool Program, Chinatown, Manhattan
    Afterschool Garden Program

PS 235, Brooklyn
    Pollinator Outdoor Classroom
PS 333 Friends of Manhattan School for Children, Inc., Manhattan
    Revitalization of Outdoor School Garden Beds
PS 199 PTO, Manhattan
    Revitalize School Garden

Project Renewal, Manhattan
    The Healing Garden Revitalization
Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
    Bee Garden Support, Intern Support
Randall’s Island Park Alliance, Randall’s Island
    Enhancing Visitor Experience and Engagement at Urban Farm Open Days
Roberto Clemente Garden, Bronx
  Project Rejuvenate Steel Raised Beds & Garden Shed
The Bronx is Blooming, Bronx
  Pollinator Pathways Continued Summer Intern
The Manhattan Land Trust, Manhattan
    Repair Gazebo @ All Peoples Garden
    Replace Water Tank @ Mo’s Pals
    Community Gardens
The Greenbelt Conservancy, Staten Island
    Greenbelt Nature Center Enhancement Project
The Richard H. Hungerford School, Staten Island
    The Garden Expansion Project
Schervier Community Garden Riverdale, Bronx
    Sensory Garden for Interactive Learning & Therapy
Snug Harbor Botanical Garden, Staten Island
    Adding New Cultivars to the Clematis Collection

United Community Centers, Inc., Brooklyn
    East New York Farms 
Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn   
    Gardening Apprentice Program, Garden Supplies and Interns