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Eunita Atitwa, Pollinator Garden Of Matungu Sub County, Kenya
Thanks for accepting to fund young people like us. You gave my dream wings, and I am now ready to fly to new places and villages with pollinator gardens.
Aisha Flores, Buttercup STEAM Camp, Atlanta, GA, USA
The grant allowed us to integrate into the STEM community and work with more children by bringing increased awareness about our program. We have been a bit overwhelmed with the requests for our program. We definitely can say we have had a successful year and this...
Clare Hanrahan, Elder & Sage Community Gardens, North Carolina, USA
The TPP seed grant was awarded at the very early stages of our development of the gardens when we had no funds to begin with...Thank you. Your grant was timely and made all the difference in enabling us to get started. Seeing what we have been able to accomplish with...
Aikande Robert Nkya, Rise Up Girl And Make Up Your Dreams, Tanzania
I am thankful and super proud to be a grantee of the Pollination Project. You have saved the souls of our girls, as well as our young men and women in Kilimanjaro and most of the communities. We are now transitioning from a project to an organization, and we will...
Luke Ellison – You’re Hired
The main thing this grant did for us besides fund items and materials which help us in our work, is to give us experience on how to apply to a grant, deal with the expectations of receiving grant funding, and be responsible with things like budget amendments and...
Brandon Crawford, Youth Power Hour, Los Angeles, USA
Receiving the TPP seed grant has been a phenomenal experience . . . Receiving the grant gave me the self confidence to speak more about my work to others. Receiving it made me feel credible, and added more respect to my program in the community.
Tisha Marina-Bernard, I Choose Peace, Los Angeles, USA
The Pollination Project grant has allowed my vision to bring resources to youth and families dealing with bullying and mistreatment to life. The TPP grant encouraged me to see that other people believed in my dream as well and that I was on the right path. It gave me...
Rose Nakame, The Health Equity Voice, Uganda
The TPP Grant gave us authenticity among our stakeholders because it enabled us to obtain a website increasing visibility of our work but also, trust among our stakeholders. Secondly, the TPP Grant enabled us to develop some accountability structures...
Erica Fugger, Wake Up Oral History Project, New York, NY
I am very grateful to TPP for investing in projects and people that seek to have a positive impact on society. I have greatly enjoyed connecting with your compassionate affiliates and staff, and look forward to continuing to do so as the Wake Up Oral History Project...
Birju Pandya
Birju Pandya focuses on the nexus of finance, systems evolution and inner transformation. He has been involved in the Mobius ecosystem since 2014. Birju has years of experience working in the investment world, towards creative uses of capital and designing for...
Tara Matthews, Grants Manager
Tara is a Bay Area, California, native who has spent her life rooted in service and mission-driven work. This brought her to the Peace Corps where she spent 31 months in Uganda as a NGO Program Specialist. During her time in The Pearl of Africa she directed a national...
Angelica Jackson-Thomas, Journey Beyond, Maryland, USA
The Pollination Project is so aptly named; as it has germinated our organization because of what we were able to accomplish through the grant. We have attracted support through a Board of Directors, executive volunteer leadership team, and city and community...
Crista Valentino , CoalitionWILD, Jackson, WY, USA
A grant from TPP allowed us the support we needed to hire a web developer to design a new site that fit our needs...The application process was straightforward, and I appreciated that aspect since often times a lot of effort and energy is put into long and arduous...
Philanthropy Through Youth Eyes
I was 20 years old when I received my first Pollination Project (TPP) grant. As a sophomore in college, I had recently applied to the Clinton Global Initiative Conference and submitted a commitment to action for Get Them to the Green. The project? A week-long summer...
Every Piece Has It’s Part: Our Message to [YOU]th Applying for a TPP Seed Grant
You’re HERE. Reading this blog. Trying to figure out - “should I go for a Pollination Project seed grant?” [Hopefully] You’ve checked out the website to see the photos and videos of people doing the things they love, working with and for the people they truly care...
Vanessa Raditz, Produce Safety After Urban Wildfire, San Francisco, CA, USA
When we first applied, there was zero funding whatsoever, and the nascent partnership wasn't providing any funding, so the TPP grant was critical for some of the very first baby-steps. I really appreciate the TPP goal of providing to grassroots orgs that can't access...
Teodora Stoyanova, Kashalot – Living Reads, Varna, Bulgaria
The TPP grant gave us the boost (not only financial but creative as well) to start the project. Having TPP believe in us gave us confidence and reassurance that we are on the right path and our idea is not just a good idea, but has the potential to become a...
Emmanuel Kpon Saye, Support Rehabilitation Project, Nimba, Liberia
The TPP seed grant was the first grant we received....Therefore, TPP has become the...foundation of our community work...The grant has built a well cemented link between the disabled community in Nimba, Liberia and our organization. The work we accomplished has...
Kindness…In All Shapes and Sizes
I believe in Kindness. Not just in acting kindly, but that kindness can save our world. Unfortunately, it seems to me we’ve become so busy and sometimes too greedy to take the time to help others. I say this is unfortunate because being kind makes us feel good and its...
Walteria Caldwell, Diversitá Opera Arts Company, Dallas, TX, USA
I would like to thank The Pollination Project for creating such a wonderful funding organization that helps small companies like ours thrive in the community. Without your help...hundreds of people that we served over the year's time would not have received the...
Ajay Dahiya, Executive Director
Ajay was born in Surrey, England, to a working-class immigrant family. Growing up in a diverse and disparate environment he enjoyed a childhood which immersed him in a variety of cultures. From early on in his life, Ajay felt a great need for inner transformation....
Mimi Aboubaker, TUSA, Minneapolis, USA
The TPP seed grant was instrumental in getting TUSA off the ground – it provided the organization with the capital needed to complete the initial steps of launching a venture and got us to a place where we could successfully seek outside capital. Without the TPP...
Michelle Carrera, Chili On Wheels, Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Pollination Project is amazing, and the people that work and volunteer there are as well. I didn't even apply for this particular grant, it was granted to me on behalf of folks who work there who were inspired by my work. You have no idea how much that means to...
Delphine Azo Cha Leke, Coping With Disabilities, Cameroon
One reason why persons living with disabilities have often remained voiceless is because they shy away from the public and do not interact. Bringing them to workshops where they get experts to educate them on the need to express themselves has gone a long way in...
Xiomara Arriaran, Youth Health Action Project, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
This grant gave YHAA the assurance and confidence it needed to successfully initiate our budding club...TPP has a multitude of opportunities and they are so invested in helping you reach your dreams.
Joy Tony, Imafon Bamboo Nursery Farm Project, Akure, Nigeria
I am glad to be a part of the Pollination Project family. For me it is more than just being a grantee. I see as a place of great inspiration. I follow up on some of the stories of other grantees across the globe on the Facebook group. I am so inspired by the great...