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Signs, Inspiration, and Responsibility: My Path Toward Youth Advocacy
Recently, I found myself watching a video by a veteran named Richard Pimentel. His speech on being a leader resonated with me. He said “responsibility is a word made up of two words, the word ‘response’ and the word ‘ability’.” Responsibility isn’t what someone puts...
Juliana Castaneda Turner, Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary, Bogota, Colombia
The grant enabled us to do 24 free vegan cooking workshops in 2017 at the sanctuary and introduce a vegan diet to 288 visitors. Many of them brought along friends who tasted vegan food for the first time and everyone had a positive experience meeting all the rescued...
Wonnie Derondo, Kiddiepreneur, Volta Region, Ghana
The social challenges across the world are huge, but funding is extremely hard to come by. Even when funds are available, the criteria are simply not friendly to a newbie organization. With this said, however, there is a trusted friend in the Pollination Project,...
Jada Imani, Tatu Vision, San Francisco, CA, USA
Tatu Vision has expanded tremendously since receiving the Pollination Project grant. Our team of volunteers has more than tripled and we've continued to expand our community events with a stronger team. It gives me greater confidence in the foundation of Tatu to have...
Nicola Gothard, Kitten Rescue Tales Humane Education Book Drop in Spain, Granada, Spain
Thank you for believing in our project . . . The funding provided by the pollination project has given us another achievement to our name which will hopefully encourage future grants from other sources for more humane education projects.
Jingo Joseph Nkumbi, CARDI, Uganda
The work funded by TPP has helped to build our confidence better and to improve training services to the community. This grant has instilled hope and confidence in me and my team now that our work is recognized and appreciated by the world of development partners and...
Lisa Gross, West York Borough Community Garden, York, PA, USA
We are so grateful for our grant from TPP. It has helped us with ongoing fundraising, and to have so much support when we really didn't know what we were doing when first applying for grants really helped us to take our next steps . . . [it] allowed us to build our...
Danielle De La Fuente, The Amal Alliance Inc, Athens, Greece
The TPP seed grant was instrumental in allowing us to kickstart our pilot program, and allowed us to lay the foundation for a model that can easily be replicated in various countries. While we had raised money through crowdfunding, fundraisers, and donations, we were...
Dr.Iur. Bulambo Katambu Ambroise, Traditional Arts Program, Sud Kivu, Congo
We realized our dream: The beneficiaries learned to produce artistic products...the survivors needed art therapy and they got it. They recovered their human dignity.
How Kindness Can Influence Connections & Collaborations
Chris McGilvery, TPP Global Kindness Lead & Founder of Give More Hugs talks about how kindness is a viable strategy for organizational outcomes. Read over your peer grantees comments, questions, and presenters answers here.
Ngwalem Berlin Ngwentah, Addressing Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health Needs Through Edutainment, Cameroon
The grant broadened the scope of my work in the community and enhanced my project management skills...It gave me the opportunity to realize our work of mixing education and entertainment by providing the tools needed to achieve my goals.
Brighton Kalinga, Women And Girls Awareness On Their Land Rights, Tanzania
The work funded by TPP grant has allowed me to serve the communities through the trained paralegals who are permanently stationed within the communities. More community members receive legal aid/advice in time as a result of the project.
Second Annual Meditation Retreat for Farm Animal Advocates
During a highly stressful week while LA apartment shopping and managing a full schedule, I called to notify the retreat staff I would no longer be able to participate in their most generous offer. “I am so sorry but I just don’t have the luxury of taking time off” I...
Kieshaun White, The K.W. Cleaner Skies Experiment, Fresno, CA, USA
Yes, because of this grant i was able to get materials i couldn't afford and show people the need in our city to take pollution seriously. Just being able to say that i received the grant has gotten me national attention and I submitted my findings to the American...
Transitioning From Your Project
An interview with Charles Orgbon, III on his successful transition out of the project he started. Read over your peer grantees comments, questions, and presenters answers here.
Solange Impanoyimana, Her Voice Matters, Kigali, Rwanda
We would like to thank The Pollination Project for their generous support. Without this grant, we could not have implemented our pilot project successfully. Providing teacher training was the first step in ensuring our program is effective and sustainable, and our...
How Can Engaging Youth Bring Them Purpose?
What a fun morning on a beautiful sunny day in San Diego County visiting with Craig Williams, a teacher at Sunset High School, a continuation school designed to give extensive help to students in need of flexibility and individualized attention. Craig received a grant...
Erin Stone, NursingWise, Lewistone, ME, USA
I am forever grateful for your belief in my ideas. I know that with my NP and your initial grant my non-profit will be a huge success and I will make a difference in hundreds of individuals in their end of life care. Thank you!
Patterns of Successful Projects
Facilitator, Nicole Huguenin asks a panel of TPP Staff about patterns they see that make a project successful. Read over peer grantees comments, questions, and presenters answers here.
Creative Ways to Fund Your Project
Facilitator, Nicole Huguenin, asks a panel of varied grantees about the succesful tools they've used to fund their projects. Read over peer grantees comments, questions, and presenters answers here.
Alyssa Wermers, Lumos Counseling And Education Center, Firestone, CO, USA
The grant was our first source of outside funding for our project. It reminded us that the work we are doing is important, and that we have support outside of our agency for it.
Arinolah Elizabeth-Nite Omollo, Help Single Mothers Meet Their Financial And Psychological Needs, Rongai, Kenya
TPP has changed my perception towards programming and resource management. I have learnt that impact is on the eyes of the beneficiaries and what they feel about an intervention. That no matter how much funds a project receives, there is always a seed of impact...
Mary Asiko, Kisumu Talent Club Project, Kisumu, Kenya
Pollination grant has been the light at the end of my tunnel. It has opened doors i never thought would open in my lifetime. After struggling alone for over 10 years, the grant has given me and my group identity. This grant has been a key to opening all the doors of...
Five Years of The Pollination Project
It was almost exactly 5 years ago when we started. One $1000 grant a day to a good hearted person making positive change in their community or in the world. As the founding Executive Director, I really hadn’t planned for us to make the daily grants until we had a...
Amanda Bernal-Carlo, One Million Trees To Rescue Water Of The Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia
I submitted the application for the first part. I am hopeful to have the chance to go into the second part. Life will decide. What is important is to see how TPP managed to stay in the hearts of the Arhuaco tribe, at the heart of the World. Everything they received...
Thomas Gasser, The Uprising, Florence, Italy
The TPP grant made a difference in our work because we did not feel alone any more. Someone recognized the same need as we did. We felt heard and acknowledged. This gave us the confidence that there are more people out there that see the need for this work, and it...
















