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Fundación El Origen, The Mobile School Of Arts And Culture Amigos Del Origen, La Guajira, Colombia
Since our goal with this grant is giving our students and artists of the region access to connect with opportunities all around the world by using the website WAJIIRA and social network’s recourses, we would need professional equipment’s to offer an accurate service....
Jeff Kirschner, Litterati, Oakland, CA, USA
It was more than just the money. This was a vote of confidence. A belief that Litterati was an idea that mattered. And in those early days, when things are murky, and the path forward is murky at best, knowing someone has your back can be the difference between...
Zachary Lager, Access To Clean Water And Community Reforestation Project, Nguineia,Mozambique
I deeply appreciate TPP and the way in which the organization supports grantees both from a funding and reporting perspective as well as from a more personal perspective. Fostering development and working with communities is not always easier or...
Caren Lanier, Project Backpack, Lithonia, GA, USA
The Pollination Project Seed Grant made a difference to my team and me on a personal level, as the grant award was the very first time an outside organization recognized the sincerity of our hard work and dedication to helping others. Anyone who has started a...
George Reginald Freeman, Our Lives Matters!, Barcelona, Spain
Through The Pollination Project we were able to advocate for 25 African asylum seekers in France, Spain and Belgium to be granted refugee status. We are also very proud to document the first study on the situation of African asylum seekers, immigrants and refugees in...
Jessica London-Shields, She Crew, Chicago, IL, USA
I feel that The Pollination Project knows me and the organization I help run, rather intimately. While TPP now has hundreds (if not thousands) of grantees, I get a sense that {she crew}, my organization, is remembered, valued, and --very appreciatively-- has been a...
Mona Yadav, Sahas, New Delhi, India
I feel fortunate that I had an opportunity to receive a grant from The Pollination Project. I wish to extend my heartfelt thank you and gratitude for the trust you have showed in my vision and dream. This is the first and only grant I received this year for my work...
Donor Insight Panel
Facilitator, Alissa Hauser, asks a panel of funders with various funding styles, What Do Donors Look For In Projects They Fund? Read over peer grantees comments, questions, and presenters answers here.
Turning Point Resolutions, TPR Development Center, Seeta, Uganda
Thank you The Pollination Project for funding the girls and women project. Our first month was amazing after receiving the funds. Participants have begun tailoring, producing energy saving brickets, money purses and jewelry buskets using recycled paper. We are looking...
Caroline Chepkorir, CarBie Natural Beauty, Nakuru, Kenya
The pollination project has greatly motivated me in this pursuit of raising awareness of use of natural beauty products . First for believing in me and showing me i am doing a worthwhile project. Secondly by offering me this grant as a financial support,this enabled...
Crystal Martin, First 2 Finish, Chicago, IL, USA
This grant made such a huge impact on my motivations to do this work. First2Finish was a dream I had as a counselor, to offer superb postsecondary counseling and increase access to higher education for students who may not otherwise receive this support from their...
Mona Yadav, Sahas, New Delhi, India
I started Sahas last year without any financial assistance, solely on the belief that this work is needed, and I never really thought that someone will fund my idea and dream. Being a young girl from India, getting the Pollination Project grant was huge for me, as it...
Victor Odhiambo Wasonga, Leadership Development And Entrepreneurship, Nairobi, Kenya
The initial seed grant has helped help our project train 50 youths from Kibera slum on leadership and entrepreneurship skills. Jane Anyango Say a beneficiary of the Initial seed grant says. " After graduating from high school, my parents could not continue paying my...
Christopher Dainton, Medical Service Trip, Toronto, Canada
The Pollination Project grant has provided financial support, but even more importantly, encouragement and motivation for us to continue our current work. The publicity and legitimacy afforded by the Pollination Project has been invaluable, and we have been excited to...
Mary Akutu, Sweet Potatoes: A Woman’s Crop For Vihiga County, Vihiga County, Kenya
The TPP seed grant made a big difference. We were able to train 100 women smoothly and effectively and buy the needed material for the trainings. Before this grant, women in these communities were not able to produce enough food for their families due to lack of...
Tsechu Dolma, Building Climate Change Resilience In Nepal’s Himalayas, Mustang, Nepal
Our work funded by TPP has allowed us to fortify our local food system, expand local ownership and enhance community resiliency. It is a small project compared to larger development projects, but it is a viable opportunity that makes a huge impact in our community. As...
Felix Iziomoh, Mowe Youth Leadership Empowerment Project, Ogun, Nigeria
Due to budget constraints, most of our leadership development trainings had always been in Lagos State Nigeria. With the support of the Pollination Project, we were able expand and successfully held a four week leadership development training for vulnerable youths in...
Edelson Arano Dulang, Mobilizing Youth For Environmental Protection And Rehabilitation, Lanao del Norte, Phillipines
Our partnership with The Pollination Project has been a big help not only in our village but also to the neighboring village, where we expanded the planting of mangrove seedlings. The Philippines are experiencing more than twenty typhoons every year due to climate...
William Bynum, Oroville Pollinators Project, Oroville, CA, USA
The TTP grant has been an honor for our small group of volunteers. It has validated our efforts to create a sanctuary for insect pollinators and human visitors in our community. The monies received have made it possible to extend our efforts through the purchase of...
Alex Omondi, Child Destiny Foundation (Village Clinic), Nairobi, Kenya
First and foremost, the Pollination project is the mother, mentor and long serving partner of the child destiny foundation since, grants from the TPP were the first ever grants received by our project since inception. The grants has greatly played a huge role in...
Harry Behrens, Impact Harvest Garden, Vineland, NJ, USA
The confidence that The Pollination Project imparted on our project and the mission we lead has been a boost in our morale as an organization. At times our mission seems to be futile in that there are just so many families in need and we are just a small organization...
Karen Snook, Kindred Spirits Care Farm, Los Angeles, CA, USA
We are so grateful for the support of the Pollination Project. You were one of the first organizations to support us and help get this project rolling. Your continued support has helped create something that inspires people and will help change lives. This work has...
Tisha M Bernard, I Choose Peace, Los Angeles, CA, USA
This summer we had an amazing opportunity to run the I Choose Peace Academy camp with 20 youth, ages 11-13. Each day was filled with team building activities, skills for conflict resolution, mindfulness techniques, bully education and tools for prevention. The youth...
Aimee Dunkle, The Solace Foundation of Orange County, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
With the help and support from the TPP the Solace Foundation of Orange County has been able to record over 1,000 overdose reversals. Our success has led to a partnership with our local health care agency, which will means that even more lives will be saved in Orange...
Adam Dolezal, Dine Action Camp, Berkeley, CA, USA
Unfortunately the resistance at Standing Rock did not stop the Dakota Access Pipeline as oil now flows through it, but the vast activist networks that emerged out of such an unprecedented convergence of people acting to protect the water has fanned out across this...
Thell Robinson III, Violence And Mediation, Columbus, OH, USA
Our Violence Intervention and Intervention program was able to perform 20 disputes among rival gang members and drug dealers that prevented fights, shootings and homicides that saved lives. With our 3 community events that we hosted this year, we were able to employ...



















