The TPP seed grant has helped transform our work. It has also inspired others to join our team. This grant award has recognized the work we do and has vetted us publicly in The Huffington Post and social media. This has helped us gain more support especially with the...

The Pollination Project grant inspired us to dream bigger. While Chilis on Wheels was born out of a need to teach my son about community, going through the process of applying for the grant challenged me to think about broader opportunities for community engagement....

The Pollination Project grant provided me with the start up seed capital that allowed me to purchase seeds. I had tried to look for and secure a grant but nothing came my way, I think because my project was too small. Truly speaking I was almost giving up in looking...

At personal level, Lilian Mayieka before TPP initial funding and Lilian Mayieka after TPP first batch of the TPP grant are two different personalities: The former Lilian Mayieka was that battered woman engulfed in self pity with bottled-up emotions-a victim of female...

Just being chosen to receive a grant was inspiring in itself, because the support and recognition from like minded people who are funding amazing projects all around the world is a big deal. I really appreciated the note of moral support that came with the grant. It...

The Pollination Project's endorsement helped us implement the project quickly and demonstrated to our supporters that our project is sustainable over time. The grant allowed us to ship supplies directly to our partner school without any delays or extra charges through...

Receiving the Pollination Project grant was the first time an outside organization expressed an interest in supporting our work financially. Since being awarded the grant I have: managed our first successful crowdfunding campaign (with HIPGive), been awarded a second...

The main benefit of the grant was not so much in the monetary benefit but rather in the publicity benefit. As a result of the grant being posted online and being featured on Pollination's Huffington blog post; we were given an air of legitimacy. We were able to raise...

We constantly see everything that is wrong in the world, for good or bad, via social media these days but being part of the TPP community has given us hope- hope that many, many people really care about making the world a better place. We have a front row seat...

The Pollination Project Grant impacted me and my staff by increasing on our connections with potential individuals and institutions which is helping our effort,it has helped to raise our profile,we have gained more knowledge in our professionalism in food security,...

When I first received the email from the Pollination Project stating that they have agreed to fund our project, I was beyond ecstatic. To me, it meant that somebody other than myself believed in College Lingual and its potential. Starting College Lingual was a...

The grant I received from the Pollination Project spurred me into really taking on this project and turning the idea of doing it into the reality. There were times in the application process when I really didn't believe I would get the grant and I mostly gave up on...

You have made a vision a reality. Once I received the funds, I went right to work. I was able to have a 3 day craft making event and I was able to get the grounds prepared for the community garden. I was also able to reach out to community business to get donations...

After receiving the grant in October, I started by mobilizing of 20 care takers/care givers of orphans whom we had already identified around sicharayi village and organized them in groups of five people each forming 4 groups and conducted a series of site training...

I am grateful to be a part of the active community associated with The Pollination Project (TPP). The funding from the TPP supported our nonprofit, our product development, and all of the families in the autism community that can download and use the iPad app for...

Personally the grant has given me the confidence and determination to further carry out this project. At this stage two of the women, and myself, are going through a co-op training to gather the tools and skills necessary to turn Fuerza Indigena into a cooperative run...

This has been one of the best years of my life: I am starting a meaningful environmental project that people are joining in on, and I am supported by your granting agency, which is filled with the same hope and purpose as I. With added confidence, I have described my...

The grant made a difference to me personally as it was our first grant and it personally gave me encouragement to push forward with our desire to change lives of at risk youth. Your faith and confidence in Future Leaders Today gave me the continued strength to press...

Because our project has expanded its scope and the financial requirements have grown so immensely, it might seem that a $1000 grant is not much help. But this is not the case! You were our first grant, at a time when we were just getting going and your grant made a...

To some, $1,000 may seem like a drop in the bucket, but for me, it opened the widow of opportunity to change lives, including my own, members of Foster & Banks Walk in Faith Foundation and everyone we have come across. We went from a 3 Person Board to now having...