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The stories behind the grants
Jenny Lowrey, From the Ground Up Farms, Chico, California
By the end of the year From the Ground Up will have all 10 live gardens producing free food for those in need.. . . I don't really know if you understand what the Pollination Project has started in my community. Chico is "getting it".
Dan Rademacher, Bio Blitz, San Francisco, California
The Nerds for Nature work on the bioblitz project, for which the Pollination Project grant is the only dedicated funding, has inspired other organizations small and large (from the California Academy of Sciences and the City of San Francisco to the Friends of the...
Jessica London Shields, She Crew, Illinois, Chicago
The TPP Seed Grant was the first grant we received, and was the first glimpse we had into believing our dream organization could be a reality. There are so many opportunities to be shut down before you even start a grassroots project. The TPP Seed Grant communicated...
Carrie Le Blanc, CompassionWorks Intl., Henderson, Nevada
The entire structure of CompassionWorks International and our quest to create a more compassionate world through improving community-based actions for animals was directly inspired by TPP. We are proud to have played a role in the Ringling decision and will keep...
Vincent Atitwa, Community Computer Lab, Munami Village, Western Kenya
The Pollination Project’s metrics are extraordinary. There is no better place for your money to be invested. Not only does the money you invest have huge impact but you also become part of The pollination project’s vast network. I don’t think there is any other...
Mafah Kutah, Financially Self-Sufficient School, Limbe, Cameroon
The TPP Seed Grant beside actually kick-starting our project financially, has offered us a life's time experience in learning-by-doing in Successful Grant writing. I had never applied for a grant. My first experience is with TPP Seed Grant and after that I have won...
Nicole Javorsky, Cubs for Coping, Queens, New York
We were able to create more teddy bears within 6 months than we had in the nearly 2 years before. Thanks to the Pollination Project, we will be able to provide handmade teddy bears for way more children and teens in hospitals, homeless shelters, and eating disorder...
Mary Justine Todd, Women’s Crisis Care International, Arabian Gulf
...receiving the Pollination Project grant was a significant morale booster for me. It was WCCI’s first grant and it helped me and my volunteers to have confidence in what we are trying to do. There are some days during which I am naturally filled with confidence and...
Osvaldo Ferrari, Dos Ruedas Por Mi Gente, Latin America
It was thanks to you ( not the money ) but you guys was the first one to believe in my and my project, you gave your support, and made me kick my own ass to work harder.
Kristina Hulvershorn, Be the Change Workshop, Indianapolis, Indiana
Yours was the first grant to get this project off the ground and believing in this idea mattered more to me than any other kind of support.
Francis Okello Oloya, Comfort Dog Project, Gulu, Uganda
When we received news that The Comfort Dog Project was selected to receive support from The Pollination Project, that was taken as a big honor and made people here take notice. The support also made it so thate I did not have to be so focused on how we would pay for...
Fred Mcclory, Ears 4 Me, Palm Desert, California
TPP was the starting point, was the confidence giver, the ego giver for us to go forward no matter what the odds. Thank you from all of us at Ears4Me, for the foresight of seeing what we all can do if given a bit of encouragement. The money is nice, but the...
Seleste Albury, Hair Care Love, Boynton Beach, Florida
In starting HCL, there were a lot of naysayers and people who simply did not understand or respect what my ultimate goal was. But through this grant, I found confidence, I regained my perseverance and I was given the ability to raise awareness outside of my comfort...
Trista Hendren, Mother Earth Book, Portland, Oregon
The energy behind all the grantees at the Pollination Project is amazing. Oftentimes I feel discouraged by the state of the world and the level of apathy I perceive in most people. On those days, I often scroll through the Pollination Project Facebook or Twitter page...
Hannah Pogue, Rewriting Education in Prison, Salt Lake City, Utah
Being the recipient of this grant reaffirmed to me that prison education is not a lost cause. It also showed the inmates that there are people and organizations out there in the real world that support them in their struggle to have an education, and that education is...
Austin Tunnell, Youth Technical Center, Bweyale, Uganda
This has been the most fun project I have ever done. I quite literally wake up every day excited to go to work at the Lab. We are constantly seeing new opportunities to get involved with the community and do meaningful work. I have been in Uganda for almost two...
Shelby Kretz, 1Girl, Columbus, Ohio
We were originally nervous to apply, because we did not think we could actually receive the grant. I am so glad that we went for it anyways – receiving the grant allowed us to pursue our goals and inspired confidence in our ability to be successful. You really can...
Applicant’s Bill of Rights
In early 2014, there was a breakdown. An applicant was waiting nearly 3 months to get a response from us about an application she submitted. She was told by different people, "we'll let you know in 6 weeks," and "here's our last question" followed by three more...
The Pollination Project in Times of San Diego
Grantmakers Strive to Strengthen Philanthropy in San Diego, featured in Times of San Diego, November 27th 2014. "On Nov. 14, nearly 160 representatives of foundations, corporate giving programs, and individual donors gathered in Balboa Park for the San Diego...
The Pollination Project in the Daily Good
The Pollination Project: Gifting A $1000 A Day A 13-year-old collects items for animal shelters. An 88-year-old offers up land to community agriculture. A young man trains prisoners in nonviolence. For Ari Nessel, each story is just another day along his journey in...
Chloe Falkenheim, Veg Youth
Thanks a bunch for your help with VegYouth in our first year. :) I really can't believe how far we've come in just one year. Exactly a year ago, I was the literally the only one working on this and no one really knew about it at all! Now we have dozens of youth and...
Stephanie Harris, Family Forever Animal Foundation, Apopka, Florida
The grant from The Pollination Project was the single factor that jumpstarted our organization’s formation. We could not have done this without the assistance from the grant. It’s incredible how far that money can go and how it really can seed the change. It did for...
Daa Mahowald, Say Yes to Chess, Lancaster, CA
The Pollination Project is the most wonderful grant application we’ve experienced to date. TPP is focused on one thing: helping to make a difference. The application process, as well as the accountability, is simple, with easy to follow directions.
Trish Schappell, Kids Reading Room, Houston, TX
You can imagine my shock when I discovered I got the grant. Tears rolled down my face and I felt such joy! I wanted to become nonprofit, but needed the money to apply... Every time I go to The Kids’ Reading Room I am reminded that some children don’t have books to...
Mark Lee, Ticket 2 Success, O’Fallon, Illiniois
A grant from the Pollination Project added a layer of national credibility to our body of work. Our service to students requires an incredible amount of trust between Ticket 2 Success, parents and schools; the congratulations we received from becoming a Pollination...
Harriet Wrye, Bread for the Journey Santa Cruz County, CA
Knowing, through the trust that the Pollination Project has placed in us, that we were, indeed a worthy organization, put a lot of wind in our sails at a time when we might have become becalmed. The obvious financial success of the two fundraising projects that we...
Anthony Jerome Artis, Art Community Outreach, Flint, Michigan
You do not realize how much you have boosted our confidence and raised our optimism. Flint is historically a very hard place (we are rightly named). However, deep down there is a soft core of caring, compassionate, and competent people who are willing to work...
Robin Freeman, Ralph Bunche Gateway Improvement Project, Benton, Arkansas
The seed money from the Pollination Project was a foundation for our organization getting our City and private donors to support our project. Each time we told an organization, business or individual that our organization had been awarded a $1000 Pollination Project...
George Davis, Gaming for Change
By keeping in mind the seed grant we never lost sight of the fact that someone other than ourselves believed in what we were doing, and someone was willing to give us a grant based on their belief in the idea we had. It was our first grant-our seed and it is growing...
Elle Morgan, Elements of New Life Scripts, State College, PA
Your support means that the universe is there for each and everyone of us...every teenage girl who thinks she is a piece of garbage, only needs to align herself to the good: The Pollination Project, a trusted mentor, the beauty of nature, the hope of the future...this...























