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Leah Walkowski and Mwaka Benson, Northern Uganda HipHop Culture,Northern Uganda
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The Pollination Project in Levi & Strauss Co., UNZIPPED
The Pollination Project and LS&Co. Team Up on Environmental Grants, May 2015 “I’m always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them that it is impossible,” said David Brower, the prominent environmentalist who spent the later years of...
Cristal Banagan, Literacy at Home, Richmond, CA
The grant has helped me to believe in myself and the work I am doing to better our community. It has helped to renew faith in people, not only the kind that give daily but the kind that are recipients of that generosity.
Michelle Welsch, Learning House, Nepal
In Nepal, it's difficult enough to get projects going (everything takes so long!), and the added pressure of money stress is always a challenge. I feel like TPP has my back, not only financially, but as a group of committed citizens working to change the world. On...
Susan Stanfield, The Children’s Adventure Garden, San Angelo, Texas
The Pollination Project is the best support of start-up projects I’ve seen in a long time. They were very precise in their directions and rules and they made it easy to apply.
Stella Liu, Break the Silence, Irvine, California
Personally the grant has been great in allowing access to the Pollination Project Community. Because I started the project on my own, winning the grant allowed me to gain momentum and funding that I would otherwise not have access to. The support, money, and...
Kazu Haga, East Point Peace Academy, Oakland, California
We have benefited in so many ways beyond the initial grant that we were not expecting. I think that for many of the men, the grant and the TV spot made them feel seen for the first time in a long time (perhaps for the first time for some). Not seen for the crimes...
Abby Bauer, Teams For Kids, New Jersey
With very little business experience as a high school junior, I had minimal knowledge about starting and running a non-profit organization. Receiving the Pollination Project grant first compelled me to research and learn more about the different components of starting...
Isobel Araujo, Message in a Bottle, Illinois, Chicago
The Pollination Project Grant legitimized all of the hard work that my two friends and I had poured into our project, and it spurred even more hard work. Because of the grant, we were able to set up a website and get our message out to an audience we hadn’t...
Margaret Coleman, 2014 Summer Symposium, Ewen, Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Pollination Project was the first funding we received, as a group of five artists trying to start a new and unusual experience for creative people from across the country, and simultaneously introduce arts programming to a small economically struggling community...
Cynthia Hobson, The Dream Center Green Job Training Project, Washington, D.C.
The Pollination Project has shown me numerous avenues of providing services to underserved communities. I have been exposed to various organizations and efforts across the globe that empowers people both economically and socially. This exposure has opened the door for...
Stephanie Klempner
Stephanie has always had a great love for animals, participating as a foster parent for stray dogs and volunteering with various programs aimed to help the welfare of pets. After connecting her love for animals with her food choices, she began to open her heart to...
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...



















