Empowering Visionary Changemakers with Seed Funding for Global Transformation.
1 grant every day.
6,800+
Changemakers
Funded
120
Countries
Impacted
Seeding a community
of #changemakers
The Pollination Project Foundation empowers passionate volunteers across the globe by providing the critical funding they need to uplift their communities, cultures and countries. Recognizing the untapped potential of frontline changemakers, we bridge the gap in resources with grants up to $500. These small yet powerful investments have shown us that even modest support can ignite significant impact. Our dedicated team of 75 grant advisors and 5 country coordinators, all experts in their fields, guide our funding decisions to ensure every dollar fuels meaningful change.
Beyond financial support, The Pollination Project Foundation assists grantees in taking their initial steps towards fundraising and offers first belief in their mission. Additionally, we offer capacity-building workshops, mindfulness retreats to prevent burnout, and resource navigation to ensure that our grantees’ work achieves tangible goals. For farm animal advocates, we are able to offer large initial capital and follow on funding of up to $10,000.
At TPP, we believe in people, so we invest in people.
The impact
of a seed grant
Hansa De Soysa – NATOS: A Seed Grant for Real Seeds
Location: Kanutara District, SRI LANKA
When Hansa De Soysa set out to bring pollinator gardens to five schools in Sri Lanka’s Kalutara District, he had a vision, a volunteer team, and a belief that children closest to nature become its most committed defenders. A seed grant from The Pollination Project gave him the tools to make it real: native plants, gardening equipment, field notebooks, and awareness boards that turned school grounds into living classrooms. Then a cyclone hit. The gardens were destroyed. The schools closed. And NATOS came back anyway, replanted everything, and watched five gardens bloom again. This is what grassroots philanthropy looks like when it trusts the right people.
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The stories behind the grants
A Smile From Above: The Little Library That Will Fight Book Banning in the USA
874 book titles were banned from schools in the United States in the first half of the 2022-2023 school year, PEN America. “Keep fighting forward but do it with integrity, in a way that your children will be proud of you,” Nicole Smith.Human life is finite and, after...
Setting Souls Free: DeafCan Mentorship for Deaf-Autistic Adults
It is estimated that around 2,500 million people will have a certain degree of hearing loss by 2050, World Health Organization. “We do have a future as long as we still have people committed to being a friend to those in need”, Zaineb Al-Abdulla, founder of Deaf...
A Way to The Heart: The Community Plant Based Lunch Program
1 in 200 Australians don’t have a safe or affordable place to sleep, Australian Human Rights Commission. “My hope for the future is for people to care more about connecting to each other, as well as our planet and all the species that inhabit it. When profit is not...
“We’re very grateful for the Pollination Project’s support. This organization was the first (outside of our first supporters) to believe in our mission.
As a result of this grant, we have gained credibility in the refugee community and will be able to continue to grow and work towards achieving our mission.”
Linnie Pawlek, Financial Literacy For Refugees
Colorado, USA
Profiles in Compassion: The Story of Black Girls Dive
Find out how a small grant helped launch a an eco-step, ocean-science-based STEM program that supports girls as young as nine, following them through when they go to college. The Pollination Project makes small startup grants every single day of the year- all over the world.
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