Project Learning Garden
Solicitation Title: Project Learning Garden
Funding Amount: materials valued at $2,500 (non-cash)
Sponsor Deadline: Sunday, January 31, 2021
Solicitation Link: https://captainplanetfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/CPF_Granting_Guidelines.pdf
Overview
<div>For almost 30 years, the Captain Planet Foundation has supported educators and their work to facilitate youth-led projects that result in positive impacts to the environment of a school or community.</div> <div>Captain Planet Foundation grants are intended to:</div> <ul> <li>Empower youth by providing hands-on environmental stewardship opportunities</li> <li>Inspire youth and communities to become agents of change for their environment</li> <li>Serve as a catalyst for education that uses the environment as a context for applied and STEM learning</li> </ul> <div></div> <div>MATERIAL SUPPORT GRANTS:</div> <div><strong>Project Learning Garden</strong> is Captain Planet Foundation’s holistic schoolyard garden program designed to turn schoolyard gardens into outdoor learning laboratories for multidisciplinary instruction. Schools selected to participate in Project Learning Garden are awarded with garden beds, gardening supplies, instructional supplies, a mobile cooking cart, professional development, and capacity-building valued at $2,500 per school (non-cash). The current geographic emphasis for PLG includes public schools in the Atlanta Metro region (specifically City of Atlanta, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Clayton, and Henry Counties); as well as public schools in Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties in California. Other regions and school districts in the U.S. are occasionally included as initiatives of specific funding partners.</div> <div></div> <div>Eligibility:</div> <ul> <li>Serves K-5th grade</li> <li>Public Schools in select priority regions (GA - City of Atlanta, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Clayton, and Henry Counties; CA - Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties)</li> <li>Must demonstrate teacher and administrative support</li> </ul>
Other Information:<div>Review of Project Learning Garden applications are based on the following qualifications:</div> <ul> <li>School located within the prioritized geographic regions</li> <li>Demonstrated administrative support</li> <li>Formation of Garden Team within the school community</li> <li>Preference given to public schools and Title I schools</li> </ul> <div>Monetary support from CPF may be used for direct expenses associated with proposed projects. Preference is given to requests that have secured match or in-kind funding commitments to support projects.</div> <div></div> <div>Funds may NOT be used for:</div> <ul> <li>Capital or building campaigns, purchase of real estate, or endowments</li> <li>General operating expenses</li> <li>Salary or contract services</li> <li>Beautification or landscaping projects</li> <li>Travel costs or field trips that are not an essential part of the proposed project (if included, identify the purpose of the field trip under “project activities”)</li> <li>Scholarships</li> <li>Expensive equipment that can only be used once or by a few</li> <li>Promotional items such as t-shirts, flyers, postcards, etc.</li> </ul>Last Updated:
RODA ID: 1082