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PURPOSE of the CommunityGarden
Grants Program:
Each year since 2008, the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation (SCMGF) has set aside $10,000 from its general fund for a "Community Gardens Program". The purpose of the fund is to provide help for non-profit and other community groups within Snohomish County to set up community gardens. Requests will be evaluated individually on the areas SCMGF considers most essential for successful community garden programs (see items on the application form).
Collaboration between organizations is encouraged and projects that show matching contributions, either direct or indirect, will be considered more favorably. Projects that demonstrate leadership development at the grass roots level, community support, and involvement and planning for long-term sustainability will also be considered more favorably. A program must have a SnohomishCounty Master Gardener as a sponsor, mentor or participant for the garden.
WHO is eligible:
Any community garden, civic or garden club, school or nonprofit agency located within
Snohomish County. Applicants can apply for new funds (garden establishment) or existing gardens (garden enhancement/expansion). NOTE: Previous award recipients must wait one year from the original award before applying for garden enhancement/expansion awards.
WHAT the grant funds:
Materials necessary to establish a new garden or support existing gardens. This includes tools, seeds, plants, planting materials. The grant will not fund salaries, cost of property purchase or rental, cost of permanent structures (fences, tool sheds) or erecting such structures, or expenses not directly related to the garden project.
AWARD amounts:
Individually determined. Average awards will be between $500 and $1000.
AWARD period:
The grant period will be for one year starting from the award date. Funds must be spent during the grant period. Unspent funds at the end of the grant period must be returned to SCMGF.
APPLICATION process:
A group may apply for funds by submitting a completed SCMGF Community Garden Request for Funding to the Foundation. This application is available on the Master Gardener Web site,
http://snohomish.wsu.edu/garden.htm, the SCMGF web site (see link below to download form) or from a Master Gardener on duty at the Extension Service Office, 600 128th St SE Everett. Applicants may be asked to attend a SCMGF board meeting to present their request or to answer questions. SCMGF board members may request a site visit prior to reviewing or approving a grant application. SCMGF board meets the third Tuesday of each month (except July, August and December), and will review recommendations from the grants committee at each board meeting. Requests should be submitted by the 1st of the month prior to the next month’s board meeting (ie submit March 1stfor consideration at April board meeting). This does not guarantee the proposal will be reviewed at that meeting, as proposals will be reviewed on a first come basis. Allowing more than one month for review and approval is
preferred.
SUBMIT REQUEST for FUNDING with documentation by mail to: SCMGF Community Garden Grants, 600 128th St SE Everett, WA 98208.
Information about the program and the application can be viewed and printed using the link below.
Each year since 2008, the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation (SCMGF) has set aside $10,000 from its general fund for a "Community Gardens Program". The purpose of the fund is to provide help for non-profit and other community groups within Snohomish County to set up community gardens. Requests will be evaluated individually on the areas SCMGF considers most essential for successful community garden programs (see items on the application form).
Collaboration between organizations is encouraged and projects that show matching contributions, either direct or indirect, will be considered more favorably. Projects that demonstrate leadership development at the grass roots level, community support, and involvement and planning for long-term sustainability will also be considered more favorably. A program must have a SnohomishCounty Master Gardener as a sponsor, mentor or participant for the garden.
WHO is eligible:
Any community garden, civic or garden club, school or nonprofit agency located within
Snohomish County. Applicants can apply for new funds (garden establishment) or existing gardens (garden enhancement/expansion). NOTE: Previous award recipients must wait one year from the original award before applying for garden enhancement/expansion awards.
WHAT the grant funds:
Materials necessary to establish a new garden or support existing gardens. This includes tools, seeds, plants, planting materials. The grant will not fund salaries, cost of property purchase or rental, cost of permanent structures (fences, tool sheds) or erecting such structures, or expenses not directly related to the garden project.
AWARD amounts:
Individually determined. Average awards will be between $500 and $1000.
AWARD period:
The grant period will be for one year starting from the award date. Funds must be spent during the grant period. Unspent funds at the end of the grant period must be returned to SCMGF.
APPLICATION process:
A group may apply for funds by submitting a completed SCMGF Community Garden Request for Funding to the Foundation. This application is available on the Master Gardener Web site,
http://snohomish.wsu.edu/garden.htm, the SCMGF web site (see link below to download form) or from a Master Gardener on duty at the Extension Service Office, 600 128th St SE Everett. Applicants may be asked to attend a SCMGF board meeting to present their request or to answer questions. SCMGF board members may request a site visit prior to reviewing or approving a grant application. SCMGF board meets the third Tuesday of each month (except July, August and December), and will review recommendations from the grants committee at each board meeting. Requests should be submitted by the 1st of the month prior to the next month’s board meeting (ie submit March 1stfor consideration at April board meeting). This does not guarantee the proposal will be reviewed at that meeting, as proposals will be reviewed on a first come basis. Allowing more than one month for review and approval is
preferred.
SUBMIT REQUEST for FUNDING with documentation by mail to: SCMGF Community Garden Grants, 600 128th St SE Everett, WA 98208.
Information about the program and the application can be viewed and printed using the link below.
