Community Garden Tree Planting Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, community groups and local authorities. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
Funds community-led tree planting projects in urban gardens and shared spaces to create green infrastructure and environmental benefits. Eligible applicants are community organizations and nonprofits working on participatory urban forestry.
About this grant
Casey Trees offers a Community Garden Tree Planting program in Washington, DC, providing trees to community gardens in the national capital region. The program is part of Casey Trees' broader mission to plant, care for, and protect trees in DC in order to increase the city's urban tree canopy toward a goal of 40% coverage by 2032. Community gardens can request trees through Casey Trees' planting programs, which are designed to maximize environmental and ecological impact across local neighborhoods. Casey Trees partners with certified arborists to ensure the health, growth, and longevity of every tree planted through its programs.
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Eligibility
Applicants must be community gardens located in Washington, DC (the national capital region). The program is specifically designed for community garden sites seeking tree planting support. No further eligibility restrictions are disclosed on the page.
How it's scored
No specific evaluation or scoring criteria are disclosed on the page for this program.
Key requirements
- ✓Community-led or participatory tree planting component
- ✓Project located in community gardens or shared public spaces
- ✓Alignment with Casey Trees' urban forestry mission
- ✓Demonstrated community engagement and benefit
Funder contact
The notice names a programme contact you can speak to before applying.
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Community Garden Tree Planting?
- Eligibility covers organisations in US; nonprofit, community-group, local-authority. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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How this compares
- Compared with 77 similar grants (forestry in United States) listed in the last 12 months.
- Similar grants that state a value range from $3k to $20m, with a median of $600k (11 grants).
- The same organisation listed 9 other similar grants here in the last 12 months.
- We hold 25 past awards from this funder; recent recipients include Urban Learning and Teaching Center (2025), Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc (2025), Anacostia Watershed Society Inc (2025).
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About this sector
Forestry funding supports afforestation, reforestation, sustainable forest management and avoided deforestation. Money flows from climate finance, nature programmes, results-based payments and corporate buyers of forest carbon. Calls typically require land tenure clarity, community engagement and a credible plan to monitor tree survival over time.
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