Apply For a Grant
Do you have an idea for a school/community 
native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project for your students? Need funds to implement it? Apply for a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant!
Background
GreenWorks! is the service-learning, community action program of PLT that partners, PLT educators, students, and communities in environmental neighborhood improvement projects. GreenWorks! blends service activities with the academic curriculum and addresses real community needs as students "learn by doing." GreenWorks! action projects make a difference in young people's sense of responsibility toward their communities, and in their understanding of their relationship to the environment. Some examples of past grant projects include habitat restoration, watershed improvement, outdoor classrooms, and energy conservation.
Since 1992, PLT has distributed nearly $1 million to fund 1,000 environmental projects in communities across the country.
Current Grant Opportunities
1. GreenSchools! Action Project Grants
Deadline: February 28, 2012
Contact: jmcgirt@plt.org
• Applicants must meet all the parameters for traditional GreenWorks! grant funding (see below)
• Applicants must be a school (public or private)
• Applicants must be registered on the PLT GreenSchools! website (It’s free!)
• Applicants must have established a Green Team
• Applicants must have completed one of more of the PLT GreenSchools! investigations
• The proposed project must be based on the findings of one or more of the PLT GreenSchools! investigations
Complete the GreenSchools! Action Project Grant Application Form.
2. Traditional GreenWorks! Grant Application Information
Deadline: September 30, 2012 - proposals available Summer 2012
Contact: jstallard@plt.org
• The maximum grant award is $1,000
• Grants must be completed in one year
• Applicants must have attended a Project Learning Tree (PLT) workshop1
• The proposed project must involve service-learning
• The proposed project must exemplify student voice2
• The proposed project must involve at least one community partner
• The proposed project must secure at least 50% matched funds (in-kind acceptable)
1PLT workshops are organized on a state-by-state basis. Contact your local PLT State Coordinatorto register for a workshop in your area. Applicants must have attended OR be registered to attend a PLT workshop at the time of the application deadline.
2 Student voice allows for youth to express their opinions and make decisions regarding the planning, implementation, and evaluation of their learning experiences.
Questions? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions
For additional information contact:
Jackie Stallard
jstallard@plt.org
202-463-2754
Have a look at PLT’s GreenWorks! Guidebook which offers practical ideas and pointers for getting a GreenWorks! project off and running.
Share our GreenWorks! grants promotional flyer with your colleagues and friends!
