Hardwood Forestry Fund Deadline: August 31, 2012 The Hardwood Forestry Fund promotes hardwood timber growth, management, and education, as well as environmentally sound uses of renewable forest resources. The Fund supports projects on public land, including...
Grants
California ReLeaf and Canopy Win a Grant from Odwalla
by California ReLeaf | Jun 6, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
In April, California ReLeaf and Canopy teamed up to enter the Odwalla Plant a Tree competition. Over the course of two months, supporters were asked to choose their favorite tree planting project by voting for one of twenty entries. The top ten vote recipients will...
Benicia Branches Out to Improve Air Quality
by California ReLeaf | Jun 4, 2012 | Grants, Network, Resources, Updates
Understanding And Valuing Benicia’s Urban Forest Jeanne Steinmann Before the gold rush in 1850, Benicia’s hills and flats made for a rather barren landscape. In 1855, humorist George H. Derby, an army Lieutenant, is reported to have liked the people of Benicia, but...
We Need Your Vote NOW
by California ReLeaf | May 30, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
Tomorrow, May 31st, is the last day to vote in the Odwalla Plant a Tree Contest. The top ten vote recipients will each win $10,000 to plant trees. Right now, California ReLeaf and Canopy's planting project at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto is in 10th place and in...
Donation Solicitation Reporting
by California ReLeaf | May 21, 2012 | Grants, Network, Research
Thousands of nonprofit organizations in the United States misreport how they solicit billions of dollars in donations, making it impossible for Americans to know how their gifts are used, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study of federal tax records. ...
Grants Available for Tree Planting and Tree Care Projects
by California ReLeaf | May 21, 2012 | Grants, Network, Press
$250,000 AVAILABLE FOR TREE PLANTING AND TREE CARE PROJECTS Sacramento, CA, May 21st – California ReLeaf unveiled its new grants program today that will provide more than $250,000 to community-based groups and other organizations throughout California for urban...
Network Well-Represented in SGC Grant Awardees
by California ReLeaf | May 16, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
Multiple members of the California ReLeaf Network were awarded more than $4.5 million in grant funding from the Strategic Growth Council last week to support urban greening projects and planning in the Central Valley and Southern California. Numerous Network...
Native Plant Conservation Initiative Grants
by California ReLeaf | May 11, 2012 | Grants
Deadline: May 25, 2012 The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is soliciting proposals for 2012 Native Plant Conservation Initiative grants, which are awarded in cooperation with the Plant Conservation Alliance, a partnership between the foundation, ten federal...
NEEF Every Day 2012 Grants
by California ReLeaf | May 11, 2012 | Grants
Deadline: May 25, 2012 Our nation's public lands need our support every day. With stretched budgets and limited staff, land managers at federal, state and local public lands need all the help they can get. That help often comes from nonprofit organizations whose...
AmeriCorps Video and Photo Contest
by California ReLeaf | May 10, 2012 | Grants
Deadline: July 1, 2012 Create a 60 second video or submit a photo that tells a compelling, influential story about how AmeriCorps works and the effect AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps projects have on local communities and the nation. The theme of the...