Grant Opportunities
Deadlines are updated in January and June. The old deadline may remain to give you an approximate time frame for the application period.
Local (Cabarrus County)
Cabarrus County Education Foundation
- Opens: Fall 2025
- Deadline: January
State
NC Native Plant Society: BW Wells Stewardship Grant
- Deadline: September 1 each year
Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom: Going Local Grant
- Deadline: November 1, 2025
Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom: Teacher of the Year Award
- Deadline: February 15, 2026
National
Aldi Community Gift Card Program
- Deadline: Applications are accepted March 3 – November 30, 2025
American Horticultural Society: Julia Rappaport Growing Gardeners Fund
- Deadline: March 14, 2025
Duke Energy Powerful Communities: Local Impact
- Deadline: None. Applications accepted year-round
Fruit Tree Planting Foundation Orchard
- Deadline: None. Applications accepted on a rolling basis and remain on file until there is an opportunity to award an orchard.
American Heart Association’s Teaching Garden Network
- No grant cycle information at time of update.
- Opens: February 5, 2025
- Deadline: March 19, 2025
Toshiba America Foundation: Grades 6-12
- Deadline for grants less than $5,000: None. Applications are accepted any time
- Deadline for grants more than $5,000: May 1 and November 1
Walmart Foundation: Community Grant Program
- Grant applications are accepted and reviewed on a quarterly basis. The acceptance period for each quarter is:
- March 10 – April 15
- May 1 – July 15
- August 1 – October 15
- November 3 – December 31
Nature’s Path Gardens for Good
- Deadline: June 24, 2025
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
- Sprouting School Gardens
- Deadline: June 27, 2025
- Growing Healthy Kids
- Deadline: June 27, 2025
- Wellness Across the Lifespan
- Deadline: June 27, 2025
National Garden Bureau: Therapeutic Garden Grant
- Deadline: July 1, 2025
Toshiba America Foundation: Grades K-5
- Deadline: October 1 each year
- Opens: September 11, 2024
- Deadline: October 20, 2024
Wild Ones: Lorie Otto Seeds for Education
- Deadline: November 15, 2025
- Deadline: December 13, 2024
American Academy of Dermatology Shade Structure Program
- Opens: October 1 each year
- Deadline: December 15, 2025