Funding and Resource Opportunities
If you want to collaborate on ideas for your classroom project, feel free to reach out to AgLiteracySTEM@arizona.edu - our program is happy to help!
This grant is an opportunity for Maricopa County schools, non-profit organizations, and other agricultural literacy operations to request generally up to $1500 of financial support for a specific program or project.
Application Deadline: April 30th, 2026
Community Seed Grants (CSG) are available once every year for school gardens and community organizations with a regional and cultural connection to NS/S seed collection. If chosen you can choose up to 30 packets of seeds.
Application Deadline: Rolling Deadline
This grant supports teachers interested in starting or continuing a community-action project that positively impacts people, animals, and the environment we all share. Apply for a $250 or $500 grant. Applicants must be registered members (free to join) to be eligible.
Application Deadline: Rolling Deadline until Nov. 1, 2026
There are 3 types of grant programs within the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation. Grant applications typically open up in the Fall & Spring.
K-6 Elementary schools are eligible for the Captain Planet Foundation Project Learning Garden Grant. This grant provides a whole kit of learning and tools to be successful growing in a school garden.
This grant typically opens up in the Fall.
The AAD Shade Structure Program is open to 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations and public schools that provide services, programs, and curricula to children and teenagers who are 18 and younger. A sun safety/skin cancer awareness program must be in place for at least one year prior to application. Your organization's sun-safety awareness program can include use of the AAD's sun-safety resources or the Good Skin Knowledge curriculum.
This grant will open up in the Fall
The Whole Foods Market Foundation provides funding for K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations through several different programs.
The Garden grants open up in the late winter, and the Bee grants open up in the fall.