Orange County
Region 9b

Local Funding Opportunities

Funding for Teachers

Funding for Providers

Funding for Teachers

Grant funds are available to pay for student attendance at Inside the Outdoors® Field Trip and Traveling Scientist programs.

For more information about any of the grants, or if you know of a potential recipient, contact Sarah Jayne at sbjayne@cox.net or 949-552-0691.
CNPS also offers posters, books, and more free to teachers. Click here for more information: OCCNPS Teacher Offers.

The Orange County Chapter funds four grant programs:

The Acorn Grant is awarded to programs designed to acquaint young people with California native plants. This might be a school garden project, a field trip to a natural area, an outstanding native plant garden, or any creative idea that reaches the goal. This grant targets students in grades 4 through 6 with an award of $150 to $300.

The Horticultural Grant is awarded to a high school, community college or university student or class involved in using native plants in ornamental horticulture, landscape design or other related fields. It may be used to complete a project assigned and overseen by a faculty member. Up to $500 will be provided to offset costs of the project.

The Travelers Grant covers the costs of attending a native plant-oriented symposium to someone with genuine interest in native plants who might otherwise not be able to attend. This is awarded as needed; the funding amount varies.

The Charlie O'Neill Grant is awarded to a student involved in research in field botany, ecology, floristics, taxonomy, ethnobotany, and other related topics. A limited number of proposals are funded each year ranging from $500 to $1,000 to cover the cost of expendable items that might otherwise not be available to the researcher.

Funding for Providers

See also Statewide Funding Opportunities (Link will open in a new browser window.)

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