What We Fund
Our mission is deliberately broad: any project that protects pollinators or the plants they depend on.
🌼Habitat & gardens
Pollinator gardens, meadows, prairies and roadside and cemetery plantings.
🌱Native plant nurseries
Growing milkweed, wildflowers and native trees, from Kansas City to Michoacán.
🕊️Peace gardens
Peace Poles ringed with milkweed and gardens shared across borders.
🥕Food security
Pollinated crops, community gardens, greenhouses and food for local pantries.
🐝Bees & beekeeping
Native bees, honeybees, apiaries and training new beekeepers.
🔬Science & citizen science
Monarch tagging, bee counts, plant surveys and research.
🎓Education & youth
STEAM, outdoor classrooms and Growing Green Leaders projects.
🔥Protecting forests
Firefighter training and equipment and reforestation in the monarch’s winter home.
🎖️Veterans & community
Programs where veterans and neighbors care for the land together.
🌳Trees & water
Native trees, rain gardens and clean water for healthy habitat.
🌎Across the Americas
Projects from Canada through Mexico and beyond, wherever pollinators travel.
🚀Pollinator-positive ventures
Businesses that help pollinators, through the planned impact fund.
What makes a good project
- Clear benefit to pollinators or native plants
- Local people and partners involved, such as service clubs, schools and community groups
- Results we can share: plants, acres, people and photos
- A plan to keep it going after the first planting
What your gifts help grow
