Grants

Rules

1. A TFGC district, council, garden club, Racheff (IRH&G), or a TFGC individual may submit only one matching grant application each year.
2. The project/program may be new or may bring about measurable expansion of an existing project/program.
3. Matching grants are awarded to those projects/programs that are judged to be the most outstanding and deserving. There is no guarantee that each district will receive a matching grant in any given year.
4. Matching grants are not to be used for general operating expenses, but may be used for any purpose directly related to matching grant activity.
5. In-kind physical labor on a project may be counted at a minimum- wage level towards the matching grant funds.
6. Matching grant funds are awarded to recipients by January 1 of each year. Grant awards are sent to the District Trustees to present at each district member meeting.
7. Successful matching grant recipients are required to submit a progress report (if longer than one year).
   All successful recipients also submit a final report at the completion of the project/program, to the Endowment Fund Chair, who will provide copies to the other trustees.

Copies of Matching Grant Application forms are available on the TFGC website. Successful matching grant recipients is noted in The Volunteer Gardener magazine and on the TFGC website.

The maximum amount of the grant awarded per year is $1000.00

“The Frances T. Harris Endowment Fund Grant” is awarded to the project/program judged to be the most outstanding each year.”