Apply for a bee-friendly grant for schools and backyard beekeepers!
GRANTS FOR SCHOOLS AND YOUTH GROUPS
We offer Bee-Friendly Grants for schools fostering environmental stewardship through hands-on projects that create sustainable bee habitats. These grants include Seed Ball Stewardship Kit Grants, Native Bee Nest Home Grants to support our School Community Science Project, and Beeyond HarvestED Materials Grants to complement our Digital Tool Kits.
GRANTS FOR BACKYARD BEEKEEPERS
Additionally, we provide grants for backyard beekeepers to enhance local biodiversity and promote healthy bee colonies.
Pollinator Habitat Program Grant Awardees Announcement Video from CA Department of Food and Agriculture - Featuring Planet Bee as One of the Awardees!
BEE FRIENDLY GRANTS
AVAILABLE GRANTS
SEED BALL STEWARDSHIP GRANT KIT
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Your school can join the global movement to support pollinator populations! This unique Stewardship Grant Program provides schools with seed ball materials, including noninvasive seeds, clay, and soil, to plant as food for bees and other pollinators. You will also be granted access to our Asynchronous and Synchronous STEM Lessons through this program.
BEEYOND HarvestED MATERIAL KIT GRANT
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Beeyond HarvestED Materials Grant offers a classroom supply kit to accompany our free, comprehensive Beeyond HarvestED STEM Digital Toolkit, which consists of five units and features engaging videos, interdisciplinary activities, collaborative projects, and whole-group lessons. Covered topics include food waste, soil health, sustainable food production, pollinator impact, and more. All lessons align with NGSS.
BEE A HERO GRANT
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Planet Bee is proud to partner with Farnell to offer the Bee A Hero Grant to backyard beekeepers and community organizations. Together, Farnell and Planet Bee are building a green-minded generation by bringing communities together through the wonder of bees and beekeeping in North America. Through their Helping Bees, People, and the Planet Initiative, Farnell will award mini-grants ranging from $500 - $1,000.
BEEKEEPERS IN NEED GRANT
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Planet Bee is proud to partner with The GIANT Company to offer the 2023 Healing Our Planet Beekeepers in Need Grant Program. They are committed to the health of the planet and local communities by supporting local beekeepers, as bees play a crucial role in pollinating the food brought to the family table each day. The GIANT Company will award up to $2,000 in grants to beekeepers in need.
PENNSYLVANIA BEE MENTORSHIP GRANT
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Learn how to keep bees from an expert in your area! The PA Honey Path, sponsored by Planet Bee and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, will pair experienced beekeeping mentors with eager mentees. Mentees will receive in-person training and guidance from mentors for one beekeeping season. The Sustainable Honey Path is a two-year-long apprenticeship program, starting Spring 2024.
CA HEALTHY POLLINATOR HABITAT GRANT
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This program has been made possible by The California Department of Food and Agriculture Pollinator Habitat Program Grant we received to support local farmers and ranchers in alignment with The CA Farmers Equity Act in the San Francisco Bay Area. As part of this grant program, Planet Bee Foundation will directly support a combination of twenty local farms and community gardens.