About New Orleans Town Gardeners
To stimulate knowledge and a love of gardening within the community and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment of Southeast Louisiana through educational programs, action, and grants in the fields of conservation, horticulture, floral design, and civic improvement.
Focus Areas
horticultureconservationfloral designcivic improvement/beautificationeducationcoastal restorationcommunity grants
Who They Fund
general public/unspecified populationsnonprofit organizations (general assistance recipients)
Funding Style
general operating supportdirect service funding
About New Orleans Town Gardeners
New Orleans Town Gardeners Inc supports a mix of gardening, conservation, floral design, civic improvement, and education work in New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana, with grants that often land in the five-figure range. The foundation also maintains an annual conservation scholarship for graduate student research in coastal restoration, tying its grantmaking to long-term environmental work in the region. Among its recent grants, the largest single award went to Partners for Plants, Garden Club of America, at $25,611 in 2023. New Orleans City Park New Orleans Botanical Gardens also received support in consecutive years, including $21,320 in 2024 and $10,000 in 2023. Other recurring recipients include Grow Dat Youth Farm and Soul, both funded in multiple years, which shows that the foundation favors ongoing relationships as well as project support. Its stated purpose is to stimulate knowledge and a love of gardening within the community while restoring, improving, and protecting the environment of Southeast Louisiana. That mission appears across both public-facing garden programs and conservation-oriented grantmaking, with civic and educational projects alongside environmental ones.
What New Orleans Town Gardeners Funds
The foundation’s program priorities center on horticulture and conservation, and its recent grants show those themes in practice. New Orleans City Park New Orleans Botanical Gardens received $21,320 in 2024 and $10,000 in 2023, reflecting support for a local garden institution. Longue Vue House and Gardens Corp also received $10,000 in 2024 after a $7,500 grant in 2023. Education-linked projects appear as well. Firstline Schools Edible Schoolyard was funded at $11,000 in 2024 and $10,000 in 2023, pointing to a garden-based education model. Grow Dat Youth Farm received $15,000 in both 2023 and 2024, and Soul received $12,000 in both years, indicating support for community-based programs with a local public benefit. Civic and preservation work is present too. Friends of Beauregard-Keyes House received $10,000 in 2024, while Common Ground Relief Project was funded in both 2023 and 2024.
How New Orleans Town Gardeners Gives
Typical awards cluster around five figures: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $11,000, and the 75th percentile is $15,000. That pattern suggests a grantmaking style built around moderate project support rather than very small awards. The recent record also shows repeat funding across years for several recipients, including Grow Dat Youth Farm, Soul, New Orleans City Park New Orleans Botanical Gardens, Firstline Schools Edible Schoolyard, Longue Vue House and Gardens Corp, and Common Ground Relief Project. The foundation accepts unsolicited applications through its community grants programs. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$119K
Total Assets
$682K
Total Revenue
$170K
Total Expenses
$154K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $15K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
CINDY WEINMANN
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