The Giving Grove’s mission is to provide healthy calories, strengthen community, and improve the urban environment through a nationwide network of sustainable little orchards.
The Giving Grove backs urban orchards as a food-access strategy, funding neighborhood projects that increase access to healthy food while also supporting community stewardship and environmental benefits. Its recent awards show a repeatable model: community organizations receive support to plant and maintain orchards in city neighborhoods, with grants often tied to local implementation rather than broad general operating support. The largest recent grant listed is $113,168 to Grow North Texas for orchards in Dallas, and the foundation has also made sizable repeat awards to groups working in Detroit, such as $67,064 to the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University and $51,911 to Keep Growing Detroit. The foundation’s mission links healthy calories with community strength and urban environmental improvement through a nationwide network of sustainable little orchards. That framing shows up in the grant descriptions, which consistently connect orchard planting with increased access to healthy food. The recurring city-level pattern suggests a place-based approach: the foundation funds projects city by city, often through local nonprofit partners or university-affiliated entities that can carry out planting, stewardship, and public education work. In multiple cases, the same organizations appear again in later years, indicating continued support for established orchard networks.
Food access is the clearest throughline in The Giving Grove’s grantmaking. In Dallas, it gave $113,168 to Grow North Texas and later $24,616 for orchards in the same city to increase access to healthy food. In Detroit, it funded orchard work through both the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University and Keep Growing Detroit, each tied to orchard planting for healthy-food access. Urban orchard development is another core area. Grants to Food Well Alliance supported orchards in Atlanta, while Denver Urban Gardens received awards for orchards in Denver. The same pattern appears in Seattle through Tilth Alliance and in St. Louis through Seed St Louis. The foundation also supports neighborhood-level food systems work beyond a single site. Kansas City Community Gardens received funding for various projects to increase access to healthy food in the Kansas City metropolitan area, showing that the orchard model can extend into broader local food-access efforts.
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$1.4M
Most grants fall between $20K and $43K, with a median of $28K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$28K
75th Percentile
$43K
About 10% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Typical awards cluster around the mid-$20,000s: the 25th percentile is $20,190, median grant size is $27,500, and the 75th percentile is $43,143. The recent grant list includes both larger launch-style grants and follow-on support, with several organizations appearing in more than one year, such as Grow North Texas, Food Well Alliance, Keep Growing Detroit, Denver Urban Gardens, Kansas City Community Gardens, Seed St Louis, Green Umbrella, Tree Pittsburgh, Unity Gardens, and Louisville Grows. That repeat pattern points to ongoing project support rather than one-time-only relationships. The Giving Grove accepts unsolicited applications through its Giving Grove National Affiliate Program, which offers matching funds, supplies/material budgets, technical coaching, marketing support, and access to national funding relationships.
The Giving Grove gives nationally, and its grants land most often in Indiana by grant count. Recent awards are concentrated in city programs in Detroit, Dallas, Atlanta, Kansas City, Seattle, Denver, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, South Bend, St. Louis, and Louisville. Kansas City appears as both a grant destination and the foundation’s headquarters city, with 10% of grants going to recipients in Missouri. Its recipient footprint is entirely U.S.-based in the data provided.
It funds urban orchard projects that increase access to healthy food. The grant descriptions also connect those orchards to community stewardship, public education on horticulture and food systems, and environmental benefits such as stormwater management, air quality, and carbon sequestration.
Yes. Its Giving Grove National Affiliate Program accepts unsolicited applications and provides matching funds, supplies/material budgets, technical coaching, marketing support, and access to national funding relationships for selected community-based organizations.
The middle of the distribution sits in the high-$20,000 range: the 25th percentile is $20,190, the median grant is $27,500, and the 75th percentile is $43,143.
The foundation gives nationally, but the most frequent recipient state by grant count is Indiana. Recent grants also show repeated activity in cities such as Detroit, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years, including Grow North Texas, Food Well Alliance, Keep Growing Detroit, Denver Urban Gardens, Kansas City Community Gardens, Seed St Louis, Green Umbrella, Tree Pittsburgh, Unity Gardens, and Louisville Grows.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Who can apply: Affiliate partners and local organizations that bring The Giving Grove model to their community; specific eligibility varies by city and partnership.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TREE PITTSBURGH | — | $45,000 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN PITTSBURGH PA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| PROJECT PANDO | — | $25,000 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN RALEIGH NC TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| THE NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT | — | $25,000 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN NASHVILLE TN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| THE WORKS INC | — | $25,000 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN MEMPHIS TN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| RETREEUS | — | $25,000 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN NEW ENGLAND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| SEED ST LOUIS | — | $24,381 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN ST LOUIS MO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| UNITY GARDENS | — | $13,333 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN SOUTHBEND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC | — | $12,408 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN KANSAS CITY MO AND KS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| FOOD WELL ALLIANCE | — | $9,350 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN ATLANTA GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| GROW NORTH TEXAS | — | $8,000 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DALLAS TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| TILTH ALLIANCE | — | $7,726 | 2026 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN SEATTLE WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | EAST LANSING, MI | $67,064 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| KEEP GROWING DETROIT | DETROIT, MI | $51,911 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| UNITY GARDENS | SOUTHBEND, IN | $33,833 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN SOUTH BEND IN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC | KANSAS CITY, MO | $28,405 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN KANSAS CITY MO AND KS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| RETREEUS UNDER UMBRELLA OF UNITED CHARITABLE | ASHBURN, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN NEW ENGLAND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| GROW NORTH TEXAS | DALLAS, TX | $24,616 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DALLAS TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| TREE PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $22,500 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN PITTSBURGH PA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| SEED ST LOUIS | ST LOUIS, MO | $16,580 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN ST. LOUIS MO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| DENVER URBAN GARDENS | DENVER, CO | $12,500 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DENVER CO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| FOOD WELL ALLIANCE | ATLANTA, GA | $12,500 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN ATLANTA GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| TILTH ALLIANCE | SEATTLE, WA | $5,625 | 2025 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN SEATTLE WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| GROW NORTH TEXAS | DALLAS, TX | $113,168 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DALLAS TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| FOOD WELL ALLIANCE | ATLANTA, GA | $51,300 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN ATLANTA GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | EAST LANSING, MI | $49,933 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| SEED ST LOUIS | ST LOUIS, MT | $46,907 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN ST. LOUIS MO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS | KANSAS CITY, MT | $44,323 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN KANSAS CITY MO AND KS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| TILTH ALLIANCE | SEATTLE, WA | $41,963 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN SEATTLE WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| KEEP GROWING DETROIT | DETROIT, MI | $39,059 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| DENVER URBAN GARDENS | DENVER, CO | $27,500 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN DENVER CO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| TREE PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PW | $25,000 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN PITTSBURGH PA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| UNITED CHARITABLE | ASHBURN, VA | $25,000 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN NEW ENGLAND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| UNITY GARDENS | SOUTH BEND, IN | $25,000 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN SOUTH BEND IN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| GREEN UMBRELLA | CINCINNATI, OH | $12,500 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN CINCINNATI OH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| LOUISVILLE GROWS | LOUISVILLE, KY | $7,500 | 2024 | GROWING ORCHARDS IN LOUISVILLE KY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD |
| FOOD WELL ALLIANCE | ATLANTA, GA | $54,200 | 2023 | GROW AN ORCHARD IN ATLANTA, GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. |
| GROW NORTH TEXAS | DALLAS, TX | $40,300 | 2023 | GROW AN ORCHARD IN DALLAS, TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. |
| DENVER URBAN GARDENS | DENVER, CO | $32,500 | 2023 | GROW AN ORCHARD IN DENVER, CO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. |
| TILTH ALLIANCE | SEATTLE, WA | $32,500 | 2023 | GROW AN ORCHARD IN SEATTLE, WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. |
| GREEN UMBRELLA | CINCINNATI, OH | $26,500 | 2023 | GROW AN ORCHARD IN CINCINNATI, OH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. |
| KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS | KANSAS CITY, MO | $17,879 | 2023 | VARIOUS PROJECTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. |
| LOUISVILLE GROWS | LOUISVILLE, KY | $7,500 | 2023 | GROW AN ORCHARD IN LOUISVILLE, KY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. |
PROJECT PANDO
$25,000GROWING ORCHARDS IN RALEIGH NC TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN NASHVILLE TN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
SEED ST LOUIS
GROWING ORCHARDS IN ST LOUIS MO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
UNITY GARDENS
$13,333GROWING ORCHARDS IN SOUTHBEND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC
$12,408GROWING ORCHARDS IN KANSAS CITY MO AND KS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROW NORTH TEXAS
$8,000GROWING ORCHARDS IN DALLAS TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$67,064GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
UNITY GARDENS
$33,833GROWING ORCHARDS IN SOUTH BEND IN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC
$28,405GROWING ORCHARDS IN KANSAS CITY MO AND KS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN NEW ENGLAND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROW NORTH TEXAS
$24,616GROWING ORCHARDS IN DALLAS TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN PITTSBURGH PA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
SEED ST LOUIS
$16,580GROWING ORCHARDS IN ST. LOUIS MO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN DENVER CO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN ATLANTA GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN SEATTLE WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROW NORTH TEXAS
$113,168GROWING ORCHARDS IN DALLAS TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN ATLANTA GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$49,933GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
SEED ST LOUIS
$46,907GROWING ORCHARDS IN ST. LOUIS MO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS
$44,323GROWING ORCHARDS IN KANSAS CITY MO AND KS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN SEATTLE WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN DETROIT MI TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN DENVER CO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN PITTSBURGH PA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN NEW ENGLAND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
UNITY GARDENS
$25,000GROWING ORCHARDS IN SOUTH BEND IN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROWING ORCHARDS IN CINCINNATI OH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
LOUISVILLE GROWS
$7,500GROWING ORCHARDS IN LOUISVILLE KY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
GROW AN ORCHARD IN ATLANTA, GA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
GROW NORTH TEXAS
$40,300GROW AN ORCHARD IN DALLAS, TX TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
GROW AN ORCHARD IN DENVER, CO TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
GROW AN ORCHARD IN SEATTLE, WA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
GROW AN ORCHARD IN CINCINNATI, OH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS
$17,879VARIOUS PROJECTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
LOUISVILLE GROWS
$7,500GROW AN ORCHARD IN LOUISVILLE, KY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
