Congratulations to the 2023 GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant Winners!
The GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant, brought to you by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and KidsGardening, is designed to bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens to communities across the United States. The Grassroots Grants are part of Scotts Miracle-Gro’s larger GroMoreGood initiative, which aims to bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens and greenspaces to 10 million children by 2023.
In 2023, the following 160 programs received funding to start or expand their youth garden or greenspace. A total of $95,000 was awarded.
A Brighter Community Tampa, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) *Equity Specialty Award
A New Dawn Incorporated (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Alba Golden ISD (Alba, Texas)
Albany Community School (Albany, Vermont)
Alvarado Elementary (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Barton Academy and Graded School (Barton, Vermont)
BE Culturally Exposed (Detroit, Michigan)
Belle Chasse Middle School (Belle Chasse, Louisiana)
Benedictine Foundation (Ridgely, Maryland)
Blue Ridge Elementary (Evans, Georgia)
Bluff Dale Elementary (Bluff Dale, Texas)
Booker T Washington Elementary School (Tampa, Florida) *Equity Specialty Award
Boys & Girls Club of Freeport & Stephenson County (Freeport, Illinois)
Boys & Girls Club of Sherman (Sherman, Texas)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago: James R. Jordan Club (Chicago, Illinois)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County (Lakeland, Florida)
Canyon Creek School (Billings, Montana)
Caring People Alliance (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Central Jr. High School (Belleville, Illinois)
Chelsea Elementary School (Chelsea, Maine)
Chicago Public Schools (Chicago, Illinois)
Chula Vista Learning Community Charter High School (San Diego, California)
City Fields (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Civic Works Real Food Farm (Baltimore, Maryland) *Plus Specialty Award
Cleveland School District (Cleveland, Mississippi)
Community Action Service Center DBA Rise (Hightstown, New Jersey)
Community Food Initiatives (Stewart, Ohio)
Coventry Middle School (Akron, Ohio)
Crossroads Charter Academy (Big Rapids, Michigan)
Cultivating Connections Montana (Hamilton, Montana) *Pride Specialty Award
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (Houston, Texas)
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch (Fargo, North Dakota)
Darlington High School (Darlington, South Carolina)
Deeply Rooted Learning Center (Cape May Court House, New Jersey)
Delran Intermediate School (Delran, New Jersey)
Down to Earth Community Gardens & Volunteers of America Lake Stevens Community Resource Center (Lake Stevens, Washington)
Dunebrook (Michigan City, Indiana)
Dunkirk City School District (Dunkirk, New York) *Plus Specialty Award
East Bluff Community Center (Peoria, Illinois)
East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (Boonville, North Carolina)
East End Community Services (Dayton, Ohio)
East Feliciana STEAM Academy (Clinton, Louisiana)
Easton Banks Learning & Life Center, Inc. (Stone Mountain, Georgia)
Ehrman Crest Elementary (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania)
elevateHER (Nathrop, Colorado)
Elizabeth River Project (Portsmouth, Virginia)
EP Foster STEM Academy (Ventura, California)
Epworth United Methodist Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Fairfield City Schools (Fairfield, Alabama) *Plus Specialty Award
Family Learning Center (Edwards, Colorado)
First Assembly Christian School (Cordova, Tennessee)
Fitzgerald High School (Warren, Michigan)
Food As Real Medicine Prescription Program - FARM Rx (Bogart, Georgia) *Plus Specialty Award
Franklin Elementary (Franklin, Tennessee)
Generation Success DBA Aba Healing Academy (New Orleans, Louisiana)
George Nettels (Pittsburg, Kansas)
George Washington Carver Elementary School (San Diego, California)
Global Legacy Network, Inc (Durham, North Carolina)
GoPacks (Marietta, Ohio)
Governors State University Family Development Center (University Park, Illinois) *Equity Specialty Award
Greater Gallatin United Way (Belgrade, Montana)
Greater Lowell Technical High School (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts)
Greater Mount Holly Community Development Corporation (Baltimore, Maryland)
Green Acre Community Garden (Paterson, New Jersey)
Gulfside Elem - A Community Partnership School (Holiday, Florida)
Hands On Personal Empowerment (Shelton, Washington)
Hanover Hills Elementary School (Hanover, Maryland)
Harmony School (Logan, Alabama)
Harmony Township School (Phillipsburg, New Jersey)
Helping Hands Christian Learning Center (Lansing, Michigan)
Highland Childrens House (Monterey, Virginia)
Highland Park High School (Topeka, Kansas)
Holland Patent Central School District (Holland Patent, New York) *Pride Specialty Award
Idaho Basecamp (Ketchum, Idaho)
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Princeton, Minnesota)
Indigenous Regeneration (Compton, California)
Institute for Education Research and Scholarship (Catonsville, Maryland)
Johnson Elementary School (Johnson, Vermont)
Ketab Corp (Miami, Florida)
Kids Cove (Sterling, Kansas)
KidsPeace National Centers of Georgia, Inc. (Bowdon, Georgia) *Pride Specialty Award
KidsPeace National Centers, Inc. (Orefield, Pennsylvania)
Kingswood K-8 (Citrus Heights, California)
Kittrell Elementary School (Waterloo, Iowa) *Equity Specialty Award
La Joya High School - La Joya ISD (Penitas, Texas)
Larc School, Inc. (Bellmawr, New Jersey)
Lindenwold School District (Lindenwold, New Jersey)
Lionsgate Academy School (Minnetonka, Minnesota)
Little Elegant Ladies/ The Etiquette Club (Houma, Louisiana)
Loma Vista Middle School (Riverside, California)
Lorena Elementary (Lorena, Texas)
Lovejoy Elementary (Des Moines, Iowa)
Lucy T. Davis Elementary (Florence, South Carolina)
Magic City Acceptance Academy (Homewood, Alabama)
McNair Discovery Learning Academy (Decatur, Georgia)
Mill City Grows (Lowell, Massachusetts)
Milwaukee Public Schools, North Division High School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Montessori School of Durham (Durham, North Carolina) *Pride Specialty Award
Neighbor Program (Sacramento, California)
Nesbit Elementary (Tucker, Georgia)
New Era Creative Space (Peekskill, New York)
New Leaf Collaborative (Martinez, California)
North Lee School (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Northeast Georgia Speech Center (Gainesville, Georgia)
Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network (Sharon, Tennessee)
Oelwein Community School District (Oelwein, Iowa)
One City Preschool (Madison, Wisconsin)
One Spirit (Allen, South Dakota)
P.S. 21 Philip H. Sheridan School (Bronx, New York)
Palm Beach County School District/Forest Hill Elementary School (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Paradise Ridge Elementary School (Paradise, California)
Parkview Hospital, Inc. (Fort Waye, Indiana)
Parkway Elementary School (Boone, North Carolina)
Pepin Academies Pasco (New Port Richey, Florida)
Petros Joyner School (Oliver Springs, Tennessee)
Phantasy Entertainment Foundation Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio)
Pinckneyville Middle School (Peachtree Corners, Georgia)
Plant Food ROCKS, Inc. (Jacksonville, Florida) *Equity Specialty Award
Rayville Elementary School (Rayville, Louisiana) *Plus Specialty Award
Redland Christian Academy (Homestead, Florida)
ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Rio Grande Academy of Fine Arts (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Riverside Christian Academy (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Rockland BOCES Family Resource Center Foundation (Piermont, New York)
Saint Paul Public Schools / Frost Lake Elementary (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Santa Clara County Office Of Education (San Jose, California)
SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers (Mesick, Michigan)
Sequoia Children's Center (Redwood City, California)
Sharpstown Parks Alliance (Houston, Texas)
Skyview Elementary School (Dallas, Texas)
Southern Guilford Middle School (Greensboro, North Carolina)
Southside Early Childhood Center (Lancaster, South Carolina)
Southside Landtrust (Providence, Rhode Island)
Springfield Central High School (MA) (Springfield, Massachusetts)
St. Francis Children’s Center (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
St. Michael School (Brookville, Indiana)
St. Vincent Early Learning Center (Evansville, Indiana)
Stanley Elementary School (Waltham, Massachusetts)
Statesville YMCA of NWNC (Statesville, North Carolina)
Technology Engagement Center (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
The Launch Pad Teen Center (Prescott, Arizona)
The Ohio State University, on behalf of Jackson County Extension (Jackson, Ohio)
The Renaissance Charter School (Jackson Heights, New York)
The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Beaumont (Beaumont, Texas)
Thomas Paine Elementary School (Urbana, Illinois)
Tice Elementary School ESE Department (Fort Myers, Florida)
True Colors Flint Hills (Manhattan, Kansas) *Pride Specialty Award
Tulsa Cornerstone Assistance Network (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Tynkertopia, Inc. (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Urbana Early Childhood School (Urbana, Illinois)
Variety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley (Worcester, Pennsylvania)
Vass Lions Club (Vass, North Carolina)
West Allis - West Milwaukee Recreation and Community Services Department (West Allis, Wisconsin)
Widener Memorial School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Wintergarden Presbyterian Church (Port Charlotte, Florida)
Wonderland Nature School (Gunnison, Colorado)
Yankee Ridge Elementary School (Urbana, Illinois)
Ypsilanti District Library Michigan Avenue Branch (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
YWCA Hartford Region, Inc. (Hartford, Connecticut)
Zealous Empowering Nurturer (Charlotte, North Carolina)