Adirondack Garden Club Fund Grant Applications now open

KEENE—The window for the 2023 Adirondack Garden Club’s grants applications is now open. 

The Adirondack Garden Club offers three grants: 

Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to give financial assistance to individuals and not-for-profit organizations, including schools, involved in programs whose purpose is to study, protect, and enjoy the natural environment within the Adirondack Park. These requests are considered and distributed by the ELP Committee. The maximum amount per Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund grant is $1500. A full list of Ellen Lea Paine grant awards are HERE.

1928 AGC Founders Fund was established in the 1980s to give grants to not-for-profit organizations, including schools, involved in programs whose purpose is to create an impact in a specific area within the Adirondack environment. The Executive Committee reviews these requests for approval and distribution. 

Francesca Paine Irwin Conservation Fund was created in 2013 and is used for project-based funding requests focused on conservation. These requests are reviewed by the Conservation Committee and forwarded to the Executive Committee for approval and distribution. 

All three grants utilize the same grant application form. For an application,  link HERE, visit adirondackgardenclub.com, or write to Liz Jaques, P.O. Box 58, Keene, NY 12942-0058, or email us. The deadline for grant applications is April 1, 2023.

In 2022, the Adirondack Garden Club grants funded projects such as an educational edible garden (Creative Kitchen Garden), assistance in the purchase of battery-powered equipment (Adirondack Land Trust), production of an informational guide for people to notice, identify, and report the diversity of species that live around Moody Pond (Friends of Moody Pond) and the purchase of a collection of books by Rebecca Pettiford concerning composting, flowers, fruits, harvesting, planting and vegetables (Au Sable Forks Elementary School), among others.