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Recent Grants

In 2023, the Trust awarded annual grants totaling $654,687 to 43 organizations, with an average grant size of $15,225.

The list below details all annual grants approved since 2008, and can be filtered by country.

Organization	Location	Country	Year	Amount	Purpose
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park	Canandaigua, NY	United States	2013	$5,000	the Signage Program
The Water Conservation Garden	El Cajon, CA	United States	2013	$10,000	the Director of Horticulture position
Tohono Chul Park	Tucson, AZ	United States	2013	$10,000	New Entry Path and Succulent Garden
Tulsa Botanic Garden	Tulsa, OK	United States	2013	$20,000	Garden Tractor and Plant Labels
Turtle Bay Exploration Park	Redding, CA	United States	2013	$16,000	Physical and Digital Signage
UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens	Charlotte, NC	United States	2013	$19,000	Native Plants Display Garden-Phase 3 at the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
University of Tennessee Foundation	Knoxville, TN	United States	2013	$20,000	partial salary for the ornamental horticulturist
University of Washington Press	Seattle, WA	United States	2013	$14,000	Book: Gardening with Natives of the Pacific NW
Wave Hill	Bronx, NY	United States	2013	$10,000	Technology Needs for Horticulture Staff
Western Sonoma County Historical Society	Sebastopol, CA	United States	2013	$10,300	Nursery Project at Luther Burbank's Farm
Winterthur Museum	Winterthur, DE	United States	2013	$15,000	the Plant Mapping System
VanDusen Botanical Garden Association	Vancouver, BC	Canada	2012	$20,000	Renovation of Rock Garden
Amarillo Botanical Gardens	Amarillo, TX	United States	2012	$18,400	repairs and renovations to facilities
Botanic Gardens Conservation International US	Glencoe, IL	United States	2012	$20,000	enhancement of the PlantSearch database
Boyce Thompson Arboretum	Superior, AZ	United States	2012	$8,000	specifically for the addressograph embosser
Chicago Horticultural Society	Glencoe, IL	United States	2012	$17,000	the Horticulture Interns in College First Program
Council on Foundations Inc	Arlington, VA	United States	2012	$630	membership dues for the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust
Cylburn Arboretum Association	Baltimore, MD	United States	2012	$9,500	specifically for signage at the Arboretum
Delaware Center for Horticulture	Wilmington, DE	United States	2012	$5,400	the Monthly Lecture Series. Please note that funds may be used for all items in the proposal budget except salary for the communications coordinator, for which no c.v. was provided.
Descanso Gardens	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	United States	2012	$3,000	specifically for speakers fees for the Public Education Lectures