Communities Caring for Canopy grants provide seed funding to help communities and organizations develop and sustain programs towards the advancement of urban and community trees and forests.  These grants allow for multiple program components to be merged into one grant application

Eligibility

Municipalities, public educational institutions, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations may apply. Projects may occur anywhere in Vermont.

Eligible Project Components

Projects must relate to urban and community forestry in public ways and places as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 2501a or at public educational institutions, take place in Vermont, and may consist of one or more of the following program components:

• Tree planting
• Tree nursery establishment
• Tree maintenance
• Removal of trees in public ways and places that pose a risk to public safety
• Tree inventory activities
• Plan development
• Pest and disease preparedness efforts
• Public outreach
• Staff or tree warden training
• Program development

Grant Documents

This document contains information to support grant applications and project development.

Grant Overview

Application

There is a common grant application is available to apply to all three of the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program's 2024 grant categories. Applications must be submitted using the online Microsoft form.

Please use the grant application worksheet to develop your application and transfer your answers into the online application form.

Grant applications must be submitted using the form below. Applications cannot be saved or restarted. Use the grant application worksheet to develop, edit, and save your work.

Grant Application Worksheet (Word doc)
Grant Application Worksheet (fillable PDF)

When your application ready to be submitted, transfer your answers in the grant application form, below.

Grant Application Form

Additional Documents & Guidance

• Grant Budget Worksheet (fillable PDF)
• Risk Assessment Questionnaire (Word doc)
• Risk Assessment Questionnaire (fillable PDF)
• Act 154 Certificate of Good Standing (fillable PDF)
• Grantee Insurance guidance
• Volunteer Match Guidance
• UCF Grants Frequently Asked Questions

Questions

For more information or assistance, contact the VT UCF staff listed below.

• Grant Application Questions: Elise Schadler, (802) 522-6015, elise.schadler@vermont.gov 
• Project Development Questions: Joanne Garton, (802) 249-4217, joanne.garton@vermont.gov

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