We are pleased to announce two grant categories for 2027 awards. All funds will be distributed through a competitive grant review and selection process and applications for both categories are due by 5:00pm on Friday, January 29th, 2027.   

Communities Caring for Canopy

Our traditional annual grant category provides 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. 

For 2027, a total of $100,000 in 1:1 cost-share grants is available, with individual awards ranging from $5,000 to $20,000.  

Projects must take place in Vermont and relate to urban and community forestry along municipal rights-of-way and on municipal property, or at public educational institutions.  

Grant Application Guidance
Grant Category Webpage

Urban Tree Planting Mini Grants   

2027 Urban Tree Planting mini grants will fund tree planting projects in urban census blocks low tree canopy cover.  With special funds through the USDA Forest Service’s National Urban & Community Forestry Program and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, these grants will advance work within areas with high population density to support more resilient urban and community forests. 

A total of $8,000 is available, with individual awards ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.  There is no cost-share requirement.  

Projects must take place in census blocks that have been identified as having a current tree canopy cover of 30% or less according to the website TreeCanopy.us. 

Grant application guidance

Grant category webpage