Apply by June 16, 2025!
Eligible applicants: Nonprofit organizations, school districts, universities, religious organizations, or other tax-exempt organizations in the United States and U.S. territories are eligible to apply. Groups and individuals are also eligible to apply by partnering with a fiscal sponsor who has achieved tax-exempt status. Municipalities, like city, state, or federal government, and politically-funded organizations are not eligible to apply. Previous Lots of Compassion Grant winners are ineligible.
Award amount: $20,000
Eligible projects: Ten grantees will receive $20,000 each to transform a vacant lot into a garden.
Summary: Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day and KidsGardening share a belief that the garden has the power to do more than grow flowers and herbs. It can grow people, communities, and even kindness, too. Together, we designed the Lots of Compassion Grant program to support local leaders looking to transform vacant lots into gardens to help grow compassion in their community.
About 15% of populated land is deemed vacant or abandoned, which can lead to many negative outcomes for surrounding neighborhoods, including decreases in physical and mental health and diminished feelings of safety & security[1]. Lots of Compassion aims to provide resources to those seeking to transform vacant lots in their neighborhood into gardens for community growth.
Through the Lots of Compassion initiative, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day is pledging to provide up to $1 million from Compassion Flower product sales to support community garden transformations over the next five years. Now in its third year, ten grantees will receive $20,000 each to transform a vacant lot into a garden. A total of $200,000 will be awarded.
