Applications Invited for Orchard Grant Program

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About the Organization

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) is an award-winning international nonprofit charity dedicated to planting fruitful trees and plants to alleviate world hunger, combat global warming, strengthen communities and improve the surrounding air, water and soil. FTPF programs strategically donate orchards where the harvest will best serve communities for generations, such as community gardens, schools, public parks, low-income neighborhoods, Native American reservations, animal sanctuaries and directly to underserved families. FTPF’s unique mission, which has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Today Show, benefits the environment, human health and animal welfare—all at once!

About the Grant

Our orchard donations are available for recipients who pledge to care for the trees and utilize them for a charitable purpose, with the goal of improving surrounding environments and providing a source of healthy nutrition for the community. If selected for an orchard donation, FTPF will provide high-quality and region-appropriate fruit trees and shrubs, orchard design expertise, on-site planting oversite and aftercare training. We help coordinate all aspects of the planting and offer an educational experience for volunteers interested in learning more about tree planting. Additional arboricultural workshops are also available the day of planting and FTPF will remain a resource for the life of the orchard.

Recipients must be nonprofits, public/nonprofit schools or government entities that 1) own the planting site (or have long-term arrangements to remain at the planting site), 2) are committed to caring for the trees in perpetuity, 3) have a source of irrigation nearby, and 4) can help coordinate local volunteers to join us on the day of planting.

Eligibility

• Recipients must be nonprofits, NGOs, public schools, or government entities serving a charitable purpose.
• Recipients must be fully committed to caring for the trees in perpetuity with a clear goal to use the orchard to further their charitable mission.
• Recipients must have a horticulturally appropriate planting site, capable of hosting a grove of fruit trees at approximately 15 ft. intervals. The minimum number of trees varies from program to program, however, a ballpark minimum is around 15-20 trees. Our application helps evaluate all the appropriate site factors.
• Recipients must either a) own the planting site, b) have a long-term lease in place, or c) work with a nonprofit or government entity that owns the planting site with a long-term usage agreement in place.
• The orchard must have a reliable source of year-round irrigation nearby.

• Recipients must help coordinate the attendance of local volunteers on planting day. Orchard stewardship is maximized when local volunteers are involved.

How to Apply

Please note that we accept applications on a rolling basis with no deadlines. Applications remain in our database until an opportunity to collaborate arises if it's deemed to be a good fit. We will send an acknowledgment of your application once submitted and then be back in touch at a future date if accepted into the program. If you don't hear from us immediately, please know that your information will remain active in our system with no need to reapply.

See the requirements section below, then download FTPF's application form here. Submit form via email to info@ftpf.org.

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