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Grant Application Info

Apply for the Bethlehem Garden Club 2024-2025 Grants!

*APPLICATION DEADLINE for January 31, 2025 

Please follow the application format below to ensure all the necessary information is included. Completed applications should be mailed to: 

Chair of Educational Grants Committee

Bethlehem Garden Club, 

P.O. Box 485, Delmar, NY 12054

The Bethlehem Garden Club is inviting grant applications for the 2025 calendar year.  

 

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Who can apply for our Club grants:

The Bethlehem Garden Club invites grant applications from:

  • public or private schools in the Town of Bethlehem,

  • environmental groups,

  • or not-for-profit organizations,

whose proposals enhance the environmental curriculum tailored to youth (ages K-12th grade). 

 

Get creative with your grant ideas!

Proposals need not be just about gardening!  Proposals can include requests for funds for:

  • speaker fees,

  • science/ecological supplies,

  • conservation or nature projects,

  • improving nature trails,

  • or other related activities that promote environmental stewardship among youth.

Note:  Grant funds cannot be issued to an individual or for purposes of a field trip or scholarship.

 

Other Information:

  • More than one grant application may be submitted per organization. 

  • Partially funded grants may be provided based on available funding. 

  • All successful applicants will be required to submit a one-page written report in September 2025. 

  • Some successful grant applicants might be asked to provide a brief report to the Club at one of our Fall 2025 Club meetings through a verbal presentation along with photos.

 

​Applying for your grant:

The Outline for the 2025 Grant Application is delineated below.  Please follow the outline (as formatted) in composing the grant proposal. 

 

Mail completed applications to:

Chair-Educational Grants Committee

Bethlehem Garden Club

PO Box 485

Delmar, NY 12054

Deadline: Grant applications must be received by the BGC no later than

January 31, 2025. ​

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Grant Application Outline:

Please follow this outline when submitting your grant application. Thank you!

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OUTLINE for submission of grants

 

Section One   (Contact Information)

  • Name of Person completing the application

  • Position Title

  • Name of School or Organization

  • Address

  • Phone number  

  • Phone Number during summer months

  • Email Address 

  • Email Address during summer months

 

Section Two --- Narrative   (no more than 2 pages, if feasible)

  1. Name of project

  2. Amount being requested

  3. Location of proposed grant-funded activity

  4. Goal of the project and what is the Outcome(s) you expect to achieve with the use of grant funds

  5. Briefly describe the Project Activity and Who will benefit from the grant-funded activity

  6. Timeframe – when will project activity begin and most likely conclude

 

Section Three:  A one-page Budget delineating items to fund through the Bethlehem Garden Club​​​​​​

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Please follow the application format above to ensure all the necessary information is included. Completed applications should be mailed to: 

Chair of Educational Grants Committee

Bethlehem Garden Club, 

P.O. Box 485, Delmar, NY 12054

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