This document provides information about mini-grants being offered by MillionTreesNYC and Change by Us NYC to fund community tree stewardship and greening projects. To qualify for the grants, applicants must register on the Adopt-a-Tree website and create a project on the Change by Us website. The grants provide up to $1000 and successful applicants will be notified in mid-May. Funded projects must be completed by late summer or early fall and final reports are due in late August to early October.

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2012 Mini-Grants!

2. CBU Overview
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279 Projects
3071 Ideas
116 Resources
and counting…

3. CBU Overview
Project Pages
Needs allows you to
specify exactly what help
you need, how much of it,
and when. The I can help
button makes it easier for
others to participate.
Events helps you to
promote special events
and recruit attendees.
Discussion features a user
timeline and allows you to
post pictures and documents
to your page.

4. CBU Overview
From the Change by Us NYC homepage (nyc.changeby.us),
you can:
Access the
online
application
Add your project to the
CBU website

5. CBU Overview
Last Year’s Winners
85 street trees maintained!
10 community
gardens created
or enhanced!
9,346+ lbs of waste
composted!

6. MTNYC Overview
Launched in 2007, MillionTreesNYC is
a partnership between Parks and New
York Restoration Project with the
ambitious goal of planting and caring
for one million new trees across the
city's five boroughs by 2017.

7. MTNYC Overview
Stewardship Corps was launched In May 2009 as a collaboration with Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, Greenbelt Conservancy, GreenThumb, Partnerships for Parks, New York
Botanic Garden and Trees New York to build a community-based network of tree
stewards across the city’s five boroughs.
• Goals:
– No-cost tree care workshops and
toolkits
– Coordinate and expand existing
environmental and tree stewardship
programs across New York City
– Adopt-a-Tree online space for tree • “Trees for Public Health”
stewards to adopt trees, report tree- Target Neighborhoods:
care activities and share resources East New York, BK
– “Train-the-Trainer” workshops to Hunts Point, BX
empower Corps members to Morrisania, BX
educate new tree stewards through East Harlem, MN
their local networks Far Rockaway, QN
Stapleton, SI

8. MTNYC Overview
Adopt-a-Tree www.milliontreesnyc.org/stewards
• Sign-up
• Locate newly planted
trees and adopt
them.
• Record your tree
care activities.
• Report any problems
with condition of
trees.

9. MTNYC Overview
Train-the-Trainer workshop series
• Goal: Empower intermediate-advanced tree stewards to
offer tree care workshops to new stewards in community.
• Attend a Train-the-Trainer workshop and gain the knowledge,
skills and resources needed to offer your own workshop.
– Tree care strategies and tips
– Community organizing and event running skills
– Network with a community of volunteer stewardship leaders
– Training Manual
– TreeLC Guide
– Tree care tools
– FAQs, list of resources, Adopt-a-Tree tutorial
– SteWagon can transport tools and supplies to Trained Trainer-
led events

10. MTNYC Overview
StewCorps Mini-Grants 2012
• Goal: empower committed community groups to
organize and strengthen tree stewardship efforts in
their neighborhoods
• Grants of up to $1000 (maximum) per project
• Application deadline is April 9, 2012
• Potential projects:
– Community tree watering program using buckets,
– gator bags, etc.
– Planting flowers and bulbs in tree beds
– Building and decorating tree guards
– Organizing community events focused around tree
care
– Neighborhood outreach and education about tree
stewardship

11. Application Guidelines
Eligible groups include:
Change by Us: To be eligible, you
• Self-organized, volunteer-based groups
also need to create a project on
• Groups new to fundraising, with small the CBU website. You must have at
budgets and limited fundraising least 20 members join your project
opportunities online, and fill out all relevant
• Block associations fields in your project profile.
• Civic organizations
• Adult-led youth groups
• Groups are not required to have non- MillionTrees: To be eligible, you
profit or 501(c)(3) status but will need to also need to register on Adopt-a-
set up a fiscal conduit or a bank account if Tree, using the Adopt-a-Tree map
a grant is awarded to locate and select the street tree
or trees you will adopt. Preference
will be given to projects located in
Trees for Public Health
neighborhoods.

12. Applying for a Grant
Step one: Submit
email address
Step two:
Follow link in
body of email
Tip: Remember to
check spam folder
if message does
not appear!

13. Applying for a Grant
Step three: Provide
general information,
like name and
location of your
group
Tip: If you aren’t
sure how much to
request, answer
this question after
creating your
budget proposal.

14. Applying for a Grant
Step four: Provide
narrative
information, like the
mission and
proposed project of
your group.
Tip: Think of it as
telling your story.
What do we need to
know to understand
you better?

15. Applying for a Grant
Step five:
Provide budget
and work plan.
Tip: It helps to
itemize. Break down
your needs into
smaller parts to
figure out how much
you’ll need total.

16. Applying for a Grant
Before you submit!
• Review your responses carefully and print a copy for your reference.
• Once you submit, you can no longer make changes to your application.
Last step: Read
through everything
one more time, and
then when you’re
ready, select “Submit.”
You’re done!

17. Grants Timeline
MillionTrees NYC: Change by Us NYC:
April 9, 2012 – Applications due! April 23, 2012 – Applications
May 15, 2012 – Applicants will be notified of due!
grant decisions. May 4, 2012 –Applicants will
May 16, 2012 – Grant period begins. Interim be notified of grant decisions.
& final report templates posted. May 5, 2012 – Grant period
July 20, 2012 – Interim reports due. begins.
September 30, 2012 – Grant period ends. Mid August, 2012 – Grant
October 31, 2012 – Final Report Due. period ends.
Adopt all trees cared for and report all tree- Late August, 2012 – Project
care activities via Adopt-a-Tree final reports due.
database.
Late Summer, 2012 – Grow Our Grassroots
Celebration event for all grantees!