Effective immediately, this program will no longer be offered.
- All active grants previously awarded under this program will remain active with no changes to their requirements.
Pictured: Student volunteers working at Burnham Wildlife Corridor Pollinator Habitat planted at 35th St. Bridge Plaza under Chicago Park District’s grant project.
Effective immediately, this program will no longer be offered.
Effective immediately, this program will no longer be offered.
Starting your Pollinator Habitat
- Design Guide for Pollinator Gardens by USDA
- Pollinator Plants for Dry Sites
- Pollinator Plants for Moist Sites
- Pollinator Plants for Wet Sites
- Monarchs in the Rough Resource Guide (Please note that the Foundation does not fund habitat installation at golf courses, but this guide may be useful for larger K-12 Pollinator Schools habitat areas to be grown from seed. The guide includes information on planning a project, establishing milkweed and adaptive management.)
Habitat Certifications
Curriculum Materials
- North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Curriculum
- Perilous Plight of the Pollinator
- Pollinator Partnership – Bee Smart Curriculum
Community Science Resources
- iNaturalist
- HabiTally
- Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network
- Budburst
- The Great Sunflower Project
- Bumble Bee Watch
- The Field Museum’s Monarch Community Science Project
Other Pollinator Funding Opportunities
- Greening Forward
- The Pollination Project
- Gro More Good
- Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
- Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant
- Wild Ones – Lorrie Otto: Seeds for Education Grant Program (SFE)