Adirondack Garden Club (AGC) Grants

The Adirondack Garden Club's mission is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, aid in the protection of native plants and birds, and encourage civic planting and the conservation of natural resources. Its purpose is the conservation of the plants, shrubs, and trees native to the Adirondack region, the making of both wild and cultivated gardens characteristic of the environment in which they are placed, the furthering of the cultivation of gardens throughout the Adirondack area and the promotion of civic conservation and beautification. 

The Adirondack Garden Club offers three grants: 

• Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to assist individuals and not-for-profit organizations, including schools, involved in programs to study, protect, and enjoy the natural environment within the Adirondack Park. 
• 1928 AGC Founders Fund was established in the 1980s to give grants to not-for-profit organizations, including schools, involved in programs to create an impact in a specific area within the Adirondack environment. These fund’s support aims to promote knowledge and appreciation of gardening, protect native plants and birds, encourage civic planting, and support the conservation of natural resources.
• Francesca Paine Irwin Conservation Fund was created in 2013 and is used for project-based funding requests focused on conservation. These requests are reviewed by the Conservation Committee and forwarded to the Executive Committee for approval and distribution.