Protect Our Pollinators Habitat Fund

Protect Our Pollinators Habitat Fund is sponsored by People and Pollinators Action Network (PPAN). Offers grants to develop, expand, restore, or protect pollinator habitats in Colorado, prioritizing marginalized communities.

Protect our Pollinators Habitat Fund in Colorado | PPAN More Plates = More Plants = More Pollinators In the program's first 4 years, public pollinator demonstration gardens across Colorado have blossomed thanks to each plate on the road.

PPAN’s Pollinator Habitat small grants program offers financial and educational resources to community organizations, businesses, governments, schools, farms, Indigenous Nations, public housing, and other institutions to support the development of healthy pollinator habitat. Through collaboration with pollinator and habitat experts, we provide support to successful applicants.

This program is backed by the Colorado Pollinator License Plate Fund and other designated donations. The primary criteria for grants include the use of funds to develop, expand, restore, or protect pollinator habitats, within agreed upon parameters. We prioritize projects that: are located within marginalized communities; maximize community outreach; increase biodiversity; and that have matching funds or existing capacity to implement.

Grants range from $500 to $200 0 The grant cycle launches in the late winter with award decisions advised by our collaborative team of experts. Grant recipients will be expected to provide a simple report and project photos at two and three years of implementation and to collaborate with us to tell the project story. Please read on for additional criteria and funding requirements.

2026 grants have been awarded . Please join our email list to be alerted to 2027's application.

Justice & Equity component – loss of biodiversity disprop o rtionately impacts margi nalized communities Potential to increase local biodiversity Ability to link disrupted ecosystems Maximizes community education, collaboration, and engagement Sufficient funding and capacity to implement/maintain Geographical/regional diversity Substantial/diverse project audience Applications Will Open January 2027 The project must be located in Colorado The project must have an educational component and have visibility to the community Design must prioritize the use of regionally-adapted western native species (exceptions possible with approval) Site must be prepared and maintained organically (without the use of synthetic herbicides or other chemical pesticides) Site must incorporate PPAN's pollinator habitat sign Grantee must submit expense receipts (all at one time) by the end of the grant's fiscal year Grantee must submit a simple report for years two and three of habitat establishment (no more than one page) Grantee must be willing to share the story of habitat creation and photos (PPAN will have the right to use stories and photos in public communications) PPAN is pleased to have representatives of Audubon Rockies, the Butterfly Pavilion, and CSU Extension serving on the habitat fund review committee.

Protect Our Pollinators Habitat Fund Map This interactive map illuminates the vital network of pollinator sanctuaries established by recipients of the fund. Navigating the map is as simple as a click, offering a journey through diverse landscapes where pollinators thrive. Click on any circle to learn about the grantees and their vital contributions to pollinator conservation efforts.

Each location reveals not only coordinates, but corresponds to the scale of the pollinator habitat. Join us in celebrating the collaborative efforts to safeguard pollinator habitats and promote connectivity across landscapes! 2025 grantees to be added soon!

Thank you to one of our amazing volunteers, Devin Jacobs, for the creation and maintenance of this map. Since the launch of PPAN's Protect Our Pollinators Habitat Fund in March of 2023, we have supported 96 different organizations in their efforts to create pollinator-safe habitat, awarding over $165,000 in grants. This program has helped establish over 65 acres of organic, pollinator-safe habitat!

2026 Habitat Fund Grantees Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County Colibri Creative Conservation Solutions Manitou Springs Garden Club Children's Farms in Action Crested Butte Botanic Gardens Salvation Army Vail Extension Service Tenderfoot Family and Child Center Upper San Juan Library District Villa Park RNO Green Team Wild Ones Front Range Chapter 2025 Habitat Fund Grantees Children's Farms in Action City of Fort Collins Parks Department Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership Mancos Conservation District Montessori Children's House of Denver Crucible Center for Arts & Wellbeing Salvation Army Vail Extension Service 2024 Habitat Fund Grantees Cactus Valley Elementary School First Universalist Church of Denver Children's Farms in Action Focus Points Family Resource Center Gunnison Conservation District Hebrew Educational Alliance Salvation Army Vail Service Extension Kelly Bull Permaculture Design National Wildlife Federation Unity Church of Fort Collins Stiles African American Heritage Gardens 2023 Habitat Fund Grantees Frasier Retirement Community Poudre Global Academy Garden Crew Lakewood United Methodist Church Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram CO NPS & Loveland Parks & Rec Suelo Bueno LLC & Pollinator Advocates Sister Carmen Community Center YMCA of Northern Colorado Town of Superior Parks & Rec City of Golden Weedbusters The Protect Pollinators Habitat Fund is supported by these generous donors & sponsors, as well as the Protect Pollinators Colorado License Plate: Donna Baker-Breningstall and the Sunny Bug Farmette , and corporate partner, Black Hills Energy .

The Sunny Bug Grant honors the life, creativity, and generosity of Donna's daughter, Sunia, who loved plants, pollinators, birds, and nature, and working alongside her mother—a Colorado Master Gardener, teacher, social changemaker, and philanthropist—in their Denver urban farmette.

​ Learn About Sunia & The Sunny Bug Grantees Black Hills Energy is the local utility for many rural Colorado Counties, and reached out to PPAN to support the creation of pollinator habitat in their ratepayer areas.