Nashville Earth Day Environmental Grant Application
Since 2020, Centennial Park Conservancy has donated proceeds from our Nashville Earth Day program to fund local environmental initiatives and support ongoing environmental change in our city.
Proceeds from Nashville Earth Day, the city’s official annual event to celebrate Earth Day, have been used to underwrite local environmental projects via a grant program primarily focused on bees, trees, water, pollinator gardens, sustainability, and education. Since Centennial Park Conservancy began management of Nashville Earth Day in 2020, the organization has donated a total of $160,000 to support environmental initiatives.
Since 2020, Centennial Park Conservancy’s donated proceeds from Nashville Earth Day have funded the planting of over 325 trees in Boyd, Dudley, Frederick Douglass, Green Hills, Hadley, Hartman, Mill Ridge, and Shelby Parks, plus Carter Lawrence Elementary; cared for 300,000 bees in Centennial Park and introduced 9K bees to Shelby and Mill Ridge Parks; planted 20 pollinator and community gardens including Green Hills, Hadley, Hartman, Mullins, and Shelby Parks, plus Stratford STEM Magnet School; cleaned up 16 waterways in Bordeaux, Donelson, Joelton, Madison, Midtown, Southeast Nashville, and West Nashville; and provided education to thousands of adults and children in parks and classrooms across our community. Nashville Earth Day has also facilitated the giving away of 2,450 trees to the public that have been planted in yards across our community (in partnership with Nashville Tree Foundation and Amazon), removed invasive plants; and provided education to thousands of adults and children in parks and classrooms across our community
How it works: Instead of making general donations to organizations, we fund specific environmental projects across Nashville, with a preference for those that are on public property and can be quantified. For example, in 2024 we provided $60K in support for environmental projects focused on bees, trees, and water projects. For a list of previous grantees, please go to nashvilleearthday.org/environmental-projects
APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 31, 2025
Previous grantees must submit a summary and photos of your project to be considered for this years grant. Please submit a 1 or 2 paragraph summary and 2 - 3 photos to info@nashvilleearthday.org
NED reserves the right to fully or partially fund projects.
Any questions may be directed to info@nashvilleearthday.org
Please fill in the following details with care and good luck from the Nashville Earth Day team!
