The 2025 Healing the Planet Grant Program, funded by the The GIANT Company, locally known as GIANT and MARTIN’S, aims to invest in tree plantings across the company’s operating areas in Pennsylvania. Trees provide numerous benefits to the environment, water, and air quality as well as health benefits and an enhanced overall quality of life for all Pennsylvanians. Applications will be accepted for up to $4,000. A list of criteria for eligible projects can be found below. Applications will be accepted online only until July 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM EST. All trees planted must be native to Pennsylvania.

The 2025 applications is now closed. Grant winners were announced in mid August 2025. All applicants were informed of their application outcome at this time. The Review and Selection Committees’ decisions are final. Due to the sheer volume of applications, we cannot give feedback on individual applications and scores. Thank you for all you do to keep your community clean and beautiful.

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For grant questions, please contact Heidi Pedicone, Director of Programs for Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful at hpedicone@keeppabeautiful.org or 724-836-4121 ext. 109.

2025 HEALING THE PLANET AWARDEES
  • Agency/Municipality - Project Name- County
  • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association - Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Leading Invasive Edge Restoration - Berks Co, PA
  • Hollidaysburg Area School District - Golden Tiger Food Forest - Blair Co, PA
  • County of Bucks - Bucks County Forest Health Planting Initiative - Bucks Co, PA
  • Delaware Valley University - Learning in the Landscape: Cultivating Hands- On Education for Campus and Community - Bucks Co, PA
  • Friends of Churchville Nature Center - Botanical Garden & Habitat Restoration Tree Planting Project - Bucks Co, PA
  • ClearWater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania - Millbrook Marsh Restoration - Centre Co, PA
  • Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association - Native Tree Giveaway & Education Event with CRC Watersheds - Chester Co, PA
  • Founding Forward - Medal of Honor Grove Tree Planting - Chester Co, PA
  • Honey Brook Community Library Inc. - Beautifying the Grounds of the Honey Brook Community Library - Chester Co, PA
  • Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens - Forest Habitat Restoration - Chester Co, PA
  • Marsh Creek State Park - Community Tree Planting Event - Chester Co, PA
  • Friends of Wildwood Lake Nature Center, Inc. - Urban Wetland Tree Planting at Wildwood Park - Dauphin Co, PA
  • Chester Housing Initiatives - Native Trees at Ruth Bennett Community Farm - Delaware Co, PA
  • Darby Creek Valley Association (DCVA) - Habitat Restoration along the Muckinipates Creek in Folcroft - Delaware Co, PA
  • Haverford Township Civic Council - Old Haverford Woods Project - Delaware Co, PA
  • Springfield Township Delaware County - Springfield Beautification, Restoration, & Engagement Initiative - Delaware Co, PA
  • Juniata College - College and Community Tree Planting - Huntingdon Co, PA
  • Indiana Borough - Church Street Planting Project - Indiana Co, PA
  • Lancaster County Therapeutic Riding, Inc. - Greystone Manor Tree Planting Initiative - Lancaster Co, PA
  • Manheim Township - Manheim Township Athletic Complex Native Tree Initiative - Lancaster Co, PA
  • Wildlife Information Center - Revitalizing the River Trail: Strengthening a Vital Riparian Habitat - Lehigh Co, PA
  • North Branch Land Trust - From Invasives to Natives: Revitalizing Our Marsh - Luzerne Co, PA
  • Lycoming Audubon Society - Habitat Enhancement at the Trailhead Entrance - Lycoming Co, PA
  • Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley - Chestnuthill Native Tree Grove - Monroe Co, PA
  • Abington Township Public Library - Abington Township Public Library Tree Canopy Replacement and Expansion - Montgomery Co, PA
  • Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy - Reiff Streambank Restoration - Part 2 - Montgomery Co, PA
  • St Thomas Church Whitemarsh - Trees for St Thomas of Whitemarsh - Montgomery Co, PA
  • Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership - Riparian Restoration along the Jenkintown Creek at Manor College - Montgomery Co, PA
  • Friends of Johnston, Inc. - Saving the Bees with Trees! - Northampton Co, PA
  • Martins Jacoby Watershed Association - The Meadows at Martins Creek 2025 Tree Planting - Northampton Co, PA
  • Fairmount Park Conservancy - Love Your Park Fall Tree Plantings - Philadelphia Co, PA
  • Friends of the Rail Park - Rail Park Tree Revitalization Project - Philadelphia Co, PA
  • Pottsville Area School District - Youth Roots: Student-Led Native Tree Restoration - Schuylkill Co, PA
  • East Buffalo Township - Fairground Road Park Improvements - Union Co, PA
  • Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education - Expanding Riparian Buffers for Live Stake Production & Agroforestry Education - York Co, PA
  • Newberry Township - Shelley Park Beautification - York Co, PA
  • Red Lion Borough - Red Lion Refresh Planting Initiative 2025 - York Co, PA
MEDIA TOOLKIT

We encourage you to promote this award. To promote your award and project locally, a sample press release template, social media posts, and logos can be found below. Please share any related press about this project, again, it helps us tell your story!

In all public acknowledgments, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful requires that you use the following tag line: This project was funded by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Healing the Planet Grant Program with support from The GIANT Company. Educational signage requires the use of the tag line or both logos below.

GRANT MANAGEMENT/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All organizations awarded will be asked to sign an agreement with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, outlining requirements and expectations. The grant agreement will outline all project requirements that will be submitted at the end of the grant period in an online format. Photos will also be required. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful will provide each awardee with a sample release template and requirements for appropriate and agreed upon recognition of The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. Recognition could include local press releases, inclusion in educational materials, and/or signage. All items are to be approved by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and The GIANT Company prior to release of such materials.

GRANT TIMELINE
  1. Grant will open on May 30, 2025. Online submissions only. No applications will be accepted by post or email.
  2. All grant applications and supplemental information will be accepted until July 1, 2025 4:00 PM EST. No exceptions.
  3. Grant winners were announced in mid August 2025. All applicants were informed of their application outcome at this time. All decisions of the grant committee are final.
  4. Projects must be completed by November 30, 2025.
  5. A completed final report including photos must be submitted by December 10, 2025.
This is a competitive grant program with intent to provide support for diverse community improvement projects across operating area in Pennsylvania of The GIANT Company, locally known as GIANT and MARTIN’S.
GRANT/PROJECT ELIGIBILITY
  • Applicants can be any tax-exempt organization including nonprofit organizations, conservation districts, schools, churches, local and county governments, etc. EIN must be provided.
  • Eligible projects must be located in areas where The GIANT Company, locally known as GIANT and MARTIN’S, operates stores within Pennsylvania. Applicants can reside outside of the target locations but the project MUST be in the below locations. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.

    Pennsylvania: Adams, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union and York counties.

  • Eligible projects must be shovel ready with any required permits already secured. Eligible projects include tree planting and direct costs relating to tree planting. All applicants must have prior successful tree planting experience.
  • View Frequently Asked Questions about the grant (.pdf).
  • Download the grant program guidelines here (.pdf).
READ THE PREVIOUS YEARS' FINAL REPORTS
FINAL PROJECT REPORT FORM

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You can use the free online MyTree tool to calculate how much carbon your trees will offset over time. We encourage grant applicants to try the tool. More guidance will be provided with the final grant report form.

As a reminder, reports including photos are required by Dec 10, 2025. Thank you for your hard work!

HOW TO APPLY

The 2025 applications is now closed. Grant winners were announced in mid August 2025. All applicants were informed of their application outcome at this time.