2026 Growing Green Communities Final Report Form

2026 Growing Green Communities Grant Report Form
Thank you for all you do to grow greener, cooler, and healthier communities with trees!

Please fill out this Grant Report Form on your Growing Green Communities Grant so we can share your achievements with the grant sponsor...and beyond!

If you have any questions about the reporting process, please email us at grantadmin@californiareleaf.org

Looking forward to hearing about your projects!
Contact Information

Growing Green Communities - 2025 Grant Report
Organization Name
Project Name
Name of Person Filling out this Form

First NameLast Name
E-mail
Phone Number
Format: (000) 000-0000.
The Numbers

Please enter the totals for the numbers associated with your Growing Green Communities Grant project. If you don't know an exact number, estimates are fine. Not all projects worked with schools and kids, which is also fine. You may write "0" for any question that is not applicable to your project.
Number of events
Number of trees planted :
Number of trees cared for:
Number of other plants planted, if any:
Size and species of trees and plants planted:
Total number of school children attending and/or educated about trees and urban forests
Total number of schools engaged
Total number of volunteers
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the project - this includes all participant time at the event (100 volunteers x 3 hours each = 300 volunteer hours), as well as any pre/post work done by volunteers
Overall attendance numbers at planting or tree care events
Sponsor Recognition
Did you thank your grant sponsors (PG&E, CAL FIRE, the US Forest Service, and California ReLeaf) during your event(s)?
Did you recognize your grant sponsors (PG&E, CAL FIRE, the US Forest Service, and California ReLeaf) on any promotional materials?
Did you recognize and tag your grant sponsors (PG&E, CAL FIRE, the US Forest Service, and California ReLeaf) on social media?
Please provide any additional information about how you recognized or engaged with your utility sponsor, if applicable.
Please upload all sponsor recognition-related files. This could include screenshots of social media posts, pictures of signage, videos, flyers/images, etc.

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Your Grant Story

Please tell us a few more facts but also please paint us some word pictures about how things went.
In a few short paragraphs, tell us about your event(s). Please include dates, locations, and a small story about something that made the event special as well as how your participants responded to the project.
Please share a quote from an attendee at your event(s) - volunteer, elected official, teacher, parent, youth, etc.
Who was involved with the work (for example, partner groups, school groups, civic organizations, etc.)? What community engagement took place prepare for or resulting from the event?
What made the project relevant to the community? Were any elements of the project tailored to meet specific community needs (such as focus on air and water quality, public health, jobs creation, shading)?
What challenges did you encounter? How did you address them? Please tell us about your experiences and solutions - which could be helpful to other groups. Providing details on the challenges and obstacles you overcame during the project helps create the "story" of your work.

Did this grant help you learn or practice any of the following skills:

Rows	Not applicable for our event	This was new to us -learned something!	Was good practice	We already have this mastered
Apply for & reporting on grants
Tree planting / tree care
Building partnership & collaboration
Community education /engagement
Connecting with local elected officials
Getting press coverage
Working with schools & children
Event planning
Other

If you said "other" for any of the questions above, please tell us a little about this.
Upload 5-12 Quality Tree Planting Event Photos for your project

Please upload 5-12 quality photos of your planting event and grant activities. PLEASE re-name your image file name like this: Organization-Name_GGC26_Date. Then and upload as individual .jpg or .png files.
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Upload photos of your planted trees after they have been staked and mulched

Please take a photo of each tree that was planted and label them numerically. e.g. Tree 1, Tree 2 etc.
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Upload Other Materials like Graphics/Flyers/Social Posts/News Articles

Please also share any graphics, flyers, maps, social media posts, etc. you created for your event(s).
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Please provide any additional information or final thoughts/questions.
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2026 Growing Green Communities Grant Report Form

Contact Information

The Numbers

Sponsor Recognition

Your Grant Story