Arizona Columbine Garden Club
Grants
Since 1993 a total of $406,939 has been donated to the community through grants from Arizona Columbine Club.
Grant Recipients:
2025 • Urban Heat Leadership Academy via the GCA Common Ground Collaborative Grant
2025 • GCA Desert Studies Scholarship in honor of Nancy Swanson
2025 • Desert Botanical Garden Plant Science and Desert Ecology Scholarship in honor of CEO Ken Schutz
2023 • Arizona Humane Society Adoptable Dogs Sensory Garden
2022 • Frank Borman Elementary School 75 Trees for 75 Years of Columbine
2022 • Tovrea Carraro Society
2019 • North Mountain Save Our Mountains Foundation
2019 • Nina Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center
2018 • Desert Botanical Garden for The Bay 3 Rare Plant Collection
2014 • Navajo Elementary School Garden
2014 • Save The Redwoods League (GCA) project
2011 • Desert Botanical Garden permanent Chihuly exhibit at the entry
2009 • Rio Salado Audubon Society
2007 • Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center
2007 • Desert Botanical Garden water feature
2006 • GCA Zone IX Horticulture Restoration Fund
2006 • Rio Salado Audubon Society
2006 • Pueblo Grande Museum
2006 • The Nature Conservancy
2006 • Southwest Autism and Research Center
2004/2008 • Heard Museum
2001 • Heard Museum
2000 • Projects in Public Interest Green Line
1999 • Desert Botanical Garden Grand Canyon Project
1999 • Arizona Historical Society
1999 • Desert Botanical Garden
1997/1998 • Desert Botanical Garden to endow rare plant collection
1997/1998 • Arizona Historical Society
1997 • Desert Botanical Garden outreach puppet show
1993 • Arizona Historical Society for The Papago Green Line
Dedication of the Desert Botanical Garden Bay 3 Rare Plants Collection October 2019 |
Bay 3 Rare Plant Collection |
A grant from Arizona Columbine paid for the refurbishment of the interactive butterfly sculpture at Nina Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 2019 |
Dedication of the pollinator garden at the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 2010 |
