Reimagining landscaping and streets to create a more healthy and sustainable Tacoma can be cost-prohibitive. There are a variety of organizations offering assistance through grant opportunities for individuals, businesses and neighborhoods looking to initiate community greening projects. Find out if you qualify for the assistance below.

Make A Splash Grants

City of Tacoma Environmental Services awards up to $48,000 a year in environmental grants to help educate residents and protect and restore local surface water resources. A reimbursable maximum award amount up to $4,000 is open to anyone considering a project within Tacoma city limits. Grants are designed for projects that have a strong stormwater pollution prevention message or provide a stormwater benefit. Submitted projects must meet at least one of the program goals of: education, surface water protection, or habitat restoration and tree planting.

Sustainability Small Grants

City of Tacoma Environmental Services provides a reimbursable maximum award amount of up to $5,000 to eligible projects within Tacoma city limits that help protect and restore our environment. Projects that help educate residents and/or businesses on the environment and sustainable practices are encouraged to apply. Strong grant applications will demonstrate a benefit to one or more of the three Environmental Services utilities: Surface Water, Solid Waste, and Wastewater.

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Puyallup White River Watershed and Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Small Grants

A partnership with Pierce County and the Stormwater Community of Interest (SCOI), a part of the Puyallup Watershed Initiative, with grant administration provided by the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and the Puyallup River Watershed Council, this program provides grants up to $2,500 to nonprofit organizations, schools, teachers, businesses, and individuals wishing to enhance water quality and habitats in the Puyallup-White River Watershed (WRIA 10).

Alliance for Community Trees Grants

A community-based wing of the Arbor Day Foundation, the Alliance for Community Trees is a member-based organization that works with individuals and community organizations to distribute trees and resources to support tree-centric community projects.

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Green Stormwater Mini-Grants

Bring Home Some Green!

The Pierce Conservation District (PCD) is pleased to offer Green Stormwater Mini‐Grants to landowners and community groups in the Commencement Bay, Chambers Creek, and Lower Puyallup River Watersheds for projects that reduce polluted stormwater runoff entering our local waterbodies.

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Maps and Reports

Tree Equity Maps

Other Maps

Tacoma Greening Documents

Ways To Give Back

Volunteer in Your Community

There are organizations in Tacoma, Pierce County, and the South Sound region with volunteer opportunities for education, planting, habitat restoration and more.