The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society offers an annual grant of up to $500 for a group, class, or individual to carry out a project in Bonner County designed to promote awareness and appreciation of native plants in our richly diverse inland temperate rainforest ecosystem. The grant was established in honor of Lois Wythe, the founder of KNPS and the Native Plant Arboretum.

Grant Requirements

• Grants are awarded only for direct costs of the project.  These costs relate directly to a specific project or program. Allowed expenditures might include, but are not limited to, the following examples: artist fee to draw examples of native plants or for funded book, purchase of plants to complete project, fabrication of plant signs for a public education project, or workshop supplies for a specific summer native-plant related project.
  
  Wythe Grant awards cannot be used for indirect costs. Indirect costs do not relate solely and specifically to a particular project or program. Expenditures not supported include, but are not limited to, the following examples: office supplies, office rental, use of digital equipment, or salary support for regular employees.

• Applications must be received by the KNPS Grant Committee no later than March 31, 2026.

• Grant recipients must submit a follow-up report by December 31 of the year the grant was awarded. Those receiving a grant are invited to present their project at a future KNPS meeting.

The Grant application form can be found below. Questions may be directed to Grant Coordinator by using the form at the bottom of this page.

Recent Grant awards: 

2024: Sandpoint Organic Ag Center’s “Transplanting Resiliency the the Native Plant Garden”

2023: Kaniksu Land Trust’s “Re-wilding the Playground”

2022: Combs, Toland, and Ericssons’s “Busy Buzzy Bombus Bee” coloring and activity book

2020: Faust’s “Floristic Survey in the Selkirk Mountains”

2019: Washington Elementary’s “Lighted Microscopes to Study Native Plants”