The Bayer Fund is accepting applications from area nonprofits for 2021 grants through Feb. 28.
Applicants for these grants must be located within 55 miles of an eligible Bayer site community. For an invitation to apply, contact Stefanie Boe, engagement lead for the Bayer Marana Greenhouse at stefanie.boe@bayer.com.
The Bayer Fund will hold conference calls to provide details about the grant process and tips on grant writing. Conference calls at schedule for 9 a.m. Jan. 20 and Feb. 10. Interested participants should send the RSVP for the conference call date with registrant’s name, organization, city and state to grantquestions@bayer.com
Connie Brannock bikes up "A" mountain with her wife and friends and got tired of complaining about the trash they would see. She decided to form a group, contact Tucson Clean and Beautiful and officially adopted "A" Mountain. Now on the first Monday of each month the Trashy Divas can be seen filling up garbage bags. The group started in September 2019. Video by Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
The Bayer Fund awarded $60,000 in 2020 grants to Tucson area organizations supporting food and nutrition, STEM education and community development. Previous grant recipients include Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Arizona Youth Partnership, Avra Fire District, Marana Unified School District Foundation, Tucson Botanical Garden, the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, and the Vail School District Foundation.
The Bayer Fund has awarded more than $79 million to nonprofit organizations across the United States in the last five years. The Bayer Marana Greenhouse grows corn using automation and data science for seed production for farmers around the world.
Grant decision will be made between July and August and awarded in November and December.
Photos: The Trashy Divas are Cleaning Up "A" Mountain in Tucson
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C.J. Pulliam, left, and Rose Lady, members of the Trashy Divas, pick up trash in Sentinel Peak Park on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Connie Brannock, left, explains to her fellow Trashy Divas where the group will be picking up garbage along Sentinel Peak on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Over a dozen women and one man with the Trashy Divas prepare the pick up trash along along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Julie Jones, far left, and Amy Weintraub, members of the Trashy Divas, talk while walking up Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Julie Jones, left, and Amy Weintraub, members of the Trashy Divas, talk while walking up Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Sandra Kinet, a member of the Trashy Divas, uses a picker to fill up her garbage bag with trash in Sentinel Peak Park on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Connie Brannock, founder of the Trashy Divas, carries a garbage bag full of trash along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Amy Weintraub, a member of the Trashy Divas, fills up a garbage bag full of trash dumped along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
