CANERS Foundation...Endowment for Research and Scholarship/California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers

CANERS Established in 1969 - Current Principal $2.6M

The CANERS Foundation...endowment for research and scholarship (CANERS) was established in 1969. It has grown into the largest state nursery association endowment of its kind. With over $2.5M in principal, the endowment continues to grow to provide needed funding of industry research and scholarships. 

CANERS funds are professionally managed with a set of investment guidelines established and monitored by the CANERS trustees. CANERS is a separate charitable corporation, 501(c)3. The trustees are in charge of the endowment and all of its activities. 

CANERS also supports national research. The CANERS Foundation Award with the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) is now $50,000. Annual research dollars are granted on this award’s behalf.  To date $31,000 in national grants has been funded by this award.

CANERS MAKES A DIFFERENCE - RESEARCH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TOTAL $2.57M SINCE 1989

Perpetual Awards...Your Legacy to the Nursery Industry of California

Individuals, chapters, companies and families can establish an award by simply investing a minimum of $2,500. The donor must then designate in writing the name of the award, how the distribution of the award’s earnings are to be stipulated—for research, scholarship or no stipulation (preferred). Also, the donor can attach specific criteria to the award with the understanding that both the scholarship and research committees will distribute all of the money awarded to their programs by the CANERS Trustees, even if criteria of specific awards cannot be met. For example, if a scholarship says that it must be given to a student of pomology and no such student applies, the money is distributed to a worthy candidate as best determined by the Scholarship Committee. 

Oftentimes, awards are established posthumously to honor an industry member. Any/one person can donate to any award and the family can increase the amount of the award principal with a direct donation at any time. USE THE FORM BELOW TO BEGIN A NEW AWARD AND CONTINUE THE LEGACY INTO THE FUTURE.

Donations accepted, for example, in the year 2010 or newly established awards in 2010, will not fund research or scholarships until they have been in the investment earning pool for one year. When the CANERS Trustees meet in March of each year, they compute the distribution based on the CANERS fund balance as of December 31, one-year prior.  So, at their 2010 meeting they worked with the balance of the fund for December 2008.  The one-year back rule was established to protect the integrity of the endowment.