2026 Grow Challenge Leaderboard
Double Your Impact: This year, all Grow Challenge gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000 per donor! (While funds last.)
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Join the Challenge! Help the Young Friends meet their goal of raising $125,000 for scientific innovation and local education.
At the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, we are working to find long-term, sustainable solutions to critical issues like hunger, malnutrition, and climate change. We’re also working to make a difference here at home by inspiring and empowering the young minds in our community.
The Grow Challenge® Week of Giving (September 21–25) is our annual peer-to-peer fundraiser led by the Young Friends. Donations to the Grow Challenge are directed to the Center’s Impact Fund. Your contribution will:
- Speed our efforts to feed the world, heal the planet, and enhance the St. Louis region through plant science.
- Fund high-impact early-stage projects and technology.
- Support the Danforth Center’s STEM education programs in the community.
We hope you will consider donating to the Grow Challenge today. Join us, and together, we can build a brighter future.
Party with the Plants: Plants After Dark | Buy Tickets Now
Hosted by the Danforth Center Young Friends, Party with the Plants is a fundraising celebration that gives attendees the chance to meet and socialize with Danforth Center scientists, sample drinks and hors d'oeuvres from local vendors, try out unique scientific activities, compete for raffle prizes, and much more!
This year’s theme: Plants After Dark. It's a good time for a good cause, and we hope to see you there!
Click here to get your tickets.
Pricing:
- Early bird (until September 1): $60
- Regular: $75