1999 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Silver Award winner in national competition

1999 Bay Area Guardian Best of the Bay Award
for Best Place to Remember Someone Lost to AIDS

1998 Special Achievement Award
in Outstanding Leadership and Commitment to AIDS Awareness by the 10th Annual HIV/AIDS Update Conference

1997 Award by San Francisco Beautiful
recognizing the Grove’s contribution to the creation and preservation of beauty and traditions in San Francisco

1995 California Park and Recreation Society
Innovation Award of Excellence

1995 San Francisco Volunteer Center
Youth Recognition Award

A Campaign to Ensure Remembrance
Through the dedicated efforts of individual donors, volunteers, corporate patrons, and foundations, the Grove has already raised more than $5.3 million toward the renovation and endowment of the Grove. In 1994 the fundraising effort to underwrite construction costs was launched; as of now, most of the Grove construction is complete. Thousands of volunteers at monthly Workdays have contributed invaluably in creating the Grove. Volunteer labor is estimated to have saved more than $700,000. The board of directors has held firm to its commitment that the Grove receive no federal funding, preferring instead that all government funds earmarked for AIDS continue to support AIDS care, research, and treatment programs.