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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Young Men’s Educational Network (YMEN) | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $450,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
to continue supporting the North Lawndale Garden to Table Pipeline and the operation of its food and distribution hubs—NL Greening Committee, Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church, YMEN, The Firehouse Community Art Center and Street Vendors Association of Chicago—that distribute locally grown produce, repared meals, and donated/rescued food reaching North Lawndale’s most isolated residents. | ||||
Good Food Catalyst | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $75,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
In partnership with North Lawndale based orgs, GFC promotes health and food access in North Lawndale by supporting local growers, producers, and consumers through cooking classes, community meals, and partnerships with retailers and restaurants to expand access to healthy, culturally relevant food. | ||||
Gardeneers | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $196,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
To continue supporting school garden programs in the North Lawndale community. These school garden programs provide students with knowledge, skills, and tools to become food justice leaders in their communities and bring fresh produce to local residents, and provide food to North Lawndale residents. | ||||
Dion’s Chicago Dream | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $175,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
To provide Dream Deliveries to the community of North Lawndale via partnership with The North Lawndale Food Alliance, thus improving health outcomes in the community through nutritional philanthropy. | ||||
Chicago Horticultural Society (Windy City Harvest) | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $200,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
To support the expansion of the VeggieRx program in partnership with the Lawndale Christian Health Center (LCHC). Beyond food access, VeggieRx creates a linkage between fresh produce and clinical care for patients with diet-related illnesses. | ||||
Common Threads | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $50,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
To expand the Growing Farm-to-School Learning Opportunities collaborative program with Sumner Academy and CYC-Sidney Epstein Youth Center which provides cooking and nutrition education programs with local ingredients to increase students’ and families’ food literacy, cooking skills, and access to healthy snacks and meals. | ||||
Chicago Grows Food | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $25,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
To continue the Grow Your Groceries Home Garden program which aims to address food insecurity and barriers to gardening in low food access areas by providing residents with grow kits and a variety of educational resources for maintaining their gardens and increasing their knowledge of how to grow their food. | ||||
A Safe Haven Foundation | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $50,000.00 | 2025 | Chicago Area |
To scale and re-launch the Culinary Arts Training Program for individuals experiencing homelessness and to sustain the existing catering social enterprise. | ||||
Westside Health Authority | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $260,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For continued support of the partnership with Forty Acres Fresh Market and its workforce hiring and operational activities toward the opening of its newly constructed brick-and-mortar grocery store. Once completed in Spring of 2025, the market will increase access to affordable fresh food retail in Austin. | ||||
The Evolved Network | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $25,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For its Redefining Access project, with programming that melds the tangible elements of food consumption, preparation, and community involvement with the intangible values of love, trust, and purpose, transforming meals into enriching experiences that demonstrate how culinary practices can empower youth and reconfigure community dynamics. | ||||
