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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
The Wetlands Initiative | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $30,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
To support the Wetlands Initiative's Smart Wetlands program, with funds directed toward collaborative outreach to landowners and the general public in east-central Illinois to spread the use of small tile-treatment wetlands on farmland to naturally reduce nutrient runoff into local waterways. | ||||
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $15,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
To support the council to plant trees through the girls service unit and/or Girl Scout troop and and around the Mattoon area. Funding would cover items such as transportation, educational resources, a variety of trees for planting, and planting supplies, etc. | ||||
Climate Land Leaders | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
To recruit and train 15 Illinois Climate Land Leaders to advocate for more funding and better implementation of nature-based climate solutions through state and federal programs. | ||||
American Rivers | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $30,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to build capacity to advance nature-based climate adaptation and floodplain restoration throughout Illinois with the goal of establishing integrated floodplain management programs that prioritize equitable and nature-based floodplain restoration solutions in all 50 states. | ||||
Accelerate Climate Solutions | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $2,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
Seeds of Hope will scale to 15-20 seed libraries focusing on East Central Illinois. Funds will also be used to keep existing seed libraries stocked. We will host 3-5 large-scale educational and rain garden planting events at public libraries and high schools, fostering community action and donating native prairie plant seeds to community members. | ||||
Re-AMP Network (Fiscal Sponsor: The Minneapolis Foundation) | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
for general operating funds to support the equitable decarbonization of the Midwest through a systems-based collaboration of over twenty non-profit organizations. | ||||
U of I Prairie Research Institute | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $52,902.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
For the installation of an Illinois Climate Network station in Coles County to collect real-time weather, soil, and water table data. The station would provide farmers with soil information for field work, the NWS with wind and precipitation data for severe weather and flood forecasting, and long-term data for researchers in crop science, ecology, and many other areas. | ||||
Savanna Institute | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $35,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
For general operating funds to support agroforestry education and outreach programs in Illinois through the launch of an Illinois Agroforestry Partner Farm Network and creation of impactful, engaging educational experiences with agroforestry for diverse public audiences. | ||||
American Farmland Trust | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $40,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to expand and establish farmer-led, peer-to-peer programs in East Central Illinois that decrease waterway nutrient loading and sedimentation and help achieve water quality goals identified in Illinois’s Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. | ||||
Prairie Rivers Network | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $25,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
To mobilize our Save Our Trees coalition, continue monitoring, and collect plant tissue samples. We will work with partners to highlight the issue of herbicide drift, train individuals, park districts, and land managers on symptom identification and reporting, and raise awareness on the risks of herbicides. | ||||
