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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Heartland Human Care Services, Inc. | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To support FarmWorks, a food and economic justice program focused on addressing food insecurity and providing workforce development for Chicago’s West Side communities, particularly East Garfield Park. By expanding partnerships and introducing innovative methods like solar and greenhouse technology, we aim to increase food access, production capacity, and employment opportunities while advancing sustainable practices. | ||||
Garfield Park Community Council | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For Garfield Park Community Council’s (GPCC) Wellness Initiative, which reaches 1,000+ youth and their family members each year with programs focused on improving access to affordable, healthy food, increasing physical activity, and increasing gardening skills to grow healthy food. | ||||
Family Matters | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To implement the Holistic Expansiveness Project (HEP). Through HEP, we will expand access to youth-identified outdoor recreation experiences, including overnight camping and nature exploration; tap into the youths’ desires to explore new-to-them cuisines and to cook nutritious dishes using vegetables harvested from our Youth Garden; and cultivate teamwork and leadership skills through twice-weekly physical activity games. | ||||
Faith in Place | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $15,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Additional funding support for staff and technical assistance on regranted tree-planting and tree-workforce projects designed and led by underserved communities. | ||||
Experimental Station | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To expand the 61st Street Farmers Market’s hands-on food education programming in partnership with neighboring CPS’ Carnegie Elementary School and Jackson Park Terrace (JPT) low-income housing complex. We will bring dynamic food and gardening education to over 300 Carnegie youth (adding K-1 to current grades 2-5, at the request of Carnegie School) and 100 adult JPT residents between Dec 2024–Nov 2025. | ||||
Chicago Voyagers | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Funding for the continuation of Chicago Voyagers’ trauma-informed, experiential programming that facilitates physical activity, encourages healthy living, and fosters emotional wellbeing among youth ages 12-18 from Chicagoland’s underserved neighborhoods by offering access to safe outdoor spaces, where they engage in physical activities like hiking, canoeing, and rock climbing–pivotal for both physical health and mental resilience. | ||||
Brave Space Alliance | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the BSA Community Pantry, an alternative food system reaching Black and brown, trans and LGB+ individuals on the South Side of Chicago, many of whom do not feel comfortable visiting other pantries that are often religiously affiliated, require proof of poverty/need, or provide foods with low nutrient density. | ||||
Academy for Global Citizenship | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the development of the East Plaza on the AGC campus: paving the area, adding outdoor furniture, installing Wi-Fi and improving access by extending both the fire lane and the kitchen delivery lane to meet the straightened road. In addition, they will landscape the area regained from the road realignment, incorporating greenery like bushes and grass to enhance the campus’s natural beauty. | ||||
Urban Autism Solutions | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $5,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To enhance the activities at Growing Solutions Farm (GSF), an innovative urban agriculture program designed to empower young adults with autism by providing them with work readiness skills while promoting food security for families in our community. GSF is a dynamic learning environment, featuring garden beds, composting bins, and a hoop house that extends our growing season. | ||||
Plant Chicago, NFP | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $5,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the improvement and expansion of the Plant’s Indoor Victory Garden (IVG) to more southwest-side Chicago residents and entrepreneurs interested in growing their own food. Plant Chicago provides space, equipment, and a community of shared knowledge, with access offered on a sliding scale. IVG users may use Plant Chicago's plots of racking systems, lights, soil, grow trays, seeds, and processing and cold storage equipment. | ||||
