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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Sierra Club Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
for continued support of the ‘Partners for Clean Water Campaign’ to leverage public and stakeholder involvement in plans for publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities to reduce nutrient pollution and improve the water quality in five East Central Illinois watersheds. | ||||
Empowerment Opportunity Center | Land, Health, Community | $35,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to support the addition of a 46’ x 46’ labyrinth to the facility’s interactive garden walk directly north of the building. The area provides gardening opportunities, balancing during movement, and musical experiences while walking in the outdoor environment. | ||||
Prairie Rivers Network | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to support the organization’s continued growth and development in their work with a diverse group of partners to foster land management practices and policies that protect the land, air, water, and biodiversity of Illinois while educating local and state decisionmakers and regulators on conservation issues. | ||||
Illinois Stewardship Alliance | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to support the organization’s goals to identify, recruit, and train farmers to engage with and participate in member caucuses and coalitions, work closely with policymakers and their staff, communicate stories, and produce reports on food system issues in Illinois. | ||||
Buckeye Friends School (Fiscal Sponsor: Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation) | Land, Health, Community | $5,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
toward funding a revitalized “Garden the Great” program to teach students how to not only care for the land and grow their own food, but also how to connect with the community through selling excess produce at farmers markets and to local restaurants. | ||||
Decatur Parks Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $7,500.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to utilize the sound system at the Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater to supplement the Park District’s free summer yoga series, Moonlight Yoga. The monthly event is attended by residents of Decatur and Macon Counties to strengthen muscles, boost cardiovascular health, and reduce stress. | ||||
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
for general operations support to continue their work to educate lawmakers and introduce them to real businesses and farmers in the sustainable, local food movement, with a focus on leaders in East Central Illinois, as well as building the ‘Illinois is Beautiful’ coalition to protect conservation spaces. | ||||
UIUC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Economics | Land, Health, Community | $50,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
for the development of a Policy Design Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) that applies research, data, and computational resources to add context and perspective to challenging public policy matters while also seeking innovation and creativity in policy design. | ||||
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
for general operating funds to produce in-depth stories focused on water agriculture, and environmental issues in partnership with the University of Missouri’s Mississippi River Ag and Water Desk. | ||||
Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) | Land, Health, Community | $35,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to bring culturally sensitive advocacy, community outreach, education, social, and official services to low-income Latine immigrant laborers and their families living and working in the food supply chain in East Central Illinois. | ||||
