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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) | Land, Health, Community | $5,000.00 | Fall 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to provide advocacy, community outreach and education, and social services to low-wage immigrant workers and their families based in East Central Illinois. | ||||
Illinois Stewardship Alliance | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2024 | 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. | ||||
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2024 | 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. | ||||
Prairie Rivers Network | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2024 | 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 Environmental Council Education Fund | Land, Health, Community | $40,000.00 | Fall 2024 | 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. | ||||
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $50,000.00 | Fall 2024 | East Central Illinois |
for the construction of a natural playscape at the Lincoln Log Cabin site that will provide children with the opportunity to experience nature and stimulate creativity and imagination, promote environmental responsibility and physical activity, while also offering lessons on local history and conservation. | ||||
Sola Gratia Farm | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Fall 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to help the organization through a period of growth that includes making investments in administrative staff and software for financial, donor, and CSA management as well as facilitating the expansion of the farm onto new land. | ||||
Fresh Taste – Chicago Region Food System Fund (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Land, Health, Community | $50,000.00 | Fall 2024 | East Central Illinois |
continuing to support the resilience of agricultural producers and organizations working toward food system resilience through the Chicago Region Food System Fund operated by the Fresh Taste Initiative. | ||||
Faith in Place | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to fund operating expenses in FIP's work with faith congregations across East Central Illinois in adopting healthy, sustainable, and money-saving practices. | ||||
Fresh Taste (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to serve as a catalyst, rather than an implementing organization, to systemically change the way food is produced and consumed in the Chicago region promoting healthy land, healthy people, and healthy communities. | ||||
