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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Douglas-Hart Foundation | Wellness Grant Program | $2.500 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
To plan and carry out team-building and independent relaxation days throughout the year to include an authentic farm-to-table experience, team-building art and mindfulness activities, yoga, as well exploring self-care activities at a spa and inclusive staff retreat center. | ||||
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. | ||||
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. | ||||
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. | ||||
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. | ||||
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. | ||||
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. | ||||
Chicago Grows Food | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $25,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To continue the Grow Your Groceries and Home Garden programs which aim 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. | ||||
Common Threads | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $28,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the expansion of the 'Growing Farm-to-School Learning Opportunities' collaborative program with Sumner Academy 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. The program will bring on the CYC-Sidney Epstein Youth Center as a collaborative partner to expand program offerings. | ||||
Gardeneers | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $130,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Continuing support of school garden programs in the North Lawndale community with Holy Family Ministries, Homan Rails Farm, and North Lawndale College Prep, and expand their reach to support programs at Roswell B. Mason Mathematics & Science Academy. 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. | ||||
