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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Chicago Horticultural Society | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $50,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
To upgrade the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest (WCH) point-of-sale system at its North Lawndale headquarters, the Farm on Ogden (FOO) in response to growing demand at FOO, alleviating wait times and improving overall customer experience. | ||||
North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council (Fiscal Sponsor: New Covenant Development Corporation) | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $672,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
To support the NLCCC Food Collaborative's expansion of healthy food options for community residents and build the North Lawndale economy through food-related enterprises by expanding a successful food distribution initiative (with Top Box Foods) and supporting Black-owned, local grocery businesses. | ||||
Young Men’s Educational Network (YMEN) | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $500,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
This grant will support the North Lawndale Garden to Table Pipeline, which creates a sustainable food system that connects proven community organizations to combine locally grown, nutrient rich food with available food. Prepared meals and food packages will be distributed in community settings and delivered to elderly and isolated. | ||||
Westside Health Authority | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $500,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
For the partnership with Forty Acres Fresh Market toward construction of a brick-and-mortar grocery store. Once completed, the market will increase access to affordable fresh food retail in Austin. | ||||
BUILD, Inc. | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $175,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
For the Austin Grown program, addressing food insecurity among youth and families by promoting access to organic food options while teaching healthy food preparation and youth leadership through BUILD’s learning garden, The Iris, to create job experiences for teens as they learn about urban agriculture, food production, and food justice | ||||
GSJ Family Life Center | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $75,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
To help launch and ramp up community driven operations at the Austin Community Incubator Kitchen, which provides healthy food-centered local entrepreneurship opportunities and nutrition education for Austin neighborhood residents. This project builds on the work that Greater St. John Bible Church and Faith in Place have collaborated on since 2020 | ||||
GAP Community Center | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $50,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
To fund Chiquitos in the Kitchen/Juntos in the Kitchen, a cooking and gardening program that empowers students on the north side of Austin to creatively and sustainably engage with food in the garden, in the kitchen, around the table, and in the community | ||||
Austin Coming Together | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $450,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
To support the efforts of Austin Eats, a coalition working to strengthen the healthy food ecosystem in Austin by increasing the collective impact of its member organizations to improve education and economic development outcomes for the community. | ||||
Beyond Hunger | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $25,000.00 | 2022 | Chicago Area |
For the 'In The Kitchen: Generational Change through Community Health Ambassadors' program to provide cooking instruction and nutrition information; advocate for healthy cooking and eating habits; and address chronic health issues in partnership with New Moms. | ||||
Champaign Parks Foundation | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $6,400.00 | 2022 | East Central Illinois |
For the establishment of a tree canopy over the Greenbelt Bikeway, a dedicated corridor through Dodds Park for Parkland Community College students and other residents who commute by bicycle, rather than by car. The new trees will also reduce storm runoff and help to lower water temperature in the Copper Slough to the east, improving its ability to support aquatic life. | ||||
