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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
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. | ||||
Coles County Mental Health Association (LifeLinks) | Land, Health, Community | $16,720.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to provide the organization’s employees addressing the ongoing and growing need for mental health care in Coles County with a day-long wellness retreat to reconnect with themselves and nature. | ||||
The Land Connection | Land, Health, Community | $36,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to fund programs that include: increasing farmer knowledge on sustainable farming practices, growing beginner farm businesses, providing the community access to healthy, locally grown foods, and expanding public awareness of the importance of a local food system. | ||||
Mattoon CUSD #2 – Mattoon High School | Land, Health, Community | $50,000.00 | Fall 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to expand the school’s courtyard space into an outdoor hands-on learning environment for the agriculture department and area Future Farmers of America members. | ||||
North Lawndale Greening Committee | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $94,000.00 | 2023 | Chicago Area |
To support the transformation of vacant lots into beautiful and productive community gardens in partnership with NeighborSpace. | ||||
