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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Star Farm Chicago | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | Spring 2021 | Chicago Area |
To support Star Farm's bi-monthly Family Garden Days. Each 4-hour session will be held either at the Star Farm Community Garden or the Star Farm Incubator Farm. The programs will include a garden workshop led by one of the Star farm incubator growers, one of the Star Farm outreach staff, and/or a guest speaker or artist. | ||||
Gardeneers | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $40,000.00 | Spring 2021 | Chicago Area |
To support Gardeneers' network of partner schools in low-income, under-resourced communities of color that face barriers to fresh, healthy food access. | ||||
Heartland Human Care Services | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | Spring 2021 | Chicago Area |
To support Chicago FarmWorks which grows food on several urban agricultural sites and expands individuals’ economic opportunities by offering job training and transitional employment. | ||||
Fresh Taste (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To systemically change the way food is produced and consumed in the Chicago region to promote healthy land, healthy people, and healthy communities by creating an effective funder and practitioner collaboration in the Upper Midwest to promote a resilient food system in the region. | ||||
Fresh Taste – Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To build leadership capacity in Regenerative Agriculture at the University of Illinois by catalyzing collaboration among units on campus with relevant, complementary expertise and supporting the education of graduate students working on research topics relevant to promoting the key metrics of regenerative agriculture. | ||||
Shelbyville Community Garden | Land, Health, Community | $5,000.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To purchase lumber for additional raised beds at the community garden, plus fruit trees, hoses and tools, a portable green house, and supplies for educational classes for children and adults. | ||||
The Land Connection | Land, Health, Community | $25,000.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To develop and launch a comprehensive farmland access program for Illinois farmers seeking land and landowners seeking conservation-minded farmers and the additional support services that would make those connections possible. | ||||
University of Illinois Extension | Land, Health, Community | $15,961.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To purchase refrigeration units for local food pantries participating in the Squash Hunger Through Partners in Produce project to address food insecurity in East Central Illinois. | ||||
Faith in Place | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To continue the “Connecting Communities for Faith Environmental Leadership and Collaboration” project to engage East Central Illinois (ECI) people of faith to help protect the environment; strengthen grassroots leadership capacity; and increase connections among ECI communities. | ||||
Douglas-Hart Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To support the Wishes for Whiteside project to update, beautify, and expand the Whiteside Garden and interpretive center to offer public tours and educational exhibits to promote recreation and increase conservation practices in East Central Illinois. | ||||
