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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Gardeneers | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $30,000.00 | Spring 2020 | Chicago Area |
To support their team of growers and educators who continue growing food on their largest production sites for at-risk Chicago residents with plans to grow nearly 10,000 pounds of produce to be donated in these communities. | ||||
Angelic Organics Learning Center | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $15,000.00 | Spring 2020 | Chicago Area |
To support On-Farm program scholarships to subsidize children who attend the Learning Center’s day camp, custom programs, and school programs. | ||||
Openlands | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | Spring 2020 | Chicago Area |
To inform teachers of the benefit of using the school garden as an extension of the classroom and to encourage parents and community members to share the sense of ownership of the school garden through workshops that will also be offered in Spanish. | ||||
Stein Learning Gardens at St. Sabina | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | Spring 2020 | Chicago Area |
To support the Grow Your Groceries Campaign, a collaborative effort of four non-profit urban agriculture organizations and three Chicago university contributors to deliver home garden kits to food insecure families starting on the south side of Chicago in Auburn-Gresham, Back of the Yards, Englewood, and Chicago Lawn. | ||||
Heartland Human Care Services | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $12,500.00 | Spring 2020 | Chicago Area |
To support Chicago FarmWorks’ community garden, broadening its reach and deepening its impact by supporting staff and food production costs associated with implementing the program and expanding community engagement. | ||||
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund (IECEF) | Land, Health, Community | $25,000.00 | Spring 2020 | East Central Illinois |
To support the general operations of IECEF and enable them to increase their work to promote policies that conserve natural areas and promote sustainable agriculture by educating decision makers through hands-on experiences with conservation areas in their districts. | ||||
City of Mattoon | Land, Health, Community | $16,250.00 | Spring 2020 | East Central Illinois |
To plant 50 trees throughout the city along streets, boulevards, in parks, and at the Lake Mattoon Pavilion during the fall of 2020 and the spring of 2021; Watering and maintenance will continue for approximately two years or until the trees are established. | ||||
Fresh Taste (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Land, Health, Community | $25,000.00 | Spring 2020 | East Central Illinois |
In contribution to the Chicago Food System Emergency Response Fund, intended to support response to the COVID-19 crisis in the Chicago region food system while preparing for recovery and greater resilience in the future. | ||||
Sierra Club Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Spring 2020 | East Central Illinois |
To provide organizing and technical support to volunteers and East Central Illinois residents so they have a basic understanding of watershed Nutrient Assessment and Reduction Plans (NARP) and are well-equipped to contribute to plan development to improve water quality in area watersheds. | ||||
Coles County Soil and Water Conservation District Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $1,500.00 | Spring 2020 | East Central Illinois |
To rent the Illinois Natural History Survey Traveling Science Center, a mobile classroom featuring informative, engaging exhibits on biodiversity and natural resources for Coles County public school students at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site in early May. | ||||
