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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Chicago Academy of Sciences | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $2,500.00 | Spring 2019 | Chicago Area |
To support Chicago Conservation Corp which strengthens volunteer leaders to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods across Chicago through self-determined service projects that address environmental sustainability issues in their own communities. | ||||
Openlands | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | Spring 2019 | 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. | ||||
Heartland Human Care Services | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | Spring 2019 | Chicago Area |
To support Chicago FarmWorks’ new community garden, ensuring that the program is able to maximize growing capacity, as well as support program operations at the East Garfield Park and Harvest Commons sites. | ||||
IPM Institute of North America, Inc. | Land, Health, Community | $12,000 | Spring 2018 | East Central Illinois |
To support the restoration and preservation of regional watersheds, and to reduce the negative impacts of synthetic lawn care chemicals on pollinators, people, and pets in Champaign County through permanent signage at the Urbana City Building’s South Lawn and the Park District’s Meadowbrook Organic Gardens and the continued outreach and communication at our Pesticide Free Parks and Point-of-Purchase Retailers. | ||||
Coles County Soil and Water Conservation District Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $10,000 | Spring 2019 | East Central Illinois |
To build interest and catalyze adoption of conservation strategies in both urban and agricultural settings in Coles County and the surrounding area. Using the knowledge and experience they gain from the project, participants in both the urban and agricultural programs will be able to serve as influencers, passing on the information to others and setting in motion further adoption of conservation practices. | ||||
Douglas-Hart Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $6,500 | Spring 2019 | East Central Illinois |
To expand the Douglas-Hart Nature Center's guided Illinois native tree and shrub trail, including identification signs with post markers, additional trees and shrubs, and a trail guide featuring labeled specimens distributed to the community. | ||||
Fit-2-Serve | Land, Health, Community | $25,000 | Spring 2019 | East Central Illinois |
To encourage engagement through a community bridges approach to strengthen collaboration across agencies around agricultural and rural development targeting youth. | ||||
Fresh Taste (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Land, Health, Community | $50,000 | Spring 2019 | East Central Illinois |
To support the Artisan Grain Collaborative (AGC), a value chain initiative connecting farmers, millers, brewers, distributors, processors, end users, university researchers, and nonprofits to promote the uses of crops supporting regenerative rotations and perennial agriculture | ||||
IPM Institute of North America, Inc. | Land, Health, Community | $23,406 | Spring 2019 | East Central Illinois |
To support a pilot composting program in partnership with the City of Urbana and Urbana Park District to launch the County’s first public compost initiative to identify and overcome the barriers to successful composting in turfgrass management. | ||||
Spence Farm Foundation | Land, Health, Community | $5,000 | Spring 2019 | East Central Illinois |
To provide funding for the Springfield “Bread Camp,” a two-day immersive, hands-on program designed to promote the consumption of locally grown specialty grains and flour and to build relationships among growers, bakers, chefs, culinary educators, and consumers as they learn about the health benefits of whole grains and natural fermentation. | ||||
