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The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois – Carle Illinois College of Medicine
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Land, Health, Community

$3,475

Spring 2019

East Central Illinois

To fund a quarterly Champaign-Urbana community health fair for engagement, free health resources, and live demonstrations (e.g., cooking, exercise, mindfulness, and health metrics) to individuals looking for advice, help, and acknowledgment for their efforts in their busy lives.

The Nature Conservancy
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Land, Health, Community

$26,500

Spring 2019

East Central Illinois

To continue and expand two training programs to normalize soil health management systems and provide producers a strong network of trusted peers as they implement new practices on their farms to reduce soil erosion and nitrate loss.

Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund (IECEF)
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Land, Health, Community

$25,000

Spring 2019

East Central Illinois

For general operating funds to forward policy work, outreach to supportive individuals, and education of lawmakers and other decision makers about local food, land, and sustainable agriculture.

Faith in Place
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Land, Health, Community

$20,000

Spring 2019

East Central Illinois

To strengthen relationships with our current Green Teams, cultivate relationships with like-minded organizations and houses of worship in Coles and Douglas Counties, and grow Green Teams in these two counties.

Prairie Rivers Network
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Land, Health, Community

$25,000

Spring 2019

East Central Illinois

To expand its communications and outreach capacity to support conservation programs and organizational development, including building support for regenerative and organic agriculture practices in East Central Illinois that heal soil, protect water and wildlife, and grow food crops that can be marketed and consumed by East Central Illinois communities.

Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
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Land, Health, Community-Chicago

$6,000.00

Fall 2018

Chicago Area

to develop and implement five theatre workshops and five visual arts workshops, reaching approximately 200 youth and five community organizations in Waukegan, North Chicago, Round Lake, and Highwood.

Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange
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Land, Health, Community-Chicago

$5,000.00

Fall 2018

Chicago Area

To foster creativity and environmental stewardship by reimagining and redistributing surplus school supplies thrown away as classrooms and lockers are cleaned out at the end of the school year.

Enlace Chicago
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Land, Health, Community-Chicago

$10,000.00

Fall 2018

Chicago Area

For the development of resident-run garden spaces in the Little Village community to support environmental and health-related programming in the gardens.

Garfield Park Community Council
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Land, Health, Community-Chicago

$10,000.00

Fall 2018

Chicago Area

To build the capacity of the Community Wellness Initiative team to develop a food hub, install a new community eco-orchard, and to improve access to local, fresh food and use the local food movement as a tool for economic and community development.

Girls in the Game
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Land, Health, Community-Chicago

$5,000.00

Fall 2018

Chicago Area

To support our After School program at 35 Chicago sites for three 10-week seasons for girls of color in communities with high rates of poverty and violence including Englewood, Humboldt Park, and North Lawndale.