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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Delta Institute | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $25,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to support the development of an economic tool that integrates soil health indicators when calculating property value to promote practices with the potential to assess land managed with sustainable agriculture practices at a higher value over conventional agriculture. | ||||
EIU/Biological Sciences | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to develop native plant landscapes and increase the engagement and participation of the community with nature through interpretive sessions and citizen scientist training workshops. | ||||
Faith in Place | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $30,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to increase faith-community-owned acreage used for nature-based climate solutions as well as increase the project’s educational outreach to houses of worship so as to expand public awareness and support for climate action. | ||||
The Nature Conservancy (Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition) | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $50,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to support outreach efforts to transition 40,000 acres of Illinois farmland to regenerative grazing management by 2025. Funds will also go toward strategic development plans to expand partner relationships and provide technical assistance to IL grazers. | ||||
Funders of Regenerative Agriculture (Fiscal Sponsor: Regenerative Agriculture Foundation) | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to support the organization and implementation of programs that accelerate the emergence of regenerative agriculture, healthy soil, and working lands systems that support people and the planet. | ||||
Champaign Parks Foundation | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $8,800.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to purchase 44 trees to be planted fall 2025 along the 1.0-mile walking/cycling path in Zahnd Park; some will be used to screen Staley Road. The path is part of a corridor which connects a rapidly developing health care/retail complex and its new multiuse biking/hiking/workout path, with areas east of I-57, by way of an expanded Windsor Road overpass with sidewalks and dedicated cycling lanes. | ||||
Children’s Museum of Illinois | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $12,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
For the construction of a small greenhouse that would allow the Museum to start native seeds and plant them on site. Funding would also facilitate site preparation/leveling. | ||||
U of I Prairie Research Institute | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $52,902.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
For the installation of an Illinois Climate Network station in Coles County to collect real-time weather, soil, and water table data. The station would provide farmers with soil information for field work, the NWS with wind and precipitation data for severe weather and flood forecasting, and long-term data for researchers in crop science, ecology, and many other areas. | ||||
The Land Connection | Land, Health, Community | $25,000.00 | Spring 2024 | East Central Illinois |
to fund ongoing programs that increase farmer knowledge on sustainable farming practices; grow beginner farm businesses; provide the community access to healthy, locally grown foods; and expand public awareness of the importance of a local food system. | ||||
California Climate and Agriculture Network (Fiscal Sponsor: Earth Island Institute) | Good Food Policy Program | $10,000.00 | 2024 | National |
To support the creation of the National Healthy Soils Policy Network to serve as an information clearinghouse, learning laboratory, and aggregator of farmer voices across the country for building power and securing resources that will catalyze a transition to a healthy and just agricultural system while delivering climate solutions and increasing on-farm resilience. | ||||
