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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
The Wetlands Initiative | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $30,000.00 | 2024 | East Central Illinois |
To support the Wetlands Initiative's Smart Wetlands program, with funds directed toward collaborative outreach to landowners and the general public in east-central Illinois to spread the use of small tile-treatment wetlands on farmland to naturally reduce nutrient runoff into local waterways. | ||||
Chicago Grows Food | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $25,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To continue the Grow Your Groceries and Home Garden programs which aim to address food insecurity and barriers to gardening in low food access areas by providing residents with grow kits and a variety of educational resources for maintaining their gardens and increasing their knowledge of how to grow their food. | ||||
Common Threads | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $28,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the expansion of the 'Growing Farm-to-School Learning Opportunities' collaborative program with Sumner Academy which provides cooking and nutrition education programs with local ingredients to increase students’ and families’ food literacy, cooking skills, and access to healthy snacks and meals. The program will bring on the CYC-Sidney Epstein Youth Center as a collaborative partner to expand program offerings. | ||||
Gardeneers | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $130,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Continuing support of school garden programs in the North Lawndale community with Holy Family Ministries, Homan Rails Farm, and North Lawndale College Prep, and expand their reach to support programs at Roswell B. Mason Mathematics & Science Academy. These school garden programs provide students with knowledge, skills, and tools to become food justice leaders in their communities and bring fresh produce to local residents. | ||||
Faith in Place | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $150,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the Faith Community Action partnership with Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church to advance North Lawndale’s Quality of Life Plan by supporting community health and building the local economy. Fruit trees will be planted at the neighborhood greenspace, James Stone Freedom Square, and a licensed shared kitchen will be completed to provide nutrition classes and food entrepreneurial opportunities to local residents. | ||||
Food Access Project | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $100,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the Food is Medicine Delivery Pilot for People with Chronic Disease, in collaboration with Mt. Sinai Hospital, which will connect the healthcare system with the local charitable food infrastructure to provide deliveries of medically-tailored groceries and supplemental produce to food-insecure neighbors managing chronic health conditions in North Lawndale. | ||||
Young Men’s Educational Network (YMEN) | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $450,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Continuing support for the North Lawndale Garden to Table Pipeline and the operation of its food and distribution hubs that distribute locally grown produce, prepared meals, and donated/rescued food reaching North Lawndale’s most isolated residents. | ||||
Animal Agriculture Reform Collaborative (Fiscal Sponsor: Multiplier) | Good Food Policy Program | $10,000.00 | 2024 | National |
To build a broad, powerful base of organizations across the country from the environmental, independent farmer, sustainable food, labor, civil rights, and animal welfare movements to jointly challenge corporate control of the food system and advocate for better U.S.-based agricultural policies. | ||||
Food Chain Workers Alliance | Good Food Policy Program | $10,000.00 | 2024 | National |
To continue their work and build capacity to introduce and center worker voices in local, state, and national policy campaigns in health and safety standards, members' opposition of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and continued development and implementation of food procurement policies as part of the Good Food Purchasing Program. | ||||
National Family Farm Coalition | Good Food Policy Program | $20,000.00 | 2024 | National |
To pay for activities required to elevate the voice and priorities of our members who primarily live in rural America, advocate for policy changes that enrich their lives, and raise the profile of community-based and controlled food systems. | ||||
