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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Gary Comer Youth Center | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To fund the growth of the Center’s youth-led urban agriculture and culinary arts programs empower young people to engage with the natural world, improve food security, and foster a healthy community through hands-on training in sustainable farming, cooking, and nutrition. The Center also connects youth to mentorship, resources, and career exploration that promote their personal and professional development. | ||||
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Funding to continue and expand their Consulate Community Outreach and Support Program, which provides critical services to low-wage workers in the food industry through the Mexican, Guatemalan, and Colombian consulates in Illinois, offering labor rights education, resources, and advocacy. | ||||
Communities United | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Funding for the “Pedal to Wellness” Campaign, an initiative to promote community-led healing activities with a focus on cycling and youth development in the Austin community. This campaign will start with a comprehensive bike mechanics training program for youth who will provide Austin residents of all generations free bike maintenance, repairs and educational information, fostering community connections and promoting the health benefits from riding a bike. | ||||
Openlands | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $20,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To revitalize four gardens built as part of the Building School Gardens program at Chicago Public Schools that have since fallen into disrepair during the Covid-19 pandemic. Openlands will also provide stipends to teachers and local community gardeners to ensure long-term sustainability and empower them to lead garden programs. | ||||
Garfield Park Community Council | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To support the ongoing maintenance of five community gardens in the GPCC Garden Network, which also supports their Youth Garden Corps program, which provides high school-aged youth with summer employment and educational experiences. | ||||
Reparations Media | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $10,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
For the growth and expansion of RP’s flagship podcast program, Change Agents, which trains journalists of color in community-based reporting, fostering civic engagement and participation, while amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. | ||||
Refugee Education and Adventure Challenge (REACH) | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $15,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To improve upon its successful Peer Mentor Leadership Project (PMLP), which develops a new generation of racially, socio-economically, & culturally diverse leaders to help foster more representative, responsive & relevant environmental engagement & outdoor learning experiences for refugee communities. | ||||
One Family Illinois | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $15,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
Supporting The Urban Growers Club to improve health outcomes for youth ages 5-21 in foster care by introducing basic concepts in nutrition, cooking, and gardening during the growing season, March-September, at two One Family Illinois sites where there are established community gardens. | ||||
Light of Loving Kindness | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $15,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To support the expansion of the Outdoor Rx programs, including social-emotional learning, personal development, community building, and immersive field trips to natural spaces. Programs range from one-day multi-generational workshops held in nature preserves to 12-week programs that equip participants with teen Mental Health First Aid certification and internship opportunities. | ||||
Juvenile Protective Association | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $15,000.00 | 2024 | Chicago Area |
To fund the Building Bridges to North Lawndale project, bringing school-based therapy services to children ages 3-13 within six neighborhood schools, trauma informed teacher consultation for four schools, the Grandparent Circle to adolescent girls at one school, and open a community clinic to offer therapy and parent groups—all with no financial or transportation barriers. | ||||
