2016 Grant Awards

Economy

Chicago Community Trust

Support for the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Amount: $125,000
Term: 12 months

Education Systems Center

General operating support

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

New Venture Fund

Support for planning and implementation of the Illinois Digital Learning Lab

Amount: $400,000
Term: 24 months

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.

Support to develop and implement a unified system of employer-based training for homecare workers

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

Education

Advance Illinois

General operating support

Amount: $75,000
Term: 18 months

Children’s Home + Aid of Illinois

Support to conduct a fiscal scan of state and federal investments in early childhood education for children birth to age eight in Illinois

Amount: $30,000
Term: 12 months

Collaboration for Early Childhood Care and Education

Support to develop a unified early childhood education data collection and evaluation system

Amount: $90,000
Term: 24 months

Community Organizing and Family Issues

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform

Support for the Early Childhood Regional Collaboration in DuPage County

Amount: $20,000
Term: 12 months

Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

General operating support

Amount: $35,000
Term: 12 months

Illinois Action for Children

Support to increase technology and fundraising capacity

Amount: $294,000
Term: 12 months

Illinois Early Learning Council

Support for planning and restructuring

Amount: $30,000
Term: 12 months

Illinois Humanities

Support for symposia entitled “Continuing Ed. – Parents and the Future of Illinois Public Schools” in Elgin

Amount: $18,000
Term: 12 months

Latino Policy Forum

Support to expand advocacy efforts to increase and improve early childhood services of Latino children birth to age eight

Amount: $45,000
Term: 12 months

Ounce of Prevention Fund

General operating support

Amount: $200,000
Term: 12 months

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

General operating support

Amount: $300,000
Term: 12 months

Elgin

Centro de Informacion

General operating support

Amount: $40,000
Term: 24 months

Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

Ecker Center for Mental Health

General operating support

Amount: $20,000
Term: 12 months

Elgin Master Chorale

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

Elgin Symphony Orchestra

General operating support

Amount: $10,000
Term: 12 months

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $10,000
Term: 12 months

Oak Crest Atrium Apartments

General operating support

Amount: $40,000
Term: 24 months

Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

United Way of Elgin

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

Well Child Center

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

Environment

Alliance for the Great Lakes

General operating support

Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months

Center for Neighborhood Technology

General operating support

Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months

Faith in Place

General operating support

Amount: $35,000
Term: 12 months

Friends of the Chicago River

Support to conduct research and analysis to assess the feasibility of developing a comprehensive trail along the Chicago River

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

Heartlands Conservancy

Support for the acquisition of three properties with the Shawnee National Forest

Amount: $272,199
Term: 18 months

Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund

General operating support

Amount: $90,000
Term: 24 months

Jo Daviess Conservation Fund

Support for the acquisition of Addition to Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve

Amount: $57,963
Term: 36 months

Jo Daviess Conservation Fund

Support for the acquisition and restoration of Oneota Preserve, located in Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County

Amount: $578,135
Term: 48 months

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

Support for the acquisition of Harvard Savanna, located in Hartland Township, McHenry County

Amount: $202,000
Term: 12 months

Metropolitan Planning Council

Support to create plans and tools for improved stormwater management and financing in the Chicago region

Amount: $150,000
Term: 12 months

National Forest Foundation

Challenge grant to support restoration of 1,800 acres at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Amount: $1,000,000
Term: 84 months

Natural Land Institute

General operating support

Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months

The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

Support to research the feasibility of a stormwater credit trading system in Cook County

Amount: $130,000
Term: 12 months

Openlands

Support for the acquisition of Hoffman Farm – Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

Amount: $208,375
Term: 18 months

Openlands

Support for the acquisition of Larson tract – Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

Amount: $62,094
Term: 18 months

Prairie Rivers Network

Support for coordination of the Middle Illinois River Conservation Collaborative

Amount: $54,000
Term: 24 months

The Wetlands Initiative

Support to increase fundraising and program staff capacity

Amount: $188,000
Term: 36 months

Special Opportunities

Forefront

General operating support

Amount: $25,000
Term: 12 months

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