2020 Grant Awards

Economy

Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition

To support the Illinois Digital Learning Lab

Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months

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Chicago Community Foundation

To support the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance

Amount: $750,000
Term: 12 months

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Chicago Jobs Council

General operating support

Amount: $250,000
Term: 24 months

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Economic Security for Illinois

General operating support

Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months

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Education Systems Center

To support Education Systems Center’s work with the 60 x 25 leadership communities.

Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months

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Elevate

To support Elevate’s work supporting low income workers.

Amount: $45,000
Term: 12 months

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Latino Union of Chicago

To support the exploration of day labor worker needs in the west and northwest suburbs

Amount: $64,300
Term: 18 months

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mRelief

General operations for the organization’s work in Illinois.

Amount: $80,000
Term: 24 months

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Raise the Floor Alliance

General operating support

Amount: $200,000
Term: 24 months

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Shriver Center on Poverty Law

General operating support

Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months

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Upsolve

General operations for the organization’s work in Illinois.

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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World Business Chicago

To support the Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy (CASE) Program

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Education

Communities United

To support the Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) Initiative

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Community Organizing & Family Issues

For general operating support

Amount: $160,000
Term: 24 months

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East Side Aligned

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Equip for Equality

To support the Special Education Rights Clinic

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Erikson Institute

To support the Policy and Leadership Department

Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months

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Grow Your Own Illinois

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Link Unlimited

To support the High School Success & College Persistence Program

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Teach Plus Incorporated

General operating support for work in Illinois

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Elgin

Association for Individual Development

General operating support for Elgin-based work

Amount: $60,000
Term: 24 months

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Bethlehem Lutheran Child Development Center

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Centro de Informacion

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Children's Theatre of Elgin

For general operating support

Amount: $30,000
Term: 24 months

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Chinese Mutual Aid Association

For general operating support

Amount: $30,000
Term: 24 months

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Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley

General operating support for the Jayne Shover Center

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Elgin Master Chorale

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

General operating support for Elgin-based work

Amount: $80,000
Term: 24 months

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Elgin Symphony Orchestra

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

General operating support for the Elgin Center and Recovery Home

Amount: $40,000
Term: 24 months

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Side Street Studio Arts

For general operating support

Amount: $15,000
Term: 12 months

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Summit School, Inc.

General operating support for Elgin-based work

Amount: $70,000
Term: 24 months

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Well Child Center

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Engagement

Forefront

For general operating support

Amount: $37,500
Term: 12 months

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Hana Center

To support the Citizenship for All program

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Illinois Humanities

For general operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Latino Policy Forum

For general operating support

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Environment

Alliance for the Great Lakes

To prevent the flow of invasive species in the Great Lakes waterways and support restoration projects in Illinois

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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American Rivers

To support the feasibility of establishing a public-private partnership program to reduce flood risk and restore floodplain habitat

Amount: $100,000
Term: 12 months

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Audubon Great Lakes

To support the network of grassland stewards and community engagement efforts

Amount: $120,000
Term: 24 months

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Conservation Fund

To support the Illinois Working Lands, Water, and Wildlife Conservation Partnership

Amount: $400,000
Term: 12 months

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Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

General operating support

Amount: $75,000
Term: 24 months

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Environmental Law & Policy Center

To support coal ash solutions and protection of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Amount: $60,000
Term: 12 months

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Faith in Place

General operating support

Amount: $60,000
Term: 12 months

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Heartlands Conversancy

General operating support

Amount: $70,000
Term: 12 months

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Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund

General operating support

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

General operating support

Amount: $275,000
Term: 36 months

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The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

General operating support

Amount: $60,000
Term: 12 months

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Natural Land Institute

General operating support

Amount: $55,000
Term: 12 months

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The Sierra Club-Illinois Chapter

General operating support

Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months

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The Wetlands Initiative

To support expanded outreach and construction of wetlands on farmland to reduce nutrient pollution into Illinois waterways

Amount: $110,000
Term: 24 months

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Special Opportunities

Emergency Response Grants

Emergency COVID-19 relief grants to 52 current grantees for a total of $378,750.

Amount: $378,750
Term: Grant duration between 3-6 months