Grant Awards

2018 Grant Awards

Economy

Chicago Jobs Council

General operating support

Amount: $250,000
Term: 24 months

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Chicago Community Trust

Support for the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months

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Education Systems Center

General operating support

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Elgin Community College Foundation

Support for the Education and Work Center to develop fee-based programs to improve revenue

Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months

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Jobs to Move America

General operating support for work in Illinois

Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months

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Raise the Floor Alliance

General operating support

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

General operating support

Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months

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United Way of Elgin

Support for tax preparation services of Center for Economic Progress

Amount: $30,000
Term: 12 months

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Women Employed

Support for the Illinois Career Pathways Program and staff capacity building

Amount: $127,000
Term: 24 months

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World Business Chicago

Support for Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy

Amount: $200,000
Term: 24 months

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Young Invincibles

Support for public policy advocacy for new apprenticeship models in Illinois

Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months

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Education

Alignment Collaborative for Education

General operating support

Amount: $40,000
Term: 12 months

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Children's Home + Aid of Illinois

Support for the Alquist Center for Policy, Practice, and Innovation

Amount: $90,000
Term: 24 months

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Community Organizing and Family Issues

General operating support

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

General operating support

Amount: $80,000
Term: 24 months

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New Venture Fund

Support for the design and implementation of the Illinois Digital Learning Lab

Amount: $200,000
Term: 9 months

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Ounce of Prevention Fund

Support for the Pathways to Partnership program, that connects children in Illinois’ child welfare system to early education services

Amount: $100,000
Term: 12 months

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Elgin

Association for Individual Development

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $60,000
Term: 24 months

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Bethlehem Lutheran Child Development Center

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Centro de Informacion

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Children's Theatre of Elgin

General operating support

Amount: $30,000
Term: 24 months

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Chinese Mutual Aid Association

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $10,000
Term: 12 months

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Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Northern Illinois

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $10,000
Term: 12 months

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Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Ecker Center for Mental Health

General operating support

Amount: $25,000
Term: 12 months

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Ecker Center for Mental Health

Support to acquire Renz Addiction Counseling Center as a subsidiary

Amount: $70,000
Term: 12 months

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Elgin Master Chorale

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Elgin Symphony Orchestra

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $40,000
Term: 24 months

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Marklund Children's Home

General operating support for Elgin-based services

Amount: $10,000
Term: 12 months

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Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Summit School, Inc.

General operating support

Amount: $70,000
Term: 24 months

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United Way of Elgin

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Well Child Center

General operating support

Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months

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Youth Leadership Academy

General operating support

Amount: $30,000
Term: 24 months

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Environment

Alliance for the Great Lakes

General operating support

Amount: $375,000
Term: 24 months

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Conservation Fund

Support for the Illinois Grassland Conservation Initiative

Amount: $30,000
Term: 24 months

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Faith in Place

General operating support

Amount: $120,000
Term: 24 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

Support for the acquisition and restoration of the Richardson Addition to Horseshoe Mound Preserve

Amount: $628,598
Term: 24 months

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The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

General operating support

Amount: $120,000
Term: 24 months

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Metropolitan Planning Council

Support for its Water program, which includes development of StormStore, a stormwater credit trading system in the Chicago region

Amount: $900,000
Term: 36 months

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Natural Land Institute

General operating support

Amount: $110,000
Term: 24 months

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Natural Land Institute

Support for the acquisition of northern addition to the Silver Creek Preserve

Amount: $225,411
Term: 18 months

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Natural Land Institute

Support for the acquisition and restoration of the Rhodes Addition to Apple River Canyon Land & Water Reserve

Amount: $329,490
Term: 55 months

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The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

Support to develop StormStore, a stormwater credit trading system in the Chicago region

Amount: $195,000
Term: 18 months

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The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

Support for the acquisition of Baumgardner tract at Nachusa Grasslands

Amount: $67,946
Term: 12 months

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Openlands

Support for the acquisition of Silberhorn tract in Boone County along the Kishwaukee River

Amount: $72,130
Term: 12 months

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Prairie Rivers Network

Support for coordination of the Middle Illinois River Conservation Collaborative

Amount: $62,000
Term: 24 months

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The Sierra Club – Illinois Chapter

Support for the Illinois Clean Water Campaign and the Fox River Valley watershed protection work

Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months

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Special Opportunities

Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations

General operating support

Amount: $48,000
Term: 24 months

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Forefront

Support for general operations and Census 2020 Funder Collaborative

Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months

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Latino Policy Forum

General operating support

Amount: $120,000
Term: 24 months

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