Aspiramos Juntos
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Green City Market
To support Edible Education: Farm, School, and Home in 2019, providing interactive food-based learning for Chicago students and increasing local food access to Chicago families.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Enlace Chicago
To support Enlace’s Community Garden Initiative which supports the development of resident-run garden spaces in the Little Village community.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Growing Home
To support A New Farm for Englewood which is a 16,500 square foot farm in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. This will add a third site to their farm campus and grow an additional 8,000 pounds of produce per year--all of which they will keep in Englewood through affordable sales or donations.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Green Community Connections/One Earth Film Festival
To support One Earth Film Festival: Collaboration for Healthier People and Planet which provides expanded programming, engagement and impact in the greater Chicagoland region, through their annual 10-day Festival in March 2019, and innovative programming that has evolved from, and enhanced the reach of, the Festival.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Girls in the Game
To support Girls in the Game's After School program, which is provided at no cost to girls or their families in communities with high rates of poverty and violence including Englewood, Humboldt Park, and North Lawndale. Girls in the Game runs weekly programming that encourages physical activity and physical and emotional health at 35 Chicago sites for three 10-week seasons as well as events on days of non-school attendance.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange
To support an "End of School Year Donation Drive" in Spring 2019 that engages suburban and city schools in creative reuse, aiding them in their "green" efforts to go beyond recycling to include redistributing and reuse.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Healthy Schools Campaign
To support Change for Good, an effort to transform Chicago schools and classrooms so children have the opportunity to eat well, grow food, be physically active and spend time outdoors.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Garfield Park Community Council
To support the Garfield Park Community Wellness Initiative, in which the GPCC aims to improve access to local, fresh food and use the local food movement as a tool for economic and community development.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Oak Park River Forest School Green Teams Collaborative
To support bringing educational and motivational school assemblies to Oak Park and River Forest Schools that will increase K-8 student knowledge of environmental issues and community sustainability efforts and provoke individual action.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2018
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
To support the Curious Little Bee / La Pequeña Abeja Curiosa program which invites participants to build a personal relationship with the natural world, our local food systems, and the importance of bee and other pollinator life to environmental sustainability.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
The WasteShed
To support environmental education about “creative reuse” and preventing waste, with a focus on children and youth, teacher support, and school programming.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
Gardeneers
To expand programming at 4 partner schools North Lawndale and to serve each of the partner schools twice per week and double the students directly served in the school garden programs to total 520 students. To also implement a Student Run Community Farm stand each week for parents and neighbors of each school.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
Grow Greater Englewood
GGE will provide an infrastructure and assist local urban farmers to create economically viable community-based farm enterprises along the elevated rail viaduct between 58th and 59th Streets in Chicago. Englewood Community Farms will provide land, shared equipment, and entrepreneurship training for 4-5 for-profit or cooperative farming operations on contiguous parcels of land.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
Openlands
To support Building School Gardens which works with 58 Chicago Public Schools to care for and maintain their school garden as both an outdoor classroom during school and a neighborhood park after school and on the weekends. The program aims to foster the next generation of environmental stewards by building awareness of and respect for the natural world while improving the quality of life for the entire community.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
To support a new individualized training initiative to help growers scale and professionalize their operations, as well as expanded outreach that will deliver education, mentoring, and resources to existing and potential growers in some of Chicago's most distressed communities.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
Plant Chicago
To support Closed Loop in the Classroom, an initiative of Plant Chicago, which educates K-12 students in Chicago about closed loop food systems and healthy, sustainable food practices. In addition to education, the initiative will increase community participation in Plant Chicago’s year-round farmers market, Cooking Matters, and new Community Learning Circle.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2018
Big Green
To support two programmatic activities within our Learning Garden schools: Edible Garden Initiative and Garden-Based Education Initiative which ensure integration and implementation of Learning Garden programming in the classroom and school culture, and teach the teachers to use their Learning Garden to its fullest extent across grade levels and subjects.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Enlace Chicago
To support the development of resident-run garden spaces in the Little Village community with environmental and health-related programming in the gardens. View Enlace Chicago 's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Purple Asparagus
To support the Delicious Nutritious Adventures program and Family Cooking Program, which helps students explore a new healthy ingredient each month by learning about it, tasting it, and cooking with it to schools in Austin, North Austin, Galewood, Back of the Yards, Canaryville, New City, and Humboldt Park communities. View Purple Asparagus's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Chicago Academy of Sciences
To support the Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods across Chicago through self-determined service projects that address environmental sustainability issues in their own communities. View Chicago Academy of Sciences 's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Chicago Youth Centers
To support the Lean and Green Project to provide fresh produce, support urban farming and aquaponics education, and to teach youth and their families how to prepare healthy meals as they develop a lifestyle focused on health, wellness, nutrition, and environmental sustainability. View Chicago Youth Centers's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Erie Elementary Charter School
To support the Health and Wellness Initiative, which increases students' knowledge and understanding of nutrition and healthy eating, as well as their participation in physical activity. They will also offer parent workshops focusing on nutrition and culinary education to make healthy food choices on a limited budget. View Erie Elementary Charter School 's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Institute of Cultural Affairs
To support the Nourish Comm(unity) series to coordinate four cross-cultural events exploring various ways Chicago communities employ sustainability to enhance their community, culture, and connections to address the challenge of siloed efforts and competition within the field of sustainability and climate change.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2017
Garfield Park Community Council
To support the Garfield Park Community Wellness Initiative develop its staff team and programs as they use the production of fresh, local food as a tool for rebuilding social and economic infrastructure on Chicago's West Side. View Garfield Park Community Council's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
Openlands
To support the Building School Gardens program which works with 58 Chicago Public Schools across the city to use their school garden as an extension of the classroom, impacting more than 38,000 students daily. View Openlands's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
The Kitchen Community
To support school Learning Gardens with Edible Garden and Garden-Based Education Initiatives. These initiatives ensure that school leaders are prepared to utilize the Learning Garden to its fullest extent, broadening their skills in outdoor, experiential education and giving them tools with which to engage students.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
Alliance for the Great Lakes
To support the "Educating the Next Generation of Great Lake Stewards in the Chicago Area" program which works to advance Great Lakes stewardship and restoration efforts. View Alliance for the Great Lakes's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
Plant Chicago, NFP
To support Closed Loop in the Classroom which is an initiative of Plant Chicago that educates K-12 students in Chicago about closed loop food systems and healthy, sustainable food practices. In addition to education, the initiative will increase community participation in the year round farmers market run by Plant Chicago. Plant Chicago operates out of the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a low-income community located on the southside of Chicago.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
Healthy Schools Campaign
To support the Change for Good program which seeks to transform Chicago schools and classrooms into environments that ensure children have the opportunity to eat well, be physically active and spend time outdoors. View Healthy Schools Campaign's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
The WasteShed
To support environmental education about “creative reuse” and preventing waste, with a focus on children, teacher support, and school programming.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
Peterson Garden Project
To support programs that offer lifelong learning opportunities which give at-risk families, youth, and seniors access to fresh, homegrown food and skills to prepare it. View Peterson Garden Project's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosSpring2017
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
To support expansion and capacity of community gardens and farms in at-risk Chicago neighborhoods. View Advocates for Urban Agriculture's Website -
Aspiramos Juntos Spring2016
Healthy Schools Campaign
To support Change for Good, an effort to transform Chicago schools and classrooms into environments that ensure children have the opportunity to eat well, be physically active and spend time outdoors.
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Aspiramos Juntos Spring2016
Chicago Horticultural Society (dba Chicago Botanic Garden)
To support Windy City Harvest (WCH), a program that trains at least 170 Chicago youth and adults, including ex-offenders, in sustainable urban agriculture and creates access to 55000 servings of fresh produce for low-income residents in the Chicago region’s food insecure communities, such as North Lawndale, Austin, Pilsen, and Washington Park.
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Aspiramos Juntos Spring2016
Openlands
To support the Building School Gardens program which works with Chicago Public Schools across the city to use their school garden as an extension of their classroom.
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Aspiramos Juntos Spring2016
Peterson Garden Project
To support a community-based food education program to ensure that everyone in their community has access to healthy food that is both affordable and sustainably produced. Education in organic gardening and home cooking classes at PGP’s network of 8 community gardens, a high school garden, and the Community Cooking School, all in neighborhoods with a high percentage of at-risk families, will be part of the program.
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Aspiramos Juntos Spring2016
NeighborSpace
To support the Jardincito Community Stewardship Project which will result in effective stewardship and meaningful engagement at the Jardincito nature play garden in Little Village, the Chicago neighborhood with the least amount of open green space per capita.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Garfield Park Community Council
To support the Garfield Park Community Wellness Initiative, an effort that is using the production of fresh, local food as a means of rebuilding social and economic infrastructure on Chicago's West Side.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Growing Home, Inc.
To support Growing Home’s project “Expanding Local Food in Englewood” which aims to encourage the development of a robust food system and thriving green corridor in Greater Englewood.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
To support the Caminando con Cuentos project which will help bilingual 1st to 5th grade students from Highwood, Round Lake and Waukegan, IL, be physically active in a welcoming, natural environment, become more aware of local nature, and establish a stronger sense of place through story and writing.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Purple Asparagus
To support the Family Cooking Program (FCP) as a supplement to its Delicious Nutritious Adventures (DNA) programming in 14 schools located in the following Chicago communities: Austin, Hermosa, Irving Park, Lincoln Square, Lakeview, West Town, New City (Back of the Yards), Armour Square, Near South Side, Humboldt Park, West Town, Dunning, and Portage Park. .
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
To support the Surplus Project, an innovative collaboration developed to reduce food waste; increase access to healthy, convenient meals; and reduce food insecurity in our community.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
FamilyFarmed
General Support for FamilyFarmed which is based in Chicago and serves farmers and Good Food communities all over the United States.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Green Community Connections/One Earth Film Festival
To support the 2017 One Earth Film Fest - Building Impact through Community Engagement, Phase 2
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2016
Seven Generations Ahead
To support SGA's comprehensive portfolio of program work and general operations.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Green Community Connections/One Earth Film Festival
To subsidize first-time film events in hard-to-reach communities, and to support the development of an improved system to measure our impact.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC)
To support AGC's unique initiatives, including their food program, community engagement and expanded learning opportunities, and International Baccalaureate Programme.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Universidad Popular
To support the Parent And Children Together (PACT) project which will provide fitness, nutrition and cooking lessons to families in the Pilsen/Little Village Community of Chicago.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Alliance for the Great Lakes
To support Educating the Next Generation of Great Lakes Stewards in Chicago Area which will recruit 5000 plus volunteers to work 60 coastal sites in IL, work with 150 educators in IL on Great Lakes in My World curriculum, link stewardship efforts to expanded on-the-ground projects, as well as local and regional policies, and evaluate the impact on the citizens and youth.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Chicago Arts Orchestra
To support Paisajes Musicales, a music education program bringing young people, especially from low-income families and communities of color, into direct contact with professional classical musicians. .
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Growing Home, Inc.
To reach more individuals by extending their farm stand hours, offering their workshops to new audiences through organizational partnerships, and increasing the amount of their organic produce that reaches low-income individuals.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Seven Generations Ahead
General support for SGA. The desired outcomes include positive changes with respect to core sustainability indicators that we measure including community and institution energy consumption; renewable energy procurement; greenhouse gas emissions; waste diverted from landfill; total waste generated; community and institution potable water consumption; vehicle miles traveled; public transit use; miles of bike lanes; new green infrastructure additions; and other project-specific process measures.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Purple Asparagus
To deliver the Delicious Nutritious Adventures (DNA) programming to an entire grade level during the 2016/17 school year in Chicago Public Schools. Students will gain an interest in whole fruits and vegetables, learn how to make healthy food choices, learn how to talk about food, and increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Their families will receive simple and healthy recipes and be motivated to cook more at home.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
To support The Surplus Project, an innovative collaboration developed to reduce food waste, increase access to healthy, convenient meals, and reduce food insecurity in our community.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2015
Plant Chicago, NFP
To educate K-12 students in Chicago about closed loop food systems and healthy, sustainable food practices. The initiative will also increase community participation in the year round farmers market run by Plant Chicago.
View Plant Chicago, NFP's Website
Good Food Policy
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Good Food Policy 2018
Union of Concerned Scientists - Good Food For All
This project will enable members of communities that have been historically excluded from federal food and agriculture negotiations to generate, refine, and advocate for their policy priorities and innovations. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) facilitates the activities of the Good Food For All (GFFA) initiative with the ultimate goal of improving the well being of communities whose contributions are essential for the food and agriculture system to work but whose interests and priorities are seldom considered in federal policy.
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Good Food Policy 2018
Food Policy Action
Through public education, advocacy, and community organizing, Food Policy Action Education Fund unites advocates across the food movement on diverse issues such as nutrition and health, organic foods, local community agriculture, beginning farmers, and clean water.
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Good Food Policy 2018
Open Markets Institute
To help policymakers and the public understand America’s monopoly problem in food and farming and take action to reverse it. We use investigative journalism, op-eds, grassroots alliances, and policymaker education to raise awareness of the consequences of concentrations of power in food and farm markets, and work directly with policymakers to develop solutions.
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Good Food Policy 2018
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders
“Catalyzing Action: Building philanthropic knowledge and capacity to impact food and farm policy” will enhance our ability to contribute to more effective investments and accelerated learning within our membership.
View Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders 's Website
Land, Health, Community
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
The Land Connection
To create a stronger local food system by increasing access to resources that help farm businesses be resilient and viable for a regional sustainable agricultural economy.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
To provide programs that connect farmers and buyers, challenge consumers to invest in quality food that meets their values, and engage our members in driving community and political leadership to transform how we feed ourselves, how our land is cared for, and by whom in east central Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Rural Schools Collaborative
To support efforts to build interest and capacity in local farm-to-school projects in east central Illinois by conducting site visits to a farm-to-school network in Cambridge, Wisconsin.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Savanna Institute
To launch an Agroforestry Research & Demonstration (R&D) Farm at Allerton Park in Monticello to catalyze agroforestry adoption in the Midwest.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
SIU School of Medicine Dept. of Population Science and Policy
To support a research project that will provide a comprehensive picture of family health and give families in Douglas County better strategies to achieve adequate nutrition.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Environmental Education Association of Illinois
To support the 2019 Illinois Environmental Education Conference, which will bring more than 100 educators together in Mattoon to gain the latest in knowledge, skills, and resources in the field of environmental education.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Sola Gratia Farm
To improve soil fertility on an additional five acres of cropland to expand vegetable production and outreach efforts in the Champaign-Urbana area.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Prairie Rivers Network
To support regenerative and ecologically diverse farms in East Central Illinois and expand locally grown foods and local food economies through ReGenerate IL and the IDEA Farm Network.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2018
Sullivan Elementary School Community Garden
To support a school initiative that allows students in preschool through fourth grade to work in and learn about a structured school garden and encourages community outreach.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2018
Fit-2-Serve
To incubate a sustainable food center that is financially viable by 2020 and offer education and resources to farm, community, and school gardens.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2018
Midwest Pesticide Action Center
To support the Midwest Grows Green education program in Urbana and central Illinois, which encourages residents to choose natural lawn care solutions through demonstrations using public land, consumer education, and partnerships with retailers to provide more natural products.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2018
Faith in Place
To continue the expansion of Green Teams within congregations in East Central Illinois to facilitate projects in the areas of sustainable food and land use, energy and climate, and water preservation.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2018
Prairie Rivers Network
To expand their support for regenerative and organic agriculture practices in East Central Illinois that heal soil, protect water and wildlife, and grow food crops that can be marketed and consumed by local communities.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2018
Action for Healthy Kids
To implement healthy eating and physical activity initiatives in five under-resourced East Central Illinois K-12 schools. The program includes microgrants for wellness projects forwarded by school-family-community partnerships.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2018
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund
To support education and outreach among citizens and lawmakers and to advance policies that protect the vital ecology of Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2017
Prairie Rivers Network
To support regenerative and ecologically diverse farms in East Central Illinois and expand locally grown foods and local food economies through ReGenerate IL and the IDEA Farm Network.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2017
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
To expand an economically and socially just local food and farm system in Illinois that connects local, family famers with markets to drive local food consumption
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2017
Coles County Health Department
To expand the community garden and increase educational programs for the community
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2017
Savanna Institute
To support absentee landowners to adopt agroforestry practices in East Central Illinois by helping them work together on shared goals of healthy land, clean water, and a resilient agricultural economy
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Midwest Pesticide Action Center
To support the Midwest Grows Green education program in Urbana, which encourages residents to choose natural lawn care solutions through demonstrations at a public park.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Faith in Place
To continue the expansion of Green Teams within congregations in East Central Illinois to facilitate projects in the areas of sustainable food and land use, energy and climate, and water preservation.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Village of Strasburg
To install permeable pavers at the site of the weekly farmers market.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Prairie Rivers Network
To expand their support for regenerative and organic agriculture practices in East Central Illinois that heal soil, protect water and wildlife, and grow food crops that can be marketed and consumed by local communities.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Sullivan Area Arts
To support the establishment of a farmers market in downtown Sullivan and encourage consumption of local, healthy produce.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Forefront
To support the organizational development of nonprofit organizations across the state of Illinois through an annual conference, a peer skills sharing program, and networking and educational meetings in East Central Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Sola Gratia Farm
To expand access to and demand for fresh and healthy produce in low-income/limited access populations in Urbana and Champaign.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund
To support education and outreach among citizens and lawmakers and to advance policies that protect the vital ecology of Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Ride Illinois
To support the creation of a municipal bicycle plan for the City of Charleston from Mattoon to Fox Ridge.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2017
Effingham Unit #40
To encourage students in Effingham Unit #40 to adopt a healthy life style by exposing them to the benefit of eating foods that are grown in their own hydroponics gardening system.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2016
Global Philanthropy Partnership
A strategic partnership contribution to support the FARM Illinois mission to coordinate policy, innovation, and leadership efforts across the food and agriculture systems in Illinois.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2016
Fit-2-Serve
To incubate a sustainable food center that is financially viable by 2020 and offer education and resources to farm, community, and school gardens
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Land, Health, Community Spring2016
Faith In Place
To establish Green Teams in East Central Illinois’ faith communities that will set environmental goals and implement impactful and sustainable programs.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2016
Millikin University
To develop a Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) Program in collaboration with National Foodworks Services (NFS) to further the training, development, and growth of food entrepreneurs in Central Illinois and beyond.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2016
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
To purchase and install a high tunnel hoophouse that will extend the growing season, bring in increased income, and enhance ability to support the farm’s mission.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2016
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
To inform residents in Christian, Jersey, Macoupin, and Montgomery County to support the local economy through growing, purchasing, preserving, and eating food produced within the four county region.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2016
Prairie Rivers Network
To develop the Regenerate Illinois Consortium connecting farmers in East Central Illinois with researchers, educators, local businesses, and nonprofits who can advance new and innovative farm practices around the region.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2016
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
To continue increasing consumption of healthy, local fruits and vegetables and other farm fresh products in Central Illinois through farmers, community organizations, retailers, restaurants, distributors, and consumers.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2016
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund
"To influence existing and locate new supporters of local and sustainable food in East Central Illinois, specifically farmers and local food business owners.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2016
The Land Connection
To create a stronger local food system by increasing access to resources that help farm businesses be resilient and viable for a regional sustainable agricultural economy.
View The Land Connection 's Website -
Land, Health, Community Spring2015
Fit-2-Serve
To expand gardening programs that provide job training for vulnerable populations, promote health by providing education and resources, and engage innovative green practices to increase food security in Mattoon.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
Prairie Rivers Network
To identify farmers willing to participate in planning for on-farm demonstrations of harvestable biomass crops on marginal farmland.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund
To support the use of a microtargeting database further sustainable agriculture policy work and increase the level of grassroots support for local food in East Central Illinois.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
University of Illinois Extension Unit 19
To teach youth about gardening, healthy eating, and healthy living in Coles, Douglas, and Cumberland Counties.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
Edgar County Community Foundation
To work with a variety of partners to provide community gardens to the residents of Edgar County.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
EIU - Biological Sciences
To evaluate the potential of chestnuts and hazelnuts as sustainable crops in East Central Illinois by planting demonstration orchards at 4 schools for research and education.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
Experimental Station
To provide funding, training, technical support, and data collection tools at the Urbana Farmers Market to implement Double Value Coupon Programs.
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Land, Health, Community Spring2015
Illinois Farmers Market Association
To increase WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program check redemption by providing incentive funding to farmers market organizers to help create collaborative special events with local community partners and local farmers.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
Trees Forever
To develop an edible walkway in Taylorville, IL using fruit and nut trees and train volunteers to properly plan and care for the trees.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
Prairie Rivers Network
To partner with the Macon County Soil and Water Conservation District to develop a mailed newsletter targeting absentee landowners who own farmed land in E. Central Illinois in order to increase their awareness of water quality issues related to farming practices and encourage them to implement nutrient loss reduction practices on their land.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
Seven Generations Ahead
To expand membership in the Illinois Farm to School Network and to hold a Farm to School Conference in Springfield in 2016.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
The Land Connection
To develop a Guide to Organic Transition that will be available for free download on their Website.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
To increase the availability and consumption of healthy farm-fresh foods in east central Illinois by building relationships between chefs, farmers, and retailers, holding Local Flavors Events, and educating consumers about the availability of local produced foods.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
Mattoon Area Family YMCA- Girls on the Run East Central Illinois
To purchase snacks from local farmers or the farmers market for girls in the program.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
Champaign County Forest Preserve District Foundation
To undertake a conservation study to assess the hydrological and biological conditions of the natural wetland at the Point Pleasant location.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2015
FamilyFarmed
To support the development of a Direct Market Success manual and educate east central Illinois produce farmers on practices in the manual.
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NGEF
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NGEF2017
One Million Degrees
To support the unique Scholar Development Program expansion to Harold Washington College (Chicago Loop). OMD exclusively serves and graduates low-income community college students through an innovative program model that fosters meaningful relationships between students and a network of campus-specific supporters who are "in their corner."
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NGEF2016
Urban Services YMCA San Francisco
To support the Peer Tutoring Program at Urban Services YMCA which identifies current high performing San Francisco high school juniors and seniors then trains, hires, and places them at one of our ten San Francisco school sites to tutor elementary, middle, or other high school youth. In addition to providing after-school help with academic work, this program also provides a pathway for the peer tutors to become eligible for permanent positions as after school program leaders for the YMCA of San Francisco.
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NGEF2015
Enlace Comunitario
To help underwrite and enhance our Jovencitos Program so that young men who are witnesses of Domestic Violence can experience healthy male role modeling with the Intervention/Life Skills Specialist, learn appropriate relationship and communication skills, and stop the cycle of male violence.
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