Aspiramos Juntos
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital
To support “Healthy Food, Healthy Kids, Healthy Planet” which will be a digital curriculum for organizations serving youth ages 12-18. The curriculum will link healthy eating and physical activity to climate change, food justice, and health equity and emphasize opportunities for youth.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Forest Preserve Foundation, Inc.
To support The Forest Preserve Experience, a summer internship program that provides paid conservation work to youth served by the Housing Authority of Cook County. Taking place in local preserves throughout South and West Cook County, this program intends to introduce underserved youth to conservation and the environment while providing work experience and professional development opportunities.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Growing Home, Inc.
To support Growing Home's Food Access Program with activities designed to improve the health of the entire community by showing residents of all ages that nutritious choices can be affordable, easy, and accessible. Funds will go towards new initiatives in food delivery and outreach in light of COVID-19.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
NeighborSpace
To support revitalization of Unity Park in North Lawndale. The project will create a place of recreation, respite, and community building in a West Side neighborhood that lacks accessible, intergenerational public green space for outdoor activities and community gatherings that promote physical and emotional health and well-being.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Plant Chicago
To support Plant Chicago’s nutrition and STEM education work with K -12 students, with a particular focus on their partner schools in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and the Southwest Side of Chicago.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Healthy Schools Campaign
To support Healthy Schools Campaign's work to ensure that Chicago students have access to healthy school environments where they can learn and thrive, eat and grow healthy food, and engage with the outdoors. This work contributes to sustainable food systems and environmental practices throughout the region.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Garfield Park Community Council
To support the Garfield Park Community Wellness Initiative, which supports resident-led food access programs through local gardens and community events to improve health outcomes and build economic opportunities in Garfield Park.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Seven Generations Ahead
To support general operations, with a particular focus on advancing solar energy installations and procurement, advancing food recovery and composting through the Wasted Food Action Alliance, and expanding the It’s Our Future program to new metro area communities.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Green Community Connections/One Earth Film Festival
To support OEFF as they continue their mission-based work by evolving their organizational model, strengthening their youth programs for building advocacy and resiliency of the next generation, and continuing to provide rich film programs that demonstrate how healthy, sustainable food systems can solve problems relating to human and environmental health.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall2020
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
To support AUA's coordinated technical assistance initiative that will produce a series of deliverables designed to help Chicago area farmers expand their capacity to both produce and distribute locally grown food and value added products, addressing a growing demand for healthy, local food.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2020
Gardeneers
To support their team of growers and educators who continue growing food on their largest production sites for at-risk Chicago residents with plans to grow nearly 10,000 pounds of produce to be safely donated in these communities in 2020.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2020
Angelic Organics Learning Center
To support On-Farm program scholarships to subsidize children who attend the Learning Center’s day camp, custom programs, and school programs.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2020
Openlands
To inform teachers of the benefit of using the school garden as an extension of the classroom and to encourage parents and community members to share the sense of ownership of the school garden through workshops that will also be offered in Spanish.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2020
Catholic Bishop of Chicago - Stein Learning Gardens
To support the Grow Your Groceries Campaign at St. Sabina's Stein Learning Gardens. Grow Your Groceries is a collaborative effort of four non-profit urban agriculture organizations and three Chicago university contributors to deliver home garden kits to food insecure families starting on the south side of Chicago in Auburn-Gresham, Back of the Yards, Englewood, and Chicago Lawn.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring 2020
Heartland Human Care Services
To support Chicago FarmWorks’ community garden, broadening its reach and deepening its impact by supporting staff and food production costs associated with implementing the program and expanding community engagement.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Gardeneers
To support the expansion of their Growing School Gardens program across their network of 20 partner schools.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Big Green
To support the staff, training, and materials needed to bring their Learning Gardens to life.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Chicago Academy of Sciences
To support Chicago Conservation Corp which strengthens volunteer leaders to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods across Chicago through self-determined service projects that address environmental sustainability issues in their own communities.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Openlands
To inform teachers of the benefit of using the school garden as an extension of the classroom and to encourage parents and community members to share the sense of ownership of the school garden through workshops that will also be offered in Spanish.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Heartland Human Care Services
To support Chicago FarmWorks’ new community garden, ensuring that the program is able to maximize growing capacity, as well as support program operations at the East Garfield Park and Harvest Commons sites.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Catholic Bishop of Chicago - Stein Learning Gardens
To support “Phase II Production Expansion Project” at Stein Learning Gardens, which aims to greatly expand their programming by developing a double-wide lot near the Saint Sabina Church campus.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Angelic Organics Learning Center
To support On-Farm program scholarships. Scholarships subsidize children who attend the Learning Center’s day camp, overnight camp, custom, and school programs.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Opportunity Knocks
To support the Knockout Farm which is operated by more than 75 young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities from Oak Park/River Forest and surrounding communities.
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Aspiramos JuntosSpring2019
Just Roots
To support construction of three raised garden beds for teaching students gardening skills in their Community Learning Gardens in Bronzeville and Englewood.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Garfield Park Community Council
To support improvements to the Garfield Park Neighborhood Market, which sells produce harvested through the Garfield Park Garden Network.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Enlace Chicago
To support the development of resident-run garden spaces in the Little Village community.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Plant Chicago
To support Plant Chicago’s nutrition and STEM education work with K -12 students, with a particular focus on their partner schools in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and the Southwest Side of Chicago.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
To support AUA's coordinated technical assistance initiative that will produce a series of deliverables designed to help Chicago area farmers expand their capacity to both produce and distribute locally grown food and value added products, addressing a growing demand for healthy, local food.
View Advocates for Urban Agriculture's Website -
Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Seven Generations Ahead
To support general operations, with a particular focus on advancing solar energy installations and procurement, implementing GreenTown Climate Crisis 2020, advancing food recovery and composting through the Wasted Food Action Alliance, and expanding the It’s Our Future program to new metro area communities.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
NeighborSpace
To support activities associated with designing a nature play area at the newly acquired Harambee Community Garden in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, developing community leaders, and plans for stewarding and programming the garden site.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Healthy Schools Campaign
To support work ensuring that 361,000 Chicago students have access to healthy school environments where they can learn and thrive, including the change to eat and grow healthy food and engage with the outdoors.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Oak Park River Forest School Green Teams Collaborative
To support Joey FineRhyme Assemblies and Workshops for K-8 schools through the Oak Park and River Forest School Green Teams Collaborative.
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Aspiramos JuntosFall 2019
Green Community Connections/One Earth Film Festival
To support OEFF as they continue their mission-based work by evolving their organizational model, strengthening their youth programs for building advocacy and resiliency of the next generation, and continuing to provide rich film programs that demonstrate how healthy, sustainable food systems can solve problems relating to human and environmental health.
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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 Program
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Good Food Policy Program2020
ActionAid USA
To support the advance of research, communications, and movement building around new federal policy solutions for a climate-friendly, economically just, and sustainable food and farm system in the US.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
Food and Farm Communications Fund
To support communications funding and resources to community-based organizations working at the forefront of food and farm systems change, and to advance communications initiatives and media projects that help to shift public narrative and further the goals of grassroots organizations and their allies.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
State Innovation Exchange
To support the work of the SiX’s Agriculture Program which prioritizes helping state legislators across the nation work more effectively to coordinate and collaborate with grassroots organizations to engage and champion meaningful regenerative agriculture policy that centers food justice, farmer equity, clean air and water, healthy soils and re-establishes healthy local farm economies for our rural communities.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
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 Program2020
Open Markets Institute
To raise public awareness of the impact of monopoly power in the food system, and to support the creation of regional resilient food systems where farmers and food chain workers have support and dignity and consumers can access a wide variety of affordable, healthy, and culturally relevant foods.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
National Family Farm Coalition
To support elevating the voice and priorities of NFFC members who primarily live in rural America, advocate for policy changes that enrich their lives, and raise the profile of community-based and controlled food systems.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
Food and Environment Reporting Network
To support multi-part reporting initiatives on climate and biodiversity in agriculture.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
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 Program2020
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
To support a three-year effort to engage NSAC's members, allies, and their collective grassroots base around major opportunities to advance climate change legislation and farm and food policy reform.
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Good Food Policy Program2020
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.
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Good Food Policy Program2019
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.
View Food Policy Action 's Website -
Good Food Policy Program2019
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.
View Union of Concerned Scientists - Good Food For All 's Website -
Good Food Policy Program2019
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 -
Good Food Policy Program2019
ActionAid USA
To support the advance of research, communications, and movement building around new federal policy solutions for a climate-friendly, economically just, and sustainable food and farm system in the US.
View ActionAid USA's Website -
Good Food Policy Program2019
Food and Environment Reporting Network, Inc.
To support a multi-part, multi-platform investigation and reporting into rural conflicts between large-scale animal production facilities (CAFOs) and local communities.
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Good Food Policy Program2019
National Family Farm Coalition
To support elevating the voice and priorities of NFFC members who primarily live in rural America, advocate for policy changes that enrich their lives, and raise the profile of community-based and controlled food systems.
View National Family Farm Coalition's Website -
Good Food Policy Program2018
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.
View Union of Concerned Scientists - Good Food For All 's Website -
Good Food Policy Program2018
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 Program2018
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 Program2018
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.
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Land, Health, Community
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
EIU School of Technology
To help determine the opportunities and barriers to hemp growth in East Central Illinois. To increase the understanding of the scientific and commercial foundations for a profitable, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly alternative crop rotation for local farmers.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
Savanna Institute
To support the outreach to absentee landowners and the Allerton Demonstration Farm, which showcases commercial-scale agroforestry and acts as an education hub for SI apprentices and potential agroforestry adoptees in East Central Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
The Land Connection
To fund programs that include: increasing farmer knowledge on sustainable farming practices, growing beginner farm businesses, providing the community access to healthy, locally grown foods, and expanding public awareness of the importance of a local food system.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
To contract with a consultant to determine the feasibility of a loan program for Illinois small and diversified farmers to make investments in on-farm infrastructure, scale up, or to transition to regenerative practices.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
To support staff to identify, recruit, and train farmers to engage in our work through the member-only caucuses, participate in coalitions, work closely with policymakers and their staff, communicate stories and produce reports on food system issues.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
Sola Gratia Farm
To improve soil fertility and plant health on both newly acquired and existing acres of land.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall2020
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, CommunitySpring 2020
Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation
To build a season-extending greenhouse and to provide educational programs that connect students with fresh food throughout the school year.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Faith in Place
To support the continuing efforts of Green Teams in congregations across east central Illinois who are addressing climate change through energy and water conservation and who provide healthy food to communities in need.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Fit-2-Serve
To increase the organization’s staff and administrative capacity through AmeriCorp VISTA employees and technology purchases that support fundraising and partnership development.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Coles County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. Foundation
For educational programs, including a field trip for Coles County fourth graders, and curation of The Illinois Natural History Survey’s Traveling Science Center.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Illinois Environmental Council
For general operations with a focus on sustainable agriculture and conservation in East Central Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Chicago Food System Emergency Response Fund
To aid front-line producers of food, and the organizations which support them, in responding to the COVID-19 crisis and the economic fall-out across Illinois.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
City of Mattoon
For tree-planting along streets and boulevards, in parks, and at the Lake Mattoon Pavilion.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
The Organic Center
To train east central Illinois agricultural professionals in organic grain production as an option for improving soil health and the economics of farming.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Champaign Co. Soil & Water Conservation Dist. Foundation
For workshops in regenerative grazing that increase knowledge and facilitate coordination among agriculture educators and farmers.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Prairie Rivers Network
For general operations and agricultural programming.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
For environmental reporting and community forums that offer factual, non-biased information supporting an informed citizenry.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring 2020
Sierra Club Foundation
For technical resources and training of community volunteers who join east central IL watershed planning to ensure clean drinking water and safe outdoor recreational opportunities.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
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, CommunitySpring2019
Fit-2-Serve
To support the operations and development of Fit-2-Serve’s community gardens and multi-generational programming which strengthen collaboration across agencies around agricultural and rural development targeting youth.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
Artisan Grain Collaborative (a project of Fresh Taste)
To support a value chain initiative connecting farmers, millers, brewers, distributors, processors, end users, university researchers, and nonprofits to promote the uses of crops supporting regenerative rotations and perennial agriculture.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
Spence Farm Foundation
To support Springfield Bread Camp, a two-day immersive, hands-on program designed to promote the consumption of locally grown specialty grains and flour and to build relationships among growers, bakers, chefs, culinary educators, and consumers.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
Universtiy of Illinois - Carle Illinois College of Medicine
To support an initial quarterly health fair developed by medical students with local community partners dedicated to healthy eating and physical activity.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
The Nature Conservancy
To support development of the Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources (S.T.A.R.) program by the Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District, and to support the S.T.A.R. program’s internal processes, while expanding outreach for the program to multiple counties in East Central IL, including Douglas and Coles Counties.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
IPM Institute of North America - Midwest Goes Green
To support the Midwest Grows Green (MGG) pilot composting program with the City of Urbana and the Urbana Park District.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
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, CommunitySpring2019
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, CommunitySpring2019
Coles County Soil and Water Conservation District Foundation
To host a 3-part cover crop series for farmers and landowners from Coles County and surrounding areas as well as 6-part educational series on urban lawn care featuring rain gardens, pollinator friendly plants, and other sustainable practices.
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Land, Health, CommunitySpring2019
Douglas-Hart Nature Center Foundation
To add identification signs with post markers, additional trees and shrubs and a trail guide featuring labeled specimens distributed to the community.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
The University of Illinois Extension
To support the development of a watershed plan for the upper portion of the Little Wabash River Watershed which will identify causes of impairment and pollution to water quality in the watershed and suggest best management practices to reduce pollutant loads
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
The Land Connection
To fund programs that include: increasing farmer knowledge on sustainable farming practices, growing beginner farm businesses, providing the community access to healthy, locally grown foods, and expanding public awareness of the importance of a local food system.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
Greenleaf Communities
To support the organization of a two-day workshop at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois that will bring together leaders and stakeholders from across many sectors such as sustainable agriculture practitioners, sensing technology researchers and manufacturers, agricultural researchers and engineers, Extension services, and environmental non-profit organizations.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
Champaign County Forest Preserve District Foundation
To fund the designs for a new nature center at Homer Lake Forest Preserve.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
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 2019
Sola Gratia Farm
To fund the transitioning of Sola Gratia Farm to be a year-round source of fresh, healthy food for the community.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
Ballard Nature Center
To enhance the native landscaping around the visitor center, focusing on plants that benefit pollinators and the installment of a drinking fountain system that includes a water bottle filling station. To influence visitors to landscape for wildlife and be mindful of plastic pollution.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
Rodale Institute
To support the Organic Farmer's Association's training of ECI farmers around farming policy strategies while providing them the opportunity to educate policymakers in Washington, D.C. about the challenges and strategies of East Central Illinois organic farmers.
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Land, Health, CommunityFall 2019
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 2019
The Conservation Fund
To expand on the Illinois Farmland Conservation Initiative which consists of outreach, cultivation, and convening partners in the region to encourage farmland protection in Illinois.
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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.
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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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Nature-Based Climate Action Program
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
Delta Institute
To advance agroforestry goals at Zumwalt Acres by developing a nursery for fruit shrubs and nut trees, which will ultimately be transplanted into an agroforest with wind breaks, alley cropping, and multi-story cropping. And to build upon Zumwalt's current production of biochar--a form of carbonized organic material that helps sequester carbon and increase soil fertility--by integrating it with compost and basalt rock to create a carbon-capturing soil amendment.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
The Conservation Fund
To collaborate with Delta Institute to engage farmers in East-Central Illinois in carbon drawdown through nature-based agricultural practices. The elements include a carefully designed outreach strategy in partnership with Soil and Water Conservation Districts; an incentive payment framework using science from the new Soil Enrichment Protocol; and quantification of soil carbon sequestered.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund
To amplify the voice of partners in East Central Illinois and beyond to promote local ordinances which allow citizens greater autonomy in converting portions of their properties into natural landscapes. IECEF’s Conservation Program demonstrates to decision makers the value of natural areas as a strong mitigation tool in the fight against the impacts of climate change and utilizes our robust communications platforms and local media to share impactful stories to protect our planet and improve the health of East Central Illinois.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
Greenleaf Communities
To build a network of farmers in central Illinois connected to others in the Midwest who practice regenerative agriculture to generate productive yields while sequestering carbon.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
Savanna Institute
To establish and maintain 250 acres of agroforestry in Champaign and Piatt Counties. The plantings will focus on alley cropping and windbreaks, two of the top nature-based climate solutions identified for the US. Implementation will occur across 2-3 privately owned farms under long-term leases by the Savanna Institute.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
City of Urbana
To build upon past work and expand their portfolio of Nature & Urban Biodiversity efforts, including the Lumpkin Family Foundation funded Midwest Grows Green program. To understand where gaps exist in the street tree specific canopy and the total community canopy. Additionally, the City seeks to understand where vacant tree sites co-occur with urban heat concentrations as determined by satellite thermal imaging. Finally, the City seeks to understand where vacant tree sites and/or urban heat co-occur with Environmental Justice (EJ) Zones as determined by Illinois Solar For All program. Tree plantings will be determined in accordance with study findings.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
North Lake Community Development
To begin the first phases of Project Green Tree: to partner with a conservation engineer to generate a plan for native plantings around and on the banks of Asa Creek to reduce agricultural runoff and improve the quality of water draining into Asa Creek, part of the Kaskaskia River watershed; to develop a 10-acre native tree nursery on a City-owned area currently in row crops which will be taken out of production; and to add prairie grass/pollinator plantings and educational signage to the developing trail and wildlife corridor around Asa Creek.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
Urban Forest Carbon Registry/City Forest Credits
To create a carbon credit program for small communities and landowners in Central IL – something possible but never done before. CFC brings to this project the knowledge and national experience, carbon protocols, and carbon registry to build out the project framework to issue credits to projects in smaller communities and landowners.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
City of Mattoon
To plant 100 trees in 2021 and 2022 (50 trees per year) on City boulevards. Tree replacements will be offered to residents who have had boulevard trees removed in the past year with plans to make the project an annual event. The City of Mattoon Tree Commission will coordinate the program.
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Nature-Based Climate Action Program2020
Faith in Place
To engage houses of worship throughout East Central Illinois to implement nature-based climate action, e.g., tree planting and prairie restoration. In addition to increasing faith-community-owned acreage for nature-based climate action purposes, this project’s educational outreach to houses of worship offers strong potential for ripple-effect outcomes, e.g., faith community (congregation) members adopting nature-based strategies on their private properties as well as expanded public awareness and support for climate action.
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