2018 Grant Awards - Grand Victoria Foundation

Economy

Chicago Jobs Council

General operating support

$250,000

24 months

Chicago Community Trust

Support for the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

$100,000

24 months

Education Systems Center

General operating support

$150,000

24 months

Elgin Community College Foundation

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

$75,000

12 months

Jobs to Move America

General operating support for work in Illinois

$50,000

12 months

Raise the Floor Alliance

General operating support

$150,000

24 months

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

General operating support

$300,000

24 months

United Way of Elgin

Support for tax preparation services of Center for Economic Progress

$30,000

12 months

Women Employed

Support for the Illinois Career Pathways Program and staff capacity building

$127,000

24 months

World Business Chicago

Support for Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy

$200,000

24 months

Young Invincibles

Support for public policy advocacy for new apprenticeship models in Illinois

$75,000

12 months

Education

Alignment Collaborative for Education

General operating support

$40,000

12 months

Children’s Home + Aid of Illinois

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

$90,000

24 months

Community Organizing and Family Issues

General operating support

$150,000

24 months

Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

General operating support

$80,000

24 months

New Venture Fund

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

$200,000

9 months

Ounce of Prevention Fund

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

$100,000

12 months

Elgin

Association for Individual Development

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$60,000

24 months

Bethlehem Lutheran Child Development Center

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Centro de Informacion

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Children’s Theatre of Elgin

General operating support

$30,000

24 months

Chinese Mutual Aid Association

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$10,000

12 months

Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Northern Illinois

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$10,000

12 months

Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$50,000

24 months

Ecker Center for Mental Health

General operating support

$25,000

12 months

Ecker Center for Mental Health

Support to acquire Renz Addiction Counseling Center as a subsidiary

$70,000

12 months

Elgin Master Chorale

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Elgin Symphony Orchestra

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$40,000

24 months

Marklund Children’s Home

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$10,000

12 months

Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Summit School, Inc.

General operating support

$70,000

24 months

United Way of Elgin

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Well Child Center

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Youth Leadership Academy

General operating support

$30,000

24 months

Environment

Alliance for the Great Lakes

General operating support

$375,000

24 months

Conservation Fund

Support for the Illinois Grassland Conservation Initiative

$30,000

24 months

Faith in Place

General operating support

$120,000

24 months

Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund

General operating support

$150,000

24 months

Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

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

$628,598

24 months

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

General operating support

$120,000

24 months

Metropolitan Planning Council

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

$900,000

36 months

Natural Land Institute

General operating support

$110,000

24 months

Natural Land Institute

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

$225,411

18 months

Natural Land Institute

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

$329,490

55 months

The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

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

$195,000

18 months

The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

Support for the acquisition of Baumgardner tract at Nachusa Grasslands

$67,946

12 months

Openlands

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

$72,130

12 months

Prairie Rivers Network

Support for coordination of the Middle Illinois River Conservation Collaborative

$62,000

24 months

The Sierra Club – Illinois Chapter

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

$150,000

24 months

Special Opportunities

Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations

General operating support

$48,000

24 months

Forefront

Support for general operations and Census 2020 Funder Collaborative

$100,000

24 months

Latino Policy Forum

General operating support

$120,000

24 months