2016 Grant Awards - Grand Victoria Foundation

Economy

Chicago Community Trust

Support for the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

$125,000

12 months

Education Systems Center

General operating support

$150,000

24 months

New Venture Fund

Support for planning and implementation of the Illinois Digital Learning Lab

$400,000

24 months

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.

Support to develop and implement a unified system of employer-based training for homecare workers

$50,000

24 months

Education

Advance Illinois

General operating support

$75,000

18 months

Children’s Home + Aid of Illinois

Support to conduct a fiscal scan of state and federal investments in early childhood education for children birth to age eight in Illinois

$30,000

12 months

Collaboration for Early Childhood Care and Education

Support to develop a unified early childhood education data collection and evaluation system

$90,000

24 months

Community Organizing and Family Issues

General operating support

$50,000

12 months

DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform

Support for the Early Childhood Regional Collaboration in DuPage County

$20,000

12 months

Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

General operating support

$35,000

12 months

Illinois Action for Children

Support to increase technology and fundraising capacity

$294,000

12 months

Illinois Early Learning Council

Support for planning and restructuring

$30,000

12 months

Illinois Humanities

Support for symposia entitled “Continuing Ed. – Parents and the Future of Illinois Public Schools” in Elgin

$18,000

12 months

Latino Policy Forum

Support to expand advocacy efforts to increase and improve early childhood services of Latino children birth to age eight

$45,000

12 months

Ounce of Prevention Fund

General operating support

$200,000

12 months

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

General operating support

$300,000

12 months

Elgin

Centro de Informacion

General operating support

$40,000

24 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

$20,000

12 months

Elgin Master Chorale

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Elgin Symphony Orchestra

General operating support

$10,000

12 months

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois

General operating support for Elgin-based services

$10,000

12 months

Oak Crest Atrium Apartments

General operating support

$40,000

24 months

Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

United Way of Elgin

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Well Child Center

General operating support

$50,000

24 months

Environment

Alliance for the Great Lakes

General operating support

$300,000

24 months

Center for Neighborhood Technology

General operating support

$75,000

12 months

Faith in Place

General operating support

$35,000

12 months

Friends of the Chicago River

Support to conduct research and analysis to assess the feasibility of developing a comprehensive trail along the Chicago River

$50,000

12 months

Heartlands Conservancy

Support for the acquisition of three properties with the Shawnee National Forest

$272,199

18 months

Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund

General operating support

$90,000

24 months

Jo Daviess Conservation Fund

Support for the acquisition of Addition to Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve

$57,963

36 months

Jo Daviess Conservation Fund

Support for the acquisition and restoration of Oneota Preserve, located in Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County

$578,135

48 months

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

Support for the acquisition of Harvard Savanna, located in Hartland Township, McHenry County

$202,000

12 months

Metropolitan Planning Council

Support to create plans and tools for improved stormwater management and financing in the Chicago region

$150,000

12 months

National Forest Foundation

Challenge grant to support restoration of 1,800 acres at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

$1,000,000

84 months

Natural Land Institute

General operating support

$100,000

24 months

The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

Support to research the feasibility of a stormwater credit trading system in Cook County

$130,000

12 months

Openlands

Support for the acquisition of Hoffman Farm – Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

$208,375

18 months

Openlands

Support for the acquisition of Larson tract – Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

$62,094

18 months

Prairie Rivers Network

Support for coordination of the Middle Illinois River Conservation Collaborative

$54,000

24 months

The Wetlands Initiative

Support to increase fundraising and program staff capacity

$188,000

36 months

Special Opportunities

Forefront

General operating support

$25,000

12 months