2019 Grant Awards

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Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
Support for CCLC’s adoption of the Illinois Digital Learning Lab
$200,000
14 months
Jobs to Move America
General operating support for work in Illinois
$150,000
24 months
mRelief
General operating support for work in Illinois
$40,000
12 months
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
CEO succession planning
$25,000
6 months
Upsolve Inc.
General operating support for work in Illinois
$40,000
12 months
Young Invincibles
General operating support for work in Illinois
$200,000
24 months

Education

Afterschool for Children & Teens Now
Support for the Build Up Afterschool project
$50,000
15 months
Collaboration for Early Childhood Care & Education
To support leadership capacity building efforts of the Collaboration and its continued participation in the Early Learning Leadership Circle.
$25,000
18 months
Fox Valley United Way – SPARK Aurora
To support leadership capacity building efforts of SPARK Aurora and its continued participation in the Early Learning Leadership Circle.
$25,000
18 months
Greater East St. Louis Learning Partnership
Support for participation in the Early Learning Leardership Circle
$25,000
18 months
Illinois Action for Children
Advocacy support for the Child Care Assistance Program and Family Friend Neighbor Care provider network
$87,500
21 months
John A. Logan College Foundation – Southern Illinois Coalition for Children and Families
To support leadership capacity building efforts of the Coalition and its continued participation in the Early Learning Leadership Circle.
$25,000
18 months
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Support for the Parent Engagement Institute
$37,500
15 months
Metropolitan Family Services – Addison Early Childhood Collaborative
To support leadership capacity building efforts of the Addison Early Childhood Collaborative and its continued participation in the Early Learning Leadership Circle.
$25,000
18 months
Partnership for Resilience
General operating support
$75,000
15 months
Rural Schools Collaborative
General operating support for work in Illinois
$80,000
12 months
YWCA Elgin – Elgin Partnership for Early Learning
To support leadership capacity building efforts of Elgin Partnership for Early Learning and its continued participation in the Early Learning Leadership Circle.
$25,000
18 months

Elgin

Alignment Collaborative for Education
General operating support
$80,000
24 months
Boys & Girls Club of Elgin
General operating support
$100,000
24 months
Community Crisis Center
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Northern IL
General operating support for Elgin-based services
$20,000
24 months
Ecker Center for Mental Health
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Elgin History Museum
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
General operating support
$60,000
24 months
Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Food for Greater Elgin
General operating support
$60,000
24 months
Golden Corridor Family YMCA
General operating support for Elgin-based services
$15,000
12 months
Greater Elgin Family Care Center
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Marklund Children’s Home
General operating support for Elgin-based services
$20,000
24 months
One Hope United
General operating support for the Elgin Child and Family Resource Center
$60,000
24 months
PADS of Elgin, Inc.
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Renz Addiction Counseling Center
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
Senior Services Associates, Inc.
General operating support
$50,000
24 months
VNA Health Care
General operating support
$25,000
12 months
YWCA Elgin
General operating support
$70,000
24 months

Engagement

Hana Center
Support for the Citizenship for All program
$25,000
12 months
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
General operating support
$100,000
24 months

Environment

Audubon Great Lakes
Support for the Landscape-Level Conservation of Grasslands in Northeastern Illinois
$78,500
12 months
The Conservation Foundation
General operating support
$125,000
24 months
Delta Institute
Support for the Advancing Sustainable Land Stewardship in Illinois project
$142,500
18 months
Environmental Defenders of McHenry County
General operating support
$25,000
12 months
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Support for the Coal Ash Solutions project and protection of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
$60,000
12 months
Friends of the Chicago River
General operating support
$80,000
12 months
Openlands
General operating support
$200,000
24 months
Openlands
Acquisition of the Funderberg Properties (Kishwaukee Watershed Conservation Project)
$258,800
12 months
Prairie Rivers Network
General operating support
$220,000
24 months

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