2020 Grant Awards - Grand Victoria Foundation

Economy

Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition

To support the Illinois Digital Learning Lab

$300,000

24 months

Chicago Community Foundation

To support the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance

$750,000

12 months

Chicago Jobs Council

General operating support

$250,000

24 months

Economic Security for Illinois

General operating support

$75,000

12 months

Education Systems Center

To support Education Systems Center’s work with the 60 x 25 leadership communities.

$75,000

12 months

Elevate

To support Elevate’s work supporting low income workers.

$45,000

12 months

Latino Union of Chicago

To support the exploration of day labor worker needs in the west and northwest suburbs

$64,300

18 months

mRelief

General operations for the organization’s work in Illinois.

$80,000

24 months

Raise the Floor Alliance

General operating support

$200,000

24 months

Shriver Center on Poverty Law

General operating support

$300,000

24 months

Upsolve

General operations for the organization’s work in Illinois.

$150,000

24 months

World Business Chicago

To support the Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy (CASE) Program

$50,000

12 months

Education

Communities United

To support the Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) Initiative

$150,000

24 months

Community Organizing & Family Issues

For general operating support

$160,000

24 months

East Side Aligned

For general operating support

$50,000

12 months

Equip for Equality

To support the Special Education Rights Clinic

$50,000

12 months

Erikson Institute

To support the Policy and Leadership Department

$100,000

24 months

Grow Your Own Illinois

For general operating support

$50,000

12 months

Link Unlimited

To support the High School Success & College Persistence Program

$50,000

12 months

Teach Plus Incorporated

General operating support for work in Illinois

$50,000

12 months

Elgin

Association for Individual Development

General operating support for Elgin-based work

$60,000

24 months

Bethlehem Lutheran Child Development Center

For general operating support

$50,000

24 months

Centro de Informacion

For general operating support

$50,000

24 months

Children’s Theatre of Elgin

For general operating support

$30,000

24 months

Chinese Mutual Aid Association

For general operating support

$30,000

24 months

Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley

General operating support for the Jayne Shover Center

$50,000

24 months

Elgin Master Chorale

For general operating support

$50,000

24 months

Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

General operating support for Elgin-based work

$80,000

24 months

Elgin Symphony Orchestra

For general operating support

$50,000

24 months

Luthern Social Services of Illinois

General operating support for the Elgin Center and Recovery Home

$40,000

24 months

Side Street Studio Arts

For general operating support

$15,000

12 months

Summit School, Inc.

General operating support for Elgin-based work

$70,000

24 months

Well Child Center

For general operating support

$50,000

24 months

Engagement

Forefront

For general operating support

$37,500

12 months

Hana Center

To support the Citizenship for All program

$50,000

12 months

Illinois Humanities

For general operating support

$50,000

12 months

Latino Policy Forum

For general operating support

$150,000

24 months

Environment

Alliance for the Great Lakes

To prevent the flow of invasive species in the Great Lakes waterways and support restoration projects in Illinois

$150,000

24 months

American Rivers

To support the feasibility of establishing a public-private parntership program to reduce flood risk and restore floodplan habitat

$100,000

12 months

Audubon Great Lakes

To support the network of grassland stewards and community engagement efforts

$120,000

24 months

Conservation Fund

To support the Illinois Working Lands, Water, and Wildlife Conservation Partnership

$400,000

12 months

Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

General operating support

$75,000

24 months

Environmental Law & Policy Center

To support coal ash solutions and protection of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

$60,000

12 months

Faith in Place

General operating support

$60,000

12 months

Heartlands Conversancy

General operating support

$70,000

12 months

Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund

General operating support

$150,000

24 months

Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

General operating support

$275,000

36 months

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

General operating support

$60,000

12 months

Natural Land Institute

General operating support

$55,000

12 months

The Sierra Club-Illinois Chapter

General operating support

$75,000

12 months

The Wetlands Initiative

To support expanded outreach and construction of wetlands on farmland to reduce nutrient pollution into Illinois waterways

$110,000

24 months

Special Opportunities

Emergency Response Grants

Emergency COVID-19 relief grants to 52 current grantees for a total of $378,750.

$378,750

Grant duration between 3-6 months