2023 Grant Awards

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Economy

Economic Security for Illinois, a program of Economic Security Project
To support the Economic Security for Illinois Program
$150,000
24 months
Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
To support general operations
$200,000
24 months

Education

Children’s Home & Aid
To support the Ahlquist Center for Policy, Practice, and Innovation.
$50,000
12 months
East Side Aligned
To support general operations
$120,000
24 months
Equip for Equality, Inc.
To support the Special Education Rights Clinic
$100,000
24 months
Grow Your Own
To support general operations
$50,000
12 months
Palenque LSNA (formerly Logan Square Neighborhood Association)
To support the Parent Engagement Institute
$150,000
24 months
Partnership for Resilience
To support general operations
$120,000
24 months
Teach Plus
To support Teach Plus Illinois
$120,000
24 months

Elgin

African American Coalition of Kane County
General operating to support Black-led and centered community organizing.
$80,000
24 months
Alignment Collaborative for Education
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Association for Individual Development
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Bethlehem Lutheran Child Development Center
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Boys & Girls Club of Elgin
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Centro de Informacion
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Children’s Theatre of Elgin
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Community Crisis Center
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northern Illinois
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Elgin History Museum
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Elgin Master Chorale
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Elgin Partnership for Early Learning (YWCA Elgin fiscal sponsor)
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Food for Greater Elgin
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Greater Family Health
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Marklund Children’s Home
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
One Hope United
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
PADS of Elgin, Inc.
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Senior Services Associates
To support Elgin-based operations.
$50,000
24 months
Side Street Studio Arts
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Summit School, Inc.
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Youth Leadership Academy
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
Well Child Center
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months
YWCA Elgin
To support general operations.
$50,000
24 months

Engagement

Black Researchers Collective
To support general operations.
$200,000
24 months
Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative
To support the work of Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative.
$350,000
24 months
Illinois Humanities
To support general operations
$100,000
24 months

Environment

Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
To support general operations
$85,000
12 months

Rapid Response Fund

Kane County United
To support Get Out the Vote efforts focused on engaging the Black community in Elgin
$25,000
3 months
Urban Warrior Youth Community
To support transportation and food costs for new migrant youth who are accessing its programming
$5,000
6 months

Special Opportunities

East Side Aligned
To support East Side Aligned supported community collaboratives.
$30,000
12 months
Equity and Transformation
To support racial justice dialogues between Black informal workers and newly arriving migrants in Chicago.
$100,000
12 months
Equity Legal Services
To support general operations.
$20,000
12 months
Join Hands East St. Louis
To support general operations.
$20,000
12 months
New Cahokia Commons Urban Farm
To support general operations.
$20,000
12 months
Organized Communities Against Deportation
To support work with Asylum Seekers and new arrivals in Chicago
$100,000
12 Months months