Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Definition Theatre Company
For AMPLIFY, a new play development program for Chicago artists of color
$40,000
Education First Consulting LLC
To conduct a landscape scan of innovative staffing models in K-12 schools, identify policy barriers to the spread of such models, and suggest funding opportunities for philanthropy
$50,000
Education First Consulting LLC
To create a framing document, draft research plan, and possible community of practice to help guide educator labor market/teacher shortage research and policy decisions in Great Lakes states
$125,000
Elastic Arts Foundation
To support the Dark Matter Residency program for artists of color
$40,000
Elevate Energy
For work to fully implement the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act
$300,000
Environmental Defense Fund Inc.
For Climate and Equitable Jobs Act implementation
$500,000
Equity Legal Services, Inc.
To support efforts to address systemic water infrastructure failures in Centreville, Illinois and surrounding communities
$102,000
Freshwater Future
For its “Supporting Communities in Ensuring Safe and Affordable Drinking Water” project
$200,000
Gilloury Institute
For three years of general operating support (totaling $130,000) and one-year digital initiatives support (totaling $20,000) to pilot a new multi-media platform
$150,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way
To support research on the post-secondary attainment of students in Minneapolis and St. Paul
$300,000
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc
To support the Great Lakes Business Network Line 5 Campaign
$60,000
Hager Sharp Inc.
To support dissemination activities for a Joyce-funded white paper on dual enrollment research
$20,000
Harrison Center for the Arts
For the Arts to commission Nabil Ince (a.k.a. Seaux Chill) to create a song-based placemaking project that aims to combat cultural erasure and gentrification by amplifying the underrepresented stories and cultural life of Black communities and the Black experience in three interconnected, historically Black neighborhoods in Indianapolis
$75,000
HCM Strategists
To conduct a higher education landscape scan of the Great Lakes states and develop state-specific policy briefs to educate new state policymakers and their staff on issues related to higher education
$95,000
Higher Learning Advocates
To create a federal policy Equity Toolkit focused on post-secondary funding reform, data collection, and accountability, and to support a Student Ambassador Program to lift the voice of students in policy debates
$150,000
Illinois Arts Alliance
For general operations supporting Chicago and statewide arts advocacy, coalition building, technical assistance, and capacity building
$50,000