Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Hopewell Fund
To support applied policy research on issues of "gig workers" and the future of work in Illinois
$100,000
IBG Consulting Group LLC
To work with the Illinois State Board of Education to help identify and implement strategies to address educator shortages in specific fields and geographies
$43,260
Illinois Arts Alliance
To support the Arts Alliance Illinois' eighth annual benefit event
$25,000
Institute for Nonprofit News
To fund Open Campus in producing a landscape analysis of local higher education coverage, and to study ways to better disseminate higher education reporting to key policy makers
$80,000
Interfaith Youth Core
For a program that will train Chicago-based religious organizations in effective communication techniques to build trust in the COVID-19 vaccine (9 mos)
$100,000
Jobs for the Future Inc.
To organize the Congressional Staff Network and to assess the potential of an Executive Branch Network
$150,000
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
To support the the Kennedy Library’s 2021 Profile in Courage and COVID Courage Awards Ceremony
$15,000
Leading Educators Inc.
To help lead a coalition of non-profits that seek to reimagine the teaching role and the policies that stifle innovation in the space
$115,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Environmental Justice and Equity in Drinking Water, Energy, and Land Use: Ensuring frontline communities are engaged in Illinois drinking water policy, riverfront development processes, and the implementation of the Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act
$561,000
LNW Group LLC
To support an initiative to develop a transformational vision and strategic plan for an integrated spectrum of multi-disciplinary and cross-organization human services and policing services that support thriving communities in the city of Minneapolis
$25,000
Lynden Inc
To commission artist Daniel Minter’s "In the Healing Language of Trees: A Natural Act of Transformation Restructured for Curing Many Ills,” a series of community woodcarving workshops and artist-driven programming
$75,000
MDRC
To promote effective federal, state, and institutional implementation of college success funds, in conjunction with Education Trust and the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
$100,000
MDRC
To educate federal and state policymakers about implementation fidelity in evidence-based community college support programs
$100,000
Metropolitan Planning Council
To support its comprehensive water policy and planning agenda in Illinois
$500,000
Metropolitan Planning Council
To seek expansion and modernization of the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit
$150,000
Michael Reese Health Trust
To support the Vaccine Corp Partnership for equitable distribution and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines
$200,000