Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
Court Theatre Fund
For continued support of Ron OJ Parson's artist residency and to provide additional artistic and professional development opportunities for theater artists of color
$160,000
Crain's Chicago Business
To continue its deep coverage of Chicago and Illinois policy issues and host related event, and to support a similar, nascent effort in Michigan
$275,000
Dion’s Chicago Dream
To provide general operating support as the organization continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
$15,000
Economic Security Project Inc.
To support the Illinois Future of Work Task Force in developing policy recommendations
$50,000
Education First Consulting LLC
To help build partnerships between teacher prep programs and the Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Chicago public school districts, build a community of practice among the district talent officers and revise the teacher preparation partnerships report with a focus on teacher diversity
$498,000
Education Strategy Group
To help the Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership develop and implement a cross-sector action plan to improve students’ post-secondary transitions and outcomes
$80,000
Education Writers Association
To build the capacity of Great Lakes journalists to report on educator effectiveness, college and career readiness, COVID recovery, and federal policy
$200,000
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
To advance risk-based firearms policies through the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy, provide policy development and implementation assistance in targeted states, and help implement racial equity frameworks with stakeholders working on gun violence prevention policy
$550,000
Educators for Excellence
To raise teacher voices in K–12 education public policy debates
$200,000
Enlace Chicago
To conduct research on FAFSA verification and post-secondary access and success for students in Little Village
$150,000
Equity Legal Services, Inc.
To support efforts to address systemic water infrastructure failures in Centreville, Illinois and surrounding communities
$80,000
Evergreen Community Development Initiative
To support the Flint Community Water Lab
$150,000
Fair Elections Center
To support its Campus Vote Project and voting rights legal work in the Great Lakes region
$225,000