2022 Grants

Healthy Water

Alliance for the Great Lakes: For general operating support (year 2 of a two year grant)
Center for Neighborhood Technology: For Calumet Citizen Science & Leadership: Water Resiliency and Climate Justice
Clean Wisconsin: To build climate mitigation and resilience across Wisconsin through policies and programs
Cleveland Water Alliance: For general operating support
Current: To accelerate water technologies in Lake Michigan
Delta Institute: For generating data and methods to expand nature-based green infrastructure in BIPOC Chicago communities
Elevate: To advance water affordability solutions in the Great Lakes
Environmental Law & Policy Center: To protect the Great Lakes from algae blooms and other pollutants (year 2 of a two year grant)
FLOW (For Love of Water): To support Line 5 advocacy
Freshwater Future: For general operating support and re-granting to grassroots social justice environmental groups
Friends of the Chicago River: For the Chicago-Calumet River Watershed Council
Metropolitan Planning Council: To support its Water Action Agenda (year 2 of a two year grant)
Midwest Environmental Advocates: For The People’s Law Project
Milwaukee Water Commons: For general operating support (year 2 of a two year grant)
National Wildlife Federation - Great Lakes Regional Center: To support the Healing Our Waters Coalition
River Alliance of Wisconsin: For general operating support
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund: To implement the Northwest Indiana Lake Michigan Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Southeaster Wisconsin Watershed Trust: To develop its stormwater infrastructure inspection and pollution detection program
The Nature Conservancy in Illinois: For StormStore

 Strengthening Learning Communities for Equity

Chalkbeat: For Chalkbeat Chicago
Cleveland Avenue Foundation:
For the 1954 Project
Embarc: For Building Equity in Education - Scaling Experiences for CPS students
Leading Educators: In support of the Chicago Public Schools Skyline Networked Improvement Community
Loyola University Chicago Institute for Racial Justice: For the Men of Math Fellowship
NewRoot Learning Institute: For Transforming Schools: Restorative Mindsets, Practices, & School-Wide SEL Capacity Building (year 2 of a two year grant)
New Teacher Center: For the Responsive Relationships Project
Profound Gentlemen: To build leadership skills and increase retention of male educators of color in Chicago Public Schools
Surge Institute: For the Chicago Surge Fellowship
Teachers Supporting Teachers: For Impact Teams in Chicago Public Schools
The Chicago Public Education Fund: For Recovery and Re-imagination in Chicago Public Schools
Thrive: To create a pipeline of male educators of color and to support male teachers of color in Chicago Public Schools
University of Chicago Network For College Success: For the High School Leadership for Equity initiative
University of Chicago Urban Education Institute: In support of the To&Through Middle Grades Network and for the Consortium on School Research Investor Council