Selected grants
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Chicago 2025 selected grants
- American Indian Center Inc | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Asian Improv Arts Midwest | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Chicago City Theatre Company DBA Joel Hall Dancers & Center | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Chicago Human Rhythm Project | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Deeply Rooted Productions Inc | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Definition Theatre Company | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Elastic Arts | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Free Street Programs | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | $100,000 For the 2025 Prince Prize
- Jazz Institute of Chicago | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Kuumba Lynx | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Red Clay Dance Company Inc | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Redtwist Theatre | $20,000 For the Independent Productions Initiative
- Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | $50,000 For the Chicago Frontlines Fund (E(art)H Art Chicago Program (third and final payment)
- Sones De Mexico Ensemble | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- South Asia Institute | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- South Chicago Dance Theatre | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Teatro Vista Theatre With A View Inc | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- The Kehrein Center For The Arts Foundation | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Theatre Y | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Urban Theater Company | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Urban Theater Company | $20,000 for the Latine Theater Leaders Collective (second and final payment)
- Water People Theater Group Nfp | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 per year for the years 2025 and 2026)
- Young Chicago Authors | $30,000 of General operating support ($30,000 one-year grant)
- 71St And Crandon Community Garden | $4,625 For the Crandon Community Garden
- Akojopo Incorporated | $5,125 For an outdoor music festival
- Alianza Leadership Institute DBA Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE) | $40,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $15,000
- Ba Nia Inc. | $4,000 To support Earl's Garden Mae's Kitchen
- Bronzeville Neighborhood Farm | $6,000 To rebuild a fire-damaged hoop house
- Brown People Foundation | $5,125 For the Green Hub project
- BUILD, Inc. | $30,000 for the Austin Grown program: release of the $25,000 grant extension for 2025 (approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000
- Building Bridges Inc | $5,000 For the STEM Empowerment Camp
- Burton Homes Community Outreach Nfp | $5,000 of General operating support
- Casa Esperanza Project | $4,000 For the Equestrian Therapy Program
- Chicago Adventure Therapy Nfp | $7,500 of General operating support
- Chicago Asian Americans for Environmental Justice | $20,000 for Chicago Asian Americans for Environmental Justice (grant will be made to fiscal sponsor LVEJO): release of the $15,000 grant extension for 2025 (approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000
- Chicago Botanic Garden | $30,000 for the Windy City Harvest program: release of the $25,000 grant extension for 2025 (approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000
- Chicago Muslims Green Team | $2,500 For gardening and other outdoor/nature-based activities at Masjid AlFarooq
- Community Services Of Englewood Inc | $6,000 For the Legacy Project
- D-Composed Gives | $5,000 For Our Nature: The Listening Field
- EcoWomanist Institute | $30,000 for General operating support for the Chicago Program: release of the $20,000 grant extension for 2025 (approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $10,000
- Environmental Law & Policy Center | $25,000 of General operating support
- Free Root Operation | $7,500 For the BLOOM Program
- Friends of the Parks | $15,000 For Friends of Bloomingdale Trail
- Friends of the Parks | $40,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $15,000
- Garfield Park Community Council | $30,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000
- Hey Benji Foundation | $6,000 For the 2025 Summer Kids Festival
- Honey Pot Performance | $3,000 For the Fifth City Festival
- Lawndale Pop-Up Spot | $7,500 For Reimagining 16th Street
- Liberated Arts Movement, Incorporated | $2,500 For Liberated at the Lake
- Light Of Loving Kindness | $4,000 of General operating support
- Little Village Environmental Justice Initiative | $50,000 for Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative E(art)H Art Chicago Program: release of the second of three payments approved in 2024
- Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) | $50,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $25,000
- Love To Serve, Inc. | $4,000 of General operating support
- Mr. Dad's Father's Club | $7,500 For the Sowing Seeds of Peace project
- Nehemiah Group d/b/a Chicago Eco House | $30,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000
- NeighborSpace | $30,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000
- Openlands | $25,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of the two-year final grant approved in 2024
- People for Community Recovery | $40,000 for General operating support - $25,000 plus a one-time addition of $15,000
- Rose Of Light Missionary Baptist Church | $2,500 For the Soul Garden
- Sistas In The Village, Llc | $6,125 of General operating support
- Southeast Environmental Task Force | $40,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $15,000.
- Sweet Water Foundation | $30,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000.
- Ulon | $6,000 For the Trash to Treasure Project
- Urban Growers Collective | $30,000 for General operating support: release of the second year of General operating support ($25,000 of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2024) plus a one-time addition of $5,000.
- Veteran By Veteran Services Inc. | $3,000 For the Englewood Veterans Garden
- We Sow We Grow Project | $30,000 of General operating support
- Wrap Your Beyouty Movement | $5,500 For the Gele Day, Healing Circles, and Sunrise Bonfires
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $30,000 For Communications Skills Training ($30,000 in 2024 and $30,000 in 2025)
- Box United | $25,000 of General operating support
- Chicago Youth Boxing Club | $25,000 of General operating support ($75,000 over three years: $25,000 in 2025, $25,000 in 2026, and $25,000 in 2027)
- Lost Boyz Inc. | $25,000 of General operating support ($75,000 over three years: $25,000 in 2025, $25,000 in 2026, and $25,000 in 2027)
- The BASE Chicago | $25,000 of General operating support ($75,000 over three years: $25,000 in 2025, $25,000 in 2026, and $25,000 in 2027)
- The Bloc | $25,000 of General operating support ($75,000 over three years: $25,000 in 2025, $25,000 in 2026, and $25,000 in 2027)
- Urban Warriors | $25,000 of General operating support
- All Voting Is Local | $75,000 For work with election officials to protect free and fair elections and voting rights
- Crossroads Fund | $25,000 For the Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund
- Latinos Progresando | $50,000 For the "Rooted in Resilience: Sustaining Families, Corridors & Culture Project"
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund | $75,000 To provide legal support to defend and advance voting rights
- St. George's School | $10,000 For the Annual Fund
DC 2025 selected grants
- Atlas Performing Arts Center | $10,000 of General operating support
- Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital | $15,000 of General operating support
- Mosaic Theater Company of DC | $20,000 of General operating support
- National Gallery of Art | $70,000 of For the Collectors' Committee, Director's Circle, and additional support for the 50th Anniversary
- Opera Lafayette | $10,000 of General operating support
- Phillips Collection | $25,000 of General operating support
- Shakespeare Theatre | $20,000 of General operating support
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum | $10,000 of General operating support
- Theater Alliance of Washington DC | $10,000 of General operating support
- Washington Concert Opera | $10,000 of General operating support
- Washington National Opera | $75,000 of General operating support and education & outreach initiatives
- Washington Performing Arts Society | $25,000 of General operating support
- WETA | $5,000 To support the Opera broadcasts on WETA Classical
- Africulture | $40,000 of General operating support
- Anacostia Business Improvement District | $25,000 of General operating support
- Anacostia Watershed Society | $20,000 of General operating support
- Bay Journal | $15,000 of General operating support
- Building Bridges Across the River | $50,000 of Support for the Building Bridges Farm and the 11th St. Bridge Park
- Carver Food Enterprise Center | $25,000 For the Food Enterprise Center
- Chesapeake Bay Funders Network | $20,000 of General operating support and membership dues
- Chesapeake Bay Trust | $25,000 for Capacity Building Initiative for environmental non-profits
- Clean Water Fund | $30,000 of Support for the APACC
- Coalition for Smarter Growth | $120,000 For the Coalition for Smarter Growth's Regional Land Use, Transportation, and Affordable Housing Campaigns
- DC Appleseed | $40,000 of General operating support
- DC Central Kitchen | $25,000 of General operating support
- DC Fiscal Policy Institute | $15,000 of General operating support
- DC Greens Inc | $20,000 of General operating support
- DC Parks Taskforce | $35,000 For the DC Neighborhood Parks Project
- Dreaming Out Loud | $85,000 of General operating support and support for the Marion Barry Avenue Market
- Federation Of Virginia Food Banks | $20,000 To support Virginia Food System coordination
- Foodshed Capital | $35,000 To support Virginia farmers
- Freshfarm Markets | $72,500 of General operating support and first capital payment
- Friends of Anacostia Park | $40,000 of General operating support
- Friends Of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | $40,000 of General operating support and one-time additional support
- Future Harvest | $35,000 of General operating support and conference sponsorship
- Green Scheme | $20,000 of General operating support
- Locus Food System Reslience Fund | $30,000 for Operating support of the Sector Resilience Loan program
- Mid-Atlantic Food Resilience and Access Coalition | $15,000 of General operating support
- Minority & Veteran Farmers of the Piedmont | $15,000 of General operating support
- National Links Trust | $25,000 To restore DC municipal golf courses
- OCH Conservation Foundation | $10,000 of General operating support and support via VA Working Landscapes
- Piedmont Environmental Council | $175,000 of General operating support and support for data centers & energy policy reform
- Piedmont Journalism Foundation | $50,000 of General operating support and support for public education and advocacy around data centers and solar siting
- Potomac Riverkeeper | $15,000 of General operating support
- Prince William Conservation Alliance | $40,000 of General operating support
- Rockson CDC Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center | $25,000 of Programming at the Community Resilience Hub
- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute | $30,000 for Support Virginia Working Landscapes
- Southern Environmental Law Center | $50,000 For support of their work on land use and transportation policy in Northern Virginia
- Virginia Conservation Network | $35,000 of General operating support
- Campaign Legal Center | $75,000 For voting rights and fair elections
- iCivics | $50,000 For CivXNow
- New Virginia Majority Education Fund | $35,000 To support election protection, voter registration, and environmental justice
- Tides Foundation/Movement Voter Fund | $75,000 of Support for the Movement Voter Fund work
- Virginia Civic Engagement Table | $30,000 of General operating support
- Virginia Interfaith Power & Light | $25,000 of General operating support
- Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $30,000 of General operating support
- Bread for the City | $15,000 of General operating support
- Georgetown University Medical Center | $50,000 Fund a Fellow for Parkinson's Program and one-time additional support
- Greater Washington Community Foundation | $50,000 Community Resilience Fund
- Mamatoto Village | $10,000 of General operating support
- Martha's Table | $35,000 of General operating support
- Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area | $5,000 of General operating support
- Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington | $50,000 of General operating support and additional one-time support
- Virginia Point to Point Foundation | $5,000 of General operating support
Newport 2025 selected grants
- Newport Art Museum & Art Association | $25,000 of general operating support
- Newport Contemporary Ballet | $25,000 of general operating support
- Newport Festivals Foundation | $15,000 for the Free Music Lessons program
- Newport Historical Society | $25,000 of general operating support
- Newport Middle Passage Port Marker Project | $15,000 of general operating support
- Newport String Project | $25,000 of general operating support
- Redwood Library and Athenaeum | $25,000 of general operating support
- Rhode Island Slave History Medallions | $20,000 of general operating support
- The Preservation Society of Newport County | $100,000 for Capital Campaign
- The Preservation Society of Newport County | $35,000 for the Tree and Landscape Preservation Program
- Aquidneck Community Table | $20,000 of general operating support
- Aquidneck Island Land Trust | $20,000 of general operating support for the Newport Open Space Partnership
- Aquidneck Island Land Trust | $40,000 of general operating support
- Bike Newport | $20,000 of general operating support
- Grow Smart RI | $45,000 of general operating support
- Newport Tree Conservancy | $40,000; $20,000 for general operating support and a $20,000 one-time grant for the Tree Disease Treatment Program from the PCT Response Fund
- Norman Bird Sanctuary | $25,000 of general operating support
- Sankofa Art & Solace | $35,000 of general operating support
- Save The Bay, Inc. | $45,000 of general operating support
- SRBA Historic Building and Environmental Preservation Foundation | $50,000 for Phase 2 of the Spouting Rock Beach Association restoration project
- URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $40,000 for a public education project to engage Aquidneck Island in offshore wind energy
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County | $40,000 of general operating support
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County | $50,000; capital campaign for the Clubhouse Renovation/Expansion
- Conexion Latina Newport | $25,000 of general operating support
- Day One | $20,000 of general operating support
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center | $30,000 of general operating support
- East Bay Community Action Program | $25,000 of general operating support
- FabNewport Inc | $25,000 of general operating support
- Lucy's Hearth | $45,000 of general operating support
- Newport Community School | $15,000 of general operating support
- Newport County Community Mental Health Center | $45,000; $35,000 for general operating support (can be applied to Phase II capital campaign) plus $10,000 from the PCT Response Fund
- Newport Hospital | $30,000 for the Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit
- Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, inc. | $35,000 for general operating support plus a one-time addition of $35,000 from the PCT Response Fund
- Rhode Island Abortion Fund | $30,000; $15,000 for general operating support plus a one-time addition of $15,000 from the PCT Response Fund for the new executive director position
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank | $20,000 of general operating support from the PCT Response Fund
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank | $25,000 of general operating support
- Rhode Island KIDS COUNT | $35,000 of general operating support
- Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. | $35,000 of general operating support
- Washington Square Services Corporation | $20,000 for the McKinney Cooperative Shelter
- Women's Resource Center | $45,000 of general operating support
