2025 Grants
Healthy Water
Alliance for the Great Lakes, for general operating support
Center for Neighborhood Technology, for the Flood and Sewage Vulnerability Assessment
Delta Institute, for the Illinois Soil Health Appraisal Pilot program
Ecology Center, for the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network
Environmental Law & Policy Center, to support Great Lakes water protection
Metropolitan Planning Council, for the Right Infrastructure, Right Place Initiative
Milwaukee Water Commons, for general operations
Openlands, to strengthen Chicago's Lakefront Protection Ordinance.
Save the Dunes, for the Northwest Indiana Lake Michigan Water Pollution Plan
Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, to develop a regional standard for sewage contamination detection
Strengthening Learning Communities for Equity
Advance Illinois, to develop strategies and systems to recruit and retain educators of color in Illinois
Educators for Excellence, to build teacher power to drive lasting systems change for equity in Chicago
Leading Educators, for Chicago School-Based Supports: Accelerating Student Learning in Math
Liberation Journey, for the Liberated Educators Collaborative
New Venture Fund, Research Partnership for Professional Learning, for Teacher Leadership as a Driver of Professional Learning and Instructional Improvement in Chicago
NewRoot Learning Institute, for school climate change programs in CPS
Springpoint, for CPS High School Professional Learning Community to Transform Student Learning Experiences
The New Teacher Center, to build strong instructional cultures to transform learning in CPS
Teach for America, to increase reading outcomes for students in North Lawndale and New City
Teach Plus, for planning a new strategic direction
University of Chicago Network for College Success, for its Student Excellence in the Chicago Partner School Network
University of Chicago, Urban Education Institute, To & Through Project, for the Middle Grades Network
Strategic Investments
Amalgamated Foundation, for the Education Future Fund
Alliance for the Great Lakes, for general operations
Clean Wisconsin, for general operations
Democracy Forward, for general operations
Environmental Law & Policy Center, for general operations
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Council, for general operations
National Immigrant Justice Center, for general operations
