Land Conservation (Chicago Region)

Land Conservation (Chicago Region) is sponsored by Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. Supports organizations dedicated to protecting and restoring natural environments in the Chicago region. The Foundation focuses on conservation efforts to sustain healthy human communities and natural environments.

GDDF Awards Nearly $6. 2 Million in Funding in 2024 to 127 Organizations in Chicago, Lowcountry of South Carolina | GDDF GDDF Awards Nearly $6. 2 Million in Funding in 2024 to 127 Organizations in Chicago, Lowcountry of South Carolina Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Awards Nearly $6.

2 Million in Funding in 2024 to 127 Organizations in Chicago, Lowcountry of South Carolina $2. 5 Million Granted to 58 Nonprofits in End-of-Year Grant Cycle (Chicago, IL & Charleston, SC) The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (GDDF) provided grant awards for 127 groups in 2024 . The Board of Directors approved $ 6.

18 million in multi-year funding to organizations working in the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina across the Foundation’s three program areas: Artistic Vitality, Broadening Narratives, and Land Conservation. In its fall grant cycle, GDDF awarded more than $2. 5 million to 58 organizations across regions and programs.

The Foundation makes grants twice a year in the summer and late fall. “It is more important than ever to champion the power of art, nurture our land, and share the stories that shape our self-understanding,” said Arnold Randall, executive director of the Foundation. “Even as they are doing exciting and important work, many of the organizations we support are facing challenges and uncertainty.

At GDDF, we value the deep, steady, and long-term relationships we build with our grantee partners. We remain committed to trust-based practices, our mission areas, and the values of equity and trust that guide our work,” continued Randall. “We are proud to support these organizations that are doing such important work in their fields and communities.

” More than 65% of this year’s grants were for multi-year general operating support, and 70% of the fall grants provided general operating support. GDDF also provides project, planning, technical assistance, and cash reserve funding. In addition to grantmaking, GDDF is committed to supporting our grantee partners in a variety of ways, including access to training and support for collaborations and convenings.

The Foundation currently funds 322 organizations in total. Funding By Region and Program A full list of grantees and grants appears at the end of this release. 2024 Total: $4.

38 million to 89 organizations Fall cycle grants: $1. 47 million to 35 organizations Chicago Artistic Vitality 2024 Total: $1. 58 million to 59 organizations Fall cycle grants: $757,000 to 26 organizations 2024 Total: $682,693 to 14 organizations Fall cycle grants: $229,500 to 5 organizations Chicago Land Conservation 2024 Total: $2.

12 million to 16 organizations Fall cycle grants: $490,000 to 4 organizations Lowcountry of South Carolina 2024 Total: $1. 8 million to 38 organizations Fall cycle grants: $1.

05 million to 23 organizations Lowcountry Artistic Vitality 2024 Total: $738,700 to 25 organizations Fall cycle grants: $401,000 to 15 organizations 2024 Total: $312,500 to 6 organizations Fall cycle grants: $185,000 to 3 organizations Lowcountry Land Conservation 2024 Total: $758,000 to 7 organizations Fall cycle grants: $468,000 to 5 organizations Chicago Region Grant Recipients Access Contemporary Music $27,000 Aerial Dance Chicago $25,500 Asian Improv aRts Midwest $30,000 Beyond This Point $12,000 Chicago Dancemakers Forum $30,000 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival $25,000 Chicago Jazz Philharmonic $40,500 Chicago Reader $15,000 Comfort Station $18,000 Community Film Workshop of Chicago $22,500 D-Composed $25,500 Deeply Rooted Productions $27,000 Definition Theatre Company $36,000 Diasporal Rhythms $12,000 Ensemble Dal Niente $30,000 First Floor Theater $18,000 High Concept Labs $25,000 Homeroom $7,500 HotHouse $25,500 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art $13,500 Jazz Institute of Chicago $40,500 Kalapriya $30,000 Kokandy Productions $25,500 Lawndale Pop Up Spot $22,500 Lawyers for the Creative Arts $75,000 League of Chicago Theatres $75,000 Lubeznik Center for the Arts $13,500 Lucky Plush Productions $30,000 MAKE Literary Productions $22,500 Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, Inc. $30,000 Midsommer Flight $12,000 MOMENTA $22,500 Natya Dance Theatre $40,500 Open Television (OTV) $27,500 Orion Chamber Ensemble $6,000 Pullman Arts (Voice of the City fiscal sponsor) $53,250 Rivendell Theatre Ensemble $30,000 Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center $22,500 See Chicago Dance $40,500 Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center $40,500 Shattered Globe Theatre $36,000 Silk Road Rising $40,500 Spudnik Press Cooperative $25,500 St Charles Singers $8,500 Steep Theatre Company $30,000 Strawdog Theatre Company $25,500 Synapse Arts $18,000 The Artistic Home Acting Ensemble $22,500 The Chicago Poetry Center $25,000 The Mural Movement $22,500 The Newberry Consort $30,000 The Seldoms $22,500 The South Side Jazz Coalition $22,500 TUTA: The Utopian Theatre Asylum $18,000 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art $30,000 Union Street Gallery $22,500 Water Street Studios $10,000 Woman Made Gallery $22,500 Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society $15,000 Chicago Cultural Alliance $27,500 Chicago Defender Charities $25,000 Chicago Theological Seminary Board of Directors $49,500 DePaul University $198,193 Experimental Sound Studio $80,000 Gerber Hart LGBTQ+ Library and Archives $30,000 Heritage Museum of Asian Art $35,000 Mitchell Museum of the American Indian $100,000 National Museum Of Gospel Music $17,500 Public Radio Exchange (PRX) $30,000 Quinn Community Service Alliance of Chicago $25,000 Shorefront $25,000 The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture $25,000 American Farmland Trust $150,000 Ducks Unlimited $120,000 Faith in Place $100,000 Friends of the Chicago River $100,000 Friends of the Forest Preserves $100,000 Geneva Lake Conservancy $100,000 Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund $150,000 Metropolitan Planning Council $100,000 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation $375,000 Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves $50,000 Shirley Heinze Land Trust $120,000 Southeast Environmental Task Force $70,000 The Conservation Foundation $135,000 The Land Conservancy of McHenry County $100,000 The Wetlands Initiative $150,000 Trust for Public Land (cross-region) $300,000 Lowcountry Grant Recipients Alternate ROOTS for TINYisPOWERFUL (two grants) $68,700 Annex Dance Company $10,000 Art League of Hilton Head Island Inc. $20,000 City of Charleston $60,000 Footlight Players $30,000 Franklin G.

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Chapin Art Museum $40,000 Gibbes Museum of Art $50,000 Hampton Friends of the Arts $10,000 HEART Inclusive Arts Community $20,000 Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra $50,000 Lean Ensemble Theater $20,000 Long Bay Symphonic Society $40,000 Native Island Business and Community Affairs Association $20,000 North Charleston Pops $20,000 OHM Radio $20,000 Palmetto City Ballet $20,000 Palmetto Luna Arts $10,000 Pat Conroy Literary Center Inc. $20,000 Redux Contemporary Art Center $30,000 South Carolina Arts Alliance $40,000 South of Broadway Theatre $20,000 The Charleston Gaillard Center $50,000 The Flowertown Players $20,000 The Original Gullah Festival of South Carolina Inc. $20,000 University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts $30,000 Dorchester Heritage Center $25,000 Friends of Coastal South Carolina $60,000 Historic Charleston Foundation $25,000 Lincolnville Preservation & Historical Society (fiscal sponsor SCACED) $52,500 The South Carolina Historical Society $100,000 The Village Group $50,000 Kiawah Conservancy $48,000 Natural Resources Defense Council $200,000 Open Land Trust $100,000 Pee Dee Land Trust $90,000 South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development $100,000 South Carolina Farm Bureau Land Trust $30,000 The Sustainability Institute $90,000 Trust for Public Land (cross-region) $300,000 The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

The Foundation seeks to sustain and build resilient, vital, engaged, and equitable communities in these two regions by supporting conservation, arts, and collecting organizations that broaden narratives. For more information, visit gddf. org.

Arts organizations produce innovative, exciting, and engaging works. In Chicago, we support small arts organizations that are the building blocks of the city’s cultural vibrancy, and in the Lowcountry support a wide spectrum of organizations that contribute to the unique culture of the Lowcountry. Broadening Narratives is a newly imagined approach to the work of collections.

GDDF is working to ensure that those whose stories are being told through collections are included in the decisions about how those stories are told, with an emphasis on untold or incomplete or inaccurate stories.

GDDF supports the preservation and restoration of natural and working lands with an emphasis on climate resiliency, advocacy, and inclusive conservation strategies to provide both ecological and quality of life benefits for the diverse communities in the Chicago and Lowcountry regions.

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