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Grants paid by Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, tax year 2019
EIN 36-4334358 · IL · Form 990, Schedule I
In tax year 2019, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (EIN 36-4334358) reported 124 grants paid totaling $13,501,840. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2019
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | North Shore Sanitary District Gurnee, IL | A | $1,500,000 | paid | NSSD Aeration Improvements | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $1,107,816 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Macon County Conservation District Decatur, IL | A | $1,000,742 | paid | Fort Daniel Conservation Area Acquisition 180 acres | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Byron Forest Preserve District Byron, IL | A | $837,600 | paid | Acquisition to expand Bald Hill Prairie Preserve (224 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $829,480 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $815,937 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | The Conservation Fund Chicago, IL | A | $807,500 | paid | Acquisition of Dug Hill Property (282 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Preserve District of Will County Joliet, IL | A | $738,140 | paid | Spring Creek Greenway Acquisition of Gap Parcels (7926 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc Elizabeth, IL | A | $701,500 | paid | Acquisition of Dvorak Addition to Apple River Canyon State Park (334 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Downers Grove Sanitary District Downers Grove, IL | A | $475,000 | paid | Combined Heat And Power Facilities Phase 2 | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Middle Rock Conservation Partners Franklin Grv, IL | A | $463,500 | paid | Acquisition of The Samuel & Edna Hill Preservation Site (91 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Citizens for Conservation Inc Barrington, IL | A | $357,500 | paid | Acquisition to expand Craftsbury Preserve (31 acres) in Lake Barrington IL | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Adlai E Stevenson Hsd 125 Lincolnshire, IL | A | $300,000 | paid | East Building Addition | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Plainfield Park District Plainfield, IL | A | $300,000 | paid | Bott Park Indoor Recreation Center | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $284,550 | paid | Acquisition of Morsman (2228 acres) and the Juanita Williams Trust Tract (80 acres) at Nachusa Grasslands | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $247,500 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | A | $209,524 | paid | 500kWh Battery Storage Project for Crown Hall | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Mchenry County Conservation District Woodstock, IL | A | $187,272 | paid | Acquisition of Monastery Marsh/Alden Creek Greenway Project Greater Hackmatack Ecosystem (237 acres purchased fee simple 6 acres of purchased conservation easement) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $186,900 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Mchenry County Conservation District Woodstock, IL | A | $169,046 | paid | Acquisition of Remnant Oak Woodland to Expand Project 7641 at Alden Creek (22 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $160,646 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL | A | $150,000 | paid | KCC Advanced Technology Education Center | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Parklands Foundation Normal, IL | A | $115,644 | paid | Acquisition to expand Kenyon Preserve along Panther Creek (35918 acres purchased outright) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Illinois Audubon Society Springfield, IL | A | $103,500 | paid | Acquisition to Expand War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (40 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $100,000 | paid | Acquisition of Stamp (60 acres) tract at Shawnee National Forest (SNF) in the Ozarks | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $78,400 | paid | Acquisition of Four Kankakee Sands Parcels (53 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $72,000 | paid | Acquisition of Nadler Tract (1205 acres) and Venture Holdings LLC 4 (30 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Heartlands Conservancy Belleville, IL | A | $71,771 | paid | Acquisition of Kathleen Scanlan Conservation Area addition (38 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $55,975 | paid | For the 2018-2019 ICECF Teacher Training Workshops and Web Maintenance | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Mchenry County Conservation District Woodstock, IL | A | $55,092 | paid | Acquisition of Monastery Marsh/Alden Creek Greenway Project Greater Hackmatack Ecosystem (237 acres purchased fee simple 6 acres of purchased conservation easement) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc Elizabeth, IL | A | $30,000 | paid | Oak Savanna Restoration at Horseshoe Mound Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $27,000 | paid | Stewardship of the Point Pleasant Natural Area | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Friends of the Forest Preserves Chicago, IL | A | $27,000 | paid | Community Stewardship Project at Somme Woods | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Land Conservancy of Mchenry County Woodstock, IL | A | $25,859 | paid | Stewardship of Wolf Oak Woods | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Village of Oswego Oswego, IL | U | $25,559 | paid | Village of Oswego Police Headquarters - 730 sq ft Evacuated Tube Solar Thermal System | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Illinois Conservation Foundation Springfield, IL | A | $25,300 | paid | ICF Stewardship Program at the Torstenson Youth Conservation Education Center | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | College of Lake County Grayslake, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | College of Lake County - Science Building Addition | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc Elizabeth, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | Northwest Illinois Strategic Land and Water Conservation Planning | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves Libertyville, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | Stewardship of Grassy Lake Forest Preserve (46 acres of a 689-acre preserve) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $22,400 | paid | Acquisition of Four Kankakee Sands Parcels (53 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | The Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Dupage County Wheaton, IL | A | $21,000 | paid | Community Stewardship of West Chicago Prairie | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | National Audubon Society Inc Chicago, IL | A | $21,000 | paid | Stewardship of Spring Creek | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Community Environmental Council Decatur, IL | A | $21,000 | paid | Stewardship of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Part and Memorial | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Friends of Pyramid State Park Pinckneyville, IL | A | $21,000 | paid | Collaborative Invasive Species Management at Pyramid State Recreation Area | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Franklin Creek Conservation Association Franklin Grove, IL | A | $20,000 | paid | Franklin Creek Conservation Association Capacity Building | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Community Animal Rescue Effort Evanston, IL | A | $19,200 | paid | Solar Thermal System - 192 sq ft | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Land Conservation Foundation Champaign, IL | A | $18,000 | paid | Maintaining the Hydrologic infrastructure at the Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (108 acres) (For 2019 Grant) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $15,000 | paid | ICECF's K-12 Solar Schools Program Field Support for 5/2018-4/2019 | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Clifftop Nfp Maeystown, IL | A | $14,260 | paid | Stewardship of Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Fermilab Natural Areas Batavia, IL | A | $14,205 | paid | Community Stewardship of Fermilab Prairies and Woodlands | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Environmental Defenders of Mchenry County Inc Woodstock, IL | A | $14,120 | paid | Stewardship of Sterne's Fen Nature Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nippersink Watershed Association Inc Wonder Lake, IL | A | $13,980 | paid | Stewardship of Merchant Creek Corridor | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Mchenry County Conservation Foundation Richmond, IL | A | $13,110 | paid | Stewardship of savanna and prairie remnants in a 545-acre section of Glacial Park | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Foundation of Kendall County Yorkville, IL | A | $13,099 | paid | Oak Woodland Bluffs and Core Prairie Community Stewardship Engagement Project - Hoover Forest Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Lincoln Park Conservancy Chicago, IL | A | $12,687 | paid | Stewardship of Lincoln Park Short Grass Prairie | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Friends of the Forest Preserves Chicago, IL | A | $12,000 | paid | Stewardship of Willow Springs Woods | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $12,000 | paid | ICECF's K-12 Solar Schools Program Field Support for 5/2018-4/2019 | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County Oregon, IL | A | $11,451 | paid | Stewardship of Sand Ridge | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $11,451 | paid | For the 2018-2019 ICECF Teacher Training Workshops and Web Maintenance | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $11,200 | paid | Acquisition of Four Kankakee Sands Parcels (53 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nippersink Watershed Association Inc Wonder Lake, IL | A | $11,020 | paid | Stewardship of Merchant Creek Corridor | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Community Christian Alternative Academy Chicago, IL | A | $11,000 | paid | CCA Native Plant Bioswale and Pollinator Gardens | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Wiley PTA Urbana, IL | A | $11,000 | paid | Wiley Pollinator Garden | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Keeler Gardens Nfp Chicago, IL | A | $11,000 | paid | Keeler Gardens Illinois Clean Energy Pollinator Schools Garden | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Gardeneers Chicago, IL | A | $10,679 | paid | Homan Rails Pollinator Prairie | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Lincoln Park Conservancy Chicago, IL | A | $10,675 | paid | Stewardship of Lincoln Park Short Grass Prairie | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Hall Township High School Spring Valley, IL | A | $10,162 | paid | Hall High School Conservation Garden | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forefront Chicago, IL | A | $10,000 | paid | Donor and Potential Grant Applicant Outreach Networking and Related Services | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Chicago Park District Chicago, IL | A | $9,657 | paid | Improving Lakefront Pollinator Habitat Through Student Leadership and Community Engagement | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Severson Dells Educational Foundation Rockford, IL | A | $9,655 | paid | Stewardship of oak woodland and dry-mesic prairie at Severson Dells Forest Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Environmental Defenders of Mchenry County Inc Woodstock, IL | A | $9,370 | paid | Stewardship of Sterne's Fen Nature Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Consolidated High School District 230 Palos Hills, IL | U | $9,362 | paid | Lake Andrew Prairie Planting | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $9,000 | paid | ICECF's K-12 Solar Schools Program Field Support for 2017-2018 | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $9,000 | paid | K-12 Solar School Program Field Support | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Prairie Lands Foundation Fairbury, IL | A | $8,783 | paid | Stewardship of Munz Park Natural Habitat | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Prairie Hills Resource Conservation and Development Inc Macomb, IL | A | $8,661 | paid | Stewardship of Stony Hills Nature Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc Marion, IL | A | $8,452 | paid | Stewardship of Pollinator Habitat Project Crab Orchard NWR | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Belleville Township High School Dist 201 Belleville, IL | A | $8,358 | paid | Bridges Pollination Garden | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Audubon Elementary School Chicago, IL | A | $8,000 | paid | Educational Solar PV Program | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Bloomingdale Park Foundation Bloomingdale, IL | A | $7,554 | paid | Stewardship of Springfield Wetlands | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Township High School District 214 Arlington Heights, IL | U | $7,330 | paid | Elk Grove High School Native Pollinator Garden | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Bloomingdale Park Foundation Bloomingdale, IL | A | $7,068 | paid | Stewardship of Springfield Wetlands | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Corron Farm Preservation Society Nfp St Charles, IL | A | $6,900 | paid | Stewardship of Corron Farm Natural Areas | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 Woodstock, IL | U | $6,765 | paid | Westwood Elementary Pollinator Garden | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Parklands Foundation Normal, IL | A | $6,725 | paid | Stewardship of Chinquapin Bluffs Land and Water Reserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Westmont High School Westmont, IL | A | $6,700 | paid | Educational Solar PV | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Childrens Museum Foundation Corp Springfield, IL | A | $6,700 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Community Unit School District 308 Oswego, IL | U | $6,700 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | County of Jackson Cusd #186 Murphysboro, IL | U | $6,700 | paid | Murphysboro High School 1 kW Solar Project | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Mcclellan Ccsd #12 Mt Vernon, IL | A | $6,700 | paid | Illinois Solar School Grant | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Chicago Public Schools Chicago, IL | U | $6,700 | paid | Bowen High School Solar Panel Installation Project | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | County of Jackson Cusd #186 Murphysboro, IL | U | $6,700 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Center Cass School District 66 Downers Grove, IL | U | $6,700 | paid | Lakeview Jr High Solar Panel Project | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Irons Oaks Foundation Olympia Flds, IL | A | $6,592 | paid | Stewardship of Irons Oaks | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $6,400 | paid | Acquisition of Four Kankakee Sands Parcels (53 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | West Aurora School District #129 North Aurora, IL | U | $6,291 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Indian Prairie Community Unit School Dist 204 Aurora, IL | A | $6,291 | paid | Solar Panels for Metea | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $6,000 | paid | K-12 Solar School Program Field Support | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Kankakee School District #111 Kankakee, IL | U | $5,821 | paid | Educational Solar PV | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | The Conservation Foundation Naperville, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events for Little Rock Creek Forest Preserve (134 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Foundation of Kendall County Yorkville, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Fox River Bluffs Forest Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden in Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Sugar Grove Foundation Mc Lean, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Funks Grove Land & Water Reserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | The Wetlands Initiative Chicago, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Oak Ridge (70 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Barrington Area Conservation Trust Inc Barrington, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Far Field Nature Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Grand Prairie Friends Urbana, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at the Cougill Property | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Grand Prairie Friends Urbana, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at the Clapp Property | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Barrington Area Conservation Trust Inc Barrington, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Pederson Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Middle Fork River Forest Preserve (1702 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Foundation of Kendall County Yorkville, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Hoover Forest Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods Riverwoods, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Prairie Hills Resource Conservation and Development Inc Macomb, IL | A | $5,492 | paid | Trail Stabilization and Events at Prairie Hills Wetland Reserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | The Conservation Foundation Naperville, IL | A | $5,482 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at McDonald Farm Natural Areas | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Land Conservancy of Mchenry County Woodstock, IL | A | $5,415 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Wolf Oak Woods Preserve (30 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Friends of Rocky Glen Chillicothe, IL | A | $5,405 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Rocky Glen | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Land Conservancy of Mchenry County Woodstock, IL | A | $5,385 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Yonder Prairie Nature Preserve Addition (26 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Prairie Lands Foundation Fairbury, IL | A | $5,381 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at James Family Woods/James Connector (40+acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Mccully Heritage Project Kampsville, IL | A | $5,273 | paid | Public Amenities and Events and Trail Head of Big Timber Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Prairie Hills Resource Conservation and Development Inc Macomb, IL | A | $5,172 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Stony Hills Nature Preserve | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $5,161 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Homer Lake Forest Preserve (828 acres) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Franklin Creek Conservation Association Franklin Grove, IL | A | $5,050 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Project 1480 Franklin Creek | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Sugar Grove Foundation Mc Lean, IL | A | $5,037 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Murphy's Grove | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $5,000 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Kickapoo Rail Trail (127 miles) | 202001409349301670 |
| 2019 | Midewin Tallgrass Prairie Alliance Joliet, IL | A | $5,000 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at USFS Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie | 202001409349301670 |
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