Funding search · EIN 362649603 · Chicago, IL

Openlands

Name: Openlands grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

62
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

comed green region space open pollinator garden park

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lale County Forest Preserve1 grant · $1.4M
The Wetlands Initiative2 grants · $66,474
Fox Valley Park District2 grants · $20,000
Healthy Schools Campaign2 grants · $19,908
Kleo1 grant · $14,500
Farm Foundation1 grant · $14,070
Bee Haven1 grant · $10,000
Citizens for Conservation1 grant · $10,000
City of Belvidere1 grant · $10,000
City of Berwyn1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$197,103

2021

$1.6M

2022

$246,854

2023

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$1.4M
Lale County Forest Preserve · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Furtherence of the organizations mission to preserve lands for public use
$56,474
The Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Subgrant to the wetlands initiative for wetland restoration at midewin national tallgrass prairie
$14,500
Kleo · Hollywood, IL · 2022
Teachers to buy supplies
$14,070
Farm Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2021
Subgrant from kinship foundation
$13,033
Healthy Schools Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2021
Space to grow partnership
$10,000
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - a new pollinator habitat in southwest chicago
$10,000
Bee Haven · Mokena, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - burnham pollinator habitat
$10,000
City of Prospect Heights · Prospect Heights, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - public service pollinator park
$10,000
Forest Preserve Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - climate and pollinator resilience through native seed amplification
$10,000
Forest Preserves of Winnebago County · Rockford, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - funderburg forest preserve pollinator habitat improvement project
$10,000
Fox Valley Park District · Aurora, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - stuart sporst complex north pollinator habitat recovery
$10,000
History Center of Lake Forest Lake Bluff · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - interpretive signage for the history center gardens and walking paths
$10,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - pollinator habitat restoration at carroll meadow along the middlefork greenway
$10,000
Niles Township Government · Skokie, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - pollinator and rain garden
$10,000
Riverdale Park District · Riverdale, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - community rain garden engagement project
$10,000
The Forge Charitable Adventures Nfp · Lemont, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - heritage quarries pollinator meadow expansion project
$10,000
Village of Bolingbrook · Bolingbrook, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - village of bolingbrook - lily cache creek: native plants for pollinators
$10,000
Village of Franklin Park · Franklin Park, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - village of franklin park public parking lot pollinator garden
$10,000
Village of Port Barrington · Port Barrington, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - supporting fox river water birds and bees
$10,000
Village of South Holland · South Holland, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - the village of south holland stream bank naturalization project 2024
$10,000
Young Men'S Educational Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - g2t farm demonstration forest garden and landscaping
$10,000
City of Berwyn · Berwyn, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Crystal Lake Park District · Crystal Lake, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Downers Grove Park District · Downers Grove, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Forest Preserve District of Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Kane Forest Preserve Foundation · Geneva, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian · Evanston, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Preservation Fdn of the Lake County Forest Presv · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
The Theosophical Society in America · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
The Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Village of Algonquin · Algonquin, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Village of Davis Junction · Davis Junction, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Village of Schaumburg · Schaumburg, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$10,000
Citizens for Conservation · Lake Barrington, IL · 2021
Flint creek restoration
$10,000
City of Belvidere · Belvidere, IL · 2021
6th street waterway improvements
$10,000
City of Warrenville · Warrenville, IL · 2021
City of warrenville trailhead project
$10,000
Community College District 502 - College of Dupage · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2021
College of dupage pollinator habitats to address climate change
$10,000
Dundee Township · East Dundee, IL · 2021
Dundee township open space outreach & engagement project
$10,000
Fox Valley Park District · Aurora, IL · 2021
Jericho lake park floodplain restoration
$10,000
Gardeneers · Chicago, IL · 2021
Homan rails & prairie restoration project
$10,000
Gaylord Building Historic Site · Lockport, IL · 2021
Phase ii - canalside pollinator project
$10,000
Historic Downtown Long Grove Business Association · Long Grove, IL · 2021
Historic downtown long grove covered bridge conservancy and park project
$10,000
Kane County Farm Bureau · St Charles, IL · 2021
Illinois prairie pollinator rain garden
$10,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association · Lake Bluff, IL · 2021
Goetz wetland rehabilitation and pollinator enhancement
$10,000
Libertyville Township · Libertyville, IL · 2021
Kildare restoration project
$10,000
Neighborspace · Chicago, IL · 2021
Harambee community garden child-friendly butterfly sanctuary
$10,000
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Stockyards gardens
$10,000
University of St Francis · Joliet, IL · 2021
Reestablishing illinois prairie land: ongoing tallgrass prairie restoration at charlotte codo prairie in frankfort, il
$10,000
Village of Oswego · Oswego, IL · 2021
Washington & van buren street pollinator conservation project
$10,000
Village of University Park · University Park, IL · 2021
Veteran's memorial garden
$9,069
York Center Park District · Lombard, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - park pollinators
$9,034
Village of Waterman · Waterman, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$9,000
Outerbelt Alliance Nfp · Flossmoor, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$7,851
Chicago Parks Fdn-Eckhart Park Advisory Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - eckhart park's jens jensen prairie gardens
$7,847
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$7,460
Village of Homer Glen · Homer Glen, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - culver park pollinator migration habitat
$6,998
Chicago Park District · Chicago, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$6,875
Healthy Schools Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022
Space to grow project
$6,182
Village of Lincolnshire · Lincolnshire, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects
$6,000
St Charles Park District · St Charles, IL · 2023
Comed green region 2024 grant - connecting, preserving and enhancing prairie ecosystems
$5,253
Community Highschool District 128 · Vernon Hills, IL · 2022
Comed green region 2023 grant - open space projects

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.