Funding search · EIN 364334358 · Grantmaking charity · Chicago, IL

Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

$101.5M
in grants paid: 251
grants: 118
recipients: 2022–2023
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$47.1M
Prairie State Conservation Coalition · Springfield, IL · 2023
PSCC Final Grant
$2.5M
Forest Preserve District of Cook County · River Forest, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Old Sutton Parcel to link Spring Lake and Horizon Farm Forest Preserves (44 acres)
$2.0M
County of Lake · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Net Zero 911/Regional Operations & Communications Facility
$2.0M
Heartland Community College · Normal, IL · 2023
Heartland Community College Net Zero Energy Agriculture Complex
$2.0M
Homewood-Flossmoor Chsd #233 · Flossmoor, IL · 2023
Net Zero Energy Science Addition
$2.0M
Forest Preserve District of Dupage County · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Net Zero Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic/Visitor Center
$1.6M
Campton Township · St Charles, IL · 2023
Goldenstein Farm Land Acquisition of Campton Township, Kane County (124.5 acres)
$1.5M
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2023
Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Phase II (375 acres)
$1.5M
The Conservation Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Tamarack Farms Acquisition for Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (614 Acres)
$1.4M
Oak Park Residence Corporation · Oak Park, IL · 2023
7 Van Buren Net Zero Energy Multifamily Residence
$1.2M
Academy for Global Citizenship · Chicago, IL · 2023
Academy for Global Citizenship Net Positive Energy School
$1.1M
Forest Preserve District of Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Donahue Farm (294.83 acres)
$1.1M
Park District of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Oak Park Net Zero Energy Community Recreation Center
$833,035
Severson Dells Educational Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Elliot Golf Course for new nature preserve and nature center (165 acres)
$800,000
Academy for Global Citizenship · Chicago, IL · 2023
Academy for Global Citizenship Net Positive Energy School
$800,000
River Trails School District 26 · Mount Prospect, IL · 2023
Park View School Net Zero Energy Renovation
$711,463
Park District of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Oak Park Net Zero Energy Community Recreation Center
$664,440
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Acquisition of the James Tract in the Hutchins/Clear Creek Valley of the Shawnee National Forest (260.8 acres)
$449,075
The Conservation Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Acquisition under Illinois Working Lands, Water and Wildlife Partnership (300 acres of purchased natural areas conservation easement)
$400,000
Plainfield Park District · Plainfield, IL · 2023
Bott Park Indoor Recreation Center
$307,720
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Net-Zero Energy Environmental Education Center at Ryerson Conservation Area
$279,392
Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park · Hopkins Park, IL · 2023
Pembroke Land & Heritage Trails (41 acres)
$262,500
Village of Port Byron Illinois · Port Byron, IL · 2023
Port Byron Waste Water Treatment Facility - Net Zero Energy
$252,200
Heartlands Conservancy · Belleville, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Illinois Chorus Frog Habitat in the Poag SandTerrace INAI site (40 acres)
$233,600
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Acquisition to Increase Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve (18.62 acres)
$227,840
Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park · Hopkins Park, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Pembroke Savanna (96 acres)
$221,010
Natural Land Institute · Rockford, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Kenney Woods Addition to Lind-McGeachie Preserve (36 acres)
$205,146
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Net-Zero Energy Environmental Education Center at Ryerson Conservation Area
$200,000
Saint Joseph School · Downers Grove, IL · 2023
St. Joseph School Net Zero Energy Addition
$200,000
Kishwaukee Water Reclamation District · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Net Zero Energy CHP Project
$200,000
Saint Joseph School · Downers Grove, IL · 2023
St. Joseph School Net Zero Energy Addition
$195,500
Citizens for Conservation · Lake Barrington, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Hill 'N Dale Preserve - Advancing Wetlands Conservation (232.56 acres)
$190,152
McHenry County Conservation Foundation · Richmond, IL · 2023
Camp Lakota Pothole Wetlands Project Addition (+/- 40 acres)
$154,000
Natural Land Institute · Rockford, IL · 2023
Clay Woods Addition to Lind-McGeachie Woods Preserve (20.09 acres)
$150,925
The Conservation Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Acquisition under Illinois Working Lands, Water and Wildlife Partnership (300 acres of purchased natural areas conservation easement)
$104,592
Granite City Housing Authority · Granite City, IL · 2023
Net Zero Energy PHIUS Certified Affordable Housing Residence
$97,980
Ogle Natural Areas Alliance · Byron, IL · 2023
Acquisition of River Dr. Property - Byron, IL (14 acres)
$75,000
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023
RENU-House Solar Decathlon
$60,000
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023
RENU-House Solar Decathlon
$50,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Aux Sable Creek Addition- Trotter/Schuneman Parcel (20 acres)
$43,436
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden · Rockford, IL · 2023
Klehm Arboretum Visitor Center - 29.5kW PV System
$38,400
Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria · Peoria, IL · 2023
Acquisition of KDB Parcel (14.75 acres)
$31,700
US Green Building Council Illinois Chapter · Chicago, IL · 2023
2023 Getting to Zero Illinois Summit
$27,300
Illinois Audubon Society · Springfield, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Zellhofer Properties (133 acres)
$27,000
Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See · Manteno, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Camp Shaw-Wah-Nas-See - Rock Creek Priority Zone
$27,000
Forest Preserve Friends Foundation · Mahomet, IL · 2023
Homer Lake Forest Preserve: Timberdoodle Woods Enhancement
$26,245
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$26,000
Friends of the Sangamon Valley · Springfield, IL · 2023
Boyle Woods Stewardship Project
$25,196
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2023
Ecological Restoration at Rutherford Refuge at Twin Bridges Nature Preserve
$25,000
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Harms Woods
$25,000
The Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Dupage County · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Churchill Woods - Babcock Grove
$25,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Sand Ridge Nature Center
$25,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Spicebush Woods
$25,000
Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards · Sleepy Hollow, IL · 2023
Schaumburg Road Grasslands (part of the Arthur L. Janura Forest Preserve)-Schaumburg Road Woodland Recovery Project
$25,000
Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Community Stewardship of Heron Creek
$24,744
Illinois Audubon Society · Springfield, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Gremel Nature Preserve: A Legacy Project of Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation - INAI Sedge Meadow
$23,190
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$23,000
Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve
$22,500
Friends of the Kankakee · Watseka, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Connector Parcels in Kankakee Sands Bioregion, Iroquois County, IL (100 acres)
$21,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Forest Glen Woods (#8279)
$21,000
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands · Franklin Grove, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Nachusa Grasslands - Holland Savanna Unit & Big Jump Savanna/Prairie Unit
$21,000
Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County · Oregon, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Sand Ridge Prairie
$21,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Stewardship of the Skokie River Prairie Land and Water Reserve
$21,000
Clifftop Nfp · Maeystown, IL · 2023
Storment Hauss Nature Preserve - Removal of invasive exotic species from the 2019 twenty acre addition, and restoration of the site to prairie/savanna
$21,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Little Red School House Oak Woodland (#8280)
$21,000
Middle Rock Conservation Partners · Franklin Grove, IL · 2023
Restoration of the Samuel & Edna Hill Preservation Site
$20,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF K-12 Schools Grant Program Field Support
$20,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF K-12 Schools Grant Program Field Support
$20,000
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Proposed Pollinator Meadows at Lakewood Forest Preserve
$20,000
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2023
Preserving More Natural Areas and Native American Cultural Heritage in the Driftless Region of NW Illinois
$19,570
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$18,000
Prairie State Conservation Coalition · Springfield, IL · 2023
PSCC - Growing Leadership, Diversifying Membership, and Completing the Strategic Plan
$16,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program
$15,795
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$15,000
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023
RENU-House Solar Decathlon
$13,319
Buffalo Grove Park District · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2023
Pollinator Meadow Habitats at the Buffalo Grove Park District
$12,601
Community College District 535 · Des Plaines, IL · 2023
People and Pollinators: Raising Awareness by Increasing Pollinator Habitat in our Communities
$12,137
Franklin Creek Conservation Association · Franklin Grove, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Franklin Creek State Natural Area
$12,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program
$11,000
Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County · Oregon, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Sand Ridge Prairie
$11,000
Natural Land Institute · Rockford, IL · 2023
Pollinator Meadow Conversion at Lind-McGeachie Woods Preserve
$11,000
Clifftop Nfp · Maeystown, IL · 2023
Storment Hauss Nature Preserve - Removal of invasive exotic species from the 2019 twenty acre addition, and restoration of the site to prairie/savanna
$10,950
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2020-2021 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$10,855
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2020-2021 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$10,324
Forest Preserve District of Cook County · River Forest, IL · 2023
Trailside Nature Center/Thatcher Woods Pollinator Garden
$10,302
North Elementary School · Franklin Park, IL · 2023
North Elementary School Pollinator Garden
$10,000
Natural Land Institute · Rockford, IL · 2023
NLI Strategic Land & Water Conservation Plan
$9,611
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Harper's Farm in Ottawa along Illinois River (92 acres)
$9,010
Natural Land Institute · Rockford, IL · 2023
Acquisition of Kenney Woods Addition to Lind-McGeachie Preserve (36 acres)
$9,000
The Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Stewardship of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge - Violet Meadow Tract
$9,000
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands · Franklin Grove, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Nachusa Grasslands - Holland Savanna Unit & Big Jump Savanna/Prairie Unit
$9,000
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands · Franklin Grove, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Stone Barn Savanna - West Holland Savanna
$8,470
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
2020-2021 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program
$8,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program
$8,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program
$8,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF K-12 Schools Grant Program Field Support
$8,000
Foundation for Environmental Education · Columbus, OH · 2023
ICECF K-12 Schools Grant Program Field Support
$7,752
McHenry County Conservation Foundation · Richmond, IL · 2023
Camp Lakota Pothole Wetlands Project Addition (+/- 40 acres)
$7,074
Village of Buffalo Grove · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2023
Native Area Restoration and Pollinator Project
$6,758
Forest Preserve Friends Foundation · Mahomet, IL · 2023
Lake of the Woods Pollinator Meadows

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.