Funding search · EIN 364334358 · Chicago, IL

Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

Name: Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation grants, 2022–2023
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.

251
grants reported: $101.5M
total given: 2022–2023
filing years: $18,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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1 grant matching “proviso” · $6,400

$6,400
Proviso Township High Schools · Forest Park, IL · 2023
K-12 1 kW Educational PV System

Top recipients

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Prairie State Conservation Coalition3 grants · $47.2M
Citizens for Conservation4 grants · $5.4M
Macon County Conservation District1 grant · $2.9M
Forest Preserve District of Cook County4 grants · $2.6M
Openlands3 grants · $2.5M
Nature Conservancy3 grants · $2.4M
The Conservation Fund3 grants · $2.1M
County of Lake1 grant · $2.0M
Heartland Community College1 grant · $2.0M
Homewood-Flossmoor Chsd #2331 grant · $2.0M

Giving over time

$24.8M

2022

$76.7M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 251 grants.

$47.1M
Prairie State Conservation Coalition · Springfield, IL · 2023
PSCC Final Grant
$4.8M
Citizens for Conservation · Lake Barrington, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Hill 'N Dale Preserve - Advancing Wetlands Conservation (232.56 acres)
$2.9M
Macon County Conservation District · Decatur, IL · 2022
Fort Daniel Conservation Area Acquisition (236.93 acres)
$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
Forest Preserve District of Dupage County · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Net Zero Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic/Visitor Center
$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
$1.6M
Campton Township · St Charles, IL · 2023
Goldenstein Farm Land Acquisition of Campton Township, Kane County (124.5 acres)
$1.5M
Forest Preserve District of Will County · Joliet, IL · 2022
Hadley Valley Bruce Rd (47.5 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
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Cox (668.25 acres) at Chauncey Marsh
$1.2M
Academy for Global Citizenship · Chicago, IL · 2023
Academy for Global Citizenship Net Positive Energy School
$1.1M
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Belrose Farm, 183 acres along the Lower Fox River
$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
$982,800
Rock Island County Forest Preserve District · Illinois City, IL · 2022
Pollinator Bluff Acquisition (179 acres)
$966,040
Land Conservancy of McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Thompson Road Wetland and Oak Woods (197 acres)
$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
$751,143
Northbrook Park District · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Site Net Zero Energy Activities Center at Techny Prairie Park
$711,463
Park District of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Oak Park Net Zero Energy Community Recreation Center
$670,000
Illinois Audubon Society · Springfield, IL · 2022
Acquisition of the Gowin-Boldrey Tract; Expansion of Robert Ridgway Nature Preserve (75 acres)
$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)
$600,000
Oak Park Residence Corporation · Oak Park, IL · 2022
7 Van Buren Net Zero Energy Multifamily Residence
$600,000
River Trails School District 26 · Mount Prospect, IL · 2022
Park View School Net Zero Energy Renovation
$592,016
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Phase II (375 acres)
$557,200
Franklin Creek Conservation Association · Franklin Grove, IL · 2022
Acquisition to expand Franklin Creek State Natural Area (R. Frank South 80 acres)
$502,361
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2022
Acquisition and Restoration of the Canyon Camp Addition to the Apple River Canyon Complex (146 acres)
$500,000
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2022
Acquisition of an Addition to Ward's Grove Nature Preserve (70 acres)
$479,526
Clifftop Nfp · Maeystown, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Schilling property (164 acres)
$473,918
Land Conservancy of McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Thompson Road Wetland and Oak Woods Addition (76.3 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)
$448,000
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Acquisition of the Bettner Tract (approx. 80 acres) atNachusaGrasslands
$400,000
Plainfield Park District · Plainfield, IL · 2023
Bott Park Indoor Recreation Center
$400,000
Adlai E Stevenson Hsd 125 · Lincolnshire, IL · 2022
East Building Addition
$400,000
City of Countryside · Countryside, IL · 2022
City of Countryside Site Net Zero Energy Municipal Complex
$393,000
Citizens for Conservation · Lake Barrington, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Highlands (25 acres)
$376,355
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (411 acres)
$315,742
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2022
Acquisition and Restoration of the Canyon Camp Addition to the Apple River Canyon Complex (146 acres)
$315,000
Dekalb County Forest Preserve District · Sycamore, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Project Location Sannauk Forest Preserve Addition 60.86 acres
$307,720
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Net-Zero Energy Environmental Education Center at Ryerson Conservation Area
$300,000
Kishwaukee Water Reclamation District · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Net Zero Energy CHP Project
$279,392
Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park · Hopkins Park, IL · 2023
Pembroke Land & Heritage Trails (41 acres)
$276,400
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
Acquisition of 37-acre Baker Woods Forest Preserve Addition in Kendall County
$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)
$251,502
Fox Valley Park District · Aurora, IL · 2022
Acquisition of North Aurora Fox River east river front property (5 acres total purchase with grant funding applied to 3 acres for Oak-Hickory natural area restoration).
$234,340
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Harper's Farm in Ottawa along Illinois River (92 acres)
$233,600
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Acquisition to Increase Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve (18.62 acres)
$233,597
McHenry County Conservation District · Woodstock, IL · 2022
Dutch Creek Headwaters, Wetlands & Remnant Oak Addition to Pioneer Fen Conservation Area (49 acres: 40 purchased outright and 9 acquired via fee simple donation)
$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
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
$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)
$171,605
City of South Beloit Water Pollution Control Facility · South Beloit, IL · 2022
Blower Upgrade
$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)
$134,271
Kendall County Forest Preserve District · Yorkville, IL · 2022
Kendall County Forest Preserve District - The Conservation Foundation - Reservation Woods Acquisition (3-parcels +/- 12.2-acres)
$122,000
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2022
Acquisition and Restoration of the 2nd Addition to Casper Bluff Preserve (29 acres)
$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)
$81,565
Forest Preserve District of Cook County · River Forest, IL · 2022
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center - 65kW PV Installation
$78,444
Granite City Housing Authority · Granite City, IL · 2022
Net Zero Energy PHIUS Certified Affordable Housing Residence
$75,200
Natural Land Institute · Rockford, IL · 2022
Acquisition of Carleton Conservation Easements (85.65 acres) (Grant #8251)
$75,000
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023
RENU-House Solar Decathlon
$70,000
Black Oaks Center · Pembroke Township, IL · 2022
Fifer Parcel Working Lands and Community Open Space Acquisition (25 acres protected open space and 15 acres sustainable agricultural land)
$62,240
Lake County Forest Preserve District · Libertyville, IL · 2022
50kW PV at Ryerson Woods Welcome Center
$60,400
Rock Island County Forest Preserve District · Illinois City, IL · 2022
Pollinator Bluff Acquisition (179 acres)
$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
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
$25,000
The Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Dupage County · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Stewardship of Churchill Woods - Babcock Grove
$25,000
Forest Preserve Friends Foundation · Mahomet, IL · 2022
Stewardship of the Kickapoo Rail Trail- Champaign County Extension
$25,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2022
Stewardship of Kloempken Prairie
$25,000
National Audubon Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Stewardship of Orland Grassland: Phase 2
$25,000
Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County · Oregon, IL · 2022
Stewardship of Sand Ridge Prairie
$25,000
Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Stewardship of Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve
$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
$23,709
Land Conservancy of McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2022
Restoration of Crowley Road Oaks - Remnant Oak Woodland

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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.