Funding search · water quality and access · Illinois
Who funds water quality and access work in Illinois
15 funders have a record of paying for water quality and access work by Illinois recipients: 39 grants totaling $2.3M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Walton Family Foundation ($842,500), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($929,553) and Savanna Institute ($56,108).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Illinois recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $57,500 to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois — to help states in the mississippi river basin meet water quality goals by adding certainty to water quality improvements provided by edge-of-field practices like bioreactors and sa…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $929,553 · through 2023Largest: $628,560 to STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC — tech assistance for de watershed conservation
Savanna InstituteMadison, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $56,108 · through 2024Largest: $29,015 to BLACK OAKS CENTER — kankakee watershed conservation education project
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $41,027 · through 2024Largest: $25,342 to LIVING LANDS & WATERS — to aid in the protection, preservation & restoration of the natural environment of our nation's major rivers and their watersheds; to expand awareness of environmental issues and r…
Erm Group FoundationMalvern, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Surge for Water — clean water & sanitation
The Jonathan D Krist FoundationBoothbay Harbor, MECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $112,250 · through 2023Largest: $106,000 to CAMINOS DE AGUA — to improve health community well-being through adequate & affordable access to clean water
Rotary Club of Lakewood RanchLakewood Ranch, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $100,025 · through 2023Largest: $50,025 to ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — clean water initiative
Largest: $50,000 to Friends of Catherine and Channel Lakes — improve/maintain water quality natural ecosystem
Culver'S FoundationPrairie Du Sac, WI
3 matching grants · $4,500 · through 2024Largest: $2,500 to LIVING LANDS AND WATERS — to help support their mission: to aid in the protection, preservation and restoration of the natural environment of the nation's major rivers and their watersheds.
Largest: $15,000 to WATER MINISTRY CO MEANS — to provide clean water
Largest: $10,000 to Delta Institute — for a collaborative project to improve the water quality of the calumet river and creating two stormwater wetlands along lake calumet
Largest: $10,000 to ABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY — cambodia clean water project
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