Over $3 Million Awarded by the Chicago Region Food System Fund

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OVER $3 MILLION AWARDED BY THE CHICAGO REGION FOOD SYSTEM FUND

***Grants Support Better Preparing the Food System for Future Emergencies***

(Chicago, IL – June 10, 2024) The Chicago Region Food System Fund (CRFSF/the Fund) announces grant awards for the “Prepare for Future Food System Emergencies” round of grant funding. $3,050,000 is awarded to 39 organizations and projects that work to respond and expand during emergencies by addressing food production, distribution, and access. “Prepare for Future Food System Emergencies” ‘is the third of three interconnected rounds of funding announced in January 2023. Including today’s funding announcements, the Chicago Region Food System Fund has distributed a total of $20,973,150 to 202 grantees since June 2020. CRFSF will announce details about future rounds of funding later in 2024.

“Prepare for Future Food System Emergencies” grant recipients announced today are:

  • Above and Beyond Food Pantry, $125,000
  • Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., $75,000
  • American Indian Center, $100,000
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, $75,000
  • Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Inc., $25,000
  • Brave Space Alliance, $150,000
  • Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, $100,000
  • Chicago United Solidarity Project, $50,000
  • Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition, $100,000
  • ChiFresh Kitchen, $150,000
  • Chinese American Service League, $50,000
  • Ecosystems of Care, $75,000
  • The Endeleo Institute, $125,000
  • Evanston Grows, $50,000
  • The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, $75,000
  • Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, $75,000
  • Fulcrum Farm Foundation, $100,000
  • Gage Park Latinx Council, $75,000
  • Gary Comer Youth Center, $100,000
  • Grace Housing Complex, $100,000
  • Green Table Talks NFP, $75,000
  • ICNA Relief USA Programs INC, $125,000
  • Illinois Unidos, $100,000
  • Illinois Workers in Action, $50,000
  • The Kindness Campaign, $75,000
  • The Land Connection, $75,000
  • The Love Fridge Chicago, $50,000
  • Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, $25,000
  • New Eclipse Community Alliance, $100,000
  • New Life Baptist Church of Chicago, $25,000
  • Northeast Community Fund, $50,000
  • Northwestern Settlement, $75,000
  • One Fair Wage Chicago, $50,000
  • Rush University Medical Center, $100,000
  • Sacred Ground Ministries, $50,000
  • Sisters Working It Out, $100,000
  • Sustainable Food Corp., $50,000
  • Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project, $25,000
  • Youth Outlook, $75,000

Project descriptions follow at the end of this release.

“The COVID-19 pandemic showed us how unprepared the conventional food system was when facing a sudden collapse,” said Chicago Region Food System Fund Steering Committee member Gina Roxas. “The organizations receiving funding today are working to ensure that the system is better prepared for the next systemic shock and that the emergency food system supports food and farm workers, prioritizes culturally appropriate emergency food, integrates local growers and producers, and responds equitably to climate change.”

Created in the early months of the COVID-19 crisis, the Chicago Region Food System Fund focuses on building resilience in the local food system, an area approximately 200 miles from Chicago. The Fund promotes organizations producing food in, and supplying food to, communities of color. Fresh Taste, fiscally sponsored by Forefront, manages the Fund. 

The Chicago Region Food System Fund Steering Committee includes six community representatives and three funder representatives. The Steering Committee comprises Lenore Beyer, Dion Dawson, Dan Kenney, Haven Leeming, Jose Oliva, Gina Roxas, Alexandra Sossa, Janelle St. John, and Jack Westwood.

Major funders of the Chicago Region Food System Fund are Builders Initiative, Food:Land:Opportunity (funded through the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust), Fresh Taste, The Lumpkin Family Foundation, Margot L. Pritzker Fund, and Walder Foundation. The Fund welcomes additional support. 

Fresh Taste is a collaborative funder initiative committed to racial and economic equity and focused on changing the way food is grown, processed, distributed, and consumed in the Chicago region to promote healthy land, healthy people, and healthy communities. Fresh Taste’s vision is that residents of the Chicago region eat local fruits, vegetables, whole grains, meat, and dairy products produced through regenerative agriculture and brought to tables by local businesses. 

Forefront is Illinois’ membership association for nonprofits, grantmakers, advisors, public agencies, and their allies. They provide education, advocacy, thought leadership, and facilitate collective action around issues that are important to its members and to the sector. Forefront oversees and is responsible for all financial and legal activities of Fresh Taste.


Project Descriptions

Above and Beyond Food Pantry, $125,000

Above and Beyond Food Pantry will partner with local farming collectives including Chicago Patchwork Farms and Farm on Ogden, to rescue fresh produce and distribute it to those who are unhoused through a reliable, consistent mobile pantry. Through this outreach, Above and Beyond also aims to connect these individuals with the holistic health and wellbeing support services they provide.

Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., $75,000

Ada S. McKinley continues Ada Farm’s strategic activities. In partnership with Just Roots Chicago, Ada Farm transformed unused outdoor space into an urban farm, creating healthy food options, aiding Chicago’s emergency food system, and building employment and education opportunities particularly for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

American Indian Center, $100,000

American Indian Center’s Food is Medicine project seeks to restore Indigenous food sovereignty by increasing access to nutrient-dense Indigenous foods, and practicing traditional methods of growing, cooking, harvesting, and other ancestral ways of relating to food.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, $75,000

As a founding member of and in collaboration with West Side United, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago’s project will build capacity of emergency food providers, foster collaboration among food access representatives, and enhance the overall food system on Chicago’s West Side.

Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Inc., $25,000

Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ “Complete Ethnic Family Meal” program purchases food to support complete meal ingredients that align with the ethnicity of the people who rely on their food pantry.

Brave Space Alliance, $150,000

Brave Space Alliance will expand their Community Pantry’s staff capacity and establish new partnerships with Greater Chicago Food Depository, Dot Foods, and local restaurants and farms, to ensure that they are prepared to meet future food emergencies with culturally appropriate, shelf-stable, and fresh food. They primarily serve Black and Brown LGBTQ+ individuals who fall outside of the existing food system.

Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, $100,000

Chicago International Social Change Film Festival will create a seed bank, equipment trust, and freedom garden fellowship that gives small farmers, communities, and community members in central Illinois and Chicago the seeds, tools, training, and legal resources needed to grow their own healthy food.

Chicago United Solidarity Project, $50,000

Chicago United Solidarity Project will disrupt food apartheid in their community by building a community-run resource center with an urban farm that will include a hydroponics program, raised beds, distribution of culturally relevant produce at their monthly grocery and resource market, and equip community members with valuable skills and training for long-term economic development. 

Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition, $100,000

Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition provides a united platform and infrastructure for community-based organizations and neighbors across the Chicagoland area to be supported in food emergencies while building a more equitable and sustainable community-based food system in Chicago.

ChiFresh Kitchen, $150,000

ChiFresh Kitchen’s Home Delivery Project will develop the infrastructure and partnerships needed to prepare and deliver at scale delicious, culturally relevant, medically tailored meals that meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of the community.

Chinese American Service League, $50,000

The Chinese American Service League ensures culturally appropriate and nutritious meals for food-insecure seniors, while also running a 12-week culinary training program and transitional jobs experience for graduates.

Ecosystems of Care, $75,000

Ecosystems of Care will strengthen its Market Box model of a volunteer-led, trust-based approach to delivering locally grown food on the South Side by developing a framework for compensating labor, prioritizing local farms, and administering surveys to gather feedback on how to improve program responsiveness to community needs. 

The Endeleo Institute, $125,000

The Endeleo Institute will expand the Sankofa Community Food Market to ensure fresh, healthy, culturally appropriate food is available to the food insecure in Washington Heights and nearby communities, especially during a food system emergency.

Evanston Grows, $50,000

Evanston Grows will work with its many community partners and New Venture Advisors to refine plans for a community food center that will make the local fresh food system more equitable, sustainable, and equipped to respond to future food emergencies.

The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, $75,000

The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago’s project will organize growers and food distributors of Woodlawn into a cohesive food system, and rebuild a large greenhouse affixed to The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago for community use.

Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, $75,000

Food Bank of Northwest Indiana plans to source local produce for distribution via their food pantry and soup kitchen partners to enhance the quality of product their food insecure population consumes. They will purchase locally grown produce from urban and rural farmers in Northwest Indiana via the NWI Food Council’s “Region Roots” Farm and Food Hub. 

Fulcrum Farm Foundation, $100,000

Fulcrum Farm Foundation’s goal is to expand the reach and impact of their meal program by scaling production and expanding their partnership with Veterans of America. They plan to source additional food from Black farms and contract with Black-owned logistic companies to deliver food.

Gage Park Latinx Council, $75,000

Gage Park Latinx Council continues their four year old mutual aid effort the “GPLXC Mercadito,” which provides 600+ families a month with fresh culturally reflective foods in their own community and has become a lifeline for families.

Gary Comer Youth Center, $100,000

The Gary Comer Youth Center 4-Season Food Sovereignty Hub will create space for the next generation of leaders in food justice to gather, learn, cultivate, and share information, resources, and most importantly food with their community.

Grace Housing Complex, $100,000

Grace Housing Complex will expand their flagship initiatives “You Got The Juice” and “Growing With Grace.” Additionally, funding will support the pre-development phases of The SouthDeering Eatery.

Green Table Talks NFP, $75,000

Future Food Producers participants will create products that extend the shelf life of their harvest. Their training and support will cultivate a new generation in the supply chain with intent to provide shelf stable products to food banks and pantries.

ICNA Relief USA Programs INC, $125,000

ICNA Relief USA Programs will create an emergency food supply consisting of ethnic-centric foods including Halal meat to address disaster response emergencies within the greater Chicago area, focusing on capacity building, supplier strengthening, and community empowerment.

Illinois Unidos, $100,000

Illinois Unidos empowers Latinx community health workers and leaders in northern Illinois, addressing health and socio-economic disparities exacerbated by COVID-19. They integrate indigenous healing and nutrition to promote health justice and community organizing.

Illinois Workers in Action, $50,000

Illinois Workers in Action will pay their community navigators a stipend to implement “Healthy Communities in Action – A Navigator Program.” The program engages marginalized communities in learning about the food system and inequities. By increasing their involvement and access to the food system, community members will be equipped to handle future food system emergencies.

The Kindness Campaign, $75,000

Funding to The Kindness Campaign will support K Fresh Foods, a community-centered local grocer concept that works with the community to increase nutritious options based on the cultural foodways of community members.

The Land Connection, $75,000

The Land Connection will support small-scale, historically divested farmers serving Chicagoland by proposing a three-part fund designed to increase farm capacity by addressing production and food safety, professional development, and consulting services.

The Love Fridge Chicago, $50,000

The Love Fridge Chicago will continue to operate and sustainability upgrade the Love Fridge network of free food community refrigerators, including installing solar panels and expanding the pre-packed Culinary Kits program.

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, $25,000

Mano a Mano’s Community Garden will further their partnership with Liberty Prairie Farm to elevate Latinx growers to meet community food needs, further improve garden assets, and increase access to growing spaces.

New Eclipse Community Alliance, $100,000

To reduce food insecurity in the communities it serves, New Eclipse Community Alliance will create opportunities around culturally relevant foods to enhance current food systems, increase access to culturally relevant foods, and aid newcomer migrants in their journey to economic mobility.

New Life Baptist Church of Chicago, $25,000

Funding will support New Life Baptist Church of Chicago’s ability to harvest, develop, and grow food on an expanded space, feed the homeless in their weekly ministry, and distribute food to the community, especially the senior population.

Northeast Community Fund, $50,000

Northeast Community Fund will use their long-standing and dedicated history of addressing food insecurity to partner with local socially disadvantaged and underserved farmers, connecting them to new markets and distribution channels.  They will also work to improve distribution of fresh, locally-grown produce to underserved communities in the greater Decatur area. 

Northwestern Settlement, $75,000

To better adapt to future emergencies, Northwestern Settlement will build out a Food Rescue Program. They will use the foundation of the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Hub Program to expand their food rescue network and build the infrastructure to prepare for future emergencies, including stipends for volunteers.

One Fair Wage Chicago, $50,000

One Fair Wage Chicago will provide stipends, training, technical assistance, and recognition to small,  BIPOC-owned High Road Kitchens restaurants to support them to raise wages, increase workplace equity,  and provide meals during food emergencies.

Rush University Medical Center, $100,000

Rush University Medical Center’s Food Is Medicine efforts with an urban farm in Garfield Park aims to provide fresh produce for their communities. This program focuses on Chicago’s West Side, promoting nutrition by leveraging urban spaces for agriculture, ensuring local access to healthy food.

Sacred Ground Ministries, $50,000

Sacred Ground Ministries will establish an emergency food system to equip community residents with tools, food, and culinary skills, ensuring their readiness to respond effectively to emergency situations by providing knowledge, staples, and cooking skills.

Sisters Working It Out, $100,000

Sisters Working It Out will expand its food distribution program to meet the nutrition needs of marginalized communities and the most vulnerable in those communities including seniors and cancer patients in active treatment.

Sustainable Food Corp., $50,000

Sustainable Food Corp. will move into a new facility and attain proper equipment and materials to pursue their mission of providing free inoculated mushroom sacks to those in need. Mushroom sacks can grow indoors and outdoors to produce pounds of fresh mushrooms, creating several meals as part of a resilient, sustainable, healthy food source.

Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project, $25,000

To combat a lack of healthy food options and poor health outcomes, the Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project’s Woodlawn Project offers a food pantry and several health and human services options with a vision of transforming the disease and morbidity rates of Greater Woodlawn residents.

Youth Outlook, $75,000

Youth Outlook’s Cultural Exchange aims to provide QTBIPOC individuals access to quality fresh produce and meat through local farmers’ markets, peer-to-peer participatory cultural cooking demonstrations (Chat & Chews), and cultural events.

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MÁS DE $3 MILLONES OTORGADOS POR EL FONDO DEL SISTEMA ALIMENTARIO REGIONAL DE CHICAGO

***Las subvenciones apoyan una mejor preparación del sistema alimentario para futuras emergencias***

(Chicago, IL – 10 de junio de 2024) El Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago (CRFSF/ El Fondo) anuncia premios de subvención para la ronda “Prepárese para Futuras Emergencias del Sistema Alimentario.” Se otorgan $3,050,000 a 39 organizaciones y proyectos que trabajan para responder y expandirse durante las emergencias abordando la producción, distribución, y acceso de alimentos. “Prepárese para Futuras Emergencias del Sistema Alimentario” es la tercera de las tres rondas de financiación interconectadas anunciadas en enero de 2023. Incluyendo los anuncios de financiamiento de hoy, el Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago ha distribuido un total de $20,973,150 a 202 concesionarios desde junio de 2020. CRFSF anunciará detalles sobre futuras rondas de financiamiento más adelante en 2024.

Los beneficiarios de la subvención “Prepárese para Futuras Emergencias del Sistema Alimentario” anunciados hoy son:

  • Above and Beyond Food Pantry, $125,000
  • Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., $75,000
  • American Indian Center, $100,000
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, $75,000
  • Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Inc., $25,000
  • Brave Space Alliance, $150,000
  • Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, $100,000
  • Chicago United Solidarity Project, $50,000
  • Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition, $100,000
  • ChiFresh Kitchen, $150,000
  • Chinese American Service League, $50,000
  • Ecosystems of Care, $75,000
  • The Endeleo Institute, $125,000
  • Evanston Grows, $50,000
  • The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, $75,000
  • Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, $75,000
  • Fulcrum Farm Foundation, $100,000
  • Gage Park Latinx Council, $75,000
  • Gary Comer Youth Center, $100,000
  • Grace Housing Complex, $100,000
  • Green Table Talks NFP, $75,000
  • ICNA Relief USA Programs INC, $125,000
  • Illinois Unidos, $100,000
  • Illinois Workers in Action, $50,000
  • The Kindness Campaign, $75,000
  • The Land Connection, $75,000
  • The Love Fridge Chicago, $50,000
  • Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, $25,000
  • New Eclipse Community Alliance, $100,000
  • New Life Baptist Church of Chicago, $25,000
  • Northeast Community Fund, $50,000
  • Northwestern Settlement, $75,000
  • One Fair Wage Chicago, $50,000
  • Rush University Medical Center, $100,000
  • Sacred Ground Ministries, $50,000
  • Sisters Working It Out, $100,000
  • Sustainable Food Corp., $50,000
  • Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project, $25,000
  • Youth Outlook, $75,000

Las descripciones de los proyectos siguen al final de esta versión.

“La pandemia COVID-19 nos mostró lo poco preparado que estaba el sistema alimentario convencional cuando se enfrentaba a un colapso repentino”, dijo la miembro del Comité Directivo del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago, Gina Roxas. “Las organizaciones que reciben financiación hoy están trabajando para asegurar que el sistema esté mejor preparado para el próximo sistema sistémico y que el sistema alimentario de emergencia apoya a los trabajadores agrícolas y alimentarios, da prioridad a los alimentos de emergencia culturalmente apropiados, integra a los productores locales y responde equitativamente al cambio climático.”

Creado en los primeros meses de la crisis de COVID-19, el Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago se enfoca en desarrollar resiliencia en el sistema alimentario local, un área aproximadamente a 200 millas de Chicago. El Fondo promueve organizaciones que producen alimentos y suministran alimentos a comunidades de color. Fresh Taste, patrocinado fiscalmente por Forefront, administra el Fondo.

El Comité Directivo del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago incluye seis representantes de la comunidad y tres representantes de los financiadores. El Comité Directivo está compuesto por Lenore Beyer, Dion Dawson, Dan Kenney, Haven Leeming, José Oliva, Gina Roxas, Alexandra Sossa, Janelle St. John y Jack Westwood.

Los principales financiadores del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago son Builders Initiative, Food:Land:Opportunity (financiado a través del Searle Funds en The Chicago Community Trust), Fresh Taste, The Lumpkin Family Foundation, Margot L. Pritzker Fund y Walder Foundation. El Fondo agradece el apoyo adicional.

Fresh Taste es una iniciativa de financiación colaborativa comprometida con la equidad racial y económica y enfocada en cambiar la forma en que se cultivan, procesan, distribuyen y consumen los alimentos en la región de Chicago para promover tierras saludables, personas saludables y comunidades saludables. La visión de Fresh Taste es que los residentes de la región de Chicago coman frutas, verduras, cereales integrales, carne y productos lácteos locales producidos a través de la agricultura regenerativa y traídos a la mesa por empresas locales.

Forefront es la asociación de membresía de Illinois para organizaciones sin fines de lucro, donantes, asesores, agencias públicas y sus aliados. Brindan educación, defensa, liderazgo intelectual y facilitan la acción colectiva en torno a temas que son importantes para sus miembros y para el sector. Forefront supervisa y es responsable de todas las actividades financieras y legales de Fresh Taste.

Descripciones de proyectos

Above and Beyond Food Pantry, $125,000

Above and Beyond Food Pantry se asociará con colectivos agrícolas locales, incluyendo Chicago Patchwork Farms y Farm on Ogden, para rescatar los productos frescos y distribuirlos a aquellos que no sean consumidos a través de una despensa móvil confiable y consistente. A través de esta divulgación, Above and Beyond también quiere conectar a estas personas con los servicios holísticos de salud y bienestar que prestan.

Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., $75,000

Ada S. McKinley continúa las actividades estratégicas de Ada Farm. En asociación con Just Roots Chicago, Ada Farm transformó el espacio exterior no utilizado en una granja urbana, creando opciones de alimentos saludables, ayudando al sistema alimentario de emergencia de Chicago y creando oportunidades de empleo y educación, especialmente para individuos con discapacidades intelectuales o de desarrollo.

American Indian Center, $100,000

El proyecto Food is Medicine del American Indian Center busca restaurar la soberanía alimentaria indígena aumentando el acceso a alimentos indígenas densos en nutrientes y practicando métodos tradicionales para cultivar, cocinar, cosechar y otras formas ancestrales de relacionarse con los alimentos.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, $75,000

Como miembro fundador y en colaboración con West Side United, el proyecto del Hospital Infantil Ann & Robert H. Lurie de Chicago creará capacidad de proveedores de alimentos de emergencia, fomentará la colaboración entre los representantes de acceso a alimentos y mejorará el sistema alimentario general en el West Side de Chicago.

Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Inc., $25,000

Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ programa “Comida familiar étnica y completa” compra alimentos para apoyar ingredientes completos que se alinean con la etnia de las personas que dependen de su despensa de alimentos.

Brave Space Alliance, $150,000

Brave Space Alliance ampliará la capacidad del personal de Community Pantry y establecerá nuevas asociaciones con el Greater Chicago Food Depository, Dot Foods y restaurantes y granjas locales, para asegurar que estén preparados para enfrentar futuras emergencias alimentarias con alimentos culturalmente apropiados, estables, y frescos. Sirven principalmente a personas LGBTQ, afrodescendientes y de color que quedan fuera del sistema alimentario existente.

Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, $100,000

Chicago International Social Change Film Festival creará un banco de semillas, un fideicomiso de equipo y una beca de jardín de la libertad que dará a los pequeños agricultores, comunidades y miembros de la comunidad en el centro de Illinois y Chicago las semillas, herramientas, capacitación y recursos legales necesarios para cultivar sus propios alimentos saludables.

Chicago United Solidarity Project, $50,000

Chicago United Solidarity Project interrumpirá el apartheid alimentario en su comunidad mediante la construcción de un centro comunitario de recursos con una granja urbana que incluirá un programa de hidroponía, camas elevadas, distribución de productos culturalmente relevantes en su mercado mensual de comestibles y recursos, y equipar a los miembros de la comunidad con habilidades valiosas y capacitación para el desarrollo económico a largo plazo.

Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition, $100,000

Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition proporciona una plataforma e infraestructura unidas para que las organizaciones comunitarias y los vecinos de todo el área de Chicagoland reciban apoyo en emergencias alimentarias mientras construyen un sistema alimentario comunitario más equitativo y sostenible en Chicago.

ChiFresh Kitchen, $150,000

El Proyecto de Entrega a Domicilio de ChiFresh Kitchen desarrollará la infraestructura y las asociaciones necesarias para preparar y entregar a escala deliciosa, culturalmente relevante, comidas a medida médicamente que satisfagan las necesidades de algunos de los miembros más vulnerables de la comunidad.

Chinese American Service League, $50,000

Chinese American Service League asegura comidas culturalmente apropiadas y nutritivas para personas mayores con inseguridad alimentaria, mientras que también lleva a cabo un programa de entrenamiento culinario de 12 semanas y experiencia en trabajos de transición para graduados.

Ecosystems of Care, $75,000

Ecosystems of Care fortalecerá su modelo Market Box de un enfoque basado en la confianza y dirigido por voluntarios para entregar alimentos cultivados localmente en el lado Sur mediante el desarrollo de un marco para compensar la mano de obra, priorizar las granjas locales y administrar encuestas para recabar retroalimentación sobre cómo mejorar la capacidad de respuesta del programa a las necesidades de la comunidad.

The Endeleo Institute, $125,000

The Endeleo Institute ampliará el Mercado Comunitario de Alimentos de Sankofa para asegurar que los alimentos frescos, saludables y culturalmente apropiados estén disponibles para los alimentos inseguros en Washington Heights y las comunidades cercanas, especialmente durante una emergencia del sistema alimentario.

Evanston Grows, $50,000

Evanston Grow trabajará con sus muchos socios comunitarios y New Venture Advisors para refinar planes para un centro comunitario de alimentos que hará que el sistema local de alimentos frescos sea más equitativo, sostenible y equipado para responder a futuras emergencias alimentarias.

The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, $75,000

El proyecto de The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago organizará a los cultivadores y distribuidores de alimentos de Woodlawn en un sistema alimentario cohesivo, y reconstruirá un gran invernadero colocado en The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago para uso comunitario.

Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, $75,000

Food Bank of Northwest Indiana planea obtener productos locales para su distribución a través de su despensa de alimentos y sus socios en la cocina de sopa para mejorar la calidad del producto que consume su población insegura. Comprarán productos cultivados localmente a agricultores urbanos y rurales en el noroeste de Indiana a través del Centro Agrícola y Alimentario del Consejo de Alimentos de la NWI.

Fulcrum Farm Foundation, $100,000

El objetivo de Fulcrum Farm Foundation es ampliar el alcance y el impacto de su programa de comidas escalando la producción y expandiendo su asociación con Veterans of America. Planean obtener alimentos adicionales de granjas afrodescendientes y contratar con compañías logísticas de propiedad afrodescendientes para entregar alimentos.

Gage Park Latinx Council, $75,000

Gage Park Latinx Council continúa su esfuerzo de ayuda mutua de cuatro años de antigüedad con el “GPLXC Mercadito”, que proporciona a 600 familias al mes alimentos frescos de reflexión cultural en su propia comunidad y se ha convertido en una línea de vida para las familias.

Gary Comer Youth Center, $100,000

Gary Comer Youth Center 4-Season Food Sovereignty Hub creará espacio para que la próxima generación de líderes en justicia alimentaria reúna, aprenda, cultive, y comparta información, recursos y, lo más importante, alimentos con su comunidad.

Grace Housing Complex, $100,000

Grace Housing Complex ampliará sus iniciativas emblemáticas “You Got The Juice” y “Growing With Grace.” Adicionalmente, la financiación apoyará las fases previas al desarrollo del restaurante The SouthDeering Eatery.

Green Table Talks NFP, $75,000

Future Food Producers crearán productos que prolongarán la vida útil de su cosecha. Su capacitación y apoyo cultivarán una nueva generación en la cadena de suministro con la intención de proporcionar productos estables a los bancos de alimentos y despensas.

ICNA Relief USA Programs INC, $125,000

ICNA Relief USA Programs crearán un suministro de alimentos de emergencia que consiste en alimentos centrados en las etnias, incluyendo carne Halal, para enfrentar emergencias de respuesta a desastres dentro de la gran zona de Chicago, enfocándose en el desarrollo de capacidades, fortalecimiento de proveedores y empoderamiento comunitario.

Illinois Unidos, $100,000

Illinois Unidos empodera a los trabajadores y líderes de salud comunitarios Latine en el norte de Illinois, abordando las disparidades sanitarias y socioeconómicas exacerbadas por COVID-19. Integran la sanidad y nutrición indígena para promover la justicia sanitaria y la organización comunitaria.

Illinois Workers in Action, $50,000

Illinois Workers in Action pagará a sus navegantes comunitarios un estipendio para implementar “Healthy Communities in Action – A Navigator Program.” El programa involucra a las comunidades marginadas en el aprendizaje del sistema alimentario y las desigualdades. Al aumentar su participación y acceso al sistema alimentario, los miembros de la comunidad estarán equipados para atender futuras emergencias del sistema alimentario.

The Kindness Campaign, $75,000

El financiamiento a The Kindness Campaign apoyará a K Fresh Foods, un concepto de tendero local centrado en la comunidad que trabaja con la comunidad para aumentar las opciones nutritivas basadas en los alimentos culturales de los miembros de la comunidad.

The Land Connection, $75,000

The Land Connection apoyará a pequeños agricultores, históricamente desinversionados, que sirven a Chicagoland, proponiendo un fondo de tres partes diseñado para aumentar la capacidad agrícola abordando la producción y la seguridad alimentaria, el desarrollo profesional y los servicios de consultoría.

The Love Fridge Chicago, $50,000

Love Fridge Chicago continuará operando y actualizando la sostenibilidad de la red de refrigeradores gratuitos de la comunidad de alimentos, incluyendo la instalación de paneles solares y la ampliación del programa de kits culinarios preempacados.

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, $25,000

El Jardín Comunitario de Mano a Mano continuará su asociación con Liberty Prairie Farm para elevar a los productores Latine para satisfacer las necesidades de alimentos de la comunidad, mejorar aún más los activos de los jardines y aumentar el acceso a espacios en crecimiento.

New Eclipse Community Alliance, $100,000

Para reducir la inseguridad alimentaria en las comunidades a las que sirve, New Eclipse Community Alliance creará oportunidades en torno a alimentos culturalmente relevantes para mejorar los sistemas alimentarios actuales, aumentar el acceso a alimentos culturalmente relevantes y ayudar a los migrantes recién llegados en su viaje hacia la movilidad económica.

New Life Baptist Church of Chicago, $25,000

El financiamiento apoyará la capacidad de el New Life Baptist Church of Chicago de cosechar, desarrollar y cultivar alimentos en un espacio ampliado, alimentar a las personas sin hogar en su ministerio semanal y distribuir alimentos a la comunidad, especialmente a la población mayor.

Northeast Community Fund, $50,000

Northeast Community Fund utilizará su historia de larga data y dedicada a abordar la inseguridad alimentaria para asociarse con agricultores locales socialmente desfavorecidos y mal atendidos, conectándolos con nuevos mercados y canales de distribución. También trabajarán para mejorar la distribución de productos frescos, cultivados localmente, a las comunidades desatendidas de la gran zona de Decatur.

Northwestern Settlement, $75,000

Para adaptarse mejor a futuras emergencias, Northwestern Settlement construirá un Programa de Rescate de Alimentos. Utilizarán los cimientos del Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Hub Program para expandir su red de rescate de alimentos y construir la infraestructura para prepararse para futuras emergencias, incluyendo estipendios para voluntarios.

One Fair Wage Chicago, $50,000

One Fair Wage Chicago proporcionará estipendios, capacitación, asistencia técnica y reconocimiento a los pequeños restaurantes de High Road Kitchens, propiedad de BIA, para ayudarlos a aumentar los salarios, aumentar la equidad en el lugar de trabajo y proporcionar comidas durante emergencias alimentarias.

Rush University Medical Center, $100,000

Los esfuerzos de “Food Is Medicine” de Rush University Medical Center con una granja urbana en Garfield Park tienen como objetivo proporcionar productos frescos para sus comunidades. Este programa se centra en el lado oeste de Chicago, promoviendo la nutrición aprovechando los espacios urbanos para la agricultura, asegurando el acceso local a alimentos saludables.

Sacred Ground Ministries, $50,000

Sacred Ground Ministries establecerán un sistema de alimentos de emergencia para equipar a los residentes de la comunidad con herramientas, alimentos y habilidades culinarias, asegurando su preparación para responder eficazmente a situaciones de emergencia proporcionando conocimientos, grapas y habilidades para cocinar.

Sisters Working It Out, $100,000

Sisters Working It Out ampliará su programa de distribución de alimentos para satisfacer las necesidades nutricionales de las comunidades marginadas y las más vulnerables en esas comunidades, incluidas las personas mayores y los pacientes con cáncer en tratamiento activo.

Sustainable Food Corp., $50,000

Sustainable Food Corp. se trasladará a una nueva instalación y obtendrá equipo y materiales adecuados para cumplir su misión de proporcionar sacos de hongos inoculados gratuitos a los necesitados. Los sacos de hongos pueden crecer en interiores y exteriores para producir libras de setas frescas, creando varias comidas como parte de una fuente de comida resistente, sostenible y saludable.

Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project, $25,000

Para combatir la falta de opciones de alimentos saludables y los malos resultados de salud, el proyecto Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project de Woodlawn ofrece una despensa de alimentos y varias opciones de salud y servicios humanos con una visión de transformar las tasas de enfermedad y morbilidad de los residentes de Greater Woodlawn.

Youth Outlook, $75,000

El Intercambio Cultural de Youth Outlook tiene como objetivo proporcionar a los individuos acceso a productos frescos y carne de calidad a través de los mercados de agricultores locales, demostraciones de cocina cultural participativa entre iguales (Chat & Chews) y eventos culturales.

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