DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Fifteen organizations in central Illinois have been selected to receive a total of $400,000 in CommunityWorks grants.
The CommunityWorks grant program focuses on funding programs related to education, workforce development, and the environment in Macon, Piatt, and Moultrie counties as well as Paris, Ill.
This funding is part of the $1 million Moving Forward grant program established by the Heart of Illinois Community Foundation (HICF) and Decatur Earthmover Credit Union (DECU).
Environment ($65,000 total funding in this category)
Block by Block, $15,000, Cultivating Communities
Macon County Conservation District, $50,000, Improvements to Educational Offerings at Rock Springs Nature Center
Workforce Development ($114,000 total funding in this category)
Heritage Behavioral Health, $29,000, Advancing the Behavioral Workforce
The Salvation Army of Decatur & Macon County, $35,000, Workforce Development for Homeless Men
Dove, Inc, $50,000, Life Skills & Employability Program
Education ($221,000 total funding in this category)
Engineer in the Classroom, $10,000, Creating Tomorrow’s Engineers Today
Macon County Farm Bureau, $10,000, Ag in the Classroom
Cerro Gordo CUSD #100, $15,000, Fired Up for the Fine Arts
Willow Tree Missions, $18,000, Education and Community Programs Space Build Out
Greater St. Louis Area Council Scouting, $18,000, Scouting in Macon, Moultrie and Paris, IL
Decatur Family YMCA, $20,000, Child Development Center Curriculum Support & STEM Equipment
Sunshine Supplies for Teachers, $25,000, Store Start-Up
Richland Community College, $30,000, Dual Credit Adult Education
Meridian CUSD #15, $35,000, Meridian Elementary STEM Lab
Children’s Museum of Illinois, $40,000, STEM Center
In 2005, The Heart of Illinois Community Foundation was one of only 18 initial foundations selected to receive a CommunityWorks grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation to establish an endowment fund. Through the years, generous donors have added to the fund stewarded at HICF to meet challenge matches required by that foundation.
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