Grants awarded
Who does Openlands fund?
Openlands has awarded $2.7 million across 122 grants to 110 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $9,418 and $10,000.
Total awarded
$2.7M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
110
Grants
122
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| L Lale County Forest Preserve | $1.4M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$232K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$29K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| F Forest Preserve District of Kane County | $20K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| V Village of Port Barrington | $20K | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Forest Preserves of Winnebago County | $20K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Fox Valley Park District | $20K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K Kendall County Forest Preserve District | $20K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Healthy Schools Campaign
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| C Chicago Park District | $15K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kleo INC | $14K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pleasant Dale Park District | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Bee Haven | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| V Village of Schaumburg | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| F Forest Preserve District of Dupage County | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lake Carroll Association | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| V Village of University Park | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Berwyn | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
History Center of Lake Forest Lake Bluff
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| V Village of Oswego | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Warrenville | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C Community College District 502 - College of Dupage | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Logan Square Preservation % Anderson
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| N Niles Township Government | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| V Village of Plainfield | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Origin Woods Restoration | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Crystal Lake Park District | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| C City of Freeport | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Young Mens Educational Network
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C City of Belvidere | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
Gichiagamiin Indigenous Nations Museum INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
University of St Francis
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| R Riverdale Park District | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| V Village of Pearl City | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| F Friends of Woodstock Public Library | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| V Village of Lake Barrington | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Prospect Heights | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| V Village of Montgomery | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Hampshire Township Park District | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Gaylord Building Historic Site
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| V Village of Lake Bluff | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Kane Forest Preserve Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| V Village of Bannockburn | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Campton Township Parksopen Space | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| M McHenry County Division of Transportation (mcdot) | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Hickory Hills | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| V Village of Berkeley | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Dekalb County Forest Preserve District | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| D Dekalb County Regional Office of Education | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Crystal Lake | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| D Downers Grove Park District | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Dundee Township | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V Village of South Holland | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Highwood | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| T The Village of Prairie Grove | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Village of Algonquin | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Waukegan Park District | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Lake Forest Open Lands Association
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| V Village of Davis Junction | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| V Village of Downers Grove | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Village of Bolingbrook | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Village of Elwood | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Village of Franklin Park | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| L Libertyville Township | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Village of German Valley | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| G Gray School PTO | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| V Village of Northbrook | $9K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| V Village of Tower Lakes | $9K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| D Dixon Park District | $9K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Climate Action Evanston
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$9K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| Y York Center Park District | $9K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Village of Waterman | $9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| V Village of Mettawa | $9K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| O Outerbelt Alliance Nfp | $9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| V Village of Deer Park | $8K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| P Palatine Township Road District | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Boone County Conservation District | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Lincoln Park Zoological Society
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$8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
Latinos Progresando
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| V Village of Homer Glen | $7K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Countryside | $7K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Village of Lincolnshire | $6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Charles Park District | $6K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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