Racial Equity Fund Grant Recipients
2024 Racial Equity Grants
$5,000 to Glad Tidings Church to support the Night to Shine/Tim Tebow Foundation Prom
$1,000 to Macon County Conservation District
2023 Racial Equity Grants
$5,000 to Glad Tidings Church to support the Night to Shine/Tim Tebow Foundation Prom
$3,000 to Children's Museum of Illinois
$2,500 to Decatur Area Arts Council Storytellers a celebration of black artists February month-long exhibit and student engagement
$2,000 to Millikin University
$2,000 to SkyWalker Outreach Services, Inc.
$1,500 to Decatur Family YMCA
$1,500 to Decatur Memorial Hospital Foundation
$1,500 to Baum Elementary School
$1,250 to Decatur Family YMCA
$1,000 to Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations
2022 Racial Equity Grants
$5,000 to CHICO (Centro for Hispanic and Immigrant Community Opportunities) to support resources and advocacy for Hispanic residents
$5,000 to the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois for DEI training.
$4,264 to Parsons Elementary School for educational video about the life of Judge James Benton Parsons
$2,500 to Skywalker Outreach Services, Inc. to support community programming.
$2,500 to the Boys & Girls Club for staff conference attendance
$2,500 to Salvation Army to support DEI-A Community Training
$2,500 to Decatur Cares Rescue Mission to support outreach services
$2,250 to Millikin University to support Decatur Peace Summit
$1,000 to Richland Community College Minority Mentor Protégé Program
$1,000 to Decatur Parks Foundation for bringing Santa to 3 inner-city neighborhood parks via helicopter
$ 623 to Robertson Charter School
$ 500 to Macon County Conservation Foundation to support library books about indigenous native Indian populations
2021 Racial Equity Grants
$5,000 to The Public Painted Pianos Project in Macon County for placing and maintaining pianos at Boys & Girls Club, Hope Academy and MRI, Inc.
$2,500 to Decatur Youth Football League
$2,500 to Decatur Junior Football League
$1,500 to Shemilah Outreach Center for youth programming
$1,334 to The Salvation Army of Decatur & Macon County to support men's shelter/homeless outreach
$1,000 to Macon County CASA for Healing Illinois nonprofit organization staff/board leadership
$1,000 to The Black Student Union at Millikin University to support racial equity education on campus
$1,000 to Forefront for Virtual Summit sponsorship
$1,000 to Webster Cantrell Youth Advocacy for youth programming
$500 to Boys & Girls Club of Decatur to support staff training
$500 to Dynamic Threat Majorette Dance Team and Factory
$180 to Children's Museum of Illinois for Shemilah's Outreach Trip
2020 Racial Equity Grants
$6,000 to Water Street Mission to feed homeless
$4,000 to Church of the Living God, PGT Temple 1, to support community toy drive
$2,500 to Shemilah Outreach Center for youth programming
