Racial Equity Fund Grant Recipients
2022 Racial Equity Grants
$3,000 to the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois for DEI training.
$2,500 to the Boys & Girls Club for staff conference attendance.
$2,250 to Millikin University to support Decatur Peace Summit
$2,500 to Salvation Army to support DEI-A Community Training
2021 Racial Equity Grants
$2,500 to Decatur Youth Football League
$2,500 to Decatur Junior Football League
$180 to Children's Museum of Illinois for Shemilah's Outreach Trip
$1,000 to Forefront for Virtual Summit sponsorship
$500 to Dynamic Threat Majorette Dance Team and Factory
$1,000 to Macon County CASA for Healing Illinois nonprofit organization staff/board leadership
$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.
$1,000 to Webster Cantrell Youth Advocacy for youth programming
$1,500 to Shemilah Outreach Center for youth programming
$1,000 to The Black Student Union at Millikin University to support racial equity education on campus
$1,334 to The Salvation Army of Decatur & Macon County to support men's shelter/homeless outreach
$500 to Boys & Girls Club of Decatur to support staff training
2020 Racial Equity Grants
$2,500 to Shemilah Outreach Center for youth programming
$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