Windy City Harvest

Windy City Harvest

Partners & Funders

 
 
 

Partners

The impact of Windy City Harvest is rooted in collaboration. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s institutional commitment, combined with partnerships across public and private agencies, community organizations, educational institutions, and businesses, drives our mission forward. 

Some of our key partners include:

  • After School Matters
  • Brinshore-Michaels Development
  • Cabrini Green Legal Aid
  • Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
  • Chicago Park District
  • City Colleges of Chicago, Daley College/Arturo Velasquez Institute
  • Cook County Commissioners
  • Family Focus
  • Forest Preserves of Cook County
  • Good Food is Good Medicine
  • Lawndale Christian Health Center
  • McCormick Place & Oakview Group
  • Midwest Foods
  • NeighborSpace
  • North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council
  • Northwestern Medicine
  • PCC Community Wellness Center
  • Roots of Success
  • Schwab Rehabilitation
  • Shriners Children’s Chicago
  • Thresholds
  • UIC Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
  • UIC College of Nursing
  • UIC School of Allied Health
  • Winston & Strawn
  • And many others...
     

Funders

Windy City Harvest is made possible through the generous support of government grants and contributions from foundation, corporate, and individual donors. These partnerships play a vital role in advancing youth development, green job training, nourishing food, and thriving green spaces in Chicago communities. The Chicago Botanic Garden gratefully acknowledges the institutions and individuals who share our vision for a more sustainable, inclusive, and healthy food system.

Major support for Windy City Harvest programs is provided by:

  • Anonymous donors
  • Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation
  • BMO
  • Builders Initiative
  • Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
  • The Christopher Family Foundation
  • The Coleman Foundation
  • Crown Family Philanthropies
  • The Grainger Foundation
  • The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation
  • Mondelez International
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.


     

If you’re interested in exploring a potential partnership, please contact Sarah Leff.