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 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
• Abbott
• Aetna Better Health of Illinois
• Albers/Kuhn Family Foundation
• The J.R. Albert Foundation
• Allstate
• Bank of America
• Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
• James F. Beré Family Fund
• BMO
• Builders Vision Philanthropy
• The Chicago Community Trust
• The Christopher Family Foundation
• City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
• Cretors Family Foundation
• Crown Family Philanthropies
• CVS Health
• Elizabeth and Tim Dugan
• Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
• Jane Irwin
• Gerald A. & Karen A. Kolschowsky Foundation
• Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation
• Robert R. McCormick Foundation
• The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation
• Mondelēz International
• North Lawndale Fresh
• Polk Bros. Foundation
• Abra Prentice Foundation
• Prince Charitable Trusts
• Steans Family Foundation
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Additional support is provided by:

• Barilla America
• Amanda Hanley Climate Justice Fund
• Kaplan Foundation Fund
• Walter S. Mander Foundation
• MAV Foundation
• Leo & Peggy Pierce Family Foundation
• Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation
• Olivia Bea Ross Foundation
• Sieg Dunlap Foundation
• The Siragusa Family Foundation
• US Bank
• Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell Northern Trust Legacy