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Go Green Grant
IT’S TIME TO
GO GREEN
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APPLY FOR AN ANNUAL GRANT
As life-long nature advocates, Deanna Frautschi and Alan Bedell have reforested 5 acres of cornfield over a 45-year period, turning it into a nature preserve with 250 trees and a multitude of plants and wildlife. Their property is certified as wildlife friendly by the National Wildlife Federation and the Illinois Audubon Society.
Deanna, a Master Naturalist, photographs and writes for several publications about the nature around her. She gives presentations to share her passion for nature using her wildlife photography. She is a Parklands board member, chaired the local McLean County Greenways program and is a volunteer field editor for Birds and Blooms Magazine.
Because of their longtime interest in the environment and nature, Frautschi and Bedell are funding the Go Green Frautschi/Bedell Grant to enhance and beautify our surroundings in McLean County.
This annual grant will be awarded to a nonprofit organization or a group of citizens seeking to enhance a community, public space with green plants or trees to beautify and naturalize the area. The location for enhancement must be a park or common public area shared or seen by many people. Up to $3,000 will be awarded annually, either for a single project or up to three projects each year.
Deanna Frautschi and Alan Bedell
EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE PROJECTS:
• Garden on the premises of a nonprofit organization • School butterfly garden • Residential common park • Butterfly or pollinator garden
To apply for the Go Green Frautschi/Bedell Grant, use IPCF's General Grant application adhering to criteria set forth for the Go Green grants. Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s General Grants Committee will select recipients of the Go Green Frautschi/Bedell Grant using the same process as for the General Grants.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR GRANT: MONDAY, FEB. 28
