Grants

The environmental education and history programs of the Lake County Forest Preserves provide students hands-on opportunities to experience local nature and history firsthand. Our Gateways Grant program helps to defray the cost of these programs for Lake County public schools with limited financial resources, providing a program fee waiver and partial bus transportation reimbursement. In addition, numerous outside organizations provide grants that can be applied to our programs.

Available Grants

Lake Education Assistance Program

This Illinois Environmental Protection Agency program provides funding up to $500 for school and other not-for-profit organization participation in lake or watershed related educational field trips, equipment and activities. Learn more (pdf).

Target Field Trip Grants

Each year, Target awards 5000 grants of up to $800 each for field trips. Learn more.

Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grants

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources awards grants yearly to schools to assist students in visiting natural resources sites to learn about nature and conservation. Learn more (pdf).