The Lumpkin Family Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for the 2026 Land, Health, Community (LHC) Program.
Donor Name: The Lumpkin Family Foundation
State: Illinois
County: Champaign County (IL), Coles County (IL), Douglas County (IL), Edgar County (IL), Ford County (IL), Iroquois County (IL), Moultrie County (IL), Piatt County (IL), Vermilion County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/06/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
A minimum of 50 percent of its annual grantmaking budget is spent on projects in East Central Illinois. Through Land, Health, Community they work toward a long-term vision of holistically healthy and connected rural communities with a strong, local food system and agricultural economy, resilient businesses, talented local workforce, mentally well and physically fit residents, engaged and collaborative leadership, with protected natural beauty to explore.
Specifically, they aim to fund programs that:
- Demonstrate and promote a connection between engagement with nature and positive mental health outcomes;
- Create opportunities for youth and young adults to disengage from technology and engage in outdoor programs and activities designed to improve their mental wellness;
- Support mental health practitioners by increasing opportunities for self-care or personal renewal;
- Provide opportunities for those impacted by trauma (i.e., foster youth) to engage in nature-based healing activities.
Focus Areas
- Successful proposals will represent a synergy of as many of the following aims as possible.
- Promote personal health through widespread availability and consumption of healthy, affordable food;
- Support mental wellness through individual and community engagement with the natural environment;
- Grow the local agricultural economy, sustaining and creating new viable farm and farm-related businesses;
- Develop, promote and scale innovative green practices that add productive value to farms while protecting the land for future generations; and,
- Encourage community engagement and collaboration, policy development, and research around agriculture and rural development.
Funding Information
While they do not set limitations on the grant requests, the average size of a Land, Health, Community grant award is $30,000. Funding levels can range between $2,500 – $50,000.
Geographical Areas
They encourage applicants from organizations across East Central Illinois. They give preference to rural organizations and those operating in Coles and the surrounding counties.
For more information, visit LFF.
