IECEF Affiliates
We rely on our affiliates
to identify issues facing our environment
The Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund is the 501(c)(3) educational arm of the Illinois Environmental Council.
IECEF cultivates an inclusive, equitable, and powerful movement to ensure a healthy environment for all Illinoisans through education, communication, and collaboration.
Current Affiliates
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Benefits
Affiliates can access many services & benefits
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IECEF Lead Affiliates
IECEF Affiliates
Active Transportation Alliance
47th Ward Green Council
350 Chicago
350 Kishwaukee
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
AFGE Local 704
Alliance of the Southeast
American Fisheries Society, Illinois Chapter
Audubon Great Lakes
Barrington Area Council of Governments
Better Streets Chicago
Bird Conservation Network
Black Oaks Foundation
Blacks in Green
Bridgeport Alliance
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
C.A.R.E.S.
Center For Empowerment and Justice
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Champaign County Audubon Society
Champaign County Forest Preserve District
Chicago Bird Alliance
Chicago Environmentalists
Chicago Food Policy Action Council
Chicago Sustainability Task Force
Chicago Recycling Coalition, Inc.
Chi-Nations Youth Council
Citizens for Conservation
Clean Power Lake County
Clifftop
Climate Action Evanston
Climate Cabinet Action
Climate Reality Project: Chicago Metro Chapter
Community Awareness Response Encouraging Sustainability
Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park
The Conservation Foundation
Current
Delta Institute
Earthjustice
Eco-Justice Collaborative
Eco.Logic
Ecology Action Center
Edgewater Environmental Coalition
Empire 13
Environment Illinois
Environmental Defenders of McHenry County
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Education Association of Illinois
Evanston North Shore Bird Club
Equiticity
Equity Legal Services
Field Museum of Natural History
Forest Preserves of Cook County
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves
Friends of the Forest Preserves
Friends of the Parks
Friends of the Chicago River
Garfield Park Community Council
Garfield Park Conservatory
GreenLatinos
Go Green Barrington
Go Green Highland Park
Go Green Illinois
Go Green Vernon Hills & Lincolnshire
Go Green Wilmette
Go Green Winnetka
Grand Prairie Friends/Prairie Grove Volunteers
Green Dolphin Project Global
Greenlight Action
Green Minds LFLB
Healthy Schools Campaign
Heartlands Conservancy
I AM ABLE Center for Family Development Inc.
Illinois Arborist Association
Illinois Audubon Society
Illinois Beaver Alliance
Illinois Bobcat Foundation
Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited
Illinois Environmental Health Association
Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition
Illinois Forestry Association
Illinois Green Alliance
Illinois Hemp Growers Association
Illinois Lake Management Association
Illinois Native Plant Society
Illinois People’s Action
Illinois PIRG
Illinois Product Stewardship Council
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
Izaak Walton League of America, Illinois
Jobs to Move America
Jubilee Farms
Kane County Division of Environment & Water Resources
Lake County Forest Preserve District
The Land Connection
League of Women Voters Chicago
League of Women Voters Illinois
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Macon County Community Environmental Council
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
McHenry County Conservation District
National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
National Parks Conservation Association
National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center
Natural Land Institute
Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance
One Earth Collective
Parents United for Change
PeopleForBikes
People for Community Recovery
Pilsen Neighbors Community Council
Plant Chicago
Prairie State Conservation Coalition
Rebel Bells Collective
Reduce Waste Chicago
Ride Illinois
River Network
Savanna Institute
Save Our Illinois Land
SCARCE
Severson Dells Nature Center
Seven Generations Ahead
Sierra Club Kaskaskia Group
Sierra Club Palos Park
Sierra Club Piasa Palisades Group
Sierra Club, Prairie Group
Sierra Club Sangamon Valley Group
Sierra Club, Sauk-Calumet Group
Solid Waste Agency of Lake County
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County
Southern Illinois Audubon Society
Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (SAFE)
Southeast Environmental Task Force
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
The Southwest Collective
Southwest Environmental Alliance
Sunrise DeKalb
Sunrise North Shore
Sustain Rockford
Sustainable Springfield
Teens Against Killing Everywhere
Third Act Illinois
Trees Forever
United Congregations of Metro East
United Neighbors of the 10th Ward
Urban Growers Collective
Warehouse Workers for Justice
The Wetlands Initiative
Wild Ones of Greater Kane County
Women For Change – Unity In The Community
coalition building
IECEF is coordinates the Illinois environmental community by curating listservs, hosting in-person meetings & videoconferencing
Reports & Publications
IECEF regularly publishes reports & analysis of environmental issues in Illinois
springfield office
Affiliates are welcome to use IECEF's solar-powered office in Springfield for events
communications, policy & development expertise
IECEF staff is available to help our affiliates improve their programs & operations
Applications are subject to board approval.