About Lumpkin Family Foundation C/O Adrienne N Cole
The Lumpkin Family Foundation C/o Adrienne N Cole shows a strong preference for repeated, multi-year support of a small set of organizations, especially in East Central Illinois and Chicago. In the recent grant list, Forefront received $630,000 in 2024 and again in 2025 after a $642,500 grant in 2023, illustrating the foundation’s habit of sustaining the same intermediary over time. Another clear example is Mattoon Sports Complex Inc, which received $333,334 in 2024 and $333,333 in 2025. The foundation also backed Mattoon Community Unit School District #2 with a $492,974 award in 2023, signaling that public education is part of its local portfolio. Beyond local institutions, it makes grants to environmental and food-system groups, including Faith in Place, Prairie Rivers Network, and The Land Connection. Its active programs point to a broader framework around healthy food access, community well-being, regenerative agriculture, and nature-based climate action, with recurring support for organizations that work in those fields.
What Lumpkin Family Foundation C/O Adrienne N Cole Funds
Food and agriculture appear in several parts of the portfolio. In the Land, Health, Community program, the foundation supports holistically healthy rural communities in East Central Illinois, and The Land Connection received $65,000 in 2025, $61,000 in 2024, and $61,000 in 2023. Environmental policy and advocacy is another visible thread: Faith in Place received $100,000 in 2023 and then $82,500 in 2025, while Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund received $60,000 in 2025. Conservation and habitat work also show up through grants to Prairie Rivers Network, which received $75,000 in 2023, $60,000 in 2024, and $65,000 in 2025. The foundation’s Nature-Based Climate Action Program aligns with tree planting, prairie restoration, and wetland restoration in rural East Central Illinois.
How Lumpkin Family Foundation C/O Adrienne N Cole Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster in the low- to mid-thousands, with a p25 of $1,500, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $20,000. The recent grants list also shows that the foundation makes larger, repeated institutional awards alongside smaller programmatic grants. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Forefront, Mattoon Sports Complex Inc, Faith in Place, Prairie Rivers Network, The Land Connection, After School Matters, and Savanna Institute. The foundation is a regular funder and also makes program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are accepted in several active programs, including Land, Health, Community and Nature-Based Climate Action, while the Good Food Policy Program is invitation-only.
