Grants awarded to Elgin projects aiming to fight community inequities Atoy Spates of Elgin is one of first recipients of an Elevating Equity grant, a grass-roots grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation. Her project seeks to provide healing modalities, resources, workshops, and services to people of color in Elgin. COURTESY OF GRAND VICTORIA FOUNDATION
Parker Thompson and Elgin Community Bikes are among three organizations receiving an Elevating Equity grant from Grand Victoria Foundation. Rick West/rwest@ dailyherald.com, August 2020 Cristina Colunga is one of first recipients of an Elevating Equity grant, a grass-roots grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation. Her project, Raices, is a series of paintings that focuses on the migration story of her grandparents and family from México to Elgin.