CAN A GARDEN CHANGE ONE'S WORLD?
THE ANSWER IS YES!
Support the new film - "Jardincito" what will it grow in Chicago's Little Village?
DISTRIBUTION: Clips from Jardincito will play with Jens Jensen The Living Green at all screenings across the US next Earth Day,will be on our website and those of our partners, will be offered to public television stations as additional content, and also be available for schools on our educational distributor site: The Video Project
The plan is for the completed film will be offered to PBS as a stand-alone documentary for Fall 2017
Let's create young conservation ambassadors/creators of change.
Find out all about it, click here.
Wood print will include photos and imagery from Jardincito and Jens Jensen The Living Green and include a thank you to the donor.
PRAIRIE SMOKE $500
A, B (2 guests), C-D
LARKSPUR $1,000
A, B (4 guests), C-D (2 PAIRS), E, F
FRIENDLY TREES $5,000
A, B ( 6 guests), C (2 COPIES), D (2 PAIRS), E, F, G, H
PRAIRIE POWERFUL $10,000
A, B (8 GUESTS), C (3 COPIES). D (4 PAIRS), E, F, G, J
FRIENDS OF OUR NATIVE PRAIRIE $20,000
A, B (10 GUESTS), C (5 COPIES), D (5 PAIRS), E, F (2 POSTERS, G, H, I, J, K
SPECIAL FRIENDS OF JENS / PRODUCER $30,000
A, B (20 GUESTS), C(10 COPIES), D(7 PAIRS), E, F(4 POSTERS), G, H (2PRINTS), I, J, L
What does your funding support?
Production: 13 days
editing: 20 days
production/E&O Insurance
fundraising
marketing
fiscal sponsorship
food, gas, additional equipment
In-kind donations by Viva Lundin, David Schalliol, and assistant student crew from DePaul and Columbia College
FUNDING STRATEGY
GRANT REQUESTS out to past funders of the Jensen film, philanthropic organizations and friends of the Jensen film including: The Graham Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Logan Foundation, The 2015 Public Media Content Fund. We plan to approach for major gifts, from individuals involved in Latino arts and culture, and Landscape Architects Foundation.
$141,160 full amount
$ 27,600 in-kind
$113,560 to raise
A) Name listed on website thank you’s
B) VIP access and additional passes to public screenings
C) DVD of Jens Jensen The Living Green and Jardincito
D) Grassy Flip Flops! Please state sizes.
E) Name/Company listed in film credits
F) Signed Film Poster
G) DVD of Jens Jensen The Living Green and Jardincito, with limited public performance rights for university and library use
H) Jensen/Jardincito prints on wood
i) Name/Company will be listed in film credits as a single card at beginning and end of film with narrator announcing name
J) Company name and logo on Press and marketing materials, digital sites and on event signage for Jardincito
K) Shared Thank you card with company name and two other companies or individuals announced by narrator at beginning and end of film
L) Executive Producer Credit
Jens Jensen The Living Green
is made possible by generous support from:
Illinois Humanities Council
Illinois Arts Council
Christy Weber Landscapes
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
The Parkways Foundation
Anonymous
Roger and Sandra Deromedi
Jayson Home & Garden
Jo Ann Nathan
Prairie Nursery, Inc.
Wisconsin Public Television
Brian Hall Design Group
Bulletproof Film
Jack Catlin, LCM Architects
Center Development Corporation
Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond
Countryside Industries
John and Mary Ann Crayton
William and Denise Drucker
Harley Ellis, Center Development Corporation
Fletcher Chicago
Pat Fitzgerald
Joey Huston
Betty Irons
Claire Kettlekamp
Ryan Kettlekamp
Peter Kindel
LCM Architects
Media Process Group
Paul Leroux and M. Corwin
Midwest Landscapes
Novak Sponsorship Marketing
Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society
Optima, Inc.
Christa Orum-Keller, Midwest Groundcovers
Pizzo & Associates
Prairie Nursery, Inc.
RGC Design
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
H. P. Davis & Priscilla Rockwell
Franz Schulze
Earl and Brenda Shapiro
Patricia Spear
Jensen Wheeler Wolfe
Ernie Wong, Site Design Group, Ltd.
Studio Gang Architects
Sultan’s Market
Topografis
Wendy Yaeger
Woody Wheeler and Lori Cohen
Wheeler Kearns Architects
Wisconsin Public Television
Wolff Landscape Architecture