Building the Future
Funding Amount
Up to $25,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Evanston, Illinois
Purpose: Provide coaching and matching funds to support nonprofit growth and sustainability.
Program History: Launched in 2017 with the selection of an inaugural cohort of six nonprofits.
Components
- Major gift matching challenge
- Coaching program
What Evanston Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 104
- Total given
- $2.61M
- Median grant
- $18K
- Range
- $5,000–$300K
- By dollars: Illinois 13%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Evanston, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 37% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Donor Advised
$300K
Evanston Public Library
Agency Fund distribution
$178K
Evanston Township High School District 202
Agency Fund distribution
$158K
Evanston Community Foundation
Donor Advised
$95K
After School Matters
Donor Advised
$75K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
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