Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
- Nonprofit Organizations with budgets over $500,000 with 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsor
- Grassroots Community Groups with budgets of $500,000 or less with or without 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsor
Other requirements
- Businesses with a Charitable Purpose
Overview
Geographic Scope: Evanston, Illinois
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofit Organizations with budgets over $500,000 with 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsor
- Grassroots Community Groups with budgets of $500,000 or less with or without 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsor
- Businesses with a Charitable Purpose
Important Notes
- No unsolicited proposals or inquiries will be accepted for discretionary grants
- Funding by invitation only
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
- Grassroots
- Community development
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