Collective & Enduring Grants
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
Other requirements
- Other stakeholders and partners in the collaboration
Overview
Geographic Scope: Evanston, Illinois
Purpose: Support collaborations, coalitions, or partnerships that bring together organizations and stakeholders to address challenges and change systems over the long term in Evanston.
Eligibility
- Nonprofit Organizations with budgets over $500,000 with 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsor
- Other stakeholders and partners in the collaboration
Important Notes
- No unsolicited proposals or inquiries will be accepted for discretionary grants
- Funding by invitation only
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Evanston Community Foundation's IRS filings)
Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Evanston (RSAE)
2024
$30K
Connections for the Homeless
2024
$28K
2 grants in Evanston Community Foundation's 2024 filings reference “Collective & Enduring Grants” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
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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