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For over two decades, the Evanston Community Foundation has helped local organizations obtain the support they need in order to have a positive impact on the Evanston community — now and in the future. Our annual reports feature highlights on the wide array of organizations we’ve supported, the performance of our investments, and the growth of our endowments.
2019 Annual Report
As the Evanston Community Foundation transforms itself to respond nimbly to the COVID-19 crisis, we look back at other transformations we witnessed or helped foster last year, in our report Celebrating Transformations. Read more
ECF eNews Summer 2018
Featuring the recent Grant Awards celebration, On Monique's Mind, 2018 Celebrate!Evanston sponsorship opportunities, how to apply to Leadership Evanston, announcing ECF's new board members, and updates on the Great Lakes One Water Partnership, Download
NPO eNews June 2018
Information about upcoming workshops, applying to Leadership Evanston, learning and advocacy opportunities for nonprofits, and ways to connect to ECF social media. Download
NPO eNews April 2018
Information about upcoming workshops, Rolling grants calendar, Snapshot Evanston bus tour, Grant Awards and Celebration, new tax law information, and ways to connect to ECF social media. Download
ECF eNews Spring 2018
Featuring ECF at NUDM 2018, upcoming Leadership Evanston Alumni event, Snapshot Evanston in May, welcoming Rebecca Parmet to the ECF staff, and save the date announcements. Download
2017 Year End Appeal
Help us take on Evanston's biggest challenges and make Evanston greater for everyone with your gift. The brochure stories highlight how we listen first, we focus on equity, and leadership in service. Download
ECF Nonprofit Newsletter Nov 2017
Big news! Six free workshops offered to nonprofits. It's Rolling Grants time again! And more... Download
2017 Fall Newsletter
Welcome fall! News from Celebrate!Evanston, announcing free workshops for nonprofit organizations, highlights from the Evanston MashUp award to ECF and NUDM, Rolling grants awards and grant cycle updates, and the year end appeal updates. Download
2017 Grant Awards Celebration & Annual Meeting Program Booklet
The booklet lists the 2017 strategic and competitive grants awarded to organizations, our grantmaking partners, and the Jim Kogen Foundation Spirit Award presentation for exemplary board service. Download
2016 Digital Annual Report
About ECF and community, our annual report is filled with stories, graphs, and videos in sections titled: sustainability is critical, focusing on leadership in service, developing engaged leadership for 25 years, thirty years of giving, report of the investment council, and the foundation leadership. Read more
2016 Year End Appeal
For the love of place. Giving makes an impact. Equity levels the playing field. Listening gets things done. Share our stories. Double the love, double the good with the matching gift of $30,000 to celebrate our first thirty years! Download
a good place for all
This special edition of the Annual Report highlights our 2015 4th quarter with stories, financials, grants, and our leadership. Download
April 2017 Nonprofit Newsletter
In this issue: May Board Governance workshop, New ECF Rolling Grants Cycle Download
January 2017 Nonprofit Newsletter
In this issue: February ECF Advocacy workshop, grant opportunities with North Shore Giving Cirlce, Evanston's Candidate forums. Download
ECF NPO Newsletter October 2016
ECF Roundup: workshops, root2fruit deadlines, Breakin It Down conference offered by Breakin It Down Committee. Download
ECF Nonprofit Newsletter September 2016
Programs and opportunities from Snapshot Evanston, NU Kellogg, Public Service Challenge, and Forefront Learning Summit. Download
ECF Nonprofit Newsletter July 2016
Apply to Leadership Evanston Signature Program XXV (2016-2017). Need volunteers? Bootcamp for new nonprofit CEOs. Connect with the Foundation. Download
Summer 2016 eNewsletter
Happy Summer! In this issue you’ll find a recap of our 2016 Grant Awards Celebration and Annual Meeting - which we combined this year for the first time. We are proud of our community and happy to celebrate together with our strongest supporters and grantee partners. Also in this issue you’ll see the latest from Leadership Evanston. We hope you’re inspired by the projects produced by the 24th class. It’s been an amazing year. Download
Nonprofit Newsletter January 2016
With the quickly approaching February 1, 2016 deadline to apply for Responsive Grants this newsletter provides all the pertinent details including submission procedures and office hours. Also, save the date for the upcoming Internal Change/External Impact workshop series. Download
Nonprofit Newsletter Winter 2015
Information about the current Responsive Grants application process and upcoming workshops for nonprofit organizations are the features of this newsletter. Download
2015 Year-End Appeal — Good Works for All
When you give to the Evanston Community Foundation, you start funding good work in Evanston right away. But you also reach into the future, helping us meet the needs of our ever-changing community. Read about the impact of three exciting grants and projects supported by the Foundation at the Center for Economic Progress, Mudlark Theater, and Our House. Please join us this year with a gift. Download
2014-2015 Annual Report
There’s more to the Foundation now than ever before: more resources, more partners, and more vision, all pointed toward the best possible Evanston. We hope the stories we share here spark your imagination! Read more
Nonprofit Newsletter October 2015
Featured in this October 2015 newsletter is the announcement of Monique Brunson Jones as our incoming President and CEO. Also: root2fruit application deadline, Snapshot Evanston, Internal Change/External Change workshop series, and Social Media Bootcamp series. Download
Newsletter to Nonprofits
This August 2015 newsletter highlights upcoming events and deadlines relevant to nonprofit organizations — root2fruit application deadlines, ECF's annual October benefit, Snapshot Evanston. Download
Grant Awards and Celebration Program 2015
Celebrating on May 27, 2015 the many organizations receiving competitive and strategic grants of nearly $880,000 from the Evanston Community Foundation in 2015 — Responsive, root2fruit, Communityworks, and Partners for the Future. Download
Spring Appeal 2015
Evanston is our home, our mission, and our cause. Ten reasons to give — high-impact collaboration, stronger together, building on success, leading by example, joy for all, providing for tomorrow, spreading innovations, steady performance—above benchmarks, gift opportunities that match your inspiration, and we're here for good—for the good of many causes! Read more
2014 Year-End Appeal — Our Home, Our Mission, Our Cause
Evanston — everything we do begins with our community. Our 2014 Year-end Appeal newsletter highlights our grantmaking and our ventures. We make Evanston stronger, smarter, better, together. Download
2013-2014 Annual Report
Evanston is our home, our mission, and our cause. Everything we do begins with our community. By investing more than money, we make good work better. Read more
ECF Workshops for Nonprofit Organizations 2014-2015
This brochure provides details of the three workshops with registration information. Download
Newsletter to Nonprofits
This September 2014 newsletter highlights upcoming events and deadlines relevant to nonprofit organizations — root2fruit application deadlines, ECF's annual October benefit, Snapshot Evanston. Download
Spring Appeal Newsletter 2014
We believe in Evanston. The strength of the individual. The power of community. Ten reasons to join us — strong healthy families, honest conversations, something to build on, working together, envisioning new possibilities, opportunities for all, thinking outside the box, chances to be successful, accomplishing long-term goals, common concern. Download
Grant Awards and Celebration Program 2014
Celebrating on May 29, 2014 the many organizations that will be receiving competitive and strategic grants of nearly $800,000 from the Evanston Community Foundation in 2014 — root2fruit grants, Communityworks grants, Special Foundation Initiatives, and Responsive Grants. Download
2012-2013 Annual Report
What does it take for a community to thrive? It takes all of us. Your answers to this question say a lot about Evanston. Passion. Commitment. Engagement. Diversity. Respect. Talking to one another. Thinking outside the box and planning for the long term. Growth. Read more
2013 Responsive Grant Awards Presentation
With this year's grant awards we begin the Foundation's second 25 years as a growing resource for Evanston's nonprofits, organization that do so much to strengthen the Evanston community we all call home. We are able to award $240,850 today May 23, 2013. Download
Spring Newsletter 2013
Bringing Evanston’s strengths to bear on our challenges, and building new community resources, together. Ten Reasons to Care, Ten Reasons to Give: potential, evidence, intelligence, hope, patience, endurance, compassion, integrity, respect, inclusiveness. Download
2011–2012 Annual Report
Twenty-five years ago, in the fall of 1986, our foundation was established for the good of Evanston and in the sprit of one community. The voices and many hopes of the founders echo in the work we do today and in the reasons we’re here. We're here to ensure resources for the future of Evanston, and to better the lives of residents today. In short, we’re here because the future does not take care of itself. Download
2010–2011 Annual Report
Twenty-five years in, the Evanston Community Foundation can point with pride to many accomplishments. The community’s investments in the Foundation have created an institution that amplifies those resources and makes effective investments back into the community. But we are just getting started. Download