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Apply by FEB 1: Evanston-serving nonprofits can apply for the EIghth Round of Rapid Response Operating Grants. 

Nonprofit organizations can register to attend the free workshops on Resilience on FEB 4, MAR 17, APR 8.

Listen to ECF's Rebecca Cacayuran on Inside the Skev talking about ECF's response to the pandemic.

Northwestern has committed $500,000 to advance racial equity in our home communities of Evanston and Chicago. The application period is now open and ECF is hosting the application process. This opportunity will support partnerships between community-based organizations and Northwestern University that work towards making our communities fairer and more equitable. Learn more or send an inquiry.

ECF is offering FREE information and assistance to Evanston small businesses and nonprofits seeking Federal Relief Act grants and loans.

On JAN 11, ECF announced the recipients of the grants awarded through the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund. The local need continues as the pandenic rages.

ECF announces Elspeth Revere as Interim President and CEO effective December 11, 2020.

Evanston Care Network is a new collaborative partnership among ECF, Evanston 311, the Evanston Public Library, Amita Health, and the City of Evanston. NPOs are encouraged to provide a listing to the network.

Sobre la Fundación. ¡Se habla español! La oficina de Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) es bilingüe. Para servir a nuestra communidad de una manera mas efectiva, favor de contactarnos al 847-492-0990 o mándarnos un correo electrónico.

ECF's work during covid-19 crisis

ECRRF_logo_for_Dropdown_Alert_103x62px.gifSince mid-March, The Evanston Community Foundation has radically expanded its fundraising and restructured its grantmaking and programs to respond to the new world we find ourselves in. 

By March 18, ECF launched the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund with $100,000 seed money from endowment to foster a unified philanthropic response to address the impact of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in the Evanston community. As of September 15, generous Evanstonians have contributed over $4.1 million to the Fund. You can be part of this effort by donating.

ECF immediately created a strategic vision for the use of the Fund, focused on relief, recovery, and rebuilding. Learn more about that strategy and exactly how over $4.3 million in ECRR Fund and other ECF funds have been deployed in the community since March 23. New grant opportunities were launched, focused on immediate basic needs, collective and enduring initiatives, and operating support for nonprofits. And while we continue to fund relief, ECF has begun supporting efforts to help the community recover.

Learn about resources for nonprofits.