grantmaking history

Center for Independent Futures more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Childcare Network of Evanston more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Connections for the Homeless more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Fellowship of African-American Men more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Housing Options for the Mentally Ill more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Interfaith Action of Evanston more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

LIFT-Evanston more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

PEER Services, Inc. more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Services for Adults Staying in Their Homes (SASI) more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

The Family Room more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

One of 25 organizations honored with a discretionary grant in honor of ECFs 25th anniversary. Selected Evanston organizations have had an enduring impact on Evanston, and ECFs grants and programs have made a significant different in the extent of their impact.

City of Evanston - Evanston Public Library more

Communityworks Every Child Ready for Kindergarten grant for enrichment for home visiting families

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Every Child Ready for Kindergarten / BabyTALK Collaboration

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Professional development in support of Every Child Ready for Kindergarten Initiative

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 - Family Center more

Communityworks Grant - Every Child Ready for Kindergarten Initiative - Parents as Teachers (PAT) model of home visiting and parent support

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Every Child Ready for Kindergarten / BabyTALK Collaboration

The Family Room more

Communityworks Every Child Ready for Kindergarten grant for enrichment for home visiting families

City of Evanston - Evanston Public Library more

Communityworks Every Child Ready for Kindergarten grant for enrichment for home visiting families

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 - Family Center more

Communityworks Grant - Every Child Ready for Kindergarten Initiative - Parents as Teachers (PAT) model of home visiting and parent support

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Communityworks Grant for Mental Health Consultancy

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Every Child Ready for Kindergarten / BabyTALK Collaboration

City of Evanston - Evanston Public Library more

Communityworks Every Child Ready for Kindergarten grant for enrichment for home visiting families

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Every Child Ready for Kindergarten / BabyTALK Collaboration

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Communityworks Grant - Every Child Ready for Kindergarten Initiative - Parents as Teachers (PAT) model of home visiting and parent support

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Communityworks Grant - Every Child Ready for Kindergarten Initiative - Parents as Teachers (PAT) model of home visiting and parent support

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Communityworks Grant - Every Child Ready for Kindergarten Initiative - Parents as Teachers (PAT) model of home visiting and parent support

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 - Family Center more

To expand home visiting and family support services

North Shore Village more

Challenge grant offering a $5,000 matching grant once $15,000 is added to their organizational endowment fund at ECF

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Acorn Fund Imagination Grant to King Lab School garden project

Y.O.U. (Youth Organizations Umbrella) more

All Our Sons Fund grant for Safe Summer Summit

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Imagination Grant Orrington School from Acorn Fund

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Imagination Grant to Dawes School from Acorn Fund

North Shore United Way more

Support for North Shore United Way grantmaking

Lake Forest Hospital more

Fisher Fund grant to support ICU nurses' continuing education

Family Focus more

Human needs grant for pregnant and parenting teens program

Rimland Services NFP more

Human needs grant for pre-vocational program

Trilogy, Inc. more

Human needs grant for Evanston outreach services for mentally ill homeless persons in Evanston

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

Human needs grant for bilingual, community-based counseling and advocacy

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago more

To continue expansion of Community Based Mentoring in Evanston by serving a total of 40 Evanston youth in FY2013.

Changing Worlds more

Providing hands-on arts and cultural awareness residencies conducted by literary specialists and teaching artists; teacher professional development; and school-wide community culminating events.

Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County more

Provides direct services for children and their non-offending family members including free, accessible follow-up counseling services for children in Evanston.

Curt's Cafe more

To provide job and life skills training, career coaching and job placement for youth ex-offenders and at-risk youths (16-22) and empower them to become capable, caring and confident individuals in our community.

Evanston Art Center more

To find a new location which will best accommodate current art studios, exhibition programs, and public lectures as well as EAC's future growth.

Evanston Mentors more

A new collaborative initiative of existing mentorship programs, focused on expanding mentorship programs in Evanston and improving the overall awareness of the importance and impact of mentoring.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 - 21st Century Community Learning Centers more

To hire community providers and teachers for 8-10 session enrichment activities in science and the arts for students at Washington, Oakton and Chute Schools.

Family Focus more

To engage 20 families with young children in a six-week series of parenting education, child development, and parent-child bonding workshops, as well as one-on-one parent coaching.

Grandmother Park Initiative more

To establish a tot lot in an underserved neighborhood. The finished park will be donated to the City of Evanston.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

A joint initiative with the Evanston Police Department that partners teenage boys with prior police contact with EPD officers to break down stereotypes, foster communication, and develop relationships of trust.

Rebuilding Together - North Suburban Chicago more

To repair and rehab 8 homes for low-income homeowners in Evanston.

The Harbour, Inc. more

Provides emergency shelter, crisis intervention, and comprehensive services for homeless and runaway girls ages 12-21.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

Provides board development and planning of strategic initiatives for long-term sustainability of the preschool.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Supports young, working women (ages 18-25) advance from "working poor" jobs to living-wage positions with advancement potential.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago more

To expand Community Based Mentoring for a total of 20 youth served

Child Care Center of Evanston more

To support adding a second classroom for children who are 2 years old.

Children's Home + Aid more

To build awareness of the needs of foster children and recruit mentors and foster parents

Erie Family Health Center, Inc. more

Support for the newest site, Erie Evanston Health Center

Evanston In-School Music Association (EISMA) more

To support professional music concerts to 18 Evanston schools

Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association more

To expand its music education program Music in Your World to the McGaw YMCA pre-school

Grandmother Park Initiative more

To establish a tot lot in an underserved neighborhood. The finished park will be donated to the City of Evanston.

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc. more

Support for a weekly program that will develop the language and literacy skills of Evanston's preschool children

North Shore Senior Center more

To expand outreach, education and social services to seniors with visual impairment

Open Studio Project more

Providing video art making workshops to disadvantaged middle school and high school boys, culminating in a public screening/exhibit.

Rebuilding Together North Suburban Chicago more

To repair and rehab homes for homeowners in need.

The Family Room more

To provide support groups in three areas: low-income mothers, uninsured mothers, and mothers experiencing perinatal depression.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

Continuing community outreach efforts to ensure at-risk children receive a quality early childhood education.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

To help young, working women, ages 18-25, advance from "working poor" jobs to living wage positions with advancement potential.

Access Community Health Network more

The Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) Evanston Outreach Campaign will reach vulnerable, medically-underserved residents of Evanston, informing them of the vital services available to them through the new ACCESS at St. Francis federally-qualified health center, regardless of ability to pay.

Center for Independent Futures more

The Full Life Futures Program provides critical opportunities for Evanston youth with disabilities to develop social networks and create positive pictures for their future. CIF will work with Evanston Township High School staff and community members to create a system of support for students as they transition to adulthood.

Connections for the Homeless more

Connections and the Housing Opportunities Development Corporation (HODC) will combine limited resources and their knowledge to sustain affordable housing units throughout northern Cook County and keep hundreds of families from falling into homelessness.

ETHS District 202 more

The Edible Acre Pilot Project is a school garden designed to enhance student understanding of organic food production by transforming?an empty lot into a garden with 24 raised beds, running water, and a fence.? The next phase will focus on youth maintenance of the garden and?using the produce in ETHS cafeterias.

Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association more

The ESO will continue to deliver and refine its highly successful Music In Your World program for Head Start, Pre-K At Risk, and Pre-K for All students.? This program uses music to teach pre-reading and math skills and provides enrichment to an ethnically diverse group of low-income pre-school children.

Grandmother Park Initiative more

We are raising funds to purchase land and develop it into a "tot lot" for toddlers and their caregivers in our underserved neighborhood to improve residents' quality of life and to provide outdoor recreation and appreciation for families with small children.

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

IWSE will engage families enrolled in child care at Baby Toddler Nursery and the Child Care Center of Evanston's Family Child Care Program through two enhancements: focus groups to identify needs and wants as well as an early literacy component play groups.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

All Clear is an exciting new initiative of the Evanston Community Defender Office, Inc. with the goal of expunging and/or sealing every eligible Evanston residents' criminal or arrest record to create a sustainable and vibrant community by increasing employment, education, and housing opportunities for its residents.

Music Institute of Chicago more

The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) Institute of Therapy through the Arts (ITA) will continue to provide expanded arts therapy to teach?appropriate self expression and?to improve self-esteem?for abused women and their children at Mary Lou's Place, the Evanston YWCA domestic violence shelter.

North Shore Senior Center more

Evanston/Skokie Valley Senior Services of the North Shore Senior Center offers a support program for seniors with low vision that provides information, friendship, and skills to help them increase or maintain their independence and their ability to participate with their families and in the community.

PEER Services, Inc. more

PEER Services will implement two evidence based models to enhance the lives of Evanston youth by addressing substance abuse in high risk youth.? The two models, Reconnecting Youth and Seeking Safety, have been demonstrated to be effective in decreasing youth substance use and increasing youth success.

The Harbour more

The Transitional Living Program (TLP) provides housing and comprehensive social services for 16-21 year old homeless girls in a supervised setting while they finish high school, work 10-20 hours per week and make the transition to self-sufficiency, though counseling, instruction, and individual case management.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

Cherry Preschool is reaching out to our community and collaborating with local agencies to create a pilot program offering scholarships to children ages 2-3 from Evanston families who do not have access to and resources for early childhood education.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

The Legal Advocacy Program of the YWCA Evanston/North Shore is a critical resource which provides legal information and counseling for women experiencing domestic violence who need help with navigating the court process that will enable them to gain legal protection from their abuser.

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Programs for parents that help them build strengths in the following areas: enhance parental resilience, develop social connections, build knowledge of parenting and child development, offer concrete support in time of need, foster social and emotional competence of children, and promote healthy parent-child relationships.

Connections for the Homeless more

Purchase security cameras and support strategic improvements to EntryPoint, which serves over 400 men and women living on the streets of Evanston annually.

Evanston Art Center more

Artistic programs for at-risk youth run in collaboration with Family Focus. These programs will help young people explore personal issues through art to improve their communication skills and self-confidence.

Evanston School Children's Clothing Association more

ESCCA provides clothing, including new gym shoes and winter boots, to District 65 children whose families request assistance, approximately 550 children each school year.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 School Age Child Care (After School) Program more

Teaches students in the D65 School Age Child Care (after school) program how and why they should exercise and make healthy food choices through the implementation of an innovative exercise curriculum designed specifically for young learners.

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Reach families with children in child care with the goal of reducing parent stress and normalizing parenting challenges across groups of parents.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Provides youth offenders the vehicle to assess strengths and barriers in their lives, develop specific goals to achieve a successful future, and finally, to realize this future through mentorship and community support.

Music Institute of Chicago more

Continue to provide expanded arts therapy services for abused women and their children at the Evanston YWCA domestic violence shelter. Sessions will teach appropriate self-expression and work on improving self-esteem by providing opportunities for success.

Open Studio Project more

Collaborative community-based art program that provides a creative outlet for youth. Youth participants work alongside artists and trained facilitators, learning a technique that allows adolescents to demonstrate healthy self-expression through art projects and journaling.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

One of the few preschool programs in the Chicago area that provides 25 special needs children with inclusion aides specifically hired and funded to support them in a classroom with typically developing children.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Expand technology capabilities of on-site computer lab training and client management systems, train more clients and develop targeted individualized employment plans for each client.

Attitudes Rising Towards Successfoundation more

Community-based programs for African-American boys and young adults that emphasize character development, creative expression, mentoring, study skills and career planning.

City of Evanston - Evanston Public Library more

Home-Based LEAP will create a network of home daycare providers who use Play Literacy to teach early literacy skills to preschool-age children. The project delivers training, modeling and literacy-rich materials to home-based child care providers, and connects the providers to the resources of the Evanston Public Library.

Connections for the Homeless more

Funding to provide outreach and intensive case management services to families on the waiting list for Connections Family Transitional Housing Program, to increase the self-sufficiency of the families and allow them to bypass transitional housing program, moving more quickly into affordable and appropriate housing.

Evanston Day Nursery Association more

A program to keep children attending full-day childcare or after school care at EDN while their family is experiencing a crisis such as unemployment, loss of housing, loss of state support or family upheaval. Through this initiative, families will not only be able to remain enrolled for child care services, but will be able to utilize a variety of supports to overcome short-term obstacles and become connected to appropriate community contacts and resources.

Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association more

A program for Pre-K At-Risk and Pre-K for All students in District 65 to introduce the highly successful music education program, Music in Your World.?

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 School Age Child Care (After School) Program more

Educational performances at The Mime Company at Northwestern University for students in District 65's after school program. Mime Company teaching artists will focus on problem-solving, socialization skills and character education using mime, a highly physical and nonverbal mode of storytelling.

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Child care relief for socially isolated mothers who are coping with a degree of mental, medical or physical limitations that prevent them from working and receiving federal childcare subsidies. With the availability of quality child care, these mothers will have the opportunity to seek intervention and treatment in coping with the mental health and stress factors that put their families at risk.

Music Institute of Chicago more

The Music Institute of Chicago's Institute for Therapy Arts (ITA) will provide expanded arts therapy services for abused women and their children at the Evanston YWCA domestic violence shelter. The sessions will teach appropriate self expression and work on improving self esteem by providing opportunities for success.

Piccolo Theatre, Inc. more

A project to implement a consulting and training program, supported by appropriate technology, to develop new management and governance strategies and structures for the board of directors and staff.

SHORE Community Services, Inc. more

SHORE Community Service Early Intervention Program will offer developmental therapy playgroups for children 0-3 with developmental delays. The playgroups will be taught in Spanish and Polish and families will be able to network with one another.

Washington School PTA - District 65 more

Funding to launch and support implementation of an after-school science and service club and a school-based family community garden, using the Roots & Shoots model. Roots & Shoots, created by Jane Goodall, is a model for engaging and educating students about the environment, animals and people.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

A program to strengthen the financial literacy of low-to-moderate income women in transition (divorced, recently single, living in temporary housing, entering the workforce for the first time, victims of domestic violence, and/or young, single moms) by increasing awareness of financial matters, providing tools to help with budgeting, banking and credit issues, enabling participants to gain an understanding of the primary components of financial security and providing access to financial opportunities.

Connections for the Homeless more

This grant funded the long-range strategic plan of ending homelessness in Evanston.? The strategic planning process is essential to evaluate the services, hear from the constituency groups and coordinated with Alliance for the Homelessness and the community to set short and long range priorities for ending homelessness in Evanston.? This will be done via?a comprehensive evaluation and long-range planning processes.

Evanston Community Development Corporation more

This grant funds computer literacy accessibility to Westside Evanston residents.? This program provides access to a general computer lab available for online job searches, online job applications and general internet research and communication needs.? Additionally, a second classroom is available for basic computer literacy classes.? The program serves 10 people a week in the lab and 5-6 students a week in the classroom.

Evanston In-School Music Association (EISMA) more

Reginald Robinson, an African-American musician and?composer will perform in a free community concert with other EISMA performers.? The concert will be in fall 2007 to celebrate EISMA's 35 years of service to the Evanston schools.

Mary and Leigh Block Museum more

This project builds upon the long-standing relationship with District 65 by engaging their School Age Childcare Program with the Ladd Arboretum and Evanston Ecology Center through Block's quarterly nature film series.? Students will view the films, participate in hands-on activities and a culminating experience at the Arboretum.

Network For Evanston's Future more

In an effort to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Evanston by promoting energy conservation in Evanston's Fifth Ward, trained NU students will conduct hands-on energy audits in churches and homes.? They will then provide energy conservation info to residents with the goal of making Evanston a more sustainable community.

Open Studio Project more

This grant was a capacity building grant which funded the building of organizational capacity through staff expansion.? The addition of administrative staffing and expansion of part-time program staff allows Open Studio Project to build the capacity to serve the demand for fee paying and community programming.

Ridgeville Park District more

Through a series of ongoing social service, recreational and cultural events, the park district together with Brummel Park Neighbors and Evanston Police Department will attempt to revitalize the neighborhood and build a stronger community.? Events include a job fair, picnics in the park, movie nights, sports clinics, back to school carnival, concerts and art activities.

Shanti Foundation for Peace more

This grant was a capacity building grant which funded the new position of Program/Development Director.? The position will increase organizational capacity allowing Shanti to serve the growing number of schools, organizations and individuals through the building of collaborative relationships in Evanston.

The Musical Offering more

This grant funds the Oakton School Student Opera - La Chanson de Roland, a new, multi-cultural, multi-language opera which will provide an enriching cultural experience for Oakton students.

World Relief DuPage more

In partnership with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Reba Place Church, this program provides low-cost immigration legal services to the growing immigrant community in Evanston.? Core services are in family-based immigration and naturalization assistance.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

This leadership development program for girls transitioning into high school will offer opportunities to learn about Evanston and engage in social change by becoming empowered, confident and competent women with leadership skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

Citizens Lighthouse Community Land Trust more

These funds will help the CLCLT embark on a mission of providing permanently affordable homes to low income people in Evanston by supporting the group in creating the model or script to carry out the activities of finding suitable property, performing evaluation of the property and securing it for the CLCLT.? The product to result from this project will?enable the board to understand the technical aspects of evaluating a site for potential acquisition and determine when professional services are required.

Dawes School PTA more

Building on the pilot program at Dawes School, funded by ECF last year, this initiative will be implemented at all four "TWI" schools and is a collaboration among the schools' PTAs, the Bilingual Parents Advisory Committee, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers and District 65 administration and teachers.? Components of the program will be parent education classes for Spanish dominant parents, translations of school newsletters, and a Spanish language resource cart for each TWI school library.

Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association more

The development and implementation by the Orchestra of a music education program for approximately 150 participants aged 3-5 in the nine classrooms of the Evanston District 65's Head Start Program.

Housing Options for the Mentally Ill more

The Alliance will hire a consultant to assist in increasing the development of a strategic plan and detailed operational plan.? The Alliance allows Evanston to maintain eligibility for HUD funds to service the homeless.

Literature for All of Us more

A new 40 week book group for 6-8th grade boys attending after school programs at Family Focus - Our Place in Evanston.? The program will address the need for structured programs for boys that engage them in reading and learning.? It will culminate in a public poetry reading.

Noah's Playground for Everyone more

Noah Cutter died on December 24, 2005.? Friends, family and caregivers want to honor Noah Cutter's memory by building a playground which will be fully accessible to all children, especially those with special needs.? Noah's Playground for Everyone is to be built, with help from the City of Evanston, in Lawson Park, adjacent to the Evanston Art Center.

Open Studio Project more

This program is a partnership with the YWCA to provide a creative outlet for women served by the transitional housing and shelter programs.? Expressive workshops will allow participants to use are and writing to explore their emotions and assist in coping with the transitional nature of their lives.

Ridgeville Park District more

Through a series of ongoing social service, recreational and cultural events, the park district will attempt to revitalize the neighborhood and build a stronger community.? Events include;? job fair, picnics, movie nights, sports clinics, back to school carnival, concerts and arts activities.

The Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University more

This initiative addresses hunger issues by providing accessible food resources, culinary job training, and nutrition education to in-need population in Evanston.? The goal is to provide consistent and nutritious meals to those who otherwise might not have access to such a food supply while also empowering individuals to find a permanent solution to their food insecurity.

World Relief DuPage more

World Relief DuPage in partnership with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary will establish an Immigration Legal Services Office in Evanston.? The office will provide low-cost immigration legal services to Evanston's growing immigrant community and possibly informative training seminars to students, educators, pastors and city officials regarding the basics of immigration law.? Core services are in family based immigration.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

This program will offer the opportunity for 25 graduates of YJC's Strategic Corporate Alliance Program, an intensive four-week job readiness initiative, with criminal backgrounds, to participate in a closely monitored on-the-job work experience in an area of expressed career interest.? These placements serve as platforms to broaden clients' work exposure, increasing their practical work knowledge and contributing to their social development.

Child Care Center of Evanston more

Quality Counts, Ensuring Quality Daycare for Evanston's Children.? This grant supports a part-time temporary educational consultant/grant writer to build fundraising capacity.? The consultant will write templates for each of five priority program areas, identify at least 10 funding sources for each area, and develop an organizational database for each source.? Increased fundraising capacity is necessary for Childcare Center to continue providing its services to the nearly 200 children it serves on a subsidized basis.

Dawes School PTA - District 65 more

The funds will be used to address the achievement gap in academic performance between Latino and white students through the provision of four services:? providing a parent support group; increasing the availability of children's literature in Spanish; adding live and print translation services to PTA communications; and implementing a parent-child Spanish storytime.

Evanston Dance Ensemble more

A 10 week after school dance residency will be offered to 4th and 5th graders at Dawes and Lincoln elementary schools.? At the end of the 10 week period, four scholarships will be awarded to participants of the program for a semester at Dance Center Evanston.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

The Lighthouse 21st Century Community Learning Center Program is a 5-year project to help address the social and emotional needs of children who are at risk for academic failure and also to provide them with additional academic support.? This is a collaborative effort among District 65, Family Focus and Y.O.U.? for students at Kingsley, Oakton and Washington schools.?The Foundation's grant for this program will provide an eight-session class in English for 20 parents to help them address the social and emotional needs of their children.? Class meetings will address topics related to communication, behavior management, child development, problem-solving and home/school relationships.

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian more

The funds will be used to hire a consultant to assist in strengthen the current Museum Board, with a focus on identifying and implementing appropriate fundraising programs and techniques.? The goal of the program is to meet the short term financial goals required in the formal separation agreement that will establish the Museum as a separate entity from its current parent organization, Kendall College

Percolator Films more

The funds will support an effort to make Reeltime's collection of over 250 videos more accessible and useful to teachers.? The aim of the initiative is three-fold:? organize the Reeltime Recommends database in terms of curriculum; publicize this valuable resource in schools; and educate teachers on the use of independent media in the classroom.

Ridgeville Park District more

Through a series of ongoing social service, recreational and cultural events, Ridgeville Park District, the Brummel Park Neighbors and the Evanston Police will attempt to revitalize the Brummel Park neighborhood and build a stronger community.? Events will include a job fair, ethnic food/picnic in the park, movie nights, sports clinics, a back-to-school carnival, concerts, arts activities, a bookmobile day, and board game nights.? These programs will be ongoing throughout the calendar year, lasting for at least three years.? Funding is committed for three years, as long as annual goals for events and community building are met.

The Center for Enriched Living more

In collaboration with the Shore school, the Center for Enriched Living will develop a satellite venue in Evanston to provide its Independent Living and Social Skill Building programs.? Beginning in late July, teens and adults will be recruited and interests and abilities will be assessed to determine appropriate activities for a January 2006 launch of the twice monthly social club.

Childcare Network of Evanston more

The Childcare Network will direct a program in nine child care centers and two child care home sites ensuring future school success by providing free on-site mental health and developmental services for children ages two through five from poor, working families. Services include occupational, physical and speech and language therapies, and if needed, other special support. Customized services are offered and parents are invited to family-friendly dinner meetings to learn ways to help their children and reinforce the work done at school.

Evanston School Children's Clothing Association more

In recent years, children have been maturing physically at an earlier age. For the past two years, ESCCA has provided some new sports bras for District 65 10-13 year olds, when funds have been available. This project would provide 3 bras to each of the preteen and teen clients.

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana more

This project will help 100 preteens and teens participate in empowering Girl Scout experiences through programs designed by girls, for girls. These activities will be in collaboration with weekly after-school programs at Family Focus utilizing curriculum from our powerful self-esteem program, uniquely ME! for girls from families living at or below poverty level.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

The Evanston Community Defender Office provides legal service to low-income Evanston youth in the juvenile justice and welfare system, adult criminal court and within school systems regarding matters of special education and discipline. This grant will upgrade the computer network protecting operations and improve performance capacity for the office.

Music Institute of Chicago more

This grant will fund the expressive arts therapy services for Evanston women and girls which include the following: M.O.R.E. (Movement Oriented Rhythmic Expression) for teenage girls with developmental disabilities; Finding Your Voice, a musical theater workshop for pre-teen girls nine to thirteen with developmental delays; and S.E.L.F. (Self Expression and Life Fulfillment), multiple groups serving different age levels that use dance/movement, art, drama, and music therapies to treat chronic mental illness, socialization issues and the maintenance of life skills.

North Shore Senior Center more

Increasing numbers of grandparents are providing permanent care to their grandchildren as a result of divorce, substance abuse, child abuse, teenage pregnancy and unemployment. The many factors that make parenting difficult for the second time include health or economic problems and lack of social networks. This project is designed for senior grandparents living on a fixed income, often near the poverty level, with limited education and often lacking understanding of what help may be available to them and how to get it.

Piccolo Theatre, Inc. more

This project continues the conversion of the Main Street Metra station into a cultural center and theater space for Southeast Evanston, an area with the city's highest population density and greatest cultural/ethnic diversity. This particular part of the project funds construction of a classroom/dance/rehearsal space.

School for Little Children of Evanston more

SLC continues its commitment of planning for one child with special needs in each of its 12 preschool classrooms. The grant will partially fund the purchase of a variety of needed educational play equipment and a play therapist. This project will allow typically developing children and children with special needs to maximize their time with SLC and with each other to reach their educational potential

Y.O.U. (Youth Organizations Umbrella) more

This grant will provide the funds to select, purchase and train staff on a software program that will allow Y.O.U. to maintain a centralized client demographic and service database to facilitate service delivery and grant reporting.

Evanston School Children's Clothing Association more

The grant will allow the purchase of 40 plus-sized jackets and jeans for larger children who are dependent on ESSCA for adequate school clothing. While demand for larger sized clothing is increasing, few donations meet this need and it is not available within the normal bulk purchasing currently conducted by the association.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

The educators in the School/Home Community Resource Program will work with parents who, for many reasons, are reluctant to go into the schools and may need help acting as effective advocates for their children.

Family Focus more

This grant will support a program coordinator for a new program entitled Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. The program will offer monthly group sessions, community presentations, family activities and community outreach. The goal is to increase the resources and knowledge base available to grandparents and to promote positive relationships between grandparents and the grandchildren they are raising.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

This project will establish at one Evanston middle school a community panel for youth and/or a peer jury process as an alternative for school administrators when dealing with behaviors in which police and/or juvenile court involvement would typically be considered. The program will use a proven process and training to create a system for early intervention for inappropriate behaviors. The community panel/peer jury process would involve a contract requiring the youths to take responsibility for their behavior and direct them to appropriate counseling.

McGaw YMCA more

This grant funds 20% of the estimated first year cost to develop a program that fosters literacy within the Project SOAR mentoring program. The goal is for the 60 Project SOAR participants to develop enjoyment of journaling, reading, writing and performance, heightened self confidence through awareness of literary talent, and improved literacy skills through their engagement in a variety of literary activities conducted one on one with their mentor and within groups.

Open Studio Project more

This grant will fund a new after school program for at-risk youth who have previously attended an Art and Action workshop and are familiar with the Open Studio process. The weekly program extends the OSP concept, allowing 9-14 year olds an opportunity to continue to use a creative outlet to explore their feelings in a positive, non-judgmental setting.

S.O.U.L. Creations more

This grant provides funding to extend Soul Experience, an after-school enrichment program for youth in 3rd through 8th grades, to a fourth school in District 65. The program is designed to help youth develop critical life skills, cultural awareness and creative expression in a constructive team environment, through music, dance, drama and verse.

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church/Faith in Action more

The goal of Faith in Action is the establishment of a core of interfaith volunteers who will provide supportive services to homebound Evanston residents. Four Evanston congregations have initiated this program: Beth Emet Synagogue, Second Baptist Church of Evanston, St. Matthews Episcopal Church, and the Unitarian Church of Evanston. The program hopes to expand to 15 congregations, 200 volunteers, and 320 persons served by the end of 2005. Funding will support the recruitment of volunteers, training materials, and outreach through health/social service agencies and community fairs.

ETHS District 202 more

Funds aid development of a two-acre research and environmental study facility on vacant land just west of the football field. Four environmental habitats, a horticulture plot, and a class platform will benefit science programs at ETHS, grade schools, and adult education classes.

Evanston Environmental Association more

The Environmental Association will use this grant to create a loan box program for preschools. Boxes will include songs and poems, supplies for group activities, craft and snack instructions, and reference and book lists developed for preschool children.

Evanston Youth Bank more

We are proposing to create a partnership to create an Evanston Youth Bank. The Youth Bank will provide mentoring, technical assistance, and financial support to enable small groups of 14-18 year old Evanstonians to design, organize, and implement community-based capacity building service initiatives.

Friends of Battered Women more

Friends of Battered Women and Their Children will provide educational outreach to hospital patients through literature campaigns and follow-up services for women referred by hospital personnel.

INVEST more

This grant provides training resources for volunteer tutors. Tutoring manuals, print resources, and lists of internet resources will be housed in the INVEST office, the Teacher Center, and the Evanston Public Library.

Leadership Evanston more

This grant reduces the program's cost to participants, encourages new one-day programs, and supports alumni activity.

Ridgeville Park District more

Ridgeville Park District's summer series includes cultural art performances, a week-long Hip-Hop workshop and interactive Hip-Hop dance show by workshop participants. Programs are for youth in southeast Evanston, are completely free and are open to all. This grant funds one-sixth of the total cost.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

The Youth Job Center is creating a scoop shop franchise of Ben & Jerry's?s Homemade, owned and operated by a non-profit organization. The shop complements classroom work with on-the-job exercises. Trainees will gain necessary skills and sensitivities required by most jobs, especially in the service industry.

Bilingual Service Provider's Exchange more

Formed with the mission of creating a network among social service providers, agencies and institutions working with Spanish speaking residents of Evanston. Has held different workshops addressing specific community needs. With additional funding, organization can provide high school students with scholarships.

Custer Street Fair, Inc. more

Custer Street Fair is restoring the Main Street Depot to its original 1908 condition, and developing a business plan to establish the Evanston Arts Depot in the building. This project aims to increase cultural opportunities in South Evanston.

Evanston Special Recreation Assoc. more

This association was created to meet the recreational needs of Evanston residents with disabilities. The Foundation?s grant will fund 20 scholarships enabling Evanston families with financial need to participate in the Associations?s Weekend Family Camp outdoor recreational opportunities.

Light Opera Works more

This grant supports the first stage of a five-year initiative to establish a year-round musical theatre academy in Evanston. Workshops will allow youth ages 8 to 18 to experience all aspects of staging a finished musical theater production. This grant ensures funding for scholarship assistance.

Open Studio Project more

The Art & Action Project consists of four 6-week workshops for at-risk youth at Nichols and Chute Middles Schools in collaboration with Y.O.U. The project exposes young people to programming that uses the arts for personal growth, interpersonal understanding, and social change. Facilitators act not as expert instructors but as peer artists, modeling for the teens how they themselves use art and writing to explore personal issues and deal with difficult decisions in a pleasurable and powerful way. Funded in part by the Vilas Fund for Youth.

The Family Institute more

This grant funds the Anger Management Program, a collaborative effort of The Family Institute and Evanston Township High School for 2001-2002. The project provides anger-management and conflict-resolution programming for freshmen and sophomores placed on internal suspension at ETHS for aggressive behavior. Funded with support from Northwestern University.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

Support for expansion of the YWCA's Destiny Girls program, in collaboration with the Southeast Evanston Parents Association. Destiny Girls is an after-school and summer program providing girls ages 9 to 14 with increased resilience, self-determination, and skill to become leaders now and as they mature. Destiny Girls is a comprehensive enrichment program that focuses on girls' strengths and abilities rather than on the risks and obstacles they face. Funded in part by the Faith Vilas Fund for Youth.

Family Focus more

A violence prevention program for African-American youth. This grant will continue the weekly sessions with 4th, 5th, and 6th graders teaching them the skills necessary to deal calmly and effectively with anger-provoking situations. The main goal is to refine civility skills that will reduce their risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of violence.

Kids and School Supplies (KASS) more

Many Evanston families with financial constraints find the purchase of required school supplies in the fall to be a difficult burden. The goal of this new endeavor is to provide children whose families demonstrate a need for financial assistance with the necessary school supplies at no cost.

Natural Ties more

The goal of Natural Ties is to help eradicate the isolation and segregation of Evanstonians with disabilities are faced with on a daily basis. The role of the Facilitator will be to create public awareness, bring the disabled community into routine contact with the general Evanston population, train volunteers and students (ETHS and Northwestern) and initiate outreach.

Oakton School more

Provides a daily nutritious breakfast and a reading program for over 75 students during a ten-month school year. ECFs $10,000 grant will cover the monthly food expenses, learning materials, and coordinator's monthly stipend. Students are given skill-building activities that support and improve listening and communication skills.

Ridgeville Band of Evanston more

Evanston needs its own community band to play for civic occasions, festivals, dedications and just to entertain with accessible music written and transcribed for bands. The ECF grant will enable the Band to recruit percussionists to become band members, enlarge the band's musical repertoire, and enhance the attractiveness of its concerts to the people of Evanston.

Family Focus more

A violence prevention program designed for African-American youth that will teach young people the necessary skills to prevent conflicts from turning into violent encounters. The project will help reduce children's risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of violence.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

This year the agency had fourteen first-time offenders between the ages of eleven and thirteen. with siblings at risk of following in their footsteps. The agency wants to work with these younger siblings to prevent police and/or court contacts. The group would consist of first-time offenders and their siblings in structured settings.

Literature for All of Us more

Girls Go! Will work with younger girls ages 13-15 using some of the techniques tested with teen moms. N.U. students will be actively recruited to assist in this program, which includes discussions of women's literature and the creative works done by the teen moms.

Willard School more

OWL exposes students who are at risk of falling below average achievement levels to an enrichment program in language arts, math, and computer technology (they will use the computer lab at N.U). Second-year plans would double the student participation (20 to 40 kids), add another session, and involve more N.U. student volunteers.

Evanston Police Department - Youth Services Bureau more

HAWK is a prevention and intervention program for African-American adolescent males designed to promote positive manhood development, utilizing a curriculum and structured activities that are culturally specific, value centered, and educationally focused. The HAWK Program aims to address the incidence of violence committed by African-American adolescent males residing in the Evanston community, simultaneously rebuilding the historical and cultural integrity of this target population.

Kohl Children's Museum more

The Museum will provide an integrated set of programs strengthening the efforts of Family Focus staff while also enhancing educational opportunities for both the children mothers who are involved at Family Focus.

School for Little Children of Evanston more

A collaborative effort between two Evanston churches. First Presbyterian and First Church of God, has resulted in a new day care project for 40 children to open in December 1998. ECFs grant supports stand-up costs.

The Lekotek of Evanston more

An innovative Computer Club for children with disabilities to have extra-curricular activities with their typically developing peers. Using the power of technology, children with and without disabilities can get together to become acquainted with the ever-expanding world of the computer.

Willard School more

Owl Adventures in Learning will expose students, who are at-risk of falling below average achievement levels, to enriching, hands-on learning experiences in language arts and science. Activities will center on the children's interests and needs. The activities will promote discovery, exploration, and maximize enjoyment in learning.

Character Counts!/Prairie Shore more

Grant needed for general operating expenses and material necessary.

The Evanston YWCA - Kids Can Dance, Inc. more

The funds will contribute to dance studio improvements at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center and will help support KCD's rising operating costs due to their increased popularity and performance bookings. Second, funding is requested to found a Work Study Partnership Program that provides an earnings and apprentice program. This mentor program will provide guidance and instruction to minority youth with special target emphasis to African-American males (a largely undeserved group). Students will learn how to choreograph dance performances and will intern as teaching assistants.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

Funding will support the inclusion of special needs children into Cherry Preschool's program during the 1997-98 school year, to help us launch a special needs inclusion training workshop for Evanston's early childhood education centers, and to purchase adaptive equipment.

Childcare Network of Evanston more

To fund a support group for relative foster parents with two licensed social workers and one early intervention specialist. DCFS has greatly increased the placement of children with relatives who need the benefit of emotional support and practical guidance. Many times they are unaware of the resources available and don't have the skills to advocate for themselves and the children under their care.

The Evanston Teen Parent Services Network (ETPSN) more

This is a renewal grant of the Evanston Teen Parent Services Network. which works with and provides support services for teen moms. The main goal is to incorporate a research and evaluation piece from Loyola's Center for Families and Community. Conduit for funds is the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston (Baby Toddler).

Assn. for Preservation of Africa more

The Association seeks to improve race relations and to combat community deterioration and juvenile delinquency in Evanston. The Evanston Community Foundation will provide funds for a computer to assist the Association in writing a history of African American settlers in Evanston.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Nine children will receive tuition, transportation, and insurance to attend a working-ranch-camp program at Timber-Lee Center, in East Troy, Wisconsin. The camp will provide the children with a sheltered experience in which they can build confidence in themselves.

Food Partners more

Food Partners trains and employs homeless and economically distressed. This year's Evanston Community Foundation grant will augment Food Partner's training services.

Parent to Parent Inter Middle School (6-8) more

The Evanston Community Foundation will support a program to bring together parents of middle-school age children from all neighborhood, racial, ethnic, and socio-economic groups living within the geographic boundaries of School District 65.

The Committee For Evanston Foster Care more

In many cases Evanston children are now being placed outside of the community, which results in them losing contact with our schools and/or day care centers. This group plans to study ways in which it will be possible to keep Evanston's foster children in the Evanston community, within a safe, stable and caring environment.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

The goal of the program is to set up career exploration opportunities for Evanston youths by organizing field trips to businesses, apprenticeships, and classroom instruction for high school students planning to enter the workforce upon graduation.

Chute Middle School Booster Club - District 65 more

Our Chute community could greatly benefit from increased funding to support extra-curricular activities and the development of conflict resolution sessions for the students, parents and community. Funds will assist in new extra-curricular activities to help raise Chute students' self-esteem and promote family involvement.

Evanston Women's Hospital more

$4,000 will sustain a coordinator to continue a communication link between the Center, Evanston Township High School, the City's Health Department, and Family Focus encouraging early prenatal care for young pregnant women.

Food Partners more

$2,000 matching grant to implement an economic project in the food service industry employing the homeless and economically-distressed individuals.

Reba Place Church more

Senior Connections requests $1,500 from the Evanston Community Foundation to support its goal of expanded collaboration with other congregations to make visitation in the home a reality for all seniors in South Evanston who request it.

Services for Adults Staying in Their Homes (SASI) more

$1,700 to supplement the elderly clients in the Caring Home Aid Program who cannot afford to pay the referral fee and to provide continuing employment for the Evanston caregivers.

The Lekotek of Evanston more

$2,500 to offer pre-literacy activities for ten pre-schoolers with disabilities. Sessions will be held at a family drop-in center located in a shopping plaza. Families who could not otherwise afford such services will be recruited.

Child Care Center of Evanston more

The Child Care Center Association's Dad's Club was organized to foster the involvement of fathers in preschool education. This well-attended program has demonstrated the positive impact fathers can have when they play a primary role in their children's schooling.

Leadership Evanston more

This special project of ECF has developed to identify Evanston citizens who are willing to take responsibility for addressing local community problems and prepare them for leadership.

Mothers Against Gangs / Evanston (MAG/E) more

The mission of this volunteer organization is to achieve a safe, gang-free environment in Evanston. Evanston police credit this work for reduced gang activity, particularly during Mothers Against Gangs-sponsored Summer Drop-In Nights at ETHS.

School for Little Children of Evanston more

With the help of ECF funding, School For Little Children will offer training in the integration of special needs children into preschool classes to 30 private, non-profit early childhood care and education programs throughout Evanston.

The Piven Theatre Workshop more

In collaboration with MAG, the Piven Theatre Workshop will offer at-risk teens a meaningful theater arts experience. This project is based on the concept of the arts as a vehicle for self-knowledge and self-esteem.

Child Care Center of Evanston more

The Child Care Center will begin to build a better father-school partnership by creating opportunities for fathers and children to spend time together in a friendly and relaxed environment. It will target fathers whose involvement in their children's lives appears to be minimal.

Housing Options for the Mentally Ill more

A new residential program for economically disadvantaged persons suffering from mental illness. The program will provide permanent staff-supported housing for nine adults.

Leadership Evanston more

The ECF has launched a leadership development program. Aim is to encourage and develop the leadership potential of individuals committed to Evanston by broadening their knowledge of the Evanston community, enhancing their leadership skills and motivating them to work together on issues of community concerns.

Mothers Against Gangs / Evanston (MAG/E) more

Mothers Against Gangs / Evanston is a new voluntary organization whose basic mission is to provide a safe and gang-free environment community of young people, composed of representatives from the various neighborhoods.

Reba Early Learning Center more

A collaborative effort between two preschools to develop an anti-bias curriculum that will increase awareness of multi-cultural diversity in our society. Two main goals of the curriculum will foster: each child's comfortable, empathic interaction with diversity among people; and each child's critical thinking about bias.

South Evanston Youth Services Coalition more

This grassroots neighborhood group will coordinate the collaborative project with staff support of YOU and the Ridgeville Park District to keep the area's parks drug and crime free. It also will expand recreational opportunities for neighborhood youth.

BEHIV, Better Existence with HIV more

A drop-in center for AIDS patients and their families. The grant supports an outreach worker to coordinate and provide direct support to the growing number of minority women affected by HIV and AIDS disease.

Family Counseling Service more

Seed money will be provided to develop and test a new concept for a volunteer bureau. Grant will also be used to seek future funding from other sources.

Haven Middle School - District 65 more

Selected junior high youngsters will receive special training as conflict managers. Their role will be to mediate conflicts between peers. They will learn communication skills and become a positive influence at school and in the community-at-large.

Leadership Evanston more

This program would enable existing and emerging leaders to gain the understanding and skills for more effectively dealing with the increasingly complex community problems.

North Shore Choral Society more

The grant will give partial support for a concert highlighting Black composers, emphasizing African-American roots in our musical heritage.

Sound Exposure more

Young musicians and budding arts managers will plan, produce, and perform a series of musical events in a drug and alcohol-free environment.

The Evanston Community Foundation more

ECF has set aside funds to increase the pool for emergency fund requests during the year. The 1991 grant will be a part of such a fund.

Y.O.U. (Youth Organizations Umbrella) more

A new approach to job-readiness through actual video interviews, etc. will be done through this grant. The YES program's (Youth Employment Service) target clientele are youngsters, 12-15 years of age, seeking temporary jobs.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Twenty-five college-educated Black men will act as mentors to 25 Youth Job Center clients (16-20 years of age). Weekly sessions and special events are planned. This interaction will be an important step to guide young people into productive careers and adult responsibilities.

Evanston Early Childhood Council more

Council will publish and distribute a comprehensive guide to all early childhood programs in Evanston.

Evanston Music Center more

An educational project to bring special music classes to various Evanston day care centers serving youngsters of working parents.

Evanston Special Recreation Assoc. more

Operational support for the second "Very Special Arts Festival." An event for youth with physical and mental challenges.

FISH of Evanston more

An all-volunteer organization providing transportation within Evanston for the sick, the infirm and the needy. Grant will assist in general operational expenses.

Interfaith Action of Evanston more

Provides emergency daytime shelter for homeless men and women in Evanston. Also provides integrated programming which includes components in the areas of education and employment, physical and mental health, social services, spiritual life, and community relations and volunteer training.

PEER Services, Inc. more

A fully-funded research project. Its goal is to design a counseling program meeting the needs of Evanston youth with addictive drug abuse problems.

Sound Exposure more

A new organization allowing Evanston youth to experience popular music in a drug and alcohol-free environment. Grant will cover promotional materials, etc. for the concert series.

AIDS Pastoral Care Network more

Agency would sponsor a half-day conference on pastoral issues associated with AIDS. The audience would be ministers, rabbis, priests, and ministerial staff in the Evanston community.

Evanston Special Recreation Assoc. more

The Evanston Very Special Arts Festival will be the beginning of a three year plan to provide arts services and opportunities to our special recreation family on a year-round basis.

FISH of Evanston more

An all-volunteer organization providing transportation within Evanston for the sick, the infirm and the needy. Almost all trips are to doctors' offices or hospital clinics. Grant will assist in general operational expenses (telephone and postage).

Interfaith Action of Evanston more

A day time shelter serving homeless men and women. The grant will aid in the operational aspects of this service. Will also relieve financial emergency.

The Evanston Community Foundation more

The Foundation will also support another city-wide conference for Evanston's grassroots organizations in the Fall of 1989.

The Evanston Housing Coalition more

An organization working to rehabilitate low-income housing stock. This grant would enable EHC to, at least, provide part-time funding for the position of an executive director at what is a critical point in its history.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

Our Shelter Program needs to develop a a security deposit fund for battered women leaving shelter. The grant would cover approximately 10 to 12 security deposits, depending on the size and location of the apartments. Applicants would be screened carefully and would have to prove their ability to continue paying rent for the apartments they choose.

Earn and Learn Foundation more

Earn and Learn is a goal oriented, work experience program which addresses the needs of adolescents who manifest school adjustment problems. In cooperation with the public schools, parents and students, it selects children who are motivated to succeed and seeks to equip them with the skills necessary to become successful in school and productive members of the community.

Evanston Substance Abuse Prevention Council more

A poster contest for students in District 65.

Lynda Martha Dance Company more

10 scholarships to Evanston minority youth chosen in conjunction with Fleetwood-Jourdain Center for African dance classes.

National College of Education more

Continued support for the Latino Outreach Program serving Hispanic parents and their pre-school children.

Over The Rainbow Association more

Salary support for an outreach worker to locate low-income, physically disabled Evanston residents for the Hill Arboretum Apartments in Evanston.

Saint Francis Hospital/Resurrection Health Care more

Salary of group facilitator for support group for adult children of aging parents.

Adult Community Outreach Newtork more

Last year ACORN developed a new housing program, housing two persons from the Evanston Center for Public Ministry's Shelter for the Homeless. This is considered a transitional living situation and people are moved into more permanent housing as soon as possible. ACORN is seeking funding to continue this program. A number of participants are on the threshold of making the transition to either a long-term shared apartment or an independent living situation and simply need a stable short-term environment to assist them.

Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association more

For each of our four series concerts, the Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association is making available, free of charge, 300 concert tickets to be given to Evanston School children and their parents. We believe this ticket subsidy to be an excellent way of stimulating interest in serious music in the youth of our community.

Fellowship of African-American Men more

Funds will be used to supplement the annual budget, in order to carry on the goals and objectives of the program. The program has been in existence for 15 years and grows each year, based upon the demands of the community.

INVEST more

The Museum Alliance is the systematic linking of the Evanston public schools and art centers and museums to promote museum/art center utilization by classrooms. The success of this project (last year over 5000 Evanston students visited local museums as part of their classroom studies) depends in large part on INVEST's ability to provide the schools with free transportation to the museums. Funding will enable us to provide free busing to these events.

Mental Health America of the North Shore more

Through the Garden Project, residents of the Evanston Ridgeview would work together with Community Companions Volunteers and local community groups to beautify the city park across the street from the facility. The main costs of the program are for the garden supplies involved, and the staff time to plan, coordinate and implement the program.

Open Communities more

The HILT program was designed to help the elderly homeowner remain independent viable members of the community, allowing them to remain in their homes and providing and alternative to nursing and retirement home care. These funds would enable the Center to continue the program within the city of Evanston.

Saint Francis Hospital/Resurrection Health Care more

Continue funding for a Case Manager for the Homeless, a position that is nearly one year old. It would continue tremendous progress in helping and/or motivating many of the homeless using the Shelter at the First Baptist Church.

The Latino Outreach Program of NCE more

National College of Education is a full service higher education institution dedicated to the development of highly competent and humane professionals. One of its key objectives is to maintain an active dialogue with and outreach to the communities it serves.

Evanston Day Nursery Association more

Capacity building

Evanston Scholars more

Capacity building

LIFT-Evanston more

Capacity building

Next Theatre Co. more

Capacity building

The Talking Farm more

Capacity building

Evanston Day Nursery Association more

Capacity building

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Capacity building

PEER Services, Inc. more

Capacity building

Piccolo Theatre, Inc. more

Capacity building

Evanston Coalition For Latino Resources more

Capacity building

LIFT-Evanston more

Capacity building

Percolator Films more

Capacity building

Services for Adults Staying in Their Homes (SASI) more

Capacity building

Center for Independent Futures more

Capacity building

Evanston Coalition For Latino Resources more

Capacity building

PEER Services, Inc. more

Capacity building

Services for Adults Staying in Their Homes (SASI)

The Evanston Community Foundation more

Capacity building

The Recyclery more

Capacity building

Center for Independent Futures more

Capacity building

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Capacity building

Open Communities more

Capacity building

Shorefront

The Lilac Tree more

Capacity building

The Evanston Community Foundation

Citizens Lighthouse Community Land Trust more

This Grant will allow CIF to effectively market and educate a broader part of the Evanston community (including low-income residents) about community-based resources to choose after high school. The goal is to have the venture self-sustaining and income producing for the organization within three years. Funds will increase staff efficiency, board development, access new technologies and document methods that allow for duplication.

Evanston Junior Wildkit Football

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Capacity building

Shorefront more

Capacity building

The Recyclery more

Capacity building

Evanston Community Development Association more

Goal 1: To hire a part-time Executive Director to oversee day-to-day operations Goal 2: To provide two affordable housing units for low to moderate income families Goal 3: To raise funds for ECDA affordable housing development projects

Fellowship of African-American Men

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Capacity building: To have certified training in administering a behavioral group therapy called Aggression Replacement Therapy (ART). The program will be implemented at Haven Middle school. changed.

Open Studio Project

The Evanston YWCA - Kids Can Dance, Inc. more

Goal 1: To develop Kids Can Dance into a more organized business Goal 2: To increase the number of children and youth in Kids Can Dance programming Goal 3: To expand outreach programming beyond the Kids Can Dance studio at Noyes Cultural Arts Center

The Lilac Tree more

Our mission is to provide education, support and guidance to women contemplating divorce or in the divorce process, so that they can move confidently towards psychological and economic independence. Getting women actively involved in determining their future lowers the risk of them or their children having to depend on the community and provides reason to hope for a bright future.

Evanston Community Development Association more

Capacity building

Evanston Junior Wildkit Football more

The founding mission of the organization was to provide Evanston youths with an athletic experience that would develop self-esteem and self-discipline, promote teamwork, and instill a sense of community pride. Along with this mission came a commitment to academic excellence. Jr. Wildkits was the first sports team to implement the education/behavior program requiring players to maintain satisfactory academic and behavior standards.

Organizacion Latina de Evanston (OLE)

The Evanston YWCA - Kids Can Dance, Inc. more

Capacity building

Evanston Community Development Association more

ECDA requests a startup grant of $10,000 a year for three years, so we can hire an executive director to accelerate our mission of providing affordable housing and neighborhood renewal in Evanston's depressed Westside.

Organizacion Latina de Evanston (OLE)

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Capacity building

S.O.U.L. Creations more

This mission is fulfilled through serving Evanston youth of all ethnicities. S.O.U.L. accomplishes this undertaking by providing two after-school programs. Both programs stress work ethic, teamwork, commitment, and build a variety of other important life skills.

Kids and School Supplies (KASS)

The Musical Offering more

Capacity building

Open Studio Project more

Capacity building

Center for Independent Futures more

Capacity building

The Lilac Tree more

Capacity building

The Recyclery more

Capacity building

Evanston Fire Department more

Support for community CPR training programs

Evanston Township High School more

Grant to the Dajae Coleman Fund at ETHS

The Evanston Community Foundation more

Grant to the Gun Buyback Fund

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Support for ABC Boosters program

Evanston Day Nursery Association more

Lighting upgrades to increase energy efficienty

Piccolo Theatre, Inc. more

Lighting upgrades to increase energy efficienty

Evanston History Center more

Evanston Women's History Project

Open Studio Project more

OSP will provide a series of workshops that utilize the OSP method as a vehicle to help the target group express their experiences, goals and dreams in the context of being young men and boys in Evanston. OSP will partner with other Evanston youth providers to present this program. The propject will culminate with an exhibition of artwork and writings created in the program.

Evanston Township High School more

Environmental Club, Water Bottle Project

The Musical Offering more

Song of Roland opera at Oakton School

Evanston Day Nursery Association

Network For Evanston's Future more

Evanston Carbon Footprint Calculator

Design Evanston more

"Evanston: 150 years, 150 places

Evanston Dance Ensemble more

On Site: Putting Dance on the Map

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Collective Call-to-Action Summit for Opportunity Youth

Evanston Public Library more

2013 Library Literacy /ABC Boosters Program Grant

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Every Child Ready for Kindergarten, Every Youth Ready for Work - Parents as Teachers (PAT) model of home visiting and parent support

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

Preschool scholarships for home visiting families

Fourth of July Association more

EndowNow matching grant for Fourth of July organizational endowment fund

Literature for All of Us more

Juvenile Justice Book Group Workshop for the Evanston Police Department's Youth Services Program. This program will reach 20-35 young men and boys already in trouble with the law through monhtly book group workshops.

Northlight Theatre more

Continues the theatre education project in partnership with the AVID program at Evanston Township High School for the 2013-2014 school year.

Center for Economic Progress more

Free tax preparation and asset building services to low-income working families in Evanston.

North Shore Senior Center more

The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program provides support, education, and other assistance to low-income, largely African-American grandparents in Evanston.

Erika's Lighthouse - A Beacon of Hope For Adolescent Depression more

Supports the creation of a depression awareness program through Erika's Lighthouse Teen Club and Teen Panel Program at Evanston Township High School.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Update the client and Case management database system to improve work case management, better track client data, monitor outcomes, and safely store confidential information.

Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP) at Columbia College Chicago more

Expand the Arts Integration Mentorship Project (Project AIM) to all Evanston middle schools.

Y.O.U. (Youth Organizations Umbrella) more

Youth Entrepreneurship Stars (YES), aprogram for 75 underserved middle school and high school youth in Evanston to build work-ready skills.

Mudlark Theater Company more

Supports Mudpie 2014, a project to create a 75-minute showcase written and performed by Evanston students.

Family Focus more

Continues the second year of Child Connections, a program for twenty families consisting of parenting education, child development and parent-child bonding workshops, as well as one-on-one parent coaching.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

Growing the Womens Economic Empowerment program through expanded community partnerships and outreach.

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Piloting the screening initiative of the Learning Together program to assess and directly address emerging developmental concerns in underserved children with special needs.

Grandmother Park Initiative more

Raising funds for land acquisition and development to create Grandmother Park, a tot lot in an underserved neighborhood.

Family Promise Chicago North Shore more

Job development andsupportive employment service expansion.

Childcare Network of Evanston more

Capacity building

Evanston Day Nursery Association more

Capacity building

Evanston Scholars more

Capacity building

Mudlark Theater Company more

Capacity building

The Talking Farm more

Capacity building

Center for Independent Futures more

Capacity building

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian more

Capacity building

City of Evanston more

Volunteer Evanston Truist Software

Lake Street Church more

2013 Climate Action Fund Grant for Energy Audit.

St. Nicholas Church more

2013 Climate Action Fund Grant for Energy Audit.

Village of Skokie - 2012 Community Giving Program more

Support for residents in need.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Provide school supplies to low-income children in District 65

Beyond the Baby Blues more

Provide a support group for mothers experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety.

Evanston Public Library more

Provide books, services, and periodic literacy enrichment activities for children and families engaged in home visiting and parent support programs.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Provide ongoing home visits for families whose childrens are age 3-5 and assist parents in preparing for and enrolling their children in school.

Literacy Works more

Provide parent workshops with various Evanston non-profits, as well as Learning Kit themes for those organizations.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Work with School District 65 and Fleetwood Jourdain Community Center to create literacy activities for kindergarten readiness and for children at free summer lunch sites.

Center for Independent Futures more

Create online programs to help integrate marginalized or disabled persons into settings such as the workplace.

CJE Senior Life more

Expand CJE's Adult Day Services creative arts therapy program to provide Seniors with physical, cognitive, or emotional challenges with positive and stimulating experiences.

Connections for the Homeless, Inc. more

Provide access to Child Resource Navigators who will link children of homeless families to educational, psychosocial, and healthcare support services.

Erie Family Health Center more

Hire a Community Health Educator and expand Care Coordinator role to better engage patients and improve community health outcomes.

Evanston Art Center more

Make art more accessible to under-served communities with an art education van which would deliver constituents with art projects of 21st century practices and ideals.

Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse more

Prepare participants to find jobs which will provide economic and social stability by helping them to address behavioral, educational, and physical challenges.

Evanston Swims! more

Provide free swimming and water safety training to children of School District 65

Family Focus more

Partner with and The People's Music School to build a youth development orchestra program for 30-40 young Evanston students.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Provide training and advocacy to low-income Evanston parents of children with special education needs.

McGaw YMCA more

Provide literary instruction to first through third graders with low reading scores in order to shrink the Achievement Gap and curb Summer Learning Loss.

Next Theatre Company more

Hire a part-time development assistant to support the Artistic Director and Marketing Manager.

The Harbour, Inc. more

Implement a mentorship program in order to provide supportive relationships for at-risk youth and thereby foster educational and employment success.

Y.O.U. more

Implement programs for underserved school-age kids to engage with visual arts, dance, music, and poetry workshops.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

Create and facilitate programs encouraging dialogue, empathy, and collective action around racial equity.

Curt's Cafe more

Expand and improve operations to aid and employ at-risk young adults.

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project -FLAP- more

Establish networks and access to legal resources in support of Evanston's immigrants and seasonal/migrant worker community.

Literature for All of Us more

Increase professional knowledge of development staff, forge new strategic partnerships for sponsored services, and build the Literature for All of Us endowment.

Next Theatre Company more

Expand Next Theatre Company in several facets, including its board, its presence in Downtown Evanston, and its partnerships with other local organizations.

The Talking Farm more

Continue to build the Talking Farm's board and administrative capacity, infrastructure, learning opportunities, and financial plan.

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Improve technology infrastructure.

The Lilac Tree more

Work towards hiring a Program Coordinator in order to manage an increase in clients and programs.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 more

Catalyst grant to launch fundraising for school supplies for needy students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65

Evanston Public Library more

Support for American Writers Exhibit, From Our Neighborhoods, and related programming on the Power of Words

Open Communities more

Catalyst grant to stimulate sponsorships for Justice Day 2015 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's speech in Winnekta on equal housing opportunities

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Family Center more

Parents as Teacher model of parent support via home visits, support groups, Parent/Child Together groups, mental health consulting, and health screenings.

Literacy Works more

Provide 16 parent workshops and 4 themed learning kits in support of Communityworks initiative

Youth Job Center more

Work with School District 65 and Fleetwood Jourdain Community Center to create literacy activities for kindergarten readiness and for children at free summer lunch sites.

Evanston Public Library more

Provide books, services, and periodic literacy enrichment activities for children and families engaged in home visiting and parent support programs.

Evanston Community Television more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

Girls Play Sports Inc. NFP more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

Interfaith Action of Evanston (IAE) more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

Mudlark Theater more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

PEER Services, Inc. more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

PrismPathways, Inc. more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

Skokie Community Fund more

Improve organizational capacity and development skills via subscription to Donor Path

McGaw YMCA more

Support for Summer Literacy Program, a free literacy and enrichment program aimed at reversing summer learning loss among vulnerable students.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore more

Add a Housing and Employment Specialist (HES) to our Domestic Violence staff and pilot a program that will expand our services to better safeguard the long-term self-sufficiency oftheir clients.

PS It's Social more

Work with teen mothers and at-risk young women (15 - 24 year olds), preferably women coming out of the prison system to help them learn job and life skills and move forward in their lives

Evanston Scholars more

Expand our Financial Literacy program to help students take ownership of their financial futures.

Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse more

7-month long workforce training program in deconstruction and construction will train individuals facing multiple barriers to employment. Trainees will become nationally certified 'deconstructors', prepared for living wage jobs.

Northlight Theatre more

To expand 'Northligth on Campus' arts education programming into four Evanston K-5 schools-Walker, Oakton, King Arts and Chute. Program will be offered in partnership with YOU's after-school programming, 2x per week.

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian more

Extend and expand 2014 contract for a part time fundraising staff member from July 1, 2015 to January 2016 when we begin a three year grant commitmentto fund a full time position.

The Harbour, Inc. more

GED training program for homeless youth in our care. Grant supports partial salary of an Educational Coordinator to facilitate and monitor in-house GED training by Oakton Community College, as well as the purchase of training materials and laptops.

Over The Rainbow Association more

Capacity building project for Resident Services Program to become CARF accredited. Accredication will enable the program to obtain a sustainable funding source and expand the breath of services offered

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

To ensure the long term stability of unique programs for at-risk children, we will fund strategic marketing development initiatives.

Family Focus more

Bridge support to help us continue services and implement a plan to make our programming sustainable into the future.

Center for Independent Futures more

Develop student-centered curriculum/resource material/facilitation and pilot with Evanston SD65 & SD202 for students with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and evaluate impact on student self-advocacy/determination.

CJE Senior Life more

CJE's ADS Evanston provides a structuredenvironment for 206 adults ages 60 and older facing physical, cognitive, and/or emotional challenges. The ADS Evanston arts therapy program provides clients with physical, intellectual and social experiences that intensify positive feelings and exercise mind and body.

Evanston Swims! more

Expand and provide 40 students most in need of swim instruction with eight weeks of free summer swim lessons. Goals are to achieve swim competency shared by their peers, remove a significant barrier to water safety, and able them to enjoy the benefits of swimming.

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project -FLAP- more

Create 20 additional English and Spanish flyers to inform Evanston workers and their families about their legal rights and free or affordable legal resources available to them.

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project -FLAP- more

Develop partnership action plans with at least 15 community partners to better serve more of Evanston's immigrants, seasonal and migrant worker community and provide pro bono legal consultation for at least 1,500 Evanston-based workers. Additional legal information will be provided through at least 25 community legal education presentations.

Literature for All of Us more

Support development programs by building the endowment fund at the ECF, forging new community partnerships with local businesses, and hiring a fulltime Director of Development.

Muse of Fire Theatre Company more

Strengthen programming by expanding the Board, working with a development consultant to attract new grants and donations, and hiring a part-time administrator.

Curt's Cafe more

Increase stability by rehiring a part-time Development Director, opening Curt's Cafe South as a second location, and expanding sales at both locations.

Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse more

Expand the scope and reach of classes by preparing workshop for the training classes, drafting a six month class schedule based on community interest, and implementing monthly classes.

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Upgrade technological capacity by purchasing an Advanced Communications System with multiple phone lines and work station capacityat both the Baby Toddler Nursey and the administrative offices.

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy more

Board and staff team willparticipate in Fundraising Capacity Building trainings sponsored by Kellogg, and share program highlights at the annual Board retreat.

Midwest Child-Parent Center Expansion more

Expands Child-Parent Centers to Evanston locations. Midwest Child-Parent Centers is a program of the University of Minnesota, providing support to Pre-K -3rd graders with the goal of enhancing achievement in low income families.

Midwest Child-Parent Center Expansion more

Expands Child-Parent Centers to Evanston locations. Midwest Child-Parent Centers is a program of the University of Minnesota, providing support to Pre-K -3rd graders with the goal of enhancing achievement in low income families.

Two Generation Pilot Program, Year 2 more

Collaboration with the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University to pilot a two-generations educational initiative for low-income young children and their parents (funded by ECF donors and our Communityworks Fund)

Connections for the Homeless more

Connections for the Homeless supports clients with long-term housing options and related services. Funding will enable Connections to reopen shower and laundry services for Evanston's homeless.

Housing Opportunity Development Corporation more

Housing Opportunity Development Corporation used the grant in order to subsidize the costs of temporary housing for residents displaced from HODC building at 319 Dempster during May and June of 2016.

Child Care Center of Evanston more

Child Care Center of Evanston delivers high-quality education and care to children, and promotes such programming to strengthen families. Grant supports updating, printing and distributing an updated resource guide for parents with clear information on early childhood programs in Evanston.

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston more

Expand the reach of the Baby TALK model of home visiting and parent support, including mental health consulting and developmental and language screenings.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Grant supports a program called ABC Boosters to offer literacy activities in order to support kindergarten readiness, designed by the Evanston Public Library.

Warren W. Cherry Preschool more

Grant supports families involved in the home visiting program. It will help provide scholarships for preschool enrollment for one child that are transitioning from the Family Support program.

Evanston Township High School more

Support for Evanston Cradle to Career collective impact effort to improve the lives of Evanston youth.

Evanston Public Library more

Grant supports families involved in the home visiting and family support program with books and services.

Connections for the Homeless more

Provides housing and wrap-around supportive services to homeless Evanston youth between 18-24 years old, to move them toward recovery, long-term housing stability, and independence. Our House began as a Leadership Evanston small group project, and is now in its first year as a program of Connections for the Homeless.

Y.O.U. (Youth & Opportunity United) more

Pilots programming for 200 youth ages 8-14 in the after-school and summer learning programs, allowing the implementation of a new comprehensive, project-based STEM curriculum that will meaningfully engage youth in STEM learning, fields, and careers.

PEER Services, Inc. more

Implements a culturally competent treatment program for young adults struggling with substance abuse. Includes individual and family counseling.

Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse more

Hires an additional staff member to expand fundraising efforts, in order to continue to grow the workforce training program.

Youth Job Center of Evanston, Inc. more

Provides support to graduating seniors at ETHS who are without postsecondary plans. Skills include a set of academic, technical and social skills to set them on a clear path to a career and self-sufficiency.

Center for Economic Progress more

Provides free tax and financial services in Evanston for 625 households in 2017, and increases capacity by investing in program technology, volunteer training, and outreach.

Erie Family Health Center more

Increases access to psychiatric services for patients at Erie Evanston/Skokie to support ongoing efforts to provide patient care management that addresses a range of social determinants of health.