MENU give now! Home > About > News evanston community rapid response fund news Keep up to date on ECF’s unified philanthropic response to address the impact of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in the Evanston community. Donate today to support those most in need. See how the fund has made an impact in Evanston. View Most Recent 2021 2020 January 11, 2021 — ECF Press Release Announcing Grants Awarded As Local Need Continues The local need continues as the pandemic rages. ECF distributed $327,000 in its latest round of grants to address the impact of the pandemic. These Rapid Response grants will provide essential human services to address homelessness, food insecurity and mental health. Read more August 30, 2020 — ECF Update ECRR Fund Activities Learn about the COVID Response Strategy and the up-to-date listings of the Relief, Recovery, and Rebuild grants. Read more June 3, 2020 — ECF Press Release Challenge Match Surpassed The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) announced that it has met the $1M Challenge for the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund (ECRR) in just under 2 months and well ahead of the Challenge’s December deadline. The Fund, announced in March, has raised over $2.5M to date. Read more April 6, 2020 — ECF Press Release ECRRF Challenge Grant The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) is pleased to announce that Mary and Paul Finnegan, long-time Evanstonians and avid community supporters, have issued a $1,000,000 challenge grant to build the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund (ECRR) addressing immediate needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more April 1, 2020 — ECF Press Release Second Round Of Funding Addresses COVID Crisis Needs Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) has launched the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund (ECRR), a fund created to quickly deploy much needed grants to the nonprofit community for those feeling the impact of COVID-19. ECF is uniquely positioned, and has been for more than 30 years, to quickly get funds and resources into areas where it is needed the most. Read more News From the Foundation Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund Impact In the Media a proud partner of Home | Contact | Sitemap | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Site by Jell Creative Inc. Copyright © 2021 Evanston Community Foundation | 1560 Sherman Ave. Suite 535 Evanston, IL 60201 | 847.492.0990 eNews Signup Board Member Login Fundholder Portal The Evanston Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, and your gift to one of our funds is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.Our federal tax id number is 36-3466802.