MENU give now! Home > About news Keep up to date with news about the Evanston Community Foundation and our grantees. news from the foundation see all December 1, 2021 — ECF Statement Statement On Recent Violence Sol Anderson, ECF President and CEO shares thoughts on the recent shooting here in Evanston. Read more November 2, 2021 — ECF Press Release Evanston Considers How To Spend $43M In Rescue Funds The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) is leading the effort to convene the community and get their insight into how the distribution of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds should be allocated in Evanston. The funds give the City of Evanston an extremely rare opportunity to use $43 million in unrestricted federal funding to improve our community. Read more August 6, 2021 — ECF Press Release New ECF Board Members ECF announces the addition of two new board members to its Board of Directors, Laura-Min Proctor and Minya Nance. Read more evanston community rapid response fund impact see all 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 in the media see all February 3, 2021 — Daily Northwestern Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston Announced Fund The Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston is set to establish an Evanston Reparations Community Fund, which will be housed at the Evanston Community Foundation. Article by: Maia Spoto, City Editor Download PDF May 25, 2019 — NBC Chicago Making a Difference (TV) Spreading the word! Monique Jones talked about ECF on NBC Chicago’s Making a Difference. Monique Jones interviewed on NBC Chicago Making a Difference, May 25, 2019. https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/evanston-community-foundation-grant-awards-celebration-and-annual-meeting-510430662.html August 8, 2018 — Evanston RoundTable EC2C Puts the Focus on 'Systems Change' Partners of the Evanston Cradle to Career initiative (EC2C) focused on “systems change” at their July 26. Sheila Merry, Executive Director of EC2C, said systems change “may reframe in modest ways the way we approach this work.” The vision of EC2C is “By the age of 23, all Evanston young adults will be on the path to leading happy, healthy, productive, and satisfying lives.” More than 40 organizations, including ECF, are currently partnering in EC2C. Article by: Larry Gavin Download PDF July 25, 2018 — Evanston RoundTable Books and Breakfast: A Big Impact in Just an Hour a Day The program, Books and Breakfast (B&B), has gone through several iterations over three decades, but it is currently serving more than 120 children in District 65 who qualify for federally funded free or reduced lunch but do not attend schools authorized to provide it. ECF is among the stakeholders in this community effort. Article by: Judy Chiss. Download PDF About Us Sobre la Fundación ECF Position Posting Strategic Plan What's a Community Foundation? Community Equity Statement Our Path 2020 Annual Report Board & Committees Staff Events Spotlight Stories News Document Library Contact eNews Signup Equity Promise 2021 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.