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Grant Funders in Evanston, IL

Bespoke Grants indexes 29 grant-making foundations headquartered in Evanston, Illinois — together $1.11B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, education, health care and libraries & literacy. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Evanston nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

29
Foundations in Evanston
$1.11B
Indexed annual giving
29
Listed below
IL
State

Foundations headquartered in Evanston

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Northwestern University$608.0M2024
2The Rotary Foundation of Rotary$313.5M2025
3Northshore University Healthsystem$111.8M2024
4Mather Foundation$23.1M2024
5Sigma Chi Foundation$7.0M2023
6Evanston Community Foundation$6.0M2024
7Two Blades Foundation$4.4M2024
8The Sunshine Charitable Foundation$4.3M2023
9Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates$4.0M2024
10The Mather Evanston$3.3M2024
11Mather Lifeways$3.3M2019
12The Cradle Foundation$2.5M2025
13Rotary International$2.4M2025
14Friends of the Robert Crown Center$2.0M2024
15Alpha Phi Foundation Inc$1.8M2025
16Evanston Township High School$1.7M2024
17Childcare Network of Evanston$1.6M2025
18Mather Investments Nfp$1.3M2024
19Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation$1.1M2023
20Magnetar Capital Foundation$1.0M2023
21Young Future Foundation$1.0M2024
22Young Mens Christian Assoc Mcgaw Inc$1.0M2023
23The Woodbury Foundation$973K2024
24Cook County Health Foundation$968K2022
25Whirled Peas Foundation Inc$800K2024
26Lewis-sebring Family Foundation$665K2024
27Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn$665K2024
28El Faro Ephraim Foundation$538K2024
29Ulse Inc$531K2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Evanston, IL address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Evanston nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.