A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 01-0550386Arts and culture

Who funds Shorefront?

6 private foundations gave Shorefront in Evanston, IL $851,076 across 19 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

19 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2025

    General support

    $2,000
  2. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support organizational capacity building

    $600,000
  3. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2024

    General operating support

    $50,000
  4. Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Planning, evaluation, and stabilization of shorefront's archives.

    $25,000
  5. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $2,000
  6. Wayfarer FoundationHighland Park, IL 2023

    General operating support

    $45,000
  7. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $2,000
  8. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  9. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $3,000
  10. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $16
  11. Frankel Family FoundationPrescott, AZ 2021

    General operating

    $5,000
  12. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $3,000
  13. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $14
  14. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support the needs of the community-based archive

    $100,000
  15. Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  16. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $3,000
  17. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $30
  18. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $3,000
  19. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2018

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $3,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Evanston, IL and are not among Shorefront’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 7 grants Accepts applications $4,145 to similar organizations
  2. The Howard S Dubin Family FoundationEvanston, IL 24 grants Accepts applications $170,500 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 6 grants Preselected only $3,710 to similar organizations
  4. AbbVie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL 7 grants Preselected only $6,685 to similar organizations
  5. Tawani Charitable Distribution FundChicago, IL 12 grants Preselected only $849,620 to similar organizations
  6. Field Foundation of IllinoisChicago, IL 7 grants Accepts applications $245,000 to similar organizations
  7. Dr Scholl FoundationNorthbrook, IL 11 grants Accepts applications $53,000 to similar organizations
  8. Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl FoundationChicago, IL 20 grants Accepts applications $31,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 01-0550386 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.