Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 87-4161092Community development

Who funds Evanston Grows?

11 private foundations gave Evanston Grows in Evanston, IL $87,000 across 23 grants, in tax years 2021 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2021 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

23 grants

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

  1. Cless Family FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2025

    Charitable

    $5,000
  2. Canfora Family Foundation IncBurr Ridge, IL 2025

    General support

    $2,500
  3. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2025

    General support

    $1,500
  4. The Kellcie FundChicago, IL 2025

    All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.

    $1,500
  5. Weatherlow FoundationPortsmouth, NH 2025

    General Support

    $1,000
  6. Finnegan Family FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  7. Canfora Family Foundation IncBurr Ridge, IL 2024

    General support

    $2,500
  8. The Kellcie FundChicago, IL 2024

    All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.

    $1,500
  9. Weatherlow FoundationPortsmouth, NH 2024

    General Support

    $1,000
  10. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $1,000
  11. The Caitlin Bull FoundationRiver Forest, IL 2023

    Address food insecurity and health equity through urban farming education programming and the distribution of organic produce.

    $10,000
  12. Sehgal FoundationDes Moines, IA 2023

    Support the charitable purpose of addressing food insecurity in the community through sustainable urban farms.

    $10,000
  13. Frankel Family FoundationPrescott, AZ 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  14. Anam FoundationEvanston, IL 2023

    General donation to reduce food insecurity through increasing access to locally-grown produce

    $5,000
  15. Finnegan Family FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Unrestricted

    $4,500
  16. Weatherlow FoundationPortsmouth, NH 2023

    General Support

    $1,000
  17. Francis Beidler FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    General, religious, educational or scientific

    $1,000
  18. The Kellcie FundChicago, IL 2023

    All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.

    $1,000
  19. Mirapaul FoundationWilmette, IL 2023

    General purpose

    $500
  20. The Caitlin Bull FoundationRiver Forest, IL 2022

    Address food insecurity and health equity through urban farming education programming and the distribution of organic produce.

    $5,000
  21. Frankel Family FoundationPrescott, AZ 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  22. Finnegan Family FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Unrestricted

    $4,500
  23. Cless Family FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2021

    Charitable

    $7,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Illinois and are not among Evanston Grows’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 834 grants Preselected only $66,313 to similar organizations
  2. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 124 grants Preselected only $14,211,695 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 148 grants Accepts applications $4,678,319 to similar organizations
  4. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 159 grants Preselected only $28,959,156 to similar organizations
  5. Polk Bros Foundation IncChicago, IL 155 grants Accepts applications $6,595,000 to similar organizations
  6. Field Foundation of IllinoisChicago, IL 56 grants Accepts applications $1,542,500 to similar organizations
  7. The Allstate FoundationNorthbrook, IL 44 grants Accepts applications $377,368 to similar organizations
  8. Circle of Service FoundationChicago, IL 67 grants Accepts applications $3,421,916 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 87-4161092 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.