Recent Clients

  • Helping Evanston thrive now and forever as a vibrant, inclusive, and equitable community, the Evanston Community Foundation builds, connects, and distributes resources and knowledge through local organizations for the common good.

  • Phoenix Clinic offers equitable and quality therapeutic services, clinical training, and connections to community resources for all, especially Black communities, communities of color, and communities with financial limitations.

  • CLF partners with schools and organizations to teach young people critical lifelong leadership skills, preparing them for college, career, and positive engagement in their communities.

  • The High Speed Rail Alliance is dedicated to creating a community of engaged, informed citizens, activists, and leaders to advocate for an achievable approach to better transportation. Through education, activism, and engagement, we can connect the country.

  • North Channel Community Rowing (NCCR) is a nonprofit organization committed to supporting diversity and access to the sport of rowing through youth programs targeting under-represented students in the Evanston, IL. NCCR aims to cultivate a passion for reaching one’s highest potential through exposure to an exciting sport that instills lifelong values, camaraderie and discipline.

  • ICNC offers entrepreneurs an innovative community to grow small businesses through incubation, workforce development, neighborhood planning, and business advising.

  • Climate Action Evanston volunteers collaborate with the City, local businesses, faith communities, and residents to accelerate climate action throughout Evanston, Illinois.

  • Learning Bridge provides equitable access to high-quality early learning in a caring and safe environment so that every child thrives.

  • Downtown Evanston is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation that provides marketing, special event, placemaking and management services to the downtown Evanston business district. The overall mission of the organization is to market, maintain, develop, and improve the vitality of the local economy and quality of life. Established in 1987, Downtown Evanston is governed by a Board of Directors and works in partnership with the commercial property, business owners and organizations in downtown, and City of Evanston.

  • Central Street Evanston is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation that manages the Special Service Areas (SSA) #7 and #8 along the Central Street and Green Bay Road corridors. Funded by the owners and businesses in the SSAs, the organization provides marketing, events, beautification, placemaking and other services to support businesses and create a vibrant sense of place for residents and visitors.

  • Evanston Grows is a collective impact organization dedicated to bringing together resources in the Evanston community to reduce food insecurity through increasing access to locally-grown produce and building community connections.

  • Northwestern and Evanston have been inextricably linked since their founding in the mid-nineteenth century. Working together, they have been able to thrive, support and sustain each other. Building on their common history and the Good Neighbor, Great University initiative since its start in 2010, Northwestern affirms its commitment to be in partnership with the Evanston community. Leveraging the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students and alumni, they strive to continuously make Evanston stronger. The University is committed to becoming a national model for how a major research institution engages with the city in which it resides.

  • Episcopal Charities envisions an Episcopal Diocese of Chicago full of spiritually enriched communities transforming and being transformed, resulting in a more just and merciful world.

  • Evanston Case provides Community, Advocacy, Support, and Education services to improve the lives of Evanston families impacted by disability.

  • Brave Talk Therapy is a Chicago-based counseling practice that provides a supportive space for people of all ages to engage in the process of therapy.

  • Gordon Food Service is a leading family-owned food distributor in Grand Rapids, MI servicing restaurants, the healthcare industry, and schools.

  • Daddio's is a 100% Veteran owned and family-operated full-service automotive & truck repair shop

  • ​Connections for the Homeless partners with the community to provide comprehensive, compassionate, well-resourced, and effective programs in an exceptional workplace. We are the agency in the northern suburbs delivering essential services to people facing homelessness and housing insecurity.

  • Firelight Theatre Workshop creates innovative and intimate theatre experiences.

  • The Mission of the Garden Club of Evanston is to increase the knowledge and love of gardening, garden history and design, and the arts of flower arranging and photography; to protect, improve and restore the quality of our environment through conservation activities; and to share the advantages of association through educational meetings and civic projects.

  • Evanston Latinos works to strengthen the community, build bridges, and advocate for equity and inclusion for the Latinx community in Evanston.
    www.evanstonlatinos.org