Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Evanston, Illinois

50
foundations with an Evanston address
$31.3M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
9
say they accept unsolicited
$3,750
median grant

Grantlas lists 50 foundations that gave an Evanston, Illinois address on their tax filing — 48 private foundations and 2 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $31.3 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 9 of them (18%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is an Evanston foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.

Top 25 of 50 foundations

Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.

Foundations in Evanston, Illinois
Lasater Family Charitable TrustAccepts$690,041$690,041—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Howard S Dubin Family FoundationAccepts$5,000$515,835$53–$65,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Zivin Family FoundationAccepts$3,750$160,500$500–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
John A Cable FoundationAccepts$2,625$92,300$1,000–$23,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sweeney Charitable FoundationAccepts$37,500$91,667$16,667–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cooper FoundationAccepts$515$25,526$152–$10,250FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Black-Periman FoundationAccepts$500$23,900$500–$6,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rachel E Golden FoundationAccepts$2,500$9,000$500–$3,500FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Sandra Denise Hill MemorialAccepts$1,000$2,000$1,000–$10,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Evanston Community FoundationCommunity foundationNot stated$18,117Over $5k only$3.1M$5,000–$300,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona QueenPublic foundationNot stated—Over $5k only$120,000—FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Encourage IncInvitation only$882,500$9M$123,308–$4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Revada FoundationInvitation only$30,000$3.9M$450–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lewis-Sebring Family FoundationInvitation only$5,000$3.1M$100–$1.1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
New Horizon FoundationInvitation only$3,250$2.8M$500–$2.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Richard and Margaret RomanoInvitation only$1.5M$1.9M$1M–$1.9MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Young Future FoundationInvitation only$12,500$1M$2,575–$625,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Franklin Square FoundationInvitation only$20,000$990,000$5,000–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Whirled Peas Foundation IncInvitation only$5,000$799,500$1,000–$305,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Kiltz Family FoundationInvitation only$25,000$442,000$10,000–$150,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Anam FoundationInvitation only$31,000$392,000$5,000–$330,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
El Faro Ephraim FoundationInvitation only$100,000$233,900$4,000–$133,900FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Fadem Family Foundation IncInvitation only$1,000$204,125$200–$41,700FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tensor FoundationInvitation only$25,000$172,450$6,000–$65,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Irving M & Sylvia Footlik FoundationInvitation only$22,500$167,000$10,000–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.