· Private foundation
Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k33 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $21,000 |
| EVANSTON ANIMAL SHELTER | $20,000 |
| US FUND FOR UNICEF | $12,250 |
| ERIE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER | $12,000 |
| GIRLS PLAY SPORTS | $10,000 |
| ETHS SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER | $10,000 |
| KUUMBA EVANSTON | $10,000 |
| ETHS FOUNDATION | $7,000 |
| ALL OUR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER | $5,000 |
| JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY | $4,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $3,000 |
| EVANSTON CHILDREN'S CLOTHING ASSOC | $3,000 |
| INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF EVANSTON INC | $2,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP AFRICAN AMER MENS BASKETBALL | $2,000 |
| LEARNING BRIDGE EDUCATION CENTER | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF7× · 2019–2025 · $49k · revenue +55%- JBJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY7× · 2019–2025 · $38k · revenue +157%
- EFErie Family Health Center Inc3× · 2023–2025 · $27k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- EFEVANSTON FOOD EXCHANGEone grant, 2020 · $4k
- CLCOLETTE LOUISE TISDAHL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +68%
- FFFAIR FIGHT INITIATIVE INCone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -20%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…
The museum's mission is to enrich lives through preservation, exploration, enlightenment and amazement.
To assist children who have been victims of abuse
Erie neighborhood house provides the most comprehensive support to immigrant and low-income families in chicago. our mission is to empower our communitylatinx immigrants alongside individuals and families of all backgroundsthrough…
A non-profit organization whose mission is connecting the youngest learners and their families to essential early learning experiences. Childcare Network of Evanston achieves this mission by offering families early education opportunities…
Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.
To provide boys and girls in Evanston and neighboring communities the opportunity to learn and play hockey in a diverse program that is rooted in skills development, sportsmanship, outstanding coaching, leadership skills, strong character…
To foster a competitive business climate and promote economic development by providing access to a broad range of resources such as leadership, advocacy, networking, partnerships, and educational opportunities for the Evanston business…
Advance the human & civil rights of children and adults with disabilities in illinois. administer federally mandated protection & advocacy system for state; exercise statutory powers, and serve as legal advocate and independent watchdog…
Equality illinois builds a better illinois by advancing equal treatment and social justice through education, advocacy and protection of the rights of the lgbt community.
The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…
Ywca evanston/north shore provides domestic violence programs which includes providing affordable housing and other services to victims of domestic violence, the equity institute, the women's leadership and economic empowerment program,…
How this is measured
34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ROBERT CROWN CENTER ↗
- Who funds GIRLS PLAY SPORTS INC NFP ↗
- Who funds JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY ↗
- Who funds Erie Family Health Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CURT'S CAFE ↗
- Who funds EQUITY & EMPOWERMENT FOR EVANSTON FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds YOUTH JOB CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds Evanston School Children's Clothing Assn ↗
- Who funds THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF EVANSTON INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 202 ED FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON HISTORY CENTER ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON FOURTH OF JULY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds EVANSTONSKOKIE DISTRICT 65 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION 65) ↗
- Who funds GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ALL OUR CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds SARAH'S INN ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS GYMNASIUM INC ↗
- Who funds Piven Theatre Workshop ↗
- Who funds Mammoth Amateur Hockey Association ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Evanston Community Foundation · Francis Beidler Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Kellcie Fund · Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation · Northwestern University · AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Cless Family Foundation · Finnegan Family Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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