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Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc

An organization of women whose mission is to advance womens leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

$66k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Health$112kHuman Services$75kFood & Nutrition$40kHousing & Shelter$35kCrime & Legal$30kInternational$20kYouth Development$20kEducation$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 4 grants below total $30,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $65,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $35,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVANSTON GROWS$10,000
YOUNG BLACK & LIT$10,000
C AND W FOUNDATION$5,000
ARDEN SHORE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVIC$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KEEPING FAMILIES COVERED: $5k → 8%The Night Ministry: $10k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%HUNGER RESEARCH NETWORK: $5k → 14%Orchard Village: $9k → 14%On Your Feet Foundation: $10k → 14%C AND W FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%Rahabs Daughters: $10k → 14%Howard Area Community Center: $5k → 14%JLFS Chicago: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Child Link Inc

Child Link provides foster care, family counseling, and therapy services to Chicago area adolescents who are at risk of homelessness. Child Link also refers adolescents to other agencies that are able to provide additional resources and…

Human Services
2
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County

CASA of Cook County's vision is to protect abused and neglected children by providing them in court, a safe and permanent home, and an opportunity to grow, learn and thrive.

Crime & Legal
3
Chances & Changes Inc

To operate residential and non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

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4
Center for Family Services

Administering an array of critical, intensive therapeutic interventions and/or facilitation services to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed clients for whom DCFS is legally responsible in order to stabilize their traditional or home of…

Human Services
5
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

The chicago children's advocacy center unites public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children.

Crime & Legal
6
Lakeside Community Committee

To enhance the quality of life for children and families by inspiring hope and empowerment and growth within all whom we serve.

Human Services
7
New Hope House Northwest D/B/a New Hope Community Food Pantry

New hope house northwest is a volunteer-driven food pantry dedicated to providing emergency food assistance to individuals and families in need. the pantry serves chicago's far northwest side, norridge, and harwood heights residents,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Oak Leyden Developmental Services Inc

To help people with developmental disabilities meet life's challenges and reach their highest potential.

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9
New Pathways Inc

Empower and provide support to families with children experiencing homelessness in Central Minnesota.

Human Services
10
Respond Now

Respond now connects those in need with health, hunger, and housing services in the chicago southland.

Human Services
11
Youth Service Bureau

The Youth Service Bureau provides services to at-risk youth who are, or are at risk of becoming, runaway, abused, neglected and/or homeless. Services are also available for their family members.

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12
Ravenswood Community Services Inc

Ravenswood community services ("rcs") operates a food pantry and community kitchen for those in need of emergency food on chicago's north side.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections for the Homeless Inc and the most unlike its peers is Young Black and Lit. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%3%<5yr14%7%5–10yr18%23%10–20yr17%16%20–35yr14%29%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr18%20%10–20yr17%14%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr16%26%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
16%
5,392/34,615

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NICASA NFP — $20,000 · OtherNICASA NFPALLENDALE ASSOCIATION — $15,000 · OtherALLENDALE ASSOCIATIONCity of Gary — $13,000 · OtherCity of GaryYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore — $10,000 · OtherYWCA EvanstonNorth ShoreYOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INC — $10,000 · OtherYOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INCLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER — $10,000 · OtherLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTERCounseling Center of the North Shor — $7,500 · OtherOPPORTUNITY GRANTED INC — $12,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITY GRANTED INCMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND — $10,000 · OtherMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUN…NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY — $10,000 · OtherNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRYEVANSTON GROWS — $10,000 · OtherEVANSTON GROWSYOUNG BLACK AND LIT — $10,000 · OtherYOUNG BLACK AND LIT+3 more — $15,000 · Other+3 moreTHE NIGHT MINISTRY — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRYRahab's Daughters — $10,000 · Human ServicesRahab's DaughtersON YOUR FEET FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesON YOUR FEET FOUNDATI…ORCHARD VILLAGE — $9,000 · Human ServicesORCHARD VILLAGEHUNGER RESOURCE NETWORK — $5,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER RESOURCE NETWO…KEEPING FAMILIES COVERED — $5,000 · Human ServicesKEEPING FAMILIES COVE…Jewish Child and Family Services — $5,000 · Human ServicesJewish Child and Fami…C AND W MARKET FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesC AND W MARKET FOUNDA…Howard Area Community Center — $5,000 · Human ServicesHoward Area Community…TURNING POINT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE CENTER — $20,000 · HealthTURNING POINT B…PADS Lake County Inc — $10,000 · HealthPADS Lake Count…Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation — $10,000 · HealthBear Necessitie…THE HOLIDAY HEROES FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · HealthTHE HOLIDAY HER…CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterWINGS PROGRAM INC — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY — $20,000 · Crime & LegalPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $5,000 · Crime & LegalUWEZA AID FOUNDATION — $20,000 · InternationalAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE — $10,000 · EmploymentHAVE DREAMS — $10,000 · Employment
Other$152,500Human Services$69,000Health$50,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Crime & Legal$25,000International$20,000Employment$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNICASA NFP — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUWEZA AID FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTURNING POINT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE CENTER — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALLENDALE ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY GRANTED INC — $12,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetRahab's Daughters — $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPADS Lake County Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetON YOUR FEET FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetHAVE DREAMS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOLIDAY HEROES FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG BLACK AND LIT — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetORCHARD VILLAGE — $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER RESOURCE NETWORK — $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetKEEPING FAMILIES COVERED — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA LAKE COUNTY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOKS AND BREAKFAST — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARDEN SHORE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHoward Area Community Center — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationBaxter International …Trustmark FoundationGeorge M Eisenberg Fo…Circle of Service Fou…United Way of Metropo…John and Kathleen Sch…Evanston Community Fo…First Bank Chicago Fo…Northwestern Universi…The Allstate Foundati…
The Chicago Community TrustIL28.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Evanston Community Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Northwestern University · The Allstate Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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