Illinois · Nonprofit
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,753 to it, the largest being KEMPER EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE FUND ($2,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $296k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc does
Mission
An organization of women whose mission is to advance womens leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
JLE-NS Thrift House: Provides donated, quality, low cost goods and volunteers to support the operation of the thrift store. Our Thrift House resale store gives the JLENS the opportunity to offer a voucher program to assist other not-for-profit organizations such as Open Communities, Connections for the Homeless, and Family promise. Large bags of useful goods were also donated to our community partners such as Connections for the Homeless.
$155,485 spent68% of program spendingJLE-NS Community Programs and Activities: Provides support for advancing employment and supporting women, children and families. We provided household items and clothing through our partnership with Connections for the Homeless. We participated in community events such as Bike Winnetka with the Winnetka Park District, Walk for the Bear with Bear Necessities,and Sweet Home Chicago with Wings. We volunteered at Bernies Book Bank, Youth and Opportunity United, Hunger Resource Network, and the Evanston Animal Shelter. Provided grants to local not-for- profit organizations.
$68,180 spentof which $65,500 as grants30% of program spendingJLE-NS Volunteer Development: Provides training and education to promote volunteer relations for the benefit of community programs and sponsorship activities.
$5,467 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $229,132.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.1M to $2.4M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dina Mead
Nominating & Placement Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $150 → $1k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
62% of Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $303 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc?
- Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,753 to it, the largest being KEMPER EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE FUND ($2,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,753 in grants to Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc?
- KEMPER EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing