Woman’s Club of Evanston announces the 2024 Community Grant Awards

Since 1889, The Woman’s Club of Evanston has supported organizations that make a difference in the community. For the 2024 selection cycle, they sought grant applications from organizations with programs that promote physical wellness and emotional well-being, focused on but not limited to teens and seniors, in Evanston and the surrounding communities. The following are recipients of the awards.

2024 Grant Awards

• Boys Hope Girls Hope: Improved Physical & Emotional Wellness and Resilience.

• C24/7 Father’s Arms Ministries: After School Program for Pre-Teens and Teens.

• Evanston Grows: Nourishing Bodies and Feeding Souls: Evanston Grows Expands Programs That Promote Senior Wellness in the Fifth Ward.

• Evanston Latinos: Promotoras Program.

• Evanston Scholars: The College Success Program.

• Girl Forward: Mentoring Program for Teen Refugees.

• Girl Scouts: Scouting for Girls Living in Foster Care.

• Girls Play Sports: Youth Advisory Board Wellness Workshops.

• Have Dreams: Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Counseling Services.

• Institute for Therapy through the Arts: Creative Arts Therapy and Financial Aid.

• The Lilac Tree: Divorce University Online Library.

• Madonna Mission: Alleviating Isolation and Fostering Community.

• James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy: Mental Health Services.

• Open Studio Project: Mind, Body & Creativity Program for Family Focus Teens.

• PEER Services: PEER Art Therapy at Open Studios.

• SamaraCare: Mental Health Access Program.

• Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.): Out of School Time Program.

You can learn more about each of the award recipient’s programs online.

The 2025 Revue Beneficiary is Chicago Ballet Arts. Proceeds will support The Parkinson’s Dance Project, an adaptive dance program for people with Parkinson’s and other upper motor neuron movement disorders.

The 2025 Spring Benefit Beneficiary is Shorefront Legacy Center. Proceeds will support The Reparations Publishing Project, the intergenerational creation of a printed magazine journal with website companion, chronicling the stories of 75 older Black Evanstonians who received reparations grants.

Award recipients will be recognized at the annual Contributions to the Community breakfast on May 22.